Graduation
Horatio and Julia were sitting next to each other, randomly amongst the others that were watching the students graduate a warm summer's day in June. Next to each up on the podium Jake and Calleigh were standing, they suited each other.
She bent over and whispered something to him, and he smiled and nodded. They were as close as and friends could be, atop of their classes and therefore picked to hold the graduation speech together. His arm was placed around her slender waist, making any man jealous of him. Not that it would matter of course as Calleigh were from that very morning engaged to be married to her handsome knight in shining armor. There were a ring in white gold on her finger holding a diamond to prove it.
"The look great don't they?" Horatio whispered to Julia, she seemed happy as well.
"They really do, who would have thought the young man being late for all my classes would one day holding the famous speech," she said with a smile.
"I think she has a lot to do with that, Horatio Caine," he said, holding out his hand towards her.
"Julia Winston," she said, shaking his, making her see she was wearing a ring as well. It was either silver or white gold holding a heart.
"So you are professor Winston, Calleigh has told me so much about you, so I take it Jake managed to win you over in the end," he said, nodding towards her ring.
"That he did, you must be her husband to be, although you do seem a lot older," she said a bit surprised.
"I am, but we are good together, I couldn't picture my life with anyone, but her," he said and smiled at Julia.
"That's how I feel about my Jake, he really saved me," she said, smiling soft up at him.
"I am glad to hear that, every woman deserves to be saved," he said with a chuckle. She giggled and punched him in the side.
Calleigh eying them cautiously at the podium, hearing Jake whisper, "Don't worry, Bullet girl, she's mine and he's yours, but it couldn't hurt that they become friends. So do you have work waiting after this?"
"Yeah I do, I'm hired as a ballistics expert in training back home," she said and smiled.
"New Orleans right?" he asked.
"Yeah, you?" she wanted to know.
"I'm staying here for patrol, hope that would lead to an undercover job later on, but I do have a foot inside Baltics here," he said.
"I hope it work outs for you, you'll make a fine undercover cop I'm sure," she said with a smile.
"Thank you for saying, so, and you'll get your guns and bullets," he said.
"That and my handsome, we are now formerly engaged," she said, showing off her ring.
"That's cool, and I take it Natalia and Valera will continue working at their lab," said Jake.
"Of course, they are all about their chemistry, Ryan will be transferred I think to another police unit and Eric he'll stay at the garage," she summed up.
"Seems we'll be parting ways," he told her with a heavy sigh.
"For now, maybe we'll meet in the future," she said with a giggle.
"Maybe, we're up," he said, walking forward, with her on his side to give the speech. Little did they know that in the future all would meet and work together in a crime lab in sunny Miami.
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