1Chapter Five

"How's Calleigh doing?" Horatio asked. Tim sighed and gritted his teeth.

"Do we still need to talk about this?" he asked. "She lost the baby. I don't want to talk about it."

"Speed..."

"Horatio, just shut up!" he exclaimed. "I'm sorry. Okay? I just don't want to talk about it. I want to forget about it. That's all. Can we get back to work?"

Horatio stared at the younger man then nodded.

"What did you find?"

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Tim slammed the door to his apartment closed and tossed his gun and badge onto the counter in the kitchen.

"I'm home." he said dully, grabbing a beer out of the fridge. "Calleigh?"

He found her sitting in their bedroom, reading.

"Hey."

Calleigh looked up and rubbed her eyes tiredly.

"Hey. How was work?" she asked as Tim climbed into bed next to her.

"Boring. Nothing to do really." he lied, putting the bottle on his bedside table. "How are you feeling?"

"Fine."

It had been two weeks since Calleigh had been shot and slowly, very slowly, things were going back to normal. She went back to reading her book.

"Calleigh..."

"I'm fine Tim. I don't want to talk about it."

'Sounds like me.' he thought.

"We're gonna have to sometime." he said.

"No we won't."

Tim shrugged. He didn't want to fight with her.

"I talked to Valera today. She wanted to know if you wanted to go shopping on Saturday."

"No."

Calleigh swiftly got out of bed and walked down the hallway. Tim followed her, thinking of a way to come off nicely.

"Is this how its going to be from now on?" he asked. Calleigh ignored him as she turned the DVD player on. "Calleigh?"

"I don't want to talk about it." she replied. "What part of it don't you get?"

"You know I say the same thing to Eric and Horatio and Alexx and everyone else when they start asking why you're not returning anyone's phone calls. I cover for you everyday Cal. They don't have to know what's going on with us but at least talk to me. I'm your husband for God's sake." Tim said He was drowned out by the TV blasting. "I'm talking to you!"

"And I said I'm not! Shut up!" Calleigh yelled.

"No. You are so self-absorbed."

"Excuse me?"

"You think that you're the only one hurting from all of this. I'm here too!" Tim snapped.

"I said we're not talking about this."

"Well we are. Jesus Christ Calleigh! You should've been back in work already. Not even in the field, just paperwork but no you've got sit home and be depressed. I've gone back to work."

"Well I guess I'm not like you." she snapped, standing up.

"This is what pisses me off." Tim said, not wanting to start a fight.

"What? What pisses you off?" Calleigh asked.

"You! You think that you're the only one that cares or is upset about something. Ever since this happened all you've done is sit home and be depressed."

Tim suddenly stopped talking and walked towards the door. He couldn't stay here any longer. He knew he was going to say something he was going to regret.

"Where are you going?" Calleigh asked.

"I don't know." Tim replied honestly and shut the door behind him.