Chapter 2
The next day Eric found himself sitting in a boring staff meeting. Horatio had just finished giving them a lecture about the importance of filling out all of the paper work for their cases (during which Calleigh had been making snide comments to Eric about how much paper work he left undone), when Calleigh got up to make a short little presentation to a visitor from the federal crime lab. Eric, who was slightly irritated at Calleigh at that moment, suddenly got an evil idea. He smiled mischievously as Calleigh began her speech. A few lines into her presentation, Eric casually rubbed his throat, causing Calleigh to catch a bad case of the hiccups.
"The Miami crime...Hic!...lab has had an increase of 30 percent...Hic!...in its solve rates since last year, making it one...Hic!...of the most successful crime labs in the...Hic!...country." Calleigh said, trying to give her speech around the hiccups. Suddenly it dawned on her what was going on. She continued her speech, but sent a glare Eric's way. When he caught her gaze he simply smiled and rubbed his throat again, releasing her from her curse. A few moments later, however, with Calleigh watching, Eric again rubbed his throat, this time giving Calleigh hiccups so severe that she could barely talk. She finished her presentation, although she wasn't sure how much of the information had gotten through to her audience, and took her seat. As she sat down, Eric rubbed his throat and the hiccups stopped.
"You are so dead!" she whispered venomously in Eric's ear.
"I love you too." Eric whispered back trying not to snicker.
Calleigh spent the rest of the day trying to figure out how to get Eric back for the trick he had pulled on her. It wasn't until she found Natalia in the DNA lab later that afternoon, that she decided on a plan of action.
"So what are you doing this weekend?" Natalia asked as they waited for the sample to finish processing.
"Oh the usual," Calleigh said smiling, "Date with Ryan, then catching up on household chores. What about you?"
"Eric and I are going to dinner on Friday and then who knows what." Natalia said smiling.
"Oh really," Calleigh said, an evil smile curling her lip, "Where's he taking you?"
"The Edgemont," Natalia said, naming an upscale restaurant downtown.
"That sounds like a lot of fun." Calleigh said, still grinning at her plan. Just then the printer released the results of the swab which Calleigh snatched up and then she left the lab. 'Boy is Eric in for a surprising date this weekend' Calleigh thought as she headed for the layout room.