A/N: Chapter ten is up! Please enjoy, and let me know what you think! Constructive criticism is greatly appreciated.

Disclaimer: My dreams of being the owner of CSI: Miami have still not come true…

10

Eric was sitting in the back of the courtroom, with Jason on his lap, feeling anxious about what was to happen next.

Yenna had been on the stand again today, and she had answered every question Mister Worth had fired at her honestly and to the best of her abilities. Now, however, it was Inis's turn, and Eric wasn't completely sure there wouldn't be any surprises before this day was over.

He watched Heather smile reassuringly, and Yenna answered the smile, although it was evident that she was tired.

Eric of course knew what the reason was: she had been worrying about this hearing for the past week, and on top of that Jason had come down with a rather bad case of the flu. Although he was all better now, she had spend her nights on a mattress beside his bed for four days in a row, in an effort to make him feel a little better, and to be there whenever he needed her.

Their eyes locked while she was walking back to her seat, and he mouthed 'I love you' to her. She nodded, almost invisibly, and sat down.

Although they had been together for almost two months now, they had not been able to spend a lot of quality time together recently: when they had been together for two weeks, Eric had left for Russia, because his grandfather had become very ill. He had spent a good two and a half weeks there. They'd had two days to themselves after that, with Horatio looking after Jason. And the past two weeks they had both been working their asses of at the MDPD, and Yenna had spend all of her spare time with an ill Jason.

Eric had been staying over at her place, helping her to take care of the ill child and making sure she took enough rest whenever she could. He had cooked dinner in the evenings, and had done most of the chopping. But most importantly: he had been there all the way, and had never let her down when she needed him.

He was staring at the judge, who was listening attentively to what Inis was saying in answer to Heather's questions.

"Miss Caine, am I right in assuming you are now in a rehab center, trying to become clean?"

"Not entirely: I signed up for a rapid detox program, to be able to look after my son sooner." Inis replied.

"And you think this rapid detox program is going to be sufficient? You don't think that you will need more help?" Heather asked.

"Yes, madam, I think this program will be sufficient."

"No more questions, your Honor." Heather said.

The judge was about to close the case for the day and schedule a new appointment for another hearing when Worth asked the judge whether he could have Yenna on the stand one last time before he did so.

The judge agreed, and Yenna rose from her seat, hoping for this to be over soon; it was taking its toll on her by this time.

"Very well, Miss Caine. Are you romantically involved with someone at this moment?" Worth asked, something unreadable in his eyes.

"Objection, your Honor!" Heather spoke. "He is asking my client private questions with no relevance to this case at all!"

"Mister Worth, what is the relevance to this case?" the judge asked.

"Miss Caine claims she wants to provide this child with a good, stable home. But when she is romantically involved with someone at this moment, and only has been for a short period of time, that situation is not stable enough to bring a child in to."

"Answer the question, Miss Caine." The judge told her.

"I am romantically involved with someone, yes. And before you ask: we have been involved for almost two months now."

"No further questions, your Honor."

"Very well. I will see everyone here in two weeks, at nine A.M. Approximately one week later, I will have my verdict ready."

Yenna had been expecting everybody to walk towards the wooden doors that led outside, but nobody did. Inis and her lawyer even came standing closer to her, and she had the distinct feeling that something wasn't right here.

Eric stood up from his seat, and made his way over to her, carrying Jason, who was all bouncy and happy because he could be with Yenna again. Because although he had behaved himself very well, Eric knew he had missed Yenna.

"Mummy!" Jason yelled, when they were ten feet away from Yenna. He reached for Yenna, and didn't even bother to look at Inis, who was standing right beside her. He hugged Yenna fiercely, and Eric was touched by the sight.

The judge, both lawyers and Inis, however, were surprised that Jason actually called her mummy.

"Hey munchkin! Have you been a good boy to Eric?"

"Yes, I have!" Jason said, looking at Eric. "But why do you keep calling him Eric? He is just daddy, isn't he? Like in the picture I drew when uncle Horatio was there?"

"O honey… You know that Eric isn't your real daddy, right? I explained that to you already."

"But you aren't my real mummy either, are you? So it doesn't matter that he isn't 'cause I love him like a daddy, and I love you like a mummy!" Jason said.

Yenna was touched by those words, because they meant so much to her: she was now confident that she was doing a good job, and that Jason was happy with her and Eric.

And to her, that was all that mattered.