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-Chapter 26-

"You're spending the day with granny," Calleigh said, brushing all of Jayden's hair into a ponytail. Jayden was starting to bite and until the fully grasped how to deal with that, they kept her out of day care. "You would like that won't you?"

"I want you, mommy," Jayden said, turning around, wrapping her little arms around Calleigh's neck. "I love you."

"Aww, Jade, I love you too." Calleigh smiled. She looked up at Eric as her came into the kitchen. Jayden squealed. She really loved her parents, no matter how many times she'd bitten them. She reached out for Eric.

Eric picked her up, "hey Princess," Eric said, smiling.

Jayden smiled and hugged him. "Wanna play, please."

"We'll play later," Eric said. He began trying to explain to Jayden that they had to work right now. All the while, Jayden pouted, almost as if she was about to cry.

Calleigh sensed what was about to happen and left the kitchen. She came back with Jayden's favorite stuffed bear. They might as well play for a while. Trying to explain to Jayden that they had to work wouldn't do anything but frustrated her. She didn't understand and she would only think her parents were neglecting her.

"Look who came to see you," Calleigh said, making the bear dance. "Hey Jade, hey Jade, if you cry, I'll have to tickle you," Calleigh said in a high-pitched, playful voice, one that she only used when playing with Jayden. "I'm here and I love you too."

Jayden's whines turned into soft laughters and she reached for the bear. Calleigh took Jayden in the living room and continued playing with her there while Eric finished getting ready for the day.

The time was 7:17 when they officially left the house. It was late and early at the same time. Late being the fact that Eric's parents lived twenty-five minutes away from there house and thirty minutes away from CSI. They wouldn't arrive at CSI until well in the 8:00 hour. It was early considering that if it had been a regular day, the day care was fifteen minutes away from the house and five minutes away from CSI.

When Eric did pull up to his parents house, it was already 7:46. Traffic. Morning traffic was no joke. They got Jayden out of her car seat, kissed her goodbye and promised to come back soon. Jayden cried a little when she realized her parents weren't joining her but she recovered fast when she saw her grandparents.

"What are you thinking about?" Eric said, glancing at Calleigh as he connected his seatbelt. He noticed that she seemed to be in deep thoughts.

Calleigh thought long and hard about what she was going to say before she spoke. She'd already spoken to Eric about the possibility of her being pregnant again and he was happy for the most part. He'd already known about her afternoon doctor's appointment. "The appointment," Calleigh confessed. She ran her fingers through her hair. "I think afterwards..." he voice trailed off. "I think I'm going to take the rest of the day off. I'll pick up Jayden and spend some time with her." Originally, Calleigh was going to take off two hours for her appointment.

Eric nodded as he pulled off. The car was silent for a while...well at least until he merged into traffic. Time on the clock now: 7:55. There was no way they would make it to work by 8:00; even more so right now since an accident left two of the four lanes open. Yep, they would be here for a while. Eric started talking. "Are you nervous?"

Calleigh would be lying if she said that she wasn't. She had that fear before, but then it was different; She felt like she could do anything. Right now, she'd been beaten down. "Yeah," Calleigh admitted. She grabbed her stomach. She didn't know if that feeling in her stomach were out of nerves or because she might indeed be pregnant. One thing she was sure of though, today wasn't one of her best days and her mood was deteriorating slowly. Not even at work yet and she was having a bad day. Today was one of those days people needed to steer clear of her...

Eric noticed Calleigh's green eyes darken and he moved up a little in traffic. He almost have expected Calleigh to just jump out and attack.

Ten minutes later, traffic started to move more smoothly and they arrived at CSI a few minutes after that. Eric parked the car and Calleigh looked at him when he cut the car off. "I love you," she said, smiling. "Stetler is going to be all over this."

Eric knew what she was talking about. They were forty-six minutes late for work and Stetler's little dirty mind would only think that it was for other reasons. "I love you too and don't worry about Stetler." He leaned over and kissed her on her cheek.

Calleigh smiled. "Have a good day today."

"You too," Eric said, staring in her eyes. He noticed they started to soften a bit. After a few moments of staring, they were good to go. They got out the car, headed inside the building, took the elevator up to their floor and parted ways there. Eric said, "See you later" and smiled when Calleigh smiled and mouth "I love you."

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Calleigh finished work early. Horatio agreed to let Calleigh take the rest of the afternoon off. There was currently one case the team was working on and after she finished with the ballistics evidence, she was all set to go.

Of course CSI hadn't seem the rest of her for the day. She would come back around six and pick up Eric since she was currently driving the car that they drove to work in. Jayden would be with her too. It would be Jayden's first tour of CSI.

She thought about how life would be with two babies. It definitely would be any easier. Changes would have to be made. Either she would have to cut her shift at work or continue on being a part time mom. Truthfully, a part time mom was something she didn't planned on being. Calleigh thought over on her life. Her own parents were part-time parents; Her dad cared more about his job and providing, that he didn't spend much time around them; Her mom, well she lost her mom to the alcohol. Many days, Calleigh watched her mother drown her problems in alcohol and ignore her motherly duties.

Calleigh banged her hand on the steering wheel and sighed. She never would want her job to take over her life and everything else be pushed to the side. It broke her heart this morning when Jayden wanted to play but she couldn't because of work. Yeah, major changes needed to happen and if she happened to be pregnant right now, she'd just have to have her shift cut down.

It'll probably be best anyway. That way, Stetler wouldn't be so involved in her life. Calleigh never wanted her life to be an open book for the entire world to read but that's exactly what it turned into. At work, Stetler and everyone who was above his position, knew about her relationship with Eric; knew about Jayden; they knew everything and that was too much.

With a final sigh, Calleigh gathered her belongings and got out the car. The Miami sky now had an overcast and the air had gotten chilly. She closed her blazer and headed inside the building.

Calleigh filled out the papers and she was called into the office a few minutes later. She answered all of the mandatory questions, same routine, she'd done it all before when she found out she was pregnant with Jayden. Her doctor gave her an HCG test, that was normal. But what Calleigh didn't get the last time that she got this time was a sonogram.

Calleigh's doctor came back into the office about fifteen minutes with her results. "Calleigh, you're pregnant. I'm surprised you didn't noticed sooner."

"Well," Calleigh started. "There were no reasons for me to think that I was. I still got my cycle so I thought it was normal."

"What about the other signs?" the doctor asked.

"Thought they were brought on by stress," Calleigh answered.

"Well Calleigh, you're eight weeks pregnant. Your HCG levels were really high so I thought that you would be pregnant with twins..." She watched the terrifying look in Calleigh's face. "...But the sonogram revealed that you're having only one baby." She gave Calleigh the picture.

Calleigh smiled. "Thank you." She stayed a little while longer to schedule more doctor appointments and other things. Afterwards, she left. Instead of going right away to pick up Jayden, Calleigh went to have lunch. She figured that her in-laws would want to spend a little more time with Jayden, after all, they loved her just as much as she and Eric did. Calleigh spent that time thinking of how she would tell Eric that they were having another baby. She wanted to do something special for him.

That's what I have for this chapter. I hope everyone enjoys it. ;DD