Inspiration is `Keep You' by Sugarland
Thanks for stickin around...I tried beautiful country song, I hope you like it :)
Calleigh sat on her kitchen table with her cell phone in hand, preparing to make a phone call. She found the number in her phone and pushed the talk button, she waited and waited as the phone rang until the voicemail came on, "hi, just leave a message," was all the woman said as Calleigh began to leave her message, "hey it's me, call me back please," Calleigh said before she hung up the phone.
Not even 2 minutes later Calleigh's phone began to ring, and with the recognition of the ringtone picked up immediately.
"Calleigh what's wrong," the mystery woman asked.
"Nothing Momma, why does something have to be wrong?"
"Because you never actually say please in your messages and you did this time," Caroline said.
"Oh…are you busy I kind of need to talk to you," she asked
"No, we can talk," she said as she walked to her front porch, iced tea in hand.
Calleigh inhaled and exhaled, "Momma I love him so much, but it's like I don't laugh, I don't cry, run, or hide from him…it's like I'm completely numb. He can read me like a book sometimes, and I just don't understand why he can't see that I'm unhappy."
"So you're telling me that you're unhappy with your relationship with Eric?"
"Not exactly, we were fine until recently…" Calleigh said
"Whats considered recently?"
"Maybe two weeks ago. I know it's a short time but he's never acted like this with me. Its like he's another person."
"What's so different?"
"He's working later, he won't speak to me or even look at me like he used to. And now it's like he can't even stay in the same room anymore, if I come in he leaves or when he walks in and notices me he leaves. That is not the man I fell in love with."
"I want you to get two pieces of paper and a pin, and in those moments when you feel love in any shape or form, write down everything that you love about him and your relationship," Caroline instructed.
"Ok," was all Calleigh said before she was interrupted.
"And the same thing when it comes down to you being angry and unhappy. When you've finished both letters leave them somewhere so he can find them and read them. Then go somewhere and relax for a while, it will give you both time to think things through."
"That actually sounds like a good idea Momma, thank you. Remember that I love you," she said.
"And I love you, and follow your heart."
Both Calleigh and Caroline hung up the phone, and hours passed and Eric still wasn't home, so Calleigh eventually went to sleep alone. And in the middle of the night she felt the bed dip and knew he was home, and soon his breathing evened out and she looked at him and concluded that she would write both letters that very night.
Calleigh woke up first and placed both letters on her side of the bed, and quietly packed a bag. After she was done she left for the airport, hoping that in time things would be ok.
She called Horatio before her plane took off and asked for some time off, which he gave her and didn't ask any questions of her whereabouts.
And at the same time Eric was waking up, and instinctively reached over to her side and realized she wasn't in bed, and his fingers ran across something unusual, he rose from his position and grabbed the papers. He soon began reading one at a time.
LOVE
'Eric, I love you. And I just wanted to let you know that I'm happiest when I'm with you. You make me smile, laugh, and above all you make me feel like I'm the only woman in the world. You love me wholeheartedly, and you fought to get me. I'm happy that my bestfriend waited for me.'
ANGER
'Eric, I look at you and it's like looking at the ghost of a lover that used to exist. These past few weeks have been torture, you don't talk to me…hold me…kiss me. You avoid contact on all levels it seems, and I'm scared that I've lost my friend and lover. And if that's the case we should stop pretending.'
Eric sat there in silence as he took in her words, and soon bent down and reached under the bed. He found the old box he was searching for and lifted the top of. He slowly reached in and grabbed the black velvet box. He came to the conclusion that he couldn't keep putting her through pain.
He reached for his cell phone and called her number, but she didn't pick up. He tried one more time, and couldn't reach her so he left a voicemail instead.
"Hey it's me, can we talk? Call me please," he said before hanging up.
Hours had gone by and there was no type of communication from Calleigh…
TBC...please leave a comment/review or something :)
