"Hey." Calleigh smiled as she signed in at the front desk. Tim looked up from his messages and smiled back.
"Hey yourself. What's up?"
"Nothing. Oh! Do you hap..." Calleigh trailed off when Tim pulled her watch out of his pocket. Cyndi, the receptionist looked between the two of them and back down at her work. "What are you psychic?"
"No but you didn't have it on and you uh... left it at my house last night." he replied, clipping it on for her.
"Yeah. I figured." Calleigh blushed lightly and her eyes widened when she glanced over Tim's shoulder. "Ryan!"
"Hey!"
"You're back early!" Calleigh smiled. "Um... Tim Speedle, this is Ryan Wolfe."
"Nice to meet you." Ryan smiled. "Yeah my sister flew in unexpectedly and told me to get back to Miami."
"Well... I'm... I uh... I'm glad you're back."
"You don't sound too happy."
"I am!" Calleigh lied. "I just... am really preoccupied with something at the moment."
"Alright." Ryan leaned in and kissed her cheek quickly. "I'll see you later then. Oh we're still on for tonight right?"
Calleigh gave a weak nod. He walked away and Tim looked at Calleigh.
"He's a friend." she defended.
"Yeah." he nodded, walking away.
"Tim, please don't act like this!" Calleigh quickly followed him. They ended up in the empty locker room.
"Tell me what's going on."
"We are... were dating."
"Are or were?"
"Are but this was before you and Christine came back."
"Why didn't you say anything to me?" Tim asked.
"It slipped my mind." Calleigh replied quietly.
"Slipped your mind?" Tim opened his locker, shaking his hand. "How the hell does it slip your mind that you're dating someone?"
"When I have you on my mind all the time!" Calleigh exclaimed. "When I'm trying to get to know the daughter I never knew and make my other daughter still feel like she's there!"
"I'm sorry that I feel like I'm being screwed here. I come back and suddenly you have feelings for me again but you're dating some other guy? How do I know which one you're playing?"
"Oh well I'm sorry that I got sick and tired of waiting around for you to come to your senses and see we made a mistake!"
"We didn't make a mistake! You did!"
"What happened to last night?"
"I don't know. When you find that Calleigh you come and tell me. Or whenever you make up your mind about who you're with."
"Tim!" she yelled after him but he was already down the hallway.
S/C------
"Calleigh, I love you."
"I love you too. Tim..."
He silenced her with a kiss.
"I need you." he mumbled in her ear. "I can't live without you anymore."
"Calleigh?"
She gazed across the table and suddenly Tim morphed into Ryan. (Ugh... scary thought. LOL!)
"Honey, you seem a bit out of it." he said, a concerned look on his face. "What's going on?"
"Nothing."
Ryan didn't look so sure.
"We need to talk." he said. "I love you, you know that right?"
"What?"
"Calleigh, what's going on with you? I'm gone for two weeks and I come back and you're... you're acting differently. Tell me what's going on." Ryan demanded gently. Calleigh shook her head.
"Nothing is going on. What did you need to talk about?" she asked. "Ryan, nothing is going on!"
"I need to ask you something and I want to make sure that you still feel the same about me. I love you Calleigh and I love Kelly. She's like a daughter to me. You two mean everything to me and I want to be with you, forever. Will you marry me?"
"Oh God Ryan..." she sighed, burying her face in her hands.
"See! I know you Calleigh and I know that you'd jump at the chance of staying with me for the rest of your life!"
"Will you stop it? Nothing is perfect like that!" she exclaimed as her cell phone rang. "Duquesne."
"Calleigh, it's Tim."
"Yeah I know. What's wrong? I can tell something's wrong."
"I can't find Christine and I called your house and Kelly isn't picking up the phone."
"Oh my God... Tim, please tell me this is some sick joke of yours."
"Why the hell would I joke around about something like this? I can't find either of them!"
"Okay, just calm down for a second. Where are you?"
"I'm at my house."
"Okay. I'll be right there." Calleigh hung her phone up and placed it back in her pocketbook.
"What's going on?" Ryan asked, standing up.
"My kids have disappeared." Calleigh replied.
"Wait kids?"
"Yes. Kelly is a twin and Christine's been living with her father, who I still love so no I will not marry you. I'm sorry. I can't. Tim is the only one that I could ever love and..."
"Tim? Tim Speedle?"
"Yes. Ryan, I'm so sorry. Can we at least still be friends?"
"You're breaking my heart I hope you know that right?"
"I can't talk about this right now. Not when my girls are out there somewhere. I'll call you later."
"Don't bother." Ryan threw a few bills on the table and walked out of the restaurant. Calleigh sighed and quickly ran to her car, silently praising herself for driving herself tonight.