Calleigh jumped slightly, the shrill ringing of the phone making her wake up. She glanced behind her to see Tim still asleep and became pissed. That man could sleep through a hurricane but Calleigh was up in a second if she heard a creak in the floorboards. She sighed and grabbed the phone, glancing at the clock as she did. 6:07. She still had 23 minutes!

"If this isn't Brad Pitt or Colin Farrell you better hang up."

"Not your lucky day huh? I'm sure I could substitute pretty good though."

"What do you want Eric?"

"I'm Speed's wake-up call on this beautiful, Wednesday morning. We found Tripp."

"Is he okay?"

"Beaten up pretty badly, bullet in his shoulder, but other than that he's fine."

"Okay. We'll be there in like... I dunno. An hour tops."

"Okay." Eric hung up first and Calleigh set the phone back down on the night stand, then rolled over to wake up Tim.

"Wake. Up." she poked him in the back but there was no change. "Timmy..."

"Don't call me that!" he groaned, pulling the blanket over his head. Calleigh giggled and moved over so she was sitting on him.

"Good morning sunshine." she teased, pulling the blanket away from his face.

"Morning yourself." Tim mumbled, pulling Calleigh down so she was laying on him. He kissed her softly, then rolled them over so he was on top. "Last night was fun."

"Mhmm," Calleigh moaned slightly, "But any replays will have to late."

"Says who?"

"Says that clock. We have to be in work in an hour. I have to get Bella ready to go to your mom's and we have to get to CSI."

"Oh you suck." Tim pouted.

"You weren't saying that last night." Calleigh winked. "Get off me."

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"That's a good look for you Frank." Tim smirked, staring at the detective, who now donned a hospital gown.

"Ah shut up Speedle." he muttered.

"I must say though, blue is very flattering on you."

"Will you stop?" Calleigh smacked Tim lightly and turned back to Frank. "So you remember anything?"

"How did you, such a nice girl, marry such a jackass as like Speed?" Frank asked.

"He has some charm believe it or not." Calleigh smiled. "Back to business. Did you see who attacked you?"

"Yeah. Horatio and Delko are trying to find him. They already asked me all these questions. So you're just wasting your time Calleigh."

"Well how are you feeling then?"

"Like shit. How's the baby?"

"She's good." Calleigh smiled. "Getting so big already."

"Not really." Tim muttered as his pager went off. He glanced at it and frowned. 9-1-1 came up, then followed by Eric's number. "What the hell..."

He grabbed his cell phone off his hip and dialed Eric's number.

"Delko."

"It's me. What's going on?"

"This guy... he..."

"Eric?"

"He came out of nowhere Speed. We cleared the house. He wasn't there. I have no idea where he came from." he babbled.

"Eric, what happened?"

"He's insane Speed. He... I put a bullet in his leg but..."

"Eric, will you answer my damn question?" Tim walked out into the hallway and listened. He leaned against the wall and was silent. "O-Okay. Y-Yeah we'll uh... we'll be right there."

Tim snapped his phone shut and ran a hand through his hair, then walked back into Frank's room.

"What happened?" Calleigh asked. Tim nodded his head at the door.

"Great, leave me out of the loop." Frank complained as the couple walked outside.

"Tim, what's going on?"

"That was Eric." he said quietly. He sighed and collapsed into a chair, then looked up at Calleigh. "They went to the guy's house, whoever he is. Eric and H cleared the house and started looking around."

"Okay... did they get him?"

Tim shook his head.

"The guy... he... he wasn't there, or they thought he wasn't. That's why they started looking around. The guy came up behind them and... he... he shot H."

Calleigh let out a horrified gasp.

"Is he okay? Is Eric okay?"

"Eric got a round in the guy's leg and... and called for an ambulance but..." Tim leaned back in the chair and rested his head against the wall.

"Tim..."

"He died Calleigh." he mumbled, tears stinging his eyes. "Before they even got there."

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"Look, I know this is a hard time for all of you." Chief Wilkes said. He and Rick Stetler were sitting with the day shift team in the conference room. They were all silent, looks of shock plastered on their faces. "But you guys need a new supervisor. I've looked at your records..."

"We're getting someone new?" Eric asked.

"No." Wilkes shook his head. "Speedle, I'm making you the new lieutenant."

Tim's head snapped up.

"What?"

"You've been on the team longest. You were Horatio's right hand man. No offense to Calleigh or Eric, or Brianna but she's new here. I think and want and am giving you the spot."

"I've had the most screw-ups." Tim said. "I can't manage these guys. I... one's my wife, one's my best friend... I... no."

"Speed..." Rick started. Tim jumped out of his chair and ran out of the room. "Calleigh..."

"I... I don't know what to say to him." she stuttered.

"Just, go."

Calleigh got out of her seat and walked out of the room, hoping to bump into Tim fast.

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Calleigh opened a door that led outside and saw Tim standing on the stairs, leaning against the railing and staring out over the parking lot.

"Tim..."

"I can't do this Calleigh." he mumbled, his voice cracking.

"Says who?"

"Says me. I can't lead our team. It's not my place. I can't live up to Horatio."

"Baby, if there is anyone that Horatio wanted to replace him, it's you." Calleigh said. Tim turned around and stared at Calleigh.

"I can barely keep myself in check. Horatio's dead, and Wilkes wants me to just jump in and take charge of you guys? I can't do that. What if I sent one you of you out to a crime scene and you got hurt? Or Delko? Or Alexx? I couldn't live with that."

"Tim, none of us knows what's going to happen at a crime scene. Do you think Horatio knew that today was gonna happen?"

"No. But you're the most experienced one, most responsible one, most mature one out of us. Tim, we all knew that one day Horatio was gonna retire and you'd take his place. You've always been his right hand man, the one that did everything for him and..."

"Yeah but that would be like years from now!" he exclaimed. "Then suddenly this has been dropped on me. I've only been on this job a few years. Why not take one of the veterans from another shift and put them in charge of us?"

"Because they wouldn't do half as good job as I know you're gonna do. Just go back in there and agree to this."

"I can't."

"I know you can." Calleigh said. "And I know deep, down you want this job."

"Not under these circumstances." Tim muttered. Calleigh smiled sadly and, thankful for her heels today so she could match his height, tilted her head upwards and brushed her lips against his.

"You're gonna get a raise with this promotion and God knows we need a few extra bucks around the house."

"How can you be making jokes about this?"