A/N Ok, so I'm sorry to those of you who I ranted at last night and hadn't watched the episode. I won't go on about it tonight, I'm still annoyed but I have faith!
I just wanted to warn you in advance, I might not be able to update as often in the near future because we have a controlled assessment (fancy name for an exam in class time) for English on Macbeth, a speaking assessment in German, and a history test on the Liberal reforms, they're not all at the same time but they're pretty close together so I expect I'll still ahve a lot to do. Hopefully I'll still be able to update every day, but just in case, I wanted to warn you.

Anyway on with the story, thank you for reading and reviewing.
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Chapter 38

I should've been mad at Eric for putting himself in danger to get to me, but I just couldn't, the gesture was too sweet to be mad at. I could never be mad at Eric, he just had to look at me with those puppy dog eyes and her was forgiven, not that I'd always let him know that though. Sometimes it was fun to see him suffer.

Once we'd left the hospital we went to check on Horatio, since Eric had been 'preoccupied' as he called it. We called Natalia, who said they were all at CSI, so we drove over there and joined them, despite the fact we were still wearing our badly tattered disguises.

"Miss Duquesne, are you ok?" Horatio asked as we walked in, I guess he was alright then

"I'm fine, really I should be asking you that question."

"Thanks you, due to your completely, reckless, ruthless, rule breaking, I am, yes."

"I would apologise Horatio, but really, I'm not in the least bit sorry."

"Yes, and really, I should have you all on desk duty at least, however, you did save my life, so for that I will be eternally thankful, and I believe it would be wrong to punish you."
"We appreciate that Horatio."

"There will, however be an IAB investigation."

"But we did nothing wrong, we tried to save the life of our Lieutenant and eliminate a gang that was in a killing spree." Ryan said, he really despised IAB

"Mr Wolfe, I agree, however, it is Rick Stetler's personal mission to destroy this lab. This investigation will bring every aspect of our team under scrutiny, I therefore would like to briefly have a word, Miss Boa Vista, Mr Wolfe, would you like to go first, it won't take long."

"Uhm, alright." Natalia murmured, I saw her give Ryan a worried glance and I could guess what this was going to be about.

"Calleigh, Eric, this won't take long, have a seat."

Ryan and Natalia disappeared into Horatio's office, and Eric and I took a seat on the break room sofa.

"I'll give you one guess as to what this is about?" I said

"No fraternisation between officers." Eric mimicked in a very amusing Rick Stetler impersonation.

It sent me into a fit of giggles that I was finding very hard to stop. My uncontrollable laughter alerted Valera of our presence and she made her way over.

"What's so funny?" she asked

"I think it was my Stetler impersonation." Eric said for me because I couldn't speak.

"Cal, breathe, it can't have been that funny." Valera prompted

"I, it, yes. It was, that, oh, funny." I managed to escape between giggles.

"What's gotten into her?"

"Uhm, I honestly have no idea. Maybe it was just the lack of laughing from the last day or so."

"Riiight."

Valera perched on the edge of the coffee table, obviously waiting for me to calm down, I didn't really know why it was so funny, or why I couldn't stop laughing, it just was. I managed to sober up enough for Valera to ask whatever it was she deemed so important.

"Ok, spill." She stated

"Spill what?" I asked

"God! Do I have to spell it out for you? You two went to England, now I know you had a hit on you, but seriously, you guys have been mentally undressing each other for the last I don't know how many years. You cannot seriously tell me you did not have hot 'I've wanted to do this so bad for years' sex. So spill."

"And I thought Ryan was bad." I groaned.

"You are not dodging this one Duquesne."

"Valera," I started, but at that moment Horatio called us in and I couldn't be more grateful.

"I will get this out of you Duquesne, you can't escape me this time."

"Bye Valera." I called over my shoulder as we headed to Horatio's office.

"Eric, Calleigh, have a seat." Horatio said gesturing to the chairs. We sat and he continued "I expect you already know why I called you in here."

"No fraternisation rule."

"Yes, we've already spoken about this, and I know you're happy. But I also know Rick is going to go through this lab with a fine tooth comb."

"H, what are you saying?"

"What I'm saying is, you have to be careful. I'm not asking you switch shifts or break up, but I am asking, for the sake of you, and the lab, do not let Rick have any more ammunition."

"Horatio, we'll be careful, this team means a lot to us."

"Thank you, you can go now, and I'd advise going home and relaxing, you've had a busy few days."

"I think we might just take you up on that Horatio."

"Good, go home, rest. And if you see Ryan or Natalia on the way out, tell them I said good luck."

"Will do."

With that we got up and left, quite happy to exactly as Horatio said and go home and relax, I for one did not want to have to work today. I wanted to go home, have a shower, get a change of clothes, and have something proper to eat.

We arrived home, and I felt a sense of relief when I walked through the door. It suddenly dawned on me, just what we'd done in the past day. We'd gone in, un-armed, un-prepared, into a house full of some of the most spineless people I'd ever come across, and by some miracle, we'd all made it out virtually unscathed. I sure as hell wasn't doing anything like that again in the near future. I went into the kitchen, desperate to find something to eat because I was absolutely starving, only to remember out of all the rooms in my house it was the kitchen that needed cleaning. I huffed.

A pair of arms snaked around my waist from behind, I leaned into him, grateful to finally be alone, and with no life or death situations that needed attending to.

"Go take a shower, I'll order a take out and get this cleaned up."

"Mmm." His voice in my ear was making me not want to move.

"What would you like?"

"Chinese."

"Your favourite?"

"Of course."

"Shower." He urged again

"I'm going." I said but made no attempt to move.

He spun me around so I was facing him.

"Calleigh Duquesne, go and have a shower."

It might have worked, except for the fact that his words were quickly followed by a kiss. One that we'd held on to for quite a while because it was something that should really be done in private. My body was pressed up against his so there was barely any room between us, his hands were gripping my thighs and lifting me up to make up for the height I'd lost when I took my shoes off. I wrapped my legs around his waist and linked my arms behind his neck, he turned me round to perch me on the non grape juice covered counter. I unwrapped my legs, but pulled him closer by the shirt. I pulled away the slightest fraction breathing heavy.

"Now I really don't want to have a shower." I said against his lips

"I'll be here when you get out." He said put pressed his lips to mine again.

"Oh, you'd better be." I said and pressed a kiss to the side of his mouth before jumping off the counter and heading to the bathroom. Sometimes it was fun to make him suffer a little.

I showered, changed into Eric's shirt which was far comfier than mine, and some gym shorts. I came back to reveal a sparkling clean kitchen, and food on the way. Eric had got in the shower while I was getting changed, so I grabbed a few blankets and plopped myself on the sofa. The doorbell rang as Eric was coming from the bedroom, and he insisted on getting it.

We sat on the sofa, eating Chinese and watching re-runs of the X-files, it was mildly frustrating, I wasn't an avid watcher, but I was still begging for Moulder and Scully to get their act together and kiss each other already. That made me laugh to myself then, because apparently that's what it was like for people waiting for us. We weren't quite as bad as them, after 12 years, we'd finally got our act together. Ok, so maybe we were.

I was quite happy to sit like this all day, on the sofa, with Eric, watching re-runs and eating Chinese takeout for what normally would be considered brunch.

Eric's hands had slipped under my, well technically his, shirt and were leaving a fiery trail in their wake as he ran them up and down my sides. It was an innocent enough touch, but it still made me want to melt right there. If he'd been ignorant to quite what he was doing to me, he wasn't anymore because an involuntary shiver ran up my spine. He continued his movements only taking his hands slightly higher, and slightly lower.

"Cold?" he whispered in my ear in a voice that had me coming undone.

"Not in the slightest."

"Then why the shiver?" his lips were almost on my ear

Before I got the chance to reply he ran his hands all the way up to by bra strap, before descending all the way until his finger tips just poked underneath my waist band, then running them across my stomach. I tried to reply, but her pushed the hair off my shoulders and kissed along my collar bone.

"I, uh, what, oh, shiver?" I lied, he was making it very hard to form sentences.

"I could've sworn I felt a shiver." He whispered.

His voice was husky and as he bought his lips to the spot just below my pulse point I had to bite my lip to suppress a moan. His teeth grazed the skin just beneath my ear and I couldn't stop a second shiver from running through my body.

"That wouldn't have been a shiver then either would it?" he teased.

His low, husky voice was going to be my undoing and as her pressed his lips once again to the skin beneath my ear, let out a quite moan, there was no use disguising it now, I was putty in his hands. He pushed the shirt of my shoulder and continues to assault my skin with kisses. I couldn't take it any longer.

"Eric Delko, take me to bed now." I managed to choke out.

"If you ask nicely, I might consider it."

"Eric Delko, make love to me in our bed, right this instant."

I knew I had him then because he lifted me off the sofa and carried me to the bedroom. He laid me down and kissed me properly for the first time since he'd started his cruel attack.

"You're just too good to resist." He breathed in my ear.

"I'm just getting started."...

A/N ok, second attempt at this kind of scene, I'm thinking I did better this time, let me know what you think. Also I've never actually watched the X-files so if my reference was wrong my apologies.
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