"Horatio." Horatio answered his phone later that evening.
"Horatio, it's Calleigh." Calleigh responded.
"Did whatever you did after work go okay?" Horatio inquired.
"That's what I needed to talk to you about. Can I come over?"
"Perhaps it would be easier for me to come to you."
"I'm in a cab, and the driver is waiting for me to tell him where to go." Calleigh replied.
"Come over, I'll drive you home later." Horatio said.
"I'll see you soon."
"Come in." Horatio said as he held the door open.
"Thank you." Calleigh manoeuvred herself inside.
"Please take a seat." Horatio suggested. Calleigh sat down. "Is everything okay?"
"I went to see a friend of Alexx's when I left work."
"Okay." Horatio said not sure where she was going with her statement.
"Her name is Sarah Springfield, she's psychologist." Calleigh continued. "It seems I have some issues I need to deal with…"
"What kind of issues?" Horatio inquired.
"Issues about what happened, my Dad, my whole family, Yelina, you…"
"What about me?"
"It's something that's been bothering me for weeks, Sarah says I need to ask you straight out."
"You know you can ask me anything." Horatio sat watching her as Calleigh tried to figure out how to word the question.
"When I was in hospital did we have a conversation in Spanish?"
"Yes. The first night you kept lapsing in to Spanish." Horatio confirmed. "It had the doctors a little confused."
"At least that part of my memory is accurate."
"Tell me what it is that you are not sure you remember correctly and we'll take it from there okay?"
"Just so you know either way you answer this question is fine, I have no expectations."
"Calleigh, just ask me."
"When we were speaking in Spanish, did you tell me you loved me?"
"Yes." Horatio replied.
"Yes?" Calleigh choked.
"You told me you loved me and I told you I loved you too." He expanded.
"Why didn't you bring it up again when I was more coherent?"
"I didn't know if you remembered saying it, so it was easier to not bring it up."
"Did you mean it?" Calleigh inquired.
"Yes. Did you?"
"Yes. So where does that leave us?"
"Taking everyday a minute at a time like everybody else." Horatio replied.
"And Yelina?"
"Yelina can take care of herself, she'll be back off now because of the restraining order, if she doesn't we'll deal with it. I love you Calleigh." He pushed a loose hair behind her ear.
"I love you too Handsome." Calleigh kissed him.
THE END
A/N: Probably a really bad place to end it, but let me know what you thought.
