A/N: I do not own any of the characters. None. I am working on that though. Anyway, I only own Tyler, Savannah, and Matthew. Please review. Your reviews give me inspiration to keep writing my stories. Reviews are like my human catnip.
"Calleigh, uh, thanks." Tyler said as he cleaned up after his sister and himself.
"No problem. You know what? My friend is going to come by later and help me decide how to handle this situation." Calleigh replied as she finished feeding Matthew.
Tyler looked down at his feet and stayed silent.
"You're gonna put us in orphanage aren't you?" Savannah asked quietly from behind her.
"I don't know. Child services decides what to do when mo… when children don't have a place to live with a family." Calleigh said whilst her heart broke.
They were adorable little children. She really didn't want to see them go. They had gone through so much already, and she didn't want to see them get split up.
"You know what, we'll talk about this in the morning. Never mind, we'll talk about this after you guys wake up okay? Now, I am going to put you guys in my room so you can get some sleep." Calleigh decided.
Calleigh guided Tyler and Savannah into her room and got them settled in her bed. They were already in torn up clothing, so they didn't need pajamas.
"Calleigh? What about Matthew?" Tyler asked.
"Matthew is going to be sleeping on the couch. I don't want one of you to roll over him." Sheanswered reassuringly.
Calleigh shut her door and returned to Matthew.
"What are you doin' you silly?" she asked as she picked up the small baby.
DING- DONG!
"Coming! One second!" Calleigh called from the kitchen.
Calleigh set the baby back down on the couch as she walked to the door. "Horatio, thank god you came. I wasn't sure you would."
"Can I come in?" he asked worriedly.
"Yeah, of course." Calleigh replied as she stepped away from the door.
"Okay, so what was so urgent that you had to call me at 1:30 in the morning?" Horatio questioned.
"Okay, I will get straight to the point. I woke up at one o'clock to banging noises outside my house."
"Go on." He said.
"I went outside to ask them to please quiet down, and instead I found…" she continued.
Calleigh was interrupted right before she was finished by Matthew. He started to cry.
"What the?" Horatio asked as he turned to face the cries.
"Exactly. There were three children eating out of my garbage." Calleigh answered.
Calleigh finished and stepped around him and hurried over to the couch. She picked him up and rocked him gently.
"Shh, baby. It's okay, it's okay. You don't want to wake your brother and sister do you?" she soothed quietly.
As soon as she started talking, he quieted. Horatio walked slowly over to her, as not to disturb the baby again.
"Three children, abandoned, eating garbage, now here?" he asked making sure he had everything straight.
"Yes. Horatio, they've been through so much, and I don't know what to do." Calleigh said sadly.
"First, you need to get some sleep. We'll handle this in the later morning." He said as he took baby Matthew from her arms and sat in her recliner. "Go ahead and take the couch. I'll stay awake with the baby."
"Okay, his name is Matthew by the way." Calleigh said.