The two 6-year-olds looked at each other and then at their parents. It was their first day in school. They would only be there for a few hours but it was still scary. Donovan and Jr recognized some of their friends to the day-care, but most of the kids in their class were strangers. Horatio and Calleigh smiled as their sons nervously peeked inside classroom. 4-year-old Leann was holding on to her mother's leg. She also thought that the school was scary. Thank god she was still in day-care!

"It's okay boys. You have a great teacher and your classmates will be very nice." Horatio smiled.

He was afraid that they would be bullied just like he had been, but he also knew that his sons were a bit tougher and not as shy as he had been at their age. They had more of their mother's attitude.

"Daddy, why do we have to go?" Jr asked.

"Because you have to start learning things and well, this is a part of growing up I guess." Horatio said, "I was also afraid when I started school."

"Really?" Jr asked.

"Oh yes, I was very scared."

"So was I." Calleigh smiled, "Look, here comes your teacher."

A young woman named Danielle Waters walked towards Horatio and Calleigh. She recognized them both from TV and Erica Sykes's reports. She immediately noticed the similarity between the boys and their father.

"Hello there, I'm Danielle Waters." Danielle smiled and shook hands with the adults.

As she bent down to Jr and Donovan's eye level they two boys glanced nervously at their parents.

"Hi there, you two are identical twins huh? I hope I will be able to see a difference." Danielle smiled, "What are you names?"

"Horatio Jr." Jr said quietly.

"Donovan."

"Donovan and Horatio. I'm Danielle. We're about to start soon, would you like to join the rest of the class?"

Horatio and Calleigh smiled at each other. They liked Danielle. Donovan and Jr sighed and nodded. They went inside the classroom and found two seats next to each other. Some of the other kids noticed them and that they were twins.

"Wow, you look the same!" A young boy exclaimed.

It seemed to break the ice a little and Donovan and Jr had soon learned five new names. Danielle chuckled as she watched the children. She turned to Calleigh and Horatio.

"And how old is this little lady?" She asked and smiled at Leann.

"Four. She'll be here in two years." Calleigh smiled, "I can't believe this day has actually come. They've grown up so fast."

Horatio rubbed Calleigh's back softly. The worst and best part of having children was to see them grow up. It was an incredible journey to watch your child make choices of their own. To watch them discover new things and decide what they wanted to do in the future. But it was also hard. To see your child go from a baby to a grown man or woman was difficult. But no matter what, Calleigh and Horatio would always be proud of their children.

"Yeah, there are so many parents that hates and loves days like these." Danielle smiled, "Well, I'll take good care of everyone during the time they're here."

"We believe you will." Horatio smiled, "We have to get going, this little girl has to go to her day-care."

Danielle said goodbye and went into the classroom. When she closed the door and sat down in her chair the kids went quiet. She started with calling up their names and introducing herself. The kids were all a bit shy and Danielle started the day with a name-game, so that everyone could get to know each other a bit better.

-I-

"Rough day huh?" Alexx asked as she saw Calleigh glance at her watch for the tenth time in just two hours.

"Yeah. I thought it would be easier." Calleigh sighed, "But I guess it will be a little bit easier everyday that passes."

"It will be." Alexx said.

Alexx had already done what Calleigh and Horatio was doing. Leaving the kids at school for the first time. It was also hard to leave your child at a day-care the first time, but school somehow felt a bit more scary. Maybe because it was older children were there and well, it was then you really realized that for every year that went by your child would become older and older. In one year it would be Molly and Frank's turn to go with Marie to her first day at school. Frank had done it three times before but admitted that it never got any easier with each child.

However, the parents weren't completely heartbroken to leave their children at school. It was just something that was new.

"They will be fine. Those boys will be chick-magnets as they get older. And they will come home today with ten new best friends." Alexx chuckled.

"I hope they get a lot of friends." Calleigh said, "And as for being chick-magnets, I just hope they will respect girls and not treat them like trophies."

"No need to worry. Those boys will be as charming as their father and have a beautiful soul like their mother." Alexx smiled.

"Aw, Alexx." Calleigh grinned, "I do think Horatio will worry about boys chasing Leann when she gets older though. Poor man will be a nervous wreck when she comes home and says she has a boyfriend."

"Just hide his gun and it will all work out. And you better hide your own gun as well. Don't think I don't know that you will target practice on any boy that comes near Leann." Alexx laughed.

"Okay, I admit it." Calleigh grinned.

"Here's a bullet for you." Alexx smiled and handed Calleigh a bullet from a victim.

Calleigh smiled and went to her lab.

-I-

It was lunch and Jr and Donovan were sitting with a girl named Lilly and two boys named Carlton and Stephen.

"We have one lil' sister." Donovan said, "Her name is Leann, but we call her Lea."

"I have a big brother. He is stupid." Lilly giggled, "My mom says he is a teen."

"What is that?" Stephen asked.

"I don't know." Lilly shrugged.

"Will we be stupid too?" Jr asked, "How old is he?"

"15." Lilly said, "I will not be stupid. Only boys are."

"Boys are not stupid!" Carlton said.

The rest of the lunch the kids talked about their parents. When lunch was over they went back to class and played a new game. This time it was about colours. Basically the kids were learning colours by looking at their own and their friends clothes.

When school was over, Donovan and Jr played with Lilly while waiting for their mother to come pick them up. Danielle said goodbye to several children as they left one after the other. It was only two in the afternoon, but the first five days were all pretty short. From nine to two. Later on it would be from eight to two or two thirty. The twins would always be picked up by their mother after school. Since Calleigh only worked part-time she would be able to make it. And if one day she wouldn't, then Horatio or someone else in the family could always pick the boys up.

"Mommy!" Donovan exclaimed as he saw Calleigh in the doorway, "Look at the castle!"

Lilly and the boys has built a castle out of some Lego. Calleigh joined them in the play-corner.

"Wow, it looks great!" Calleigh smiled, "Hi there, I'm Calleigh."

"I'm Lilly."

"Hi Lilly." Calleigh smiled.

Calleigh looked over her shoulder as she heard someone call for Lilly. A tall man bent down to give his daughter a hug. Calleigh told Jr and Donovan to get dressed. The tall man and Calleigh shook hands and introduced themselves. While the adults talked a little, the boys and Lilly put on shoes and grabbed their backpacks. Then they waited for their parents to stop talking.

"Mommy, can we go home now?" Jr asked.

"Of course. It was nice to meet you." Calleigh smiled and said goodbye to Lily's father Henry.

In the car, Donovan and Jr talked about their new friends and asked Calleigh what a teen was.

"A teen is... well, a teenager. It's what you call kids at a certain age." Calleigh said, "You will be teens as you get older."

"No!" Donovan and Jr exclaimed, "Lilly says teens are stupid!"

"They're not stupid." Calleigh said.

"Lilly has a big brother and he is stupid." Donovan said.

"Oh well, not all teenagers are stupid. Besides, I don't think he is stupid. He is just a teenager. You will understand when you get older." Calleigh chuckled.

Donovan and Jr looked at each other, quite unsure that their mother was right. They didn't want to become stupid teenagers like Lilly's brother!

-I-

When Horatio got home, just in time for dinner, his kids ran towards him and hugged him. The boys told him the same thing they had told Calleigh and Horatio laughed as they brought up the whole teen-issue.

"Don't worry boys. It's a long time left before you become teens." Horatio chuckled, "So what names did you learn today?"

"Stephen, Calton (which of course meant Carlton), Lilly, Jamal, Jimmy, Peter, Ling, Donald, Max and then…um," Jr said and then looked at his brother, "No more."

Calleigh chuckled. She had seen the class and new that their were ten more names. But the boys didn't have to learnt them all at once. They would in time.

"Ms. Ella is good. She is funny." Donovan smiled, "Daddy, can the other kids call me Don?"

"If you think it's okay." Horatio smiled, "Is it?"

Donovan shrugged and continued eating his dinner. When the boys didn't have anything more to say about school, Horatio asked Leann how her day had been.

"I made a boat." Leann grinned and pointed at the painting on the fridge.

"That's a beautiful boat sweetheart!" Horatio smiled widely.

The painting was two round circles a few lines here and there and some small figures. But no matter what Leann and the boys painted, it was always beautiful.

Later that night after the kids were asleep, Horatio and Calleigh laid in bed. Snuggling with each other.

"The boys really love school." Calleigh said.

"Which is great of course. I think they will be able to calm Leann down once it's her turn. Or maybe she won't be shy or nervous at all. Sometimes she is amazingly calm." Horatio grinned.

"Yeah I know." Calleigh smiled, "Oh well, it won't be long now until we need to help them with homework. And I look forward to it."

"Me too." Horatio said and kissed Calleigh on the cheek, "Goodnight love."

"Goodnight handsome."

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