Chapter 2: Bringing Flowers
Half an hour later, Eric pulled up to the main door of Calleigh's apartment building. Parked the door and made his way into the building and up to the fifth floor. He had been to her apartment before, a few times. The first time was early in his career at MDPD, when he needed somewhere to stay overnight. The last time he was there was three years ago for the company Christmas Party. Even though they were in Miami, Christmas was always a very special occasion. Calleigh had spent all night decorating the apartment and making it look nice. He walked up to the door and knocked softly. He smiled as she opened the door. She was still in her work clothes. After making small talk for a while about unimportant things, Eric excused himself for a moment. "Cal. I have to go to my car for a second I forgot to grab my phone on my way in. I'll be right back." He looked at her nervously, although se didn't seem to notice. "Ok. I'll leave the door unlocked." Eric made his way down the elevator and out to his car. He hated lying. Especially to Calleigh, but he knew she would forgive him when he returned. He opened the passenger side door and grabbed the bag of things he got while doing errands. He made his way back up to her apartment and once again knocked lightly on the door. "Sorry. I thought I had…" she stopped when she saw Eric holding the most beautiful bouquet of yellow Roses. "What..." she said, completely shock and puzzled. "You said girls love flowers. Plus, I knew you were upset. And when I found these, I knew they were meant for you." She looked into his eyes "Thank You." She whispered. She made her way into the kitchen to find a vase, and Eric sat down on the couch. He opened that bag as Calleigh sat down next to him. "I also brought movies", he said pulling out a few movies from the bag. "Whatever you're in the mood for, I probably have it." She laughed as he displayed each one individually as if he were Vanna White. He had everything from Romance, to Comedy, even an Action Adventure movie. "Or" He said with a smile. "If you're not in the mood, I also brought stuff for ice cream sundaes." He said showing her the remaining contents of the bag. "After the day we've had, Ice Cream sounds like the perfect thing." Calleigh went into the kitchen and grabbed two large cereal bowls. They laughed and joked with one another as they each made their own sundae, admiring (and critiquing) each others choices of topping.