A/N: Thanks to tarheelventeran! for helping me! chapters 1-5 used 2 be chapter one when this story was originally published but she broke them up for me! And she's helped me a whole lot on this story and still continues to! I appreciate her and her help! So please go and read her stories and give her shout outs as well! Enjoy the new and improved Wall of Lies!
It's been a few months now and the lab is running smoothly with Christi in charge and she's getting ready to head up to New York for the court date. She was nervous as hell for it. Calleigh was now four months along and they were waiting to find out the sex. Christi and Rick's relationship had been growing strong and he was going up to New York with her for the court date.
"You nervous?" he asked
"Terrified. I'm worried now that I got Lieutenant that his parents are going to use that against me and then say I'm gonna be just like my dad in staying at the lab till crazy hours of the early morning. But that's not me, normally I would but I have a six year old who would throw a fit if I wasn't home to tuck him in and read him a story and I also have an amazing boyfriend who I would like to see other than at work where people still have to grow up slightly." She says.
"It'll be ok"
She smiles and steals a quick kiss from him before everyone came into the break room for assignments. A few people on the team still didn't like the idea of Christi and Rick being together. The only ones who were okay with it were Eric and Calleigh only because they knew all about the hell her life had been the past six years.
"Hey" Calleigh and Eric said
"Hey guys. You're early." Christi comments yawning then stretching making her joints pop and her cringe.
"Didn't get much sleep?" Calleigh asked.
"Slim to none. I can't sleep till all this shit with the Speedle's is over and done with."
"Hopefully this will be the last of it"
"Hopefully." She sighs and leans back in the couch.
"What time is your flight?"
"Two."
"Ok"
"I just want this to be over with." Christi said as the chief came in with Horatio and Speed.
"Lieutenant Caine." Chief Roberts says.
"Yes, sir." She says looking at him then adds, "I already heard from the FED's that both of their deaths were faked. What do you need sir?"
"Well both of them are coming back and when you're father goes to Director of the Lab in a few months you have the option of coming back to this position."
"Okay and I'd like that. I know my first day wasn't my best performance but you understand the circumstances."
"I do. Now how about you head out for the rest of the day. I know you have a flight up to New York at two."
"Thank you sir."
§New York§
Christi and Rick are just getting up to New York and Christi is chewing on her lower lip as they had to get over to the court house as soon as they got out of the airport.
"I'm so nervous. I haven't seen his parents since the last time they tried to take Chris away from me. I'm so nervous." She said
"Sweetheart it's going to be fine. You're a great mother and they don't have anything against you and if they try to use my past in this case they're idiots."
She smiles and kisses him quickly as they go and get the rent a car then they head over to the hotel, change quickly then head over to court house.
They get there and they head inside and Christi sighs nervously.
The Speedle's walk in and look at her.
"Slut." Tim's mother, Angelica, says.
Rick grabs her and holds her back as she looks up and sees her father walking in and sits beside the Speedle's.
"Daddy!" she asks.
"I'm doing this for the safety of Christopher. I don't want Christopher around him." He said as Speed joined them.
"That isn't your choice but mine. I am his mother and I say who is in his life and who isn't." she hisses.
"Well I'm his father and I have say in it."
"You haven't been in his life for six years all because you decided to fake your own death and go help the FEDs. So you have no say." She growls as the team comes over and they sit with Christi.
"What are you guys doing here?" Rick asks surprised.
"We're the calvary here to rescue you two." Eric said.
"Yea, we heard Horatio and Speed talking about coming up here to take Christopher away from you and we knew we had to come here and help. Besides, Yelina knows the truth about what happened all those years ago between her and Rick with the black eye so she's even here to help. Besides everyone deserves a chance to prove themselves." Calleigh said.
Christi smiles and hugs everyone.
"Thank you guys. I really can't thank you enough." She says.
A few moments later the judge walks in and the trial starts
Everyone goes up and testifies and Christi sits there the entire time bouncing her foot.
"Calm down sweetheart things are going to turn out fine." Rick whispers.
"I hope so." She said.
The judge rises and says that he'll be back in a little while as he ponders over the decision he has to make.
Almost an hour and half later the judge comes back and says, "I've made my decision and it is that Christopher Lee Speedle-Caine is that he…"
