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Chapter 10

It was two months later, and Calleigh was sleeping on the couch in the break room. She was on her back, and little Emma was sleeping on top of her, while Valera was sitting in a chair sleeping too. From the doorway a little Cuban boy was watching them, before running upstairs to Horatio's office and say: "Daddy, I'm thirsty, but I'm afraid I wake them if I go to the fridge..."

The redhead looked up at his son, smiled and said: "You want to go to Denny's, don't you?"

The young boy nodded eagerly, looked at Horatio and said: "Please, daddy?"

"Well, OK, but we can't be there long, since I got some work to do here."

"Yay!" he exclaimed happily and started running out the door as Horatio got up from his desk to take his sports jacket from the peg and follow his five-year-old son.

A moment later they were sitting at their regular table at Denny's and Paulo was eating French fries while Horatio was having his afternoon coffee. Horatio looked at his son, he loved him more than anything, his brown eyes and his brown hair and his cute smile. Paulo mostly spent the days at the lab after pre-school if he was not with Rick, and he seemed to like both places the same. As Horatio was more fatherly towards the youngling, Rick was more like the motherly type who made sure their son got dressed properly, had what he needed at all times and so on. He also went shopping with him, which Horatio hated.

At the moment, the redhead was thinking of Rick, his lovely Rick and what a great father he was, when Paulo interrupted: "Do you have much work left?"

"I do, yes, why?"

"Because I want to go home, it's real late."

"I know, but Rick is out of town and you can't be home on your own."

"I miss my dada." "I know, I really miss him too, but he'll be home tomorrow."

"Good."

"Yes, so are you done, so we can go back?"

"Yeah, can I play computer games in the A/V lab?"

"I guess that's OK," Horatio chuckled. "Or in my office, so you don't bother the people who are actually working..."

"Cool, I'll be first!" said Paulo excitedly and set off before Horatio could really react. He rolled his eyes and ran off after his son, since he was still far too young to walk alone on the street.

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"Calleigh, sweetheart you need to wake up, time to go home," Julia whispered a couple of hours later feeling badly about waking her and her little girl.

"Mmmm," the younger girl let out as Emma opened her eyes and happily exclaimed: "Mummy!"

"Hey, angel, so did you have fun today?"

"Yeah, uncle Ryan taught me all about test tubes."

"Well... That's useful."

"Uh-huh, so did you sell a house?"

"As a matter of fact, I sold two."

"Cool." "Very cool, so are you two ready to leave?"

"Uh-huh, gosh, I'm so tired, I totally wasn't when I was with our Emma."

"You sure you're not wearing yourself out?"

"Yeah, as I must have been sleeping for hours."

"Poor sweetheart, wish I was the one that- but I just…"

"Don't worry, princess, I'm fine. Promise."

"You're pregnant, that's what you are, and you need your rest."

"I am, and I kinda do, but now I need to go home so I can eat, I'm so hungry," said Calleigh, but Julia could also see another desire in Calleigh's eyes that she would need to be satisfied to.

"Later, princess, first food. And where did Emma run off to?"

"She must be playing with her aunts and uncles somewhere," said Julia as she headed for the hallway looking into the different labs.

"But... but- but-" Calleigh said as she couldn't see her.

"Ha, beat you! Told you girls can't play!" they heard Paulo from the A/V lab.

"You're just a mean boy, you should let me win!" they heard Emma say in an upset way.

"Naha."

"Jaha."

"Naha."

"Jaha."

"Naha."

"Jaha, you-" Emma finished as her mothers entered and Calleigh said: "You shouldn't say that, that's not very nice."

"But- He is! He doesn't even look like dada and uncle H," she said and showed him her tongue, before looking at her mommy with fake innocent eyes.

"Emma," said Julia in a firm and warning tone as she saw the boy getting upset.

"But look at him, he's just not like them. I mean, I look even more like uncle H.! He could totally be my dad more than his," she said in a spiteful tone.

"You're just mean! I don't wanna play with you no more."

"Cry baby, cry baby!" she taunted.

"I hate you!" he said and ran to Horatio's office in tears.

"Emma, why did you do that for?" said Julia shocked looking at her little girl.

"Because he should let me win, hell guy."

"Emma!" Calleigh suddenly spoke.

"You're going to apologize at once."

"No way!"

"What's with you today?!"

"I wanna go home."

"Fine, go to the car," said Julia in a tone her daughter didn't even try to disobey, but as she walked to the car she said: "Hell mommy."

"I heard that!"

"So what?" she let out with a huff.

"Why would she do that?" said Julia confused looking at Calleigh for answers she couldn't get.

"Don't know, let's just go home," said Calleigh and gently put her hand around her as they walked towards the car. She needed rest, and maybe Emma would open up more at home.'

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Horatio looked up when his little boy came crying into his office and asked: "Paulo, what happened?"

"Emma's real mean," he cried sadly.

"What did she do?"

"She called me mean 'cause I beat her at the game and that I didn't look like you or dad, that she looked even more like you."

"My little man," said Horatio and held him closely to comfort him.

"Why would she say that, you two don't have to look like me, you're still my dads."

"Of course we are, little guy."

"Can we go home, please?"

"Of course," said Horatio, putting aside his paper work at once, stood up, grabbed his jacket from the peg and took his son's hand as they started to walk towards the exit.

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