Chapter 3

Eric rushed home quickly as he could without getting a speeding ticket to shower and get changed from his work clothes into something more suitable for going out after work. Eric arrived home in record time. He hastily parked his vehicle and running up the steps to his building and inside his apartment. He showered and changed making sure he looked fine for Calleigh. He took a deep breath as he looked at his reflection, he now felt nervous. He was finally satisfied with how he looked and headed out the door. He stopped off at the flower shop to get Calleigh some flowers.

He pulled up at Calleigh's apartment and saw her car in the parking lot. He took another deep breath, grabbed the bouquet off the front passenger seat and climbed out his vehicle. He climbed the stairs to Calleigh's apartment and nervously approached her apartment door.

Calleigh was sat watching TV when she heard a knock on the front door. She got up and went to the door. She opened it and was surprised to see Eric stood there with a bouquet of flowers. She smiled at the flowers and at how nervous Eric looked, she saw his eyes roam her body and take in the baby pink Pyjama shorts and tank top she was wearing,

'Er.. These are for you', he told her as he handed her the flowers,

'thanks Eric', she thanked him smiling and stepped aside for him to come in. Eric stepped past her into her apartment. She lead him to the coach and said he could sit, she would just be a moment she just had to put the flowers in water.

A minute or two later Calleigh came back in and sat on the couch next to him, she asked him what was up, why he had come round.

'I…er…', he starts and Calleigh smiles, 'it was a tough case, I…er, I just wanted company thought maybe you might too', he shrugged, Calleigh smiled again.

'thanks Eric, I could use some company', she told him smiling brightly, she snuggled closer to him, he brought his arm up and lay it behind her and she nestled into him and lay her head on his chest. There was a film on the TV, but neither of them was really watching it. Eric looked down to Calleigh as she looked up, he held her gaze for a moment, He then leant down towards Calleigh, she watched his lips with her eyes as they got closer to her lips, they both closed their eyes for the contact just as Eric's cell phone rang. Eric sighed heavily and pulled away to answer it, he checked the caller ID, it was Speed.

'Hey Speed, what's up?', Eric asked, he answered shortly but tried not to be too harsh to Speed, it wasn't his fault, he didn't know he was going to interrupt.

'Hey Delko, I just needed your expertise on this piece of evidence', he told Eric, Eric helped Speed and they hung up after 'byes' and 'see ya tomorrows' . Eric closed his phone and put it back in his pocket, but the moment was ruined, they both knew it. They sat for a moment in an uncomfortable silence, Calleigh finally spoke,

'you want a drink or something?', she asked cheerily,

'sure', Eric replied,

'beer okay?', she asked him, Eric nodded and smiled, Calleigh smiled back, her southern charm radiating from that smile made Eric's stomach flip. They were back to the easiness of friends again, Eric was relieved. Calleigh came back with two bottles of opened beer and handed one to Eric, she sat back down into him again as she sipped her beer. Eric's stomach flipped again as he felt her figure against his.

After a few minutes of sitting like this and chatting about the TV show they were watching just because it was on the channel it was on, Eric looked to Calleigh and caught her gaze again. Calleigh smiled shyly and looked away, Eric cupped her chin and brought her face up to his again. He leaned down and

"riing", Eric's cell phone went off again, he checked the caller ID, it was Horatio, he figured he would probably be called in if he answered it this was supposed to be his night off, he wasn't on call, he figured if it was important he would call Calleigh and they would both go in. Eric waited for it to stop ringing then turned it off. He turned back to Calleigh and leant in to kiss her for the third time that night.

He leant down and captured her lips in a passionate, heated embrace that left them both breathless with desire. Calleigh leant up closer to Eric, he gently pulled her onto his lap, she positioned herself so she is now straddling his lap. She can feel him become hard beneath her and kissed him again, deeply, she parted her lips so his tongue could delve into her mouth and explore. Eric's tongue entered Calleigh's mouth and duelled with Calleigh's tongue for a moment, while tasting and exploring her mouth.

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