Chapter 5

Calleigh was on her way to the firearms lab, to check the results for the present case. But before she got there, she was intercepted by Alexx. "Hey sugar."

"Hey Alexx, is there nobody waiting for you in the morgue?"

"Oh I think he can wait" she smiled. "Tell me."

"Tell you what?" she asked innocently.

"About your date with Horatio."

"Horatio?"

"Yes, Horatio. Don't fool me Cal. I know everything. I saw you in his car. So start." "Did you tell someone?"

"No? Should I?"

"No he doesn't want to make it official right now."

"Oh, ok. So you mentioned official, what would be official sugar?"

"We're a couple, Alexx" her eyes sparkled.

"No? Really? Oh, that's fantastic. I'm so glad for you, for both of you. Since when?" "The day before yesterday evening."

"So he invited you for a date?"

"Yes." She told her the whole story about their date and their day off.

"That's romantic" was everything Alexx could say.

"I know, Alexx, I know. But I'm a little bit sad."

"Why?"

"Because we're happy, but we can't share it with our friends."

"Cal don't be sad. I can understand his scrupulosity. Couple or not, he is still your boss. I guess he will wait for the right moment. You know him, he doesn't like unpleasant surprises."

"Yes, I think you're right."

"If there is something else, please call me. I think my guest has waited long enough." "Bye Alexx."

"Bye Cal."

But Calleigh wasn't the only one who was interrogated about the date.

Horatio was on his way to his office, but Speed and Eric intercepted and pulled him to the break room.

They looked at him nosy.

"What?"

"We want to hear everything about your date."

"It was good."

"Good? When I see your smile, it was more than good" said Speed.

"Can't tell you guys. Sorry." Disappointment would be an understatement. He left them.

"What was that?" Delkos' mouth was wide open in surprise.

"I have no idea." Speed replied and shrugged his shoulders.

"Maybe I was wrong and it wasn't Cal."

"Hm, I thought you're so sensible Delko" Speed said amused.

"Oh, leave me alone Speed."

They left the break room and turned to their jobs.

Horatio entered his office and was surprised that somebody was waiting for him.

"Yelina, what are you doing here?"

"I'm waiting for you, what do you think?"

"What can I do for you? Is something wrong with you or Ray jr.?"

"No, we're doing fine. I want to talk with you about the case and something else." "Ok, I'm listening."

"First we have a suspect."

"Really? That's good. We just need some samples of him and we know if he is the murderer."

"Yes."

"But that wasn't everything, or? You've said that you'll talk with me about something else?"

"Well, Ray jr. misses you. So I want to ask you, if you'll come this evening to have dinner with us?"

"And Stetler?"

"We broke up a week ago."

"Oh. I'm sorry Yelina."

"You don't have to be sorry. You were right, I see clearly now."

"Good to hear that."

"So what about dinner?"

"Ehm, I'm really sorry Yelina, but.."

"But what? Are you visiting a widow?"

"Nooo, actually… I..have…a.. date."

"A date?"

"Yes. I'm so sorry, but there was you and Stetler and… you know I had feelings for you, but I've found someone else."

Yelina didn't know what to say. She missed her chance and it was her own fault. She had tears in her eyes. "I'm sorry Horatio, but" she was about to leave.

Horatio stopped her and embraced her. "You know" he started "I loved you… for a long time. But you had Stetler and I fell in love with another lovely person. I will always love you, but not the same way I did before."

She looked in his eyes. "Who is it Horatio?"

"I can't tell you. I'm sorry."

"Ok. Since when?"

"Two days."

"Good luck" she said spitefully and left the room.

First Horatio tried to stop her, but he knew how she felt. She felt the same way he did when she began to date Stetler. "She will calm down, I'm sure" he said to himself. He sat down on his chair and started to overview the reports of his colleagues.

tbc

A/N Hope you like this chapter