Chapter 2

Neither Tim nor Calleigh had gotten much sleep that night. Tim kept worrying about Calleigh. He had no idea where she had went after he practically kicked her out. She had sold her apartment there for she had no place to go. Tim had tried to go to sleep and had succeded a few times but had only woken up five minutes later and on her side of the bed. He knew it was a short relationship between him and Calleigh but he had never hurt this bad before after a break up. Especially one that had just came out of the blue.

Calleigh had found temporary shelter for the night at the break room of CSI. She didn't feel like going to Eric or Horatio's house and she didn't have the heart to wake up Alexx and her family so she just grabbed a blanket and sat down on the couch. She didn't get any sleep that night, her mind just kept going over and over the words that they had said to eachother. She didn't mean a word of them and she had just wished that Tim would understand why she had to do it. She knew how her father was. She had known how he was for 35 years of her life and she didn't want him to bring Tim down as well. She couldn't handle that. It was just safer if Tim didn't get involved. Even if it meant giving up the person she cared deeply for.

As the next couple of weeks went by Tim and Calleigh stayed away from eachother as much as possible. Only talking to eachother when they had no other option. Unlucky for them that made the tension increase and the fact that they had both gotten paired up on a triple homicide case that morning wasn't helping. Calleigh stopped outside of the trace lab and watched as Tim worked while talking to Delko. She took a deep breath and entered the lab, "Tim do you have those results yet?" she asked lightly.

Tim kept his eyes trained below him, "Have I paged you yet?" he uttered back.

Calleigh straightned up and crossed her arms over her chest, "No but-"

Tim didn't wait for her to finish before replying, "Then there not ready yet."

Calleigh glared at him, "You know Speedle I know your all bitter about this whole break up thing and I know your a stubborn jackass to begin with but while were working together could you stop being such an arrogant asswhole?" she asked lightly.

Tim snapped his head up to look at her and Delko bit the inside of his cheek lightly to keep from laughing as Calleigh chewed Speedle out. "Maybe i'll stop being an asswhole when you stop being a bitch." he fired back.

Calleigh took a deep breath and let it out. She casted him one last glare and stormed out of the room, "Dude." Eric started. "Not the wisest of actions." he said honestly.

Tim placed his hands on the lab table and tilted his head to look at his friend with a sigh, "Don't call me dude. Dude" he said before taking off his lab coat and walking out of the Trace Lab. After he left he debated where to go. He could go for a drive to clear his head but he couldn't leave the lab without Horatio asking him a billion questions once he got back. And he was techically still on the clock. He ran a hand through his hair and walked into the break room. As soon as he went into the break room he immediatley wished he hadn't. He debated whether or not to back out but he straightened himself out and walked over to the coffee pot reaching across and grabbing a cup, leaning across Calleigh as he did.

Calleigh stirred her coffee and looked up at him for a minute. Their eyes connected for a minute and she wanted nothing more then to reach up and kiss him right then. Tim sighed a little to himself and took a sip of his coffee. He watched as Calleigh walked over and sat down on the couch, "Look i'm sorry for calling you an asswhole. Your not an asswhole and i'm just...sorry" Calleigh muttered nervously.

Tim nodded a little and leaned aggainst the counter, "Sorry for calling you a bitch." he said lightly. He watched as Calleigh nodded gently and then smirked to himself a little, "But I can be an ass and I am sarcastic 99.9 percent of the time so I really don't blame you for getting angry."

Calleigh took a sip of her coffee and looked up at him. She gave him a small smile and sat her coffee down, "Look Tim." she started. "I..last week..thats not how I wanted things to end between us." she said lightly. "Actually to be honest I never wanted things to end with us."

"Then why did you?" Tim asked quickly.

Calleigh sighed and suddenly felt the urge to run away, "You wouldn't understand." she said lightly.

Tim sat his coffee down and walked over to her, "I would if you'd let me in, Cal." he said as he let his hand rest over hers. Calleigh looked down at his hand, missing the feel of his skin on hers. She let her eyes slowly look up into his and she closed her eyes for a moment, just taking him in.

"I can't let you do that." she said lightly. "Please Tim, just believe me when I say this." she said lightly. "Just stay out of it." she said as she got up and walked out of the room.

Tim sighed a little to himself and ran a hand roughly through his hair, "I wish I could." he said to himself.

TBC...

Author's Note: Ok, so I was bored this morning while waiting to go to school and a fic idea popped into my head. But I'm not sure if I should do it or not because I have this one that i'm working on. But oh heck I can multi task, I think I can do it.