Title: Swim Fan
Summary: EricCalleigh. Despite the title this isn't a story about a stalker. Eric and Calleigh meet up at a pool every day for a week. Secrets are exposed and contact is guaranteed. =P R&R pretty please!
Disclaimer: Don't own Eric or Calleigh or Horatio.
Pairing: EricCalleigh
Chapter: 1. Spider-Man
Eric swam in the cool water. He was doing laps at his local pool because he found that it always helped him to unwind and helped him to solve puzzles. That is in the solving of cases. It helped to clear his mind and he usually ended up doing thirty laps and at the end his mind was clear and it was easier to think and process information faster.
He felt someone's eyes on him and he got to the shallow end of the pool. He stood up and took off his goggles. He looked around the deserted pool and saw someone in the far corner of the room. He squinted and when he recognised the person he grinned. She walked over as she saw this and leaned over the pool and smiled down at Eric.
Unsaid words passed between them and she asked,
"What do you do here at five am in the morning?"
"Relaxing." Eric replied and pushed his wet hair back. Calleigh gave him a Look.
"Relaxing?" She stared obviously at his heaving chest which was quite muscly. Her eyes returned to his and he grinned at her.
"So why are you here at five in the morning?" Eric asked and his eyes searched her face for answers. Calleigh looked away before saying,
"I just wanted to swim for a bit. I don't know how to that well..." Eric grinned again and said,
"I'll help you. I don't think I'm that bad. The people at Miami Uni thought I was alright, but that was a few years ago." Calleigh lost the unsure expression and she smiled back at him. She moved away from the pool and Eric asked,
"Where you going?" his voice was almost hurt. Calleigh turned around and kept walking backwards. She smiled at him and explained,
"I have to get changed don't I?" Eric blushed and he looked down at his feet. Calleigh smiled brightly and she went into the change rooms. Eric pulled his goggles down and started his laps again. He was up to 20.
Stroke, stroke. He concentrated on pulling himself through the water and his breathing. Stroke, stroke. End of the pool, turn around underwater, swim back in butterfly. When Eric got to the shallow end of the pool again he stopped and stood up. He took off his goggles and pushed his hair back again. It was plastered to his head and he ran his hand over it while he 'sat' in the water.
Calleigh came out of the change rooms and walked over to the pool carrying her bag. Eric stared at her. She was wearing a bikini and looked as if she was going to sun tan rather than swim. Her body was being shown off and she had a right to flaunt it. It was obvious that she worked out and she was slim and very fit.
She stood at the edge of the pool and dropped her bag a metre away from the edge. She looked down at the water and Eric smiled as he asked,
"You want to get in or just look at the water?" Calleigh looked down at Eric and looked a bit shocked, as if she'd forgotten he was there. Eric grinned at her to show that he was saying it in good humour. She smiled nervously back and walked to the ladder and walked into the water. She took in a quick breath as she made first contact with the water. The difference of temperature shocked her.
She eventually got fully into the water but kept her head above the water. Eric walked over to her and she looked at him nervously.
""Don't worry I won't tackle you." Eric smirked as he dispelled her unsaid fear. Despite herself Calleigh knew that her expression had relaxed. She walked carefully and looked down at her feet and made sure she didn't trip over the...um.... water.
Eric walked behind her and considered pushing her in but he dismissed it because he didn't really feel like suffering Calleigh running after him around the pool and out of it. She could hold quite a grudge sometimes. He just grinned as he pictured her expression after getting out of the water and her chasing him around the pool.
Calleigh could feel Eric's smile. She didn't know what it was but it was as if when he smiled it radiated and everyone within a metre felt it. She could picture his smile, him beaming at her and showing his pearly whites. It was a blinding smile and it had the ability to brighten her day, no matter how bad it had been.
Calleigh wasn't paying any attention to where she was putting her feet and she slipped backwards on the ...well.... water. Eric caught her easily and she looked up at him and smiled. He beamed back at her and asked,
"Why do I feel like Spider-Man?" Eric grinned down at her. 'Man, I keep on grinning, what's wrong with me?' he wondered, 'I feel like I'm fifteen again.'
"I have no idea." Calleigh smiled up at Eric and stood back up with Eric's help. She held onto his bicep at one point to stop falling again. 'I'm such a klutz! Hey, has he been working out? Oh god, I'm blushing,' she thought. A light red tinge crept onto her cheeks. Eric noticed it and blushed too.
"Want to swim?" He suggested. Calleigh looked at him weird,
"Well, I guess it is a pool and you don't really walk around in a pool do you?" Calleigh tried to smile at Eric but in truth she was terrified. She had a close encounter when she was five years old with water. She'd promise herself that she'd overcome her fear but when it came to it she always chickened out. She took a deep breath and put her head under water.
Eric watched her, he could tell something was wrong. After all it was his job. He guessed it was one of those near drowning incidents. 'Damn! Why'd I have to push her?' He thought and when Calleigh came back up he said,
"You don't have to if you don't want to." Calleigh was about to take him up on that offer until she realised that he must have noticed something. She sighed and pushed her blonde hair back and decided that she may as well tell him.
"I was five years old. There was a lake at the back of our 'house'. My brothers and I liked to play at it a lot. Our mother forbid us to actually go in. She actually said we shouldn't go near it, but you know kids. My brothers always swam in it and I sat at the edge. They said because I was a girl I couldn't swim there. One day I decided to show them. No one was around so I put on my bathers and jumped in. My leg got caught on a log and I almost drowned. Luckily my dad saw me and he jumped in and got me."
Calleigh finished the story and made sure she didn't put in how she felt. How her chest was exploding and she thought she would die. She blacked out and her heart probably stopped beating for a few seconds before her father breathed life back into her. It was a stormy day and quite grim and bleak. The water was freezing and she almost got pneumonia. Luckily that stopped her mother from going off at her.
She shivered despite herself. She had gotten used to the temperature of the pool water but now it felt like it the lake water on that freezing cold day. She realised that Eric was closer to her and studying her. He opened his arms to her and she rested her head on his chest. His body heat warmed her up and she felt better.
They stayed like that for a bit and Eric moved his head on top of hers and planted a kiss on top of her head. Calleigh separated slightly and looked up at Eric. He looked down into her blue (??) eyes. He stared up into his brown ones and admired his Cuban looks. He leaned down and their faces hovered millimetres away from heat other with their breath mingling in between them.
There was a loud bang and they broke apart both of them turning slightly red. Horatio's face appeared over the edge of the pool and peered down at his two detectives who were looking extremely embarrassed. He ignored it and said,
"We have a case. Someone raped and murdered a 27 year old woman a few streets away from here."
Summary: EricCalleigh. Despite the title this isn't a story about a stalker. Eric and Calleigh meet up at a pool every day for a week. Secrets are exposed and contact is guaranteed. =P R&R pretty please!
Disclaimer: Don't own Eric or Calleigh or Horatio.
Pairing: EricCalleigh
Chapter: 1. Spider-Man
Eric swam in the cool water. He was doing laps at his local pool because he found that it always helped him to unwind and helped him to solve puzzles. That is in the solving of cases. It helped to clear his mind and he usually ended up doing thirty laps and at the end his mind was clear and it was easier to think and process information faster.
He felt someone's eyes on him and he got to the shallow end of the pool. He stood up and took off his goggles. He looked around the deserted pool and saw someone in the far corner of the room. He squinted and when he recognised the person he grinned. She walked over as she saw this and leaned over the pool and smiled down at Eric.
Unsaid words passed between them and she asked,
"What do you do here at five am in the morning?"
"Relaxing." Eric replied and pushed his wet hair back. Calleigh gave him a Look.
"Relaxing?" She stared obviously at his heaving chest which was quite muscly. Her eyes returned to his and he grinned at her.
"So why are you here at five in the morning?" Eric asked and his eyes searched her face for answers. Calleigh looked away before saying,
"I just wanted to swim for a bit. I don't know how to that well..." Eric grinned again and said,
"I'll help you. I don't think I'm that bad. The people at Miami Uni thought I was alright, but that was a few years ago." Calleigh lost the unsure expression and she smiled back at him. She moved away from the pool and Eric asked,
"Where you going?" his voice was almost hurt. Calleigh turned around and kept walking backwards. She smiled at him and explained,
"I have to get changed don't I?" Eric blushed and he looked down at his feet. Calleigh smiled brightly and she went into the change rooms. Eric pulled his goggles down and started his laps again. He was up to 20.
Stroke, stroke. He concentrated on pulling himself through the water and his breathing. Stroke, stroke. End of the pool, turn around underwater, swim back in butterfly. When Eric got to the shallow end of the pool again he stopped and stood up. He took off his goggles and pushed his hair back again. It was plastered to his head and he ran his hand over it while he 'sat' in the water.
Calleigh came out of the change rooms and walked over to the pool carrying her bag. Eric stared at her. She was wearing a bikini and looked as if she was going to sun tan rather than swim. Her body was being shown off and she had a right to flaunt it. It was obvious that she worked out and she was slim and very fit.
She stood at the edge of the pool and dropped her bag a metre away from the edge. She looked down at the water and Eric smiled as he asked,
"You want to get in or just look at the water?" Calleigh looked down at Eric and looked a bit shocked, as if she'd forgotten he was there. Eric grinned at her to show that he was saying it in good humour. She smiled nervously back and walked to the ladder and walked into the water. She took in a quick breath as she made first contact with the water. The difference of temperature shocked her.
She eventually got fully into the water but kept her head above the water. Eric walked over to her and she looked at him nervously.
""Don't worry I won't tackle you." Eric smirked as he dispelled her unsaid fear. Despite herself Calleigh knew that her expression had relaxed. She walked carefully and looked down at her feet and made sure she didn't trip over the...um.... water.
Eric walked behind her and considered pushing her in but he dismissed it because he didn't really feel like suffering Calleigh running after him around the pool and out of it. She could hold quite a grudge sometimes. He just grinned as he pictured her expression after getting out of the water and her chasing him around the pool.
Calleigh could feel Eric's smile. She didn't know what it was but it was as if when he smiled it radiated and everyone within a metre felt it. She could picture his smile, him beaming at her and showing his pearly whites. It was a blinding smile and it had the ability to brighten her day, no matter how bad it had been.
Calleigh wasn't paying any attention to where she was putting her feet and she slipped backwards on the ...well.... water. Eric caught her easily and she looked up at him and smiled. He beamed back at her and asked,
"Why do I feel like Spider-Man?" Eric grinned down at her. 'Man, I keep on grinning, what's wrong with me?' he wondered, 'I feel like I'm fifteen again.'
"I have no idea." Calleigh smiled up at Eric and stood back up with Eric's help. She held onto his bicep at one point to stop falling again. 'I'm such a klutz! Hey, has he been working out? Oh god, I'm blushing,' she thought. A light red tinge crept onto her cheeks. Eric noticed it and blushed too.
"Want to swim?" He suggested. Calleigh looked at him weird,
"Well, I guess it is a pool and you don't really walk around in a pool do you?" Calleigh tried to smile at Eric but in truth she was terrified. She had a close encounter when she was five years old with water. She'd promise herself that she'd overcome her fear but when it came to it she always chickened out. She took a deep breath and put her head under water.
Eric watched her, he could tell something was wrong. After all it was his job. He guessed it was one of those near drowning incidents. 'Damn! Why'd I have to push her?' He thought and when Calleigh came back up he said,
"You don't have to if you don't want to." Calleigh was about to take him up on that offer until she realised that he must have noticed something. She sighed and pushed her blonde hair back and decided that she may as well tell him.
"I was five years old. There was a lake at the back of our 'house'. My brothers and I liked to play at it a lot. Our mother forbid us to actually go in. She actually said we shouldn't go near it, but you know kids. My brothers always swam in it and I sat at the edge. They said because I was a girl I couldn't swim there. One day I decided to show them. No one was around so I put on my bathers and jumped in. My leg got caught on a log and I almost drowned. Luckily my dad saw me and he jumped in and got me."
Calleigh finished the story and made sure she didn't put in how she felt. How her chest was exploding and she thought she would die. She blacked out and her heart probably stopped beating for a few seconds before her father breathed life back into her. It was a stormy day and quite grim and bleak. The water was freezing and she almost got pneumonia. Luckily that stopped her mother from going off at her.
She shivered despite herself. She had gotten used to the temperature of the pool water but now it felt like it the lake water on that freezing cold day. She realised that Eric was closer to her and studying her. He opened his arms to her and she rested her head on his chest. His body heat warmed her up and she felt better.
They stayed like that for a bit and Eric moved his head on top of hers and planted a kiss on top of her head. Calleigh separated slightly and looked up at Eric. He looked down into her blue (??) eyes. He stared up into his brown ones and admired his Cuban looks. He leaned down and their faces hovered millimetres away from heat other with their breath mingling in between them.
There was a loud bang and they broke apart both of them turning slightly red. Horatio's face appeared over the edge of the pool and peered down at his two detectives who were looking extremely embarrassed. He ignored it and said,
"We have a case. Someone raped and murdered a 27 year old woman a few streets away from here."