Tim walked down the halls of CSI, a big smile on his face. A few of the lab techs were beginning to get worry, for they had never seen Speed in such high spirits like he had been in for the past two months. He walked into the break room to get a soda and got a whole lot more.
"Hey."
"Hi." Calleigh smiled, pausing her conversation with Alexx.
"Hey Timmy." Alexx smiled.
"Shouldn't you be workin' Yankee?" Calleigh drawled.
"Yes ma'am." Tim drawled back. He walked over to the table and knelt down next to the baby carrier. "There's my baby girl."
A sleeping Isabella spit her pacifier out and a frown crossed her face.
"Great. She was sleeping and you woke her up." Calleigh said. "You can't leave her alone can you?"
"I can't leave you alone either but I don't see you complaining." Tim smirked, planting a kiss on her arm, the closest thing he could reach. He looked back over at Isabella to be greeted with a pair of brown eyes quite like his own. "I guess I did wake you huh?"
Tim carefully lifted her out of the carrier and Isabella cooed happily, seeing who's arms she was in. Alexx cocked her head to the side and Tim smirked.
"She's a daddy's girl." he said. Eric walked in and smiled.
"Hey I thought I smelled a baby but then I thought it was just Speed." he smirked, cuffing his friend on the shoulder. "How are you Bella? This clown treating you good?"
Isabella just stared at him.
"Anytime you want to come to Uncle Eric's is fine by him."
"I thought 'no kids' Eric." Alexx smiled.
"No kids for me but when my goddaughter needs to get away from her parents," Eric smiled down at the baby, "Uncle Eric's door is always open. Besides Mommy and Daddy need some time alone. Work on getting you a little brother or sister Bella."
Tim and Calleigh both looked at Eric and Calleigh scoffed.
"Nuhuh. Not for a long time will I go through being pregnant again." she said. "I'm trying to get my figure back."
The break room door swung open again and Brianna walked in.
"Hi guys." she smiled. "Oh what a cute baby. Is it yours Tim?"
"No. I stole her off the street." he smirked. "Yes she's mine."
"Oh. Congratulations."
"Thanks."
"When are you coming back Cal?" Eric asked. "No one ever gets my ballistics evidence right."
"Why don't you try doing it?"
"I don't get it right either."
"Eric, how hard is it to shoot a gun then take the bullet out of the firing tank and take it over to the microscope for a comparison?" Calleigh asked. "I come back in June."
"It's April!"
"Oh I'm sorry! I want to spend some time with my baby. You know what, I may never come back."
"No!" Eric gasped. "You have to come back!"
Calleigh smiled at Alexx and looked back at Eric.
"Why should I?"
"Because I'm madly in love with you." Eric winked. "I can't come over your house. Speed's always there but you know... a nice night, the place empty, me, you, ballistics."
"Oh Eric I'm flattered." Calleigh drawled. "But what would Valera say?"
"She'd be happy." he smirked. "We're on a 'break.'"
"Yeah well if I was dating you, I'd want to be a break too." Tim smirked. Brianna leaned against the counter, wondering how Tim could put up with his wife and best friend flirting. If she could flirt, why couldn't he?
"Sorry to break up this party." Horatio said, coming in. "Calleigh, good you're here."
"What's going on?" Tim asked, seeing Horatio's solemn look.
"We've got a new case."
"Horatio, I'm on leave." Calleigh complained, taking Isabella from Tim. "And I'm leaving."
"Tripp is missing and Ryan Wolfe has been shot."
"Who's Ryan Wolfe?" they all asked simultaneously.