Calleigh was speechless.
"Calleigh?" Eric was a little worried at what she was going to do next.
"Oh, umm, I'm sorry." She said laughing to herself. She had a big smile on her face. "I just wasn't expecting that. That's all."
Eric looked at her with his marvelous brown eyes. "What were you expecting? " He was curious.
"I'm not even sure any more," she was so confused but thrilled at the same time. He'd never really said anything like that to her. She couldn't help but repeat the words over and over again in her head. She loved the way it sounded and it lingered on her skin.
He was a little disappointed but happy he finally got the time to tell her how he'd felt. He suddenly became aware of his reality. She hadn't said anything to him about that and was really curious about what she was thinking. He quickly changed the subject. "ss..so how you feeling?" he managed to stutter out the words.
"Much better that you're here now," she gave him that sweet southern smile.
He laughed. "I'm glad that I can help."
"Yeah, me too! I don't know what would have happened if you weren't here."
Both were so distracted in the other that they hadn't noticed Alexx walk in.
"Am I interrupting something?" She gave them a save-it look.
"Alexx!" Calleigh lit up. Not that she hadn't been excited to see Eric but she saw him everyday and hadn't seen Alexx in a while.
"How's my baby doin'?" Alexx said as the concern showed even more.
"I'm doing good," she said with a grateful smile.
"You gave us quite a scare." Looking at Eric but now with a more serious face. "Don't ever do that again. Okay, Calleigh?"
"Yes ma'am"
"You can go home later on today. We just want to check on everything to make sure we're crossing our t's." Alexx reassured her.
"Thanks, Alexx."
"So how's the team?" Alexx wondered.
Eric interrupted. "Well you're in good hands. I need to go take care of some stuff. It's really nice to see you again, Alexx. Hope to see you soon." He gave Alexx a hug.
"Bye, sweetie. See you soon." Alexx hugged him back.
He went to Calleigh side and looked into her eyes. "And I'll see you tomorrow." He gave her a hug and it wasn't just any old hug. This one meant something. To both of them. He could have sworn she gave him a tight squeeze before he broke the hug. "I'm really glad you're alright. Really I am."
"Thanks, Eric. For everything." She meant the hug included. She didn't want it to end. She wanted the world to melt away and for it to be just Eric and herself. But she knew that wouldn't happen. Not just yet anyways.
As he walked out he watched Calleigh's eyes. He found that they were filled with dismay. He hated doing that to her but he didn't want to intrude on their conversation. Though he did smile inside thinking about their conversation earlier and the disappointment he detected in her eyes as he left certainly calmed him. He knew what he had to do tomorrow. And he was oh too excited to get to it.
As he left he heard the girls talking a laughing and replayed Calleigh's smile again and again. It was on the next day.
That's it for tonight! I'll try to have some more posted next week. Thanks to all those people who gave me comments! It made me smile! :] but still tell me what you think I wanna know if I should keep going or not! Thanks for the support! Sorry if these are a little short! I'm working on them!