Perfectus Dayus Interruptus

An hour later Eric was waiting outside a coffee shop, eating a cinnamon roll until Powell showed up.

"Officer Delko." said Powell walking toward Eric. "Good to see you."

"Powell I'm glad you came." said Eric standing up to shake his hand. "I wasn't sure you'd show up."

"Well I was surprised to say the least it's not often a defense attorney gets a social call from a CSI. What did you want to see me about?"

"I heard about what you said in court on my behalf, and I wanted to thank you." said Eric fully appreciating the irony of the situation. "If it wasn't for you I'd be somewhere in Cuba right now."

"Well you gathered the evidence that put my fiancés killer away, it was the least I could do." said Powell. "I couldn't let you go down when you didn't do anything wrong. Like I told that judge, not even I can call you character into question."

"I appreciate that, you being a good lawyer probably saved my life." said Eric knowing the gravity of what he almost lost needed no embellishment. "But try to take down the team again and my gratitude won't make a difference."

"I take it your boss didn't tell you." said Powell then in response to Eric's confused look continued. "My days of representing criminals are over, the cost of my actions has gotten to high. Who knows next time we meet we could be on the same side of the law."

"Well that's good to hear." said Eric thinking it was one less hoop to jump through at work.

"Hello gentlemen." said Calleigh as she walked toward the most unlikely of conversations.

"Ms. Duquesne." said Powell rising from his chair. "I think I'll leave two of Miami-Dade's finest alone, I'll see you guys around. Oh, and Delko enjoy your freedom man, you deserve it."

After Powell left both Eric and Calleigh seemed at a loss for words, Eric decided it was his turn to break the silence. "How's my favorite girl today?"

"Your favorite?" repeated Calleigh questioningly. "I had better be your only girl if you know what's good for you."

"Oh, I do." said Eric leaning in for a kiss. "Hey."

"Hey." said Calleigh. "So is there an actual plan for today or are we just gonna wing it?"

"My plan is today is all about you." said Eric taking her hand and kissing it. "We can do whatever you want."

"Well since we don't have to be professional today let's just head down to the beach and have some fun." said Calleigh.

"Ok, it's been a while since I've been to the beach when it wasn't a crime scene." said Eric. "Let's go."

The two drove alone down to the water and parked next to each other. "Um Eric what's that?" said Calleigh noticing something in the back seat.

"Oh, my niece Carla last time I watched her I took her to the park." said Eric grinning because he liked looking after his sister's kid. "She must've left her Frisbee in here."

"Do you think Carla would mind if we threw it around a little?" asked Calleigh.

"You know I think it would be fine with her." said Eric grabbing the Frisbee. "Go long"

After that the two let themselves slip away, no awkwardness about making love the night before, no hiding behind the masks of professionalism they had grown accustomed to at work, spending time together was all either one had on their mind. Until one of Eric's throws went a little too far to the right and resulted in Calleigh making an impressive save but ending up in the water with it.

"You okay Cal?" asked Eric running over to her laughing. "That was a nice catch though the landing could've been better."

"Yeah I'm fine, help me up please." said Calleigh holding out her hand. Most unwisely Eric took it and Calleigh pulled him down with her.

"Did you really have to do that." said Eric splashing Calleigh a little.

"You know Eric I really did." said Calleigh splashing him back. "That was for laughing."

"Ok, I'm sorry." said Eric fully exploiting his puppy dog eyes and Calleigh's inability to stay mad at him. "Forgive me?"

"Of course." said Calleigh smiling.

As the afternoon wore on the new couple managed to dry off and lapsed into casual conversation.

"You wanna grab a bite to eat?" asked Eric as the day got later. "There's a place up ahead that has the best chicken parmesan I've ever eaten."

"I'm in." said Calleigh.

When they were seated by a waitress and ordered a couple beers, Eric took a moment to appreciate how far they had come since the beginning of their friendship and how beautiful Calleigh had always been.

"Can I ask you something?" said Eric. "When you woke up this morning did you feel sorry or embarrassed about last night?"

"Sorry or embarrassed about waking up next to you?" said Calleigh pondering. "Nope can't say that I did."

"Does that mean you are willing and anticipating a repetition of last night?" said Eric grinning.

"Hmm now that's something I could get used to." said Calleigh intertwining her fingers in his.

Just as Eric was about to respond his gaze shifted to over Calleigh shoulder saw and his worst nightmare for a first date with Calleigh. "Oh, my god."

"Eric what's wrong."

"Ok, keep your eyes on me, but Stetler is over at the bar." said Eric lowering his voice. "And he sees us."

"Rick Stetler?" asked Calleigh mastering the impulse to look back. "What do we do?"

"Let me handle this." said Eric trying to control his enmity for Stetler.

"Eric I don't think that's a good plan." said Calleigh all too familiar with how infuriating Rick can be.

"Calleigh trust me." said Eric not seeing another option.

"Fine, I'll act like I'm going to the ladies room." said Calleigh conceding defeat. "But if he's not gone in ten minutes figure out how to get away and we'll eat somewhere else."

"Deal

Sorry for the delay but with any luck the story's about to get a little more interesting and I can write it a little faster. a plan is for them to break up temporarily so if anyone has any ideas as to how that would work thoughts would be highly appreciated. As always thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed it, please review