They'd gotten married four months before Anissa was born. It was a small affair with only their parents, siblings and Horatio. Eric had invited Calleigh but she gotten a call out, or so she said at the time. It had only taken them a few months to realise that it wasn't right. They weren't meant to be together. They had a love for each other but it was more of friendship then anything else. But the stayed together for Anissa. They played the happily married couple thing for her. They didn't even admit to each other it wasn't right.

He and Calleigh grew closer after Anissa was born, she helped him when Natalia was working and he spent his free time with her. He'd always had feelings for her, but he'd pushed it aside. She was his best friend, and it was probably just a crush. Besides he was married now, it didn't matter anymore. Well at least that was what he thought until that one evening in the locker room after what felt like one of the longest shifts ever. He still doesn't know what happened there was just something different in the way she looked at him when she walked in, something different in the way his heard leapt when she touched his arm. Next thing he knew his arms were around her and he was leaning down to kiss her. That was how it started, as simply as that. And suddenly he was having an affair. With Calleigh. They had honestly tried to let it go no further. Neither of them wanted to do that to Natalia, but after a while it became unbearable. And shortly after Anissa's second birthday they got even closer.

"Eric are you even listening?" Natalia said putting a hand on her hip. Truth was he hadn't been he'd been watching his daughter.

"Yeah sorry Talia, I really can't come with you to your sisters, I promised Ryan I'd help him move that couch and sure I'm on call." He said.

"OK well say goodbye to Daddy then Ani." She said kissing his cheek she sat into the car. Anissa waved and blew a kiss. He smiled and waved back. He didn't want to hurt his little girl, his angel. But he couldn't live like this forever. As they drove away he pulled out his phone.

"I'm coming over." He said simply and hung up.

He pulled up outside her apartment complex and flew up the stairs to her door.

She opened it and smiled.

"Eric…" he cut her off taking her face in his hands and kissing her like he never had before. It was a kiss full of hunger and passion, and it scared her a little. "Eric…" she repeated pulling back.

"Don't Cal I need you." he said.

"But Nat…"

"She knows it's not right between us, she's always known." He sighed leaning into her again but she pulled back further.

"Ani…"

"Has nothing to do with this… with us." She opened her mouth to protest again but he stopped her with his finger. "Cal I love you." she smiled.

And that's when it really started. And he did love her. He always had, but that didn't help the shame they both felt. But still there was something about what he had with Calleigh that he couldn't even think about stopping it. There was something different about being with her to any one else he'd ever been with. This spark, a deep rooted feeling that reacted to even the slightest look from her. And so they continued with stolen nights, phone calls continuous secrets. Two years on things were still the same.

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"Am I have breakfast with Calleigh so will you be ok with Ani?" Natalia said taking the toast out of the toaster, and buttering it for Anissa

"Talia I am more then capable of dropping my daughter off to school." He sighed, and ran his fingers through Ani's hair.

"I know I know. I'm just making sure." She smiled and turned to look at him. "Are you alright Eric?"

"Yes why." He said. Not taking his eyes off his daughter.

"You're very quiet recently."

"Things… are just busy." He said. She seemed to accept his answer and kissed Anissa on the head, picked up her bag and left for the day.

"Come on Daddy I need to go to school!" Anissa smiled up at Eric. He melted under her brown eyed gaze. She was stunning, and yes he was biased but she really was gorgeous and he dreaded the day that she was old enough to have a boyfriend, although if he had any say in it she'd be thirty before a boy came anyway near her.

"Yes querido, finish your breakfast and we'll get going." he smiled back at her.

hey!!! i'm sorry this is taking so long, i was without a laptop for a few days as my brother thought it would be fun to spill nail varnish remover on our old one!! but im back :D

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