Chapter 3.
"Calleigh, Calleigh, Calleigh," a group of people chanted around her table as she was emptying another tequila shoot.
She slammed the empty glass gently down on the table and smiled at the group of people around her.
The last few days she and Julia had been regulars at the bar, and come in contact with some of the other travelers there, and they soon had made a little group that meet there every night. During the daytime the two ladies were mostly down at the beach relaxing or bathing. And as both of them seemed to enjoy reading they exchanged books or magazines if they happened to run out.
Calleigh smiled lazily at Julia that smiled back. Julia was in a way watching over her much like an older sister would do. She made sure she never had too much to drink, and that she got home safely instead of going home with one of the guys. Not that Calleigh was likely to do that as she was with Eric, but Julia had a slight chance that ship was sailing towards its end. She just didn't want to do something she might regret later.
She couldn't find a good reason as to why that was important to her, as it really wasn't her problem if Calleigh did something stupid since she should be old enough to take care of herself.
Julia looked over at the younger blonde, that now were having an intense discussion with Nikki and Alejandro. Nikki was Greek while Alejandro was Spanish and both were very good looking and apparently were into Calleigh.
Calleigh giggled happily over something Nikki said before slowly ordering a new drink from the waiter. When he came back she seemed to have changed her mind, so she just paid before getting up and started to walk out from the place.
Julia sighed and quickly walked after her as she was walking in the direction of the beach, and she didn't want her to try swimming while being under the influence.
When Julia came down to the beach she however found that Calleigh were just wandering down by the water barefoot, humming lightly.
Julia just stood watching not interrupting her, as she found no need to do so.
Calleigh got aware of the other woman watching and came up from the water and joined her.
The two of them sat down in the sand and Julia couldn't help, but asking, "Do you want to talk about it?"
"Talk about what?" Calleigh wondered, looking at her with confused eyes.
"You and Eric," Julia answered.
Calleigh doubted before answering, "I have always been very fond of him in many ways, from the first time we meet. I remember he asked for my number, but as we were working together I found it inappropriate at the time. And I know he really loves me, but…" she answered with a sigh, not knowing why she was sharing this with Julia.
"But you are not sure if you feel that way for him anymore?" she asked.
"No, first it was all nice and safe, but now I don't know, it feels like I am suffocating. I go to work, he's there, I come home he's there, I wanna relax he's there. It's like I don't have any privacy anymore and I don't really know why I am feeling like this all of a sudden," she said, looking down in the sand with sad eyes.
"Let me ask you this, when you see your future dreams is he in it?" Julia said.
"No he's not, but I don't want to break up with him as I know that will break his heart," she said.
"That might be, but being with him for the wrong reasons isn't right either," said Julia honestly.
"I know, I know," said Calleigh a tad frustrated, as she got up and started walking along the beach.
"I'm sorry Calleigh," said Julia, catching up to her and putting a hand on her shoulder to make her stop.
Calleigh turned to face her whispering, "I really hoped love got better and les complicated when you got older, but I was wrong."
Julia nodded saying, "The only thing that changes is the players, as the game remains the same."
"What happened with you and Horatio back then?" Calleigh wanted to know, looking into her eyes.
"I dunno really, I meet him at a party and he was the handsomest man there. He was a friend of my friend Steve. He had the most wonderful red hair and the bluest eyes and I ended up going home with him. We fell in love and spent every day with each other from then, but then suddenly he left me a note saying he couldn't do it anymore and he was gone and one month later I found I had his baby inside me," Julia answered.
"That must have come as a shock," Calleigh said in a sympathetic tone.
"It was, both the break up and Kyle, I didn't really know how to handle that after having my heart broken into a million pieces. And I didn't want to tell Horatio or John as he called himself as I wouldn't want to burden him. It was mostly me against the world," she said, turning her head to look out over the ocean.
Calleigh turned hers as well not speaking at the moment, just thinking about what it would be like to be a young and alone knowing your pregnant child was all that was left from the man you loved. Without noticing a silent tear run down her cheek.
"Thank you," Julia whispered with a sad smile.
"You are welcome; you wanna go back to the hotel or…?" Calleigh asked.
"Yes, I am tired and it's a bit chilly here," said Julia honest, shivering a little.
"It is a yes," said Calleigh, turning to start walking back, when Julia said, "Can you please spend the night with me, I don't feel like being alone."
"Of course," said Calleigh and gave her a vague smile as they continued to walk towards Julia's hotel.
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