A/N: Chapter 9 will be a continue of chapter 8
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Horatio looked over at Calleigh. Her hands where covering her, mouth and her eyes where bright red.
"Horatio I'm sorry" "Don't be it was both out faults, not just yours"
"My mother is just so..."
"Protective?"
"I guess, it's just I thought my dad would be more protective of me then my mom"
"Your dad knows me, your mother doesn't"
"Do you want to go to the bar?" Calleigh asked changing the subject
Horatio looked at Calleigh surprised, "OK"
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Calleigh smiled and took his hand, leading him down the path away from the house and towards the bar. Calleigh didn't let go off Horatio's hand once they were on the straight road towards the bar, and Horatio didn't seem to mind. They walked for about fifteen minutes chatting friendly about nothing in particular, and the look on Calleigh's mother's face when she caught them in the closet and they laughed.
'She's gonna corner us when we get back in you know', Calleigh told him, Horatio chuckled,
'She'd have to find us first', he joked, Calleigh giggled.
They arrived at the front of the bar and walked in, Calleigh cheerful as usual; Horatio couldn't help but smile at her cheeriness.
The bar was quiet except for the chatter of a few people having a quiet drink. Calleigh walked over to the bar with Horatio and ordered a couple of beers. The barman nodded, he gave her the order and she paid, she gave Horatio a beer and led them over to a booth. There was music playing in the background quietly. Horatio slid into the booth after her and looked around. Calleigh smiled,
'It livens up a bit later on', she told him, Horatio looked at Calleigh curiously, she had a mischievous twinkle in her eyes. They sipped on their beers for a while ordering another when they finished. A couple of hours later more people started to arrive and the music got a bit louder and more up beat. Calleigh smiled,
'Finally', she muttered to Horatio, he chuckled. People started getting up and dancing to the upbeat music. Calleigh and Horatio finished their beers and a waitress came over and asked them if they'd like another, Calleigh nodded and ordered cocktails. Horatio raised his eyebrows and Calleigh smiled cheekily,
'Don't worry, you'll love them', she told him confidently. He chuckled again, and decided tot rust her and go along with her. The waitress brought their drinks over and Calleigh moved to the music watching the people dancing while she sipped on her cocktail through a straw. After a couple more cocktails they had loosened up a bit more and were having a good time. More people had arrived and the bar was now alive. Calleigh didn't notice Horatio slide around closer to her and lean into her from behind, he slipped his arms gently around her waist and rested his head on her shoulders. Calleigh jumped at first, then relaxed when she realized it was Horatio, she smiled as he leant his head on her shoulder. She turned her head slightly and kissed his forehead; Horatio smiled and kissed her neck softly, eliciting a soft moan from Calleigh causing him to smile more. Horatio pulled her back into him as he leant back so Calleigh was leaning back against him in the booth.
'you were right', he told her, she looked at him confused, and he smiled, he motioned to the drinks, 'the cocktails, they were nice', he told her and she smiled again, the waitress came by again and took away their empty glasses, she asked if they wanted any more, Calleigh looked to Horatio with that mischievous grin in her eyes again. Horatio looked worried, Calleigh turned back to the waitress and whispered her order, the waitress smiled and nodded. Calleigh lay back into Horatio,
'What did you order?' he asked her nervously, Calleigh smiled,
'You'll see', she told him grinning, she kissed him softly ad quickly on his lips, catching him by surprise. She grinned again and the waitress arrived with Calleigh's order. A tray of shots. Horatio looked at Calleigh surprised,
'Shots?' he asked,
'Yeah', she told him smiling, 'why not', Horatio grinned and shrugged,
'Why not', he repeated. The waitress put the order down and Calleigh told the waitress she'd pick up the tab tomorrow, the waitress nodded an okay.
'You can do that?' Horatio asked her confused, Calleigh hadn't been here for years, and she could just have a tab, Calleigh smiled and nodded,
'Yeah, the bar manager knows my father', she told Horatio and he nodded as he understood, 'you ready?' she asked, as she sat up from him and passed him a shot,
'Of course', he told her, she smiled,
'don't let it touch your tongue', she told him, 'one, two, three', and they both knocked down the first shot', Calleigh giggled as Horatio grimaced, she passed him the next one and didn't give him much chance to recover, 'three', she said and knocked her shot back, Horatio quickly followed suit. They did a few more shots, laughing and loosening up. They were completely drunk when Jessica Simpson's song 'these boots are made for walking' came on and Calleigh decided she was going to get up and dirty dance.
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