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Chapter Forty: Dinner

Miami, Florida

The funeral for Amber Volakis had ended hours ago, but Calleigh still couldn't help feeling sad for the woman whom she barely knew. She remembered her being a witness to a crime, a murder, and how hard it had been for her to get over seeing a friend she knew get killed by someone. And then she went out and risked her life to help others in needing of help. And what had she done? She had run away to Montana to escape the many hurricanes threatening to hit the Miami area.

She sometimes wished she could have gone out and helped the people from the storm too, but she didn't know if she could. She didn't want to die, but then again, she could have saved someone's life so they didn't die. She could have saved Amber. She sighed, earning a worried glance from Eric.

She decided to ask him the question that had been troubling her. "Do you ever wish you could have done something different during the storm?"

He looked at her quizzically. "I'm not quite sure I understand what you mean."

"You know, instead of running away. Don't you wish you could have saved someone else's life, not only your own?"

He looked at her, giving her a knowing glance. He understood what she meant now; she was saying she wanted to save Amber. "We did our best. We warned her about the upcoming storms; it was her who chose to stay in Florida to help the others."

Calleigh nodded. "I understand that. I just wish I could have done something, you know? I hate when death comes to the most innocent people."

Eric nodded his agreement and took Calleigh into a hug. "That's why what we do matters so much. We catch criminals and put them in jail, and prevent any innocent people from becoming murdered."

If only we could save everyone, Calleigh thought. She knew it would be impossible to save everyone, especially when she didn't know when or where or how a person would die. She knew Eric was right; being a CSI helped put away criminals and stopped people from being killed. She closed her eyes and tried to forget about the day's events.

Suddenly, Calleigh's cell phone started ringing. She took out her cell phone and looked at the phone. She sighed.

"A new case?" Eric asked.

She nodded.

"It can wait a while," Eric said, motioning towards the restaurant they were by, "I haven't bought you dinner yet."

Calleigh smiled and put the phone back in her pocket. "Okay. But if we get in trouble, you're taking the blame."

"That's fine by me," Eric said, agreeing to Calleigh's plan. "As long as if I get to take you to dinner, I'm fine with taking the blame."

Calleigh laughed, and, hand in hand, they walked into the restaurant to enjoy their evening together before reporting back to Horatio for their new case.

Chapter 41- A very short, ending chapter; Lindsay, now finding out she's Paige Hobson, takes a look at her life and jail and thinks about her life as Paige. What will become of her and the others in the next few years? In the next story, we'll find out what happens…

A/N: I hope you liked this chapter! The next chapter should be up Monday or Tuesday. One more chapter to go everyone. But don't fret! There's still one more part to this story!