Spoilers: Whacked
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"And I think you were a little hard on Ryan earlier."
"Your taking his side now?"
"Eric...Tim died your going to have to move passed it."
"Now you wanna talk."
Calleigh sighed. "Eric...I trust you with every fiber of my being and you know that."
"I just don't get it Calleigh...you lose your husband and you treat his replacement like your own son."
Calleigh swallowed. "Because...I don't see Ryan as a replacement. I see him as a man who just wants to do his job."
Eric laughed. "Yeah if you only knew what he said about Tim you'd be signing a different tune."
"Dad...I don't like this guy."
"Me neither Timmy."
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"Alright Delko...I don't know what the hell your problem is but I'm not trying to out do Speedle. Don't want to compete with a dead man."
"Why not...your trying to compete with everyone else."
"JERK!" Tim yelled. James put a hand on his arm.
"Calm down."
"This guy just waltzes in here from patrol and thinks he can take over this place. The trace lab. If I didn't know any better i'd say he had a thing for Calleigh."
James nodded slightly. "Come on there's one more thing I want to show you."
Tim watched Eric walk out the door and looked over at Ryan. "Kiss ass."
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Tim sighed as Calleigh sleeping form.
"I'll give you guys sometime alone."
"You can do that?"
"Just call when your ready."
Tim nodded and watched his dad leave. Tim walked over to their bed and crawled into it quietly. Not that it would wake her anyway. Tim smiled. Calleigh was always beautiful when she was sleeping. Not that she wasn't when she was awake. But Tim couldn't even remember the hours he spent just watching her sleep. Tim wrapped his arms around her. He then slid his hand over to her belly resting it on it lightly. Tim smiled when he felt the baby kick. Calleigh obviously did to and shifted in her sleep slightly.
Tim saw as a smile came over her face and Calleigh snuggled into his embrace. "I love you Tim."
Tim smiled. "I love you to baby." And that's when Tim felt it. He suddenly felt warm again. He looked over at her left hand. Her wedding ring shined in the light. Tim traced his fingers over it lightly. And he felt tears slid down his cheeks. Calleigh's face jerked and she wiped them away. Tim looked down at her and knew he wanted to be there for his baby...for her, for Eric, for Horatio, for Alexx. He let go off Calleigh gently and got out of bed.
"Dad!...Dad!"
"You've made your decision?"
Tim nodded. "Where did you go?"
"To see your mother."
Tim nodded again. "Dad...I want my life back. I want to be a father. I want to grow old with her. I love her. I don't want Eric to have nightmare's. I don't want Horatio to drink himself to death. Dad...I don't want to die."
"You sure you wanna go back?"
Tim nodded. "Timothy...the next time you die you won't get another chance."
Suddenly Tim understood. When his father died 2 years ago. It wasn't his first time. "When did you die before?"
James looked at him and sighed. "I was 10...me and my brother were playing on the pond in our back yard. I fell through the ice and I got trapped...and couldn't get out til it was to late. That's when my chance came. The women who should me my future showed me your mom...you...and your brother. Showed you graduating from the academy...working a case. I saw your brother operating on a women."
"Peter always wanted to become a surgeon."
James nodded. "I saw...grand children."
"They knew what was going to happen to me before it happend." James nodded.
"They knew you'd take the chance."
"What happend after they got you out of the ice?"
"Your Aunt Claire pulled me out and performed CPR. Saved my life."
"Is that why she was always so protective of you?"
James nodded.
"So when you had your stroke-"
"There was no second chance."
Tim nodded and looked over at Calleigh who still sleeping peacefully. "Tim...I died when I was 10 but I was given a second chance. And looked what it brought me. I died a happy man several years later. Take this chance. Go back to her...go back to them. They need you."
Tim nodded. "I wanna go back."
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The next thing Tim knew he was being tapped on the shoulder by Horatio. "Hey...go home...get some sleep."
Tim lifted his head off his arms. "H?"
"You ok?"
Tim nodded. "Yeah...just a really bad dream." Tim looked over in the corner and saw his father smiling at him. He smiled back and looked back at Horatio.
"You know what...I think I will go home."
Horatio smiled. "I won't be suprised if you don't come in tomorrow."
"Why's that?" asked Tim as he took of his lab coat.
"Well...your 4 hours late...Calleigh's going to kill you."
Tim smiled. "Let's hope not."
Horatio smiled and watched Tim walk out the door.
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Tim smiled as he saw Calleigh sitting on the kitchen table.
"Hey you."
"Hi." said Calleigh as she walked over to him.
"I see you spent a few bucks at Arties." said Tim as he looked down at her clothes.
"Oh I think I spent alot...more then a few bucks at Arties." Tim smiled and kissed Calleigh deeply. Calleigh pushed away from him.
"What has gotten into you?" Calleigh asked with a grin on her face.
Tim pulled her against him. "I'm sorry i'm late."
"Its ok. It happens."
Tim smirked. "I love you...more then anything. You know that right. And no matter what happens to us I could never hate you."
Calleigh nodded. "Baby I know that. You know I think you need to stay out of the lab. I think the fumes are starting to get to your head."
Tim smiled and picked Calleigh up. Calleigh laughed. "Seriously what has gotten into you?"
Tim shrugged as he carried Calleigh up the stairs. "I'm just...I'm in love."
Calleigh smiled. "I love you to."
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Calleigh lifted her head off Tim's chest. Calleigh ran her hands through his hair. "It happend to me to."
Tim's eyes fluttered open. "What?"
"When I lived in New Orleans...first day on the job. I took one to the chest."
"That's how you got the scar."
Calleigh nodded. "How did you know?"
Calleigh shrugged. "I recognized the look in your eyes when you walked in. It was the same look I gave my mom and dad when I came over that night. I saw a little girl with pigtails...a man with red hair...you. And i knew I had to take that chance."
Tim sighed. "Calleigh...it was horrible. I saw what it was like...Horatio drank...Eric had nightmares...and you were alone raising a baby by yourself."
Calleigh closed her eyes. "I love you."
Tim cuffed Calleigh's cheek in his hand. "I love you to."
TBC...The epilogue is next. Mmmm...I wonder who else has died and came back. lol. Ok its 1:41 in the morning and i'm going to bed. I'm tired. lol.