(Sara's Prov)
It's been over 3 months since my return to Miami. The cases keep flowing in and Eric and I have been working on our relationship.
Today was like any other day in the crime lab. Eric, Calleigh and Frank were on a case leaving me with Speed and Horatio. Natalia stayed in the lab while Ryan stayed at home with the flu. The case we were working on was a man who was murdered after trying to pay the ransom for his son.
"Sara we found a lead are you coming with us?" Speed asked. "Yeah, what did you guys find?" I asked while slipping off my lab coat. "The jewels the dad used to pay the ransom were fake; H thinks the jewelry store swapped the jewels." Speed replied. We both walked to the front of the building to meet H. On the way to the jewelry store the car ride was silent. Speed still hasn't forgiven me for leaving Eric, but he acts civil towards me as much as possible. After about 10 minutes of silence, we finally pulled up to the Jewelry store. As soon as we entered I could tell something was wrong as did H and Speed. H asked the jewelry store owners the questions while Speed and I scanned our surroundings. I didn't even hear the shots when they begin or H calling my name or Speed's. Speed moved me out of the line of gun fire before he stood up to help H with the suspects. I tried applying pressure to my shoulder while the guys took care of everything else. I heard one gunshot and I saw Speed hit the floor. H fired a couple more shots before he said it was all clear and ran to Speed. "Speed, stay with me son! Don't close your eyes, your are going to be fine." Horatio said. I slide closer to Speed holding his hand as he took his final breaths. I sat there crying next to Speed as H made the call for an ambulance.
The ambulance arrived shortly; I heard the paramedics walk in but didn't bother to look at them as I stood next to Speed's lifeless body. "Sara, you need to go the hospital. I will send Eric over as soon as possible." Horatio said. "H I don't want to leave; I want to help with the investigation." I replied. "Sara go get checked out first." H replied. I didn't answer as the paramedics kept looking on my shoulder. Alexx stepped into the store and immediately went to Horatio. "Horatio go change I got him, I will let you know what I find." Alexx said on the brink of tears. "Thank you Alexx." he replied. "Boys get this woman to a hospital now; you don't want me or her husband speaking to your supervisors.
After Alexx's comment the paramedics rushed me to the hospital. My wound was just a flesh one; the doctors removed the bullet and sewed up my arm. After about an hour Eric showed up at the hospital. When he entered the room I couldn't help but cry, Speed was Eric's best friend. Eric sat and held me with neither of us saying a word. We sat that way for at least and hour before the doctor came in. "Excuse me Mrs. Delko, My name is Dr. Jones. I checked your charts and you are free to leave whenever you like." the doctor said. "Thank you Sir, and about her wounds?" Eric asked. "She will be fine, I will prescribe some pain medication and I advise staying home a couple of days. I will have one of the nurses bring you your release papers" Dr. Jones replied. "Thank you Dr. Jones." I said as he made his way out the door. I got up and went to change, when I pulled out my clothes I saw the blood stains that were left on my shirt. Mostly my blood but some of Speed's to. "Babe, here is a clean shirt. Put the shirt back in the bag so it can be processed in evidence." Eric said. I took the shirt from him and put it on. I was putting on my shoes when the nurse came in with the release papers; I signed them and then made my way out of the hospital. When in the car I asked Eric "Can we go the crime lab please?" "No, you need to get home and Horatio thought it would be a good idea for us to stay away from the case because of our personal involvement. Plus you need to go home and rest" he replied. "Eric, I can't sleep all I have been doing since the incident was replay it in my head." I replied. He didn't respond to what I said, we just drove home in silence.
The next day Eric and I got the news that Speed's killer was caught and the kidnapped child was returned to his mother. The next couple of days Eric and I stayed in bed, neither one of us talking about the events that took place.
Today was the day of Speed's funeral, Eric got up before I did to get ready. He really hasn't said much to me since the day of the shooting. While he was in the shower I chose my outfit for today. I picked a simple black dress that was modestly cut with simple black flats. During the ceremony everyone was crying as the lowered Speed into the ground and folded the flag to give to his parents. I stood in between Eric and Alexx holding both of their hands as the ceremony continued. After the ceremony the team all went to lunch, no one really said anything they just sat and ate in silence. Natalia finally broke the silence "So Sara now that you are back in town are you and Eric going to try and start a family." she asked me. Eric nearly spit his drink all over Horatio and Frank at the question. "We haven't talked about it. But I don't think it will be any time soon." I replied. After that question the table stayed quiet until people started leaving. Eric and I made our way home after saying goodbye to everyone else.
As soon as we got home I went to change and decided to go watch a movie in the living room. I knew Eric needed his space to deal with his own emotions. I sat in the living room crying silently while Eric threw stuff around in the room. He was angry and frustrated; everyone was walking on egg shells around him. I got up and went to the room to find Eric sitting on the bed crying, I went and sat on his lap and hugged him without saying a word
(Eric's Prov)
After Sara and I got home she gave me some time to cool down. I was angry how could Speed be so neglectful and not clean his gun properly. I let my angry out by throwing something's across the room; I did the same thing after Sara took off a year ago. I sat on the bed and cried, I didn't like to show my emotions to anyone and Sara knew that. After about 5 minutes Sara came in the room and sat on my lap and hugged me. It felt nice to hold her in my arms, the year she was gone I distracted myself with work, and I would work the night shift if the lab was short on staff. After a few minutes I leaned in a kissed Sara passionately, sex didn't make anything better but it did distract both of us.
I layer Sara down on the bed as I hovered over her and kissed her more. Sara stopped kissing me and asked "Eric do you think this good idea? Maybe we should just try to sleep" "It's fine, I want you, that's all the matters right now" I replied kissing her again. She didn't fight back she just kissed me back. I began to take her clothes off as she helped me with mine. Tonight reminded me off the night after she came back when we slept together. Being entangled in each others limbs and kissing her passionately, I knew she was the only person that I would love. The next morning I woke up with Sara's side of the bed empty, I smelled cooking in the kitchen and the TV playing quietly in the living room. I got up and showered and got dressed. When I went into the kitchen Sara was already showered and dressed and still cooking. I went up behind her and wrapped my arms around her waist and kissed her neck good morning." Morning, your sister and mom are coming for lunch pretty soon" Sara said.
"You do know they are still pissed at you?" I replied. "Oh yes, I got that when your sister was giving me attitude on the phone" she said as she laughed. "ha-ha you know she's just looking out for me, and the same with Mami." I replied. "I know, but just to let you know they never liked me. They thought I was too young and immature to marry a man like you." she said. "As far as young goes we were both young. You were what 22 and I was 24. And you aren't immature, you are very smart" I said while kissing her neck and making her laugh. She turned around and kissed me on the lips, I was still upset about Tim but she made things better. After a few more minutes of kissing her I heard a knock on the door. She released her hold around my neck and went to finish up lunch, while I went to answer the door. As soon as I opened the door my sister gave me a hug and kissed my cheek following my mother. They both entered the house and went to sit in the dining room. I sat with my sister and mom while Sara cooked. I wasn't really in the mood to talk about Tim, if anything I wanted forgets about it for a while. "Eric how are you doing?" Marisol asked me. "Madi, I don't want to talk about it. I am fine." I replied. Sara came in the dining room and sat brought out the roast. "The food looks great Sara, thank you for having us over." My mom said. "It's no problem Maria you are family." Sara replied. "Mami, you are going to be nice to her after she left and broke Eric's heart and then came back like she never left." Marisol said. "Marisol, that's enough how your brother handles that issue is up to him." my mom said. "Maria, I understand if I was Marisol I would act the same way. But Marisol, it was never my intention to break his heart." Sara replied. Sara served everyone in silence, Sara was right I knew it wasn't her intention to break us apart. We were young when we got married, and she was here and didn't have her family out here in Miami like I did. We ate in silence until my mom said "Sara are you healed enough to go back to work with Eric tomorrow?" my mom asked Sara. "Yes, I am ready to go back; it will be nice to get out of the house." Sara replied. "I think Sara should take a few more days off, but she is stubborn." I said. "Sorry honey, you are not going to convince me to stay home" Sara replied with a smile. "Well guys I have to get going, Eric will you take Mami home for me please?" Marisol said. "Sure, but where are you going?" I asked. "Meeting up with some people from work for a couple of drinks. Bye mami and Eric and Sara." Marisol replied while getting up and kissing me and our mom before she left.
Mami stayed for a while helping Sara clean up after lunch. Even though mom was mad at Sara for leaving, I think she understands why Sara did. Having Sara back I started to notice that she was happier with the exception of recent events. Speed was mad at her too, but he kind of had an understanding when it came to her and me. I wasn't the only one happy she was back; Calleigh, Natalia and Alexx were too. After a while I took Mami home and left Sara at the house. On my way back I decided to stop the cemetery before I headed home. I parked and made my way to Speed's burial site; there were flowers all around it from yesterday.
I met Speed one of the bars down the street from Miami-Dade University. He challenged me with a game of pool. Speed and I became friends after that, going to pick up on girls or just going to the bars to drink and play pool. He was my best man at my wedding to Sara. He also advised me not to marry her, thinking she would be a total control freak. But Sara wasn't like that she trusted me. I could trust Tim just as much as anyone else on the team. He would be the person I could turn to if I was fighting with Sara or my family. I stared down at his headstone thinking about all the past moments, how him and I would dog on each other with our come backs.
I drove home and found Sara on the phone with her parents. Sara's parents were not happy that she and I were married either. They were afraid it would end badly and Sara would not finish school to become a CSI. I think they wanted her to move back home to California after she finished her schooling. After a few minutes she got off the phone and motioned for me to sit next to her on the couch. I sat next her pulling her into my lap. "Was it weird going to see his grave?" She asked me. "How did you know I went?" I asked. "I am a CSI, it is my job to know timelines." she said. "Yeah it was weird to go, it doesn't seem real. One minute he is here and the next he is gone." I replied. "I know honey, it going to be hard for everyone to get used to." She said. "How was talking to your parents? I asked. "Good, they want to come out within the next couple of months to visit. They miss me and they want to see you and your family again." she replied. "That sounds good, but I will have to talk to Madi some more before they come." I replied. "Can I ask you a question?" she asked me. "What?" I said. "Do you truly forgive me for leaving? Don't say yes if you don't mean It." she said. "I don't fully forgive you, but now that you are back it makes more since why you left. It is going to take time for me to forgive you." I replied. "I understand. Why don't we head to sleep, we have to work tomorrow." She said while getting out of my lap. She waited for me to stand and took my hand and led me to the room. It took a while for us to fall asleep, but we finally did. Sara was right everyone was going to have a hard time with dealing with Speed's death. I knew it was hard for Sara; she would have night mares of his death every night.
The next day at work was busy. No one really mentioned Speed or asked how any one was feeling
