Chapter 21
'Horatio, is that you, did you get the cake,', Calleigh called as the front door closed,
'yes, yes and yes,' he called back chuckling. He walked through the house and found her in the kitchen with their now one year old son. He placed Joseph's birthday cake on the counter and hugged Calleigh from behind, 'Hey gorgeous, miss me?', he mumbled as he kissed her neck,
'Mmm, H Joseph is watching', Horatio chuckled and bent down to pick up his son,
'Hey there buddy, you been helping mommy?', Joseph nodded, and hugged his daddy, 'That's my boy', he smiled as he hugged his son back and put him down again, Joseph slowly walked into the living room to watch his baby programs again. Calleigh put her head round the door to check he was going to watch TV, when he sat down in front of it she turned back to Horatio,
'Right, everyone is going to start arriving in about an hour, we have to put the rest of the decorations up, and set out the party food and things on the tables I've set up in the garden', Calleigh said quickly while sorting food out, Horatio stopped her,
'Calleigh you've been setting up tables?', he said incredulously, 'In your condition?',
'Horatio, I'm pregnant, not sick, I can set up a table thank you', she told him, then kissed his cheek as she headed out to the garden with trays of food covered in cling film to keep flies off.
Horatio shook his head and chuckled, she wouldn't let anything stop her doing what had to be done. He grabbed a couple of trays of food and followed her out into the garden, he handed her the trays and looked up at the tree at the bottom of the garden. Calleigh saw him looking and followed his gaze,
'What?', she asked him, confused, 'that tree has always been there, don't you like it?', he chuckled,
'No, I was just thinking about a tree house',
'H, you're a bit big for a tree house', she giggled, she knew what he meant and wasn't sure she wanted her toddler climbing trees, Horatio chuckled and pulled her to him, he kissed her lightly, he could tell she wasn't sure about a tree house,
'I was just thinking about it, I always wanted a tree house when I was younger, it would be perfect for Joseph when he gets a bit older, Eric and Speed could help me build it', Calleigh still wasn't sure, trees were dangerous, but it would be nice for a little boy to have a tree house to climb in,
'Hmm', Calleigh said thinking about it, 'I suppose it would be nice for him, then she turned around in his arms to face him, 'as long as it was secure and safe', she said sternly, 'I don't want any chance it would fall apart',
'Cal, would I let my son in anything less than perfectly safe', he answered her and she kissed him again,
'Ok, you can build it, with Eric and Speed, but make sure it's safe and he can't fall out', she headed back into the house to check on Joseph and for more trays of food, leaving Horatio looking at the tree and smiling.
He headed back into the house after her a minute or two later, just as she was coming back into the kitchen from the living room checking on Joseph. They grabbed more trays and finished setting them out on the tables outside. They set all the decorations up and were just finishing when the door bell rang.
A/N: Sorry its short and stops there, the next chapter will be up shortly, plz R&R to let me know if you're enjoying this story, thnx, xx.