Chapter 2

Horatio left his office in search of Calleigh. He saw Speed who was on his way to the break room. "Hey Speed, could you please wait?"

Speed stopped. "Oh, oh has he noticed that I've observed him?" He turned to Horatio. "Ehm, Horatio I didn't …"

He was interrupted by Horatio. "Do you know where Calleigh is?"

On the one hand Speed was relieved, but on the other hand confused. Horatio looked at him full of expectation. "I guess she is in the firearms lab, where else?" he said to Horatio, but in his mind he thought "I haven't seen him so confused before." Horatio looked at him with a smile "Oh, yes, thank you Speed. What did you want to say before I interrupted you?"

"Oh nothing Horatio, nothing important."

"Ok." And Horatio walked away.

"Crazy", Speed said to himself. He shook his head and entered the break room. "Hey Delko, do you know what's going on with Horatio and Calleigh?"

"I have no idea."

"Great as smart as before."

Before he arrived at the gun lab he met Alexx, who was leaving it. "Hey Horatio. What are you doing here?"

"Hey Alexx, I'm looking for Calleigh. Is she in the firearms lab?"

"Indeed she is, H."

"Is she alone?"

"Ehm, yeah, she was when I left her."

"Ok, thanks Alexx."

"Don't mention it." She left him with a smile. "Better than I expected."

Horatio was nervous; he stood in front of the door. Should he knock, or should he just enter the room? He opted for the second. When he entered the room he saw Calleigh filling in her results. She wore her blond hair as a plain, but one strand fall in her face. "How beautiful she is", he thought. He harrumphed to call her attention to him. Calleigh jerked. "Hey Cal, didn't want to scare you."

"Oh, hi H. No you didn't scare me. Do you want to check my results?"

"Ehm, no. Can I talk to you in private?" Calleigh didn't know why, but somehow she was scared about what will come next. Did he find out about her feelings for him? "Ehm, yes of course you can", Calleigh said unsure. "About what?"

"No not here. What about dinner tonight, when shift is over?" "Please say yes" he thought.

Did she listen properly? Was this an invitation for a date? "No, he just wants to talk in private" Calleigh thought.

"Calleigh? Are you listening?"

"What? Yes I am. I'm looking forward the dinner, handsome."

There was again this feeling in Horatios' stomach. "Fine, I'll pick you up at seven?" "All right handsome. I'll be ready for you."

Horatio left the lab with a bright smile. "Perfect, easier than I expected", he thought.

What he didn't know, was, that Calleigh and Alexx had the same idea of a dinner. And that Calleigh was really relieved that he asked first, because she wasn't sure if she would have been so brave to ask him out for a dinner.

Horatio entered the break room, where Speed and Eric were playing videogames. "Hey guys."

"Hey H", both replied.

"Isn't this a beautiful day?"

"Ehm, H are you drunken? Have you had a look outside the window? It's raining and maybe there will be a thunderstorm. It's anything else than a wonderful day" said Speed.

"Do you think so?" Horatio smiled.

"Hey H, why are you smiling?" Eric asked.

"I think H has a date tonight", Speed joked.

Horatio just smiled knowing and abstained from a commend.

"Who is the lucky one H? Do we know her?"

"Maybe. I have to leave you guys, there are some reports I have to sign up waiting in my office. Bye guys."

"Who do you think is it?" Eric asked.

"I have no idea. But this explains his weird behaviour."

5 minutes after Horatio had left the break room, Calleigh entered it. "Hey guys. What are you doing?"

"Playing videogames of course."

"Ok", Calleigh responded diverted. "What a wonderful day, isn't it?"

"Oh no not again", Speed said peeved.

"Why?"

"Because we had the same conversation with H 5 minutes ago. "It's a crappy weather outside. So don't tell us something about a wonderful day."

"Hey Cal, why are you smiling the whole time?" Eric asked.

"I'm smiling?" Calleigh asked unsuspectingly.

"Yes you are."

"Oh it's nothing. I'm just happy. Bye guys." She left the room.

"I think they are both drunken" Speed said while he was shaking his head.

"I have another idea."

"So? Tell me."

"H is happy, because he has a date with a woman we possibly know. Cal is as happy as he is. Put one and one together Speed."

"You think that…?"

"Yep."

"No. Really?"

"Why not? It is about time that they have a date. Couldn't look at that any longer. Flirting and touching all the time."

"Didn't notice that."

"Oh well Speed, you are not that sensible as I am."

"Ha ha."

tbc

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