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Due to the fact that there was no Eric in this latest epi...I decided to update a story...and it happened to be this one, Enjoy!


Inspiration: Heart of the Matter by India Arie

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With the information given to her through a mutual friend, her heart was broken. 'Could her best friend be in love with someone and not even confide in her, the love that he supposedly found,' she thought as she walked the grounds of the gardens.

Weeks went by and Calleigh and Eric hardly had any type of interaction, which was mainly Calleigh's choice. Calleigh reasoned that she needed time to think.

Her days without his company helped clear her mind, and brought up memories of the struggles they went through. But not only the struggles but the fact that she almost lost him and he almost lost her.

And there in the middle of putting gas in her car, Calleigh realized that she missed him. She got into her car and decided to put a good foot forward and get some answers, well kind of. First she had to come up with some questions for herself, 'why did it bother her that Eric was in love?' or 'Was she mad, jealous, or a combination of the two?'

'Was the heart of the matter the fact that she loved him, the way he loved the other women?' and with that last thought she was happy her mind was made up, and she was going to talk to her bestfriend, soon.

She pulled up to his house, with pizza box in hand. But after a few moments of waiting used her key and let herself in. Looking around she knew she wasn't crazy, his car was in the driveway, and lights were on in the house. So being the curious person she is she called his name, "Eric," a few times. Unfortunately there was no response so she placed the pizza on the kitchen table, when she noticed the sliding door ajar.

Calleigh opened it slowly and peered out onto the beautiful beach, where she spotted him sitting on the sand. She walked towards him and asked, "is this seat taken?"

Eric looked at her with shock since they haven't spoken in what seems like an eternity, "no, go ahead."

They sat there in silence until her spoke first, "what's wrong?" was all he asked and the underlying message hit Calleigh like a ton of bricks.

"Do you want me to start from the beginning, or why I'm here today?" she asked softly

"The whole thing, please?"

"A few weeks ago, a mutual friend who will remain anonymous said that you were in love. And I was upset because you didn't tell me, and well…"

"Well what Cal…" he asked

"Nothing, I was just upset I suppose."

"You should've just asked me Cal, and we could've sorted all this out."

"It was going to be that easy Eric," she questioned unbelievably

"Yeah," was what he said

"Fine, are you in love?"

"Yes, I am," he said smiling.

"Oh…um I'm happy for you," she said with a forced smile on her face. "Well I brought some pizza, I know you have beer so let's go," Calleigh said hastily.

Eric got up from his sitting position turned around and helped Calleigh up, "you didn't ask me what her name was," Eric said

"I was going to ask you that, eventually."

"Uh huh," was the only thing that could be heard as they silently walked back to the house and into the kitchen.

They washed their hands and as Eric grabbed plates and beers, Calleigh asked him the ultimate question, "whats her name?"

He was waiting for her to ask, so he slowly placed all objects down and walked towards her, "curiosity killed the cat."

"I know, so whats her name?"

"You," he said smiling.

"You, Eric what kind of name is You?"

"Well whats your name?"

"You've got to be kiddin me…Calleigh"

"So why couldn't it be You?"

"So you're telling me you're in love with someone named You?"

"Yep, I'm in love with You," he said looking into her green eyes, and soon after his feelings where confessed he heard Calleigh gasp.

Eric slowly bent down and captured her lips, for a sweet and simple kiss, "I'm in love with you," he said again once they were separated.


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