Authors Note : I'm just a little bit sorry about the lyrics of rock with me, but I still really do like it.
Chapter 3. Natalia.
After all every single person had secrets from the past. The singing was a part of her yes and she still did it in her private quarters, but that was also it. So no one at the lab knew about it and she never planned to tell them, had it not been for Ryan by accident one day found out.
Ryan had for as long as he remembered, which to be honest only was for twenty six of his thirty one years liked music. He listened to everything he could get his hands on. He of course was too young to have known about Natalia's previous career as a singer and he wasn't really a fan of girly singers. Even if he had occasionally listened to it at parties. Either way this particular day Mister Wolfe was looking at YouTube during work hours to get some music while he work. And one video lead to another when he suddenly came over a singer called Natalia.
He clicked on the video and gasped as he looked. The girl looked exactly like Natalia, well not exactly as she was a teenager, but still. His jaw dropped to his knees as he looked over at Calleigh, that also was in the lab just then saying, "Calleigh, can you take a look at this?"
"What?" she asked as she turned to look at the shocked man.
"This video, I know it's a long shoot, but doesn't this girl look like Natalia?" he asked and nodded towards his laptop.
Calleigh came over and asked him to play it again so she could see. He quickly did as she asked and just like him she gasped over the resemblance by the young girl hopping and dancing around on the stage.
"I have actually heard of her, in fact I was a fan back in the days, but never figured it was Natalia," Calleigh admitted with a little smile.
"So you have her CD's`" he asked.
"Try cassette's, but yes," she answered with a little smile.
"How many in total?" he asked.
"Seven," she answered, blushing slightly just as Natalia came in and asked, "What's going on?"
"Calleigh loves you," Ryan blurted out, making Calleigh become even redder.
"Sorry what?" asked Natalia confused, looking at the blushing blonde as as far as she knew she was with Eric.
"I have to go as I am late for meeting up at Horatio with the crime scene," said Calleigh and stormed past her. Natalia looked confused after her for a second before turning at Ryan saying, "Want to tell me what is going on?"
"I rather not," he said and closed down the window.
"Ryan," she said in a warning tone.
"I have to go, need to stop by the record shop," he said and managed to sneak past her on his way out, while she was left even more confused behind.
After Ryan had been through every possible in Miami, he finally managed to get a hold of Natalia. He then realized it would have been easier to either ask Calleigh to bring her cassette's to work the next day or to download it.
He put the CD in the CD player in the Hummer and pressed played and soon he was singing along with the song, "A very bad day."
It was actually quite catchy and he couldn't believe how good she sounded. What he couldn't get was why she had stopped singing when she was this good. He decided to ask Calleigh the next time he saw her as it had to be a girly thing.
To Ryan's luck the petite blonde had also come back to the lab while he was gone as he quickly found her in the break room.
He looked at her as she was pouring some coffee in a coop and asked, "Do you know why she quit?"
"Actually no as it was sudden and the tabloids never said anything and it was like she had dropped off the face of the earth," Calleigh answered as she at once knew what the question was regarding.
"And you never looked it up?" he asked.
"I actually did when we got net and all, but nothing," she said with a deep sigh, looking away.
"Calleigh…?" he asked concerned.
"I don't want to talk about it OK," she said, meaning he better leave it be, so he started walking to DNA.
As he walked there a little annoyed, Natalia came in his direction and asked, "Ryan, are you OK?"
"Just peachy, but you should talk to Calleigh," he said, looking at her.
"Why, what did you do?" she asked, raising a brow.
"Apparently butting into something that was none of my business, she's in the break room," he said.
"Thank you and for the record it's a girly thing why I stopped," she said.
"How did you…?" he asked.
"You forgot to close the page you were on before leaving," she said with a little smile, winking at him.
"So it was you?" he asked.
"It was yes, but I better check on Calleigh," she said and before he could say anything else she was heading in direction of the break room.
Natalia looked at the petite blonde that was walking back and forth in the break room, holding her coffee mug. She looked rather confused making Natalia smile a little.
"Calleigh," she interrupted her.
The blonde startled, almost causing her to drop the coop saying, "Why didn't you ever tell me that you…?"
"That I have a past, we all do and not every memory is for sharing," said Natalia with a sigh.
"I agree, but you were a star, I used to dream of becoming you when I grew up," said Calleigh.
"A lot did, but it wasn't all fun," said Natalia.
"Wanna tell me about it?" Calleigh asked curiously as they sat down on the couch.
Natalia smiled and said, "It was the time of my life or so I thought. I loved preforming, at least at first, but then homework caught up on me as I needed to be on top to do it all. Three shows a week at the most, tons of homework and not much time to rest. It started to get exhausting. Not to mention the press that was all over me."
"I guess I can understand that," said Calleigh in a sympathetic tone.
"Not many did. I did have a lot of friends, but they were all about fun, we were having parties almost every Friday and Saturday, I mean who didn't want to hang out with me…" she said with a sigh. Calleigh could detect sadness in her eyes.
"When I was fourteen I started dated David, he was a real stud and very cool, at least at first. We had been dating a little over a year when I had the last concert. He always came to see me and he always sent a message backstage. Then he changed, wanting what most boys want and I just couldn't. We argued a lot about that towards the end," said Natalia.
"Then what happened, he didn't…?" Calleigh asked.
"No, he backed off, but at the last show I saw him from the stage making out with my friend Courtney and that was the end of it," she said looking down.
"Did you ever regret it?" Calleigh wanted to know.
"At times yes, but to be honest I am very glad I choose the way I did, minus the obstacles that is," she said.
"You mean Nick," Calleigh said, remembering her ex-husband.
Natalia didn't answer, she just looked away, making Calleigh reach out, putting a hand on top of Natalia's saying, "It's OK."
"It's not," said Natalia.
"I know, but at least the bad times are over now and I am truly sorry for David and Nick," said Calleigh honest, looking into the other woman's hazel eyes.
"Thank you and I am sorry for what you had to go through when you were young," Natalia said.
"It's OK, it wasn't your fault," said Calleigh honest.
"I know, still I am sorry," she said.
"I appreciate that," said Calleigh as she looked away.
"Wanna talk about it?" Natalia asked.
Calleigh looked at her friend before saying, "It was hard when the times were bad and my parents were drinking. There were times where I didn't feel like I had any parents and it all felt so hopeless. It did help that I had my brothers, but still."
Natalia nodded at Calleigh went on, "I found comfort in books, making me good at school, guns, I loved them and music. In time your music."
Natalia smiled a little as she asked, "Favorite song?"
"Rock with me," said Calleigh and looked down.
Natalia giggled and asked, "Do you still know the lyrics?"
"I do yes, Come on rock with me, all night long, come on have fun with me, while we are still young. Rock with me baby, rock with me," Calleigh sang, but it sounded more like a whisper.
Natalia smiled even wider as she said, "Impressive."
"Will you?" she asked.
"What?" Natalia asked back, rather confused.
"Rock with me?" she questioned.
"Anytime, anywhere, but I really need to get back to DNA, been gone too long," she said with a sigh.
Calleigh nodded, but before Natalia left she said, "Thank you for comforting me."
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