The party.
In the end Calleigh decided upon coming to the party. After all she had studied too much and too hard lately and needed to unwind, besides Horatio wasn't picking up when she called. She had tried to reach him for about three times now, no results.
After a beer too many she was dancing on the table with a couple of other girls, one she knew to be Natalia's biology partner, the other she recognized from chemistry. As fate would have it she dropped off the table and landed into the arms of a dark stranger. She giggled and said, "Sorry."
"That's quite alright Miss?" he said and smiled back at her, taken by her beauty.
"Duquesne, Calleigh, Duquesne, room mate with Natalia, that's making out with Ryan," Calleigh summed up.
"Ahh I see, Jake Berkley, I work at the auto repair shop with Eric, he asked if I wanted to come," said Jake. Eric was working there after classes a couple of times a week Calleigh knew.
"Do you have a car?" Calleigh asked him.
Jake knew that question to be equal to how much money do you have. He shook his head and said, "No, I like repairing, but not driving them. I have a bike."
"That's cool, I like bikes also, never been on one though," she said.
"I would have taken you, but as I have been drinking I won't, she's parked outside if you want to see," he said.
"Responsible man, surprising, what classes are you taking?" she wanted to know.
"Criminal law, civil law, criminal justice and some others, I plan to become a cop," he said.
"A cop, same as me then, can't say I seen you in my criminal justice classes," she said.
"I tend to come late and leave early, school was not much for me, but I need my grades to get what I want in life. What field will you be working in?" he asked her.
"Ballistics, always liked guns," she answered.
"A girl that likes guns, I better watch out," he joked.
"You should, I can be fierce," she said with a giggle.
"So are you taken?" he wanted to know.
"Kinda," she said, blushing.
"What do you mean, is he here?" Jake asked, looking around.
"No, long distance," she said with a sigh.
"Must be hard," he said in a sympathetic tone.
"It is, I wish we saw eat other more as I miss being held," she said, the need for contact forged her to snuggle into his strong arms.
He wrapped his arms more around her, wondering if he should dare to kiss her or not, but figured it probably wouldn't be a good idea. She suddenly aware they were too close and that she was turning him on, backed away. She looked at him, he was so handsome and she so wanted to kiss him, but she of course knew she shouldn't do that. Her eyes fell on Natalia and Ryan that was almost eating each other up, his hand under her top, and Eric too, he was making out with a girl she had never seen before. Calleigh managed to make her way to the crowd, and to the kitchen, she needed a drink, frustrated she tried calling Horatio, still there was no answer. Where was he and why was the room spinning?
"I need to calm down, I need to…" before she knew what she was doing she was hurrying towards the bathroom, starting to regret coming here at all.
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