Okie Dokie, we got Eric's insight on things and stuff, now it's time we spent some time with the "Bullet Girl" herself Calleigh Duquesne. Now before I continue with what I want to see happen in CSI: Miami, except for Peter Elliotts evil plan (which was just for my enjoyment and because I could not deny the evil side of me) I want to let you guys in on a little thing, I can't stand seeing Eric and Calleigh apart for much longer, so I've decided to bring them together. However, I will also let this little secret go, Calleigh and Eric's fight to return to the love that they once shared, like 16 chapters ago is and uphill battle. (Oh and Calleighsthebest, hope you like this little chapter.)

She pulled her knees to her chest. She couldn't stop the tears that rolled down her cheeks. She felt so cold and alone. She needed Eric, where was he? He was in the hospital, in a coma. She shook her head at herself. She could bear the thought of the man that she loved being in a hospital. She furiously wiped away the tears that stained her cheeks. Angry at the world, angry at Peter for stealing and ruining her life, angry at Eric for being in a coma when she needs him the most, angry at herself for allowing these things to happen. It was all her fault and she didn't know how to fix things. She got up, grabbing her keys off the table and walked out the apartment. Before she made it to the car, her cell phone rang. Thinking the call would be about Eric, she answered it without looking at the caller I.D. She sighed tiredly, when she heard the slurred voice of her father on the other side of the phone. She wanted to cry again. Why couldn't she have 5 minutes of Peace? She slammed into the car and furiously drove to the bar that her father was at.

She didn't bother to hide the fury that burned in her eyes at her father. "Hey here Lamb Chop. I was just talking to you. I'm so glad you are okay. When Horatio told me that you were okay, I came out and decided to have a drink to celebrate. Guess I celebrated too much." Calleigh groaned at her father's flippant attitude and sighed as she felt her anger deflate and felt the never-ending disappointment fill her being.

"Come on dad, let's go home." She grabbed him, grunting under is weight, dragging him to the car. She dragged him into her car, driving slowly to get home. She needed time to compose herself. She parked her car as close to the entrance as possible and dragged him up to her apartment. She carried him into the extra bedroom and dumped him onto the bed. She lifted his legs onto the bed, taking of his shoes, socks and pants. She then took off his jacket and shirt, leaving him in his undershirt and boxers to sleep.

"Lamb Chop you are so good to me. I hope Eric is treating you good. I knew the two of you would be perfect for each other. How's my grand child. Kicking like a wild child I hope." Mr. Duquesne laughed, oblivious to the tears that started pouring down Calleigh's face. Calleigh wiped at her face again and rolled her father into the middle of the bed so he wouldn't fall off in the night and covered him under the blankets. She slowly walked back to the door of the guest room and sighed as she turned off the lights and closed the door.

She wanted to scream at the world. She couldn't take life anymore, it was too much, the pain and the loneliness. Instinctively she rubbed her stomach, missing her child, the one that she never got to hold and kiss and nurture, the one that would've completed her happy family with Eric. She sagged against the wall, outside the guest room, her legs giving out. For the first time Calleigh allowed the weakness to engulf her body, physically drained, she remained there for what felt like hours but were only minutes. She allowed all the tears that she would not let fall earlier drown her face. The pain of loss was like a fresh wound. She couldn't bear it any longer. Calleigh pulled herself to her feet and rushed into the bedroom, collapsing once again, crying herself to sleep.

Calleigh woke up early the next morning exhausted and drained, groaning. She slowly climbed out of bed and walked hesitantly into the hallway. She quietly opened the door to the guest bedroom and looked on to the prone body of her father. She watched him till he sighed and rolled over to avoid the sunlight shining in his face. She breathed out heavily and walked away from the bedroom. Shuffling through the kitchen to get her coffee ready. She decided she was going to see Eric today. She needed to see him, needed to know that he was going to be okay. She stood, staring outside at the pedestrians walking around, oblivious to the dangers and the pains of this world. If there was one thing that Calleigh Duquesne, understood, it was that there were no such things as happy endings. She quietly and slowly sipped her coffee as she continued in her thoughts. She turned away from the window when she finished her coffee and headed back into the bedroom. She pulled out the clothes that she planned to wear and walked into the bathroom. She reached into the glass-surrounded shower and turned the water on hot. She quickly pulled of her clothes and walked into the shower.

Calleigh leaned her forehead on the wall of the shower, allowing the hot water to cascade over her ever-tense muscles. She felt as tight as a bow. She wanted to relax, but she could no longer stop the constant vigilance that was with her now. The memories of her capture and rape, forever playing in front of her eyes. She remembered the way he pounded into her over and over, making her say things she did not mean, in front of the man she loved with all her heart and soul. She was sure that Eric would hate her for all that had happened, she was sure that had the positions been reversed, it would have been extremely difficult to look at him the same way. She laughed though. Of course Eric did not shun her, instead he held her and kissed her as if all that had transpired before was nothing. She didn't deserve a man like him. The world did not deserve man like that in this world. She could feel her tears mingling with the water that splashed over her faced, she could however still taste the salt of her tears, she could feel them burning trails down her cheeks.

Calleigh soon shook her head from her thoughts and showered quickly. She walked into her bedroom and got dressed. She walked out of the bedroom and was about to go when she remembered that her father was still asleep in the guest bedroom. She walked back into the room and quickly scribbled a note about where she was going and what time she should be back. She rested it on the side table and quickly kissed him on the top of his head before heading back out of the apartment. She climbed into her car and started the ignition. It finally hit her, where she was going. Eric, she was going to see Eric. She took some calming breaths before she put the car into drive and turned onto the main road to go to the hospital. Calleigh was driving particularly slow, earning a couple of cars, even from the elderly, trying to prolong what she was going to do. She was going to see Eric. She couldn't believe it. What if he was awake and upset because she was not there to greet him? She finally sped up at the idea of Eric waking up to someone other than herself.

When she arrived at the hospital, she didn't need to ask the front desk nurse where to go as one of the nurses greeted her and led her to the room without so much as asking her, her name. Calleigh was too tired to complain about the lack of concern about the protection of the patient. She just wanted to see Eric and that was all that mattered to her at that moment. When she arrived outside the door, she pushed it open silently when she overheard Horatio telling Eric everything that happened. Her heart constricted, while she listened to Horatio tell Eric about their baby. The baby she could not protect. She couldn't enter the room now. She needed to recompose herself. What she heard after nearly broke her already tortured soul. She heard the strangled sobs of Eric as he tried to fight his grief. The grief she caused. She pulled away from the door, gasping, as the air seemed to have been knocked out of her at the sobs of the man that she loved.

She walked away from the door, waiting for Horatio to leave. What she was about to do next would be too much. She loved Eric and she knew that he loved her too, even though she couldn't figure out why. The type of girls Eric usually went for, were tall and exotic beauties. And what was she? A southern belle, there was really nothing that she had that would make Eric want to stay with her. These thoughts made Calleigh start to question the genuine affections of her friend, her partner, and recently her lover and almost father of her unborn child. She waited for what seemed like hours before Horatio left Eric's room. Bracing herself she slowly walked into the hospital room watching Eric's eyes light up when she entered. She nearly backed out of her decision to end things for the sake of her sanity and their friendship to allow the hope that he could actually want a life with her. She shook her head, knowing she couldn't stop now. She had to do this, to save them both.

She walked into the room and sat down; unaware of how much Eric wanted to see her at the moment. She continued to stare down into her lap. Her hands itching to reach out and touch him; to convince herself that he was really real. "Cal, baby, look at me please." She couldn't deny him anything. The huskiness of his voice and his soothing tones washed over her, nearly making her forget why she decided to come see him. Hearing his voice in that tone just reminded her of all the times he held her when she cried over talking about growing up in Louisiana and having both parents be alcoholics. She looked up into his deep brown eyes. Startled by the intensity and the care that was conveyed through his eyes. She couldn't understand how he could be so forgiving, so loving, so caring, so strong, so beautiful; she didn't deserve Eric and yet he was still willing to be by her side. How can she possibly go through this? How can she throw away the most beautiful thing that has ever happened to her? Her silence must've worried him as his eyes shifted from understanding to concerned. She wanted to hit him, to scream at him, to hate him.

She had to hurry and get this out before his love killed her. It was so strong and pure it was strangling her, she couldn't breathe. For the first time Calleigh felt like Eric's love was smothering her, taking her life from her. If she didn't do this now than she probably will just end up in his arms wishing that this was all a dream. She needed him so bad but she couldn't risk their friendship, their sanities and most importantly their hearts for this. Love just wasn't enough for Calleigh to hold on. She was too scared; she was in too much pain. She felt ashamed, if she really loved Eric then she would fight to save this, this new beginning, this new life she could still see herself in Eric's arms watching their children grow. She mentally slapped herself and with all the strength she uttered the words that would shatter her heart. "Eric, please don't. I only came here to make sure that you were okay and to tell you that I was right. This can't work Eric." Calleigh looked to Eric and saw his heart breaking through his eyes. She sent a silent prayer that he would heal and that they could go back to the way that they used to be. She wanted to reach over and tell him that she didn't mean it and take the words back, but she knew that if the two of them were to survive she had to end this before it destroyed the both of them. She looked into his eyes again and saw the burning defiance in his eyes. He was going to fight her on this. She should've known he would do this. Eric wasn't one to give up. She wished for once, things could be easy. Didn't he understand how much it hurt her to say this to him? To end this thing, this love that opened her heart to so many feelings she believed to be dead.

"Cal, don't do this. Don't let this go." But she only shook her head, unwilling to listen to his pleas. She had to fight this. She couldn't give into the temptation to fall into his arms and beg him to make it better. She needed to be strong and end this. She had to let this go; she just had to end this. This was too mush, too many raw emotions. She wasn't strong enough for this. She prayed that he would just end and let her go before she became a royal mess in front of him. But the question he asked next nearly was her undoing. "Why? Why then?"

She nearly gasped and lost her composure as he waited for her to explain why they had to be apart. Calleigh thought she was ready, but as she was about to state every argument that she used to convince herself that this relationship was a mistake, they seemed to be the stupidest reasons that any person should give up a relationship like this for, but she maintained her façade and decided to follow this through. She knew that she was doing what was best for them. "Because this Eric, has the potential to destroy us both if we continue to pursue this. I told you this was too dangerous to continue. If something goes wrong I don't think either of us could survive it. I can barely look at you without feeling the guilt of losing our child. I can't do this Eric, I am not as strong as you think I am." Then before Eric could argue back Calleigh fled from his room in tears leaving Eric broken hearted and alone. She had to get out of there before she completely broke down and beg him to take her back and forgive her for being a coward. (A/N: wow, writing Calleigh like this is breaking me. It seems I keep doing bad stuff to her and Eric. I really need to talk to my other side and talk about this. Oh by the way I broke 2500 and still going. This chapter might be about 10000 words. HeHe we'll see.) She ran from the room, her head pounding and the tears running down her face like a leaky faucet. She couldn't stop the tears from flowing.

She ran out the front doors of the hospital, not realizing she nearly bumped into Alexx. She kept going until she sat on a bench in the middle of the sidewalk, ignoring the rain that soaked through her clothes. She couldn't stop her body from shaking violently from the sobs that wracked her body. She just wanted to disappear. She couldn't erase the look of pain and lost that shined through all the other emotions of Eric's eyes. She wanted to go back and take everything back; she wanted to start all over again. She wanted everything to be back to the way it was before all this started. Maybe if she had just given into the passion that was surrounding her and Eric for years before all the other countless men that wrecked her life, she could've avoided Peter thinking he had a chance with her and ruining her life with Eric. What she would do to change everything that happened in the past so that her and Eric never had to go through this.

She flinched at the warm hand of someone touching her shoulder. When she looked up she saw Alexx standing above her under an Umbrella with a consoling smile on her face. She looked at Calleigh with maternal sadness. Alexx wanted to cry as her heart broke for the woman she considered to be her daughter in so many ways. There she sat on the bench, shivering, wet and looking so small and broken that Alexx was sure that with the right amount of force she would shatter. 'Oh Calleigh.' She said silently to herself. She looked so lost; it was as if she had no idea where she was and how she got there. Alexx wanted to take her into her arms and hold her forever, but she knew she had to get Calleigh out of the rain. When Alexx saw her run out the hospital in tears, it was about a half an hour ago and the rain started immediately after Calleigh left. She searched for her not finding her anywhere until she drove up to the park about 4 miles down. How Calleigh made it that far amazed Alexx. She was sure Calleigh was exhausted and if she didn't want to get sick she had to get out of the rain. Alexx grasped Calleigh's hand and led her to the car across the street. (3000 words, yay!) She drove them back t her house and led Calleigh into the house. They still haven't said a word to each other since Alexx found her. No longer able to take the silence, Calleigh whispered, "Thanks Alexx." Before she headed into the bathroom with the towels and the change of clothes Alexx gave her.

She shut the door quietly with a little click to indicate that the door was locked. She leaned against the door, feeling the day's exhaustion weighing heavily on her shoulders. She looked around the bathroom, suddenly feeling claustrophobic, but she calmed her beating heart and took a deep breath as she slowly stripped the soaked clothes from her goose-bumped skin. She looked at herself in the mirror. She was so pale. She smiled faintly when she remembered a small memory when Eric teased her about her paleness one day.

"Do you ever tan?" Eric asked seriously as she applied a large amount of sunscreen to her skin before heading out to the beach with him.

"What are you implying Eric? Are you saying that I am pale?" She asked with a raised brow.

"No, I love your porcelain doll skin tone and all, I'm just saying it would kill you to occasionally soak up the sun and give yourself a nice gold tan. I mean do you realize how much sunscreen you put on. You might as well put on the whole bottle at the rate that you were going at. I mean look at me; I don't need any sunscreen. That's all I'm saying."

"Un huh, whatever Eric, when you come back sun burned, we'll see who used too much sunscreen." She laughed as she walked out to the car and climbed into the passenger seat of Eric's car and waited for him to lock up and go. She smiled at him when he climbed into the car, swiping sunscreen on his nose, making him look like the human form of Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, except his nose was white. He gave her a comical glare as she laughed at him looking ridiculous. However, she was surprised to see that he did nothing to remove the sunscreen and leave it there. They continues laughing and enjoying the music on the way to the beach. She smiled at Eric, so happy that they were finally together. She wasn't sure but she believed that now Eric was the love of her life and she wouldn't trade him for anything.

Calleigh turned away from her reflection in the mirror and climbed into the shower, turning the water as hot as possible. At the first feel of the water, she winced, but she was unwilling to turn it down. She felt disgusting and she had to clean herself. She scrubbed at herself viciously until her skin started to burn and turned red from the small form of self-punishment. She needed Eric. She wasn't sure how many times mentally she was going to tell herself that she needed him. But the rang through her like a constant reminder like the constant ticking of a clock with no end in sight. She couldn't take the pain anymore. She swore at herself and decided maybe she should check herself in an asylum, because she was sure she was going insane. She finally collapsed in the shower, allowing the tears to mingle with the hot water rushing all over her body. She was shaking so violently, you would think she was having a seizure. Calleigh froze when she heard the insistent knocking of Alexx on the bathroom door. "Calleigh, are you alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine Alexx, guess I lost track of time in here." She winced at how true the words felt to her. She hadn't been able to keep track of the time that was quickly slipping past her. Each second, moment, hour, day, week seemed to only be filled with guilt and pain that met her at every turn. She couldn't hide from it, but she sure as hell did not want to face. She wasn't strong enough to face it. She quickly finished her shower before Alexx came back and checked up on her and make inquiry to whether or not she was okay. She dressed and wiped away the steam that settled on the mirror in the bathroom, once again looking at her face before she turned and exited the bathroom. Alexx was there on the other side of the door, holding out her hand to retrieve Calleigh's soaked clothes and headed to the laundry room in the back of the house. She put Calleigh's clothes in the dryer before she headed back out to the living room and sitting down on the opposite end of the coach waiting for Calleigh to open up. She knew if she pushed Calleigh to talk, Calleigh would raise her walls and Alexx would never know what happened.

"Alexx, I don't know where to start. This is so confusing. I originally went to the hospital to make sure that Eric was okay, but between the time it took me to leave my father sleeping in my apartment and reach Eric's room, I realized something. I can't handle this; I'm not strong enough to be in this kind of relationship. I was so wrong to believe that something so right and beautiful could happen to me. But I thought for once, just once I could find happiness." Alexx just sat there, not making any move to comfort Calleigh, though she wish she could, but she knew if she made that more than Calleigh would close up and shut her out and right now she needed Calleigh to open up to her and tell her what happened in the hospital. She remembered walking by Eric's room and her heart nearly broke as she heard the wretched sobs that sacred her to the core. A that point Alexx knew she had to find Calleigh. Though Alexx desired to comfort the both of them, Alexx knew she had to find Calleigh first. For years Calleigh held onto things that has the potential to destroy the woman that she and Alexx knew she could not let her take this fall alone. She continued to look at Calleigh and waited for her to continue.

Calleigh sighed, understanding what Alexx was allowing her to do. She took a deep breath and continued. "Things were happening so fast. From the first night to you telling me that I was pregnant, I couldn't believe all of this could happen to me in such a short time after so many years of trying it just happened like that with Eric. He was everything I could've wanted and more. He was perfect. Making me laugh and see the more beautiful things to life. The way he saw things. It was like looking at the world through a whole new set of eyes. Even after all the pain he suffered, he was still willing to see the beauty in life and I wanted to see it too, like him." She sighed and looked to Alexx, as if she was asking to her to say something so she could close up and avoid going on with her tale. But she knew Alexx wouldn't say anything and she sighed again before she continued. "He made things seem simpler and easier. He made my heart race and made me smile, even when I was in the worst of moods. It was amazing that he had that much power over me, it was surprising that I didn't mind him having that kind of control of my heart, body and soul. I reveled in it. But then things with my mother got strained when I told her all that happened. She was fussing and it only seemed to add to my fear and frustration. It wasn't like I let go of all my doubts about what could possibly go wrong in this relationship. We pretty rushed head first into this relationship and already had a child on the way. What if we broke up? What would happen to our child then? And I knew it was foolish to have these feelings inside of me when they could easily lead to the down fall of our relationship, but I could not bring myself to talk to him about it. And then things went down hill from there. I was working late again, trying to avoid Eric because I knew he was trying to talk to me about it but I couldn't face him now. Then Peter and things got worst. He kissed me Alexx, he kissed me and Eric saw. Eric saw and I thought my world was ending. He looked so broken and hurt, I felt like the worst creature on the planet. I knew that I broke his heart right there. I hated Peter for ruining one of the most beautiful things in my life. Next thing, I'm waking up in a bed in a bedroom with Eric there, tied to the wall. I was so scared Alexx, I was frightened for me, Eric and most of all; our child." By this time Calleigh was in tears, her body shaking as she relived the memories that ruined her life. Alexx had to restrain herself. The anger she felt toward Peter Elliott growing with every passing second.

"And then he raped me, in front of Eric. He drugged me and raped me, making me say things that I didn't mean. But I know that they would hurt Eric, whether or not he understood that I was drugged. Oh god. Alexx it was terrible. I could still feel him breathing on me, grunting in my ear. Pounding into me over and over again. Making me like it Alexx. It was like I couldn't control myself. I was like a whore, giving myself to him. It was horrible. And now, our child is gone, our child is gone!" She screamed out the last part and collapsed into Alexx's arms sobbing shamelessly.

"Oh baby, I am so sorry. I am so sorry." Alexx kept cooing that in her ear, pretty sure that she understood what Calleigh did at the hospital. She blamed herself for everything that went wrong and probably ended things with Eric to protect him from her. She probably thought that she was saving her and Eric from a major fall. Poor Calleigh. If only she understood that her separation from Eric was not the choice to make. They needed each other if they plan to heal and move on, whether or not they ended up together in the long run. The night continued on with Alexx holding Calleigh as she cried before she half carried her to the spare room and laid her down on the bed to rest. She watched Calleigh as she drifted to sleep, praying that Eric and Calleigh would come back together before it was too late to save themselves from destruction.

Weeks passed bay before Eric came back into the lab and Calleigh was doing everything she could to avoid him. She wasn't ready for the questions and Eric's pleas to give them another chance. She loved and she knew she would never love another man the way she loved Eric but it was too much. She needed to space and if she was in the same area as Eric, she was sure that he would never allow her to have such a thing. Calleigh went home one night looking again at the box that she had packed all of Eric's things in. She wanted to rip the box open and call Eric and tell him to come home but she couldn't. She had to see this through, no matter what happened. It hurt her to be feeling this way but she was sure that it was the right thing to do. So she moved the box to the trunk of her car and walked back into her apartment. She walked into her bedroom and nearly cried as she saw the t-shirt she had taken to sleeping with to remind her of Eric. It was his and it was always the one she seemed to end up wearing after they made love. She loved that shirt more than anything and as much as Calleigh wanted to, she couldn't bring herself to give up the one thing that kept her sane. She stripped her clothes and put on the shirt before climbing into the bed and falling into a fitful sleep knowing the next day would be her ruin.

The next day Calleigh did what she had been doing the past couple of weeks and avoided Eric to the best of her ability. Work was getting harder to do, with Eric doing everything he could do be alone with her in the same room. She couldn't even hide in her won ballistics lab. It was starting to get ridiculous. She decided to have an early night and she left the crime lab. She walked to her car and paused as she saw the box of Eric's stuff still in the back of her car. She sighed and knew that she was going to have to get this over with, so with the box next to his truck she leaned against his car waiting for hours for him to come. She sighed silently when she heard his heavy foot steps bring him near.

She refused to look at him so he waited; she knew he would wait until she said something. In the end Calleigh said the one thing her mind could bring to the tip of her tongue. "I'm sorry." She wasn't sure what she was apologizing for, but she felt the need to do it. He barely caught it when she whispered it. It was so quiet he wasn't sure he heard it. He turned to look at her to find her wide, bright green eyes staring at him. He could see the tears that were threatening to fall from her eyes. He immediately pulled her into his embrace, ignoring her flinch. He held her tightly, not willing to let her go anytime soon. He felt his shirt get wet as her tears soaked through his shirt. When her sobs quieted down he pulled away looking at her; looking for a sign that she had come back to him. She wiped her face, silently cursing herself for showing weakness. She looked to him and pulled on all the anger she had left for strength and shook herself out of his hold. Before he could say anything she held up her hand and glared at him, silencing him immediately. She nodded over her shoulder to the box behind her and once again said, "I'm sorry." Eric felt his heart plummet again. It was like she was toying with him and he wasn't sure how much more he could take. He only nodded watching her silhouette, as she walked away from him again.

She felt the burn of the tears sting her eyes as she walked way from the man that held the key to her heart. She needed him so much, she just never realized how much. She was going to kill herself with the constant mantra that she needed Eric. She was a strong independent woman that did not need anyone to make her feel like she can make it through the next day. She needed to move on and that is exactly what she intended to do. She walked slowly into her apartment immediately sensing the emptiness of the place without Eric there. He was going to move and they would finally live together considering she had the bigger apartment. Anything else from there they would decide from there. They had it all planned out. They would be together, like the family they should've been. She plopped herself on the couch and looked around. The place feeling bare and exposed. She wanted to scream the suffocating silence that surrounded her.

She couldn't believe it. She was going to be a mother. She was so nervous, anxious and excited she didn't know what to do with herself. She wanted to go shoot something; she was so antsy that she jumped every time someone came near her. Eric was no help at all since he hasn't been able to keep his feet plastered to the ground for more than 5 seconds. He was going to drive her nuts. She knew it now; she wanted to shoot him. He had been grinning like an idiot for the whole day and she knew people were starting to wonder if he lost his mind. It got so bad that she had to pull him into her ballistics lab and talk to him. "Eric, sweetie, I know you're excited but you need to stop smiling. People are beginning to talk."

"So let them talk. They can be bothered, worried, or think I'm crazy, but that's not going to get rid of the smile on my face. I wish you would let me tell people, I feel like I want to go to the highest peak in Miami and scream to the world you're pregnant with our child. I can't believe I'm going to be a dad. I can't believe I'm going to be the father of your baby." She laughed silently to herself. She knew if he could than Eric would go to the highest peak in the world and screamed that he was excited to have their baby. She couldn't have found a better father for their child.

"Our baby, you goofball." Calleigh couldn't stop the wide grin that crossed her face when she saw the childish joy that lighted Eric's eyes. He was so happy. She was glad that he was the man that she was with. She knew he would be the perfect father to their child. "Now, will you try to tone it down a bit please. At least until our shift is over so our child and I don't have to come visit you in a psych ward in the near future." She knew this would knock a little sense into him. She smiled as Eric got a pensive look on his face as he contemplated the idea of being locked in an asylum while their child was raised by herself.

Eric frowned at the idea of being in a psych ward during his child's upbringing and nodded his head enthusiastically to the idea. He then began to bounce on his feet; he was going to be a daddy; he was going to be a daddy! He was doing it again. She could practically see his thoughts. She wanted to slap him but thought that would only unhinge him more than he already was. What was she going to do with him she had no ides but she did now she had to control him. "ERIC!" The warning tone in her voice calmed Eric down immediately and he gave a sloppy grin in apology to his hyperness. She giggled at him as his sloppy grim made her want to kiss him for making her feel so girly, like she was in the presence of the high school jock showing there was more to him than being good at sports and all the cheerleaders' future husband. She knew he couldn't help it. He was going to be a daddy. She watched him warily as he walked to her and encased her in a kiss that would've led to some serious love making if they weren't in the lab right now. Man could he kiss. He could kiss a woman senseless if he decided to. The kiss was filled with passion, love, seduction, gratitude, and Eric's enthusiasm for their child. He pulled away leaving the both of them breathless. They were about to lean in for another kiss when someone cleared their throat behind Eric's back. They both turned to see Alexx with a raised eyebrow staring at them. Calleigh blushed in embarrassment, ashamed that she got caught in the lab making out with her boyfriend. She was just glad that it was not Horatio that caught them making out in the lab. She was about to pull away when Eric grinned and kissed her again, ignoring the "oh no he didn't look" on Alexx's face. He pulled away winking at Calleigh and pretty much bounced out the lab, only stopping to pick Alexx up and spin her around in a hug. Calleigh, nodded her head affirmatively. She was going to shoot him. He was going to get himself locked up because he looked like he was high and then the IAB would get involve, she would get fired for inter-office relations and she would lose her gun vault. If she lost her gun vault she promise she will make Eric lose his life.

She looked to Alexx and noticed the 'what the hell was that?' look. Calleigh sighed and knew that she would have some explaining, Eric was acting like he was walking on air and people were starting to get scared of the constantly happy CSI. Many are waiting for the thing that will set off the atomic brain that is Eric's famed temper. She was so embarrassed. Calleigh covered her face in embarrassment, her face looking more and more like a tomato with each passing second. "Oh God, Alexx, I'm so sorry. He's so excited to be a father, the child inside him has decided to come out to play." Her southern accent coming out stronger than before. "I swear it seems like I'll be having two kids instead of one." Alexx laughed loudly at the young woman's predicament. Calleigh only raise her right eyebrow in response, halfway serious about she said. Eric was in so many ways a little boy and she could only imagine the amount of trouble that he and their child will get into. Calleigh groaned, the thought scaring her more and more.

"Oh Calleigh, you knew this was going to happen. Eric Delko not happy about being the father to your baby. Please honey. You just made that man the happiest person on the planet. He's probably out there dancing like a ballerina." Alexx laughed again at the look of horror that crossed Calleigh's face at the idea of Eric dancing like a ballerina. Alexx decided that she should tell Calleigh what she was originally there to tell her. "Calleigh, your father is at the front desk." Alexx sighed at the look of panic that crossed Calleigh's face at the thought of her father being there. Calleigh nodded her thanks and walked out the lab. She walked slowly, each step taking her to the front desk faster than she wants to get there.

"Hi daddy."

"Hey lamb chop. How are you?" Kenwall Duquesne said with his usual charm.

"Good dad. How are you?" Calleigh replied with barely hidden anxiety.

"I'm good. You know, trying to get back, taking light cases and such. So tell me, what's been going on with you? A new boyfriend, a promotion? Anything?"

Calleigh gulped silently and nodded. "Actually daddy. You remember Eric, right?"

She waited for his eyes to light up when he nodded in remembrance. "Oh yes. That young Cuban man that is always looking out for you. I like him, always thought you should've have given him chance with you. I would've felt no qualms handing you off to him of all people if you were getting married. Good man he is, how is he by that way?"

Calleigh felt as if a weight had been lifted off her shoulders. Her dad liked Eric. "Well daddy, you see, Eric and I are dating." She waited, wondering if this would change her dad's perception of Eric.

"That's great darling. I'm glad to hear you finally found a good man to make you happy."

Calleigh nearly hugged her father right then and there. She instead took a deep breath wishing Eric were there with her to tell her father the news. As if Eric heard her prayer he walked toward the front desk holding her hand, giving her an encouraging smile as if he knew all that had already transpired. "Daddy, you see, well um…" She looked to both Eric and her dad, both encouraging her to continue. "You see, I'm pregnant." There she said. She squeezed her eyes shut waiting for the explosion that will be the reaction to her pregnancy without marriage.

However that's not what she got. "Congratulation lamb chop. I can't believe it; I'm going to be a grandfather. A grandfather, I'm so excited. Thank you Eric, for all of this. I have never seen Calleigh glow like she is now, and I know it's because of you." Calleigh opened her eyes to see Eric encased in an awkward hug with her father. It didn't however get rid of the sloppy grin that still graced Eric's features. Calleigh nearly laughed out when this happened but she kept it to herself. After her father and Eric talked some more her father left, leaving her and Eric alone in front of the desk. Before she could say anything he grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the office.

"Eric, where are we going?" She was laughing as he gave her a mischievous look. He pulled her into the car and pushed her into the passenger seat. She couldn't stop laughing; he was so excited. He literally jumped into the driver's seat and drove out of the parking lot. She wanted to ask again where they were going but she knew better than that. He pulled into the beach parking lot and threw Calleigh over his shoulder as he carried her to the shore. He spun around with her kissing her. Finally he could not deny the playfulness in him and ran into the waves with Calleigh in his arms. She shrieked in protest but soon got into the spirit of things with Eric. They laughed and splashed each other happily. Finally Eric and Calleigh returned to the car to head home. Before they reached the car Eric ran off and talked to a man before he returned with a child-like glint in his eyes. "What was that about?" He only kissed her in answer to her question. She shook her head and climbed into the car. He drove them back to her place. He followed her into the bedroom, stripping his clothes and climbing into the bed naked. He looked to the bathroom door and his breath caught as he saw Calleigh standing there naked. She was beautiful with the slight bump to her stomach indicating her pregnancy.

She smiled to him sweetly as she climbed into the bed and snuggled into his embrace. He kissed her head softly then tilted her head up so he could kiss her deeply. He then kissed her neck with soft butterfly kisses. Calleigh arched toward him giving him more to kiss and moaned in agreement to where this was heading. He kissed down her chest. Making sure he gave good praise to her beautiful breast, since he knew sooner rather later he was going to have share them he knew he should get as much as them as possible. They were sensitive now so even the slightest touches got Calleigh excited. She was purring now which made Eric harder than he already was. He kissed around her nipples, ignoring them at the time, but before long Calleigh's begging broke him and he sucked on them as if they were fountains of water he had been searching for to quench his thirst.

Calleigh was writhing and clawing at his head in response to his ministrations. He moaned as she clawed her way down his back. He carried on with his work as his hands explored the more apparent curves on her body. There wasn't a spot that his hands did not touch on her. Calleigh thought she was going to explode from all the sensations he was bringing from her body. He kissed his way down the rest of her body, breathing in the scent of her sex. He reached out tentatively with his tongue and lapped at her greedily. Calleigh clutched at the sheets, her head shaking side to side at he brought her pleasure to her point where she couldn't think. Finally Calleigh exploded. Eric licked at her until she pushed his head away, the pleasure seeming to drive her to madness. "You okay?" He whispered to her softly as he wiped the sweat from her forehead. She never looked more beautiful, her eyes clouded with lust and passion, her cheeks red from the exertion. He waited until she nodded weakly before he entered her with two of his fingers.

He moaned when he felt her clutch his fingers inside of her. He pumped her softly and slowly at first until she grabbed his hand speeding up his actions. He entered her with a third finger and began to use his thumb to rub her clit until she was writhing again and exploded all over his hand. She closed her eyes, breathing slowly and deeply. "Calleigh look at me." She turned to him and moaned loudly as she watched him lick his fingers clean of her essence. She kissed him hard when he was done and pushed him on his back as she climbed on top of him, immediately encasing him in her tight sheath. She originally had planned on torturing Eric but she knew he was probably near the point of explosion. She had no idea how right she was, Eric nearly exploded as soon as he entered her. If it weren't for years of experience things would've ended to soon. He reined his control and watched as Calleigh began to ride him. He slowly slid his hands up her body, pass her slightly round stomach, her ribs, and onto her breast, twisting and pinching her nipples. She moaned and rested her hand on his hips and she began to bump and grind harder. Finally Eric knew he was going to explode soon, wanting Calleigh to cum with him he took his hand and brought it back to her clit. Calleigh began moaning louder and louder until she exploded, her muscles clenching around him making him explode inside her. Calleigh collapsed onto his chest breathing heavily. They remained in that position for a while before they separated; facing each other.

Calleigh remained in Eric's arms as they snuggled together. Eric kissed her forehead and said softly, "Thank you Calleigh."

"For what, babe?" She was truly confused as to what he could be thanking her for after what he just did to her, she was sure she wouldn't need to have sex until the baby was born, but she wouldn't say no if initiated things. She shook her head and focused on what he was saying. She smiled at his next words and thought life couldn't be more perfect.

"For giving us an opportunity, for giving us chance to love each other. For giving me the most precious gift of all; our child. Calleigh I love you, the both of you," He reached down and rubbed her stomach, "And I promised to love the both of for the rest of god given life and beyond."

"I love you too, we both do." She felt warm all over as he touched her stomach, as if making a connection with their child. It was amazing to finally be in this situation with Eric and she couldn't be happier to be in this situation. It was amazing and she wouldn't want to share these times with anyone else.

Calleigh couldn't take the silence of her apartment anymore. She couldn't take the loneliness. She needed an escape, a place where she could get lost in people and not think about anything. For the first time in her life, Calleigh wanted to go out and do something reckless. She went into her room and put on a cut off jeans skirt with a black halter top and let her come down around her shoulders. She put on dark eyeliner to make her eyes stand on and put on pink lip-gloss. She wanted to attract and that was what she intended to do tonight. She headed out to the club and Calleigh immediately got the reaction from the opposite sex she was hoping for. She even smiled a little when she saw she was getting attention from women as well. Calleigh smiled to herself as she did claim that she was going to be adventurous tonight.

Calleigh first went to the bar where she flirtatiously talked with the bartender, who have her a free drink, claiming that such a beautiful woman should never have to pay for her own drink. She continued flirting with the endless men till one finally had the gall to ask her to dance. He was tall, African American and Calleigh couldn't deny that he was quite attractive. Looked like an Athlete. He led her to the floor with a cute smile and Calleigh starting to feel the effects of her drinks let go of herself to the beat of the song and began dancing very closely to the man. What Calleigh didn't notice was Eric had come to the same club and was making his way over to her. She gasped when she felt a hand her around. She was ready to tell off the person that dared touched her when her breath caught in her throat; There he was, looking sexy as ever. His eyes were laced with and anger and he did not have to say a thing to get rid of the guy she was dancing with. (Alright guys that was what happened to Calleigh, now I'm going to normal story line.)

She couldn't even get a word out as Eric, like a caveman claiming his prize, practically dragged her out of the club and away from the prying eyes of those outside waiting to get in. Calleigh finally had enough when she painfully yanked her hand from his hand. She was about to shout at him when he grabbed her around the waist and threw her over his shoulder. He ignored her pounding fist and carried her through the streets, ignoring the looks of those curious as o why a man was carrying a woman over his shoulder. Someone would've called the cops but to everyone looking in, it looked as if a couple was having a lover's tiff. Calleigh remained quiet until she felt Eric gently put her down in front of her apartment door. He said nothing and was about to walk away from her when she pulled him back and socked him with her right hand. She winced from the pain and knew her knuckles were going to bruise in the morning. She did, forget about her hand when she saw the rage coloring Eric's eyes. She knew then, she should've just let him walk away, because before she knew, he had her slammed against the wall of her apartment, kissing her so intensely she forgot where and who she was. She couldn't help but return the kiss as passionately as he gave it to her. He growled into her mouth and Calleigh found the animal side to Eric very sexy. She finally reached down and unlocked her door to her apartment before they got arrested for public indecency. She dragged Eric through the door and once again she found herself against her apartment wall. She moaned as he kissed her down her neck and he bit her, marking her as his. She felt so lost in the sensations that if she were coherent, she would have stopped this before it got too far, but she was already far-gone. Eric at that moment did not care about the consequences of what they were doing. He was so angry that he wanted her to feel every thing she put him through. (9000 words. Wow, this better make up for the chapter coming out so late. School got hectic and then there were the parties, ya'll know how it is.)

He yanked her shirt over her head and kissed down her chest. Thanking God she wasn't wearing a bra. The fewer clothes she had on the happier he would be. He nearly smiled when he heard her whimper and moan in pleasure at him sucking on her nipples again. God how he missed her, touching her and kissing her. He missed her so much. She tasted so good, sweet and intoxicating, he was surprised he went as long as he did without her. Calleigh was like a drug that he would never want to withdraw from. He leaned back and let her rip his shirt open and touch him. Remembering the feel of his skin against hers. Calleigh moaned feeling his chest pressed against as her as they continued to kiss each other hungrily. This was wrong, they shouldn't be doing this but she couldn't stop this. Not now. She needed it too much to stop it. She whimpered in protest when once again her left her lips to play with her breast, but it soon turned into a strangled moan when he but her nipple, almost causing pain, sending all these sensations to her core. She felt like she was already going to explode. It was too much. He moaned as Eric hiked up her skirt, wincing as he ripped the thong from her body, leaving her bare and open for him to do as he wish. She called out his name when he entered her deeply with one finger and then two. She clawed at his shoulder as she grinded her hips against his hand. She was so close, so close. She moaned out loud when he added a third finger and allowed his thumb to play with her clit. She didn't have time to brace herself when she felt the orgasm rip through, her screaming so loud she was sure her next door heard. Eric didn't give her time to recover when he was down on his knees, Calleigh's legs draped over his shoulder as he held her up against the wall. He didn't bother to look up at her as he dived in, tasting her in what felt like forever. He needed this, God he needed her. He kept at it until he violent spasm go through her body as she climaxed again, but he didn't stop he took his fingers again and entered, using his mouth to focus solely on her clit.

Calleigh thought she was going insane. The feeling of Eric's head in between her legs was too much. Too much pleasure. She was so confused, she begged him to stop and other times she begged him to do this forever, Calleigh wasn't sure which one she wanted more, but she soon did not have to choose as another orgasm washed over her. Calleigh thought she was going to black out. She could barely keep a breath when the wind was knocked out of her again. Eric was slamming into her body now with his hard length so hard that she couldn't even gasp in breath. She was drowning in wave after wave, praying that she would survive this overdose of passion. She clawed at his back as he pounded relentlessly into her. Eric winced as he felt Calleigh's nails claw at his back, but he wouldn't trade the pain for his life. Before long Calleigh screamed louder than she did any of the previous orgasms and passed out. Eric couldn't stop himself as he exploded inside of Calleigh during her orgasm. He breathed and nearly collapsed from what just happened but he was conscious that he was holding Calleigh.

He called her name twice before he realized what happened. He couldn't help the smug grin that covered his face. He sighed as he carried her to the bedroom and laid her down softly. He went back into the hallway and pulled on his boxer's picking up the clothes they discarded and threw them in the hamper. He was going to have to buy a new shirt. Calleigh shredded the one he was wearing. He walked back into the bedroom and stripped Calleigh of the rest of her clothes and looked for something for her to wear. His breath caught when he saw he baseball t-shirt in her draw and smiled to himself. Maybe there was hope for them after all. He walked over to Calleigh and pulled the t-shirt over her head and tucked her in under the blankets. He smiled at her softly and kissed her forehead before heading back out to sleep on the couch when he felt a hand grab his wrist. He turned to see Calleigh staring at him intently before whispering softly, "Stay." He nodded his head into the bed behind her.

Calleigh felt weightless, as she knew Eric was probably carrying her to the bedroom. He gently laid her down on the and left her for a while, coming back in only his boxers. Calleigh missed him, and though she believes what happened between them was wrong, she knew she couldn't resist want to be with anymore. She needed him and that was that. She felt him raise her body and pull his t-shirt over her head. She smiled inwardly. She knew this t-shirt well and there was not doubt that it was his t-shirt. She sighed and snuggled deeper into the covers as he tucked her in and kiss her forehead. She didn't know what made her do it, but when she felt him about to leave the room she reached and grabbed his hand and whispered one word she knew would change things between them again. "Stay." She sighed again when she felt the bed sink under his weight and he pulled her close to snuggle against him as he wrapped his arm around her. She knew that this was an uphill battle. But she was ready to fight for the relationship she shouldn't have let go in the first place.

Luckily for Calleigh, the one thing that could rekindle the life to their relationship was under way.

A/N: Okay I hope you guys realize that this chapter is over 10000 words long. This totally knocks the previous chapter out of the park. Oh and Calleighsthebest, this should hold you over for a while, don't you think!!!! Well read and review kiddies. How else am I supposed to know to continue this thing!!!