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Chapter 8.
It was a week later, Calleigh was dosing of by the pool in her house in LA thinking about everything, but not getting anywhere.
"Morning Princess," she heard Jake say as he came walking out of the house.
"Morning, you know Jake I have been thinking," she said.
"Oh really and though you had been relaxing the last week," he said and smiled at her.
"Haha, very funny, you still play with the old band?" she asked.
"Yup, why?" he replied.
"I was thinking maybe you guys could play at the wedding," she said.
"Of course it would be an honor," he said.
"Good," she said.
"You miss him don't you?" said Jake and sat down next to her.
"Mhm," she said a bit distant.
"And Emma has to be his," said Jake.
"How would you know?" asked Calleigh.
"Calleigh, come on, the girl looks like you two, she may have qualities of me and Eric, but she's still his" Jake answered.
"You mad?" asked Calleigh.
"No, not at all, it's been a pleasure knowing her and I hoped that you would let it continue that way," he said.
"Of course, she seems to like you," said Calleigh.
"All the Duquesne girls like old bad boy Jake," he said with a chuckle.
"Don't you have high thoughts about your self," she said with a giggle.
"Oh I do," he said.
"I can tell, but Jake seriously have you ever though about settling down?" she asked.
"Nah I'm a lone wolf and like it that way," he answered when her phone rang, she answered and said: "Duquesne residence, Calleigh speaking."
"So it's there you are hiding out ditching your girls," she heard Natalia say in the other end.
"Yeah, to bad for me you managed to track me down," said Calleigh with a giggle.
"Have you any idea how much of a mess you left here with you just took of like that," said Natalia.
"Oh did I," said Calleigh.
"Yeah, Horatio is moping around missing you, and Eric has called for his girl to try to I dunno, Emma and Chris is I dunno where they are," said Natalia when Calleigh interrupted: "You dunno where my little melody is."
"No I have enough time to keep track as it is, so are you ever coming back or do we have to come and get you?" asked Natalia.
"I dunno, kinda like it here," said Calleigh.
"Would you stop running away from your feelings," said Natalia.
"Uhm, I have to go I have to," said Calleigh.
"Oh no, you don't," said Natalia.
"I really do," said Calleigh and hung up hearing Natalia's voice behind here say: "Oh no this time you can't run away."
Calleigh turned and looked at Natalia and Valera and said: "Nat, Val what are you guys doing here."
"Getting a runaway mother," said Natalia with a giggle.
"It was about time you girls got here to knock some sense into her, she's been moping around here all week, it's depressing," said Jake with a smile.
"Yeah I can imagine, and you are going back whether you like it or not," said Natalia.
"Uhm can't I just…," said Calleigh.
"Oh no you can't your daughter is getting married and you are going to be there," said Valera.
"Natalia, Valera may I have a moment," said Jake suddenly.
"Sure," said Natalia and followed him a couple of steps away and asked: "What?"
"What if we could get her married while we are at it," said Jake.
"Are you crazy she would never go for that," said Valera.
"Not even if he asks," said Jake.
"She ran now didn't she, not likely he can tie her down," said Natalia.
"Any of you got his number?" asked Jake.
"Should be in her phone book why?" Valera asked back.
"Call may I barrow your phone?" said Jake.
"Sure it's inside," she said.
Jake quickly looked through the book and found the number, hoping it still was the same he dialed, heard Horatio in the other end and said: "Hey H it's Jake I have an idea, but I need you and the others over there to help."
"What might that be?" asked Horatio.
"You wanna marry Calleigh right," said Jake.
"Jake you can't just…," said Natalia.
"Shush I'm talking," said Jake.
"Yes, but you ran with her remember" said Horatio.
"She's set on you and I didn't touch her, so do you?" said Jake again.
"I would yes," said Horatio honest.
"And you would be ready to do it at the same day Emma Melody's wedding is," said Jake.
"I guess I could yes," said Horatio.
"You got Emma there?" Jake asked.
"Hang on" said Horatio and yelled for her, shortly after Jake heard Emma say: "Emma here."
"Hey it's Jake," said Jake.
"Jake where ya at, I wanna drive your bike," said Emma.
"I know, I'll be back soon, but I wanted to ask you for a favor," he said.
"What?" she asked curiously.
"That your mother get married same day as you," he said.
"Does she know that?" asked Emma.
"Of course not, so what do you say?" he asked with a chuckle.
"Not a problem, but no way she'll go for that," said Emma with a giggle.
"Let us take care of that, just get everyone ready for a wedding over there," he said.
"I'll do my best and Jake she will kill us," said Emma.
"I know she will, but it will be worth it, talk to you later," he said.
"Of course," she said and hung up.
"Jake are you crazy, Calleigh will never go for that," said Natalia.
"I beg to differ, baby," he said and smiled at her.
"How are you ever going to do that without telling her?" said Natalia.
"You two are going to help me," he said.
"We better get to it then" said Natalia as they walked back out to Calleigh.
"Christopher where are you?" Emma Melody yelled from the door to her house.
"Out here," he yelled back from the backside.
"Oh there you are you gotto hear this, mum and Horatio is getting married and she dunno yet," said Emma excited.
"Are you kidding, how did you manage to pull of that one?" he asked shocked.
"Didn't totally Jake's idea, but we need to find her a dress, where's Eric and Julia?" she asked.
"Inside I think I saw them in the kitchen," he said.
"Cool," she said and dragged him along.
"Eric, Julia you guys gotto help," said Emma hopefully.
"With what?" asked Eric as he leaned his head against Julia's shoulder.
"Find mum a wedding dress," said Emma.
"She's getting married to Jake," said Julia surprised.
"Nah H only she dunno, but we need to find her a dress, so any idea where to start?" asked Emma.
"That sounds like a pretty dead end idea," said Julia.
"No, no, she wanna marry him, she just got trouble saying yes and such," sad Emma.
"And you are sure this is the way?" said Eric.
"Totally," said Emma.
"So what kind of dress are we talking, designer, regular?" Julia asked.
"Designer, I can always call around and make someone have a viewing of them for us," said Emma.
"You know them all?" asked Julia surprised.
"Yeah, model for them, so do mum so shouldn't be a problem," said Emma.
"Unbelievable could you get discount for a gown for me to," said Julia.
"Of course, family discount, so should we have them meet us in like three days somewhere," said Emma.
"Yeah as long as Calleigh don't see" said Eric.
"Nah, she won't be here for at least a week yet, Jake is making sure of that," said Emma.
"Ok, three days it is then, this should be fun," said Julia.
"But honey if you are trying dresses to I can't see bad luck," said Eric.
"Nah, just trying for Calleigh and you are not marrying her now are you," said Julia.
"No just you," said Eric and gave her a kiss.
"Well then I'll go make the call, will you guys please start making dinner I'm starving," said Emma.
"Yeah, but Emma do you have some tools because our sink is all wrecked," said Eric.
"Uh huh, in the hall of our house, just put them back after because I need to fix a couple of windows upstairs got some loose hinges," said Emma.
"I can fix them if you like," Eric offered.
"Would you do that?" she said.
"Of course, just tell me the rooms," said Eric.
"Mum's, had a kinda accident there the other day, mine, and Jen and Megan's too," said Emma with a giggle.
"What the heck did you all do to those windows?" asked Eric.
"Nothing," she said innocently.
"I see, well I'll do that first then, unless you need help with the dinner Julia," said Eric.
"No, I can ask Megan and Jen," said Julia with a giggle and went to find them while Eric went to fix the widows.
As Eric entered Calleigh's bedroom, he looked around, it was a mess and he was pretty sure Calleigh had nothing to do with it as she was a neat nick.
He shook his head and quickly fixed the window before he went downstairs to the rest.
A moment later Horatio walked into Calleigh's bedroom and quickly cleaned it before he sat down on her bed with a sigh. He missed her.
By impulse he picked up the phone and called her, he got her in the other end and said: "Hey."
"Hey handsome, what you doing?" she asked glad to hear his voice.
"Sitting on your bed and missing you," he said honest.
"Why aren't you in your bedroom?" she asked feeling a bit annoyed by the fact that he was in there without asking.
"Well Eric was in to fix the window and I cleaned it," he said.
"What the hell, why was my window broken and why would you need to clean it, I though I left it neatly," she said.
"Well you surly did, but Emma messed it up plenty," he said.
"That damn girl, Horatio would you do me a favor?" she asked.
"And that would be?" he asked.
"Stay in my room until I get back and make sure there is no mess there other than yours that is, that I would be ok with," she answered.
"I guess I can do that," he said with a sigh.
"I miss you," she said.
"Then you shouldn't have run," he said.
"Got hurt and scared, I'm really sorry though," she said.
"I know you must be, so when are you coming back to me?" he replied.
"In not to long, I would come tonight, but Jake says there is a big surprise waiting for me and that I have to stay here a little longer, do you know what it is?" she asked curiously.
"No idea, I surly wish you were here in bed with me though," he replied.
"Oh really, bet you would have taken really good care of me if I was," she said with a giggle.
"That I would yes," he replied with a smile.
"You're smiling aren't you?" she said.
"I am yes, so what are you doing over there?" he asked.
"In bed missing your soft touches," she said.
"Oh so you are randy," he said.
"A little, but mostly I miss closeness and for you to hold me," she said with a sigh.
"I wish I was there, do you want me to come to you?" he asked.
"No, cause I wanto be alone with you and we can't do that here nor there," she said.
"Then we have to meet somewhere else, any suggestions?" he asked.
"What about in between," she said thoughtfully.
"What do you mean?" he asked confused.
"I grew up in Louisiana wanna meet me there?" she asked.
"That would do when and where?" he asked back.
"Tomorrow at ten am," she said.
"Won't the others have you more or less under surveillance," he said.
"I'll sneak out like I did when I meet you in the old days, but I gotto go see you tomorrow handsome," she said and hung up.
It was around 11am the next day and Natalia went to wake up Calleigh as she wasn't up yet and they had been up to early morning so she figured she was still a sleep.
She knocked on the door and entered, but gasped when she saw that the bedroom was empty and the bed neatly made as it has not been slept in at all.
"Jake," she yelled.
"What?" he asked and came upstairs to see what she was yelling about.
"Where's Calleigh, she did go to bed like the rest of us right," said Natalia.
"She did, but you know here, if she's eager to get anywhere she does so and she can sleep on the way if she travels far, she did so on the way to our concerts when we were young," he said.
"But where would she go?" Natalia wondered.
"I think I know," he said, picked up the phone and called Emma Melody.
"Jake, why are you calling so early?" she said tiredly as she had been up to early morning too.
"Is Horatio there by any chance?" he asked.
"Hang on," she said, got out of bed and over to the boy's house to check before she said: "He's not in his room."
"And he's not in your mothers room I suppose," said Jake.
Emma went back and gasped when she found that she couldn't open the door and said: "Jake I can't get in. The door is locked, what is going on."
"Well I bet your mum had run of to meet him somewhere since she isn't here and she has been longing for him and I bet he made sure to lock the door somehow so noone can get in," said Jake with a chuckle.
"Mum run of just like that, but that's not like her at all," said Emma shocked.
"She's in love and she wanted to be with him so of course she ran of just like that," said Jake.
"But to where?" Emma asked.
"Who knows, but they are at a sure they won't be interrupted I'm sure," said Jake.
"She can't just do that run away without telling where to and how long," said Emma.
"She's a grown up woman of course she can do what she want, but I have to…," was all he managed to say as Natalia took the phone out of his hand turned it of, pressed her lips hardly against his and pushed him against the wall.
At the same time Calleigh were sleeping next to the Grand Lake in Louisiana while Horatio was watching over her, her chest moved gently up and down and she let out little snores now and again, but he didn't mind it all too much.
She turned so her back was facing him and stretched her legs as she kept on sleeping.
Horatio let out a sigh and smiled at her as he watched her before his eyes went over to the lake as the water was slowly moving because of the small waves.
At that moment Horatio's thoughts was interrupted by someone saying: "Calleigh is that you?"
As a reflex Calleigh opened her eyes and said: "Daddy."
"So it is you, what are you doing here?" Kenwall asked.
"Running away," she said with a sigh and sat up.
"Isn't it a bit backwards to run back home when you run away, you look great by the way," he said.
"Thanks and was the only place I/ we felt like going," she said.
"So how is Emma?" he asked.
"Getting married soon and fine," she said, even if she hardly had any contact with her father after she left she had sent pictured and such of Emma now and again.
"I'm not invited to her wedding," he said surprised.
"Why should you, you have nothing to do with either of us," she said.
"I am still her grandfather," he said a bit hurt.
"Well you made the choice when you threw us out," she replied and looked away.
"I said I was sorry for that and you know I am. What more do you want?" Kenwall asked.
"I dunno, just go," she said.
"As you wish, but you know where to find me if you need anything," he said with a sigh and left.
"Your father right," said Horatio.
"Yes," she replied and looked down thinking back on that day she had told him she was pregnant.
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