"Good morning Las Vegas!" Calleigh leaned over a sleeping Tim and slammed her hand down onto the alarm clock. Sighing, she lay back down and watched Tim for a couple of minutes. Why had she left? Tim spent the whole day with Jessie yesterday and it seemed as though they were never apart and loved her so much. And... from the looks of it from last night, Tim still loved her. Calleigh was brought back to reality when Tim opened his eyes slowly.
"Hey."
"Hey." Usually after a night like that Tim would take Calleigh in his arms and kiss her senseless but right now... he didn't know what to do. "Uh... so..."
"It's not going to be awkward right?" she teased.
"No." Tim leaned over and brushed his lips over Calleigh's lightly. She sighed against his lips and gently pushed him away.
"Look... we can't do this."
"Says who?"
"Says this." Calleigh showed him her engagement ring.
"You know... the only thing keeping us apart was this and I thought we got over it." Tim said, sitting up.
"And we did but we can't just get back together like that." Calleigh propped herself up on her elbow.
"We need to take it slow."
"No. We're not taking anything. Tim, I love Nick. And I'm sorry about last night but... I don't know what to tell you." Calleigh muttered. Tim nodded and got out of bed, pulling his boxers on. He quickly dressed and looked at Calleigh.
"I'll see you at the lab." and he walked out. Calleigh sighed and flopped down onto the pillows. Words from last night filtered into her mind. 'I want you so bad Tim... I love you so much... I can't be away from you any longer.' Why did she say that? Because it was true! But no! Calleigh groaned. She was so confused. Here she was, engaged to the most wonderful man in the world but then Tim walks back into her life and everything seemed right. Well she wouldn't worry about it now. She had a criminal to find.
S/C------
"Ms. Simmons? This is Calleigh Duquesne with the Las Vegas Crime Lab. Over the weekend did you see your sister Tina?"
"Yes. Why is something wrong?"
"I'm very sorry to tell you but... Tina has been murdered."
"A-Are you su-sure?"
"Yes. Can you tell me what happened during her visit?"
"Um... she stayed for a day and a half and everything was fine but she got a call and said she had to go back home to Vegas."
"Did she say why?"
"Her boyfriend was in trouble."
"Matthew?"
"No. Sam."
"Sam?"
"Yes. Sam Boyd."
"Oh. Ms. Simmons, I'm terribly sorry about your sister. I need to go right now. You may have just broken open the case."
"Please, call me when you have something."
"I will. Good-bye." Calleigh put the phone back down and looked up at the doorway. "Sara hey!"
"You are one lucky girl." she smirked, sliding into a seat.
"Huh?"
"Tim Speedle?"
"What about him?"
"Oh cut the shit." Sara laughed. "I saw him. He is..."
"He's what?" Calleigh was distracted with a few crime scene photos.
"Good looking and the father of your child."
"SHH!" Calleigh hissed. "How the hell do you know?"
"Please! We're CSIs! They look exactly alike!" Sara exclaimed. "So... you didn't come back to the lab last night."
"Cause I asked Nicky to drop me off at my house."
"Some alone time with Timmy?"
"Sara, do you want him or something?" Calleigh asked. "Because he's not taken."
"Well by the looks of it he's taken by you."
"I'm engaged!"
"Mhmm..." Sara nodded. "I can see you love him."
"May I remind you that you have not had a relationship that lasted more than two months?" Calleigh snapped. "So stop giving me advice on my love life!"
"Jesus Calleigh I'm just trying to show you that you had a good life and you gave it up to come live here!"
"Yes and I don't regret that!"
"Why did you leave?"
"He didn't want Jessie." Calleigh said flatly. "Don't you have Grissom to go chasing after?"
Sara tossed a paper at her.
"I don't like Grissom." she said.
"Mhmm..."
"I don't!"
"'Have dinner with me.' 'No.'" Calleigh smirked.
"Shut up! I'm past that stage."
"Mhmm. Look I have to get this guy."
"Tim?"
"Sara!" Calleigh cried. "I have to finish my case so he can get back to his normal life. Now please leave."
"Hey my lab too." she said. Calleigh sighed and grabbed her files and walked out of the layout room. "Calleigh I'm sorry!"
"Yeah whatever!" the southerner called back. Calleigh was so indulged in yelling at Sara and reading her file that she didn't see that she ran into someone. She yelped and an arm quickly grabbed her and she fell on top of whoever it was. "I am..." Calleigh lost herself in Tim's dark eyes. "So sorry..."
Tim shoved her off him and sat up.
"Don't worry about it." he muttered. "Got anything?"
"Yeah. Tina was dating Sam Boyd." Calleigh mumbled, a dazed look on her face. "Tim..."
He glanced at her and gave her a pointed look.
"What?"
"I'm really sorry. Not just about running you over... about everything. I..."
"Calleigh, I'm not mad about that." Tim said. "You led me on to believe that you still loved me. No problem. I hope you're very happy with Nick."
He stood up and offered a hand down to Calleigh. She ignored it and pushed herself off the floor.
"I'll see you around." she muttered and walked in the opposite direction. Tim sighed and threw his hands up in the air.
"Women." he huffed. Warrick snickered as he walked past the New Yorker.
"Problems?" he asked.
"They get on my nerves."
"More like she gets on your nerves." Warrick smiled. "Calleigh has that effect on people."
"Yeah..." Tim nodded. But like yesterday, Tim found it hard to stay mad at the blonde for long.
