Horatio woke up to his alarm clock beeping very loudly. It was thundering and lightning out,what great weather outside,matches my feelings right now. "Well,he thought,might as well just get to it. After a few more minutes lieing in bed,he decided to wake Ryan up.
He walked into the guestroom where Ryan was sleeping and knelt down beside him.
"Ryan,sweetie,you need to wake up,"whispered Horatio in his ear. He rolled onto his right side to face him. He shifted his body towards his father.
"I'm so excited to go to work,yay,"said Ryan sarcastically. Horatio just rolled his eyes. For the first time in a long time he felt the exact same way Ryan felt about work,he was nervous. He had never been nervous while getting ready for work.
"I'll fix some breakfast and you get dressed,"said Horatio turning on the lamp on the dresser.
"But it's perfect sleeping weather,five more minutes,"protested Ryan putting his face into the pillow.
"No,now get up and get ready,now,"said Horatio in a stern voice. He hated talking to him like this,but they needed to get going.
Ryan didn't say anything,he just got up and got some clothes. Horatio left the young man to it and went to go fix breakfast.
Five minutes later Ryan walked into the kitchen and sat down at the table and rested his head on his arm.
"Here's some cereal,"said Horatio handing the bowl to him. To be honest,neither of them were really hungry. They both just sat there until it was time to leave.
"You ready,"asked Horatio noticing it was eight o' clock. Ryan just nodded his head. "Let's go,"he said following Horatio out the door. The drive to the lab was only fifteen minutes but it felt like eternity. They both were thinking of what was to come at the lab.
When they finally reached the lab,they sat in the car for a little bit,then got out. Immediately when they got out,people stop and stared,then whispered to the person next to them. Calleigh had warned him one of the rumors was people thought they were married and on a honeymoon.
They walked into the lab to see Eric and Calleigh standing by the receptionist desk with big smiles on their faces.
"Hey guys,how are you doing? We decided you two needed some smiling faces,"said Calleigh as she gave them both hugs.
"Well,I'm glad you guys did cause other people don't think so,I can't believe they think we are married,gosh,"said Horatio with his hands on his hips.
Then all of a sudden a group of people(who worked there) walked up to the four of them and one lady said,"Here's a gift,it's champagne. We weren't invited to the wedding,"she said handing them the bottle.
"You should be surprised because there was no wedding,"said Horatio glaring at the group.
"Really,"questioned the lady.
"Really,we just had family issues going on,"said Ryan jumping in the conversation.
"You said we,meaning you and Horatio,meaning,(lady takes a gasp) no."
"You're his son,"she said looking at Ryan and then to Horatio to confirm it,and Horatio gave a little nod.
The group left and told everybody they saw. Horatio was in his office watching Ryan,Calliegh,Eric,and Natalia talk and laugh in the hall.
"So why did you take all that time off with him,"asked Stetler who walked in unnoticed by Horatio.
"That,"said Horatio looking at his team and then looked to Stetler then back and reached for his sunglasses and put them on,and said "is why" and left the office and joined the group leaving Stetler staring at the scene.
the END!
