Long Slow Beautiful Dance Chapter 1: My Angel, a csi: miami fanfic

This is the first chapter of a multi-chapter multi-song story. In short, it's a story written with songs! This first one is by Kellie Pickler, and it's called "My Angel" It's really sweet, but a little sad. (PS, this is co-written with my bestest, bestest friend in the whole wide world, SVUCSIWTRDOOLluver, but you might know her as Beth, or Hope (her middle name is Hope, isn't that adorable?) Sorry, rambling. So, you might notice some similarities between her writing and mine, so yeah, that's why. I swear, we were sisters separated at birth!! Well, I guess I should stop talking and let you read mine and her story. ENJOY!!!

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"Grandma!" A teenager shouted as she ran down the old dirt road that led to her grandmother's house.

"Calleigh!" Her grandma said, appearing on the porch and wrapping her in a hug. "Where's the fire?" She teased, and Calleigh said breathlessly,

"Grandma, I want red hair!"

"You do?"

"Yeah!"

"Well, then, let's get you some red hair, okay?" Her grandma said, hooking arms with her and going to the hair salon, where Calleigh got her long blonde hair dyed red. When it was finished, she looked in the mirror and then hugged her grandma, saying repeatedly,

"Thank you thank you thank you!" Her grandma hugged her back and then went to drop her off at her house. When she got home, a box was waiting for her on the kitchen table.

"Mom? What's this?"

"Contacts, honey. You said you hated your glasses."

"Yea!" Calleigh said, pumping her fist in the air and then putting them on. She looked in the mirror and saw herself with dark red hair and deep brown eyes. She smiled winningly at the reflection and then her youngest brother Charlie came in and said teasingly,

"You're gonna break the mirror, Cal,"

"Take that back!" She cried, giving chase to him.

Every day when school got out
I'd get off the bus and I'd run down
That old dirt road where you were waiting for me
On the front porch in that blue swing
You'd be smiling and we would sing
'Amazing Grace' and 'Jesus Loves Me'

A week passed in Calleigh's small town, and then she went to her grandma's house again after school. She found her not waiting for her, and she thought that really strange. She knocked on the door, calling,

"Grandma? It's me!" When there was no answer, Calleigh toed the door open and walked in, being very careful. That's when she spotted her grandmother lying slumped on the kitchen table. With a shriek she dashed to her side and took her pulse like she had been taught in school. With frantic hands she began CPR, all while screaming for help. She heard someone run in and looks up to see a blonde-haired boy run in, with green eyes, sweat dripping down onto his shirt. He had been running.

"You have to help me!" She screamed, and the boy took her grandmother's pulse and shook his head. "NO!" Calleigh screamed, throwing herself over her grandmother's body. She felt hands pulling her away and lifting her up, carrying her away. She felt a big, empty black hole swallow her up and all she could feel was gratefulness, as in her black hole she couldn't feel and couldn't think.

You were like my mother
You were my best friend
You were everything I want to be
And all the good inside of me
There's never been
Never been another
That loved me like you did
My grandmother, my angel

Calleigh felt light streaming into her black hole and tried to fight off the light, but it kept coming in. Finally she let it come in and felt her eyes opening. The first thing she saw was her oldest brother Garth sitting next to her, reading a book. She managed to smile before she remembered everything that had happened with her grandmother.

"Grandma?" She croaked out, and Garth looked up, startled. He bit his lip and shook his head. Calleigh finally accepted it and tears poured down her face and she curled into a ball in her own bed, sobs wracking her body. She felt arms wrapping around her and knew that Garth was there. She felt tears streaking down his cheek as well and she reached up to wipe them away. He managed a ghost of a smile at her, and she twitched one back in response.

Then, Calleigh's two other brothers, Charlie and Chris appeared at the doorway and Chris spat, acid in his voice,

"Cal, Adam's here." Adam was Calleigh's boyfriend, and none of her brothers liked him.

"Let him in," She said, sitting back from Garth and wiping her tears away, rebuilding her walls and composure as her brothers watched in shock. Whenever she did that, her brothers couldn't believe how quickly she could hide her emotions. Just then, Adam came bounding in and sat next to Calleigh taking her hand.

"Oh, Calleigh, I'm so sorry," She nodded, squeezing his hand.

"Thanks, Adam." He nodded, and then his cell rang.

"I'm sorry, Calleigh, I've got to go. My dad needs me."

"All right." She said softly and he kissed her hand and left, Charlie and Chris shooting daggers at his retreating back. "Leave him alone," Calleigh said softly, drawing her knees up to her chest. They nodded and sat next to her, the four siblings coming to terms with their grandmother's death.

Even though I can't touch your face
I feel you with me every day
I wish you could see all my dreams comin true
When I get lost I close my eyes
And I feel you shinin' down so bright
I feel you shinin' down on me

A few days passed and then it was time for grandma's funeral. Calleigh and her brothers were wearing all black, along with their mother, Belle and father, Duke. They sat in front at the church, and as the preacher droned on and on about their grandmother, praising her and saying how much everyone loved her. Finally, he invited one of the surviving family members to come up and give the eulogy. Before any of her brothers could move, Calleigh was up on her feet and she walked to the podium, swallowing hard and taking a deep breath.

"My name is Calleigh Duquesne, and Margaret was my grandmother. She was such a sweet and kind woman, and she was my best friend. She was like my mother, and she was, pretty much everything I want to be. You're all probably tired of hearing how good she was, but she was. She was all the good inside of me, and there was never anyone in this entire world who loved my like she did. She even let me dye my hair red, it used to be blonde, and my mother would never have let me do that if my grandmother hadn't approved. She was and still is my grandmother, and she was and still is my angel." Calleigh said, tears welling in her eyes.

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, before the tears coursed down her cheeks. She sat down with a sob and Garth put his arm over her shoulders, along with Chris. Charlie sat next to Belle and just leaned over and laid a hand on her hand. She managed to smile at them, and then the sermon was over with. They had to walk with the casket to the burial place, and Calleigh felt her heart shattering into a million places just thinking of her grandma lying there, cold and dead. She stood next to Garth when they lowered her into the ground, and she turned to him, not wanting to watch. He hugged her and she buried her face in his chest.

Just as the preacher began to say a few words, Calleigh knew it was just too much, it was all too much. She took a few deep breaths, and then wheeled around and took off, needing to get away from it all. Garth looked at their mother who just nodded, and he gave her a minute before taking off after her.

Calleigh stumbled through the woods, thoughts and memories of her grandmother flooding her mind. Tears soaked her face as she finally found the clearing that only she and her grandmother had gone to. No one else had ever been allowed, just the two of them and nature surrounding them. Calleigh collapsed in the middle of it, curling up into a ball of misery and letting her tears flood from her eyes.

She knew that there had never been anyone else, who had loved her as much as her grandmother did, no one. As she felt the misery draining out of her body, she let her memories over take her, and in her mind she could see her grandmother sitting next to her, wiping her tears away and holding her close, telling her,

"It's okay, baby, I'm in a better place now, where I can't feel any hurt or anything. I'll miss you, and I know you'll miss me, but I'll see you again someday, baby, so just hold onto that, okay? You don't need to cry for me, heaven knows you've cried enough already, so just let your family help you, you'll make it through this Calleigh baby."

Calleigh sat up, sniffing and wiping her tears away.

"Okay, grandma, I love you,"

"Oh, I love you too, Calleigh baby," Her grandmother said, and with one last kiss to her forehead, her grandmother soared off into the sky, while Calleigh watched her go, a tear trickling down her cheek.

Garth walked into the clearing and sat next to her, wiping the tear off her cheek. She smiled at him, and Garth looked questioningly at her.

"Grandma's in a better place, right Garth?"

"Yes she is, Cal," Garth said, smiling at her. She smiled back and they both stood up. Garth hugged her, and she hugged him back, whispering,

"Thanks for everything, Garth,"

"You're welcome, Cal. That's what families do for each other." He said, and she smiled at him.

"I'll race you back," She said slyly, and shoved him out of her way as she took off. Garth rolled his eyes, but took off after her. Soon Charlie and Chris joined the chase, and they raced all through the woods, laughing the entire time.

I hope you liked it, and I'll give you a hint, the blonde haired green eyed boy is very important later, but with his hair and eyes the way they are now you won't recognize him yet. You will! And Beth told me that this chapter might seem kinda odd to you, and if it does, it'll get clearer later, I promise! Thanks for reading, and adios for now!!! (LUV YA BETH!!!)