Chapter 5

Monday morning found a very irrate blond stalking the halls of CSI in search of a certain Cuban conspirator. She found him in the largest layout room working on a case.

"What the heck did you think you were pulling Saturday night?" she said, staring him down.

"Just a little pay back for Friday night." he said meeting her gaze.

"That was a joke!" she yelled, "You screwed up a perfectly good proposal."

"A joke!" Eric shot back, "I lost my girlfriend because of you!"

"She'll come back to you," Calleigh said, leaning in, "But I can never get back last night, it was a one time deal!"

"It was just a stupid proposal Cal!" Eric yelled back, "As long as you said yes, it doesn't matter what happened that night!"

"Just a proposal! JUST a proposal!" Calleigh yelled, her eyes filled with fire, "You make me sick!" She stuck her finger down her throat to prove her point. Eric gagged.

"Oh yeah?" Eric said, rubbing his throat, giving Calleigh a severe case of hiccups.

Calleigh replied by gagging Eric again and again. Eric increased the power of Calleigh's hiccups. Eventually it got to the point where they both could barely breathe.

"Truce? Hic! Hic! Hic!" Calleigh panted.

"Okay" Eric squeaked out.

Both released their holds on each other and they collapse to the ground breathing heavily.

"I'm sorry about Natalia," Calleigh said after a few moments, "I'll talk to her, explain the whole thing."

Eric nodded, clutching his stomach. "I'm sorry about your proposal," he added, "I wish I could make it up to you."

She smiled. "No you were right," she said, "The important thing was that I said yes."

They both sat in silence for a few minutes before Calleigh started to laugh. Eric joined her and pretty soon they were both laughing so hard that they were nearly crying. The stupidity of it all! Soon their fits of laughter got the attention of most of the crime lab. Horatio came in followed by the rest the CSI 'family'.

"What is going on in here?" asked Horatio, totally bewildered by the fact that two of his finest CSI were lying on the ground convulsing with fits of laughter.

"Nothing, H," Eric said gaining enough composure to stand and offer a hand to Calleigh to help her up.

"Nothing you would understand anyway," Calleigh mumbled just loud enough that only Eric could hear.

"Alright then I suggest we all get back to work," Horatio said turning for the door.

Just before he got there Ryan rubbed his eyes and said, "I have a feeling this is going to be a very long day." The moment that Ryan rubbed his eyes, Horatio sneezed very loudly.

"Bless you!" Calleigh said.

"Wait a minute Ryan," Eric said, a smile curling up his face, "do that again."

"What?" Ryan asked confused.

"Rub your eyes." Eric said unable to suppress a grin.

"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Calleigh asked, grinning up at Eric.

"Oh yeah!" Eric laughed.

Ryan rubbed his eyes again and they were rewarded with another sneeze from Horatio. Both Calleigh and Eric dissolved into peals of hysterical laughter, neither one being able to stop long enough to explain it their very confused co-workers.

The End