A year later...
Calleigh smiled, watching Tim and Dana throw a softball back and forth.
"Why do you play shortstop if you could be a pitcher?" Tim asked, chucking the ball at his daughter.
"Because it's where gorgeous Derek Jeter plays."
"He's not cute."
"Of course he isn't to you. If he was then I think you and Mom would be having some problems." Dana smirked. Calleigh laughed loudly, making Tim glare at her.
"What? It was funny!" she defended. "And he is cute."
"Oh really?" Tim leaned down and grabbed his water bottle. Calleigh nodded, watching her husband down half the bottle.
"But of course, not as cute as you."
"Nice save." Tim plopped down onto the blanket and beckoned Dana over. "Take your brother for a walk."
"Why?" she whined.
"Because I said so."
"Dad..."
"Dana, don't whine. It'll be good for him to see new things."
"He's three months old. He won't remember this later tonight."
"Yes but Matty will remember that his big sister loves him and spends time with him." Tim said, a smile forming on his face. Dana rolled her eyes and went to the stroller.
"You know, if you just wanted some time alone, you could've said that." she said, walking away. Tim shrugged and laid his head down in Calleigh's lap. She smiled and ran her fingers through his dark curls.
"You seem very distant over here." Tim said.
"Why?"
"You keep looking around and not doing much."
"I have a baby to take care of."
"Anytime you want me to take over would be fine. I don't know if you know this or not but he is my son too." Tim smirked.
"Really? Now I thought his father was one of my boyfriends." Calleigh teased.
"Haha."
Calleigh smiled and looked around.
"Right?" Tim asked.
"Huh?" Calleigh looked down at him.
"I said that tree is pretty fascinating right?"
"Why?"
"You've been staring at it for the past five minutes!" Tim exclaimed.
"No I haven't."
"Yeah. You have. What's wrong?"
"Nothing. I... I thought I saw something." Calleigh mumbled. "I'm fine."
"You sure?"
"Yeah."
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Calleigh stared out the window of her kitchen as she made dinner. Why was she all of a sudden so... tentative? Lost in her thoughts, she didn't hear Tim walk into the kitchen. When he slipped his arms around her, she let out a scream.
"Jeez, I'm sorry baby."
"Don't do that!" Calleigh gasped.
"I'm sorry." Tim said slowly. "Are you okay?"
"Yes! I'm fine!"
"Alright. Well I'm going to go pick Dana up from practice."
"I'll go get her. Stay here and make sure this doesn't burn."
Tim nodded and Calleigh leaned up, pressing her lips against his gently.
"I'm fine." she said reassuringly. Tim nodded even though Calleigh could see the doubt in his eyes. "I promise you, I'm fine. I've just been... jumpy the past few days."
"I've noticed." he muttered.
"I'm sorry if I've been... distant. I've just been thinking about some things."
"You wanna talk about it?"
"I'm just eager to get back to work and... I've been thinking about past cases. Look, I'll be back in a few minutes and then we'll talk okay?" Calleigh said. Tim nodded, knowing they wouldn't talk about whatever was on the blonde's mind.
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Tim yawned as he walked back into his bedroom. He got into bed and wrapped an arm around Calleigh, burying his face in her back. She let out a whimper and squirmed in his embrace.
"Let go of me." she mumbled. Tim, shocked, removed his arm from her waist and moved over slightly. "Stop it!"
"I'm not doing anything." he said. Calleigh rolled over and Tim saw she was still asleep, a distraught look on her face. He shook her shoulder gently, "Calleigh, wake up."
"You're hurting me Andy!"
"Calleigh, baby wake up!"
She sat up quickly, breathing heavily.
"Cal?" Tim was hesitant talking at her. She looked over at him, tears clouding her vision.
"Tim..."
He nodded slightly and she allowed him to pull her into his arms. She cried into his shoulder as Tim tried to calm her down.
"This what been bothering you all day?" he asked quietly. Calleigh nodded against him, trying to stop her tears. Tim sighed into her hair and rubbed her back soothingly. "Why? Baby, that's long done. He's not coming back."
"He has. I saw him. I saw him at the park when you and Dana were playing."
Tim didn't know if Calleigh was being honest or she was hallucinating.
"Tim, I'm scared."
This was a change. Usually Calleigh was fearless, never letting anyone push her around. Tim felt anger surge through him. Obviously Andy had did a number on his wife and he would, hopefully, one day pay for it.
"I know baby but I'm not gonna let anything happen to you. It was just a bad dream."
"No. It was that night..." Calleigh sniffed. "Like a... a... replay or something."
"Alright. Just relax okay?" Tim kissed the top of her head quickly, causing her to flinch involuntarily. She pulled away from him slightly and looked up at him.
"I'm sorry." she whispered.
"No, baby you don't have anything to be sorry about." Tim said, wiping her tears away quickly. "Alright?"
She nodded and leaned over, their lips meeting in a soft kiss that quickly ended. Calleigh lay back down and Tim ran his hands through his hair, staring at her back. He followed her lead and timidly put an arm around her waist. Calleigh rolled over and wrapped her arms tightly around him. Neither of them fell back asleep for a while.