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Laying in bed later that evening while Erica was having a shower I kept replaying the night in my mind over and over:

Midway through the kiss it hit me like five ton truck. Love. Holy crap, I was in love. Again. Too soon. It was way too soon. How could I be so stupid again? Then I felt her hand graze across my neck and felt her fingers wrap through my hair, and I remembered.

"Callie?"

It was softly spoken against my lips but I knew the intended meaning. Leaning back causing our lips to come apart I found myself staring into her beautiful eyes. Nodding slightly I placed my hands at the hem of my shirt and pulled up. I had never done this before but with Erica it seemed like our bodies craved each other all the time. We needed to feel each other to make sure we, ourselves, still existed.

"Erica…here let me help you with this" I said as I removed her shirt as well. For a woman who tries to kill people with her eyes only, she does have a killer body. Everything from the way her golden hair fell at her shoulders to the small creases her face made when she truly smiled made me giddy. Not that I would have told her at that point.

Her hands came down to rest on my thighs as I tossed her shirt somewhere behind me. Oh those hands. Our kissing soon resumed but this time with far more understanding. I think she felt the truck too because not even five minutes into it I swear I heard her say ' I love you' but it could have been me imagining it.

"Erica"

"Callie."

We each said each others names like something out of a corny romance movie. Pushing me backwards I had nothing to keep my balance except her back. So I held on. I held on knowing that tonight everything would change.

"Callie I want you to know something"

"yes?"

"I will be here for you whenever you need me, weather you want me or not. You are my family. Or 'my person' whatever those two nut jobs say. You are just…Callie…mmmm.."

I didn't let her finish. Emotions like that from someone as hard ass as Erica Hahn would make a grown man break down and cry from happiness. I had to stop her before I was a puddle.

"Erica shut up and help me start again. I need to start again. I want you to start again with me, I want to live again" and with those words I rolled over taking her with me. Undoing her pants and mine was the last thing I remembered. Except bliss…lots and lots of bliss.

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"Cal? Hun can you hear me?" Erica called from the bathroom.

"Oh yeah sorry! I think I fell asleep while you were showering." Callie stated blushing, knowing full well she hadn't been asleep but had been caught exploring the land below the Mason-Dixon line.

"Ok. Not a biggy, I just thought I'd let you know your phone is in here and whoever's calling it has the screen id 'todo el padre que sabe'. or something." Erica called out.

"Oh that's my dad…'all knowing father' I used to swear he knew when I was doing something my mother would disapprove of. He'd call and question me every time." Callie said as she walked towards the bathroom door adjusting herself.

"Oh. Okay. Well here you go…he's called twice now" she said passing the phone out to Callie. "I better get dressed I have to go meet Addison to pay her for everything."

Callie nodded and opened her phone. "Hola? Yes… I'll be right there….ok bye." Dropping the phone to the floor Callie looked at Erica (who had dressed quiker at the sound of Callies voice) "Erica I need you to drive…" and with that Callie grabbed her purse and walked out

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