My younger Horatio is like John Kelly in NYPD Blue...so...he is a hot guy, yes :)
Now you can imagine the same redhead than me!
Enjoy!
- "Cardoza , Caine, Whiteman, Salas! I want you all in a car in less than five minutes. We found two DB in a school and I want you to interrogate all the students and teachers. With discretion" - Cried the chief from his office door .
- "Discretion... that's hard when you have a redhead in the team" - Cardoza said laughing .
- " Oh , so funny ... humuor squad is back in town" - Horatio growled grabbing his jacket and giving Jesse a little punch in the arm - " Just for that you 're driving. Enjoy Miami's traffic. You're a lucky guy" - he gave the keys to his partner and went to James and Yelina .
Yelina saw Horatio getting closer and smiled . The redhead did not look so tired like a couple of hours before but she could still see signs of fatigue in his face. On the other hand his eyes did not show anything. It didn't matter the situation it seemed that the redhead 's eyes were always shining. As she watched her Horatio reaching her desk she heard James saying her name.
- "We will let the problematic students and teachers to H and Jesse...I have a hangover. Ok , pal? "
Listening to James, Yelina turned and glared him - "Well, you should think before driking so much , James. Horatio , for example, was on call last night and did not sleep ... and Jesse left when he saw that he would sleep just a few hours"- she crossed her arms and looked at the reaction of his partner.
- "What's wrong? " - Horatio asked when he listened to his colleagues arguing.
- " You're not going to believe this H , the newbie thinks that the she can come here and give me orders " - James stood up and faced Yelina - " my suggestion will make our job easier or are you unable to understand it?"
- " James ... " - Yelina's hand prevented Horatio continue talking.
- " Listen, James. Your suggestion is to give the dirty work to others while you drink you coffee and try to soothe your hangover" - she looked directly into his eyes -" Who is incapable of understanding something is you. You recieve salary to do this, not for to sit around and wait for your teammates to take out all the information. If you do not like my way of thinking, a change of partner is in order "
- "What the hell are you still doing here , Cardoza? " - Shouted the chief again .
The four detectives looked at the chief and started to get up . Horatio noticed that Yelina was next to him and she didn't make eye contact with James .
When they reached the school, Horatio approached Cardoza - "Jesse , you go with James. I'll explain it later" - Whispered the redhead. Jesse nodded and called James. Once he solved that little problem, Horatio approached Yelina , who was already watching the scene .
- "A lot of blood ...and two bodies only. Must have been very violent " - said the Colombian looking around.
- " Lets se what we can find about the victims ... and from there we will try to figure this"
Working with Horatio gave her the opportunity to see how the redhead worked through his cases. Sheewas glad to see he was meticulous like she and that his idea of a crime scene was not just a couple of victims , but people who had a family. Occasionally, Cardoza came and shared information with them. Horatio and Jesse seemed to have a special connection, because as soon as one of them started a train of thought the other quickly followed him .
- "Well, that was the last " - sighed Yelina seeing one of the teachers walkingf away from them. Horatio and she headed to the car to wait for the other two detectives.
- "By the way... you were right "
- " What? "
- " Your discussion with James ... you were right. Don't be angry with him...he is a good detective but his former partner was an old man who wanted to retire and got used to make work easier with some lazi tactics" - Horatio said putting his hands in his pockets - " but you were right...he needed to listen to it"
- "I doubt he thinks the same" - she leaned against the car - " He did not seem very happy"
- "Oh ... he thinks he's right but don't worry , at the end he will understand your point" - the colombian smiled and he looked at his watch - "it seems that will not have time for lunch... what you think if we change it for dinner ? "
- "It's a good idea " - she grinned and Horatio thought his knees were going to let him drop anytime - " seven-thirty? "
- " I'll pick you up at you place"
- "It's a date" - she laughed
- " Tell me your address and I'll be there . " - he smiled as he saw Cardoza and Whiteman approaching the car.
At 19.20h Horatio was sitting in his car outside the front door of Yelina . The lunch was going to be casual, since after they were going to get back to work , but asking her out for dinner was something more serious . He looked at himself and thought that maybe a shirt and not a polo shirt would have been better... what if Yelina wasn't kidding when she said it was a date?. You are panicking , Caine ... don't be an idiot. It is just a dinner! Okay ... here we go. He got out and walked toward the door.
When she opened the door Yelina smiled at Horatio . He had chosen a black polo shirt , making his hair seem even more red and dark jeans . She had opted for a white shirt and black jeans , which rewarded him with a hungry look of Horatio .
- "Hey"
- "Hey ... " - Horatio said trying to catch his breath - "ready?" - when Yelina nodded, Horatio showed her which one was his car.
During dinner , the couple talked about everything and Yelina discovered that Horatio didn't stand spicy food when she offered her food to try it and the redhead almost died trying to breathe .
- "Geez ... you could have warned me " - he ordered water and continued coughing.
- " Sorry "- she laughed - " I never imagined you could not take a bit of spice "
- "A bit? ... you almost killed me with that ri- ..." - suddenly a woman appeared behind Yelina and Horatio 's face darkened - " Clara " - he said seriously .
- "Horatio , how nice to see you " - said the redhead's ex-girlfriend - "How are you?. Oh, hi, I'm Clara " - she extended his hand to Yelina , whoshook glancing at the blonde.
- "Yelina " - she looked back at her food showing little interest in Clara
- "Fine and you? " - he crossed his gaze with Yelina for a second and turned again to look at Clara - " do you need something? "
- "Oh , no ... I just came here to say hello. I'm having dinner with Tom ... do you remember him? "
- "If it is the same one that I found with you in my bed, yeah, I remember him" - Horatio said, starting to get frustrated - "Seriously, Clara, if you do not need anything in particular ... leave me alone , I'm busy "
- " Where have you left your education, red? " - said Clara upset
- " I put it in one of your bags when you were not looking. And don't call me red." - he growled angrily.
When Clara reopened her mouth to reply , Yelina intervened - " Hey, uhm ... Clara, right?. We are trying to finish dinner. I'm sure Horatio is pleased that you came to say hello but I think the best option for you is to leave " - Clara looked surprised to the colombia and then looked at Horatio .
- "If I were you I would not argue with her, Clara " - Horatio said while picking his food with his fork.
- "Good night..." - said Clara in a furious tone. she turned around and walked toward the bathrooms.
Yelina continued eating as if nothing had happened , while the redhead looked at her with wide eyes .
- " Uhm ... thanks " - Horatio said quietly.
- "You're welcome ... it seemed you needed a little backup" - Yelina said casually .
- "Hey ... if you're not too tired when we finish dinner, I would like to take you somewhere " - Horatio raised his hand and asked for the dessert. In his head he kept thinking if Yelina would like to see the place where he wanted to take her...