Thursday 30th March. 10:30

"Eric, I'm really tired." Horatio groaned and pulled the covers over his head.

Eric was teasing him, by trying to tickle him and kiss his back gently. Horatio knew that Eric was not in the mood for lovemaking, it wasn't that kind of teasing. Eric simply wanted to do something, which meant that he was bored. Horatio could understand that, he and Eric hadn't seen each other for a long time inside the walls of their home. Horatio had come home yesterday, angry and tired. Tired because he had and his team had worked several hours without sleep. Angry because the Captain and Nevins wanted him to leave the case alone, they said it was closed. Horatio didn't believe that. His gut told him something else.

So yesterday noon and evening had been filled with sleep and muttering on Horatio's part. And Eric had just tried not to piss his lover off.

"Eric." Horatio groaned and tried to push Eric's hands away from his waist.

"H, come on. You've slept for more then 12 hours, and you need to do something fun." Eric said, and Horatio knew he was smiling.

"I'm not in the mood."

Eric sighed, "Alright, well if you don't get up, I'm going to have to do something that I don't really want to do."

Horatio snorted and just curled up under the covers some more. Though it was incredibly hot under them. Eric climbed out of bed and left the bedroom. He came back two minutes later, with a bucket of flour. It was not his idea. It was Frank's idea to through flour on Horatio. Frank had also said that he had a worse prank waiting for Horatio on Friday, since the team didn't have to work this day.

"H, I'm sorry for this." Eric grinned.

Just as he had expected the curiosity for the better of Horatio, and he pulled the covers off him, just to instantly get flour thrown in his face. Eric chuckled and ran out of the bedroom. Horatio sighed and climbed out of the bed.

"Eric! The sheets are covered with flour." Horatio whined.

"Only your half." Eric said from the back porch.

"Only your half." Horatio imitated him in a childish voice, "I'll show you what your half will look like."

Determined for revenge Horatio wandered into the kitchen and got a bottle of cream. It was his and Eric's favorite "toy". He poured the cream all over Eric's covers and then hid in the closet.

Eric got curious as to where Horatio had disappeared off to. And decided to check. He checked the bathroom, the kitchen and eventually the bedroom. He couldn't find his red headed lover anywhere.

"H!" He called, but got no response.

He sighed and sat down on his bed, only to jump up and discover that his butt was covered with cream.

"H!"

Horatio jumped out of the closer, scaring Eric as he pushed him down on the bed and jumped on top of him.

"That's what happens when you play with the devil." Horatio smirked evilly.

"But you're an angel." Eric smiled, and received a deep kiss from Horatio.

Horatio pressed his body down on Eric, and felt his growing arousal. Eric grabbed a hold of Horatio's back and rolled them over, so that Eric was on top. They were both covered in cream and flour.

"You're also an angel." Horatio grinned and pulled Eric down on him.

Eric opened his mouth to say something, when the doorbell rang.

"Why do we always get interrupted?" Horatio sighed.

"We don't." Eric said and gave him a kiss, before climbing out of bed.

"If it's Maya this time, I'm going to through her out." Horatio smirked.

Eric chuckled. Maya had already caught Horatio and Eric naked once, and just Eric twice. It wasn't something that anyone of them wanted to do again.

"Go see who it is." Horatio said.

The doorbell rang again, and Eric didn't have time to put on clothes. Covered in cream and flour he walked towards the door, and peeked through the small eyehole.

"Eric, Horatio! I know you're in there." Frank said and on the door.

"H, it's Tripp." Eric said, he chuckled as he could hear Horatio tripping as he tried to get some clothes on, while also drying the cream and flour off.

Eric opened the door, just so that he could look outside.

"Hey Frank." He smiled.

"Eric, what took you guys so long?… no, wait, don't tell me." Frank said, "Well, can I come in?"

"In a moment." Eric said and closed the door.

Frank shook his head and waited. After a second, Horatio opened the door. Eric was nowhere to be seen.

"He had to get dressed huh?" Frank asked grinning as he entered the house.

"What are you talking about?" Horatio asked.

Frank just chuckled and walked into the kitchen with Horatio.

"Sow what brings you here?" Horatio asked.

"You don't remember?" Frank asked.

"What?"

"What we planned to do today."

Horatio thought for a second, and then he remembered.

"Right! Sneaking in to interview Freyda once more." Horatio grinned.

"Exactly."

Frank had agreed that Freyda just didn't seem to be able to kill four people, in the ways that the victims had died. Yes, she was dangerous and actually kidnapped someone, but so far, she had never killed anyone. So Frank and Horatio had decided to interview again, while she was in look up. Nevins wouldn't be able to spot them, since she was at home today. The Captain would be too busy in his office with paperwork, so he couldn't stop them either.

"H, didn't the Captain tell you to let the case go?" Eric asked, as he joined him and Frank in the kitchen.

"Yes, but my gut tells me that Freyda is innocent to murder."

"H, you could get into trouble because of this." Eric warned.

"Eric, if I remember correctly, you didn't want to go home and leave the case either." Horatio reminded.

"Point taken." Eric smiled, "So how can I help?""You can interview her." Frank said, "She hasn't met you, so she might open up to you."

Eric nodded, he trusted Horatio's hut feeling, and had no problem helping at all.

"What are you guys going to do?" Eric asked.

"We're going to watch so that Paul or The Captain doesn't show up." Horatio said, "You just have to ask her if she really killed our four victims."

"So let me get this straight, you don't think she is guilty because she isn't actually strong enough to hang someone in a tree or knock someone down?" Eric asked.

"Yes, that and the fact that we can't actually connect her to any of the crime scenes. She has a motive, but that's about it." Horatio said.

"Yet, Nevins still wants to charge her with murder." Eric sighed.

"Yes, she has to win this case. And by convincing a jury that Freyda is unstable and killed four people as an act of revenge, she can send her to jail for the rest of her life." Frank said, "Freyda is unstable, but she did not kill anyone. She needs to be treated for her problem, not sent to jail."

"And certainly not sent to jail on false grounds." Eric agreed, "Alright when do we start?"

"When you do have taken a shower and a changed of clothes." Frank grinned, "The clothes are sticking to your bodies like a swimsuit."

Horatio and Eric blushed as they left Frank alone in the kitchen. The cream was of course the sticky part, and that is what the clothes were stuck on. While they took a shower, Frank watched some TV.

-I-

10:45

"Jason, you do realize that we are having guests over today?" Valera asked.

All she got as a response was Jason asking for another five minutes in bed. Valera shrugged and went to the kitchen. She came back with a small bottle of ice-cold water. And just a few seconds later, Jason bolted out of the bed.

"It's cold!" He exclaimed.

"Well, yeah, of course it is. How else was I supposed to get you out of bed?" Valera smirked.

"How about pulling the covers off me? That's easier."

"Yeah, but not fun." Valera grinned, and left Jason alone to get dressed.

Jason and Valera had invited their friends over for some lunch. Alexx, Nat, Ryan, Calleigh, Frank, Eric, Horatio and Cooper were coming over to see the triplets and have a good time. It seemed like ages since Valera had seen someone from the team, but she and Jason had requested some family time with the babies, and everybody had let them have it.

"What do we give them?" Valera asked.

"What you do you mean give?" Jason asked from the bedroom.

Valera chuckled as she heard him stumble around, while trying to get his pants on.

"Food, Jason. We're having lunch remember."

"Oh, I thought you meant just having them over for like a cake, during lunch." Jason said, joining her in the kitchen.

"No, then it would be like a tea-party or something, this is lunch."

"Okay, how about… sandwiches." Jason suggested, and regretted it as he got slapped on the head, "Some meat then."

"And to the meat?"

"Fries." Jason smiled, "That it something everyone eats."

Valera thought for second and then agreed.

"Alright, well. I don't think we'll have to start making the food yet, they won't be here until 12 anyway." Valera sighed, "So know what?"

"You mean you got nothing to do?" Jason asked.

"No, the babies are sleeping, the house is clean."

"So why did you wake me up? Why didn't you let me sleep five more minutes?"

"Because five minutes in Jason- language means, two hours." Valera smirked and patted Jason's cheek.

Jason nodded in agreement. He had overslept way too many times now. He always asked for another five minutes, but as always it ended up being two hours or even more. Valera sighed and went out on the balcony. Jason sneaked up behind her, and wrapped his arms around her.

"What are you thinking?" He asked.

"Have we ever had sex out here?" Valera asked, grinning.

"Um, no."

"We should have it." Valera smiled, "Not today, but sooner or later."

"We would be watched by the neighbors."

"We do at night." Valera said, "At 3 AM, when no one is awake."

Jason chuckled, "Alright."

He wasn't sure if he and Valera would remember to do it; by the time they were able to have sex.

-I-

11:00

Calleigh fought hard not to laugh as she heard commotion behind her. She was sitting by her laptop, surfing the internet for some baby stuff. Ryan was trying to scare her, but failing miserably. Since she heard him sneaking up on her.

"Ouch…shit." Ryan muttered quietly, but not quiet enough.

Calleigh pretended not to hear and she typed down something on the computer. The couch was right behind her back, along with a lot of other new furniture that she and Ryan had recently bought. And Ryan kept hitting his toes on the furniture and tripping on some plastic. Calleigh heard a heavy sigh, and knew that Ryan was close.

Ten seconds later, Ryan jumped up from the couch.

"Boo!" Ryan exclaimed and was about the grab Calleigh's shoulder.

However, there was nothing there. Calleigh had suddenly vanished.

"Cal?" Ryan asked.

"Boo!" Calleigh yelled and jumped onto Ryan's back.

Ryan screamed and fell down on the floor, with Calleigh on top.

"It's a good thing you don't have to sneak upon criminals." Calleigh teased.

"It's all the furniture around here. It makes my sneaking hard."

"Hard? More like impossible."

Ryan stuck his tongue out at his wife, and Calleigh bent down to kiss him hard. Ryan was about unbutton her shirt, when the phone rang.

"Calleigh Wolfe." Calleigh answered, "Hey Horatio…. In case I have to do what?… no problem."

Calleigh hung up and smiled widely at Ryan.

"What did H want?" He asked, as he stood up from the floor.

"He, Frank and Eric are going to interview Freyda again, and just in case someone catches them do it, they want me to be there." Calleigh smiled.

"Why?"

"So I can target practice a little bit." Calleigh winked and moved towards the front door.

Ryan ran after her.

"Shoot someone?" He asked.

"Nah, just injure."

Calleigh loved to scare Ryan. Ryan swallowed hard and imagined what his life would be without Calleigh, if she went to jail. He decided to come with her.

"Who are they afraid might show up?" Ryan asked.

"Paul mostly. But you never know if the Captain decides to suddenly pay Freyda a little visit."

"Paul, oh, well I don't think anyone will mind of target practice on him." Ryan grinned.

-I-

11:15

Calleigh and Ryan arrived on the same time as Alexx. Horatio had decided to call everyone in to help. Alexx and Calleigh would kill anyone who tried to stop the guys from completing their mission.

"Nice of you to join us." Horatio said, "So far it looks clear. Only one guard is here, and he has no idea that the Captain wants us to close the case."

They all moved towards the entrance of the room with all the holding cells.

"H, we have to be at Valera's place around 12." Ryan reminded.

"Don't worry. This won't take long." Horatio smirked, "Eric will do the interviewing."

The guard nodded his greeting and opened the door for the team. Horatio and Frank waited at the front door. Calleigh, Alexx and Ryan went to another smaller door that was only used for emergencies. However, there was a chance that Paul would use that door, since it was the closest way for him. His office was close to the stairwell, and he only had to go down two stairs to the holding cells.

Eric stood outside Freyda's cell. She was sitting in one of the corners, her head resting on her knees.

"Hey Freyda." Eric said, "I'm Eric Delko."

Freyda avoided eye contact and looked down on the floor. Eric started telling her how he didn't believe she had murdered four people. All the time that he was talking Freyda kept sighing and looking at the floor. When Eric seemed to be done, Freyda looked straight at Eric.

"Why don't you believe me?" She asked.

"Well, first of all, we can't find any evidence to connect you to the crime scenes, and second… you're a bit too small to be able to knock someone down, drag their bodies to different locations and hang someone up in a tree." Eric said, giving her a small smile.

While Eric was talking to Freyda. Horatio and Frank peeked out in the hallway.

"Anything?" Frank asked.

"No, maybe Paul is too busy to show up." Horatio shrugged.

"Why would he show up on this day anyway?"

"Why not? There is nothing stopping him." Horatio said, "He could show up today or tomorrow or next week."

At the other door, Calleigh, Ryan and Alexx were keeping watch.

"If that bastard shows his face around here, I will cut something off." Alexx growled.

"With what?" Ryan asked, "You haven't got anything with ya?"

"I can go down to the morgue in just a few minutes to bring back my biggest knife." Alexx smirked evilly.

"Alexx we're not going to kill anyone." Calleigh said.

"Who said anything about killing? I'm just saying that if the bastard tried to get on anyone's again, he will regret it."

Calleigh and Ryan laughed, but stopped immediately as the door opened and Paul bumped into to them.

"Wolfe and Woods." Paul said, "What are you doing here?"

"Talking." Ryan said.

"About what?" Paul asked.

"Private things, things that we don't want other people to hear." Alexx said, "This is a quite secluded place, perfect to private talking."

"And would that private talking involve interviewing a murderer?" Paul smirked.

"Not at all, what makes you think that?" Calleigh asked.

Paul smirked and tried to move past the trio. But they blocked him.

"Ah, so it's not about Freyda, then why are you blocking my way?" Paul asked.

"We're not. It's jut that the hallway is too tight for all four of us to fit on the same time." Ryan smiled.

Paul shook his head and pushed his way past the trio. Calleigh grabbed his arm, but Paul kept on walking, dragging Calleigh with him. Eric noticed the commotion and ran towards Horatio and Frank.

"Ah! Lt Caine." Paul smirked, "Disobeying an order from the Captain."

"Paul, you know that Freyda is innocent." Horatio said.

"She's not innocent, she confessed."

"She's not fit enough to kill four people in the way they were killed." Frank said, "She's too damn small."

Paul pushed Calleigh backward, and she fell down on the floor. Ryan pushed Paul against the wall.

"What the hell do you think you're doing? She's pregnant." Ryan growled.

"Well, it's going to be a little ugly child anyway." Paul smirked.

Before anyone could react, Eric punched Paul in the face. Paul was hit so hard that he fell to the floor. His nose was bleeding.

"Eric!" Horatio said, keeping Eric from hitting Paul again, "What did you do?"

"I hit the asshole!" Eric growled, "He deserved it."

Paul stood up on shaky legs and smirked evilly at Eric.

"You just got yourself suspended Eric." He said, "And you Lt., will be meeting the Captain soon."

-I-

11:40

It didn't take long for Paul to find the Captain and tell him what had happened. The Captain had agreed to suspend Eric for two weeks without pay. Eric had told the team, that Freyda still confessed to the murders. Horatio was now standing in the Captain's office, with Paul.

"Lt., I don't know what to say. I did not expect this from you." The Captain sighed, "Obeying my orders."

Horatio wasn't ashamed at all. He had a strong sense of justice, and even if Freyda was a criminal, she didn't deserved to be convicted for something she hadn't done.

"Interviewing a suspect even when I told you to back off!" The Captain growled, "I'm thinking about suspending you too."

Paul smirked at Horatio, and Horatio glared back at him.

"Do you have anything to say at all?" The Captain asked.

"Yes sir. You know that I only disobey an order if I believe that I have to. And I believed and still believe that what I did was right." Horatio said, "Let me finish sir… this woman, Freyda. Is not fit enough to have murdered the victims."

"Yeah, Paul told me. Because of no evidence connecting her to the crime scenes." The Captain sighed.

"Not only that sir. She it too small." Horatio said, "Sir, she can't possibly drag an unconscious body to a room to toast him or her, or hang someone up in a tree, tie someone up and cut them a thousand times or drag someone to a coffin to bury them alive." Horatio sighed, "Anyone can see it by just looking at her body shape, and comparing her to the bodies of the victims. She it too small."

"And you can prove this?" Paul asked.

"Yes, if I am given the time to prove it I can." Horatio said.

"You have 24 hours Lt." The Captain said.

"Give me three I will prove it to you." Horatio said.

The Captain nodded and dismissed Horatio and Paul. Outside the office, Horatio smirked at Paul and left him alone.

Before he proved that he was right, he had some friends and family to visit.

-I-

12:30

"Why didn't I get to punch Paul?" Valera asked.

She had been shocked hear that Eric had been suspended, but happy to hear that he had hit Paul in the face. Valera also wanted to hit Paul after what he had done to the team, and especially the pregnant Calleigh.

"Horatio, can I shoot him when I get back to work?" Valera asked, looking at the red head with her innocent eyes.

"No, sorry honey." Horatio grinned and patted her shoulder.

Frank, everyone's favorite human teddy bear was holding Jan, Ryan was practicing on holding babies by holding Caleb, and Calleigh was holding Callum. But Calleigh was already more used of holding babies then Ryan.

"Alright. I want to know more about your wedding plans." Valera grinned at Horatio and Eric.

"Well, we decided to get married on the 23rd May. In the middle of the day." Eric smiled widely, "And we're getting married in back yard."

"Oh, that's so sweet." Calleigh smiled, "More?"

"Well, we'll need a cake." Horatio said.

"Let me fix that." Alexx said.

She had a cousin who owned a bakery, and another cousin owned a catering company.

"Alright, as you wish." Horatio smiled, "And we need to fix a judge who can wed us."

"Judge Monroe." Frank suggested, "He'll do it without a doubt."

"Alright, I'll give him a call." Eric smiled, "And that's how far we have got."

"Oh it's going to be so great! I can't wait." Valera shirked together with all the other girls.

"Neither can we." Horatio whispered in Eric's ear, "Neither can we."

TBC…

AN: Please review!