A/N: Another Calleigh and Eric fic, but what else did you expect from me. This story won't be as suspenseful as my last. Hope you enjoy it.
Rain splashed all over the windscreen as Calleigh sped through a big puddle. The rain was pattering down hard and the windscreen wipers were going like they were on 10 cups of coffee.
Eric grabbed onto his seat next to Calleigh as she made a sharp turn around the corner.
Tim popped his head in from the back.
"Uh do you mind, I'm trying to eat here?" Tim said with a mouth full of hamburger.
"I think I'll drive next time and she can sit in the back", Eric whispered to Tim as he turned around.
Tim couldn't help but laugh with made a piece of lettuce shoot from his mouth across the car.
"Ha ha very funny you guys", Calleigh said sarcastically. She swerved another corner, which made Tim fall back into his seat and a bag fall onto his stomach.
"Ouch. Will you tell that woman to slow down before she kills us", Tim yelled shoving the heavy bag off his stomach.
Calleigh let a small smile creep across her face before turning serious and saying, "Look guys the crime scene has pretty much already been destroyed by the rain. We have to get there quickly. Every second we waste, a piece of evidence is floating away"
Tim shut up and continued eating his burger.
Eric let out a sigh remembering that any minute now they would arrive at the crime scene and have to collect what little evidence was left in the pouring rain.
He looked over at Calleigh. She was tapping a beat on the steering wheels with her fingers. He couldn't help but smile when he looked at her. He always smiled around her, even if there was nothing to smile about.
Calleigh could feel eyes on her so she shot a quick glance at Eric, which made him look down at the floor and blush, which he also did a lot around her.
Calleigh looked at him again, trying to figure out what he was smiling about.
"What?" she asked in a innocent voice, smiling.
"Nothing", he replied straight away, with a smirk on his face.
He looked up at her again and was surprised to see that she was still staring at him. She blushed a little then turned her eyes back to the road.
"What?" Eric asked, half-mocking her. Calleigh let out a small giggle and replied with, "Nothing", also in a half mocking voice.
Tim groaned loudly from in the back making Eric turn around and give him a questioning look.
"Not this again", he moaned gesturing to Calleigh and then to Eric and then made kissing faces.
Eric gave him a "grow up" look and threw a piece of plastic at him.
"Just ask her out man", Tim mouthed to Eric with an annoyed look.
"Shut up man", Eric mouthed back and turned around to face the front of the car again.
Calleigh shook her head and smiled, pretending nothing was going on.
"Hey you know what?" Tim asked poking his head through to the front, "This has been such a pleasant trip that I think the three of us should go on a road trip sometime"
"Oh yeah, a weekend stuck in a stuffy car with YOU? Who wouldn't enjoy that", Eric said sarcastically.
"Yeah", Calleigh agreed with Eric but still keeping her eyes on the road, "I mean, if it was just me and Eric, it might actually be fun. But with you, it'd be torture"
Tim raised his hands to his heart. "Ya know I'm hurt you guys, I really am", He said sitting back down.
Eric smiled at the subtle compliment and looked down at his watch. It was only 11 in the morning but it felt like midnight in the middle of winter. Technically winter was over, but it was still unbelievably cold.
"Finally", Tim groaned as Calleigh pulled the car to a stop.
Alex was hurriedly loading the body into the truck and Horatio was just getting out of the car with Yelina.
"Do we really have to go out there?" Tim moaned. Before Eric could think of a smart comeback to impress Calleigh, he felt a cold gush of wind enter the car as Calleigh stepped out.
A few minutes later everybody was running about in the rain taking photos and collecting evidence.
After about 5 minutes Tim gave up and headed towards Horatio's car, which had the heater working full bull and tried drying himself.
Calleigh and Eric were still combing the ground for evidence when Horatio yelled out, "That's all guys, Time to head off, meet you back at the lab"
Calleigh and Eric slowly walked back to the car, still searching for evidence along the way. Calleigh jumped in the front seat shivering and started wringing her soaking hair out.
Eric ran to the boot to put away the kits and evidence. All they found was a couple of fibres, a gun with no usable prints, an unknown blonde hair (the victim was a redhead) and bits and pieces that probably had nothing to do with the murder.
Eric ran to the front of the car, shivering as he got in.
"l-l-lets g-g-o", Eric chattered hugging himself to keep warm. "What about Tim?" Calleigh asked breathing into her hands.
"I-I think he went with H l-lets just get out of here", Eric chattered back.
Calleigh started the car and instantly turned of the heater.
All of a sudden, Eric started stripping his wet shirt off.
"What are you doing?" Calleigh asked shocked.
"I have to get these freezing clothes off", Eric replied and then saw Calleigh's shocked face and started laughing.
"Don't worry Cal, I'm only taking my shirt off, I brought a spare one in the boot", Eric said reassuring, "You gonna change?"
Calleigh looked down at her soaking wet clothes clinging to her body.
"Uh I think I'll wait til we get back", She replied giggling.
After a minute or two Eric's chattering stopped and he felt a little bit warmer. He let out a relaxed sigh.
"So did Tim really catch a ride with Horatio or did you just want to ditch him?" Calleigh asked with a smile playing on her lips.
"Well...it doesn't really matter cause we left before H so Tim will have a ride. And besides, did you really want him here being a back seat driver?" Eric said cheekily.
"Your right" Calleigh smiled and then her face turned serious.
"You okay Cal?" Eric asked in a soft concerning voice.
"Yeah, um, I'm just really cold that's all", She replied clearing her throat.
She looked over at his soft brown eyes. They were so sweet. She couldn't stop staring at them, they were hypnotising. She reluctantly broke her gaze and returned her eyes back to the road. She felt like a teenager around him.
He was always making her feel nervous and happy and giddy at the same time. She would always find herself lost in his eyes. She couldn't get enough of his gorgeous grin, and just feeling his muscular body near hers sent tingles down her back. 'What am I doing', she mentally asked herself, 'I'm falling for a co-worker. Not just a co-worker, a good friend. I can't let us get to close'
"Maybe I should drive, do you want to go change? You can borrow my jacket if you want. We can stop over-"
"Eric, don't worry I'm fine", Calleigh snapped.
Eric stared at the ground, and except for the heater, the car fell silent.
Calleigh saw the look of hurt in his eyes and felt guilt run through her body.
"Oh, Eric, I'm sorry for snapping, it's just..."
"Don't worry about it", Eric reassured but still obviously hurt.
Calleigh stared out at the road mentally kicking herself. Why did she have to be so mean to him. He only wanted to help her.
For the rest of the ride, no one spoke.
Back at the lab Calleigh and Eric ran through the double doors out of the rain.
"I'm gonna go get changed, will you log the evidence in?" Calleigh asked in her southern voice.
"Sure", Eric replied with little enthusiasm.
Calleigh reached the bathroom and started changing. She put on a warm dry three-quarter white top and long black pants. She combed her long blonde matted hair and tied it up a ponytail. She looked in the mirror and thought about Eric. She had hurt his feelings.
She didn't mean to, she just didn't want to fall for him any more than she already was (if that was even possible).
A while later Eric saw Calleigh emerging from the girls' bathroom.
'Bout time', he smiled to himself.
"Hey", she greeted as she walked up to him.
"Hey", he greeted back trying not to make eye contact, "Alexx is waiting for you in the morgue and I have to go analyse some fibres"
Eric turned walked away not looking back. Calleigh couldn't let it go any further, she had to make things back to normal between them.
"Eric?" Calleigh asked and Eric stopped as her felt a hand on his wrist.
He turned around and Calleigh was staring into his eyes.
"I'm sorry if I was being a bit bitchy before, I was just in a bad mode. Are we okay?" she asked, unaware of his reaction.
Eric couldn't help but smile at how sweet Calleigh looked when she was worried, which made Calleigh smile.
"Yeah, we're cool", Eric replied flashing his pearly whites.
"Great", Calleigh replied and gave him a friendly hug. Well it was suppose to be friendly, but seeing as neither pulled away after 15 seconds, it felt like more.
Eric pulled away and Calleigh instantly missed the feel of his body against hers.
"Better go see those fibres", Eric sighed and walked around the corner.
Calleigh spun around to go to the morgue and saw Tyler grinning cheekily.
Calleigh gave him a threatening glare and he walked away smirking.
As Eric walked through the door he saw Tim staring at him with a grumpy look.
'Oh crap', Eric thought as he walked over to the microscope.
"Hey Tim, what's up?" He asked trying to ignore the furious look on Tim's face.
"What's up, well let me see. My temperature is up. In case you didn't notice, my nose is running like Niagra Falls and my throat is swelling up like a balloon", Tim grumble as he crossed his arms, "I think you were forgetting a little SOMEONE when you drove off with Calleigh this morning"
Eric tried to suppress the smile forming on his lips but failed.
"I thought you caught a ride with H and Yelina?" Eric asked grinning.
"I did, but I would have changed my mind if I knew that the heater was gonna break. And in the passengers seat, there was a hole in the window blowing a freezing breeze into my face"
"Tim, I'm...I'm sorry", Eric apologised as he grin widened.
"Whatever", Tim grumbled walking out the door, "I'm going for some coffee"
Eric silently laughed to himself then focused his attention on the fibres under the microscope.
"Good morning Alexx", Calleigh greeted cheerfully as she walked into the morgue.
"It was anything but good for this poor girl", Alexx said digging her hands into the body, "You didn't expect you'd be knocking on heavens door when you woke up this morning did you sugar"
"What have you got for me Alexx?" Calleigh asked in her routine voice.
Alexx handed Calleigh a plate with bullets in it and said, "4 rounds, 2 in the abdomen, 1 in the leg and 1 in the head. The first three were just to slow her down, nothing fatal, except for the third one, which penetrated her skull"
"Thanks Alexx," Calleigh said greatly accepting the bullets, "I'll be in the ballistics lab if you need me"
Calleigh spun around and made her way to the lab.
Eric walked past the open door and saw Calleigh firing in the shooting range. He leaned in on the door and stared at her as she fired her gun. 'She's so powerful', Eric mused to himself, 'Better not get on her bad side again, she's packing heat'.
After a couple of rounds Calleigh took off her safety goggles and earmuffs.
She spun around and saw Eric checking her out.
"Buying or browsing?" She asked with a smirk.
Eric let out a laugh. "Sorry. I was just admiring your...gun", he apologised, "Uh, you got anything yet"
"Not yet. I'm just about to compare and see who the lucky winner is. You get anything?" She asked as they walked out of shooting range.
"Not much, our black fibre was from some sort of tailored suit", Eric replied in his 'working' tone.
"Well at least it's something" She said as she placed the bullet under the microscope to compare.
Eric leaned in behind her to get a look.
"Is that a new cologne Mr. Delko?" Calleigh asked in a flirtatious tone.
"Anything to bring the ladies in", Eric smirked.
"Well it's working", Calleigh muttered under her breath.
"Huh?" Eric asked leaning in closer.
"I didn't say anything", Calleigh protested innocently.
"Hmmmmm", Calleigh said in a questioning tone.
"What is it?" Eric asked curiously.
"Not a match but-" Calleigh replied spinning around to face him but losing what she was saying as she realised just how close he was to her.
Eric stepped back to give her some room. They locked eyes and Calleigh could feel her knees going weak.
"Uh I better go tell H", Eric replied but stopped as he turned around to face Calleigh again.
"Uh Calleigh, Can I ask you something?" He asked, his voice hinting nervousness.
"Sure anything", Calleigh replied as she bit her lip, wondering what was going on through his head that he wanted to ask her.
A/N: Hope you liked the first chapter, I'll try to write the next asap. hmmmmm, wonder what he's going to ask her? reveiw and you'll find out.