Title: Life has it's reasons

Author:Chickee1

Rating: PG-13, language

Summary: Marisol has news for Horatio, but with obstacles in her way will she be able to tell him in time.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything or anyone from CSI Miami. I am only a fan who enjoys writing stories that take an interest in the show.

Authors Note: This is my take on what should happen after the episode 'Driven'. Spoilers included. I am a H/C fan, but H/M makes for an interesting story line. H/C later on...possibly.

The next morning, Horatio work up to find himself alone in bed. "Calleigh" he called as he rose from the bed. "Calleigh where are you". As he headed into the kitchen he found her sitting at the table with a cup of coffee. "I didn't want to wake you, there's fresh coffee" she said with a smile.

As he walked up to her, he placed a soft kiss on her cheek "Good morning, and thank you" he said. "So what are you doing?" he asked as he took a seat beside her. "I'm looking through baby names, I thought if you wanted we could choose...but if you don't want too" she started but was stopped by Horatio as he placed his hand over hers.

"It's okay, I'm okay. So has the doctor told you what we're going to have?" he asked. Calleigh nodded her head and turned to the boys names. "A boy" Horatio said with a smile. "I was looking at Jacob Tyler" she said. "Jacob Tyler...Caine" whispered Horatio.

"It's prefect...well that was easy" he said smiling. As he rose from his seat he headed to the fridge, "Do you want some breakfast?" he asked. Turning her head, Calleigh looked up at him, "That would be great, but we still have to figure out a name" she said.

"I thought we decided on Jacob Tyler" answered Horatio. "We did...but we need to think of another name..." she said quietly. "You mean...twins...we're going to have twins" Horatio said loudly as he walked over to Calleigh and pulled her into a hug. "Yes" she said. "Honey that's great...another boy" he asked. Calleigh shook her head, "Nope, one of each".

"So how long are we going to be short handed?" asked Ryan as he and Alex entered the Al's grocery store. "Eric's taken some personal time, thanks to Horatio. He told Eric that even if he came to work he wouldn't be able to concentrate. And Calleigh is still on maternity leave and Horatio has also taken some time" answered Alex.

"No he hasn't" said Horatio as he approached the two. "H thought you were on leave..how's Calleigh doing?" asked Ryan. "She's fine...did you know that we're having twins?" he asked with a smile on his face. Both quickly looked up, "Twins" they said.

"Twins, she told me this morning while we were picking out names". "Horatio that's great news...how are you doing?" asked Alex as she pulled Horatio to the side. "Considering, I"m doing good. It's still hard...losing Marisol and my daughter...but Calleigh has given me that gift back...we're going to be okay" he answered. "So what do we have here?" he asked.

"Robbery gone wrong" answered Ryan. "Name is Joshua Henderson 32" Tripp said as he entered the store. "Witnesses say, to teens came in shouting, one pulled a gun on Mr Henderson and when he refused to give them the money they shot him."

"Any descriptions are the teens" asked Ryan. "No, said they were wearing masks" Tripp said shaking his head. "Have we found our murder weapon?" asked Horatio. "9mm, was found in the dumpsters behind the store...but there's one problem...it's fake"

"How can a fake gun kill someone" asked Alex. "It can't...which means...means we have another suspect" Horatio said as he placed his sunglasses on and headed out. "He's back" Ryan said with a chuckle.

"Alex what do we have?" asked Horatio as he walked up the to autopsy table. "One shot to the head, through and through. Other than that there's nothing...but I did find what looks like skin under the nails, maybe he got a hold of his attacker." she said as she handed him the skin cells. "I'll get this up to trace, thank you Alex".

"Mr Wolfe, how are you doing with those finger prints at the grocery store?"Horatio asked as he entered the lab. "Got one match...a Greg Styles...previous record states he did time for armed robbery and assault. Was released 5 days " answered Ryan. "I'll go and talk to Mr Styles, I need you to run this, skin found under Mr Henderson's nails..than meet me at this address for precessing".

"Are you Greg Styles?" asked Horatio as he took off his sunglasses and placed them on his neck. "Yes and you are?" "Horatio Caine with the Miami Dade Police. I have a few questions for you...starting with how'd you get that scarp on your face" asked Horatio.

"Cat...my got scared and scratched me." answered Greg. "When was the last time you were at Al's grocery store, just around the corner". "Never" he said shaking his head. "How can taht be...we found your prints there, and it is now a crime scene. Do you know a Joshua Henderson?" asked Horatio.

"No...are you accusing me of murder?" yelled Greg. "Depends, did you commit murder recently?" asked Horatio. "I want you out of my house...now" he said. "The only way we're leaving is with you, we have a warrant for your arrest" Horatio said as he pulled the warrant of out his jacket. "Officer, please escort this man back to CSI headquarters for questioning."

"H, I ran the skin found under Henderson's nails, it's a match for Greg Styles." Ryan said as he walked up towards Horatio. "He's been taken into custody. Let's process and see if we can actually find the murder weapon", Horatio said as he took out his flashlight and began to look around.

Upon entering the kitchen, Horatio heard a beeping sound. As he approached the microwave he opened it up. "What'd you find H?" asked Ryan. "Our murder weapon" he answered. "This guy is not the smartest murder...can a murder actually be this simple to solve?" asked Ryan. "Mr Wolfe, no murder is easy to solve, it depends on how smart the murder is... and in this case he's below average."

"Mr Wolfe have you seen any sign of a cat around here?" asked Horatio. "No, no food dishes...no cat..not even the sign of a cat being here, why?" he asked. "Mr Styles stated that his cat scratched his face...I'm going to go and have a talk with him, let me know if you find anything else".

"Horatio, there are two teenaged boys waiting to speak with you. They said it's about the murder today". As Horatio entered the waiting room, he looked down at the two boys, "What can I help you with gentleman?" he asked.

"We know we should've said something before...but we were scared, the guy said that he'd kill us if we said anything?" one of them said. "What are your names?" asked Horatio. "I'm Jeremy and this is Kalem" "Tell me what happened" said Horatio as he took a seat beside them.

"We were skipping school and this guy came out of no where and gave us each $50 to put masks on and pull a gun on the owner at Al's. We knew the gun was fake, so we went in. But Mr Henderson recognized us even with out masks on, he told us to go back to school and that's when the guy that paid us came in" explained Jeremy.

"He told us that we disappointed him and told us to leave. As we were leaving we heard yelling, something about a girl...than the guy pulled a gun and shot Mr Henderson". Said Kalme as he pulled his knees to his chest. "Are we in trouble?" asked Jeremy.

Horatio shook his head, "The only trouble you are in, is for not being in school. I'm going to get you to give this officer your phone numbers so that he may call your parents. Thank you for the help gentleman".

"Mr Styles, how about you start telling me the truth about what happened" Horatio said as he placed a folder down on the table. "I don't know what your talking about" he said. "I have two eye witnesses that can put you at Al's and I have enough evidence to prove that you were at Al's and that the gun that I found in your microwave was the gun that killed Joshua Henderson." started Horatio.

"Those stupid kids, should've stayed in school" whispered Greg. "Why don't you tell me about the girl" said Horatio.

"Josh...was seeing my sister and she became pregnant. Everything was fine, until about a week ago they were in a car accident both my sister and the baby were killed. I knew that Josh had been drinking but the police said they didn't find anything. My sister was the only family I had left and Josh killed her...So I killed him" he finished.

"Well Greg, the next time you plan to murder someone, you might want to do some reading up on it. You left enough evidence that even without those two boys we would've caught you anyways. And now your going back, and never getting out" said Horatio as he watched the officer place the cuffs on him and lead Greg out of the room.

"How did work go?" called Calleigh as she heard the door close. "Horatio" she called as she stepped out of the kitchen and into the living room. "Horatio is that you" she said. Suddenly, she felt a hand cover her mouth. "If you scream...I'll kill you" the voice said.

dun dun dun, lol I love doing that. Please R/R...whats going to happen?and who is it? R/R and you'll find out.