Calleigh looked around and let out a tiny moan, seeing the bright room caging her in. She glanced over to her left and saw someone hunched over in the chair, his head plopped down on near her thigh, and clutching her hand tightly. Calleigh gave a frown, seeing how uncomfortable Tim looked.
"Baby..." Calleigh moved her leg and kicked him lightly. "Tim..."
"Yes Mr. Snuggles I'll have some more tea." he mumbled, turning his head the other way. Calleigh laughed loudly.
"Baby, Mr. Snuggles ran out of tea." she said.
"Go buy some more then." Tim yawned, sitting up. "Hi."
He moved over and kissed her softly.
"You gave me quite a scare." he said.
"I'm sorry." Calleigh said tiredly. "My arm hurts."
"You broke it."
"Really? That sucks."
Tim laughed.
"So uh... no work for a while." he grinned.
"Why?"
"Unless you want to be in pain all day and besides, you can shoot a gun with one hand."
"I'm very good with my right hand."
"You broke your right arm. Sorry sweetie."
"Great." Calleigh flopped back into her pillows. "So I'm an invalid now."
"Well you know," Tim moved his face closer to her's, "I could always... lend my services."
"Well you better." Calleigh smiled. Tim kissed her tenderly and rested his forehead against her's.
"I thought I lost you." he murmured.
"Nuhuh. You're stuck with me forever."
"Forever?"
"Mhmm."
"That sounds good."
"It does doesn't it?" Calleigh agreed.
"Yes it does."
"I love you."
"I love you too."
"Where is everyone?"
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Eric woke up first and took a tumble off his chair, resulting in a loud thud that woke the other three up.
"Where's Speed?" Horatio slurred.
"Oh my God Calleigh!" Eric exclaimed, rushing up to the nurse's desk. "Calleigh Duquesne! Is she dead?"
"No. She's quite alive in room 362." the nurse replied. Horatio, Cynthia, and Linda quickly followed Eric down the hall. He threw the door open and groaned.
"Can't you two stop for a minute?"
Tim moved away from Calleigh and she leaned against the pillows, a satisfied smile on her face.
"Nice to see you too Eric."
"Welcome back to the land of the living Cal." he smirked, hugging her gently. "How's your arm?"
"Fine. How's the case?"
"We caught Kiera. She was the one who pushed you down the stairs." Horatio said. "Your head okay?"
"It's fine. She admitted to the murders?"
"Uh... not yet. We've been here all night. I have to go interrogate her. So I'm gonna go."
"I think I'll tag along." Eric said. "I just wanted to say hi and make sure you're okay."
"Thanks guys." Calleigh smiled. The boys walked away and Cynthia and Linda came forward.
"I'm so glad you're okay." Cynthia said, shoving Tim out of the way. "How're you feeling?"
"My arm is stiff."
"Anything you need I'm here."
"Okay Mom."
"You want me to stay."
"Actually I just want to be with Tim for a while and get out of here. I'll call you later." Calleigh said. "Hi Linda."
"Hi Calleigh. It's good to see you conscious again. You gave all of us a scare."
"I've heard." she smiled, looking at Tim longingly. Linda smiled sweetly and dragged Cynthia from the room.
"We were rudely interrupted." Tim said, sitting back on the bed.
"I want to go home."
"I know but... you may be here till tomorrow."
"Tim, I'm fine!" Calleigh exclaimed.
"I know baby but the doctor just wants to make sure you're okay. You may feel okay now but I don't want to listen to you moan and complain that you wished you stayed in the hospital." he said, a smirk playing on his face. Calleigh shook her head.
"Not happening. They say they want me to relax but I can't with someone walking in every five minutes to poke me with a needle or check my temperature or blood pressure. I can relax at home."
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"Because it should've been my life!" Kiera screamed. "I hate Morgan! She took him from me! I didn't mean to kill Lilly! But she would've squealed!"
"You know, Morgan didn't spend the rest of her life with Tim." Horatio said calmly.
"Yeah I know. That stupid blonde was. Too bad I killed her too."
"Mhmm. That stupid blonde, is still alive and you should be happy she only has a broken arm or you would be doing a lot more time in jail Kiera. You said Lilly would've squealed. You were the one who called 9-1-1."
"Yeah well... see, I figured I could pin the blame on Tim. So, he was at my restaurant, and I lifted his fingerprints off the glass and transferred them to the gun. If I couldn't have him then no one could and he destroyed my life so I'd destroy his."
"Kiera, you only did this to yourself." Horatio said, slipping his sunglasses on. "Yelina."
His sister-in-law walked in and helped the younger woman stand up.
"He didn't understand." Kiera said. "He didn't understand what he could have had and instead he settled for some lowly girl that means shit."
"Believe what you think. You're under arrest for the murders of Morgan and Lilly Martin and the assault of Detective Calleigh Duquesne. Yelina, you can take her."
"Come on," she nudged Kiera out the door and down the hall.
-------S/C-------
"I don't see anything wrong with her now." Dr. Connors said.
"Thank you." Calleigh sat back and gave Tim a smirk.
"I'll get you the discharge papers." Dr. Connors let himself out of the room and Tim shrugged and leaned back in his chair.
"Say it." Calleigh said.
"Say what?"
"Calleigh, you were right."
"I don't know what you're talking about." Tim said innocently. "I'm always right. I told you that there was nothing to worry about."
"Oh what a liar!" Calleigh giggled, whacking him lightly with a pillow. Dr. Connors walked back in and the two CSIs regained their composure.
"You can just sign here and she's free to go." he said. Tim nodded and took the pen from him, scrawling his signature on the paper.
"Thanks."
"Oh and here," Connors handed over a tiny orange bottle. "These should help her out, ease the pain."
"Thanks." Tim repeated, putting the painkillers in his pocket. "You ready sweetheart?"
"More than you think." Calleigh muttered, hopping off the stiff bed. "Thank you very much."
"Yeah. Take it easy on that arm. Make sure you relax." Dr. Connors said.
"Believe me, that's all she's going to be doing." Tim said, giving Calleigh a good look. She rolled her eyes and the couple headed for the exit.