"What do you think Calleigh?" Tim asked her as he looked around to their new bedroom.
"I love it!" Calleigh exclaimed, hugging him tightly. It'd been 7 months since the horrific event that brought them closer together. But now, they were moved in together, and redid their bedroom. Cal wrapped her arms around her future husband, and thought back to when they'd been engaged.
Tim's heart was pounding out of his chest. It was their five month anniversary of being together, and Tim was sure that she was the one that he was going to spend the rest of his life with. They were at some fancy restaurant that Tim had made reservations for, and it wasn't cheap either. Calleigh looked beautiful in her little black dress, and she'd managed to get him into a pair of nice dress pants and her favorite black dress shirt.
Calleigh hadn't been expecting anything from tonight but a good dinner and a romantic night afterwards. But when Tim cleared his throat her stomach dropped. Something was going on.
"Tim, is something wrong?" she asked him, focusing those loving bright green eyes at him.
Tim smirked a little and shook his head. "Calleigh, I know we've only been dating for a few months…"
Calleigh's eyes widened, that was usually the first line for…..no, it couldn't be, it was too soon. Or was it?
"But I love you more than anything in the world, I can't live without your sparkling green eyes and your bright smile when I wake up in the morning. I can't live without your kisses and your cute little requests to dance. You're my sunshine in the rain Calleigh, I can't function without you. I guess what I'm really trying to say here…" he said sweetly as he pulled out a velvet blue box and opened it to reveal an engagement ring. "Calleigh Duquesne, will you marry me?" he asked.
Calleigh couldn't believe this was happening, it was like a dream come true for her. That night, Tim noticed that her eyes seemed to sparkle more than ever. He'd never seen her this happy and he was ecstatic that he was the man that gave her that happiness.
"Yes!" Calleigh exclaimed, and smiled when he came over to her side of the table, got down on one knee, and placed the ring on her finger. He then stood up and stood Calleigh up, kissing her passionately. People around them started clapping but neither of them registered it. They were too in the moment to care about anything around them. Tim picked her up and spun her around while they kissed, then set her back down, beaming brightly. It'd been a truly romantic night, and Calleigh was so excited.
"Come on, let's get to bed," Tim said lightly, wrapping his arm around her shoulders. It was late, and Calleigh had just gotten home from work to see the newly refurbished bedroom. It was even accented with her favorite color, yellow. She loved it, and even more than that, she loved Tim.
The next morning, Calleigh woke up to find that Tim wasn't there. She sighed a little and looked over at the calendar, seeing that it was close to Christmas. She looked closer and saw a red dot on the 12th, which was three days ago. Her eyes went wide, and she quickly got up and got ready for work.
After having coffee that Tim gave her and giving him a goodbye kiss, she hurried off to work quickly. As soon as she got there she made her way to the morgue, where her best friend resided, Alexx Woods.
"Alexx, I need your help," she said quickly
Alexx turned to her and held up a finger to Horatio and then looked to Calleigh. "What's the matter baby?" Alexx asked her.
Calleigh leaned in and whispered something into her ear so that Horatio couldn't hear it.
"Oh, that's easy," she said with a smile. She took something off of the shelf and then handed it to Calleigh. "Go into the bathroom and after ten minutes bring me the good news," she told her.
Calleigh shook her head. "Alexx, I don't know if Tim wants a baby so soon," she whispered, mindful of Horatio listening in.
"Baby he loves you, I'm sure whatever it says, he'll be fine with it, now go ahead," she said lightly.
Cal nodded and went into the bathroom, and did as the box told her. After ten minutes, she came back out, crying.
"Baby, what's the matter?" Alexx asked, and looked up to Horatio, who was on his way down to help comfort Calleigh.
"I'm pregnant Alexx," she spat out quickly, just in time for Horatio to hear. She wrapped her arms around her best friend and cried into her shoulder.
"Oh, baby, that's a good thing, you're going to be a mommy sweetheart," Alexx said as she rubbed her back, looking to Horatio.
"I'm scared," Cal said lightly. She pulled away and turned around to see Horatio.
"You alright Calleigh?" he asked in a concerned tone.
Calleigh shrugged. "I guess," she told him as she looked down at the floor. "I don't want to give up my job for this and I'm afraid of what Tim will say," she said honestly.
Horatio shook his head. "I think he'll be excited Calleigh, I mean, you two are getting engaged and you're going to start a new life together, why not start it with a family? Isn't that what you wanted?"
Calleigh sighed. "Yeah, I just wasn't expecting it so soon."
"Come on Cal, let's go get Tim," he said before leading her out, and turning to thank Alexx.