Morning
Though she hadn't done much smiling Nevaeh seemed to enjoy being with Horatio. Her parents thought perhaps the man's calm energy might have had a soothing effect on the girl. Horatio told them the baby seemed hungry after they left and Nevaeh had eaten almost a whole jar of baby food and part of another bottle of formula before falling asleep in his arms where she was now. Considering the fact that Nevaeh had last eaten was before she went to the doctor's office and the only thing she had after that was a bottle of milk neither parent was surprised or at the fact that Horatio had made the baby calm enough to eat.
However, Nevaeh woke up when her uncle passed her over to her mom. She reached out for her uncle. Horatio figured he was the favorite comforter right now because he hadn't been there when she got her shots; mommy and daddy were.
"You'll be all right, sweetie," Horatio said, kissing the baby's brow. "I'll come back and see you."
By the next morning Nevaeh was smiling again. She had fallen asleep shortly after Horatio left and slept till six. Calleigh smiled hearing cooing on the baby monitor. Eric heard it too.
"Sounds like we have a happy girl again," her husband said.
Eric got up and went to his daughter's nursery. She was sitting up, smiling. She put her arms up when she saw her daddy.
"Good morning. Someone looks like they slept well," Eric said, picking her up. He changed the baby's diaper and carried her to the bedroom he shared with his wife. They didn't have to get up for an hour and all three liked to snuggle for a bit before they started the day.
"Someone's a happy girl this morning," Calleigh said, reaching up, taking her daughter in her arms and laying her between them. Nevaeh gurgled, enjoying the feeling of being between her parents.
"I'm glad she likes us again," Eric chuckled. "I thought she was going to pack her bags and move in with H last night."
Horatio teased his younger co-worker when he arrived at the lab that morning.
"So, Eric, When my roommate moving in?" He said with a smile.
"Afraid she's not, H," Eric replied. "She decided she likes us again. But she was debating leaving; took some convincing and a little bribing though."
Horatio sighed.
"And here I was all excited."
"Hey. Cheer up. We're bound to make her mad again. When's she's two or three you might get a call from her saying she wants to ran away to your house."
Horatio laughed.
"Well. I'm glad she's happy again. Broke my heart hearing her cry like that."
