Calleigh didn't know how she did it but the whole day she had managed not to cry. Now, curled up in bed, she cried her heart out.
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"Good morning!" Tim and Red burst into the Speedles' restaurant.
"Timmy, you want something to eat?" Sharon called.
"Nope!" he plopped down next to Calleigh, kissing her quickly.
"Oh my God. You're smiling. Who did you kill?" she teased.
"Hey Mrs. Speedle!" Red called. "You might want to come take a look at this!"
"Shut up." Tim hissed. He pulled an envelope out of his pocket and handed it to Calleigh.
"What's this?" she asked.
"Open it." Tim replied. Calleigh opened the envelope and Sarah gave Red a questioning look. He only kissed her forehead and went to the counter to get some food. "Sar, this concerns you too."
"Why?" she asked.
"Because you're my best friend." Tim reached over and messed up her blonde hair.
"Y-You got accepted to Columbia." Calleigh said. Tim nodded, a big smile on his face. "And you bought an apartment near the campus."
"For all of us." Tim said. "Me, you, Sarah. I'd rather Red not move in with us but he's not going to leave Sarah."
"Tim, I got a letter from Tulane. I got a full scholarship to go there." Calleigh said quietly.
"That's... halfway across the country." he muttered, his smile fading. "I thought you applied to Columbia."
"I did."
"Timmy, you know we're not all going to be going to the same college." Sarah said. "UCLA accepted me. I got my letter a few days ago and well... Red is so stupid who knows if he's going to get accepted to a college."
"I heard that!" he exclaimed.
"Oh. Well it's okay." Tim muttered. "You guys don't have to go till... August right?"
"Beginning of September." Calleigh said.
"Well, Cal I want you there."
"I'll move in until I have to leave."
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Calleigh sob's quieted down to a whimper as she thought back to that day. That afternoon her letter from Columbia came, saying she was accepted. She gave up going to Tulane for Tim because she loved him and didn't want to leave him. God she had been stupid. Then the worst happened...
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"Hello?"
"Ca-Cal-Calleigh."
She sat up in bed, rubbing her eyes.
"Tim? What's wrong?"
"I-It's Sar-Sarah." he cried.
"What? What do you mean?" she coughed. She had a bad cold for the past few days and just remained in bed.
"We were coming back from the movies and... Cal, there was an accident..."
"Oh my God? Are you both okay?"
"I'm fine but... they don't think she's gonna make it." Tim started crying again and Calleigh forced herself to get out of bed.
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"No you need to tell me where they are!" Calleigh exclaimed.
"Miss Duquesne is in ICU. Only her doctor is allowed in to see her at this moment. Mr. Speedle is down the hall in room 210." the nurse finally said. Calleigh figured this was all she was going to get out of the unhelpful woman and went to Tim's room.
"I'm fine!" he yelled angrily. "I want to see Sarah."
"Mr. Speedle," the nurse began but Tim saw Calleigh and the nurse turned to see her. "Visiting hours are over."
"I don't care." Calleigh started moving towards Tim but the nurse stopped her.
"Are you his sister?" she asked.
"No. His girlfriend."
"Only family is allowed to see him. Now please leave."
"Like hell she is!" Tim exclaimed. "I want her here."
The nurse stared at the couple and with matching glares, they managed to get her to leave them alone.
"I thought you said you were okay." Calleigh said, eyeing the bandage on Tim's forehead.
"My head hit the windshield." he said. "Did you see Sarah?"
"She's in ICU. They won't let anyone in. Did you talk to your parents?"
"They're out for the night. Cal, I'm sorry."
"Why? You didn't make the accident happen."
"I was driving and I should've seen that car." Tim muttered.
"Don't beat yourself up over it."
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"I don't know." Calleigh cried. "I mean, he left me!"
Megan and Alexx looked at each other, then at Calleigh.
"Baby, Timmy loves you. He talks about you non-stop." Alexx said.
"Oh yeah? Well if he loves me then why is he marrying someone else?"
"Because he didn't think he'd see you again." Megan said.
"Why did he leave?"
"Sarah." Alexx said. "He told me. After her funeral he broke down."
"He wasn't the only one that was hurting. He lost his best friend but I lost my sister."
"He felt responsible." Megan added. "After two years of watching her suffer, and then she died..."
"Why are you two sticking up for him?" Calleigh asked, wiping her eyes.
"We're not. Personally, if he did this to me, I'd hunt him down and kill him." Megan smiled. "I remember when I first met him Calleigh. He tried getting over you but couldn't."
"Obviously he did." she said bitterly as her beeper went off. "I have a crime scene. I'll see you guys later."
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"Make sure you guys are careful." Horatio said. "We don't know the stability of the building."
"Then why are we going in?" Tim asked. "Can't we wait till later?"
Thunder boomed overhead.
"You want the crime scene to be compromised?" Calleigh asked.
"Our lives are more important than some evidence." Tim replied.
"It's most likely okay." Horatio said. "Just watch out that you don't fall through any floors."
Tim and Calleigh nodded and headed into their crime scene.
"I'm sorry." Tim said. "Okay?"
"Oh no. Don't apologize."
"I should've told you. I got so caught up with you being back that she slipped my mind."
"Yeah I'm sure she did." Calleigh said flatly. "Your fiancee but you can't remember her until after you used me for sex."
"I didn't use you and can't you see that she doesn't mean that much to me if I can just forget her like that?"
"I don't want to talk about this. I just want to work this crime scene and go home to my daughter."
Tim nodded and they went their separate ways.
"Hey Cal, I found something." he called. She walked towards where he was and looked at him. Tim held up a swab that was pink. "Blood."
"Speedle, this was a bomb scene. There's going to be blood."
"Yeah but, is there going to be a body with stab wounds?" Tim asked, moving a piece of debris.
"You think the bomb was intentional." Calleigh said.
"Could be." Tim stood up and eyed the ceiling. "Horatio was telling us not to fall through floors, didn't say anything about collapsing ceilings."
"I'm sure the—," Calleigh was broken off by Tim shoving her out of the way, just as a large part of the ceiling fell to the ground, right where Calleigh had been standing.
"You okay?" Tim asked, looking her over.
"What happened?" Horatio asked, rushing in.
"Bit of the ceiling caved in. We're fine though."
Calleigh yanked her arm out of Tim's grasp and walked out of the crime scene.