Meant To Be

Parings: Speed/Calleigh , Eric/ Valera

Warnings: None

Disclaimer: I own nothing except my undying love to the Talleigh ship. The rest belong to the genius of Jerry Bruckhiemer and the lovely folks at CBS.

A/N: It's my fic, so the third season doesn't exist.

Chapter 1

Calleigh slowly opened her eyes when she heard the faint buzzing of her cell phone on the night stand. She turned slowly , lazily reaching for the contraption as it continued to assault her mercilessly. Closing her eyes and taking a deep breath, Calleigh flipped up the phone and spoke into it.

" What ?"

" Good morning to you too, beautiful," a voice said.

Calleigh let a smile creep up on her face as she opened her eyes and sat up. It was him.

" Good morning, Tim. How did you sleep last night?" Calleigh yawned into the phone. She swung her legs over the bed that they shared and glanced at their picture on the night stand, wishing that he could be there right then.

" Good. It would've been better if you were beside me," Tim replied sweetly.

" Aww so sweet. How are your parents doing?"

" I honestly don't know. I left them at the hotel when Delko came to pick me up..."

Calleigh frowned slightly as she got up, she remembered distinctly that she heard him say that he wasn't going out.

" Pick you up? Where did you go?"

" Delko,um kinda had this surprise thing and..."

" Did you have fun?" Calleigh asked coyly.

" Yeah, the strippers..."

" Uhh, save it hotshot, I don't want any details," Calleigh replied as she padded to the bathroom.

"Are you ready for this?"

" For a long time, it's been all I've thought about, Cal."

"We're getting married, Tim. Today. Doesn't it blow your mind?"

" No."

"So there are no cold feet? No hesitation? Nothing?" Calleigh asked as she stared into the mirror. She had to ask him, she had to be assured that this wasn't a joke. This was actually happening.

" Not on my end, but it sounds like you have some doubts."

" Oh no, I want to marry you Tim. I just wanted to make sure that this is what you wanted."

" You are all that I want, Cal. Now, stop with this talk or I'll be forced to come over there to show you how much I want you to be my wife," Tim said with humor in his voice.

Calleigh's eyes went wide with terror, " Timothy James Speedle , don't you dare come over here."

" Alright, alright, calm down. I won't come. I'll just have to wait until you get to the church. Besides Delko and I have some errands to run, haircuts and manly things like that."

" And don't forget to shave ,Tim. As much as I love your stubble, I don't want it scratching up my makeup."

" I'll think about it," Tim said as he rubbed his chin.

"Tim," Calleigh warned before hearing the doorbell. Calleigh slipped on her robe then trounced downstairs and looked out the door. " Look, they are here. I gotta go."

" Tell Alexx I said to have you at the church on time," Tim replied as he smiled.

" I will, baby. I gotta go. Love you and I'll see you at the church."

" Love you too, Calleigh. Don't be late," Tim reminded her.

Calleigh flipped the phone down and opened the door for her two best friends. Alexx walked in first , carrying a box of bagels and Maxine followed behind her with juice.

" Calleigh , are you just getting up?" Alexx asked as she sat the box down. " Do you realize what time it is?"

" No, I haven't really looked at the clock yet. Tim called to wake me up this morning," Calleigh said feeling her color rise on her face.

" So sweet," Maxine said as she handed Calleigh a juice. " Did he tell you about last night?"

" He started to , but... wait , Maxie, how did you know about it?"

" It was my idea. Since you shot your bachelorette party down, I helped Eric plan Tim's. It was fun."

Calleigh gazed at Maxine in amazement, such a harmless looking woman, yet underneath everything you couldn't tell what Maxine Delko was thinking. Alexx smirked at the ladies as she walked into the living room where Calleigh's dress hung. She admired it and smiled warmly to herself. Finally , her Timmy had found someone to love and she loved him back. She was as proud as his own mother could be.

"Are you ready to get started, Calleigh. The ceremony starts at three," Alexx called as Calleigh walked into the living room. She glanced at Calleigh and then back to the dress again. " You are going to be beautiful in this dress. Tim's going to have a coronary."

" Alexx, don't say that!" Calleigh exclaimed in her thickest accent. " I hope he likes it though."

" He's going to love it," Alexx returned.

Maxine walked in to join them and bit into a bagel, " Calleigh, did Tim tell you about the tuxedo?"

Calleigh turned to Maxine slowly with fear rising inside of her, " No, what's wrong with the Tux?"

" He had to get it dry cleaned yesterday. They are supposed to be picking it up this morning."

" What! Why did he have to get it dry cleaned? He just brought it," Calleigh asked as she jammed her hands into her robe pocket and fished out her cell.

" He got something on it at the lab. He said that it was harmless, but then it started to stain pretty bad," Maxine continued.

"What was it doing at the lab?"Calleigh said as she began to breath rapidly. Nothing needed to go wrong today. It needed to be perfect. She dialed his number and waited for three rings before his voice mail came on.

This is Tim Speedle, leave your name and number at the tone...

"Timothy Speedle, you better not mess this day up for me..." Calleigh said furiously. Alexx moved to calm her down.

" Calleigh, I'm sure everything's fine. Timmy isn't going to mess this up , he wants it more than you know," Alexx said softly. " Now don't get yourself all worked up over nothing. Come on, let's get started.

Calleigh let her breathing return to its normal place and smiled weakly at Alexx as she glared at Maxine. This was going to be the perfect wedding , if it was the last thing that she did.

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" C'mon, Delko, hurry it up!" Tim yelled as he closed the door to the black Tahoe. In seconds Delko appeared at the door and closed it as he came out. " I've still got a haircut to get, and I have to get the tux out of the cleaners."

" Leave it to you , Speed to procrastinate today. It's not like it's your wedding day or anything," Delko quipped.

Tim glared at him and smiled briefly, " Cute. Now get in the truck."

As they drove down the causeway, Tim heard Delko's phone ring. It continued to ring and Tim glanced over at him as Delko continued to watch the water.

"Are you going to get that?" Tim asked.

" No, it's probably Maxine."

Tim shook his head and refocused his attention on the road ahead. Then he felt his phone vibrate. He kept one hand on the wheel as he reached to his jeans to grab the phone. He sighed heavily when he saw the caller id. It was a call out. Tim took the next exit and turned around , going the opposite way. Eric glanced at him in confusion.

" Speed, you're going the wrong way."

Tim ignored Eric as he flipped his phone up and spoke harshly into the mouth piece.

" Speedle."

" Speed, there's a scene," Horatio said .

" H, it's my wedding day. I asked for it off, and you gave it to me," Tim said angrily.

" I know , but it's high profile. I wouldn't ask if it wasn't important."

Tim closed his eyes then opened them. Calleigh's going to kill me, he thought.

" Okay, H. I'll come , but I can't stay. I'll start you off , but you've got to get someone else to process the evidence. I can't be late to my own wedding. Neither can you." Tim reminded Horatio.

" I've got Belmontes coming in about an hour so he'll take over for you. The night shift supervisor will be stepping in my place. But we at least have to give them a running start." Horatio returned.

Tim sighed again and reluctantly agreed, "Okay, H. But one hour, that's all I can give. Then im out."

" Thanks, Speed. We are on Langley and Flagler."

" Alright H." Tim said as he flipped the phone down. He then saw as Eric stared at him. " What?"

" You are a dead man, if Calleigh finds out."

" Well let's not let her find out then," Tim said as he floored the Tahoe. He would do this then get his haircut. No matter what, he was getting married today.

TBC...

A/N: This popped into my mind at work... Let me know if I should continue...