Horatio Takes a Vacation

Epilogue

Speed sat on the lush green grass, thankful for the respite from work. He watched her as she walked over to him with a wicked smile on her face and he felt a warmness as it traveled through his body. The two weeks that he had asked for were coming to a close, but he had no regrets. He took advantage of the time off to relax, read a good book or two, and to spend time with Calleigh. Needless to say , the time that he spent away from the lab, was the best time of his life.

She sat down cross legged across from him, with that beautiful smile and tilted her head slightly. Her green eyes crinkled with mischievousness and Speed had a feeling that he was being set up.

"What are you up to Calleigh?"

" What?" Calleigh asked , intoning her accent thickly.

" Don't try and sugar coat it with your southern charm. You got something up your sleeve," Speed said as he looked her square in the eyes. He was surprised at what he saw in them, but he couldn't deny what he had begun to feel about her.

" Now why do you automatically think that I have something up my sleeve?"

" Because, that's how women function,"Speed replied sarcastically.

" I'm actually going to let that slide, Tim. How do you know that it isn't something that you have always wanted."

" She's sitting right in front of me," Speed said as he leaned over to kiss her.

" Aww that is so sweet. Who says that you don't have any feelings?"

" Well, I can think of a few people off the top of my head..."

" Tim, I'm serious. What have you been constantly talking about around the lab?"

" How I need an extra hand in the trace lab?"

" Tim," Calleigh glowered. " Something that you've wanted for a long time?"

" You didn't..."

" Yes , I did..."

" You brought me a new Ducati?..." Speed said as his eyes got wide.

" Wha- Tim, no. I did not buy you a new Ducati. I brought you this," Calleigh said as she flopped the box on to his lap, obviously disappointed.

" Well, you said something that I have wanted for a long time," Speed said smartly as he ripped into the box. He opened it and then looked at her, feeling awestruck. " I thought that no one heard me when I was talking about it."

" I heard you, Tim. I've always heard you. Horatio says that you can take an extra week off," Calleigh said softly.

Speed took the ticket out of the box and read it. He glanced at Calleigh and smiled, trying to hold back the tears. She had brought him a ticket to Syracuse. It had been so long since he had been home, but he tried to cover for it by working so much. There was so much there in Syracuse that he wanted to see; his parents, his brother and Daniel.

" Calleigh,..."

" Tim, when you told me about your friend, Daniel, I knew that you needed to go there, to finally have some closure. You can't keep holding on to past hurts, you're too good of a man for that. I just hope that this helps you."

Speed put the box down and leaned in to kiss her. She felt his gratitude as he pulled away gently and caressed her cheek, " Thank you, Calleigh. It would be a better deal if you could come with me."

" Really?" Calleigh said as she inched back some. She pulled something from behind her and smiled widely. " Then I won't feel like an idiot for buying this." Calleigh showed him a ticket that was identical to his.

" How did you..."

" I just thought that you would need someone there. For support," Calleigh said as inched back to him and wrapped her arms around his neck. " I hope that I wasn't too formal. I mean, we haven't really gone on a 'real' date and we really have just started going out informally,..."

" Calleigh?"

" Yes, Tim?"

" Shut up."

"Only of you kiss me again," Calleigh replied as she hugged him tighter.

"Consider it done," Speed said as he granted her wish. His life had finally seemed real. Complete.

The End.

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