DISCALIMER: I don't own CSI Miami and i don't make any money from it
Chapter 4.
Julia gently knocked on the door to Calleigh's apartment before entering. As she looked around, she could tell that she was home. The TV was on Disney Channel and there were three glasses and plates on the table in front of it.
Julia turned it off and headed for the bedroom, where Calleigh was peacefully asleep with a sleeping child on each side, a book lying halfway her lap. Julia couldn't help but smile as she found it cute, before she went back into the living room, called Horatio, and said: "I found Calleigh and the children, but all three of them are sleeping. Can't we just leave them until tomorrow? I promise they'll be returned safe and sound."
"How many kids have you got there?" Horatio asked.
"Two... Why?" asked Julia.
"Great. That means that only one's still missing," Horatio said.
"What do you mean? I thought there were only two!" Julia exclaimed.
"We just found out there was a baby in addition to them, but no one knows where it could be," Horatio admitted.
Exactly one minute after this particular phone call, Detective Calleigh Duquesne hurried down the stairs of her apartment, car keys holding tight. "We've got to find that child before it gets dark outside!"
After looking the crime scene all over for a second time without finding the baby, Calleigh was starting to get frustrated when she suddenly spotted a dog house in the back yard of the Brennan residence and remembered the family didn't have a dog, at least not as far as she was concerned. So she walked over to it and crouched down to find a little baby gently asleep in his dirty blanket. Saving her baby boy from his aggressive father had probably been his mommy's last act.
Calleigh carefully reached out for the baby and lifted him out of the dog house, gently rocking him in her arms, and feeling his forehead to feel his temperature. He appeared to be absolutely fine, but she had to make sure.
"He's so tiny," Calleigh whispered, as she finally down in the couch. She had been at the hospital with the baby nearly the whole night.
"He is," Julia smiled. Kyle was this little once too, but that already seems like ages ago," said Julia with a sigh.
Calleigh leaned over to give her lover a kiss. At this point, she longed for desiring Julia more than she had ever for anyone, and Julia could see it in her eyes. Calleigh was on the verge and she knew she needed her closeness, so Julia gently allowed her lover to push her back in the pillows. They had to be careful not to wake up the three children, though...
"Hold me close," Calleigh begged.
So that's exactly what Julia did.
Calleigh woke up early the next morning by the baby's screams and broke gently free from Julia, who let out a soft grunt.
Calleigh smiled at her lover, she could have stood there watching her forever, had it not been for the angry screams coming from the guest room. As she got there, she quickly picked up the little boy, to prevent him from waking up his brother and sister.
Calleigh looked down at her bosom feeling badly that she couldn't offer him just that. Rocking him, she carried the little baby to the kitchen, where she started to make his bottle. She had gotten all necessary supplies from the hospital mere hours before, and had been told exactly what to do. Still, she was so afraid to do anything wrong, though... Time to dwell on it she didn't have, because she heard crying from the master bedroom and went to deal with it.
She quickly found the young girl crying, her brother trying to overhear her by telling her not to act like a baby, and holding his hands upon his ears.
Calleigh sat down on the bed herself, and the girl quickly came over to her for comfort, which Calleigh unconditionally gave her as best as she could. It wasn't made any easier with the baby still on her hip.
"I'm hungry," Juliet cried.
"We'll find you guys something to eat then," Calleigh said, standing up from the bed and leading them to the kitchen, where Julia was slowly getting awake. She sat up from the couch and walked over to the counter, where she continued making the baby's formula and put it in the microwave for exactly fifteen seconds, before handing it to Calleigh and crouching down to ask the children what they wanted to eat. ("Chocolate spread!")
"Who's that woman?" Juliet asked, without blushing, looking up at Calleigh curiously.
"My girlfriend," said Calleigh simply.
"That's odd! I thought that only men and women-" Cutio started. "No, don't you remember Abby's mum's with a girl too?" said Juliet.
"Right," Cutio nodded. "What will happen to us now?" he wondered, turning all his attention to Calleigh, who looked up at her girlfriend nervously.
"I don't know," Calleigh answered, honestly, as she continued feeding the baby his bottle.
"We really don't want to be separated!" Juliet exclaimed.
"I hope you don't have to," said Calleigh, knowing there was a big chance it would happen. The little girl looked scared and started to cry so Julia sat down on her level and let her cry on her shoulder while she held her closely.
Calleigh was started to feel more and more badly for the three little children. The older blonde looked up at her again and smiled, before saying: "So, who wants ice cream?"
"For breakfast?" said the girl surprised.
"Why not?" said Julia.
"I do," the two oldest children said happily, and Julia turned over to the fridge to get them a box of ice cream, and spoons.
"Life saver," said Calleigh, and kissed her softly while the kids were not looking.
"You want children?" Julia asked.
"I-" Calleigh stuttered.
"I wasn't asking now, relax, sweetheart," said Julia and gave her a reassuring kiss.
"Good. Now I could better get these to work before Horatio will have me hanged," she said, nodding to the children.
"Now we're talking about looking like a mother," said Eric with a chuckle, as Calleigh came into work with the baby on her hip and Juliet holding onto her hand tightly.
"Suits her," said Natalia thoughtfully.
"And I didn't even know she ever was pregnant," they heard Tara say behind her.
"Those aren't hers, although they seem to like her," said Natalia.
"Can you blame them?" said Eric smiling at them.
"Those shouldn't happen to be the Brennan children" said Tara.
"It is, why?" asked Eric.
"Got the final things on their mother's autopsy report," she said, and handed it to him.
Eric looked at the papers, gasped, and said: "This can't be true."
"It is," said Tara. "She was about two months pregnant with their fourth child.
"And the father, have you-?" he asked, not being able to finish the sentence.
"The paternity test is already sent to DNA," she said, as Calleigh reached them.
"So, you just became a mother?" said Eric.
"Very funny," she said in a serious tone.
"Calleigh! There you are! May I have a moment with you?" said Horatio, popping up in the DNA lab as well, which suddenly got crowded.
"Please don't leave!" said Juliet, looking up at Calleigh with a scared glance.
"I'll be right back. Don't worry. In the meanwhile, Eric and Natalia are gonna show you how the machines in the lab work, won't you?" said Calleigh, as she handed the baby over to Eric and followed Horatio into his office.
Once inside his office, he exploded: "Have you gone completely insane all of a sudden?"
"And that coming from the man sleeping with Stetler!" she exclaimed.
"What' wrongs with you? First you ran out without explanation, and then you hide out with the main witnesses of- I should have you suspended for it, do you have any idea-" he stopped looking at her, stopped talking. She was shaking with fury.
"You men- You always wreck everything!" she snarled at him.
Horatio just looked at her confused.
"Jake broke me down to hundred pieces. First you, then he-" she started.
"What do you mean?" he asked.
"Just... forget I said anything. Please don't be too hard on these children while questioning them, they've been through enough already, " she said.
"Are you seeing Julia?" Horatio asked, curiously, on their way back to the labs.
"No. Why would I-" Calleigh lied even though it hurt her deep inside to do so. Lying to the man she had loved for so many years, and she still loved to bits. Lying about the woman she loved the most in life.
"Julia was the only one to tell me where you were yesterday," said Horatio.
"So, I can't have female friends now?" said Calleigh, still hurting inside, denying her love.
"Of course you can. I'm sorry," he said.
"Speaking of the devil," said Horatio, watching Julia nearing from the corners of his eyes. Calleigh froze.
"Oh, this should be interesting," said Natalia, looking on, and punched Ryan in the side for him to watch too.
"Horatio," Julia said.
"Julia," he replied.
"So, I hear you turned gay," she said in a spiteful tone.
"Likewise," he said.
"Me gay? Don't make me laugh," she said and looked over at Calleigh to see if she was OK. She quickly found she was not.
"Oh really?" he said, seeing the tension between the two woman obviously now. The same tension that always hang between Stetler and him self.
"What are you doing here then?" Horatio just rolled his eyes as no answer was being heard. As Julia was sure he had left, she handed Calleigh her phone. "You forgot this in your hurry this morning."
"Thanks, gorgeous," said Calleigh, and kissed her lover gently, making sure no one was looking. "Now I need to go to the children. They may need me," she said.
"You sound like a mother already," said Julia and kissed her again before she left off.
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