"Come on Daddy!" Anna dragged Tim towards Dumbo the Flying Elephant.
"Anna, can we eat something?" he asked.
"But Daddy!"
"Fine, but after this we're going to get something to eat and I'm not giving into you again."
"Fine! Please, just let's go!"
Calleigh laughed at Anna's impatience and Tim looked at her.
"She definitely gets it from you." she said. Tim grabbed her hand and dragged her onto the ride with them. As they waited on line, Tim pulled Calleigh towards him, wrapping his arms around him from behind her. She smiled and leaned back into his chest, getting a kiss on the top of the head from him. "She has you wrapped around her finger."
Tim smirked and looked down at Anna, who was excitedly hopping up and down, trying to see if they were next to get on the ride.
"Anna, we just got online. It's gonna be a while." he said. "You're gonna tire yourself out if you keep jumping around."
"Nuhuh."
"Yuhuh."
"I wanna meet Spongebob."
"He's in Universal. We'll go there tomorrow."
"Awww..."
"Hey, no complaining." Tim said. "You told me and Calleigh that you wanted to go to Disney World. And you know what?"
"What?"
"The passes that you found this morning..." Tim pushed Calleigh away gently and knelt down in front of Anna. "Go to all of Disney World. This is just Magic Kingdom. We can go to MGM and Animal Kingdom, and so on and so forth. All today and then we can come back during the rest of the week."
"Really?"
"Mhmm. All the passes are for the whole week cause I didn't know what day you wanted to go to where. And then if we go one day, then we can go back another. Like... if we go to Seaworld on Wednesday, then we can go back of Thursday. Get it?"
Anna nodded and they slowly moved up. Tim sighed and Calleigh laughed quietly.
"Daddy?"
"What?"
Anna fumbled with the map, which was half her size.
"Can we go on... on... oooh! Can we go on Winnie The Pooh?"
Calleigh laughed louder.
"None of this shall be repeated to Eric." Tim said, giving her a look. "If he knew I went on, 'It's a Small World, Dumbo, and Winnie The Pooh' then I'll be the laughing stock of CSI."
"Nah. You already are." Calleigh smiled, leaning up to kiss him quickly. Tim relented and met her halfway. Anna happened to turn around and squealed. They jumped apart and Tim looked down at her.
"What?"
"You do like each other!"
"No." Tim shook his head, giving Calleigh a smile.
"Then why are you kissing?" Anna questioned, her hands on her hip. "I may be seven Daddy but I'm not stupid."
"Your dad is just teasin' you Anna." Calleigh smiled.
"So you do like each other." she concluded. Calleigh nodded. "So you're gonna be around?"
"She has to be." Tim grabbed Calleigh and hugged her tightly. Anna frowned slightly.
"So does this mean you don't need me around anymore?" she asked. Tim let go of Calleigh and lifted Anna up into his arms.
"Are you kidding?" he asked. Anna shrugged. "Anna, you've been bugging me for the past two weeks to marry Calleigh, that she's your favorite person, I kinda got jealous at that too,"
Calleigh smiled.
"And now, we're together and you ask if you're not needed?" Tim leaned in and whispered something in Anna's ear, making her giggle. "I don't care Anna. You always come first."
"Even before Calleigh?"
"Yeah, even before Calleigh." Tim nodded, grinning at Calleigh. She smiled back and they moved up in the line.
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"But I'm not tired." Anna said, yawning.
"Really? Are you just catching bugs then?" Tim teased.
"But Daddy..." Anna yawned again and buried her head in Tim's shoulder.
"I don't know about you but I would like to be well-rested when we meet Spongebob tomorrow. What about you Calleigh?"
"Baby, she's asleep." she smiled, pointing. Tim glanced down and sure enough Anna was asleep. He smiled and looked at Calleigh.
"Can you go into my pocket and get the key?"
"I'd love to." she smiled, winking at him. She slid her hand into Tim's back pocket and grabbed the key. Tim stifled a moan and took the card from Calleigh. He slid it through the lock and the door opened. "You want me to put her to bed?"
"Nah. I got her." Tim walked towards Anna's bedroom and gently placed her down on the bed. He would've left her but then noticed the Mickey ears, the balloon held tightly in her tiny hand, and a bag in her other hand. Not to mention her shoes and socks were still on. Tim sighed and lifted Anna's head gently, taking the hat off. "Hey Cal?"
She walked in and smiled, then went over to the dresser, where she had placed some of Anna's clothes. She grabbed a pair of pajamas and Tim shook Anna awake.
"You told me to go to sleep." she mumbled.
"I know but I figured you didn't want to sleep in your clothes." Tim smiled. Anna shrugged and Calleigh helped her get dressed. Anna flopped back down on the bed and closed her eyes again. Calleigh walked out and Tim leaned down, kissing Anna's forehead quickly. She opened her eyes slightly and he smiled at her. "Happy birthday."
Anna nodded and Tim left the room. He saw Calleigh standing in the kitchenette and walked up behind her.
"I had fun today." she said, leaning back in his arms.
"So did I, believe it or not."
Calleigh laughed and turned around to look at Tim.
"You know, all the years I've known you... now don't laugh at me."
"I won't." Tim promised.
"Last night, we kinda got all of our confessions out." Calleigh smiled. Tim grinned, remembering last night. "But the past three years that we've worked together and become friends and now... us being together, I've never actually thought that you were..."
"Humane?"
"Fatherly was the word I was going for. But I watch you with her and... it's so..."
"Odd?"
"Amazing."
Tim snorted.
"It is. I've never seen you love something or someone so much besides your Ducati."
"Well... I think we've proved that wrong."
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A few days later...
Tim pulled up outside Calleigh's condo and sighed.
"I'm gonna see you at work in the morning." she reminded.
"I know. It's just this past week, I've gotten used to you being there in the morning."
"Mhmm." Calleigh unbuckled her seatbelt and leaned over the armrest. "Maybe we'll have a sleep over."
"No. Not maybe. Definitely." Tim grinned, kissing her. "I'll call you later."
"Alright. Bye Anna." Calleigh leaned over into the backseat and kissed her cheek. "Be good for your dad."
"I will. Bye Calleigh."
Calleigh went to open the door and Tim grabbed her hand, pulling her back towards him for another kiss. She kissed him quickly and got out of the truck. Tim got out of the Explorer as well and walked towards the trunk.
"You know, since we had such a good time..." he said, popping the trunk open, "My birthday's coming up in a few weeks."
"Oh really?" Calleigh asked, a humourous tone in her voice. Tim nodded, grabbing Calleigh's bags. "Well maybe if you're a good boy, I'll see what I can do."
They walked to her front door and Calleigh stopped Tim.
"I can get it from here. Thank you." she said. Tim shook his head and Calleigh sighed, unlocked her door and Tim deposited the bags in the hallway. "Alright. Go back to Anna before she starts complaining."
"Okay." Tim gave her one last kiss and headed towards his SUV.
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"Alrighty, can you go unlock the door so I can bring this stuff in?" Tim asked. Anna nodded and Tim handed her the key to unlock the front door. "Hurry. I'm coming."
Anna ran across the yard and unlocked the door, opening it quickly. After a few quick trips, Tim had everything in the house and Anna was already tearing every bag apart.
"Whoa, easy there. All of your stuff is in your bags. Take it up to your room and open everything there." he said. "Okay?"
Anna nodded and grabbed her bag, lugging it upstairs. Tim shook his head and walked into the kitchen, his eyes stopping on the answering machine.
"30 messages?" he pressed play and Michelle's voice was heard.
"Hi. It's me. I moved into my house. So I'll be by to pick Anna up tonight."
Then an automated voice came on.
"Message recorded on May 21, 2003."
"Crap." Tim breathed. That was last week. Each message after that was Michelle.
"I'm going to call my lawyer if you don't pick up the damn phone Tim!"
"I called your boss. He says you're in Orlando. Thanks for telling me."
"Of course, leave it to you to leave your cell phone at home."
Tim erased the rest of the messages and there was a knock on the door. He warily looked out the window and saw a pissed Michelle standing there. Well she was always pissed at him for one reason or another so what was the difference? He opened the door and she stormed in.
"I thought you kidnapped her or something!"
"I called you. I left a message on your cell phone." Tim said calmly.
"Oh bullshit!" Michelle snapped. "Where is she?"
"Up in her room. Anna!"
"What Daddy?"
"Your mom is here."
"I don't want to go with Mommy. I'm going through my stuff."
"Honey, come down here." Michelle called. "I've got a lot of cool birthday presents for you."
Anna ran to the top of the stairs and smiled.
"Daddy took me to Disney for my birthday. That was cool." she said and ran back into her room. Michelle glared at Tim.
"I thought I'd do something nice." he said.
"So you just took her and left?"
"No. My girlfriend came with us."
"Anna come on!" Michelle yelled. "We need to get home."
"I want to stay with Daddy. I don't want to go back to Virginia!"
"Anna, I bought a house here, in Miami. So you can see Daddy tomorrow."
There was a loud sigh and Anna came down, dragging her bag behind her. She handed Tim a plastic bag with Magic Kingdom written on it in swirly letters.
"You keep this one." she said. Tim nodded and hugged her. "Can I come to CSI with you tomorrow? I wanna see Calleigh."
"I don't know baby."
"Oh. Well then," Anna grabbed another bag and handed it to Tim. "Give that one to her."
"Okay. I'll see you later."
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A/N: Okay, well I could go on forever about their vacation but I got an idea and that will be coming up in the next chapter. Their vacation... I've decided that I do want to write it but then this story will become a novel, lol. So I may write a few chapters and start a quick story about that.