Chapter Text
1 week later
The sound of the alarm clock woke up Calleigh, so she opened her eyes and turned her body toward her nightstand so she could turn it off, and as she moved her hand away from the clock, she smiles when she feels the arms of the man she loves wrap around her waist before she felt a kiss on the top of her head. "Good morning, sweetheart."
She turned and settled back down on the mattress, and with his arms still around her, she cupped his cheek and smiled a little wider. "Good morning, handsome. You ready for our trip?"
In a few hours they'll be on a plane going to Vegas.
He nodded with a smile. "Yeah, but I really should be asking you that."
She chuckled. "I think you already know the answer to that."
He smiled with a nod before smirking. "Considering you had your bags packed for days now, yep."
She smiled in return. "Well, you know I like to make sure nothing will be left behind." Then she smirked as she pocked his bare chest. "And you love my every side."
He looked at her with so much love with nod. "That I do, sweetheart."
They started to lean toward one another so they could kiss on the lips softly, and when they pulled back, she softly whispered. "Well, did you know we have a little time before we actually have to get out of bed?"
His eyes started to twinkle as he ran his thumb up and down her cheek as he asked with a raised eyebrow. "Oh, really?" After she nodded, he asked softly. "Whatever shall we do with our time?"
With her eyes twinkling, she leaned toward him while answering. "I believe we can think of something."
He didn't get to answer because her lips were on his again before she lightly pushed his back on the mattress, but he wasn't complaining one bit.
2 hours later
By the time they got around to actually getting to the airport and got to the correct gate number, it was time to board the plane, and once they did and had sat in their seats, Calleigh hears a sigh from Horatio, so she looked over at him. "I know how much you are looking forward to this trip, but I also know you're a little worried about the lab."
When they had agreed to go on this trip, Horatio put Jessie in charge since he was the most experienced CSI on the team, outside of himself. But he couldn't help but be a little worried about how they'll do without them there.
He looked over at his fiancée. "Yeah, you're right, I can't help it."
She squeezed his hand as she comforted him. "They'll be fine, despite the guy's joking manner at times, they are very professional when they need to be. I have a feeling they won't let you down, besides, Natalia and Alexx are there to keep them in line and won't let anything happen to the lab."
He took another breath with a nod. "Yeah, you're right again, I'm just going to try to enjoy these next three days without worrying about what's going on here, it will be fine."
She smiled, and after a soft kiss on the lips they pulled back and pulled out their books from their carry-on bags so they could read.
With no unexpected delays they arrived in Vegas a little after 1 in the afternoon, and after Horatio had rented a car, he drove them to the hotel he had made reservations at.
Once they got there and in their room, Horatio was in the bathroom while Calleigh looked out the window, and she could just imagine the Vegas lights on at night, which she has seen them before a few times, but this was different because she would be enjoying them for the first time with the man she loved.
Her thoughts get interrupted when she felt his arms wrap around her waist from behind, making her sigh as she placed her back against his chest and the back of her head against his shoulder while he kissed her temple before whispering. "What are you thinking about?"
"You ever get that feeling that when you go somewhere and do all the sight-seeing and tourist spots it feels completely different when you are doing those things with the person you love?"
He smiled with a nod. "Yeah, I've gotten that feeling a few times, and not just going on trips."
She turned around so they could look into each other's eyes before she spoke softly. "Loving someone."
He nodded again. "You think you love someone, but then one day someone else comes along and shows you that it can be stronger than you ever could imagine."
With the feeling of love washing over her they started to kiss, and after getting a little passionate, they pull back and put their foreheads together to get their air back.
When he got his back first, he asked. "So, what do you want to do next?"
She pulled her forehead back to look into his blue eyes. "Well, I got a text message from Sara earlier saying she wouldn't be able to call me until later because she's working a double, so she could be at the lab right now." Then she gave him that look that was hard for him to say no as she continued. "Maybe we can catch her on her break?"
Horatio smiled, knowing that seeing Sara could be her first stop, so he said with nod. "Ok, let's go see if she is."
Calleigh's eyes lit up with a smile. "Thank you." Then kissed his cheek before pulling out his arms and started walking toward the door, ready to go.
Horatio chuckled while shaking his head as he turned around so he could follow her out of the room.
When they arrived at the Las Vegas Crime lab, they walked into the building, and after they stopped in front of the reception desk, Calleigh cleared her throat before speaking. "Hi, I'm Calleigh Duquesne and I was wondering if Sara Sidle is in?"
The dark haired, brown eyed, woman smiled with a nod as she handed her a sign in sheet. "Sign in and I'll get you a visitor badges. Do you want me to give her a heads up?"
Calleigh shook her head with a smile as she grabbed the clipboard. "No, thank you, this is kind of a surprise visit."
The other woman nodded in understanding, and after they switched the clipboard for the visitor badges, she gave them directions to the break room before Calleigh and Horatio started to head in that direction, looking through the windows of all the labs, and maybe they were a little biased, but they felt their lab was a little bigger.
Horatio shook his head and smiled a little. "I don't know about you, but I got a feeling we have the bigger lab."
Calleigh chuckled with a nod before smirking back. "But yet they are #2 in the country on their solve rate."
"Yeah, why do you think that is?"
Calleigh shrugged her shoulders while smirking again. "I don't know, maybe you recruited the wrong CSI."
Knowing she was talking about her; he shook his head as he slipped his fingers through hers. "Even if that it is true, which I would never believe it is, I would recruit you 100 times over because asking you to Miami was the second-best decision I ever made in my life."
Feeling that loving feeling again from his words and look, she raised an eyebrow and asked with love in her eyes. "Oh, and what was the first?"
Smiling with love in his eyes, he replied softly back. "Asking you to marry me of course."
They stopped at the break room door to stare into each other's eyes, and they could have done that for hours, but they realized they weren't in their lab and people would wonder why two strangers were staring at one another in their hallway, so they cleared their throats and smiled at one another before Calleigh's attention turned to the glass doors to the break room, where she saw Sara sitting at the conference table inside the room, and it looked like she was on the phone talking to someone. She also noticed a very glowing look on her face while she was talking to the person on her phone, so that made her wonder on who she was talking to.
She mentally shook her head and took a step towards the doors and opened one just as Sara was saying goodbye to her caller.
"Horatio, I think we took a wrong turn; this isn't our lab."
Sara mentally shook off her zoned-out state when she heard her best friend's voice, then she gasped as she stood up. "Calleigh, what are you doing here!?"
Calleigh smiled as she released her fiancé's hand so she could walk towards Sara. "Like I would miss my best friend's birthday, well if I could help it that is."
Sara chuckled as they met in the middle of the room and hugged. "Man, it is so nice to see you."
Calleigh sighed in content while she nodded. "Yes, it is."
After they pulled back, Sara greeted Horatio, then Calleigh spoke again when they looked at one another. "We just thought we would come and say hi, we don't want to keep you, so I hope we aren't bothering you."
Sara waved it off with a smile. "Of course not." Then she cleared her throat and lost the smile a little. "I really wish you would have said something about coming here though, because I uh, well I have plans tonight."
Calleigh nodded in understanding. "And I knew that not telling you ahead of time would be a risk of that..."
Sara cuts her off. "But I could cancel if..."
Calleigh cuts her off this time. "No, it's ok, we have the whole weekend."
Sara now looked a little sad. "I'm sorry, Calleigh."
Calleigh shook her head and smiled while taking her best friend's hand. "It's ok, like I just said, we have the rest of the weekend, I'm sure we can find the time."
Sara nodded and squeezed her friend's hand before speaking with determination, like nothing was going to stand in the way of their time together. "You better believe it. My best friend is here, and there is no way I'm letting her go back to Miami without our Sara/Calleigh time."
Calleigh smiled with a nod. "Alright."
Their moment was interrupted a few seconds later when Sara gets a text message, indicating it was time to get back to work.
She cleared her throat and spoke. "I'm so..."
But Calleigh cuts her with a wave of her hand. "Work, I understand. We'll talk later."
Sara smiled and brought her best friend in her arms. "Yes, we will. It is nice to see you again."
"Yes, it is."
They pull back, and after a smile, Sara walked to the table to grab the case file before walking out of the room, leaving Horatio and Calleigh alone.
It was silent for a few seconds before Horatio spoke. "You think her plans involved the person she was talking to on the phone?"
She looked over at her fiancé before answering. "My instincts are telling me yes."
They started walking out of the room as he spoke again. "It must be a special person; her whole face was lighting up."
"Yes, it was." Then after a slight pause and her steps got a little slower, she continued. "And there is only one person I know who..." She stops mid-sentence then shakes her head, she knew Sara would have told her if she became involved with the man of her dreams, then she cleared her throat and changed the subject. "Well since our schedule is wide open today, what would you like to do?"
After they signed out, and as they were walking out of the lab, Horatio finally answered. "Whatever you want to do, but later tonight I want to take you out to dinner."
They get to the passenger side of the vehicle as she nodded with a smile. "Ok, I would really like that." He smiled, and after a soft kiss on the lips they pulled back then he helped her in the vehicle before he went to the other side.
Once he was in and started the vehicle, he got them out on the road to enjoy the rest of the day, which they didn't care what they were doing as long as they were doing it together.
AN: Thanks for reading, please comment. Find out what happens next. Hope you are all having a safe/wonderful weekend.