Hi, ~Waves~ I'm not new here, I just haven't posted anything in a long time. This is a sequel to my other story I finished on a quite sour note back in December. If you don't want to re-read it…then I will offer a small summary:

Calleigh and Eric had a one-night stand after she found out Jake had 'slept around'. She could no longer work with him, thus moving to Seattle, Washington to become a detective. While living there she meets a young 'fellow detective' by the name of Nirvana McAlister and later discovers she is pregnant with Eric's child. Eric comes back with Alexx and the two reconcile. After he and Alexx leave back for Miami, Calleigh is abducted by Russian Mafia in request for 'Eric Sharova'. She is tortured and eventually miscarries the baby. Meanwhile Horatio and Eric get the help from Nirvana and head to Russia to save her. While there Nirvana is shot both protecting Eric and Horatio and almost dies. Eric eventually finds where they have Calleigh and is attacked, being knocked out completely. He awakens to the thoughts that Calleigh has died. Alexander Sharova (His dad) comes and saves him and later informs him Calleigh is still alive. The father and son go and save her, bringing her to the hospital. She is happy to see Eric, but depressed about the miscarriage.

Meanwhile Nirvana escapes from the hospital, heading to the same location. She meets Aleksandra, one of the key 'torturers' of Calleigh and the two fight (Aleksandra killed her mother). Nirvana kills her and is once more, seriously wounded. She is found by Horatio who brings her to the hospital.

They all board a plane put together by the Russian government to head back to the states, eventually making it and laughing on about how Ryan will have to deal with Nirvana. While back in Miami, they try to adjust back to their normal lives, such as returning to work while Ryan begins to notice some changes about Nirvana or better known to him as 'Lila Sharova', Eric's younger half-sister when she comes home covered in a series of cuts and bruises. He kicks her out of his apartment. At CSI the two exchange a series of hurtful words, prompting her to leave him and for Eric to find out he has her as a family member.

As three months go on, a series of 'bad luck' happens within the lives of the CSI's. Eric gets arrested for a fraud birth certificate, Calleigh is hospitalized for smoke inhalation…It seems to bring them closer together. Ryan gets kidnapped and brutally tortured and attempts to cover up the crimes committed by the Russian Mafia in high hopes to protect Billy Gantry. 'Lila' finds word of this and heads back to Miami. Billy is saved in the end :)

Lila and Ryan are engaged, have been for a long time. When they are about to be married, she leaves hoping to protect him. It doesn't last long when he is abducted by a rouge SIS (A British Agency) agent because of his relations to Lila, who is in Cuba. She goes back to the U.S. and gets held hostage along with Ryan, whom has met their child-Sasha Lee. Their relationship is icy and she winds up freeing herself from her restraints. Horatio and Frank come and rescue them, taking them all to the hospital. Meanwhile Eric has been shot and is needed to have brain surgery to remove the rest of the bullet fragments. During this time, Calleigh finds out she's pregnant again.

In the end Eric's fine, Lila's escaped from the hospital, and Ryan is a new daddy to little Sasha.

Confusing? Heh, Writing a quick 'review' for a sixty-somewhat chapter thing isn't easy to do.

One

The sun moved through cloudless Miami skies, people cheerfully moved about on the pavement, laughing continuously about numerous topics:

A first date.

Bonfires.

Small children.

Movies…

It was September. Meaning children were to go back to school, parents would go back to work. The Miami streets would become less crowded as teenagers and college students would slowly calm down into their old routines they had left only a few mere months ago, much to their dismay. For the Miami CSI's…a lot has changed over the past few months. A beloved gone, a child gained, love being declared, and the announcement of a pregnancy. Yes, a lot has changed. Lives altered for the rest of their entire lives.

So that's where two of the CSI's were at this moment, weaving in and out of traffic in great hopes to arrive at the hospital…on time for a change. The Cuban man gripped the steering wheel, groaning and on the verge of permitting a string of expletives to escape his lips.

He only refrained because of the petite –pregnant- blonde woman sitting right next to him, keeping her eyes trained on the traffic before her. Only moments ago she had admonished him for using a 'risky' move to weave through the traffic. Honestly he had not believed it to be a bit risky at all, but due to her entire rollercoaster of hormonal changes…he didn't dare challenge her.

That was Walter's job.

Sure he had laughed at Walter's expressions when Calleigh had yelled at him for almost eating her peanut butter and banana sandwich. He had no idea about what he was about to do, she had just happened to have the same brand of Tupperware that he did, therefore a mix up would surely ensure. Poor Walter. He was worried he was to see Alexx a bit too soon because of the intervention. Calming a pregnant Calleigh was not an easy task, there were occurrences when Horatio or Frank would pat him on the back and tell him that he needed a sort of award.

Personally, he could agree with that. But when Calleigh was in a great mood or just happy nonetheless, she was sweet. Completely the opposite compared to how Walter usually saw her as. She even snapped at Jesse once or twice. Surprisingly, she's fine with Ryan. She doesn't snap at him, she isn't short with him. She's just fine. Completely once more, the opposite compared to Walter.

Poor Walter.

The poor man seemed to hold his breath every time she would enter the room.

"Dammit! Come on!" he slammed on the breaks, hands moving down to press against the steering wheel, blaring the horn. He growled, leaning against the wheel in defeat, slumping against it actually seemed as a better word for it.

"Eric…" he picked his head up and looked over at Calleigh. Her tone was very much warning meaning 'Stop it'.

He murmured an apology and leaned back against the leather seats, looking over at Calleigh sitting in her seat. His gaze softened as a small smile filled his features. He reached over to her and picked up her hand in his, softly squeezing her small hand in his. She looked over and smiled.

"I'm still mad at you."

"What'd I do?"

She pulled her hand away from him, crossing her arms over her chest, "You cursed. I tell you not to and you wound up doin' it again."

"I said I was sorry."

"But it's done!" she looked over at him, her green gaze flashing before him, "You cannot take it back Eric!" He moved his head to the side, rolling his eyes. Not this again. This happened only two days ago. He was yelling at the TV…there was a football game…and she yelled at him.

Thank God the guys weren't there.

"Exactly, it's done…why are you so angry?"

Her eyes narrowed as her gaze flitted back to the light, noticing the green light happily declaring its presence, "It's your turn to go."

"Fine," his voice purposely becoming more high-pitched, and with that, he pressed down on the gas, lurching the car forward. She gasped and reached forward, clutching onto the dashboard before her. He noticed this and eased up on the gas, not wanting to frighten her or do anything to risk her health or the baby's health, "I'm sorry," he spoke, knowing she would definitely want the apology.

"You're forgiven."

She was still ticked. He could tell by her tone.

She remained silent for the rest of the ride. She only told him he didn't have to open the door for her when they pulled into the parking lot of the hospital. Calleigh had held her hand up, gesturing for him not to. He had insisted, even got out and jogged towards her, but she was surprisingly already out of the car by then and moving towards the clear doors only a few hundred feet from her. Hell he had jog to catch up with the woman.

Once they had gotten through the doors, she had headed right over to the elevator to see her obstetrician's floor number. Four. She nodded, remembering it, and reached over to press in the button, bringing the elevator down to them. The doors opened and she stepped inside. He instinctively reached up to hold the doors open for her, knowing they wouldn't do her any harm if they were to close on her.

"Thank you," it actually stunned him that she thanked him for that. Just seconds ago she seemed extremely upset with him…now she was thanking him? Well, she did like going to her doctor…it tended to put her in a good mood…even more so that Walter couldn't even screw up her happiness.

He liked it when she was fresh from the OB/GYN.

She smiled at him, simply reaching over to hold his hand. He looked down at the entwined hands, swinging them back and forth playfully. He looked forward, raising his eyebrows and mouthing 'wow' at her sudden hormonal changes. He knew in the next coming months…his life would become very interesting.

The doors parted and Calleigh moved forward, still holding onto his hand. He followed her willingly as she led them down the hallway towards the room number placed on the directory.

Room 409.

Yep, she found it quickly and opened the heavy door with a slight grunt. He stretched his arm out and grasped onto the door, holding it open for her to slide right through it. She smiled instantly, seeing a few women sitting around. A small child played with a table full of plastic LEGOS.

Eric stood awkwardly, more so after she let go of his hand to speak to the receptionist. He patted his blue jean pockets, hearing the keys to the car cling together. He was happy that he had remembered to put them back in his pocket.

There was a time when he locked them outside the car, Natalia had to come and bail them out. Laughing all the way.

"Come on Eric," he saw Calleigh begin to disappear through the door, following the nurse leading them around back. He stepped forward, right, then left. He watched Calleigh's long blonde hair just fall down her back, curling slightly at the end. He smiled as he saw her suddenly turn into an examination room, moving towards the table in the middle.

"The doctor will be with you in a moment," both of the occupants smiled as the nurse walked out, Eric waved to her before turning back to Calleigh, who placed both hands on her ever-growing belly.

"Do you think we'll find out if he's a boy or girl? Or do you think he'll decide to play hide and seek again?" she was disappointed on the last visit when they had tried to find out the gender, after the last visit…people began asking 'boy or girl'. Once on the verge of tears she had to say 'I don't know'.

"I hope so, I personally think he's a he mostly because he's quite active in there," he stepped forward, placing a hand on top of hers and leaned down to press a soft kiss to her lips, "Do I see future athlete in here?" his hand moved downwards, caressing the covered flesh of her abdomen.

"Maybe," she leaned forward, kissing him again, "Girl's can be athletes too."

"Yeah, just not very good ones," she pulled away from him, narrowing her eyes at him playfully, "I'm kidding."

"I know."

A knock sounded at the door and the two changed their attention from each other, to the overly-heavy door hiding their doctor. She peaked through, smiling at the two, "Hi, how are you guys?" she pulled herself into the room, shutting the door behind her.

"We're good, you?" Calleigh's accent practically dripped.

"Great, but busy. I've had a lot of women come in recently," she reached towards the counter, pulling on a pair of gloves.

Dr. Riley was a good one. She was recommended by one of Eric's sisters, Ana. The woman was sweet and knew what she was doing all the while. Therefore she was a prime candidate for Calleigh and Eric to choose as a doctor.

"All right, let's try to see if the little one wants us to know her gender, lay back and lift up your shirt please," Calleigh did as she was told.

Eric reached over and picked up her hand in his, leaning down and pressed a kiss to her knuckles as Dr. Riley brought the gel and wand over. She squeezed the bottle, allowing the gel to spread across Calleigh's abdomen.

"Let's see," she reached over and turned on the ultrasound. She then leaned forward and pressed the wand into Calleigh's lower abdomen first, immediately hearing the baby's heartbeat move through the room. After a few moments she smiled, "Sounds good," then she began to move it around, seeing the images flash across the scene before her.

"Do you see anything?" Calleigh asked, "Do you know if he's a he or a she?"

Eric leaned forward, his interest peaked, "Hmm, well…it looks like," she paused, "Oh there's his penis," Eric's eyebrows lifted up as the Doctor so bluntly put it, "It looks like you're going to be parents of a healthy little boy."

My doctor actually was as blunt as Dr. Riley, yet she was very patient and sweet. I saw her two weeks ago actually, still the same woman as always.

Oh and for the people who know I have a daughter, she just turned a year old.

~Leighannamarie