June
2001
"Did you sign that file Eric?" Tim said handing me a mug of coffee. I nodded as I tasted it. Way too weak for my liking.
"Yeah I did." Just then their boss walked in.
"You two finished for the night?" Horatio said.
"Yes just tidying up." I replied.
"I wanted to let you two know that I have found our new ballistics expert."
"Really?" Speed said.
"Yes she's coming from New Orleans at the end of the month."
"Her?" Tim looked over at me. "You better keep Eric away from her if we want to keep her around." I grinned.
"Lay off Speed!" he laughed he knew well I was seeing Julia now.
"Anyway. Miss Duquesne will be starting her the end of next week." I stopped short at Horatio's words.
"Hang on Duquesne!?"
"Yes Calleigh Duquesne." He nodded. No way… I thought.
February
2009
"Will you stay with me?" she asked, her voice still raspy.
"No…" I smiled. "As long as you want me to. Only if you want me to…" I said sitting down beside her and taking her hand.
"I want you to stay forever." She said smiling.
"Well it doesn't look like either of us are going anywhere for a while." I said.
"I love you Eric." She said.
"I love you too Cal. And I want everyone to know it! I want to tell the team about us. I want our story to finally be told." She looked up at me.
"Ok…" she said. And a smile slowly spread across her face.
"Really?"
"I think we've come through way to much together to keep hiding it. I think we're just meant to be together. It just took me twenty nine years to realise it." She gripped my hand tighter.
"You knew it you were just too chicken… Pollo!"
"Shut up Fish-Boy." She said and coughed slightly. I leaned down and kissed her. My best friend. The soul-mate that I'd found at six years old.
The end.
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