Speedfanatic05: Nothing bad's going to happen. I've changed my mind. Nothing bad's going to happen to Tim, Calleigh, Olivia or Sandra. Haha, yeah right! What kind of Talleigh fic would that be? lol.
Chapter 16!
Now, Horatio Caine was never the man to fall asleep on the job. But there's always a first time for everything right?
Frank Tripp knocked on Horatio's office door and when he didn't get an answer he let himself in. He sighed slightly and walked over to his desk and tapped Horatio on the shoulder lightly. "Horatio...wake up. Horatio."
Horatio sat up slightly. "What's a matter?"
"We got another letter?"
Horatio rubbed the sleep from his eyes and grabbed a pair of gloves and took the letter from Tripp. "Just you touched this?"
Frank nodded. "Just me, Paula, and the delivery girl who dropped it off."
Horatio nodded and looked at the outside of the letter. "This is addressed to the Crime Lab."
"I know, there normally sent to Speedle. That's why I thought you should see this one." Horatio sighed and opened the letter and vs. it being in shreds it was a whole piece of paper. "That's not the normal format is it?"
"No, Frank its not."
"So what is he telling us?"
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(this little part is going to be in the view of the crazed bomber)
I sit in my seat which is a few seats away from them. They got into fight. That means my plan is working. If you break them up you bring Speedle down its as easy as that. He got up and went to the bathroom. No doubt he's splashing water on his face, trying to calm himself down. But i've gotten into his head to much now. There's no backing out now. He knows who I am. I probably shouldn't have revealed myself to him. But I had to do something. I was getting bored with this cat and mouse game. I look over and I see her sitting in her seat with her right arm on the window seat. I see her shoulders shaking slightly, pure sign that she's crying her eyes out. Why doesnt she just leave him? If he causes her this much pain why doesn't she just leave? Pack her things and get the hell out. Oh yes that's right. She loves him. Yes i've heared that one to many times out of her mouth in situations I would have perfered not to hear them. But Speedle has it coming. After what he did to my sister he has it coming. I shake my head slightly remembering that day, that day she was crying her eyes out because he broke up with her. And for what? So him and his punk friend could go through the academy? Oh, yes believe me he came up with a good reason. "I'm going down to Miami, you know these long distance relationships never work out. And besides if something were to happen to me, I know you Gloria you'd think it was your fault and I couldn't handle that. Whether I was dead or not. So I just think its best that we don't see eachother anymore." I believe those were his exact words. Speedle was always the charmer. He won my sister over and that is a very VERY hard thing to do.
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Horatio walked down the hall to DNA and opened the door slightly. "Maxine? What's wrong?"
Valera shook her head as she wiped the tears from her face. "Nothing." Horatio gave her the usual Horatio look and Valera smiled slightly. "Lt. That look hasn't worked on me in the past, and it doesn't work on me now. I'm fine."
Horatio laughed slightly. "Have you seen Eric?"
Valera sighed. "No, not since he left."
"He left?"
Valera nodded. "He said this isn't what he signed on for. So he just left. I checked the house, the docks, I tried calling him. He's not answering me."
Horatio nodded. "Alright, well. Its, Eric he just needs a little alone time. He'll come around." Valera nodded. "When you see him tell him i'm looking for him?" Valera nodded once again. "Alright, you hang in there."
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Tim came in from the girl's room and began to unpack his suitcase. "The girls are asleep."
Calleigh nodded as she placed her jeans back in the drawer. "Good."
Tim sighed and sat down on the edge of the bed. "I was uh...dating this girl in high school. We were pretty serious. I was baseball captain she was cheerleading captain. Everything was good. I hung out with her brother after school. Her parents loved my parents and vise versa. For awhile there I was thinking of marrying her."
Calleigh closed the drawer and turned around folding her arms across her chest. But not moving any further then that.
"But me and Ricky decided to become cops. I got a scholorship to University of Miami and so did Ricky. I broke things off with her. I told her that a long distance relationship wouldn't work out. She said she'd go to Miami but she got excepted to Harvard, I couldn't ask her to give up her dream to come and be with me. So I broke things off with her."
Calleigh took her eyes off the carpet and looked over at Tim who had his elbows on his knee's and was staring off into the distance. Calleigh couldn't help but think that he looked like scared little boy.
"I never new who killed, Ricky. The police couldn't find him. The crime lab wasn't as well established back then as it is now. So he got away. And I guess...I got out of detective work and became a CSI in hopes that maybe one day he'd slip up again and I'd catch him and put him away. Not only for the next person he killed but for Ricky to. He was my best friend Calleigh. And I.." Tim's voice caught in his throat and Calleigh's heart broke at the sound of it. She walked over and sat down next to him taking his right hand in her left.
Tim squeezed her hand lightly. "And I killed him."
Calleigh shook her head her mind finally letting her form words again. "No, baby you didn't. You didn't pull that trigger."
Tim shook his head. "The guy told us to give him money, we said we didn't have any. So then he told us to give him our watches. So we did. But then I remembered my mom gave me some money before I left the house in case me and Ricky got hungry while we were out. So I reached into my back pocket and I..."
Calleigh could feel tears falling down her cheeks. Seeing Tim like this just tore her apart. She let go of his hand and took her left hand and rubbed his back gently.
"I pulled out the money and Ricky saw the gun and he pushed me out of the way. He..He took a bullet for me. He died because of me!" Calleigh jumped slightly as Tim's voice increased. Tim got up from the bed and walked over to the dresser, he took his hands and shoved everything onto the floor. Calleigh sat on the bed and watched him intently. "He died because of me." Tim said in a much quieter voice. Calleigh got up from the bed and turned him around into a hug. Calleigh rubbed his back as he cried. "It's all my fault."
"No, baby its not. Its not your fault." Calleigh sat down on the floor still holding him, un able to support his weight anymore, rocking him gently as he continued to cry. "Everything's going to be ok. I'm here now. It's alright."
TBC...Alrighty now time for some homework. Pardon me while I jump for joy. Rolls eyes