Authors Note: This was meant as an on short consisting of only one chapter, but it ended up with three as I got into the story.
Authors Note 2: This is an afterplay of episode 5.15 Skeletons.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own CSI: Miami and I don't own any money from it.
Almost…
Natalia looked at herself in a full-size mirror, trying to picture her belly getting bigger.
She sighed as this was not the right time or way for her to get pregnant. It was all due to stupid Eric and the fact that they lacked self-control.
She was late and the test in her hand was the proof, yet she was scheduled at the doctor the same afternoon just to be sure.
Slowly she pulled on one of her red dresses, trying to figure out how she was going to solve the matter if she was in fact pregnant.
It was a couple of mornings later that a sad and tired Natalia walked up the stairs to the crime lab. She stopped at the top, looking out as the tears were welling up.
She had been wrong; the test had been a false positive. She was not pregnant after all.
She didn't even know why she was crying, how could she be so sad when she hadn't really lost anything. When she didn't want it?
"Miss Boa Vista," Horatio's velvet rumble broke through the silence behind her. She turned to look into his concerned sapphire eyes, not being able to stop her tears.
Horatio didn't ask why she was crying; he just took her into his arms and held her until she had calmed down.
Then she broke free, gave him a soft peck on the cheek and whispered, "Thank you."
"You are welcome," he said and smiled at her.
She smiled back and winked at him before walking into the crime lab wiggling her behind at his pleasure, making him smile. They both had just made the other's morning just a bit better.
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