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Eric ran out of the lab towards where Calleigh was lying on the floor.

"Calleigh……Calleigh, are you ok?" He asked kneeling down at her side.

"Eric, it hurts," Calleigh answered still clutching her stomach. Horatio appeared from around the corner and immediately went to phone an ambulance. Calleigh remained on the floor, Eric holding her hand and squeezing it, she kept slipping in and out of consciousness and Eric couldn't stop worrying, where was the ambulance? Why was it taking so long?

Eventually the paramedics arrived and they soon began loading Calleigh into the ambulance, she was unconscious now but Eric refused to let go of her hand and the paramedics struggled to work around him. When they arrived at the hospital, Calleigh was taken through and Eric was told he could go no further and was directed to a waiting room.

How could he let this happen, just when things were beginning to go right, he was back at the hospital with her for the second time in a little over a month. She had to be ok, she couldn't die, he couldn't loose her now, not after everything she'd survived. He began pacing the room, she'd been in there for ages and he didn't know what was happening, she could be dead for all he knew, he tried to push the thought as far away in his head as he could, but it was still there, he loved her so much and yet he could lose her so soon. He'd only had a few hours to get used to the idea of the baby, but he loved it as his own already, he was going to be a good dad, playing with his child, making sure nothing bad happened to it, protecting it with his life. Then he thought about it, maybe he wouldn't be so good, he couldn't even protect Calleigh, who at least could sort of look after herself, how was he going to be able to look after a baby. He knew it didn't matter, he would manage, he was getting excited at the prospect of becoming a father, maybe now it was all going to cruelly be taken from him so soon after he had got it. He was going mad, but then Horatio and Alex walked in, both looking extremely worried.

"Eric, what's going on?" Horatio asked.

"I don't know, no ones telling me anything, they took her into a room and I've been stuck in here, they said someone would come and let us know what was going on soon, but I feel liked I've been here for ages and still haven't seen anyone." Eric explained, "she can't die, I can't lose her, not now, not after everything." Alex walked over to him and pulled him into a hug.

"It's going to be ok," Alex soothed,"I'm sure they're doing everything they can, they're good people." Just then a woman came into the room who Eric recognised as Linda, the doctor that had performed the exam on Calleigh after the attack.

"How is she doctor?" Horatio asked.

"We're still examining her, we've still got some tests to run, but we should know within an hour what the cause of this is."

"What about the baby?" Eric asked, Horatio and Alex turned and looked at Eric, both thinking the same thing, 'Calleigh was pregnant'.

"As I said, we should know more soon and as soon as we do I'll let you know," the doctor replied.

"Can we see her?" Eric asked desperate to see if she was ok.

"Let's wait until we've run the tests and then you can see her," the doctor replied before leaving the room.

"Calleigh was pregnant," Alex said after the door had shut. Eric nodded.

"We only found out yesterday."

"Is it yours?" Alex asked not wanting to contemplate the alternative, the idea that Calleigh could be carrying the baby of the man that had nearly killed her made her feel sick.

"No, it's his," Eric replied, everybody knew who 'he' was.

"I can't believe it," Horatio said genuinely shocked.

"Bartlett's dead, but he still won't leave her alone," Alex added, "what is she going to do?"

"We're going to keep it, raise it together," Eric answered, Alex was slightly taken aback, although she half expected this of Calleigh, who couldn't hurt a soul even if she tried. Alex didn't think that if she had been in this position, she would have been as brave, the idea of having a constant reminder of the worst days of your life scared her, but somehow she knew Calleigh would cope especially with Eric by her side.

"That's good of you Eric," Horatio replied.

"No its not, I love her H, have since the day I met her, good would be making sure this hadn't happened in the first place, but it has. This baby didn't do anything wrong, I always wanted kids, this is just the same, it won't matter who the biological father is, I'm its dad," Eric concluded. Horatio was impressed and was beginning to realise how much these two loved each other, he'd always thought they couldn't function properly without each other and now he was proved right, they belonged together.

After another 4 hours a nurse came in and explained that Calleigh had had to go to surgery but that she was now awake, and was asking for Eric. Eric left the waiting room and followed the nurse to Calleigh's room, when he saw her she looked so fragile, she'd been crying, he ran to her side and took her hand, placing a delicate kiss on her forehead.

"The baby's gone Eric," she said, "this I my fault, I considered having an abortion and now this happens, I deserved it."

"No, Calleigh, this is not your fault, these things happen sometimes, there's no reason for it, they just do, I'm so sorry."

"I always wanted kids," Calleigh started, "I would've been a good mum, better than mine, I would've loved my children and made sure they were ok." Calleigh began to cry and Eric squeezed her hand, trying to comfort her.

"Hey, you still will be, it's just that now wasn't our time, but we can try again."

"No Eric, you don't understand, the pregnancy was ectopic, and there were complications, they had to do a hysterectomy, I can't have kids anymore," she leaned into his chest and began crying, he held her, unsure of what to say. "Eric, listen to me, I want you to leave me."

"What?" Eric asked unsure he'd heard correctly.

"You need to go and forget about me, go and find somebody who can make you happy, give you children, I know you want them, and I can't give them to you, I don't want you to feel stuck with me, you should be happy."

"Calleigh don't be ridiculous, I love you, I want to be with you, you make me happy and only you, no one else has ever made me feel the way you do, I don't care about having kids as long as I'm with you."

"But…." Calleigh interrupted.

"No buts, Calleigh, you're the one I want for better of for worse its you I need, I can't live without you, I love you too much to lose you. Calleigh Duquesne, will you do me the greatest honour of becoming my wife?"

"Yes, I love you so much; of course I'll marry you!" She looked into his eyes and kissed him and honestly believed she'd never been so happy in her entire life!

The End


I know this seems a little over the top, she seems to get over the loss of her baby pretty quickly but I just thought it would be a sweet ending! I know I said there was going to be two more chapters but this ending seemed so fitting and I was just going to do a chapter about how she recovered again but it may be a little repetitive and boring, and this is a happy ending, they live happily ever after! So there you are, maybe I'm not so evil after all! Anyway, I'd like to thank you all for taking the time to read this, and ask you to review this chapter, as it is your reviews that kept me writing! And I'll be posting the first chapter of my new story some time soon hopefully, well at least when I've written it, which I'm quite looking forward to writing. So, thank you for reading!