A/N: I am so so so sorry for making you wait so long. I was a lot busier than I had expected so I couldn't get it done til after Christmas. Thanks for the wonderful reviews. This will be the last chapter.

Calleigh dropped her pen on her desk and closed her eyes. She tried to shut out everything. The noise, the people, the work, everything. She hoped that if she kept her eyes closed long enough, she wouldn't have to deal with anything or anyone. She opened her eyes and let out an annoyed sigh.

No matter what she tried, she couldn't get worried thoughts of Eric out of her head. She rested her head in her hands and looked over to Tim's desk. She was surprised to find that it was currently unoccupied. She glanced around but couldn't see him. She heard someone giggling and laughing and she could have sworn it was Tim. But why would he be laughing, why would he be joking around?

She looked to where the sound was coming and her mouth dropped open in shock. Her eyes grew wide and her throat went dry. As Tim walked around the corner, he did so with Eric.

Calleigh rubbed her eyes as if she couldn't believe what she saw.

"I'm hallucinating," Calleigh mumbled to herself. She couldn't move, she couldn't speak. So she just sat there looking like she had just seen a ghost.

It took a while for Calleigh's brain to function what was happening but by the time it all made sense, Eric had noticed her. He completely dropped what he was saying to Tim and started walking towards Calleigh.

Calleigh stood up, but felt her knees buckling so held onto her desk for support. Tears were running down her face and she felt frozen. When Eric reached her he wrapped his arms around her as tight as he could.

Calleigh started sobbing into his neck and Eric's eyes were watery. Eric pulled away and pressed his lips against hers. He didn't care who was watching them, Eric had longed for Calleigh's lips to be on his ever since he left for California.

They just stood there,, in the middle of the office, kissing passionately. Eric finally pulled away to breathe and Calleigh nestled her head on his neck.

"I was so worried about you," She whispered.

"I know, I know Calleigh," Eric replied brushing her cheek with the back of his hand, "Being away from you for so long, and being kidnapped and not knowing whether I'd see you again, it really made me think about things. But hey let's not talk about this here, people are starting to stare, let's go talk"

Calleigh smiled a bit and went to get her purse.

"Oh wait, I better go tell Horatio first, I'll meet you at Lenny's Diner in a minute okay?"

"Sure"

Calleigh knocked on Horatio's door.

"Come in," He replied.

"Um Horatio do you mind if I take my lunch break a bit early," Calleigh asked cautiously.

Horatio gave a disappointed frown.

"Um ok, but before you go, I uh, we have to talk about something really important," Horatio said mysteriously.

"Um ok," Calleigh answered and took a seat.

Horatio said handing her the letter without replying.

Back at the diner Eric was ordering coffee, wondering where the hell Calleigh was. She was almost half an hour late and Eric was beginning to think she wasn't coming.

15 minutes later she was still not there. Eric got up frustrated and left.

"Calm down," he mumbled, "she probably just got caught up in work"

As he was walking down the hall he was so caught up in wondering where Calleigh was, that he bumped into Tim.

"Whoa, where's the fire," Tim said.

"Have you seen Calleigh anywhere?" Eric asked impatiently.

"She's not with you?" Tim asked confused.

Eric shook his head and ran down the hall.

"Yeah thanks, I missed you too man," Tim yelled as Eric hurried off.

Eric drove over to Calleigh's place and knocked on the door but there was no answer. So he knocked again, and again and again but still no answer.

He slowly walked back to the car and let out a unsuccessful sigh.

He couldn't understand what was going on. She wasn't at work; she wasn't at home, where else would she be.

Eric scratched his head and thought for a moment. All of a sudden he thought of the beach. Maybe she went to the beach, where they kissed.

It was a stab in the dark but it was the only thing Eric could think of.

Eric drove to the beach in search of Calleigh. He pulled out his cell and rang Tim.

"Speed"

"It's me"

"Where are you?"

"Still looking for Calleigh, she hasn't come in yet has she?"

"No. I was speaking to Valera before and she said that she last saw Calleigh coming out of Horatio's office looking pretty confused"

"Oh. How long ago was that?"

"Bout 2 hours ago"

"Well then where the hell is she now?"

"Don't ask me. Where you heading?"

"Uh, I thought Calleigh might be at the beach where we, uh, said goodbye"

"Ok. Do you think Horatio knows about the two of you?"

"I'm pretty sure the whole lab knows about us after what happened earlier"

"yeah I guess you're right"

Eric hung up rhe phone as he stopped the car. Calleigh was leaning on the rail, looking down at the water.

Eric cautiously got out of the car and approached her. Calleigh kept staring at the sea.

"Calleigh? What's going on?" Eric asked gently.

"Eric, I… This isn't working out between us," Calleigh mumbled.

"What?" Eric asked confused, "I thought things were going great between us"

"Horatio talked to me today and-"

"and he told you to break up with me"

"No, no Eric. He reminded me how important my job is to me"

Calleigh turned around to face Eric. Eric's face flooded with disappointment, anger and confusion

"W-wait"

"Eric I can't do this anymore. It's over," Calleigh said in a soft, barely audible whisper.

Eric's eyes stinging eyes blinked back the tears.

Calleigh moved to walk away but Eric pulled her arm, freezing her.

"So you're just gonna hide your feelings? You're gonna pretend that there is nothing, that that kiss meant nothing?"

"What else can I do Eric?" Calleigh said wiping her now wet face, "We work together Eric. My job means to much to me"

"Didn't stop you and Hagen"

"That was different," Calleigh whispered softly.

"How?"

"Excuse me?"

"How is you and Hagen being together different than you and me?"

"What Hagen and I had was, was just a fling. But I care no where near as much about Hagen as I do about you"

"Well if you feel so strongly about me then why can't we be together?"

"well what about work, it'd be too complicated"

"It'd be even more complicated if we had to hide our feelings"

Calleigh let out a sigh and thought deeply.

"The only question is, do you want to be with me?"

"Of course I want to"

"Then that's all that matters," Eric whispered as he pulled Calleigh close to him and kissed her.

A/N: Well that's the end. I kinda rushed the last couple of chapters because I wanted to finish it quickly. So tell me what you think. Should I write another one, should I stop?