Title: After All These Years
By: Victoria (HipHuggersFan09)
Pairing: Eric/Calleigh
Rating: K+ (Maybe T in a few spots)
Time/Setting: After 7.10 The Deluca Motel. What I REALLY wish would have happened.
Summary: After an attempt on Eric's life and a conversation with his niece, will Calleigh finally confront (and express) her true feelings for Eric?
Disclaimer: CSI: Miami and all of its characters belong to CBS, not me. However, if I did something would definitely have happened between Calleigh and Eric by now. The Characters of Emily (Eric's Niece in Chapter 4) and Sophia (Eric's Sister in Chapters 3, 4 & 8) are my own made up characters.

Chapter 1

(Back inside the Lab after Eric leaves after his conversation in the parking lot with Horatio.)

Calleigh grabbed her purse off of the back of her desk chair, picked up her keys, turned off the lights and made her way out of the lab locking the door behind her. It had been a very long day, one that she would much rather forget.

However, she couldn't help wonder about one all important detail. Why was Eric staying at a motel? She knew why he was staying there, but why a motel?

She trusted Eric with every fiber of her being; she always had, but even more so since her kidnapping more than a year earlier.

She knew that she could turn to Eric whenever she needed help. It made her sad to think that maybe, just maybe, Eric didn't trust her as much as she hoped he did.

Her thoughts were brought back to reality when she saw Ryan waiting for the elevator.

"See you tomorrow, Ryan. Hey, do you know if Eric left already? I wanted to talk to him." She asked adjusting the strap of her purse on her shoulder.

"You just missed him. He left about five minutes ago. Last I saw him he was talking to H in the parking lot." He said glancing down at his watch.

The elevator doors opened and Calleigh and Ryan both walked in. "What I don't understand is why a motel? He should have come to one of us." Ryan said concerned.

"I know." Calleigh said as the doors opened and she and Ryan went their separate ways. "That is what I intend to find out."

Comments, review and criticisms welcome. This is only my second FanFiction, so it may need some (ok, maybe a lot) of work. Enjoy! Keep reading! R&R. The more reviews I get, the sooner I will post the next chapter.