Long Slow Beautiful Dance Chapter 4: You Had Me From Hello, a csi: miami fanfic

Fourth chapter/song for this story!!! This one's called "You Had Me From Hello" by Kenny Chesney!!! ENJOY!!! PS, I decided to update this chapter with the last one, because the last three were just basics that had to happen for the rest of the story to make sense, I know they weren't really that good, but now we get into the good stuff! AND you find out who that boy is! And for those who read the last chapters, THANK YOU for staying with me! You all rock!!! ENJOY!

As Calleigh ran, she saw someone run in from the forest, and began running along the track too. With a shock she realized that it was the blonde haired green eyed boy that had helped her when she found her grandmother dead. She slowed down a little, and soon he caught up with her. He ran past her, and she tried to speed up to catch him, to try and thank him. He seemed to speed up, so she opened her mouth and said something.

One word, that's all was said,
Something in your voice called me, turned my head.
Your smile captured me, you were in my future as far as I could see.
And I don't know how it happened, but it happens still.
You ask me if I love you, if I always will

"Hello!" She said, trying to get him to stop.

He slowed down, not wanting to, but something in that voice, that sweet, sweet voice called him, and made him turn his head. She was smiling at him, and that sweet, sweet smile of hers just captured him. Suddenly he could see himself with her in his future, like, standing at the altar or something like that. She walked towards him, her chest heaving from running. With every step that she took, his heart seemed to tell him that she was the one that he had been searching for. He swallowed hard, trying to banish those thoughts, but they just kept coming. She asked him something, and in his state he thought she asked him if he loved her.

"Yes." He managed to say, and she smiled at him. He stood there in shock, trying to think of what she had asked him. He thought hard, and then it came to him. She had asked him,

"Are you the guy that helped me when I found my grandma's body?" So, yes had been a good answer. He sighed in relief as the girl got closer and closer to him.

Well, you had me from "Hello"
I felt love start to grow the moment I looked into your eyes,
You won me, it was over from the start.
You completely stole my heart, and now you won't let go.
I never even had a chance you know
You had me from "Hello"

"I'm Calleigh Duquesne," She said, holding out her hand. Fighting the urge to kiss it he nodded and stuck his own hand out, saying,

"I'm Horatio Caine," She smiled at him and shook his hand. He held onto her hand for a moment longer than what was necessary, and she gently loosed her hand from his.

"I wanted to thank you for helping me out that day," She said, biting her lip and he nodded, mentally slapping himself so he could have a decent conversation with her.

"Run with me?" He asked, and she nodded. They settled into a comfortable pace, jogging along the track.

"So, how was I, you know, when you found me? I can't remember what happened," She confessed, and he took a long look at her, saying,

"You were crying, and then you passed out when I shook my head, because she was, well, gone."

"Oh," She said, looking down.

Inside I built a wall so high around my heart, I thought I'd never fall.
One touch, you brought it down
Bricks of my defenses scattered on the ground
And I swore to me that I wasn't going to love again
The last time was the last time I'd let someone in

"You passed out, and I carried you to your place, and your brother took you, Garth I think he name was." Horatio offered, trying to keep the conversation going.

"Yeah, that was him," She said, and Horatio hit himself on the head, saying,

"I am an idiot, Calleigh, talking about what happened, when you probably just want to forget it,"

"No! No, it's okay," She said, looking up, and added, "I need to talk about it, so I should be thanking you for even listening to the workings of my messed up mind."

"You have a bea, um, interesting mind, actually," Horatio said. He opened his eyes in horror, he had almost said that she had a beautiful mind, but had caught himself. She looked sideways at him and smiled, saying,

"Thanks, I think," He smiled with her, and soon they were both breathless from running. "Hey, you wanna grab something to drink at my place?" She panted, bending over, trying to catch her breath.

"Sure, as long as, we don't have to run there," He said, and Calleigh managed to laugh, and they walked to her house, chatting about schoolwork and stuff like that. As they compared schools, Calleigh suddenly stopped and said,

"It's summer break, yet we're talking about school. How sick is that?"

"Really sick," Horatio agreed, tearing his eyes away from her face and looking at the ground.

They got some water at Calleigh's house, and just to make conversation Horatio said,

"So, you like being a Southern girl?"

"Of course," Calleigh drawled, and Horatio had to smile. They wandered into her bedroom somehow and Horatio saw that she was logged into IM.

"Yes, I have an account," Calleigh teased, and Horatio looked sheepish.

"Me too," He said, and she lit up, saying,

"We should chat sometimes,"

"That would be cool," He said, and then mentally smacked himself, asking himself if he seriously just said that it would be cool. Gosh, couldn't he think of a better word to use other than 'cool'?

"What's your screen name?" She said, pen poised over a piece of paper to write it down. He wrote it down instead and she wrote hers down and they exchanged papers. Without looking at it he tucked it into his pocket, not wanting to tear his eyes away from her face for another moment. She didn't look at it either, instead she looked at the clock and gasped.

"Aw, dang it!" She said, jumping up.

"What's up?" He asked, startled by her outburst. She looked apologetically at him and said,

"I'm afraid y'all gonna have to go, I have to take a shower before my folks get home from our cabin,"

"Oh, okay. IM me sometime?" He asked, heading out the door.

"Sure," She said warmly, and shut the door.

"Well, at least she didn't say goodbye," Horatio muttered to himself and walked back into the forest where he had parked his motorcycle. As he rode off, he rationalized the whole thing, how he was too old for her, she was too young for him. Also, he was a rational man, he never just jumped into love anymore, he used to but then got his heart broke a few too many times and now he was overly-cautious with his heart, building walls intended to keep everyone out.

Now, it seems, that it was just keeping her in. She had me from hello, Horatio though wryly, and then let the wind take him away on his motorcycle.

That's all you said
Something in your voice calls me, turns my head
You had me from "Hello"
You had me from "Hello"
Girl, I've loved you from "Hello"

I hope you liked the latest chapter! I love Kenny Chesney's voice, especially in this song. He doesn't do many songs that I can write song fics about, but this one I definitely could. The next one'll be up soon, and thanks for reading!! I know the age difference thing might be a little condensed, but, I'm not good at math! :) Adios for now!! (LUV YA BETH!!!)