"Who is the girl?" Jesse asked.

"What girl?" Horatio asked back.

Jesse smirked. The whole week Horatio had smiled at certain phone calls and talked in a corner alone in the hallway or in his office. He had a twinkle in his eyes that could only mean one thing; he was in love. Horatio hadn't said anything about seeing a woman though.

"H don't give me that crap, I know you're in love and that you're seeing someone." Jesse grinned, "Is it the girl from the crash… Jessica um…"

"Stanley." Horatio said quickly and resisted the urge to smack himself.

Jesse smirked widely, "So it is her."

"Just because I know her last name does not mean I'm dating her."

Jesse grinned. Horatio had a good memory and never forgot a name, but the quick answer was a dead give-a-way.

"But are you seeing someone?" Jesse asked.

"Maybe."

"Man or woman?" Jesse chuckled.

"Woman."

Jesse patted Horatio on the shoulder and left the older man alone. Horatio shook his head at Jesse as he left. Alexx and Calleigh had also asked him who he was talking so secretively on the phone with. Horatio hadn't planned on introducing Jessica to his family yet, they had only known each for two weeks.

While Horatio worked in his office with paperwork, Jesse was organizing a poll in the lab.

"Alright, I bet 30 dollars that the woman he's seeing is Jessica Stanley." Jesse smiled.

"Who?" Walter asked.

"The girl who crashed her car in to H's." Ryan said.

"Nah, I think it's that sexy nurse H had in the hospital, her name was Marie." Walter smiled.

"No, she is not his type." Jesse said, "Ms. Stanley is."

"How come you know so much about his type of girl?" Walter asked.

"I've known him for a lot longer than you." Jesse grinned, "Any other takers on the bet?"

"20 dollars that it's an older woman." Calleigh smiled.

"I agree with Cal." Ryan said.

"Are you betting against your boss?" Alexx asked.

"Yes." Everyone replied.

"Oh what the heck, count me in. I agree with Jesse." Alexx chuckled.

The lab techs soon joined in and placed a bet, the only one left now was Frank. But before Jesse had a chance to talk to him, the team was called to a crime scene, although Frank was with them on the scene, Jesse didn't have time to talk to him about the bet.

"Ryan, let's print the porch door and see if the burglar entered that way." Horatio said.

Ryan nodded and walked away.

"Alexx, what can you tell me about the body?" Horatio asked.

"Well, he was stabbed to death about one hour ago." Alexx said and then nodded for her orderlies to put the body in the van.

Just as she left the crime scene, Horatio's phone rang. The team noticed the same smile as before and Horatio excused himself quickly. The conversation was short, since Horatio had a job to do. However, he had a hard time keeping the smile off his face after he hung up.

"Must have been a good phone call." Frank smirked.

"The best." Horatio smiled, "Um, anything from the guy who called it all in?"

Frank smirked wider at Horatio's attempt to change the subject. He always knew Horatio found it difficult to talk about his private life and he was a man that especially kept his love life very private. Whoever the woman was that he had met, she had certainly made the red head smile again and completely swept him off his feet.

-I-

Horatio was never the first one to leave when the shift ended, in fact he was always the last one. But now, he seemed to have an important date with the mystery woman because he was clocking out exactly when the clock stroke five and the shift was over.

"We have to follow him."Jesse said to Ryan.

"Isn't that kind of evil? If he wants us to know something he will tell us." Ryan said, he didn't want to be on H's bad side.

"Maybe we have an important date too." Jesse shrugged, "He's not going to see us. I just have to know who the mystery caller is."

"Are you plotting against H?" Frank asked from behind the boys and startled them.

"You can too." Ryan smiled.

"H is seeing someone. We have bet at who it might be." Jesse said.

"50 dollars says it's that blond girl he crashed in to." Frank smirked.

"She crashed in to him." Ryan corrected.

"Thank you Mr. Wolfe for not letting me get away with a tiny mistake like that. Can I get an A now?" Frank teased with a girly voice.

"Whatever baldy, whatever." Ryan sighed and rolled his eyes.

Jesse, Ryan and Frank took the elevator down to the garage just as Horatio drove out with the hummer. They quickly jumped in to Frank's car, which was less noticeable than a hummer and followed Horatio. They kept a distance with one car between them and H at all times.

"Hello?" Ryan answered his phone, "Um, we're following H. It was Jesse's idea, Alexx! I'm just an innocent bystander."

"You're not innocent!" Jesse exclaimed.

Ryan gave the phone to Jesse and Jesse sighed as he had to get a lecture from Alexx about not doing anything stupid and how the boys should not follow their boss.

"We're just going to take a little peek." Jesse said, "Thanks Alexx. Bye."

Jesse grinned at his victory. Alexx had said that only a peek was allowed, but that they were still going to pretend as if they hadn't seen who Horatio was on a date with. The boys parked further down the street than Horatio outside a restaurant. Horatio went inside with a smile and the boys got out of the car.

"I hope he doesn't see us, because if he does we will kill us." Ryan gulped.

"No, he won't." Frank said.

The boys sneaked towards one of the windows and peeked inside, Jesse smirked and turned to Ryan.

"Told you it was Jessica Stanley!" He smirked.

"What?!" Ryan exclaimed and stood up to peek inside as well. He sighed.

"We just won a lot of money." Frank smirked, "Now let's leave H alone with his date."

Inside the restaurant, Horatio was telling Jessica about his team.

"And I know three of them followed me here." Horatio chuckled.

"And you didn't let them know that you know that?" Jessica asked.

"Nah, it's no big deal. Now, they'll have something to talk about. I'll probably tell them tomorrow though." Horatio smiled, "I can't wait to see the look on their faces!"

"So how is Kyle?" Jessica asked.

Horatio smiled, he always did when Jessica asked how Kyle was. This was their forth date and Horatio had told Jessica about Kyle and Julia on the second date. She had smiled and said that she had known he was a father already. Horatio had asked how she knew that and she had replied that he just had something about him that suggested that he had a child and that he seemed like a great father. She had even seen a picture of Kyle.

"He's good. Coming home in two months." Horatio smiled.

"You miss him huh?"

"Very much."

"I can tell. He seems like a great kid, can't wait to meet him. Does he know about us?" Jessica smiled.

"Yes and now he can't stop singing: Jessica and Horatio sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g." Horatio laughed.

"We could sit in a tree and kiss just to show him." Jessica winked.

Horatio leaned forward and gave Jessica a soft kiss on the lips. She blushed slightly, she was still getting used to kissing the very handsome man that had captured her heart.

"Still a little shy?" Horatio teased.

"You have a little blush yourself there Lt." Jessica grinned.

"I um, I like you a lot." Horatio blushed.

"I like you too." Jessica grinned and pulled Horatio in to a deep kiss.

Outside the restaurant Jesse had run back to peek just in time for Jessica to pull Horatio in to the kiss. He grinned widely and ran back to Frank and Ryan.

"They kissed!" He exclaimed.

"No way!" Ryan gasped.

"Yeah they did! H has finally found someone to be with again." Jesse smiled, "I think she's good for him."

"She sure seems to be." Frank said, "Now let's go home."

Inside the restaurant, Horatio hadn't seen Jesse's face in the window during the kiss. He had been too busy tasting Jessica's lips.

"Each kiss just keeps feeling better and better." Horatio smiled.

"I agree Lt. Your kisses should be illegal and it should be a severe punishment for whoever kisses you." Jessica grinned.

"Well then what kind of punishment do you want?" Horatio winked and squeezed Jessica's hand softly.

They were teasing each other, yet they were still shy. They were getting closer and closer everyday and they both knew that they had found their soul mate.

"How about a sleepover?" Jessica blushed.

"If that is what you want that it is what you will get." Horatio smiled.

Jessica and Horatio didn't arrive at Horatio's beach house until midnight. They held hands as they walked towards the front door. After dinner, they had taken a walk on the beach and then enjoyed ice cream in a park.

"I'm a little nervous." Jessica admitted as she stepped inside his house.

"You don't have to do anything if you don't want to." Horatio said, "I don't expect you to give me anything. We can sleep in separate beds if you want."

"No, I want to share your bed with you." Jessica blushed, "I just don't want to go any further. Yet."

Horatio nodded and gave Jessica a hug. He knew she was nervous that he would use her, but the thought of doing something like that had never even crossed his mind. Horatio showed Jessica around the house and then they went to his bedroom. They both had to be up early the next morning. Jessica sighed happily as she snuggled close to Horatio to sleep. She was happy that he was satisfied with only holding her and not going any further.

"Goodnight." She whispered.

"Goodnight, sweet dreams." Horatio said and gave her a kiss on the check.

-I-

Horatio and Jessica shared a soft kiss before going to their jobs. Horatio entered the lab with a smile and his first stop was to the break room, where his team and Frank were.

"Good morning everyone." He greeted.

"Good morning." Everyone replied.

"So, Jesse, Ryan and Frank, did you enjoy following me yesterday?" Horatio asked and smirked when Frank chocked on his coffee and both Jesse and Ryan blushed.

"Um…" Ryan started.

"It's okay. It's no big deal." Horatio smiled, "I am dating Jessica Stanley."

"Yeah! That means we just got 100 dollars!" Alexx exclaimed as she jumped up from her chair, "Jesse started a bet by the way."

"I thought so. It's okay. I um, I'm going to introduce you to Jessica someday, but for now, we um, want to be by ourselves." Horatio smiled.

"We didn't mean to intrude. We were just curious." Jesse apologized.

"I know, the truth is that I would have been very curious if it would have been one you dating someone as well."

"But you wouldn't have followed us." Ryan said.

"It's okay, really. It was kind of fun to know that you guys played spies for a while." Horatio chuckled.

"Well, I'm happy you met this girl." Jesse smiled, "She brought back the old H."

"The old H?" Horatio asked.

"Yeah, the one who smiles more and laughs." Frank said.

Horatio blushed and nodded, he knew he had been distant and sad since Marisol's death. Kyle had lifted his spirit, but when he went in to the army, Horatio had gone back to being sad again.

"I'm glad I met her too." Horatio smiled, "We don't have time to talk about my love life though, we have work do."

The team smiled and nodded, they knew that Horatio wouldn't tell them anymore about his date for now. They were just happy that his smile was back and that his eyes were full of love and life.

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