Thanks for your reviews! I finally got to watch the season 5 finale on the internet and you were all right, it wasn't really that great although I really don't think Calleigh wanted to kiss Jake, he kissed her and she didn't even seem into it, but she definitely wants Eric the look she gave him, she felt guilty, I'm sure of it! Well actually that's probably just me, but let me believe it, it makes me happy to think that Calleigh and Eric will eventually be together! Anyway, here's chapter 6, it's actually my third draft all of which were completely different, anyway, I really need to learn to shut up, here it is…

When Eric woke up Calleigh was still lying in his arms, although they'd rolled over and his head was now resting on her chest, he just looked up at her, she looked so peaceful when she was asleep, he thought about what she'd been through and wanted to go and rip her dad to shreds for it, he knew she'd never allow it. He still had pictures in his head of her being hurt and just wanted to make them go away, he figured it must've been worse for Calleigh, his pictures were only what he'd imagined, hers were real, she'd been there, endured what he had done and survived. Calleigh moved in her sleep, her hands were on his shoulders pushing him away.

"Daddy no," she said quietly still pushing him off her, Eric moved so he wasn't leaning on her anymore.

"Please daddy, stop it!" she said more loudly this time.

"Calleigh wake up," Eric said shaking her gently, "Calleigh…" He watched as her eyes opened, "It's ok, you had a nightmare." He looked at her and she smiled at him, she looked so beautiful, she lifted her head up and kissed him deeply on the lips, only stopping when they ran out of air, Calleigh rested her head back on his chest. Calleigh thought it was sweet that he'd woken her up, little did he know that this wasn't really a nightmare anymore, just the same dream she'd had had every night for years.

"I wish we could just stay like this forever," Calleigh said, "I like lying like this."

"Me too," he replied kissing her on the top of her head.

"We should get up," she stated although herself not really willing to move from the comfortable position she found herself in.

"We should…" Eric said, "but do we really have to?" he asked.

"Yes," she said jumping out of bed, "come on get up." She said picking up a pillow and throwing it at him, he grabbed hold of her and brought his lips crashing towards hers, he pulled her backwards, until she fell onto the bed on top of him.

"Ow!" she said rubbing her stomach where he had accidentally kneed her.

"Oops, sorry let me see, I'll kiss it better," he said rolling her over until he was on top of her, he lifted the edge of her top up and stopped. He couldn't believe what he was looking at, her entire stomach was covered with scars, criss-crossed all over her delicate skin. Calleigh suddenly realised what she'd let him see and pulled her top back down.

"Calleigh…" he started.

"Don't," she answered, wondering how she could have let him see them, they were having fun and now this had ruined it, "it's no big deal."

"They're from what he did aren't they?"

"Yes," she said, suddenly losing her confidence.

"Let me see," he said, expecting her to refuse, she'd be showing her weakness and Calleigh Duquesne never showed her weakness to anyone. He watched her nod and slowly she sat up and removed her top, he looked down at her body, scars spanned her soft skin, angry belt marks as he looked closer there were faint bite marks on her breasts also. He still couldn't believe what her father had done to her, this was just too much.

Calleigh noticed his reaction, he was disgusted by her, she knew he had every right to be but it still hurt. She grabbed her top and covered up before jumping out of bed and beginning to get dressed, as she stood up, Eric noticed more scars over her back and walked up to her, wrapping his arms around her stomach and bringing her into a hug. She began shaking, crying, he held her, he felt useless, just watching as her sobs wracked her entire body then he felt her knees buckle and she fell toward the ground but he held her up and brought her slowly towards the bed sitting her down on it.

"I'm sorry Eric, it's just… well everything, being back here, facing all of this and you were never supposed to find out any of this, it was my secret. I don't mind if you don't want me anymore, I'm used goods, dirty, my dad made sure to mark me as his. The last guy I nearly told, found the scars and freaked out, he left me."

"I'm not going anywhere, that guy was a jerk, I love you so much, it just hurts me to know how much you have suffered."

"Thanks Eric," she said kissing him softly on the lips. "I have to go back round to the house today Eric, the funeral needs sorting."

"Well lets get up now, we can go round and get it sorted," Eric replied, knowing she needed to change the subject.

"No, I'm going round on my own."

"Calleigh, you can't I'm coming with you, I'm not letting you go around there on your own."

"Eric, you can't come, you're so mad at my dad, you'll do something stupid, even if you think you won't I know that when you see him you'll hit him or worse."

"He deserves it Cal, and more, how can you not want him dead?"

"Sometimes I do, I can't forgive him for what he did, but Eric, when he was sober he was a good man, he used to take us to the park to the swings as I got older he was the one that showed me how to fire a gun, didn't stop until I was a better shot than he was. Granted, he wasn't sober often but when he was he was a good man. Besides, even if he died, it wouldn't change anything that happened, that's already done, I can't forgive him but I can try and be civil, be better than him."

"Calleigh, you'll always be better than him, always, you're smart, beautiful and funny, you're the most amazing person I've ever met, and when I think how you grew up I don't understand how you are as fantastic as you are."

"Well, that's very kind, Eric, but you're still not coming, I don't want you to do something stupid, if you hit him, you'll be as bad as him and I don't want that, I love you too much."

"Calleigh, I could never end up like that, I love you."

"He said he loved me too," was all Calleigh said before standing up and continuing to get dressed. Eric thought about what she said, he knew he could never hurt her, but he was beginning to realise how hard it was for Calleigh to trust anyone after what she had been through, it explained why Calleigh was as she was, she always looked out for herself, could handle herself, she knew no one else was going to look out for her so she had to. She never let anyone see her emotions, couldn't let herself show her vulnerability, she had learnt from a young age that people can only hurt them if you let them, if you show them how, they will. Eric knew he needed to show her that it didn't have to be like that anymore, but it'd be hard she'd lived like this for so long.

"Calleigh, please let me come, I hate to think of you going to that house on your own, I promise I won't do anything stupid, I promise. Even if I do want to punish him for what he did, that's not my right, that right belongs to you only."

"Ok, please don't do anything stupid, I don't want any trouble, we just need to get the funeral out of the way and then we can go home to Miami and get on with our lives please." Calleigh was cut off by Eric's phone ringing.

"Delko." He answered it.

After a short conversation with who Calleigh figured was Horatio he put the phone down.

"What did he want?" She asked.

"They've closed the investigation into your brothers death."

"And?"

"He was drunk, he picked a fight with some guy who hit him back in self defence, it was one hit, I'm sorry Calleigh."

"It's all my fault," she said sitting down on the bed, "I left him when he was too young, I should have stayed longer, I thought Mike and Dave would look after him, he went off the rails instead, if I hadn't gone to university then maybe this wouldn't have happened."

"Calleigh, you don't know that, it may have happened anyway. You had to get out of here, you stayed so long, looked after them as well as you could but you had to live your own life, if you hadn't have left then you may never have left and you may have ended up dead."

"Thanks Eric, I'm so glad you came I don't think I'd be able to do this without you." Calleigh said as the two of them began to get ready to go around and talk to her family.

TBC…

So there you go, please read and review! I'll update soon!