Something About Vegas
News
He hung up the phone and turned to his wife. His wife, he was still getting used to that, but knowing Calleigh loved him and wanted to remain his wife was better than anything he had ever imagined. She was kneeling behind him as he sat on the edge of the bed and her lips and hands never stopped their assault on his skin. It had been next to impossible to concentrate during his short telephone conversation with their boss. He faced her now and lifted her chin to capture her lips in a fiery kiss, something he knew he would never tire of. She was smiling broadly at him as soon as he pulled away.
"So, what did he say? How did he react to the news? Was he shocked? Of course he was, why wouldn't he be? We were shocked that morning, if you remember. I hope he wasn't upset. Will we still be able work together? Is he going to tell Eric and Alexx and everyone else? Can we have the extra time off?" Question after question she fired at him in her lilting drawl.
"Hang on," he said, smiling and took hold of her shoulders, "you're going a mile a minute. I just hung up. You know, " he told her playfully, "you made it very difficult to concentrate on the conversation. I almost had to hang up on him. You're a bit of a distraction." She laughed. "To answer your questions, yes, he was surprised, actually speechless for a moment, maybe for the first time in a long while. I think he thought I was joking. He recovered pretty quickly, though. You know H, always unflappable." She laughed again at the picture in her mind, the all knowing Lt. Caine caught unaware and unprepared. "Overall, he seemed fine with the news. He said in all likelihood, we wouldn't be working the same cases any more. And yes, we can have the time off. Oh, he offered his congratulations." He stopped talking long enough to kiss her. "He also said he'd be sure to pass the news around."
"Wouldn't it be fun to be there for that?" she asked grinning.
"Yeah, I can't imagine how Delko's going to react," he answered, rolling his eyes.
"I just thought about that Tim, I think maybe his feelings are going to be hurt," she said with a frown.
"Why? Because you didn't marry him?" he questioned smugly.
"No. Because he's going to think we were carrying on under his nose and never bothered to tell him," she said with concern.
"Maybe we should have been carrying on all that time, I think it would've been fun," he told her as he laid her back down on the bed and kissed her soundly.
"Except we now know you were never going to ask me out, so there was never going to be any carrying on with you," she replied with a laugh, taking delight in teasing her new husband.
"I'm trying to make up for that now, if you'll stop talking and let me," he replied, kissing a path down her neck and settling his lips on a spot above her collar bone, eliciting a soft moan from her.
"You're doing a really good job of that," she drawled, her head turned to the side, allowing him better access.
He lifted himself up to see her better. "Cal, are you sure you don't want to go somewhere special this week?" he asked, lightly caressing her cheek. "You know I'll take you anywhere you want to go, except maybe Vegas, cause who knows what might happen if we ever go to Vegas again," he chuckled.
"I'm fine right here, Tim. As long as we're together, nothing else matters. And since we are here," she paused, clasped her hands around his neck and pulled him close to her, "we can get more chocolate. We really need more chocolate."
His eyes lit up and he gave her a devilish grin. "That's a good point. We can always use more chocolate and I'll do anything to please my new wife," he replied before placing his lips over hers.
Meanwhile, back in Miami...
The door to Lt. Horatio Caine's office was partly ajar, so Alexx poked her head in and knocked softly before entering, letting him know she was there. Horatio stood by the side of his desk, hands on his hips, a slightly bemused look on his face and appeared oblivious to her arrival.
"Horatio, you wanted to see me," she half asked, half stated, confused by his far away look.
"Come in Alexx." He peered behind her through the now open door. "Is Eric coming? Have you seen him?" he inquired, looking off in the distance.
"He was following right behind me. Horatio is everything all right? You look preoccupied," she asked, concerned. Before he could answer, Eric came bounding into the room.
"H, you wanted to see me? Hey Alexx," he said in greeting.
"Yes, come in Eric and have a seat, both of you. I called you here because I've got some news I'd like to share with the two of you. I just got off the phone with Speed...," he began, before being interrupted by the anxious voice of Alexx.
"Is everything all right? Nothing's wrong with those two, I hope," she interjected anxiously. Horatio held up his hand to still her.
"No, nothing is wrong, everything is fine," he paused, searching for the right words to break the news. "It seems Speed and Calleigh won't be back at work for at least another week, they've asked for some additional time off...," he began to explain before being interrupted once again.
"What's the matter, Speed get them lost somewhere in the midwest?" Eric asked with a chuckle.
"No, it's nothing like that. They'd like the time off," he paused, "for a honeymoon...," he started, only to be halted again.
"Horatio what are you saying?" Alexx questioned with a look of disbelief on her face.
"What? Who's honeymoon?" Eric asked at the same time, confusion written all over his face.
"Theirs," Horatio answered simply, with the same bemused look he had on his face earlier.
"Wait a minute, who'd they marry?" Eric asked, even more confused.
"They got married, Baby, to each other, I think that's what he's trying to tell us," Alexx responded to Eric's confused queries. Horatio nodded in agreement, a curious smile on his face.
"Huh? What do you mean 'to each other'? They're not even dating, why would they suddenly get married? You sure about this? Maybe Speed's just kidding around because he wants some time off. I'm sure Speed would've told me if he was getting married, he wouldn't let something like that slip by. And this is Calleigh we're talking about. No way she up and gets married in Vegas. At least not to Speed," he implored, looking from one to the other, hoping for some answer that made sense to him.
"This sounds real, Sugar, they must've had their reasons for not telling us before now." Alexx stood, shaking her head, her smile widening. "Well I'll be. Still waters really do run deep. My Timmy and Calleigh, I couldn't have chosen better for them myself. How did he sound, did he say anything else?" she asked.
"We weren't on the phone long. He seemed,'" he paused, again searching for the right word, "a bit distracted. But he sounded happy. Very happy, as a matter of fact, which probably says something right there. I'm sure they'll fill us in when they're ready."
"They really got married? This isn't a practical joke?" Eric questioned, still sounding doubtful.
"I'm sure, Eric. Speed asked me to get together all of the different papers they'll need to fill out when they get back here next week," Horatio explained.
"Next week," Eric repeated. "That reminds me, I set Speed up on a blind date for next weekend with the sister of a friend of mine," he told them, looking between the two.
"Well Sugar, I think you better cancel that date cause I don't think Timmy's new wife is gonna tolerate his dating your friends or anyone else for that matter," Alexx informed him with a no nonsense look.
"I guess you're right," Eric answered, looking bewildered.
"Horatio if you hear anything else, you let me know. We better get busy planning something for the newlyweds when they get back. Newlyweds, I still can't believe those two. There better be pictures. I'll talk to you boys later," she said, with a huge grin on her face, before leaving the two of them.
"So H, what do you think got into them, I mean besides a lot of alcohol?" Eric questioned.
"I don't honestly know, Eric. I didn't think there was anything going on with them before now, but who knows." He stopped and thought a moment. "I guess something about Vegas gets people to do things they might not have done otherwise. But I trust the two of them to know exactly what they're doing," Horatio responded.
"I guess so," he replied. They stood quietly in the room, each lost in their own thoughts, before Eric spoke again. "So Speed and Calleigh, huh?"
"Speed and Calleigh," Horatio repeated, a small smile on his lips.
the end
