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Summary: Spoilers for 'Lost Son'. Calleigh has memories of the time she spent with Speed.
Pairings: Calleigh and Speed.
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Meanwhile, in Ballistics, Calleigh was testing the shell casing she had found at the scene. Under normal circumstances she wouldn't have had to even test it, but her mind was so out of it lately that she just wanted to make sure. She put on the eye goggles and the ear muffs. Then she picked up the gun and fired.
She had to tell him. She had to tell him what was bothering her. Calleigh knew that Speed could tell something was wrong. She hated not telling him, but she knew that if she did, he would worry about her and she didn't want that. However, Calleigh made the decision to tell him the next morning.
The next morning, Calleigh woke up to the sound of running water. She turned over in bed and tried desperately not to open her eyes. This was an adamant task, what with the sun streaming through the window and the crash of the Atlantic Ocean against the beach. She got up and shut the window, which Speed must have opened when he got up. She then turned around at the sound of the door slowly creaking open.
Speed stood in the doorway, with a towel wrapped around his waist. "Good, you're awake,"Speed said, as he reached for a pair of pants and pulled them on.
"Uh, yeah," Calleigh said, evading his eyes. All of a sudden, Calleigh felt a dizzy sensation overcome her. She tried to grab the closest thing to her, but all her hands grasped was air and she fell, hitting her head on the side of the bed.
Speed quickly rushed to her side, picked her up, and gently placed her on the bed. He mellowly started slapping her face and when she didn't wake up, he hurried to the bathroom. He grabbed a cloth and put it under warm water. He rinsed the cloth out, so it would only be damp and rushed back to Calleigh. He placed the damp cloth on her forehead. At first, nothing seemed to be happening, but then her eyes started to flicker, and finally, they opened. She tried to get up, but quickly fell back down, as her vision was still a bit hazy.
Calleigh hadn't wanted him to find out this way. She had wanted to tell him over breakfast or before they left for work.
He was very meticulous, so Calleigh was actually surprised that he didn't know what was specifically bothering her.
Once again, she got up, but this time with the help of Speed. He looked into her deep brown eyes and asked, "Do you want to tell me what happened?"
Of course she didn't, but she had no other choice. After all, he was a CSI, so he would eventually figure it out. Finally, she nodded in acquiescence. "I have a tumor," Calleigh blurted out. She knew that Speed would react, but she didn't know how badly.
He fell back onto the bed with a soft thump.
Calleigh had never seen Speed cry before, after all, he had a tough outer appearance, but when Calleigh told him, he just broke down.
Just the though of that day brought tears to her eyes. She took her ear muffs and eye goggles off to find Eric standing behind her. She didn't want him to see her crying, so she quickly wiped away the tears. Calleigh knew that Eric wouldn't judge her for crying at work, after all, Eric and Speed had been really tight.
Eric took a step toward her and put his arms around her in a tight embrace.
Calleigh couldn't hold it anymore and she burst out crying.
"Calleigh, it's okay," Eric soothed her.
Calleigh lifted her head from his shoulders and looked at him. "No, it's not," Calleigh told Eric, sharply, "It's never going to be okay."
"Sure it will. Just give it time." Eric knew that Calleigh wasn't going to get over the loss of Speed anytime soon, but he wanted to do everything he could to make her feel a little better. By this time, Calleigh was only sniffling, so Eric couldn't help but think that his words had helped a little.