Complicated
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Hey there! I have to tell you that I think this is my favourite chapter... still I feel a little uneasy about it. Nevertheless, I hope you'll like it!!!
Chapter 7: More Complicated
Ryan opened the door silently then ushered Calleigh into the apartment with his hand on the small of her back. He couldn't help it. He had to touch her. He had to make sure that she was there with him. Calleigh didn't protest. She needed that kind of contact just as much as Ryan did.
She slowly walked into the living room and sat down on the coach. She was still trembling. Ryan sat down next to her and without a word he put his arm around her and pulled her as close to himself as he just could. Calleigh leant against him willingly putting one of her arms around his waist and grabbing his shirt with the other.
They sat on the coach for a long time neither of them saying anything. Calleigh clung to Ryan for her life while Ryan held her tight with one of his arms while he was stroking her hair with the other silently thanking God that she was still next to him.
There was a very hard day behind them. Ryan still felt nauseated by the events of the day. He couldn't forget the image of Calleigh as she was standing with a gun pointed to her head. But it was not only that gun which terrified him but the look in Calleigh's eyes as well. She was terrified, too.
Ryan and Calleigh were called to a crime scene. There was a body found stabbed to death in a family house. They happened to be rather close to the scene so when they reached there, only the two patrol officers were there who reported the murder.
After they stepped out of the Hummer they took their bags and started towards the house. They signed the necessary papers then entered the house. The body was lying in the living room.
"Well…" Calleigh started. "We can't touch the body until Alexx gets here so we are left with collecting the evidence. I start in the living room."
"Alright. I'll take the kitchen. Maybe I can find the murder weapon." With that they went on their separate ways.
Ryan was examining the knives when he heard a scream from the living room. It was Calleigh's. He immediately dropped everything and pulled his gun then ran there. But he stopped short in his track.
There was a man standing in the room holding Calleigh against him and holding a gun to her head. It was her own gun. As he heard Ryan shouting at him he quickly turned around and held Calleigh even tighter.
"You stop there or I'll make a nice hole into the skull of your little friend. Now that would be a pity, wouldn't it?" Ryan didn't doubt that statement for a second. After all that man had just stabbed another man.
"Alright, alright. Just let her go and then we can talk. Threatening an officer wouldn't help you."
"Oh, I bet it would. Now put down your gun!" Ryan steadied his grip on his gun. "Alright. Let me make this clear for you, boy. You keep on pointing that gun at me and I'll put that hole into the pretty lady's head." With this the barrel of the gun was pressed painfully into Calleigh's temple.
Ryan didn't move but took a quick glance at Calleigh. He was resolute not to let that guy get away but as soon as he saw the look in her eyes, he changed his mind. She was terrified.
"Right." He could only pray that he'd let Calleigh go. But it was still the better option. He looked back at Calleigh to show her somehow that everything would be all right then he looked back at his captor.
Ryan loosened the grip on his gun and let it go with his left hand then slowly began to lower his gun not leaving the eyes of the guy for a moment. He was standing there with a faint smile on his face and tightened his hold on the woman standing in his grasp. He didn't leave the eyes of Ryan, either. He was all too ready to pull the trigger at any sign of Ryan not compelling with his orders. The two men were staring into each others' eyes while Ryan put down his gun agonizingly slowly.
At that moment Alexx stepped into the room and suddenly everything began to happen rather quickly. It was only a couple of seconds during which Alexx froze into her place when she saw the situation in the room, Calleigh's eyes widened at the realization what was happening, and a gun was fired…
After that time stopped completely.
Alexx was still standing by the door shocked. In the room there was Ryan standing with a blank expression on his face still holding the gun in his hand while staring at the guy who had threatened Calleigh. He was lying on the floor with a hole between his eyes.
Calleigh was standing next to the guy pale as a ghost. She was visibly trembling. It wasn't the fist time that a gun had been pointed at her but this time was different. She was terrified that her baby could get hurt and this changed everything.
All of a sudden both Alexx and Ryan were on her side. She somehow got outside the events. She sensed that the room filled with police officers and she also heard her friends calling her name but she couldn't react…
After the incident Calleigh was sent home and given that she wasn't in the right condition to drive herself, Ryan eagerly volunteered to take her home. He didn't feel like leaving Calleigh alone and he wanted to be next to her.
After a very long time spent in silence, Calleigh lifted her head and looked into Ryan's eyes.
"Ryan…" She couldn't finish what she wanted to say as Ryan put his finger on her mouth.
"Shh." Then he stroked her cheek with his hand gently removing a stray lock of hair from her eyes. They locked their eyes neither of them being able to look away. Their eyes told more to each other than any words could. They could express all their fears that they had felt that day, the relief what had followed the deepest despair and mostly the love that both of them felt but neither of them dared to put into words yet.
Ryan slowly leant forward until only an inch separated his lips from Calleigh's. Then he leant even farther to meet her lips. When it happened it was as if everything else had stopped existing.
Calleigh closed her eyes as soon as she felt Ryan's lips on hers. It felt wonderful. He was so gentle not demanding anything just giving what he could.
Their kiss quickly became rather passionate thanks to Calleigh's eagerness and they didn't separate until it became necessary but even then only for a second then their lips crushed once again.
This time Ryan deepened the kiss. He moved his hand from her face and ran it down her side until it rested on her hips next to the other one. Slowly he made her lean back on the coach and he gently lay on top of her.
Calleigh's hands began to get their own life as they began roaming wherever they could go. It felt so good. But it felt so bad. She shouldn't be doing this. She was about to break the kiss and stop this whole thing when she felt Ryan's lips wondering from her mouth first to her jaw line and then towards her ear. She let out a loud moan when Ryan reached to a sensitive spot. Ryan smiled against her skin then slowly lifted his head to look into her eyes.
"I love you, Calleigh. I love you so much." He breathed against her lips. At this moment something snapped in Calleigh. Her eyes began to glisten from tears but Ryan didn't have time to notice this as her lips crushed against his once again. She put all of her into that kiss.
After long seconds she pulled back and looked into his eyes.
"I love you, too." She said smiling while the yet unshed tears began to pour down her face. Ryan smiled back at her wiping away her tears with his hand. Then he stood up and held out his hand to Calleigh.
"Come on!" He said gently and after pulling her up he led her to the bedroom.
CSI MIAMI CSI MIAMI CSI MIAMI
She couldn't believe it. She was lying in bed with Ryan Wolfe. He had been already fast asleep for a couple of hours but Calleigh couldn't sleep. Instead she was just lying in his arms listening to his steady heartbeat.
There were so many doubts which were currently invading her mind. So many questions she couldn't answer. And among these questions there was that one which was constantly haunting her since she took a look at the pregnancy test several weeks ago.
When did her life become so complicated?
TBC
