Horatio was worried about Calleigh, she did show signs of being pregnant and after he had kept an eye on her all day, he felt he had to ask her if she was alright. Horatio found her in the ballistic lab, working on a gun.
"Calleigh, are you alright?" He asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Calleigh smiled.
"Are you sure?"
"Horatio, what's going on?"
"Well, I um, me and Jessica are worried about you." Horatio said, "She says her female intuition says your pregnant and I have to agree now that I've watched you for a week. Since the baby shower."
Calleigh did what Horatio had not expected; she started laughing. When she calmed down she patted his shoulder gently.
"Alexx and Natalia have asked me the same thing." Calleigh smiled, "I'm not pregnant. I just happen to have a small bladder."
Horatio blushed.
"I'm sorry." He said.
"Don't be. Eric also thought I was pregnant and for a moment I did too. But I checked with my doctor and I'm not." Calleigh said, "Doesn't mean I don't want to be one day, but for now I'm not."
"Okay." Horatio said and then grinned widely.
Calleigh looked at him confused.
"I guess this proves that female intuition can be wrong." He chuckled.
"Oh no, Jessica is never going to hear the end of it, is she?" Calleigh laughed.
"Never!"
"Go easy on her or she might just hurt you. Pregnancy hormones you know." Calleigh winked.
Horatio laughed and gave his long-time friend a hug before leaving. Horatio had a huge smirk the rest of the shift and all the way home. When he entered the house he found Jessica baking a cake in the kitchen. It was Kyle's birthday cake.
"Honey…" Horatio smirked "Guess what I found out today."
"That you're son is home in ten minutes and this cake is not even close to finished?" Jessica asked.
"I found out that your intuition was wrong."
Jessica turned around and looked in disbelief at Horatio.
"No way!" She said.
"Yes way." Horatio grinned, "Calleigh is not pregnant."
"Damn, my female intuition isn't working." Jessica grinned, "Well, maybe one day she will be."
Horatio nodded and then gave Jessica a hug and bent down to give the belly a kiss.
"So, Kyle's home soon huh?"
Just then they heard Kyle enter the house and soon he stood in the doorway with a huge smile in his face.
"Guess who is 20-years-old today!" Kyle smiled widely.
"Someone from American Idol?" Horatio asked.
"No, no, Horatio. It's an actor." Jessica said.
Kyle stuck his tongue out to the adults and then gave them both a hug.
"Congratulations Kyle!" Jessica smiled.
"Congratulations son." Horatio said, "Now, the cake isn't finished yet, but..."
"It's okay." Kyle grinned, "Guess what I got from a girl in school?"
"A kiss?" Horatio teased.
Kyle blushed and shook his head, "No."
Jessica and Horatio didn't believe him.
"She gave me her phone number and asked me out on a date." Kyle grinned.
"It's usually the other way around." Horatio said, "I like this girl already though, she's seems to take things in to her own hands."
"The date is tonight. And I have to pick her up." Kyle said, "Can I borrow your Buick?"
"You can have the car forever son." Horatio smiled.
Kyle gaped at his father and then pulled him in to a hug.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Kyle exclaimed and grabbed the car keys as Horatio held them out to him. Jessica and Horatio followed Kyle out to the garage and watched as he hugged the hood of the car.
"It's mine!" He smiled widely and then hurried to sit in the driver's seat.
He started the car and was about to take a drive when he remembered the cake and that it was still two hours left before he was going to pick up his date.
"Is the cake finished?" Kyle asked.
"Should be." Jessica smiled.
They all went inside and sat down in the kitchen. Kyle got a big piece of cake and then Horatio couldn't contain his curiosity anymore.
"So what's the girls name?" He asked.
"Sarah."
"Is she a classmate?" Horatio smiled.
"Yes." Kyle said, "She's been checking me out for two months."
"And how long have you been checking her out?" Horatio asked.
Kyle blushed, but didn't answer. He had been wanting to talk to Sarah for two months as well. He just hadn't had the courage to do it.
"So um, what are your plans for tonight?" Jessica asked.
"Dinner and a movie. Maybe take a walk." Kyle said, "Is that too much?"
"No, it's perfect." Horatio said, "Just remember to pay for her food and ticket to the movies."
"Oh I will." Kyle grinned.
"Are you scared of her father?" Horatio asked.
"Yes, he's a military man." Kyle shuddered, "Sarah says he is sweet as a teddy bear."
"He might be." Jessica said, "I bet she's afraid to meet Julia."
"No, she said she was more afraid to meet dad." Kyle chuckled.
"Really? It's usually the girls who are afraid to met mom and boys that are afraid to met dad." Horatio smiled.
"Well, it's not every day you go on a date with Lt. Caine's son." Kyle grinned.
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Horatio and Jessica waved goodbye to Kyle as he drove off to pick up Sarah. When his car was out of sight they went inside and Horatio went to get some bottles of paint.
"Horatio, what are you doing?" Jessica asked.
"We're painting the belly tonight." Horatio grinned.
Jessica laughed and looked at the bottles, it was green, yellow, blue and red paint. They went to the bedroom and Horatio put some towels under Jessica to protect the sheets from the paint. Jessica laid down and took off her shirt. Horatio started painting blue eyes on the belly.
"It's cold!" Jessica chuckled.
Horatio smiled and while he was busy painting a yellow face, Jessica dipped her hand in the green bottle and then put her hand against Horatio's chin. She burst out laughing at Horatio's shocked look.
"Hey!" He exclaimed and ran the yellow brush over her right arm.
Jessica threw some blue paint on Horatio's shirt. It was a good thing they both had on clothes that they didn't mind got covered in paint.
Soon they were trying to get each other as much covered in paint as possible. Horatio's jeans were no longer blue; instead they were yellow and red. Jessica's pants were green and her arms were yellow.
Once they calmed down, Jessica painted a red mouth on her 32 weeks pregnant belly.
"We got more covered in paint than the belly did." She smiled.
"Just imagine what it'll be like when Kyle and I fix the nursery. He won't be able to resist putting painting me instead of the walls." Horatio chuckled.
Jessica smiled and gave Horatio a soft kiss. She watched as he finished painting the belly. It ended up being a mix between a face and a landscape. When they were done they took a shower together and tried their best to get the paint off themselves.
"It's a good thing you're not working this weekend." Jessica smiled, "I wonder what the team would say if they saw you come in to work with blue hair."
"They would tease me for the rest of my life." Horatio said.
They baby kicked just where one of the painted eyes were.
"It looks like the eye is about to pop out!" Horatio chuckled.
"I think he or she enjoyed this art session as much as we did." Jessica grinned and caressed the belly.
"Just eight weeks and two days left." Horatio said, "Fourteen hours and 34 minutes."
Jessica gasped and gave Horatio a shocked look.
"The doctor never gave us an exact time of birth." She said.
"No, but I bet against myself what time the baby will be born."
"You're crazy!" Jessica laughed, "But I love you anyway."
"I love you too."
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