Argh... sorry this chapter has very little to do with the episode. It's just that I watched the episode, like, a week ago and I've forgotten almost everything that happened!It might be apretty poor chapter, but it's something just the same. read'n'review

I don't think Calleigh's secret will stay secret for long.

Peter Elliot was in the department today.

He met Horatio and they are not exactly on speaking terms.

Elliot was announced to Horatio as "Secret service guy cooling his heels in reception."

His face hardened as Elliot discussed the case with him.

"I have jurisdiction here," Elliot informed him.

Like he didn't know.

Horatio doesn't like Elliot.

Neither do I for that matter.

But Calleigh obviously does, so I'm not going to ruin it for her. I just hope Horatio doesn't either.

Calleigh was working a different case so she didn't meet up with Peter.

Luckily for her.

If anyone found out what was going on between her and Peter, it might not be just Calleigh in trouble but the whole department.

People even higher up the food chain might think that he is favouring the department because of his relationship with Calleigh.

Then everyone is in trouble.

Calleigh, I hope you know what you are doing.

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I know I've often said this before, but Horatio will make a great guardian angel!

Earlier, he and Ryan were entering an abandoned warehouse.

Warily, they headed to the centre of the room.

Horatio's head suddenly turned towards the ceiling.

He had heard something.

"Do you hear something?"

A slight ticking could be heard.

"Out the way we came, right now!"

A moment later, Horatio and Ryan were outside, sprinting for their lives.

There was a white-hot fireball and a huge explosion in the warehouse they had been in only seconds before.

Horatio, the guardian angel of the team.

He'd be much better at this job than I am.

In fact, why can't we swap places?

I could go back to being alive and then Horatio would…

Horatio would be…

He would have to be dead.

No.

We won't swap places.

Horatio does well enough as a guardian angel without actually being dead.

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They found the bomber.

I remember, quite a while ago there had been bombs inside collars that were strapped around people's necks.

It had been very much Horatio's case, that one.

Not only did he used to be in the bomb squad, but his mentor was killed while trying to neutralise the first bomb.

He worked to solve the case, but in the end he got his killer.

Just like he did today.

All he had to do was find all the parts of the bomb and recreate the device.

I know that bomb components are quite easy to find, because of the vacuum created by the original blast.

I know that because I read it somewhere.

I remember that Calleigh had teased me mercilessly about my knowledge.

They were good times.

That was how they solved that case, and how they solved it today.

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"I met your boss today."

"Who, Horatio?"

"Yes."

I'm listening to Calleigh and Peter talk.

It's his last night in Miami before he goes back to Washington.

As much as I don't like him, I don't really want him to leave.

He's made Calleigh happier than I've seen her in months.

"Horatio's alright." She said, defending her boss.

"He wasn't too happy with me though. I don't think he likes me much…" Peter mused.

"Well, that's Horatio for you. He's really a nice guy and he's been really supportive over the last few months. He helped me; he helped all of us though."

"What, through Speedle's death?"

"Yeah."

Calleigh looked down at her lap.

She obviously didn't want to talk about me with Peter.

I'm glad of it.

It's very difficult to hear others talk about you when you can't go and stand up for yourself.

I've been suffering that for too long.

"Calleigh," Peter said, breaking the uneasy silence, "are you sure you're alright with me going back to Washington? I'm sure I could stay another day-"

"I'm fine!" she snapped.

She didn't like people worrying about her and Peter being protective annoyed her a lot.

I thought back to how annoyed she had been when Eric stopped someone from hitting her. Then, Eric had a reason to be protective.

Peter checking on her for no good reason, other than genuinely caring, was something that totally infuriated her.

She seemed to realise that she had been a little mean to Peter.

All he did was care for her and she had bitten his head of for it.

She bit her lip and mumbled "I didn't mean it to sound like that."

"It's okay."

As he spoke, he put his arm around Calleigh's shoulder.

I expected her to jump away from him as if she had been scalded, but she didn't.

In fact, se did the total opposite.

She shuffled a bit closer to him on the sofa and leaned against him.

I was very surprised at her movement.

I rounded the sofa, hoping to see their faces.

When I did, I suddenly understood why Calleigh had been acting odd.

Her expression told me everything I needed to know.

She doesn't want Peter to leave.

She will miss him when he's gone.

I'm not quite sure if I'm seeing this.

She has become close enough to someone to miss them when they are not there and to allow them to comfort her.

I thought, that if she ever let that happen, she'd be most likely to let Eric into her life.

I mean, they used to stay at each other's houses sometimes and I saw them hugging once after they had had a hard day.

I thought that Eric might be the one person that Calleigh might let into her bubble.

I knew I would never be so lucky. We were always just good friends.

But I didn't expect that she would let someone in that no one else knows about.

Someone that people at the department, her closest friends, don't like or even know.

I really don't believe this, but Calleigh Duquesne is starting to feel.