A/n Ok here's chapter 2. Sorry for the long delay, but, I've had family in and I had to give up my room which meant giving up my computer and my quiet place to write. Here's the next chapter. I hope you enjoy it. All mistakes are mine and it's late so I am tired. Don't forget to give feedback, please.
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"Hey welcome back, Calleigh. Are you feeling better?" Eric asked as he walked into the break room and saw Calleigh sitting with Alexx at the table, reading a magazine.
"Hey, thanks I'm feeling a lot better."
"So what did you do while you were at home sick?" Speed asked.
"Well I slept then I got on the internet and found a yahoo group for fire arms enthusiasts so I joined it then I spent the rest of the day talking to one of the members," Calleigh said.
"Sounds like fun," Alexx commented. Just then Horatio walked in and flashed Calleigh a smile.
"Good morning everyone, welcome back, Calleigh."
"Thanks, Horatio," Calleigh replied flashing him a smile of her own.
"Ok everyone we've got two cases today. Calleigh you and Eric have a murder on the beach, and Speed you and I have a murder/robbery at the CountryMart," Horatio concluded. Everyone got up and after grabbing their kits headed to their respective crime scenes.
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The next few weeks Calleigh spent as much time as she could talking to Coppertop online. She had chosen to have most of their conversations on MSN where others couldn't read them. Unfortunately about three weeks after they started talking their was a triple homicide which caused Calleigh to pull two triples in one week and all she wanted to do when she got home was sleep. Once she got up she decided to sign on and see if he was on. Calleigh smiled as she signed on and saw him. Horatio looked at his computer when he heard the sound signifying that someone had signed on MSN. He was happy to see it was Mhbthc121824 because he had been busy with a triple homicide and hadn't got to talk to her in a while. He clicked on her name, starting a conversation.
Coppertop: "Hi how are you doing?
Mhbthc121824: "Hi I am doing good. It's been a busy week which is why I haven't been able to talk for a while."
Coppertop: "I can understand that it's been a busy week for me as well. Can I ask you a question? I need some advice.
Mhbthc121824: "Certainly I'm glad to help. If I don't want to answer the question I will tell you, trust me."
Coppertop: "Ok here goes. How do you tell someone you work with that you are in love with them? To make matters worse how do you do it when you're their boss?"
Mhbthc121824: "I wish I knew that same answer, but in my case it's how do I tell my boss that I love him?"
Coppertop: "Well looks like we're both trying to answer the same question. Tell me about your boss, will you?"
Mhbthc121824: "Sure he's a wonderful man, red hair, blue eyes, and is one of the most generous people I know, but he could never love me like I love him."
Coppertop: "What makes you say that?"
Mhbthc121824: "Because I'm way out of his league, and because I'm his subordinate. Tell me about the girl you like?"
Coppertop: "Well she's got blond hair, green eyes, and can light up a room with her smile. She completes me,and I feel so much stronger when I'm around her."
Mhbthc:121824: "She sounds absolutely wonderful."
Coppertop: "She is, but she could never like a guy like me."
Mhbthc121824" "Why what makes you say that?"
Coppertop: "Because I'm too old, and she could have someone who is so much better than me.
Mhbthc121824: "Well maybe your wrong and she loves you just as much as you love her?"
Coppertop: "Perhaps your right well I'm going to give your own advice back to you. What's to say that he wouldn't love you just as much? Hold on my phone is ringing." Horatio pushed back from his computer and answered his phone.
"Horatio."
"Hey Horatio, it's Trip. We have a shooting at the Miami Dade shopping mall. It's pretty messy we need all your guys in on it."
"Will do see you in twenty," Horatio replied hanging up the phone. He decided to call Calleigh first. Calleigh was startled when her phone rang.
"Duquesne."
"Hey Cal, it's me sorry to call you on your day off, but apparently their's been a shooting at the Miami Dade Mall. It's messy enough that I got called in on my day off as well."
"Ok I will be their as soon as I can," Calleigh said. She turned back to her computer and started typing.
Mhbthc121824: "Sorry to just run, but I just got called into work."
Coppertop: "It's ok, I just got called into work as well. Talk to you later?"
Mhbthc121824: "Yeah sounds good to me. It's quite a coincidence that we're both being called into work at the same time. I guess the bad guys can't take a holiday where either of us is, can they?"
Coppertop: "Nope I guess not, well talk to you later, bye."
Mhbthc121824: "Ok talk to you later."
Mhbthc121824: has just signed off. Horatio signed off once he saw that his friend had signed off. He pushed back from his computer and got up. He couldn't stop thinking about the mystery woman on MSN. He'd started calling her Calleigh in his mind. The more he talked to her the more she reminded him of Calleigh. 'Focus on getting to the crime scene not Calleigh' Horatio thought.
TBC?
