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Calleigh glanced up as there was a knock on the door. She put her book down and walked over, opening the door slightly.

"Stacey..." she started slowly. Her younger sister averted her eyes and looked down at the ground.

"Can we talk?" she asked quietly. Calleigh nodded and stepped aside, letting her further into the house. "Is uh... he here?"

"No. He's at work."

"Okay good."

"What's this about?" Calleigh asked, walking into the living room again. Stacey followed her and sunk down onto the couch. Her eyes landed on the swing going softly near the couch and she smiled.

"Who's this?" she asked.

"This is Anna." Calleigh replied, picking the baby up. "I called you Stacey. You just never came."

"How old is she now?"

"Two and a half months."

Stacey nodded.

"I'm sorry." Calleigh said. "I'm sorry that things didn't work out between the two of you."

"Yeah well so am I." Stacey snapped bitterly. "Look, Calleigh I came here to try and become sisters again."

"Well I never really stopped being your sister. You just decided to never return any of my calls or accept any of my apologies. I can't help that he chose me over you. Shit happens. I'm sorry. It was over a year ago."

"Yeah well..." Stacey shook her head and stood up. "You know, I don't even know why I try."

"Stacey, I didn't mean it like that." Calleigh started.

"You always have had to take things away from me! Even when we were younger! Someday Calleigh, all of this is going to come back and bite you in the ass!" she exclaimed, running out of the house. Calleigh leaned back against the couch and stared down at Anna, who had been woken up and was looking around intently.

"Oh I'm sorry angel." Calleigh said softly, setting her back in the swing. "Go back to sleep."

Anna's eyelids slowly drooped and Calleigh was suddenly sent back to a year and a half ago.

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FLASHBACK

"Duquesne."

"Calleigh, it's me!"

"Oh. Hi! What's going on?"

"I'm moving down to Miami!"

"That's great! Got sick of Boston huh?"

"Yeah... I decided to be near the family and guess what?"

"You got a dog?"

"Oh I got something better than a dog! I got a boyfriend!"

"Wow. Um..."

"He's actually from Miami so he's moving with me."

"That's great! I'm really happy for you." Calleigh chewed on a french fry thoughtfully. Eric walked into the break room and she gave him a small smile and whacked his hand as he took a few of her french fries. "So when are you gonna be here?"

"I'm here! I'm actually outside the lab."

"Oh. Well you can come up. I'm not busy right now."

"Good! I'll be up in a few minutes."

Calleigh snapped her cell phone shut and walked out into the lobby, waiting for her visitor. Eric followed her, munching on french fries.

"Who was that?" he asked. Calleigh ignored him, biting her nails and tapping her foot. The elevator opened and Eric looked confused and Calleigh's jaw dropped. The elevator had two occupants, a man and a woman. The woman was up against the back of the elevator and the man was covering her. They were in an intense lip-lock but Calleigh knew who the man was. She knew that unruly black hair anywhere.

"Tim?"

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Tim Speedle waited impatiently up in the observation room as Calleigh and Alexx talked down in autopsy, usually Calleigh throwing her hands around hysterically.

"Hey." a southern drawl came from behind him and Tim turned and saw Stacey standing there.

"You're not allowed up here." he chided lightly, wrapping an arm around her.

"I figured I could get away with it. I mean, my sister and boyfriend work here."

"I don't work here."

"I'm sure Horatio will give you your job back." Stacey said. "Why did you leave?"

"I needed to get away." Tim replied quietly.

"Because of what had happened?"

Tim shrugged and watched Calleigh and Alexx intently. Stacey sighed and gently turned his face to meet hers. Tim slowly pressed his lips against hers and she leaned back against the desk, turning the microphone on accidentally.

"...don't care if she's my sister! Alexx, I love him!"

Tim froze as his hands worked their way up Stacey's shirt. She obviously hadn't heard and Tim quickly pulled her out into the hallway.

"What?" Stacey asked.

"Nothing. It's just... I don't need someone looking up and seeing us up there." he half-lied. "Come on..."

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"Speed, I'll gladly let you work at the lab again." Horatio nodded. "You got everything in order?"

"Yeah. Look Horatio, I'm sorry I just up and quit last year. It was... insane and I didn't think I could handle being around everyone..." Tim muttered. Horatio clapped him lightly on the shoulder, making the younger man look up.

"We were all there for you."

"I know. I just... I just had to deal with it in my own way."

Horatio nodded.

"Can you start today?" he asked, a small smile on his face.

"What do I got?" Tim replied.

"Calleigh is solo on a homicide. Go find her." Horatio replied. "It's good to have you back Speed."

"It's good to be back." he added, walking out. He quickly found Calleigh in Ballistics and smiled as he watched her work for a few seconds. Tim cleared his throat and Calleigh jumped up, looking at him.

"Speedle! Well I uh... how are you?"

"Good. Horatio asked me to work the case with you." Tim replied, walking further towards her.

"Oh." Calleigh leaned back against the table. "Well how was Boston?"

"Good."

"Good... that's good. I um... I haven't gotten um... anywhere with the uh... casings yet. We uh... I didn't... uh..."

"What?" Tim had a small smile on his face. "You never used to get this way over me."

"Well I just found you making out with my sister in an elevator. I'm slightly embarrassed." Calleigh said. "Is that a problem?"

"I'm sorry that I made you uncomfortable."

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PRESENT

Calleigh looked up as the door opened and Tim walked in.

"Hey." he smiled, kissing her quickly. He took Anna out of her swing and held her for a minute. Anna slowly woke up and squirmed a bit but stopped when she saw who was holding her. "Hey baby girl."

Tim looked back up at Calleigh and saw the look on her face.

"What?"

"Huh?"

"What's the look for?"

"You just missed Stacey." Calleigh said quietly. Tim shifted uncomfortably.

"What did she want?"

"To talk but that lasted about five minutes before she ran out of here screaming."

"That's nice." Tim muttered as Anna started crying. "Someone's hungry."

"Yeah. I have to feed her now." Calleigh said, standing up. She walked into the kitchen and came back with a bottle in hand. Tim handed Anna over and watched the two of them.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah. Why wouldn't I be?"

"Well... with everything that's happened..."

Calleigh sighed and Tim moved closer to her, wrapping an arm around her shoulders. Anna watched them as she sucked on her bottle hungrily.

"Look, she's got to get over it." Tim said quietly. "I told her that I didn't love her. That it was always you but it just took me a while to realize it. That's the truth Calleigh."

"Tim, you don't understand." she mumbled. Tim sighed and leaned back against the couch. He wasn't sure he ever would.