"Tim I have something for you." Calleigh said walking into Trace.

"You shouldn't say that to a guy unless you can back it up Cal." He teased.

"How about some more sand?" Calleigh asked.

"Did you find anything else at the house?"

"Some tools, shredded paper with what looks like instructions on, sand, a sports bag with a tear in it, a couple spare components. It definitely looks like this is our guy." Calleigh smiled. "We took his computer and printer too."

"Let's make sure." He took the sand from her and put some of it under the microscope next to the sample they had collected from the bombs. "It's a visual match, that a look." He let Calleigh look through the microscope.

"Looks good to me."

"I'll have to run a few more tests to make sure it is definitely the Vegas sand not just something he picked up on the beach but this looks good."

"I have an appointment with some shredded paper, if you'll excuse me."

"Have fun." Tim smiled.

"Thank you." Calleigh smiled.

"Striations from the pliers and wire strippers match those on the wiring." Horatio said walking into the layout room where Calleigh was working. "What have you got?"

"Someone should tell Mr Haroldson that he should have paid the extra twenty dollars for the cross cutting shredder." Calleigh said. "He shredded a page at a time, so it was easy to piece together the information from layers of the shredder trash can. We have a component list, four pages of instructions on how to build a pipe bomb and this I think..." She said laying down another strip of paper. "Is instructions on how to install it."

"And the evidence mounts up."

"Jamie is going over his cookies file and seeing if he got the instructions from internet." Calleigh added.

"We have a conclusive match on the sand." Speed said walking in.

"And the fibres you found on the fence Cal, match those from the bag we found." Eric added.

"I think it's time we had a little chat with Mr Haroldson. Eric."

"Yes H?"

"You're with me. Calleigh keeping putting your puzzle together and Speed go and see how Jamie is getting along." Horatio instructed.

Calleigh yawned, it had been a long day and after having been up most of the night she was exhausted. Her shift had ended for a few hours before and after Horatio got a confession from Haroldson she decided that her report could wait until the following day.

She collected her things from her locker and walked to the elevator, when she stepped inside she found Alexx was already in the elevator.

"Hey Calleigh." Alexx said.

"Hey Alexx." Calleigh yawned.

"Late night?" Alexx knew what time Calleigh had left her house the night before.

"I didn't get much sleep last night; I was taking your advice and figuring out where I stood."

"I see and how did your breakfast with Horatio go?"

"We cleared the air and talked in terms of science experiments." Calleigh

"Science experiments?" Alexx questioned.

"We carried the conversation in the terms I set last night. Science is something we can both understand."

"How did the conversation end?"

"I told where I stood and before he could say anything he got called to defuse a bomb on one of the school buses. We've spent all day working to catch the guy who did it. Fortunately he is now in custody."

"So you're no clearer where you stand with Horatio than you were last night?" Alexx surmised.

"He didn't get mad when he found out that I told Yelina to stay away from me."

"Go girl." Alexx teased. "What happened?"

"She came in looking for him while I was talking to Tim and made a comment that it was good to see I was wearing my own clothes today. I may have snapped slightly and told her that if she should talk to Horatio, and to stay away from me unless we had the misfortune to be working a case together."

"I'm proud of you sweetheart." Alexx smiled.

"Then Yelina went and told Horatio that I yelled at her. But fortunately Tim explained what happened to him."

"She had it coming."

"We caught our bomb maker now I'm going home to catch up on some sleep."

"Calleigh, just one question."

"What's that?" Calleigh asked.

"Why aren't you going and talking to Horatio to find out what his response was?"

"He knows where I am." Calleigh replied. "I took the first step; I need him to at least meet me half way."

"Calleigh, he's male you need to hit him over the head with a club." Calleigh laughed. "I'm serious, I think they were wrong when they said that cavemen used to hit women over the head and drag them back to their caves, I think it was the women who did the hitting to get the men to pay attention."

"You could be right." Calleigh had to agree.

"Go and do something proactive." Alexx suggested.

"I'll give him forty-eight hours to see if he takes a step. Then I'll find a club."

"Try something short, low cut and with high heels."

"Alexx Woods does your husband know about this side of you?"

"Of course, how do you think I got him to propose in three months? Getting the reaction you described last night when you kiss some one is very rare, and when you find it you have to hold onto them. Nothing gets a man's attention like short skirts."

"I'll take that under advisement and if it doesn't work out I can always apply for a job in Las Vegas. I was talking to a CSI with a very cute Texas accent earlier."

"If it doesn't work, I'll find a club and hit him over the head." Alexx said. "I know a few people who know how to hid evidence."

"I wouldn't know who you mean." Calleigh joked. "This elevator is taking a long time."

"I pulled the emergency stop button because I wanted to talk to you." Alexx said as she pushed the button to restart the elevator.

"How did I not notice that?"

"You were telling me about Yelina." Alexx said. "I'll see you tomorrow Calleigh." Alexx said when the elevator doors open.

"Have a nice evening." Calleigh said.

"You too and think about what I said."

"I will."

TBC