Chapter 6

Horatio sat in his office at the computer looking up information he had just found on Jayne. As he was reading it, he heard a knock on the door. He looked up to see Calleigh poking her head round the door.

"Are you okay? You've been in here all morning."

Horatio tried to hide what he was doing, "I'm just going through some paperwork."

"Still? Horatio, do I need to surgically detach you from that desk? You don't normally spend all of this time in here."

"I have a lot to do. I've got to sort out Jayne with a firearm but I've just got to check her Army profile to see if she did any firearm training," Horatio covered his real motive for doing a background check on the new recruit.

"I'm sure she does. I'll tell you what I'll do, I'll take her to my lab and see what she can do. You know, you may end up with two Bullet Girls instead of one."

Horatio frowned as he stood up and approached his wife, "there is only one Bullet Girl on this team," he pulled Calleigh close.

"Yeah? And what if I have to take leave for some reason? Wouldn't you much rather have a member of your own team in the ballistics lab?"

Horatio looked confused, "and why would you want to take leave without me?"

Calleigh smiled sweetly, "I'm more thinking of maternity leave."

Horatio took a few moments for this to sink in. Then he realised what Calleigh was getting at, "you mean you're pregnant?"

Calleigh nodded, "yep, I'm thinking maybe five or six weeks. I've missed two periods and so I took a home pregnancy test. It was positive."

Horatio's smile beamed across his face, "that's brilliant news. Do you know for certain?"

"Well we will by tomorrow. I have booked us in for a scan."

"Why didn't you tell me when you suspected something?"

"I didn't want to get you all excited for no reason. I have had missed periods in the past which mounted up to nothing, haven't I?"

"That is true, but still, you could have told me."

Calleigh smiled, "never mind. I can't believe we're going to be parents again."

Horatio hugged Calleigh, "neither can I."

Calleigh pulled away slightly, "anyway, I have a crime scene to get to. Ryan is waiting by the elevator for me. I will see you later."

"You most definitely will," Horatio stole a kiss before Calleigh left to find Ryan.

This news had certainly put Horatio in a great mood. But he had to focus on the job in hand. As he searched for information on his new recruit, he came across some interesting information. He dug a little deeper and found something which disturbed him. He read and reread it over a few times. He had to find out more.

Eric had just arrived back from the crime scene when Horatio caught up with him.

"Where's Jayne?"

"She's gone to view an apartment. She said you knew about it."

Horatio nodded, "I do. When she gets back, tell her that I need to see her. It's urgent."

"Sure thing H," Eric seemed confused as he watched his boss wander back to his office. Maybe he'd found out something about Jayne which didn't sit right. He had thought about following Horatio but thought better of it. Instead, he went to DNA to drop off some evidence and carried on to trace to work on the rest of the evidence that he and Jayne had collected.