O.K., so I know it's been, like, forever since I updated; I'm so sorry. Yes, a cliffhanger over the holidays is not a very nice thing to do. I need to thank Homeforarrest for reminding me to get this up, along with C.H.E.A.R and Liphuggers for their reviews.

Hope ya'll had a good holiday!

On with the story (this is most likely my last chapter, also you pronounce my nurses name like aun-ik-a)

Kayla

Calleigh hung from the burning ropes. Slowly the thick smoke began to suffocate her. Outside Eric watched as the van roared up in flames with Calleigh inside. It was killing him not to do something. He watch helplessly as he saw his future slip away with each passing second.

Faint sirens could be heard in the back ground. Fire trucks and ambulances came up the street sirens wailing. The crew of rescue workers began to put out the flames of the burning van.

The end result of the fire was a torched van. Medics cut open the van doors and retrieved Calleigh's scorched and lifeless body. As they lifted her on to the stretcher, Eric looked at her. Tears formed in his eyes as they put here in the back of the ambulance.

A soft and gentle hand came to rest on his shoulder. Eric turned around to come face to face with Horatio.

"Eric go with her, we're fine here."

Eric was taken back, who was we. He looked over Horatio's shoulder to see the team looking depressed, Alexx had tears in her eyes, Ryan was hugging Nat, and Tripp was pacing.

Eric nodded in thanks and ran to catch the ambulance.

The ride to the hospital was hectic, as the medics tried to get her stabilized. Eric held her hand and whispered comforting things in her ear. When they reached the hospital they wheeled her to ER.

Eric walked to the waiting room, grabbing a cup of coffee. Eric took a long drink and set it on the counter in disgust.

"Was this filtered threw a wig?" Eric ask to know one inperticular.

He heard a laugh behind him, he turned around to face the source of the laugh.

"That's a knew one."

"What?" Eric was looking at a blond girl with blue, green eyes, dressed in scrubs.

"I've head almost everything about that coffee, but never, it being filtered threw a wig."

"Well it's still got coffee grounds in the bottom."

"Come with me, I'll get you some good coffee." She turned to walk when she turned around again, "I'm Aunika." She extended her hand.

"Nice to meet you, Aunika, I'm Eric." He shook her hand and smiled

They walked down the corridors, to what Aunika liked to call the coffee room. As they entered they were greeted by the aroma of freshly brewed coffee. After they had their coffee and walked back to the waiting room.

Eric sat and looked at the clock, it felt like hours since he had got there, but in reality it was only 10 minutes. Aunika looked at Eric with worry

"Something bothering you?"

Eric looked up, 'might as well talk to someone'. "Ya..." he let out a sigh "My girlfriend is in the ER. She....might not..." he couldn't bring himself to finish the rest of the sentence.

Aunika nodded, she understood completely how he felt, she herself had been in both there positions to many time to count. She placed a comforting hand on his shoulder.

"why don't I see what I can find out?" with that she left the room, leaving a very sad Eric behind her.

Aunika ran down the halls, placing her gloves and mask on her as she ran. As she neared the ER she heard the yelling and the distinct sound of a flat lined patient.

She brust threw the doors a adrenalin cart in hand. She told the distressed doctor to move out of the way. As she prepared to stab the needle into Calleigh she looked to her face, her face was peaceful and sweet. Instead of looking dead she looked happy, Aunika had tears in her eyes, as she remembered her sister.

Aunika stabbed the needle into Calleigh. Her body jolted forward...the machine remained flat lined. Aunika rubbed her lips together as she sighed.

"Call it." she simply said.

The nurse who was standing by nodded and left to fill out the death certificate. Aunika took blood to run for tests as the doctors and nurses finished up in the ER. Aunika told them to put her in a room, private, so people she new and loved could see her one last time.

Twenty minutes later Calleighs tests were done, record time, Aunika put a rush on the results. She flipped threw the pages, looking for anything interesting. Aunika had just stepped into the waiting room to tell Eric, along with who ever else came the bad news.

"Eric..." Aunika whispered

Eric looked up "..." nothing came out of her mouth, Aunika was stunned.

She looked up at the group. Eric, the CSI team all of them, his familly, her family and friends. She looked at Eric "Calleigh...she...she....died" 'No beating around the bush'.

Eric took a breath, before he could reply Aunika jumped in again She had abnormally hugh levels of GHB, in her body."

Natalia and Valera looked to each other in shock. They of course new that if a woman had high GHB levels that she was pregnant.

"Calleigh was ten weeks pregnant...did you know?" She looked to the team with sad eyes.

Eric ran out of the room, with out another word. He could not believe this happening, he had pictured a future with her, the house with the white picked fence, kids in the back yard, bake sales, the whole nine yards.

He walked into her room. He saw her laying in a bed peacefully. He face was even more pale, her hands were clammy and her hair was tasseled. Even dead she still looked beautiful. He walked over to her and grabbed her hand. He reached the other one into his pocket and pulled out a velvet box.

"I know you would want me to do this the right way, so...here it goes." Calleigh Duquense would you have married me?"

Without a response he placed the pink diamond princes cut ring on her finger.

"See you soon" he whispered.