Spoilers: Under the Influence, Sex and Taxes and Speed kills.
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Tim sighed as he saw Eric and Valera sleeping in bed. Tim looked at Eric's sad expression. He watched him toss and turn.
"He's having a nightmare?" James nodded.
"Speed...no...Tim..." Eric rolled over hitting Maxine accidentally. She woke up immediatley and looked over at her husband who was tossing and turning in his sleep.
"Eric...sweetheart. Wake up."
Eric whimpered slightly and Valera shook him. "Honey wake up."
Eric sat up quickly. "Val."
Valera reached out and rubbed his arm. "Honey...it was just a nightmare."
"I saw him die...he was just lying there." Eric tried to fight the tears but he couldn't. "And there was nothing I could do about it."
"I know baby. But its going to get easier."
"Tell that to his mom...his brother...to Calleigh...Max I can't..."
"I know baby." Valera pulled Eric to her. Holding him closley.
"I want him back Val...I just want my best friend back." Eric sobbed.
"I know."
James blinked and they were gone.
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Tim looked around the darkened apartment. The only light was the light coming in was coming off of the street lamps.
"Were are we?"
James nodded over towards the kitchen as a glass broke. Tim stepped up towards the bar and saw Horatio trying to pick up the broken pieces. He hissed when a piece of glasses cut his hand. "God damn it!"
Horatio sighed and walked over to the cabinet took out another shot glass, walked back over to the bar and began to pour himself what looked like not his first drink that night.
"Horatio never drinks. Me and Delko used to always ask him out for a drink after shift and he'd always say no. Or when he did come he always ordered coffee. Dad...how worse is this going to get?"
James didn't answer him. He just kept watching Horatio. Tim looked back over at Horatio. Horatio just kept looking at his bleeding hand. Tim had never seen this look on his face before. He looked...scared, lost, confused.
"Dad...I want to get out of here." Tim said with a heavy heart.
James nodded and blinked.
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"Why are we at the lab?"
James didn't say anything but motioned over towards a desk. Tim saw Horatio sitting on a desk and a man in his mid 20's sitting in a chair.
"So no more patrol?"
"Patrol's great but there's no follow through. You get a call out you go...CSI'S handle the cases...case solved, victim's barried."
"Let me see your service pistol."
"Sir?"
"Your weapon let me see it." The man nodded and handed Horatio his weapon. "You clean this every week?"
"A little more I'm a little OCD...it drives the watch commander crazy."
"Let me see your back up."
The man nodded once again and handed Horatio his back up weapon. "This is quit a case of OCD Wolfe."
"Did I just lose this job?"
"You know what I need to think about it. Why don't you have a seat over there." The man nodded and walked away. Horatio stood up and looked over at Yelina in the interrogation room and sighed.
"This has to be hard on him."
"He's not the only one. Come on...let's go see Calleigh."
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James blinked and Tim and his father were outside in the parking lot.
"Dad..."
"Its blood isn't it."
"Take another one."
"What...that's what got me here in the first place Calleigh."
"You asked me for my help now i'm giving it to you. Take another one."
"That son of a bitch...he promised her he'd stop drinking."
Tim watched Calleigh walk away with the weight on her shoulders.
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"Guys...Alexx called. She says Richard Lakin's on deck."
"You go."
"To the Autopsy?"
"Yeah to the autopsy what are you scared?"
"No...i'll go thanks guys."
"Have fun."
"Tha'ts a head trauma right?"
"Uh huh."
"You know I almost feel bad for the guy."
Calleigh laughed. "Ten bucks says he pukes."
"Well I got 20 that says Alexx tells him to leave."
"Your on."
Tim smiled from over in the corner. "She's smiling." Tim watched as Calleigh put her hand on her swollen belly.
"You ok?"
Calleigh looked up at him. "Yeah...I was just thinking of when Tim hazed you."
"Headless women."
Calleigh smiled. "Yeah. Never thought i'd see a man puke like that."
"Hey in my defense...I was a rookie and I just ate lunch. Speedle did that purposly."
"Oh yeah just because he knows when everybody's going to die right?"
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"Your not gonna wait til I get out."
"Horatio needs it ASAP."
"Hey I found those findings!"
Eric sighed and hit his hand on the edge of dock. Tim watched as Frank walked over to Eric.
"What was that all about?"
"The suck up took my evidence. Ten bucks says he takes it to Horatio says he found it. Takes credit and closes the case with out me."
Frank shook his head. "I don't like the guy. Things were alot better when Speedle was around."
"Yeah...makes you miss the sarcastic son of a bitch doesn't it."
Frank laughed lightly. "Come on...I'll help you up."
"Thanks Frank."
"That's something I thought I'd never see."
"What's that?"
"Frank and Eric getting along. Ever since last year things been shacky between them to."
"Well death brings all sorts of people together."
Tim nodded and watched his father. "You know dad...you never answered my question."
"What's that?"
"Why didn't you take your chance?"
"That's not what matter's now. Come one. Let's go."
TBC...OK probably one more chapter and then the epilogue. I did the quotes from under the influence from memory. So excuse me if anything's wrong. And as you can tell I just added onto the scenes from Speed kills and Sex and Taxes.