His Shampoo
Calleigh looked at the time on the alarm clock, 6.50. She was late and alone, as Eric had already left. Why on earth hadn't he waked her up before he left himself. She of course knew why he had left so early. He had some papers he wanted to sort out before his shit started.
The blonde sighed as she got out of bed, thinking that this morning couldn't get any worse, she was however wrong when she discovered she was out of her shampoo and there was no spare bottle in sight. She wondered if shower gel could be used as a spare solution, but figured no. Her only option was to use some of Eric's bottle.
'Oh great, it's not enough that I am around him all hours, now I have to smell like him as well,' she thought pouring some in her hand and massaging it into her hair. She repeated it before grabbing his conditioner. She massaged it in, before grabbing her strawberry shower gel thinking that at least her body would smell like herself.
She took her time washing every inch of her body before letting the shower wash the soap, then the conditioner off. She turned off the shower, before grabbing her favorite towel from the hanger. It was pink with a picture of a gun on the middle of it. Her older brother Adam had given it to her when she moved out from home as a good luck present and it had stuck around ever since. She slowly started to dry herself off, then hanging the towel back on its spot and putting on her underwear. She walked back into her bedroom, trying to find something to wear, and ended up on a white suit and a light blue top. She grabbed a necklace in gold shaped like a dove, and put on her holster and ID. The final thing she did was putting on her make-up and taking one of the guns out from her safe before leaving.
Once she had arrived at the crime lab, she looked at the message board, only to find that Eric was out, she sighed deep in relief. That meant she would have at least a couple of
hours without him.
She walked slowly towards DNA lab as she could see Natalia alone inside. As she entered she said, "Knock, knock."
"Calleigh hey, you're late, you okay?" asked the brunette, looking up at her.
"Yeah fine…just overslept that's all," said Calleigh, walking over to her.
Natalia wrinkled her nose a little, dragging in the essence of her, male shampoo mixed with strawberries, perfume and Calleigh herself. It was something refreshing about it.
Calleigh looked at her, her eyes were sparkling more than usual and her jaw had dropped a little. If Calleigh hadn't known better she would have said the older woman was drooling at her.
"Natalia," Calleigh said, raising a brow at her.
Natalia swallowed hard and said, "Sorry, you just smell so great today."
"Don't I always," asked Calleigh, looking at her with questioning eyes.
"Of course, but that new shampoo, it just blows my mind away," said Natalia, looking down, realizing she had said too much.
"It's not mine, it's Eric's, I was out, but I'm glad you like it," Calleigh let a hand reach out to lift Natalia's chin so their eyes were at the same level.
"I really do, I know it is probably wrong to say this as its guy's shampoo, but it suits you," said Natalia.
Calleigh giggled and said, "Maybe I should use it all the time then, but doubt Eric would be turned on by that I smell like him."
"He's not right for you," it slipped from Natalia's lips. She had no idea what made her say that, and no idea how to rectify it either, so she nervously looked away.
"If he is not then…" Calleigh stopped, carefully turning Natalia's head, looking into her eyes again she saw something she had never seen before. She quickly looked around to see if anyone were watching before she with insecurity and without knowing why let her lips brush upon Natalia's before retracting.
"Oh Calleigh," Natalia whispered, and as tears started to fall from her eyes, she ran out and towards the bathroom.
When Eric came back Calleigh was waiting for him in front of his locker. She was looking at her badge, letting it go back and forth between her fingers.
"Calleigh," he interrupted her thinking.
"Eric, I'm glad you are here, we…need to talk," she said with a heavy sigh.
"Something wrong and why does it smell like you used my shampoo?" he asked.
"I was out of mine and if you can use mine once the same goes for me, that however was not what I wanted to talk to you about," she said.
"I agree on that. So what do you wish to talk to me about, nothing wrong I hope," he said and sat down next to her.
"Yes and no, the thing is that I think I am starting to fall for someone else. I didn't realize it until recently. We always in a way had a connection, but until today I never thought it could lead to something more. And the fact is I really want to be with this person. Eric don't get this the wrong way as I still love you dearly and I respect you, but I don't love you the right way so it wouldn't feel right for me to continue with you," she said, looking down, feeling really badly about it all as she knew she was breaking his heart.
"And why did this suddenly became clear for you today?" he asked.
"Because of the use of your shampoo lead to the discovery of that person," she said with a sigh.
"I see, well I wish you both a lifetime of happiness," he said annoyed and left her.
As soon as she had managed to gather herself somewhat more she went to find Natalia. She found her in the break room with a cup of coffee and a fashion magazine.
"Natalia, do you have a moment?" the blonde asked, looking at her. It was possibly the first time she saw how beautiful she really was.
"I do," said Natalia, and put the magazine aside looking up at her.
"I…uhm broke up with Eric…You were right, he's not right for me. I however think that…you might be," said Calleigh, feeling she had made the most hopeless statement ever.
"Do you really mean that?" asked Natalia, looking at her with doubting eyes.
"I do, I don't think I would have kissed you earlier if I didn't," she said and smiled at the brunette in front of her.
"Oh Calleigh," said Natalia, got up, and wrapped her arms around her, hugging her hardly. Calleigh just hold her closely thinking that it was funny how Eric's shampoo had made her open her eyes and made her see just how much she loved and appreciated the woman she was now holding in her arms.
Had it not been for that bottle of shampoo she might have ended up with the wrong guy and been missing out on the right girl.
Natalia again dragged in the essence of Calleigh whispering, "I really love how you smell."
Calleigh giggled and said, "Why thank you, but I have to admit you smell pretty great yourself, my beautiful."
And with that their lips again found each other, uniting them, making the two become one.
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