Disclaimer: I don't own the main characters

Summary: Members of the Caine family are about to hit some significant milestones, in their relationships and just life in general, to set up for a promising future. Find out what milestones are they going to get to. Third, and possibly, final story in the One moment changed everything Series.

AN: Since this is the third story in the series, you will have to read the first two to understand this one, just so you are warned.

Title: Setting up for the future
Genre: Romance, Drama, Hurt/Comfort
Rating: T
Spoilers: None
Time-line: 2 years after the last story ended
Warnings: Implied/Suggestive adult behavior, and a few questionable words
Main Parings: Ducaine
Minor Parings: Nicole/Bryan, Lindsey/Kyle, Nick/OC
Other Characters: Anthony & Jenny Caine
Series Order: One Moment changed everything, Losing Everything?, Setting up from the future

Chapter 1: Two Years Later

Late August 2013

Through the years Horatio has been woken up by a lot of things...nightmares, babies crying, kids wanting breakfast, phone ringing, sometimes even Calleigh's sweet kisses on the cheek or lips, but what woke him up this morning, he was not expecting, his wife getting sick from the bathroom. Now being pregnant twice, this wasn't the first time, he had been woken up by that noise, but as far as he knew, this wasn't the case.

Once Horatio got out of bed, he walked to the bathroom and stood in the doorway, seeing his wife sitting next to the toilet, and she looked up at him with shy look. "Sorry, handsome, I didn't mean to wake you."

He waved it off and walked to the sink to fill up a glass, then he walked over to her and kneeled down while handing it to her before smirking a little. "I know you were worried about Anthony starting school today, but I didn't know you would be sick about it."

She gave him a mock glare as she took the glass from him. "Ha, Ha, very funny." She rinsed her mouth out and spit in the toilet before shaking her head and looking down at the glass she still had in her hand. "I don't think it's that."

Horatio's heart start to race as he asked with a smile slowly coming to his face. "Sweetheart, could you really be..."

He trailed off and she looked up at him with a small smile on her face while replying. "I think so." Before he could speak, she spoke after a sigh. "I'm sorry, we never really talked about having another ba..."

Horatio cuts her off while cupping her cheek. "I don't care, this is still a blessing, one I'm proud of, if it's really true."

Calleigh a smile back on her face as she asked. "Yeah?"

He nodded with his blue eyes sparkling. "Yeah, let's do this one more time."

She chuckled with a nod. "Ok, I'm all in." He was bringing her closer, but she pulled back with her hand up to her mouth and replied. "Maybe I should brush first."

He chuckled as he stood up. "That's probably a good idea."

After he helps her up, she heads to the sink while he spoke. "So, do you want to go to the clinic, or just get a pregnancy test first?"

She spit out the toothpaste before speaking. "How about the clinic?"

He nodded, then once she finished, she turned to him with his green eyes sparkling while whispering. "Now where were we?"

He smiled as he cupped cheek and replied while bringing her closer. "I believe right about here."

Their lips were about to touch, when they hear Anthony's voice from the hallway. "Mommy, daddy, school time."

They chuckled as they place their foreheads together, then she smirked. "You ready for another round of interruptions?"

There was no pause when he replied with love in his voice, which only made her love him even more. "Bring it on."

She pulls back with a nod and smile. "Yeah, bring it all on."

He smiled with a nod and took her hand before walking them towards their bedroom door, and after opening it, their hearts melted at the sight of their youngest son. Not only was he looking so much like Horatio, outside of the blond hair, but he was wearing a suit and tie, which his tie was a clip on, his backpack and a hat that was slightly big on him since it was one of Kyle's that he had adopted.

Calleigh places her hand up to her mouth with tears in her eyes, filled with emotion at seeing her little boy growing up, as she whispered. "What are you wearing, honey?"

He smiled brightly. "Daddy told me I had to wear something nice for my first day of school."

They chuckled softly as Horatio bent down so he was eye level with his youngest son before replying in a soft tone. "I did say that, didn't I?" The youngest son nodded before Horatio continued after clearing his throat. "Well, little man, I should have been more clearer."

Anthony started to have tears in his eyes as he asked. "I did it wrong?"

Horatio shook his head and cupped his cheek before continuing in a tone. "No, but you want to go outside and play, right?"

His eyes get wide in shock. "I get to do that?"

Horatio nodded with a smile. "Yes, when the teacher says it's ok."

"Then yes, I want to play outside."

"And you know you're not suppose to play in your suit, right?"

After he nodded, he looked at his mom and held out his hand. "Mommy help me, please. Daddy told me wrong."

They chuckled again as Horatio stood up and moved to the side as Calleigh took a step towards her son and took his little hand while she smirked. "Daddy was a bad boy, wasn't he?"

Anthony nodded with a pout. "Yeah, he should be put in time-out."

Another round of chuckling was heard as Calleigh walked her son to his room, discussing what 'punishment' Horatio as going to get.

Horatio started smile wider when he heard Jenny's voice from her room. "Momma, dada, out, out pease."

So he took a contented sigh as he walked out of the room, if there was another little one on the horizon, he or she will be loved as much as the other kids.

35 minutes later

Once Anthony was in his proper school clothes, they went downstairs to join Horatio, Jenny, Kyle and Lindsey in the kitchen, then after Calleigh had made breakfast, and her and Horatio had eaten, they left the younger kids with Kyle and Lindsey so they could go back upstairs to change for the day.

As breakfast time started to wind down and it was getting closer for Anthony to go to school, he started to get sad, and by the time Nicole and Bryan showed up at the house and walked into the kitchen, they heard him crying, so with concern she asked. "What's going on?"

Kyle looked up at his sister and shook his head with a sad look, who had been trying to comfort him since he heard the first whimper. "I don't know, he won't tell me."

Nicole sighed, her heart breaking for her little brother, and walked up to his chair at the table and kneeled down before asking in a comforting tone while placing her hand on his back and running it up and down it. "Hey, little man, what's wrong?"

It was a few seconds before Anthony sniffled and whispered. "He promised."

"Who promised what, sweetie?"

He sniffled again as he looked at his sister and continued. "Brother Nick, said he would be here to have breakfast wif me, then he was going to see me go to school just like all of you promised."

Before Nicole could say anything, Bryan already had his phone out of his pocket. "On it, babe."

Nicole smiled a little before she went back to comforting her youngest brother. "Well, he may have missed breakfast with you, and I'm really sorry about that, but I'm sure he'll see you go to school."

Anthony thought about it for a few seconds before he spoke. "I guess that's something, but he should still be on time-out too."

They all snickered at that before Nicole asked. "Too, huh? Who else is getting put on time-out?"

He smiled a little. "Daddy!"

They chuckled, then as they were calming down, Bryan sighed as he removed his phone from his ear. "It went right to voice mail, and I tried twice." Nicole sighed in reply before Bryan spoke softly. "Should I..."

She cuts him off while shaking her head. "No, I'll do it." She then turned her attention back to her brother. "I'll get him there, I promise."

He nodded with a smile, still thinking his sister as his superhero. "Ok, thank you, love you."

Nicole smiled a little, moved up a little so she could kiss his temple and replied. "You're welcome, and I love you too. Now, please eat the rest of your breakfast."

Anthony nodded with one more sniffle, and as he was picking his fork back up, Nicole turned to her boyfriend, which he already had the keys to his vehicle handed out to her, so she took them from him with a loving smile before they share a peck on the lips, and after sharing a look with Kyle, she headed out of the kitchen and out the house, very upset with her brother.

She knew things had been different with him the last two years, and got that certain circumstances didn't help with how much he was changing, but the one thing she thought that wouldn't change about him was his love for the family, particularly towards Anthony. He had never broken a promise to him before, and while she couldn't help with the 1st half of that promise, she was sure as hell was going to make sure he keeps the other half, because as long as she could help it, she wasn't going to witness that look on her youngest brother's face again.

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