Calleigh woke up to her head throbbing, and rolled over to check the time and she saw that it was 9:30. She started freaking out because she was a hour and a half late for work. She quickly jumped out of bed and hopped in the shower, and noticed that she had a big dark brown bruises around her wrist and on her face from the night before. After her shower (9:40) she heard someone knocking on the door, so she threw on her underwear and robe and went to the front door. Calleigh opened the door and saw that it was Erik standing there and asked "What are you doing here?"

"You were an hour and a half late, so I came to see if you were okay," Erik explained and he noticed the brown bruise on her cheek then he asked "Are you okay?"

"Yes, I'm perfectly fine. I just overslept," Calleigh said.

"Can I come in?" Erik asked.

"Yeah. Sorry, come on in," Calleigh said. "I have to finish getting ready, so I'll be upstairs," Calleigh continued.

"Okay. Is there any thing I can make you?" Erik asked.

"If you could make me a cup of coffee... the mix is next to the coffee maker in the plastic container," Calleigh said.

"I see it," Erik responded.

"Thank you," Calleigh said.

"No problem," Erik replied. Calleigh shut her bedroom door behind her and walked into her walk-in closet she shared with Jake. She picked out a green tank top with a black three-buttoned shrug, black slacks and black high heels. She got dressed and walked into the bathroom and did her usual make-up on her face, but with more on her cheek and put some on her wrist did her long blonde hair in a high pony tail and walked down stairs and into the kitchen. "You look amazing!," Erik said handing her a cup of coffee.

"Thank you for the compliment and the coffee," Calleigh siad as Erik pulled out a chair and Calleigh noticed that here was a plate of toast and a banana sitting there for her. "Thank you Erik!" Calleigh exclaimed.

"No problem. Now you have to eat," Erik said noticing make-up on her wrist from when she went to pick up the toast and grabbed her hand gently and asked "Did he do this to you?"

"Last night," Calleigh responded.

"What happened?" Erik questioned.

"We just got into an argument and it got physical," Calleigh said tears streaming down her face.

"Was it because I took you out for dinner last night?" Erik asked. Calleigh shook her head "yes".

"I'm sorry I should have thought about it before I asked you," Erik said feeling guilty for putting Calleigh through this crap, but then Eric thought that it wasn't his fault and it definitely wasn't her fault it was only one person's fault and that person was Jake.

"No it's not your fault," Calleigh said tears starting to stop.

"I'll talk to him today," Erik decided.

"Thank you so much! Calleigh said as she went back upstairs to re-do her make-up and then they headed off to work.

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