A/N: How much drama can one story take? Well my name is Drama-freak-csim. And a story wouldn't be any fun without drama, hope you like this chap.
Calleigh stands frozen. Package in her hands, eyes filled with shock.
"That's a phoney company that Arthur Rudfrey uses to deliver his bombs. He sent some to cops a couple of years ago", Eric says slowly walking backwards, "I'm gonna call the bomb squad".
Calleigh doesn't respond. Half because she doesn't know what to say, and half because she is scared of setting the bomb off.
Eric slowly but surely moves his way to the kitchen. As soon as he is in the other room, he races towards the phone and his shakey fingers dial in the right number.
"Help, help there's a bomb and if my friend moves it'll..."
"Slow down Sir, what's your name?"
"Eric, Eric Delko with the Miami Dade crime lab"
"What's your address?"
"It's number 19 Hoty Street on..."
"Oh God, Eric?" Calleigh calls from the other room.
"Eric there's a timer on the bottom", she says barely moving, "4 minutes and 55 seconds"
"Dammit", Eric yells into the phone, "Can you make it here in time?"
"I'm afraid it'll take longer than 5 minutes to reach your address, you'll have to disarm it yourself"
Eric is breathing heavily in fear and he can hear Calleigh's breathing pick up speed also.
"I know how to safely get down to the wires and to the stuff but I don't know what to do from there"
"Ok do that and then tell me what you see"
"Ok"
Eric rushes to the kitchen to get a pair of tweezers and carefully walks towards Calleigh holding the phone between his shoulder and his head.
A teardrop falls from Calleigh's face onto her arm and she lets out a little sob.
"It'll be okay Calleigh, promise. Just try not to move"
Eric carefully fiddles around with the package until her sees dozens of wires. Eric looks up at Calleigh's face. She looks so scared. Her eyes are filling with tears and her upper lip is shaking.
Eric gives Calleigh a reassuring smile and says into the phone, "All together there are 10 wires. 3 blue, 2 red, one orange, 3 purple and a yellow"
"Ok you have to cut the right wire. You see when you make a bomb, you have to make sure..."
"1 minute 50 we don't have time for this"
"Can you see which wire is connected to the capacitor?" (A/N. I don't know a thing about bombs or electrical parts)
"There are two, the orange and the yellow"
"Then I'm afraid it's up to luck, you have to choose one"
"Choose", Eric replies angrily and throws the phone.
"Eric, there's only 50 seconds left", Calleigh says worried.
"I know, I know, just let me think", Eric replies trying to concentrate
"Eric, before anything happens I want you to know..."
"No Calleigh", Eric cuts in. "Don't think like that", his voice softens, "I will not let you die". Eric gently strokes her cheek and gives her a supportive look.
"You always said, next to pink, yellows your favourite colour", Eric says hovering the tweezers over the yellow wire.
"Wait, what if it's the wrong wire?" Calleigh asks unsurely.
"Won't find out till we try it", Eric says wiping a bead of sweat of his brow.
"But..."
"Trust me" Eric says giving her a loving look.
"I do", Calleigh answers trying to force a smile.
Eric glances at the timer. 5 seconds left.
"Here it goes", Eric says closing his eyes. Calleigh's eyes are closed too.
Eric clips the wire and nothing happens. After 15 seconds Eric opens his eyes and Calleigh is all right. He throws the package and wraps Calleigh a tight hug not letting her go.
Calleigh lets out a sniff and Eric breaks away.
"Thank God you're ok", Eric says pulling her in for a strong kiss.
After Eric's lips pull away they hug again. They sit on the floor who knows long just in each other's arms. Eric breathes out a sigh of relief and pulls her closer, giving her a kiss on the head.
Eric sits back and looks Calleigh in the eye. One of his hands is on her right leg and her arms are wrapped around his neck.
Calleigh's cheeks are tear streaked but she is smiling.
"I can't believe I almost lost you", Eric whispers.
"You'll never lose me", She replies and pulls him in for a kiss.
At the lab Eric is running tests for a suicide case and Calleigh is watching him through the glass. Horatio refuses to let Calleigh or Eric handle the Rudfrey case. She smiles to herself and walks into the break room. She spent the night at the lab with Eric but she didn't get much sleep. She was too worried to sleep.
She slips onto the couch and closes her eyes for a minute.
"Hey Calleigh", Tim greets walking into the room. He sits down next to her on the couch and stretches his arms.
"Hey", Calleigh replies a little annoyed that someone interrupted her nap, "What's up?"
Tim lets out a tired sigh, "2 hours of going through garbage with that newbie, Shamrock"
Calleigh lets out a little giggle at the look of Tim's annoyed face. "What's wrong with Shamrock?" she asks with a southern tone.
"That guy will just not shut up", Tim replies getting up and walking to the fridge. He stares into the fridge for a while deciding. He gets out a can of Fanta and shuts the fridge.
"And it's not just that he talks", Tim continues walking back to Calleigh who was resting her head in her hands, "It's what he talks about. Birds. Birds this, Birds that. I swear if I hear another bird fact I'll..."
Calleigh giggles rubbing her eyes.
Tim glances at his watch. "I better get back to it, gotta see Valera about my results", Tim says running out the door.
Calleigh smiles and decides she better get back to work too. She gets up and yawns lazily.
"Sleeping on the job? H is not gonna be happy", Eric says walking into the room catching Calleigh stretch.
"Ha ha very funny", Calleigh replies sarcastically and walks towards the door.
Eric grabs her arm and pulls her towards him.
"Where do you think you're going", Eric asks, hugging her from behind.
"In case you forgot", Calleigh says turning around to face him, "I have work to do"
Eric gives Calleigh a disappointed frown and brushes her cheek softly with the back of his hand.
"Well I guess it can wait for a minute", Calleigh says giving in and flashing a beautiful smile.
"Good", Eric replies cheekily, and then turning serious, "Cos we have to talk"
Calleigh frowns and sits back on the couch. "Not as romantic as I was hoping, but go on"
Eric sits down in the couch next to Calleigh and puts a hand on her knee.
"Rudfrey is going to keep coming after me, and the people I care about", Eric says with a solemn face, "So maybe we should just wait a while, ya know, til we catch him"
Calleigh looks down at the ground and then up at Eric's face. She doesn't want to wait. She wants to be with him now. Eric is staring at Calleigh, waiting for her reply.
Calleigh takes in a deep breath and sighs.
All of a sudden, she pulls Eric in for a passionate kiss.
"I'm not leaving you just because of some guy", Calleigh says pulling away and giving him a comforting smile.
After seeing Calleigh's face, Eric can't help but smile, although this is a serious matter.
"Anyway, I have to get back to work", Calleigh says giving Eric a peck on the cheek and dashing out the door.
Eric sits back down and smiles to himself. "I love that woman", he murmurs with a gorgeous grin.
Days passed, then weeks, then months but still no word of Rudfrey.
No one even talked about him anymore, but no one forgot about him, he was still in the back of everybody's head.
Calleigh and Eric's relationship was going great. They had been out on dates every week.
Everything was great until it happened.
Eric wakes up to his phone ringing next to his head. He glances at the clock.
"Who the hell rings at 5 am on my day off?" Eric mutters
Eric closes his eyes again and numbly reaches around for his phone.
"Delko", Eric answers into the phone half asleep.
"Eric, Help me!" Calleigh's voice answers through the phone. Her voice is scared and trembling.
"Eric please, you..."
BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP. Eric's phone goes dead.
A/N: Just when you thought these two have been through enough, I go and do this to you. There will only be a few chapters left in this story. Plz review and tell me whether I should right a happy ending or dramatic ending. Thanks.