-Now this part I got the idea after reading Email to my Heart by Speed'sgirl22.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters used in this story. But I do own the random people.
Summary: The last five years have been hard. She felt like everything was going wrong, but when you have two small children you learn they come first and that your needs should be pushed aside.
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The Transient
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It had been four years and six months to the day. Daniel Timothy Speedle was now five years old and his younger sister Emma Carol-Lynne Speedle was closing to her forth birthday. Both of them looked exactly like their parents. Danny had the thick wavy black hair, and Emma had the long blond curly locks that Calleigh herself had had when she was her daughter's age. The only difference the children had from their parents was their eyes. Danny had Calleigh's bright green eyes and Emma the deep brown of Tim's.
Over the past few years both Danny and Emma had been able to still moments with Calleigh to see Tim. It had been four different three-day weekends. One each year, and they were all spent at Duquesne family home in Louisiana. There were photos in their home of Tim with his children. "I know sweet heart. I wish Daddy was here too, but he has to work so that's why we got this. So we could see and talk to Daddy when ever we want too." Is what Calleigh had told them the day she came home with a simple Logitech Webcam. They understood to the point that a five and four year old could and it meant they could see Tim so they never questioned or complained too Calleigh on why it had to be this way.
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Three women sat at the kitchen table. Two were drinking coffee while the other was drinking a glass of water. It was raining outside and\ had been for the last few days. Neither of the women had planned on spending their weekend off like this, but it helped their children stayed occupied. "How old is Meredith now?" asked Nikki.
"She will be three in November." Smiled Valera. Her eyes drifted towards the little girl who was playing over in the corner with Emma both of them being closely watched a young girl who was in her late teens as she read through her advanced Bio-Chemistry Textbook.
Calleigh watched them with a smile. The past few years although hard she would never trade for the world. After Tim had left only a few knew that she still kept in touch with him, so that their children would know he hadn't left them. Valera, Alexx, Eric, and Horatio had all been present for her delivery of Emma. Nikki her cousin and surrogate sister had been her doctor yet again for the delivery, and even paid for two of Tim's flights to Louisiana so that his name wouldn't come up in anything if he were being watched.
"Calleigh? Hey Calleigh!" said Nikki as she waved a hand in front of her face. "What have I told you about day dreaming while in conversations." She gave a smile.
"Huh? Oh…sorry I was just thinking," stated Calleigh as she took a sip of her coffee.
"About?" asked Maxine.
She was about to protest when she saw Nikki's 'we are only going to drag it out of you so you had better just spill it face.' "Tim hasn't spoken too us in a few weeks now." She sighed. "Just trying too ignore my thoughts and still figure out why he wouldn't be speaking to us."
"I'm sure everything is fine, Calleigh," Nikki squeezed Calleigh's her bracelet clanging against the glass of the table.
Suddenly a loud whoosh and some clanging came from the living room as Danny and his older cousin TJ laughed. "You aren't showing that horrible first person shooter game too Danny I hope!" yelled Nikki as she leaned back in her chair to check on her son.
"If Final Fantasy was a first person shooter than yeah!" TJ yelled back.
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The three had signed on to their Instant Messenger sat at the laptop for a few minutes, but here was no sign on like many of the nights before. "Mommy…why isn't Daddy coming on? Is he busy?" asked Emma. She looked up at her mother he was holding her while her bother sat in another rolling chair beside them.
"I'm not sure honey. He has told me work has gotten much harder." She lied, well white lied because really had no idea. For all she knew Tim could be moving around again because the Lorenzos may have found his ware bouts.
She let them both stay up later than normal to watch the Wizard of Oz that was playing on TCM channel while she was flipping through, then ushered them off to bed because had gotten ready right after dinner.
Upstairs she stood at the doorway of Danny's room. Furniture had been moved around because TJ had finally come up with a drawing of Nightwing that Danny had liked and wanted to be painted on the walls in his room. "I can go to sleep by myself mom." He walked over to his bed pulled himself up and got into his covers. She smiled at him and turned off his light shutting the door enough so that a good 3 inches of light could still creep into his room from the hallway.
Calleigh walked into her daughter's room. It was filled with different pieces of furniture covered with different designs of purples and pinks. She sat on the edge of the bed while Emma pulled her covers over her body best she could. "Sing the song from the radio Mommy?"
"What song from the radio?" Calleigh smiled at her daughter. She knew witch song.
"You know what song." Emma gave off airy giggle and looked up at Calleigh.
"Alright, alright." Calleigh began to sing.
Here we are in the dead of night
I will keep
you warm and hold you tight
All we have is until the dawn
Let
the night be long and ease the dawn
I love you more than you'll
ever know
It hurts to have to let you go
So Darling I will sing
you a lullaby
Bittersweet goodbye
Calleigh looked over as she sang. She saw Danny waiting for her at the door. Giving him a smile she continued to sing too her baby girl.
Don't think about the future now
These
few hours
Let the nighttime envelop you
Take you
under
Bewitching spell, bewitching spell
Here you are in the
dead of night
Won't see you till the morning light
So Darling I
will sing you a lullaby
Bittersweet goodbye
Remember me when
you're away
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Finally after putting her babes to sleep she walked back down to her computer and scrolled through her e-mail. She checked through some chain e-mails Nikki had sent her as a joke. Some others filled with photos from friends and family. Then finally checked through her online purchases.
She drug her mouse over to the shutdown and was just about too click the button when a Instant Message popped up onto her screen, and read:
DTownSWATman: Hi. Your Nichole's older cousin right?
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TBC…Please review. "Bitter Sweet Goodbye" is a song by Kylie Minogue. I altered some words just so it would seem like its their own version of the song. Nightwing is Robin(Dick Garison) from the Batman Comics. I know nothing to interesting. Still trying to create a build up for the next few chapters.
