"Calleigh." Horatio eyed her with suspicion when he walked back into the room.
"Horatio." She said cheerfully.
"Would you care to tell me why Eric and Speed were racing back to the lab?" Horatio inquired.
"Dr Kendall was just telling them some information about chloroform." Calleigh replied.
"And who pray tell is Dr Kendall?" Horatio asked.
"The anaesthesiologist I asked to see. I read an article in a Forensics journal once and when they told me about the case it reminded me. "
"Calleigh, you've just had surgery you need to concentrate on getting better. Let us concentrate on solving cases."
"I decided what I want to do on our date." Calleigh said hoping changing the subject would work.
"Calleigh…"
"I know relax and concentrate on getting better." Calleigh sighed. "They are going to bring me chocolate if my idea pans out."
"If you had asked I would have brought you some anyway. So what do you want to do?"
"Is it okay to come in?" A voice from the doorway asked before Calleigh could reply.
"Adelle." Calleigh smiled.
"Hi Horatio." Adelle said.
"Adelle." Horatio replied as way of greeting.
"Am I interrupting?" Adelle asked.
"I was just getting a telling off for trying to help Speed and Eric solve a case." Calleigh replied.
"Looks like my time is just right. You look a lot better than last time I saw you."
"I feel better, but then again they have me on some pretty good drugs."
"That was quite some disappearing act you pulled."
"You know me, if you're going to do something, you may as well do it big."
"Well you certainly managed that." Adelle smiled.
"I'm going to get some coffee." Horatio said standing. "I'll be right back ladies."
"How's that going?" Adelle asked when he had left.
"How's what going?" Calleigh asked.
"You and Horatio."
"You know about that?" Calleigh questioned.
"Calleigh everyone knows about it. If they didn't before Horatio's actions the last couple of days would have been a big clue. We may not be CSI's just police officers, but we can put 2 and 2 together and get 4."
"Good point. It's going okay, but then again I've been in here most of the time."
"You scared him, when you vanished like that. Speedle and I too, according to Alexx he was going to yell at the receptionist when she got to the hospital and she had to talk them into letting him see you since he isn't family."
"I didn't know that." Calleigh said.
"Rumour has it he spent most of the night you were admitted and yesterday here with you."
"That would be true. According to the nurses, while I was in and out of it he was here until late and they finally sent him home. Then I was yelling for him and mumbling in Spanish, so they called him because they couldn't give me too many painkillers because I had a concussion. So he came and sat with me and fell asleep on my hand."
"This is Horatio we're talking about?" Adelle questioned.
"One and the same."
"Oh I bought you some grapes by the way." Adelle said putting the bag she had been carrying on the beside table. "I know it's a cliché."
"Thanks."
"Did I really interrupt anything?" Adelle asked.
"I was just trying to change the subject. Tim and Eric just left, I heard about that case they are working. Something about the mother killing her family."
"Actually the whole family was murdered, they are just trying to figure out who it did it. They slept at the lab last night."
"I didn't hear that."
"They have gone back to the lab to check something out. Horatio said he'd take me out on a date when I got out of here, I just had to pick where."
"Have you got somewhere expensive in mind?" Adelle inquired.
"I'm still going to be in a cast for weeks when I get out of here."
"So get him to make you dinner." Adelle suggested. "I'm presuming he can cook."
"Probably."
"How long are going to have to take off work?" Adelle inquired.
"I can go back in a couple weeks, and I'll be restricted to the lab, and I can't fire a gun for a month."
"That's got to be hard, being a ballistics expert." Adelle commented.
"Horatio's going to find me an assistant for a couple of weeks. It should make things easier and still allow me to do my job."
"That's good news." Adelle said pulling her pager off her belt as it beeped. "I've got to go; I'll come back and see you again soon."
"That's for coming by Adelle." Calleigh smiled.
TBC
