Chapter 27

An hour later the doctor walked over to the waiting area where Horatio and Calleigh were sitting, or at least until they saw the doctor. The doctor told them that they could talk in his office. So, the couple followed the doctor towards his office.

Once inside the office, the doctor told them to take a sit. Then, Horatio took Calleigh's hand and asked him. "So doctor, what's the news, is everything normal?"

He held a straight face for a few seconds before he replied with a growing smile. "Well, I think for most couples this would classify as better than normal."

They looked at him confused, but with less worry since he was smiling, then the doctor finished as he looked at Calleigh. "Congratulations Ms. Duquesne, you are pregnant."

They looked at the doctor very shocked on what he just said, then Calleigh cleared her throat and asked. "Excuse me, did you just say pregnant?" The doctor nodded with his smile getting bigger as he handed her the test results. Calleigh looked at it with wide-eyes before looking at Horatio, and after a few more seconds of shock going through him while he looked at the results, he looked at her and started to smile. She started to smile too before saying. "I'm pregnant, I'm pregnant!"

He started to chuckle, and it was so good to hear him laugh because that was first time he laughed in almost two weeks, then he cupped her cheek and replied. "Yes we are." Before he brings her closer to him and kisses her passionately on the lips. She responded quickly as the doctor looked down and smiled, happy for the couple.

When they finally pulled back, they hugged each other for a few minutes to savor this, then when they pulled back from that, Horatio held out his hand to the doctor and said. "Thank you."

The doctor chuckled as he shook the older man's hand. "You're welcome, but I had nothing to do with it, I swear." They all chuckled this time as Horatio and the doctor released hands, then he looked at Calleigh and continued. "I can recommend the best OB/GYN for you, and make a special request on having her see you today, if you want."

Calleigh looked at Horatio and he nodded with another smile, so Calleigh looked at the doctor again and replied. "Please do that."

"OK, I'll give her a call."

They nodded, then, Horatio kissed her temple and whispered how much he loved her.

After the OB/GYN appointment, where they found nothing was out the ordinary, the couple ordered some take-out and went back home to eat it, and after their dinner was done, Calleigh grabbed some clothes to take a shower while Horatio cleaned up.

By the time Calleigh walked out of the shower, she saw Horatio laying in bed looking at the sonogram that they had taken just a few hours earlier.

She grabbed her hair brush, walked over to the bed and started brushing her hair as she sat on the bed, then after a few minutes of silence, she cleared her throat. "Horatio, can we talk?"

He puts the sonogram picture on the night stand before sitting up and turning so he was looking right at her. "Sure what is it?"

She stopped brushing for a few seconds before speaking again. "I know this baby isn't going to replace the one that you lost, I need you to know that I understand that."

When the shock had finally wore out in Calleigh, she was worried that he thought that she thought their baby could replace the one that he just lost.

Horatio nodded his head and replied. "No child will ever replace the one that I'll never have, I do know that, and I know that isn't what you are thinking either because you have more compassion than that."

He cupped her cheek and replied. "Even though the loss didn't happen to you, I know you felt it, maybe not as deep but it was there. I could see in your eyes that you were hurting too, you were just trying to put that aside so you could be there for me, and you don't know how much I appreciate that. How much your love and support has helped me through that difficult time."

She nodded with a few tears going down her cheek. After he wiped a few of them away, he placed his other hand on her stomach and continued. "And with that being said, this child is a miracle and will be loved with everything that I have."

As love reflected in their eyes for their baby and to each other, she replied softly. "And with everything I have too."

She placed her hand on top of his that was on her stomach, then after a few swipes of his thumb, wiping a few tears away, he brings her closer to him, whispering. "I love you Cal."

Right before their lips touched, she replied back. "I love you too, Handsome."

They kissed for countless minutes, then they pulled back slowly with little pecks at the end, and she started to chuckle.

After one more kiss, he pulls back and asked. "Is that all you want to talk about?"

"Well there is one more thing."

"What?"

"When we are going to tell the team?"

He thinks about that for a few minutes before replying. "How about in a few days?" She nodded with a smile, knowing they couldn't hide this news forever, and really they didn't want to. He smiled with a nod. "Alright, in a few days it will be out in the open."

"Ok."

After another smile and peck on the lips, he pulls back and removes his hands from her so he could get up and take a shower.

When she was done brushing her hair, she placed her brush on her nightstand before getting on Horatio's side of the bed and grabbing the sonogram picture from his nightstand, then she looked at it and spoke with a smile to the very tiny figure in the picture. "Hi little one, I'm your mommy."

She never thought she would ever get to say something like that, but now that she could, she was going to cherish it every time.