Chapter 8.
It was about a week later that Calleigh was having a really hard time at work due to a case. It was a young girl that had been murdered by her father. She was about seven with blonde hair and emerald green eyes. In fact she was somewhat similar to what Calleigh looked like as a child.
They had found on the living room floor beaten to death, blood all over and her father that had called it in sat next to her shivering. He was drunk. Calleigh suspected he was that way a lot.
When she before coming to the interrogation room had asked him why he did it, he had said, "Because she couldn't do as I told her play with the ball outside when I needed some rest."
It all seemed just too familiar for Calleigh, maybe that was what made her call Julia and say, "I can't do this, and it's too hard."
"Calleigh, sweetheart, what's wrong?" Julia asked.
"It's just this case it's to similar to me and she didn't deserve to die that way," Calleigh whispered as silent tears slowly found their way down her cheeks.
"Awww sweetheart, do you want me to come over?" Julia asked concerned.
"No, no I'm fine, just needed to hear your voice right now," Calleigh answered before a soft sob escaped her lips.
"Are you absolutely sure?" Julia asked still concerned.
"Yes, yes, I will be fine I promise, so see you at Ludovico's at seven?" said Calleigh.
"Of course you will," said Julia calmly.
"Good, have a still good day," said Calleigh.
"You too sweetheart," said Julia in a very loving tone before hanging up.
Calleigh sat down on the floor in her gun vault moments later holding on to her gun and letting her tears fall. This was not something she would usually do, but this time it was just too hard for her and she needed to let it out before continuing with her work.
Unfortunately for her just this time was that she hit the redial button and called Julia. As she was not aware she didn't answer in her end and was not aware that Julia heard her soft sobs.
Julia however on her end quickly got aware of what was happening and that Calleigh was not as OK as she first had claimed.
She sighed as she went out to her secretary and said, "Please cancel my appointments for the next couple of hours I need to take care of something."
"Of course Mrs. Saris," she answered with a smile.
"I will call if I get very late," said Julia before heading out the main exit to get to her car.
After driving for approximately ten minutes a little faster than what was allowed she stopped outside the crime lab where she found a parking spot. She grabbed her keys and purse and slowly walked up to the building wondering how it would look when she asked the receptionist for Calleigh and not Horatio.
She slowly pushed the elevator button when she heard someone yell, "Hold it."
She did so only to have Ryan came inside with his field kit and evidence bags saying, "Thank you, Julia."
"You are welcome," she answered, giving him a little smile. She always found him somewhat cute, but then again he was too young for her.
"Are you here to see Horatio, because I think he's out, but I can take you to his office if you want to wait," he answered.
"No, but thank you, I am actually here to see Calleigh, but if you could lead me in the direction of the firearms I would be very grateful," she said.
"Oh I'm sorry, if I knew you were going there I would have let you go first, you gotto take the elevator to level zero, then it's third door on the left," he explained.
"Thank you and here's your stop," she said and smiled at him again.
"It is, well see you around," he said wondering what she wanted with Calleigh as he got out and headed into the crime lab.
Julia took the elevator down to floor zero and got out, slowly looking around fining it to be much darker down here than upstairs, not that she really minded.
She passed the autopsy room and another lab before she got to firearms and went inside. Her brown green eyes slowly searched the room for her lover without finding here.
"Calleigh," she whispered, as she was more thinking it than saying it.
She walked a little quicker further in looking around with worried eyes, still not seeing her. It was then her eyes fell on the open door that led to the vault.
She opened it a little and looked inside only to find Calleigh on the floor crying her heart out.
Julia quickly sat down and led her to her chest, gently stroking her as she whispered soft nothings into her ear to calm her.
Calleigh held onto her hardly until her cries stopped and she looked at Julia saying, "How did you know I needed you?"
"You must have pushed the call key on your cell," said Julia.
Calleigh didn't replay to that she was just glad Julia was there, glad to be held and comforted.
"Are you feeling better now?" Julia asked in a very soft tone.
"A little yes, it's just she looked so much like me and…" Calleigh said as she slowly got up, when Julia interrupted saying, "No need to explain."
"Thank you, but really you shouldn't have come, what about your work?" said Calleigh honest.
"Right now you are more important," said Julia gently stroking her cheek.
Calleigh blushed shyly, stroking away some hairs that had fallen down in Julia's face saying, "You need to get back and I need to work."
"You sure you are OK?" she asked just to be sure.
"Positive, thanks to you," said Calleigh and gave her a quick peck on the cheek before the older woman left her.
A moment later a text came in saying, "You're always most important as I love you."
The blonde blushed as it was the first time Julia had said this in any way, but it made her feel so much better.
Horatio was going to see Calleigh just before Julia left, as he had seen the effect the case were having on her, but as he was out on a new scene earlier that day he decided to do it when he came back.
With shock he watched how the two women were reacting together before Julia again left and swallowed hard. So it had to be true then what he thought about earlier that the two of them were a couple and as Calleigh now seemed better he decided to leave her.
What he however could not get was what the two of them had together in any way. The whole thing was just a little too odd for him right now.
At the same time Ryan found Natalia in DNA and said, "Weird things is going on here you know."
"What do you mean?" she asked confused as he had a tendency to blow thins way out of proportion.
"I meet Julia in the elevator on the way up," he said.
"And the weird thing about that?" Natalia asked him a bit confused, as it was not that unusual that she came to see Horatio from time to time.
"She wasn't here to see Horatio, she was here to see Calleigh, that's a bit weird right," he said.
"Really she said that?" Natalia asked to be sure.
"She did yes and asked for the directions to firearms," he said.
"And did you give them to her?" she asked.
"I did yes, I know most people think badly of her for what happened to Kathleen Newberry, but she did it to help her son so I don't think she is all bad, and if given her directions to Calleigh can help her in any way I would gladly help her with that," he said.
Natalia nodded saying, "I would do the same, you didn't happen to see if she was wearing any kind of jewelry?"
"As a matter a fact I did, a dolphin in what looked like silver and emerald, why?" he asked.
"No reason yet, need to check on some more evidence then I will tell you more, minding me are we still on for that movie tonight?" she asked looking at him with hopeful eyes.
"Sex and the city 2, do I have to?" he asked with a sigh.
"Yes as I had to see that action movie with you the last time," she answered.
"OK OK, but then we are seeing a comedy the next time," he said.
"Deal and how are you coming along with that CD I gave you earlier," she said.
"Still working on that, but had to put that on a break as I had to go out to a new scene, mother of three shoot to death," he answered.
"Awww I hate when that happens, but I really need something on that soon," she said.
"I know you do and I will get back on it as soon as I logged this in," he said with a little smile.
"Good, now run along and I will see you later," said Natalia wondering if she should confront Calleigh with what she thought or wait a little while longer.
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