Title: Secrets

By: Kasandra

Rating: K+

Pairing: Talleigh

Summary: Sometimes secrets can be hard to keep. Sequel to "Grave Matters."

Spoilers: Brief mentions of "Death Eminent", S.5.E.05 & "Dark Room", S5.E.08.

AN: I've never written a multi-chapter story. Or at least one as a WIP, so bear with me, thank you.

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The rain pelted the windowpane harshly, and for a brief moment the Southern woman wondered if it had begun to hail. The wind howled and shrieked as dark clouds continued to make their way through the usually sunny state of Florida. The hurricane, which everyone feared was going to strike, had been downgraded to a tropical storm at the last minute.

None of that mattered to Calleigh Duquesne who was sitting in her living room, sullenly looking through the photo album that encased all the photos of her relationship with Tim. She traced a picture from the earlier days: Eric had a BBQ and had invited the team over: Megan was ambiently talking with Horatio in the background whilst in the foreground, she was giving bunny ears over Tim's head.

She laughed quietly at the memory before leaning over to take a sip of the wine she had poured herself. No sooner than she had swallowed, Calleigh realized that it had been almost two and half years since Tim had "died" in the line of duty.

It had also been two and a half years since she had been told the truth – Tim wasn't dead; only working undercover for the Feds. And during that amount of time, she and Tim had been having a secret relationship.

Calleigh never knew when Tim would pop back into her life. Sometimes he'd call, while other times he hadn't – just like the time she had had gone to pay her respects to Marta Argenta. Sometimes she wouldn't hear from him for months – and she always feared that Horatio would get the call that this time, Tim had actually died. She sighed heavily, before reaching over to take another sip of wine. Staring at the goblet, Calleigh wondered when it would be the next time she would see her boyfriend.

She quickly reflected on the brief rendezvous they had – Tim only had a few hours before he once again disappeared. They wasted no time, speeding from the cemetery to the apartment they had once both shared. The encounter was hot, heavy and passionate.

The next morning, he was gone. It was always like that; in the beginning it was hard for her. Every time he left, it felt like she was losing him all over again.

And in a way, she was.

Calleigh blinked rapidly, quickly breaking herself out of the memory. She raised the glass to her lips but not before settling her eyes onto the white paper bag that was sitting on her counter top. She looked down at the glass and wondered if she should've been drinking at all.

It had been a little over a month since their last tryst, and she was late. Calleigh chalked it up to being under stress, especially coming out of their latest case with Natalia's sister, Anya. However, her conscious nagged and she felt that it would be better to take a home test, rather than pester Alexx for a blood test; she had no time to visit her local gynecologist.

Groaning, she stood up and grabbed the bag, marching over to her bathroom. "Stop being such a fraidy cat, Bullet Girl," Calleigh muttered to herself. Tearing the box open, she quickly scanned the instructions – they weren't difficult.

Usually not one to be a nail biter, Calleigh couldn't help but be nervous as she anticipated the test results. She glanced at her watch – less than a minute remained.

It was the longest thirty seconds of her life.

Closing her eyes, she grabbed the test – too scared to look at the results. Calleigh said a quick little prayer, and opened her eyes.

It was positive. She was pregnant.

The room felt hot and Calleigh felt herself grow dizzy, as she jumped off the toilet seat and promptly retched everything she had throughout the day. The heaving stopped shortly after, and as she flushed the toilet, she propped herself against the wall, barely absorbing the information that had just been given.

Calleigh Duquesne was pregnant with her supposedly dead boyfriend's baby.

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