Just Curious

"I'm strictly asking you this 'cause I'm curious," Calleigh said to Horatio the next morning. "But what did you do to Eric yesterday? He fall asleep the moment he got home and stayed that way for two hours."

Horatio shrugged. "He spent the day in Aimee's shoes, doing what she does when I'm at work. I was only there in case of emergency. The children's idea of emergency. Must say he did a good job. The girls keep asking when he's gonna babysit again."

He made sure he put in while he was at work because when he was home he was just as involved with the children's daily care, changing the same number of diapers and wiping as many tears.

"He had fun, too. Even if he were exhausted by the time he got home. 'Said he couldn't get enough of the hugs and kisses the girls gave him." Calleigh said her fiancé couldn't stop talking about his day after he awoke.

Despite what he had said to his fiancee the night before Eric certainly hoped that after the twins that it wouldn't be ten years before they had a third child. Maybe because of the double trouble with twins, it would be three years, not one or two between the children but definitely not ten. His friend had told him that three children under five was a handful for anyone, even him and for a "rookie," he did a great job.

"Babies do fuss for no reason, you know," Horatio said to Eric later in the day.

Eric had said that he wasn't sure he did that good of a job because he couldn't get Austin to calm down.

"If it makes you makes feel any better I couldn't either. He wanted mommy," Horatio replied. "He reached for Aimee the second he got sight of her."

"Really?"

Eric didn't realize babies that young could have such preference at a particular moment in time.

"Yep. He was having one of those 'I want mommy and you're not her' evenings. It's not personal."

Austin also had moments and days where he wanted Horatio and couldn't be distracted from that idea no matter what. Those days were long for his mom. Having a husband so willing to take the baby and soothe him after he returned from work wasn't something Aimee ever took for granted.

Aimee smiled as she hung up the phone with her friend. Calleigh Duquesene had just called her all excited. It was nearly eight-thirty and Horatio was busy tucking Rachel into bed. Calleigh couldn't contain her excitement and called to tell her friends that she had felt at least one of her babies move for the first time.

"That's wonderful, Calleigh," Aimee said.

That feeling of excitement and joy was all too familiar for her. It didn't get old even in her second and third pregnancies. The first time had its uniqueness but the feeling of every kick and movement tended to cause a surge of emotion. Aimee was glad for her friend that Eric was home for the moment as well. He was just as excited as his fiancee in anticipation of this moment.

Aimee told her husband about the phone call when he came to the living room shortly after.

"Aw," Horatio said. "That's sweet. I imagine Eric was thrilled."

Calleigh had told Horatio's wife that her fiancé's eyes had lit up like a Christmas tree.

Both Caines thought the couple were going to make incredible parents. That was one reason why they had made them their children's godparents. The two didn't know yet that they were soon going to be godparents as well.

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