Me: Right well, hello.
Cal: Yeah, hello everyone
Me: So I hurried to write this…but I like it…
Cal: I have to admit that I did as well…
Me: Cal? Are you alright? Did you just agree with me?
Cal:…..
Me: That's ok you don't have to admit it…yet. Baby steps Cal…
Cal: -.-
Me: Well as usually I don't own anything
Cal darted into a sitting position and Gillian pulled the covers up higher.
"Em! What are you doing here? You weren't supposed to get home until next Friday from your trip with your mum!"
The grin on Emily's face still hadn't diminished.
"Had to come home early, but it's probably a good thing I didn't come home too early."
Gillian turned red and sunk even further under the covers.
"Oi! That's enough now Em. Go on, go downstairs. Give us some time and space yeah?"
Emily was about to say something else then thought better of it, realizing that it would only make Gillian even more and went downstairs. Once Cal was sure Emily was downstairs he got up and closed the door. He turned around to see Gillian scavenging around his room looking for her clothes, and not really succeeding.
"Oi! Just what do you think you're doing?"
"I think it would be best if I leave. I mean with Emily here and… and what she…um what she saw. Maybe I should…"
Cal walked over to Gillian and put his hands on her shoulders to stop her and make her look into his eyes.
"Whoa luv, now wait a minute. Em's a big girl, she can take care of herself. I'm certain we haven't mentally scarred her in anyway."
"I-I don't think she's alright with all of this I mean…you know…"
Cal raised his eyebrows at Gillian.
"Really luv? Yes I know my daughter can be a bit of a sass, which was directed at me by the way not you. I mean but really luv, it's genetic, look at the stock she's coming from Gill."
Cal gestured towards himself and Gillian couldn't help the little upturn of the corners of her mouth.
"Trust me luv Emily is probably damn near jumping off of the bloody walls cos she's happy we're together."
Cal smiled as he saw Gillian's resolve to leave crumble.
"That's my girl, alright so why don't we get some clothes on then go and welcome my daughter home yeah?"
Cal leaned in and kissed Gillian gently on the lips then took a step back to admire her.
"You are bloody gorgeous Gill."
Gillian blushed then watched Cal as he went to his closet to get some clothes. He was fairly muscular and if Emily wasn't downstairs she would have jumped him. Yeah, she thought to herself, he was most definitely the sexiest man she'd ever seen. Gillian shook herself out of her train of thought at the sound of him clearing his throat.
"Admiring the view luv?"
Gillian smiled a sultry smile and licked her lips.
"More like thinking about what I'd like to do with the view."
Cal groaned deep in his throat and then turned to toss her a pair of sweat pants and one of his shirts.
"Careful luv, the only thing keeping me from laying you back down on my bed it the fact that my daughter is expecting us."
Gillian's eyebrows shot up.
"Not the fact that she's in the house?"
Cal pulled on a pair of sweat pants and shirt then walked up to Gillian in a way that screamed predator.
"Like I said luv, Em's a big girl."
Cal kissed her one more time before he grabbed her hand and led her downstairs. They heard the TV on in the living room and made their way towards the noise. Before they crossed the threshold Cal pulled her in close and whispered in her ear.
"I love you Gillian."
Gillian shivered then followed him as he walked into the living room. Emily looked up from watching CSI when she heard her dad and Gillian walk in. Before Cal could say anything Emily jumped up then ran and hugged Gillian.
"You have no idea how happy I am that you two are finally together!"
Gillian smiled and hugged Emily back while Cal gave Gillian an I-told-you-so look. Then Emily stepped back and looked at her dad with a serious expression on her face.
"Dad."
"Yes luv?"
"It's Wednesday night."
She gave Cal some time to think until dawning came over him.
"Aw shit, you're right Em, how could I forget?"
Gillian looked between Cal and Emily, confused.
"What's Wednesday?"
Emily gaze darted to Gillian then went back to her father.
"I'll go get the usual."
Cal nodded then called after Emily.
"Oi! And let's take some consideration for the Gill yeah?"
"Of course."
When Emily disappeared Gillian turned to Cal.
"Cal what's on Wednesday?"
"Well luv, we have a bit of a family tradition here. Every Wednesday we have a bit of a friendly competition. It's nothing intense or anything, just a bit of fun, but we've never missed a Wednesday. Every Wednesday we watch Criminal Minds and try to figure out the suspect before the BAU team does."
"It started one night when I was watching Criminal Minds and my dad bet that he could figure out who the unsub was before I could. The loser had to do the dishes."
"Who won that time?"
Cal smiled as he took two bowls from Emily's hand. One bowl had a few scoops of butter pecan ice cream for himself. The other bowl had vanilla ice cream with hot fudge and caramel, or rather a bowl of hot fudge and caramel with a side of ice cream for Gillian.
"C'mon luv, you underestimate me."
Gillian rolled her eyes and Emily continued.
"We've changed the winnings since then though. If I win then my curfew gets extended to 11pm and if Dad wins I make dinner Thursday night."
Cal grinned as he watched Gillian eat her ice cream.
"I haven't had to cook dinner on Thursday since. But now that you're here luv we have to give you some incentive as well."
Gillian paused in her eating of her ice cream to think for a moment then smiled.
"How about if I win you have to buy me all of the sweets I want and you can't say a thing about it. No snarky comments."
"And what if you lose eh luv? How about if you lose then you get no sweets whatsoever for the whole day."
Gillian opened her mouth to protest but Emily silenced them by motioning with the remote that the show was starting. Gillian marveled at how quickly the two Lightmans went silent and how engrossed in the show they got. It remained silent until about halfway through the show during a commercial and then the bickering began.
"Alright, so I'm thinking it's a guy that was sexually abused when he was a child. I mean look at the degrading way the women are treated."
Emily paused for a moment then nodded.
"No way luv, he's ex- military or a hunter. Those traps are much too complicated and effective for him not to be."
Cal sounded and looked sure of himself, as usual.
"He's handicapped somehow, probably in a way that makes it hard for him to balance and/or walk. That's why he sets those traps. I'll bet he can't hunt, probably wanted to but never could take the physical demands of hunting or the service for that matter."
Cal and Emily looked at each other incredulously.
"Em! We've been had! She's a bloody shrink!"
Gillian and Emily laughed and they all watched the rest of the episode in silence, each one of them hoping that their guess was correct. In the end it turned out that Gillian was right. Gillian smiled triumphantly and stuck her tongue out at Cal.
"Guess who's getting me chocolate pudding tomorrow?"
"You know luv, you could chose which one of us has to go through with this."
Gillian gave Cal a look that said really-Cal?
"I think I'll spare Emily the dishes."
This time it was Emily that stuck her tongue out at Cal.
"Oi! Look at what you've done! You're setting a bad example for my daughter. She's enough of a sass as it is luv!"
"I wonder I get it from Dad. I mean really."
Gillian turned to Cal and burst out laughing.
"I've created a bloody monster! Wait, no I take that back, she was born one."
Emily fake pouted then poked her tongue out again. The only warning Emily had was the devious grin Cal gave Gillian before Cal launched himself at Emily. Gillian watched incredulously as Lightman senior jumped on Lightman junior and pinned her down to face his relentless tickling. Emily screamed and laughed and Cal chuckled right along side her. After a few more minutes Cal relented and they recuperated for a few seconds before Emily chanced a devious glance oh so like her father's and then they were on Gillian. Gillian's laugh was a musical one and Emily and Cal were just as relentless as Cal had been earlier. Finally, after much tickling Cal leaned back on the couch and sighed. Gillian took the opportunity to snuggle in close to Cal and Emily snuggled in close to them both. What Emily said next made Cal's heart clench and flutter and tears spring to Gillian's eyes.
"We've never had this, we're finally a family."
A/N So like? Love? Hate? It was more family orientated so I hope you like it. I enjoyed writing it. Review plz! :D