Eric kept his eyes out for Natalia for the rest of the day and he at first had no luck but, just before 11.30 that morning, he spotted her heading towards the elevator with her handbag. Horatio had said that she was off to the doctors for her follow up appointment and she wouldn't be coming back to work after, so he knew that this was his chance. He chased after her, grabbing her hand to stop her.

"Hey, I've been looking for you." He tried to explain. Natalia ripped her hand away as if it were on fire, still royally pissed.

"Yeah, I've been busy." It hadn't been a total lie. Sure, she had spent a good majority of the morning with her head in a bucket but that counted as being busy.

Eric sighed, his rehearsed speech right out the window. "Look, here me out, OK?" He almost begged.

"You have until the elevator gets here." She said simply, reaching past him and pressing 'down' four times.

"Dan Cooper has a big mouth…" He began, but Natalia cut him off.

"Yeah." She knew that part. "But is he a liar?"

"He just talks too much." He answered, realising only after he said it that he hadn't answered the question.

"But pretty pointedly though, I would say." She wanted to shout at him, but she remembered where she was and lowered her voice. "Beach volleyball with half naked girls writhing in the sand. And those are just the fans."

Eric didn't get why she was annoyed at the moment. He was allowed to appreciate another woman and hang out with her as a friend, wasn't he? "Look Natalia, you and I… we are keeping it out of work. I mean we said that, didn't we?" He asked, trying to reason with her. They had agreed to hide the relationship from the lab team and that's what he was trying to do for Coopers sake.

Her gaze softened, as did her tone. "We did… I think I said it first, actually."

"So then why all the drama?" He asked, determined to get to the bottom of it. Maybe it was a time of month for her. No… that was meant to be a few weeks ago.

"Eric…" She began, but the elevator interrupted her. "Forget it." She went to move past him and step in the elevator, but he got in with her.

"No, I don't want to forget it. You were going to tell me something. What?" He was getting frustrated; not with her, but with the whole argument they were having.

"There are just complications, OK?!" Her whisper was sharp and exasperated. She could feel her head start to spin and her stomach flip again.

"Complications like what?" Eric was past the point of playing games. He wanted to know what the hell was going on.

"Like I'm late." She tried to explain, folding her arms across her chest.

"For what?" He asked with a scoff.

He has three sisters; how can he not know what I mean? "I'm late." She emphasised with a sigh as the doors began to close.

Shit. Shit shit shit. "Oh my God." His words were simple and were delivered as the doors closed. As soon as they did, he pressed the Emergency button and halted the descent. In the dimmed elevator, he put his hand on hers. "Talk to me."

"What do you want me to say?" Natalia asked, keeping hold of Eric's hand.

"You can't drop some news on me like that and then run. Are you sure about this?" He said, taking the time to really appreciate his girlfriend in the lighting. Either his eyes were playing tricks on him or her chest looked like it had increased in size. Which was strange, because she had seemed to not gain weight anywhere else.

"Well," She sighed, tugging her bag closer to her. She had always wanted a family of her own, and it was something that had come up in talks with Eric recently. But she though it would be happening later in their relationship. Not now. "Those home tests don't really work on me and Doctor Cooper can't see me until this afternoon." She tried to explain, her words coming out of her a million miles an hour.

"Right, and then after you see him…" Eric offered, his own head spinning at the possibility of becoming a father. Well, mami would be happy.

"Her." Natalia corrected.

"Her." Eric re-iterated. "Then… then what do we do?" He asked, his heart in his throat. Hearing the words, Natalia smiled to herself and looked down, giggling softly. "What?"

"It's nothing." She almost whispered, laughing it off.

"It's something, What?" Eric asked. He never thought he could love this woman anymore than he did right now. Even if the test came back negative, or positive, he knew his feelings for Natalia were genuine.

"It's just nice that…" She had no idea where to take this conversation. "You said 'we'."

"It takes two to tango," Eric reminded her, pulling her close to him and kissing her softly. "Can I go with you?" He asked. "I can tell H later…"

"What about the case?" She asked, still pressing herself up against him. As much as she wanted him with her, she also wanted to be alone.

"He won't mind… Please." He wasn't one to beg, but this was different circumstances. Natalia sighed and nodded, pressing the power button on the elevator again.

"Ok."