Chapter 5

"Hey, Jen, exactly how much stuff do you own?" Calleigh asked, as she lugged a huge box into the guest bedroom, where Jen was moving into.

"Calleigh, I need all that stuff. I very rarely buy anything I don't absolutely need." Jen answered.

"You need five huge boxes of shoes?" Horatio asked, coming up behind them, and leaning in the doorway.

"I don't have five boxes," Jen answered, "I have six. Seven if you count all the shoes I left in New York."

"Well, at least you're not as bad as Calleigh." Horatio answered, dodging the pillow Calleigh threw at his head.

William, who was coming up the stairs, got the pillow straight in the face, causing him to drop the large box he was carrying.

"Sorry William." Calleigh said, "Is that the last box?"

"Sure is," William said happily. "No more lugging 100 pound boxes of clothes up the stairs!"

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For the rest of Saturday and Sunday, they organized the room, unpacking all the stuff, and getting Jen settled in.

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"So William," Horatio asked before dinner Sunday, "do you need a ride to the airport tomorrow."

"That'd be great, my flight leaves at nine" William answered, just as Calleigh called,

"Dinner's ready!"

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After dinner, Jen was sitting on a bench on the balcony, with Harmony at her feet, when she heard Calleigh come up behind her and sit down next to her.

"What are you doing out here?" Calleigh asked

"Thinking." Jen replied.

"About?"

"What it'll be like here. I love you, and Horatio's really cool, but I'm still going to miss Dad a lot." she answered, stroking Harmony's silky head. "Where is Dad, exactly?"

"Inside," Calleigh said, "talking with Horatio about some medical case he had recently."

"Do you love Horatio, Cal?"

"Yes, I do. Very much."

"Have you thought about marriage, yet?"

"We haven't been dating long. We're definitely waiting awhile."

"That was one of the reasons I didn't want to live here. I didn't want to mess up your life."

"Honey, you could never mess my life up. I'm thrilled that you'll be living here. I'm not upset, not at all. Come on, lets go inside. It's kind of humid out here."

They stood up and walked back inside together.

The End!

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