Just The Two of Us

It took Eric a few days to arrange everything.

Paloma and Gil had a cottage by the lake in the Florida countryside. The two hadn't been out there since shortly before their son six-month-old Elijah was born. Jake was set to finally go to trial in six weeks after a bunch of delays. Eric wanted to take Calleigh away from it all for a few days, just the two of them. Two weeks after their daughter's birthday he and Calleigh were going away for a four day weekend, leaving on Friday and coming back late on Monday. Accumulated over-time and several extra shifts he had been called in for had enabled Eric to get Friday and Monday off. Calleigh would be back at the lab on "light duty" starting Wednesday. Chloe seemed to be looking forward to seeing her buddies at daycare again, her anxiety regarding her mom's accident seemed to have diminished. The three-year-old seemed excited about spending the time with her relatives, not minding the fact that mommy and daddy wouldn't be there.

Care for their daughter had been split up. Chloe was going to stay with Rachel and her family all of Friday. Eric laughed thinking his sister was going to have quite a headache with all the noise her boys and Chloe made when the three were together. Horatio hoped that he wouldn't be called in on Saturday because he wanted to take Chloe for the day; to the pond on the back of his property to feed the ducks there, then to lunch. Maybe they would even go to the zoo to see the exhibit Chloe loved so much. Saturday night, Sunday and Monday was going to be with nana and pop-pop. Every Sunday afternoon family members, minus Marisol, went to Pavel and Chlorinda's for a big dinner and spent the afternoon.

Eric's sister was only too glad to allow her brother to use the cottage. She told him she would notify the caretaker and have the place cleaned before the two arrived there. Calleigh was touched by the romantic gesture. Calleigh didn't know that through his sister, Eric had the caretaker shop for groceries, including many aphrodisiac foods like strawberries, chocolate, oysters, salmon and champagne. He would took care of the candles, scented and unscented, bubble bath for the two person jacuzzi and massages oils himself.

"Four days with just us, huh, stud?" She said, kissing Eric, seating on his knee. "Sounds wonderful. I can't wait."

Neither can I, Eric thought.

At the Cabin

"This place is beautiful," Calleigh said, looking at the log cabin on the sprawling property with a natural spring. Despite the beauty of the grounds and the trails to stroll on She was sure they were going to spend much of their time indoors.

"It is," he said as he stopped the car in the driveway. "It's a shame that they haven't been able to get out here in a while.

"We're pretty sure that Elijah was conceived out here. The last time they were out here was on a "baby moon" just before he was born."

Chocolate-covered strawberries were definitely an aphrodisiac or maybe it just the fact that the couple hadn't been alone like this in a while. With the knowledge that Chloe was safe and happy in capable hands they could focus on each other.

Calleigh moaned in pleasure as Eric's thumbs kneaded the muscles of her shoulder blades. This was step two in their foreplay, step one had been a bubble bath in the Jacuzzi, feeding each other chocolate-covered strawberries and drinking champagne.

"I take it you're enjoying my services," Eric whispered in her ear, his lips lightly brushing up against her earlobe.

"Umm," was the only thing Calleigh could reply.

This was only day one. The two could only imagine the enjoyment they would have in the next three days.