Here's Chapter 7 my lovelies! Thanks for all the support! :)
-C
CHAPTER 7: Secrets
Calleigh had never been this happy, ever. She'd been content in other relationships, but nothing like this. The happiness she felt with Eric, was incomparable to that of any other situation she'd ever found herself in. Even in childhood, she wasn't this happy. She had sisters and brothers to play with and they had fun, but fearing the time that daddy came home drunk (again), and watching your parents get one of the grizzliest divorces in all of Louisiana wasn't exactly a happy childhood.
She watched as Eric slept, for a while, before getting out of bed. She quietly tiptoed her way into her kitchen to start breakfast. He noticed as soon as she got out of bed, and immediately woke up, but not soon enough to pull her back into bed. He finally decided to get up when he heard something he'd never heard before. A soft humming was coming from the kitchen, he chuckled to himself never having heard her hum or sing before. Although, he'd always had a feeling that she had a good singing voice.
He found his way into the kitchen without her noticing, and snaked his arms around her waist as she prepared breakfast. She jumped a little at the contact, but ultimately settled into his embrace. He moved the hair off her neck and kissed the spot right below her jawline, which always elicited a shiver from her. He loved being able to make her shiver, or see the goosebumps start to show when he touched her. He adored the reactions she had to him.
"Good morning, baby." He said sleepily.
"Good morning" she drawled, hoping he hadn't heard her singing.
"I didn't know you could sing" he said. 'Busted' she thought to herself.
"You heard that?" she asked, embarrassed that now her secret was out.
"Yeah, you sound good. Why haven't you ever sung to me before?" He asked her, inquisitively.
"Because I don't sing." She stated rather plainly.
"Oh, I think you do babe. I think you sing when you're alone, and in the shower, and whenever you get the chance, but not in front of people. Am I right?" He stated knowingly.
"Maybe…" she trailed off playfully.
Embarrassed that he knew her so well, she decided to treat him. She turned up the radio in the kitchen, and blasted her favorite country music, and sang along. Eric was pleasantly surprised. He loved the sound of her regular speaking voice, but her singing voice was something else, it was amazing to him. She finished singing to him as they sat down to eat, and they talked and joked all through breakfast, until the unfortunate sound of their cell phones ringing flooded the kitchen, interrupting their once beautiful morning.
Eric picked up first, "H, what's up?"
"Eric, we have an issue. I need you to come into PD as soon as you can. Calleigh too. I called her but she didn't pick up." Horatio stated. Eric detected the obvious worry in his voice, and told Calleigh to get dressed as soon as he hung up. They made it to PD pretty quickly, worried about Horatio's problem, they raced to his office.