Calleigh felt tears of frustration fill her eyes as Valera shook her head.

"I can't get a match." she said. "I'm sorry Calleigh."

"Dammit!"

This tiny outburst made Valera raise an eyebrow. The blonde rarely cursed and if she did, it was for a good reason.

"I guess the case isn't going too well huh?" she said meekly. Calleigh gave a small nod.

"I have nothing." she mumbled. "Nothing. Absolutely nothing. There's not even a point to continue the case."

"There's always something."

"Well then I can't find it. Thanks anyway Valera." Calleigh mumbled and walked out into the hallway. She walked until she got to the break room and found the guys sitting there, laughing at something Eric had said. They went silent when they saw Calleigh.

"Hey." Eric said.

"Don't stop because I came in." Calleigh snapped, grabbing a cup of coffee.

"The joke was done."

"Yeah I'm sure."

"What's the matter?" Horatio asked, eyeing Calleigh's 9MM. He had seen her get mad a few times and did not want to be at the receiving end of that bullet, if one did come flying towards them.

"Nothing." she muttered. "I finished my case."

"We did?" Tim asked.

"Yeah. There's no evidence. We can't do anything more." Calleigh replied, not looking up. "It's just a waste of time."

"There has to be something." Horatio offered.

"No Horatio there isn't."

"Cal..."

"Horatio, there's nothing! Just drop it!" she exclaimed, her voice cracking. Horatio and Eric exchanged a glance and silently left the room. Tim was still on the couch and waited for Calleigh to say something.

"Why don't you go home." he finally suggested after a few minutes of silence.

"No."

"Cal, I know this is hard on you."

"I let her down."

"No you didn't. We can't help if someone cleans up their crime scene."

"There's always something. Always and this time I can't find it. And I hate myself for it."

"Don't say that."

"Well it's true!" Calleigh spat. "I'm missing something!"

Tim moved over to the table and saw her going over crime scene photos.

"Baby, if it wasn't at the crime scene it's not going to be in the pictures." he said quietly. "I photographed everything."

"I know. I just don't know what to do anymore. I'm so... upset and confused."

"I know Cal but... you shouldn't give up. I mean... there has to be something we overlooked."

"I don't know." she whispered, shaking her head. Tim could see the tears reflecting off her green eyes. "I'm gonna take myself off the case. Hopefully you'll do a better job. I'll be in ballistics."

Tim didn't say anything, just nodded. He knew he wasn't helping much but he also knew that Calleigh would talk when she wanted to.

S/C-----

A few hours later Tim walked into ballistics and saw Calleigh firing off her gun. He walked over to her and waited for her to finish. He only had to wait a few minutes before she turned around and Tim's heart broke when he saw how red Calleigh's eyes were.

"Come here."

Calleigh was in his arms in a second and he held her tightly.

"Did you find anything?" she asked, her voice muffled.

"No. Um... listen," Tim hated to ask his wife this now, but... "Delko has had tickets for a Dolphins game for a few months now..."

"Go."

"I won't if you want me to stay home with you. Or you could come with us. H backed out and we have an extra ticket."

"No. Go." Calleigh saw who the Dolphins were playing earlier in the day. The Giants. Ever since she had known her husband, all she heard about were the Yankees and the Giants. They tried hard to get tickets for when the Giants came to Miami but they usually sold out pretty fast. They also would not fly up to New York just to see them play and miss a few days of work for a football game so Calleigh knew this was important to Tim. "I'm just gonna stay here a little longer anyway."

"Calleigh, I won't go."

"No. Go. You'll have fun." she said quietly.

"Come with us then. It'll take your mind off the case."

"I'm tired. I'm gonna go home soon. Besides I don't want to hold you back from doing anything."

"You're not. Baby..."

"It's okay. I actually rather be alone for a while."

"You sure?"

"Positive." Calleigh said. Tim stared at her but nodded and kissed her. They stood there like that for a couple of minutes, tangled in each other's arms until Eric walked in and sighed loudly, making them jump apart.

"Come on! The game is gonna start in about an hour."

"I'll be right there." Tim replied, his eyes still locked with Calleigh's. Eric rolled his own eyes and walked out of the room. "Last chance..."

"Go. Don't get too drunk." Calleigh cracked half a smile and Tim smiled slightly. He gave her one more kiss and then pulled away from her.

"I'll be home later tonight."

"Okay. I love you."

"I love you too."

S/C----

Calleigh closed her locker door and rested her forehead against the cool metal. Why did she tell Tim to go to the game? Yeah she said that she wanted to have some time alone but now she really was lonely and wanted nothing but him holding her, telling her everything would be okay. She sighed deeply and walked out of the locker room, heading towards the elevator that would take her down to the parking garage. Grabbing her keys out of her pocketbook, Calleigh noticed how empty the garage was. How long had she stayed at the lab? She glanced at her watch and saw it was 9:42. Tim had left at 7:45. Two hours had passed. A sound behind her made Calleigh jump out of her thoughts and glance around. She was the only one there. She shook her head, telling herself to snap out of it, and walked towards Tim's Chevy Equinox. Her car was in the shop so they had just taken the truck to work, which they rarely did. Calleigh's cell phone rang, making her squeak. She grabbed it off her waist and saw Tim's name flash on the caller ID.

"Hey."

"Hi. Where are you?"

"I'm leaving right now."

"Okay. Are you alright?"

"Yeah. How's the game?" Calleigh cradled her cell phone between her shoulder and ear as she unlocked the car.

"Okay. It's still 0-0. I just wanted to check on you. Delko is bugging me to get off the phone."

Calleigh laughed gently and leaned against the door.

"Well don't keep him waiting. Have fun."

"Yeah. Baby?"

"What?"

"I love you."

"I love you too. I'll see you later."

"Bye." Tim hung up first and Calleigh snapped her phone shut and it accidentally fell from her hand.

"Oh shoot." she mumbled, bending down to grab it. When she stood up straight, Calleigh saw a reflection in the mirror but before she could scream a cloth was pressed over her nose and mouth.