"Horatio, I know that we should've told you sooner, but Eric and Calleigh were just trying to work this out so they could explain it to you. From what they told me, it was unexpected. It was one night and then after that they couldn't stop this from happening. You and I both knew that this was going to happen. They have been best friends for years and sometimes they seemed more than that. You knew that there was a possibility that they would go beyond being friends and would finally take the risk for love. Especially after the loss of both Speedle and John Hagen it seemed they would never get it together but they did. And with Marisol, he needed someone and Calleigh became that someone. I know right now my explanation for their actions is not a good reason to condone them, but they have found love. They have finally found what has eluded them for years. After all the hurt when it came to the men in Calleigh's life and all the girls that Eric would have one night stands and could never find a connection with they finally realized that the person that was perfect for them was each other. I look at Calleigh and Eric as my children and I would pray that they would find the sense to look at each other and see what I have seen in them, the love that they have for each other."

Horatio looked at Alexx and he knew that this was true. He knew Eric and Calleigh had something, a connection that was profound and strong. A friendship that he thought went well beyond the lines of a platonic relationship. He knew from the first moment that he introduced them to each other that they were going to have something special. He laughed at himself silently when he remembered that they said they had met before. Calleigh was working a case and the weapon she needed was in a bay and Eric happened to be the diver from underwater recovery looking for the weapon. Calleigh kept talking about the amazing diver who found her gun. She kept talking about how a young man whose tank wasn't filled still found her weapon after what seemed like forever without oxygen. She said that he was crazy for doing it but he was essential in finding the key piece of evidence to put their suspect away. Then that same man happened to be one of the applicants for the CSI job. Horatio knew he wanted someone with that kind of determination on his team.

He looked to Alexx and saw the pain etched into her wary face. Since finding out that Eric and Calleigh were missing her face and body seemed to have gained 20 years. It killed him to see her so distraught. Since he could remember switching to be a CSI with Megan Donner, Alexx has always been at his side. Helping and giving him the push he needed. Adding her wisdom and her ultimate calm and control, he couldn't have found a better friend. She was his support and even though he always shook his head at this thought, she was like his older sister, but when it came to the team, she was more like his wife in the sense that they were the parents, the mother and the father. The team was their children and losing Speed was like them losing a child. He remembered standing in the observation room as Alexx processed their son's body. Their child's body. The look of lost and despairs in her eyes. The agony and the grief that gripped her body as her hands trembled and shook as she caressed the cold face of her son.

He remembered walking into her office and finding her on her knees in tears. He remembered how he's never seen his MD so broken. He remembered walking to her and getting down on the ground and held her. For the first time Horatio could remember since Raymond's death. He cried. He shed tears for what felt like for hours. He and Alexx cried, together for their child. He looked to Alexx now and saw the tears and he walked and held her. His best friend, the mother to his children and once again Horatio cried, he cried for his friend and for the safety of his children and for the opportunity for their love to grow. "We'll find them Alexx. I promise." He said that through his tears repeatedly, not only trying to convince Alexx but himself.

This chappie is just showing the connection between Alexx and Horatio and my point of view on how they view their CSIs. How they are as a family. I'm actually sad now. This chappie is kind of depressing. The next Chappie is coming soon.