Calleigh jumped out of her chair as Tim burst through the door into the waiting room.
"Are you okay?" he asked, quickly going to her. "What's going on?"
"I don't know." Calleigh replied. "She called me and said it'd be a good idea if you might want to be here too."
"Why?"
"I don't know! Don't you think I'd tell you if I did?"
"Well what did she say when she called?" Tim asked.
"That she got the results of my blood tests in and it'd be a good idea if you might want to be here too." Calleigh replied. Tim ran his hands through his hair and rested his elbows on his knees. Calleigh bit her lip and ran her hand over his back soothingly. "I'm... sure everything's fine honey."
"And what if it's not?" Tim asked, looking over at her.
"Stop thinking the worst. You're scaring me."
"Baby, I'm sorry." Tim pulled Calleigh towards him and kissed her forehead. "You're probably right."
"Calleigh, Dr. Manning will see you now." the nurse said. Calleigh nodded and stood up, gripping Tim's hand tightly. They followed the nurse into a room and she smiled as she left. A tall brunette came in a few minutes later.
"Don't look so worried." she smiled, tossing a file onto the table. "How're you feeling?"
"Nervous." Calleigh replied, still clutching Tim's hand.
"I could tell. I meant, health wise."
"Oh. Well... I'm still sick."
"That's normal." Dr. Manning nodded, looking through the file. "Well the tests results came back."
"And?"
"Everything came back normal."
"So nothing's wrong?"
"No. The only thing that stood out was your pregnancy."
"I'm sorry. Her what?" Tim asked.
"Are you sure?" Calleigh asked, a small smile on her face. Dr. Manning nodded.
"Six weeks." she replied.
"And... and there's nothing wrong with me?"
"No. You're healthy. You've been experiencing the common cold along with morning sickness."
"A baby..." Tim said slowly. Dr. Manning nodded.
"Congratulations." she smiled.
"Thank you." Calleigh smiled back.
"On your way out make an appointment for next month."
"Okay."
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"Are you three a bunch of idiots?" Calleigh asked.
"Eric, it doesn't go that way!" Tim snapped, yanking the pole out of his hand.
"You guys... you have it upside down." Horatio said, reading the directions slowly.
"Exactly. We're flipping it over now. We're finished." Tim and Eric turned the swing right and smiled triumphantly. "See baby? How good is that?"
"Oh very good honey." Calleigh smiled, looking over at Alexx. She shrugged. Eric smiled and patted the swing lightly. It collapsed to the ground in a heap of pieces.
"ERIC!"
"Hey, you put this thing together." he said defensively.
"You helped me." Tim grumbled, getting back on his knees.
"Sweetheart, it's better that Eric broke it. What if it broke when we put the baby in it?" Calleigh asked.
"How many CSIs does it take to build a swing?" Alexx asked, smirking slightly.
"Obviously more than three." Calleigh smirked back, getting out of her chair.
"Sit down." Tim ordered.
"Well see, you three are obviously incompetent at reading directions. I find it amazing that you three catch serial killers but you can't put a baby swing together. I bet I could do it."
"I bet you could honey but I want you to relax."
"Speed?" Horatio asked.
"What?"
"How many screws did you start out with?"
"Ten."
"Why do I only count eight then?"
"Because you can't count?" Tim snapped, looking around. "Don't these things come up with back-up screws?"
"You told me to throw them out." Eric said quietly. "That you wouldn't be needing them."
"Well they have to be around somewhere." Horatio said, hiding his smirk. "I found one."
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"Stalking Speed?"
Tim turned away from the large window and smiled.
"Hey guys."
"Well?" Alexx prodded. "Where is she?"
"No. Where's he?" Eric asked.
"She."
"He."
"She."
"He."
"She!"
"Alright! Don't bite my head off. I bet it's a boy though right?" Eric smirked. Tim smirked and shook his head as he beckoned them over.
"Sorry Eric, but you and Valera have a goddaughter. H, Alexx, you on the other hand, have a godson."
"Wait what?" Alexx asked.
"Why do they get the boy?" Eric whined. "Wait... huh?"
"Did you know?" Horatio asked.
"Yeah. We decided not to tell you guys." Tim smirked. "Surprise."
"How's Calleigh?" Alexx asked.
"She's good. I was just coming to get them when I saw you guys coming so I decided to wait."
"So twins..." Eric shook his head. "You got your work cut out for you."
"Yeah I don't know if I can handle one let alone two." Tim muttered.
"What are their names?"
"Meghan and James."
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Once everything calmed down and Eric, Horatio, and Alexx left, Tim looked over at Calleigh.
"I don't think I've talked to you in a few hours." he joked, sitting down next to her.
"Yeah." Calleigh grinned, looking down at the baby in her arms. Tim looked down at the one in his and sighed. "What's the sigh for?"
"Just tired, happy, scared..."
"Why are you scared?"
"Well, I mean when we found out you were pregnant I was scared. I'm not good with kids. When we found out there would be two... well, that was... interesting to say the least. Now they're here and I have to... take care of them."
"Honey, you're great with them. Look how happy she is." Calleigh smiled, leaning her head against Tim's shoulder. "Don't you... want them?"
"Of course I do! I just meant that I, I don't know what I'm doing and what if I'm horrible to them?"
"I highly doubt it. You act like a kid yourself so you can communicate with them."
"Oh thanks." Tim laughed. "Look at him..."
Calleigh glanced down at James.
"He looks just like you." she murmured. "Big brown eyes, dark hair, scowl..."
The two of them laughed.
"Well look who's up." Calleigh cooed lightly, watching her daughter stir.
"She looks just like you." Tim said. "Great..."
"What?"
"Just thinking of how all the guys are going to want her." Tim looked down at Meghan, who's green eyes opened slowly. "Listen to me. Me, James, Eric, H, and Tyler better be the only guys in your life for a very long time."
"Mmm... speaking of Eric." Calleigh laughed.
"What?"
"Valera got stuck at the lab but she called me."
"What did she have to say?"
"Let's just say we should let Eric have one of ours to get used to it for a while."
"Valera is pregnant?" Tim laughed. "Poor Eric. He'll really need to grow up now."
"Yeah. She's telling him probably right about now." Calleigh smiled. "I can't believe they're here."
"Neither can I. I love them so much."
"I love them so much too. I love their dad a lot too."
"Oh really?" Tim grinned.
"Yeah. He's not too bad." Calleigh winked.
"Well their mom isn't bad either. I love her more than anything, besides them." Tim kissed Calleigh softly. She yawned slightly after they pulled away. "I'll put them in those plastic things."
Calleigh laughed lightly.
"Bassinets?"
"Whatever." Tim mumbled, gently getting out of the bed. He set Meghan down and then went back for James, then put him down. "Get some sleep."
"I plan on it. I love you Tim."
"I love you too Calleigh." he sat down in a comfy chair next to the bed and she shook her head.
"Lay with me." she said, moving over slightly. Tim nodded and lay down next to her, his arm wrapping around her gently. He glanced over at the transparent cribs and saw the twins squirming slightly. Then he looked down at the sleeping beauty in his arms, wondering what he ever did to deserve the three of them. Why had it taken him so long to get to this point in his life? Tim didn't care. He was here now and had the three most important people with him, for the rest of his life. Tim smiled sleepily, slowly closing his eyes. He just hoped the next eighteen years didn't go by so fast.
the end