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Washington D.C.

They had finally made it into Reagan National Airport by 6 pm that night. Although it didn't show it, they flew eleven hours that day. Once they were out of the terminal, they started to make their way to baggage claims. Then they heard a young woman yelling, "Dad! Gillian! Over here, dad!" Both Gillian and Cal turned to see Emily running up to them. Not having seen her dad in two week, Emily jumped into Cal's arms. "I missed you so much!"

He let her down and asked, "How did you know we were coming in?"

Emily gave Gillian a quick squeeze and explained, "Gillian texted me your flight number. I have been checking it ever since this morning! So you are coming from Amsterdam! Wow, that must have been exciting. Did you see a lot when you were there?"

Cal grinned, "You bet we did!" He grabbed Gillian's hand and held on tight. "Didn't we, Luv?"

Gillian glared right back at him before mumbling, "We were involved in a case." She freed her hand and stuck it deep into her pocket.

Emily went back and forth between the two adults. Something obviously happened in Amsterdam. "What was the case about?"

Cal slid his arm around his daughter's neck into a bear hug. "Don't you worry about that. All you need to know is that we caught the bad guys and that they are in jail in Turkey." They made their way to the baggage claim, which was already spitting out some luggage.

"Well I don't envy them. So did you do any sightseeing while you were there?"

Gillian spoke up this time, "No, the case they had us on was huge so we couldn't do anything else." She saw her luggage coming down the line and made a grab at it. Ever the gentleman, Cal leaned forward to pick up the luggage for her. Their hands bumped into each other. Gillian bit the side of her lip and grabbed the handle. Cal slowly brought his hand back to his body. She heaved it in front of her and said, "Well, I must be going now."

Both Lightman's protested, but it was Emily who spoke up first. "Gillian, we can take you home. I promise I won't ask any more questions about Amsterdam."

Gillian smiled sweetly to Emily, "It's not that, I have a lot of errands to do before even thinking of going home." Cal placed his hand on her arm. Its warmth comforted her, but for only a second. She first looked at his hand and then at his face. "I will be going to work tomorrow just to get some paperwork straightened out."

He gently squeezed her arm, "I'll be there too. I have to see how much damage there is to the building."

Gillian nodded slowly. "Well I guess I'll see you tomorrow. See you around Emily." She was about to turn around but Cal didn't let go of her arm. He pulled her closer and kissed her on the cheek. His lips lingered near her skin as her eyes remained closed. After that he let go. She blushed as she turned around and walked towards the doors leading to the taxis. Right as she walked through the automatic sliding glass doors, she turned around looking dead straight at Cal. She didn't smile but she didn't scowl either. It looked like she was in deep thought. He didn't dare break eye contact with her. It was like he was telling her with his eyes everything he had been telling her since the night before. She was trying to tell him something too, but he didn't know what it was. If only she was close enough to him.

Gillian, not knowing what she was doing just stood there. She wanted to scream at him, but what? She knew exactly what he wanted to tell her, but she was still torn as to what to say. After how many days being together, pretending to be married, almost getting killed a million times and having been with him the night before; she felt like she had to say something. She was just about to open her mouth when another traveler bumped into her shoulder. He looked at her with the upmost contempt, "Move out of the way, lady!" That seemed to shake her out of her dream state. She briefly smiled at Cal and then turned and walked into the cold air.

Cal stared after her retreating figure with a silly grin across his face. "Dad! Your suitcase is getting away!" He shook his head and went after his luggage. Once he caught up to it, he grabbed it and walked back to where Emily was standing. "Is that the only one?"

"Yup, let's go." They walked through the doors and to the parking garage.

Once they were near the car, Emily spoke up, "Alright dad, spill it."

Cal looked confused, "Spill what?" He narrowed his eyes, "If you think you are going to drive home in this traffic then you have another thing coming. I like living, thank you very much." He snatched the keys out of her hands and opened the passenger door for her.

He walked around and slid into the driver's seat. Emily crossed her hands and tutted. "You're deflecting. What's going on between you and Gillian?"

"What makes you think there's anything going on between me and Gillian?" He started his car and put it in reverse.

She squinted her eyes and smiled, "Because there was a vibe that passed between you two. The air almost cracked with electricity." She let it sink in. "Did you two finally hook up?" When he didn't say anything, she leaned against her seat and said, "It was a long time coming, dad."

He drove out of the airport limits and onto the highway. They were quiet for most of the ride home. He drove into the driveway of their house. When he put the car in park, he looked down into his lap and mumbled, "We had to pretend that we were married to get in this guy's group. We had to make it believable. We got close, too close for Gillian." He sighed as he looked up at his daughter. "It was only one night but it was all it took. Now she can't even look at me."

Emily patted her dad on the back. "She looked at you just as she was leaving." She had an air of confidence in her voice. "You both looked at each other like there was no one else in the room. That's something, right?" He shrugged his shoulders. "She'll come around. Who could resist the Lightman charm?" She cracked a smile as she opened the car door and walked into the house.

After being so close with Gillian the past two weeks, it felt kind of awkward sitting by himself. Even though Emily was with him, he felt like he was alone. He shook his head. He had made a promise to Gillian and to himself and he was damn sure going to keep it. There were a lot of things he needed to do, but first things first. He took out his cell phone and typed a text message. After he read it ten times he hit the send button.

.:.

Of course she had no errands to run but she needed to be away from him. Away from his soul reaching eyes. Away from his soft touch. A pang in her stomach made her hunch over. She got this pang anytime she thought about Cal in the romance sense. Ever since waking up that morning, it had been simmering in her stomach. The cabbie looked back and asked if she was alright. She nodded her head and blamed it on the long flight. She made it very clear that she did not want to have a conversation with him so he left her alone. When he drove up to her house he looked back and saw that she was still curved over. He turned his body around and asked, "Are you sure you're okay? I can take you to the hospital."

Gillian looked up. She smiled, though it didn't reach her eyes. "No thanks. I'm just not feeling well after the flight." She looked out of the window and her eyes lit up. "Oh, we're here. How much do I owe you?"

He looked back at his meter, "$26.78."

Gillian pulled out $30 and said, "Keep the change." She opened the door and slid out taking her luggage with her. Though she was glad to be back in her home, she met loneliness in the dark, quiet house. Right after she bolted the door, she found the nearest seat and began to cry. Everything that had happened in the last two weeks had come rushing up to her. Especially the last two days with Cal. She needed a couple days to think of what's going to happen. Should she give into Cal or stay as far away as possible. At least she knew where he stood on the subject. Just as she was about to contemplate her choices, she got a text message from Cal. She couldn't help but blush when she read, "I still want you in the worst possible way." The pang in her stomach eased a little.

Next chapter, Cal and Gillian goes to work the next day. Someone is there to greet them in the afternoon! Who could it be?

A/N: Okay, so I read over this a billion times and, to me, it seems pretty choppy! Maybe it's because I have read it a billion times, but I wanna see what you think! Do you feel the same? Please let me know! Hopefully this won't become a pattern! :S