Calleigh and Eric are in the hummer. Driving to Calleighs place.
Eric looks over at Calleigh. With a concerned look on his face.
"Hey Calleigh are you ok" Eric asks.
"Yeah my head just really hurts. Eric it's been a long day" Calleigh replies.
Eric lets Calleigh rest until they arrive at her place.
when they arrive at Calleighs place. Eric looks over and sees that Calleigh has fallen asleep. So he gently nudges her to wake her up.
"Hey Calleihgh were home" Eric replies.
"Thanks for giving me a ride home" Calleigh says.
"No problem now go get some rest and feel better. If you need anything call me. I will be here in the morning to pick you up I love you." Eric exclaims.
"Thanks Eric I love you to. See you in the morning" Calleigh replies.
Calleigh heads inside and shuts the door. And Eric heads home.
Eric arrives at Calleighs place the next morning. To pick her up for work he knocks on the door. But no answer so he gets his key and goes in.
"Hey Cal are you ready to go" Eric asks.
"Hey Eric i'm in here" Calleigh replies.
"Cal you don't look good are you ok" Eric asks.
"No i'm sick I only got a couple hours of sleep. Just give me ten minutes and I will be ready to go."Calleigh replies
"No you aren't going anywhere I will call H. And let him know you arent coming in" Eric exclaims
"Eric that's sweet of you. But i have a ton of work to catch up on. In ballistics I really can't afford to miss work." Calleigh replies.
"Cal if you even attempt to go to work. You know the minute H sees you he's gonna send you home." Eric replies.
Calleigh sighs
"Your right just go ahead and call him" Calleigh replies
Eric opens his cell phone and dials H's number
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"This is Horatio"
"Hey H it's delko"
"Hey Eric is everything ok" H asks
"Yeah everything is fine. Calleigh is just a little under the weather today. So she won't be coming in. But I will be in soon" Eric replies.
"Things are kind of slow today. Why don't you stay home with Calleigh. We can handle things here" H says.
"Are you sure sir" Eric asks.
"I am sure now go take care of Calleigh. Tell her I said to feel better soon. I will talk to you later" H says then hangs up the phone.
Eric goes to find Calleigh and hears her in the bathroom throwing up.
"Hey Calleigh are you ok" Eric asks.
Calleigh comes out of the bathroom.
"No not really i feel awful" Calleigh replies.
"Alright you get in bed. I will run to the store and get you some medicine ok." Eric says.
"Thanks Eric your great" Calleigh says.
Eric arrives back home with medicine. And some soup for Calleigh.
"Hey Cal I'm back" Eric feels Calleighs head "Your burning up. Here let me get you some water so you can take this medicine. I got you some soup too if you think you can eat anything" Eric says.
"Thanks Eric for staying here with me. I didn't think a headache would turn into this." Calleigh replies
"Well we have been working a lot of cases lately. So you just need to rest and get better ok Cal" Eric replies.
Erics phone rings.
"Hey Eric how is Calleigh feeling" Horatio asks.
"She's not doing too great. She has a high fever and she was throwing up" Eric replies.
"Ok well make sure that she get's rests. And gets well" H replies.
"Will do H. Thanks for checking in" Eric replies.
Eric hangs up the phone and goes to check on Calleigh.
"Hey Cal did you want me to heat that soup up for you" Eric aks.
"I don't know Eric. I really just wanna try and sleep right now." Calleigh replies
"Alright you get some rest. I am gonna go to the truck and grab my laptop. And do some work while you rest alright." Eric says
"Ok" Calleigh replies.
2 Hours later
Eric is sitting on the couch working on his laptop. Calleigh comes out from the bedroom.
"Hey Sleepy head how are you feeling" Eric asks.
"A little better" Calleigh says.
"You wanna try and eat something" Eric asks.
"Yea I can try" Calleigh says.
"Ok here sit down I will go make it for you" Eric says
"Thanks Eric" Calleigh replies.
A few minutes later Eric comes back with the soup.
"Here you go" Eric says.
"Thanks Eric and thank you for staying with me. I just hope you don't get sick now" Calleigh replies.
"Don't worry about me Calleigh. I will be fine now eat your soup" Eric says.
Erics phone starts ringing
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"Delko"
"Hey Its Nat. I heard Cal was sick I wanted to call and check up on her" Nat says
"She is feeling a little better. She's trying to eat some soup right now" Eric says.
"Alright well tell her I said to get better. I gotta get back to work. Talk to you later" Nat says then hangs up the phone.
"Who was that" Calleigh asks.
"That was Natalia. She heard you got sick and wanted to see how you were feeling. She said to get better soon" Eric says.
Calleigh puts her bowl down and runs to the bathroom. Eric gets up and goes after her.
He hears her in the bathroom throwing up.
"Calleigh I am sorry. I didnt' think the soup would make you sick" Eric says
Calleigh comes out of the bathroom
"Its ok Eric its not your fault" Calleigh says.
Eric wraps his arms around calleigh and holds her for a few minutes.
"Eric I'm so sorry I feel so gross. I don't like that you have to see me like this" Calleigh replies.
"Cal don't worry about it I'm just worried about you. I don't like seeing you sick like this" Eric replies.
Knock Knock
"Can you get that Eric" Calleigh asks.
"Yeah Cal of course" Eric replies.
Eric opens the door and it's H
"Hey H what are you doing here" Eric asks.
"I wanted to stop by on my way home. And check on Calleigh. Horatio exclaims.
"Come on in" Eric replies.
"Thanks hey Calleigh how are you feeling" Horatio asks.
"Not too great I tried to eat some soup. But that didn't go to well" Calleigh replies.
"I brought you some soup you can eat. When your feeling better" Horatio replies.
"Thanks Horatio" Calleigh replies.
"Your welcome" Horatio smiles.
"You better go H. I don't want you getting sick too" Calleigh says
"I am heading out right now. Feel better alright.
Eric walks H to the door.
"Eric you stay home tomorrow with Calleigh ok" H says.
"Are you sure" Eric asks.
"I am sure goodnight Eric." H says
"Goodnight H" Eric replies.
Eric closes the door and goes back in the living room with calleigh.
"Alright Cal you ready to go to bed. I will get you settled in before I leave" Eric says.
"Eric you can stay the night. I don't wanna be alone" Calleigh says.
"Ok I will stay. I can sleep on the couch" Eric says
Eric kisses Calleigh on the cheek
"Goodnight Calleigh I love you" Eric says.
"I love you too Eric goodnight" Calleigh replies.
The next morning Calleigh wakes up. But Eric is still sleeping on the couch. She's feeling much better so she decides to make her and Eric breakfast.
Eric Smells the food and he wakes up and goes into the kitchen.
"Good morning" Calleigh says.
"Good morning Cal you feeling better" Eric asks.
"Yea I am feeling a little better. I think just in case I am gonna stay home today" Calleigh says.
"Ok that's fine" Eric says
"But if you wanna go in that's fine. I will be ok here by myself." Calleigh says
"H already told me to take the day off. So let's take advantage of that and just have some us time" Eric says.
"That sounds great" Calleigh replies