Chapter 5.

It was a Saturday about two weeks later. A Saturday night actually and Calleigh were home alone. She had just broken it off with Eric about an hour earlier by telling him she didn't love him and it became too much. He had taken it hard and it had been a huge fight before he left with his things. He said he would bring hers to work the following Monday.

Now she was just sitting there feeling alone and empty, a feeling she didn't care too much for. She wondered if she could call Horatio and ask him to come over, but thought it would bee a bit too much all things considered.

Yet she didn't feel like being along, so she picked up the phone and very slowly dialed his number.

"Horatio Caine," she soon heard him say in the other end.

"Hey Horatio, its Calleigh," she said with a sigh.

"Calleigh, are you OK?" he wondered, his voice felt with concern.

"No, not really no, Eric and I… we just broke it off and…" she stopped, not knowing what to say.

She didn't really need to say more as the redhead at once knew what she meant and said he would be over as soon as possible so she didn't have to spend the night alone.

As soon as he arrived he found her crying in a pile on the living room floor. He bent down, lifted her up and carried her to the bedroom, where they would spend the night together.

The couple woke around one the next day. Calleigh looked at the man that was sleeping next to her. She knew he was naked under her sheets, the reason as to why she knew was that they had made love the night before.

It had been prefect, in fact more so that she ever imagined it would be. It had made her realize what real love making was, it wasn't just sex. Maybe it was so good as she had longed for him so long without really knowing. All she knew now was that she loved the man that was next to her. In a way she always had, only not like this.

Horatio slowly opened his blue eyes and looked at her saying, "Good morning sweetheart, did you sleep well?"

"I did, thank you, what about yourself?" she required.

"Best sleep I had in ages," he said and smiled at her.

Calleigh giggled a little as she snuggled closer to him, settling with her head against his chest as his rested on top of hers. He smiled a little as he felt very lucky about being there at this very moment, with the woman he had loved for so long.

At the same moment Julia was parking their rental car outside the Boa Vista residence in Florida.

The drive from the airport to their home had taken about thirty minutes which wasn't half bad considering the flight itself took almost twelve hours. Julia yawned a little making Natalia look at her with concerned eyes and ask, "Tired sweetheart?"

"I am yes, long flight, I really wish we could have stayed longer considering how long it takes to get here, but as we both have work on Monday…" Julia said with a sigh, looking into Natalia's hazel eyes.

"I know sweetheart, I would love for us to stay longer so they could get to know you better," said Natalia, gently stroking her cheek.

"Are you really sure about this?" asked Julia, she was started to look a bit nervous now.

"I haven't been surer about anything in my life, are you ready?" Natalia asked back.

"As ready as I ever will be," said Julia with a sigh as she bent over to kiss her before getting out.

"Ma, I'm here," Natalia yelled as soon as she had opened the door, putting their bag down.

A moment later an older Hispanic woman appeared in the door saying, "Natalia, sweetheart, it's so wonderful to finally see you. You must be Julia, I'm Juliana Boa Vista," she said and smiled at them.

Julia shyly shook the woman's hand saying, "Julia Saris, it's a pleasure."

"Likewise, do you wanna settle first and then meet the rest or the other way around?" Juliana asked.

"I think we would like to settle, but we'll be right down, it's great to be home," said Natalia and smiled at her.

"It's great to have you here, now hurry up as we all want to get to know Julia," said Juliana and gave her a hug before letting them go upstairs.

Natalia opened the door to her old bedroom and let Julia in. The blonde curiously looked around; the walls were in peach color with pictures of rock stars and movie stars and pictures of friends here and there.

Julia looked at the different posters before her eyes fell on a makeup table with a big mirror. Around it is was more pictures of Natalia, her sisters and her friends. Julia smiled a little as she took off one off the pictures as Natalia as a teenager, looking at it.

Natalia watched as Julia tried to explore her past, learning about her from the room and her pictures. She was the first one she had taken up there since Nick, which now seemed like ages ago. He was one of her biggest regrets in life.

Julia however wasn't, it felt right that she was looking through her things, seeing her in that way only she could, making her feel that special feeling.

Julia looked over at Natalia with a smile asking, "Can I keep this?"

"If you want it, it is yours," said Natalia and smiled back, not knowing why she would want that picture, but that if it was important to her she should have it.

"Thank you, so this is all you?" Julia said.

"Pretty much yes," Natalia answered.

"You must have broken a lot of hearts over the years," said Julia.

"Why would you think that?" Natalia asked a bit surprised.

"Because you then like now looked stunning, you must have had tons of heart raising," said Julia.

Natalia blushed shyly saying, "What about now?"

"You got mine rising fast every time I'm with you," said Julia honest.

"I know what that is like as every time I look at you my heart beats one million time a minute," said Natalia.

At this point Julia got up and walked over to the bed only to sit down next to her on the bed. She slowly opened her blouse and placed her hand on her heart only to confirm what she had just said and smiled.

"I love you," she whispered before gently kissing her lips.

"I love you too," said Natalia when she broke free from her.

"We better get downstairs before they starts to wonder," said Julia, nuzzling her cheek.

Natalia nodded as she got up and dragged her to the door to bring her new love down to meet her family.

Julia had never before been to a family gathering like this one and happily answered any question she had as she sat curled up next to Natalia. The family seemed to like every answer which was highly uncommon for her, to be liked like this. Natalia from time to time added things when needed to be added, which Julia of course didn't mind.

As they got to know each other time flew by and soon it was time for dinner, but just as they were about to get up and walk to the table one of Christine's daughters asked Julia how they in fact had ended up together.

Julia simply answered, "It was because she came to me in my darkest hour when I needed her the most, when no one else could see me but her."

And that would be the story to be told years ahead about how the two ladies became a couple because they ended up falling in love by the most unlikely time, in their darkest hour.

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