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Name: sinjenkai
Email sinjenkai@aol.com
Title: Solutions 1/?
Disclaimer: I don’t own them, but they do visit me in my fantasies.
Fandom: CSI: Miami
Pairing: Calleigh & Natalia
Rating: NC-17
Crossposted to passion_perfectpassion_perfect.
Archiving: P & P. The rest need to ask.
Calleigh Duquesne quietly opened the door to Natalia Boa Vista's hospital room and peered in. Seeing her lover asleep, Calleigh crept in and took her usual spot in the chair beside the bed. She'd been doing this routine for almost two weeks since Natalia had come out of the coma and had insisted that she go home at night. She'd leave around 10 o'clock under the guise of going back to her condo to sleep. What she was actually doing was just going home, taking a shower, changing clothes and coming back to be with Natalia. Calleigh would sit there all through the night just watching Natalia sleep, occasionally she would take a nap, but it never lasted for long. The images that came in her dreams always woke her drenched in sweat. Occasionally during the day whenever Natalia would nap, Calleigh would also, but those days were fleeting.
Later that morning, Natalia and Calleigh were in the solarium enjoying the warmth and just being with each other. As Natalia looked over at Calleigh, she saw that the blonde had her head tilted back with her eyes closed, just basking in the sun with her hair streaming down like spun gold.
"You take my breath away."
Calleigh turned her head to look at Natalia, her jade green eyes twinkled as she responded. "Now that can be a good thing every once in awhile, because I love to leave you gasping for air."
"Yes, that can be a very good thing. You'll have to show me once we get home."
Calleigh sat up. "Speaking of getting home, I want...."
"Move in with me Calleigh. I've plenty of room, there is the pool which we've enjoyed already and I don't want to be away from you any more than I have to."
Calleigh got up, just to kneel back down at her lover’s feet. "I was just about to ask you to move in with me. But the answer is yes. My lease on the condo is just about up so it's perfect timing."
Natalia leaned forward to capture her lips in a slow, sweet kiss. "I can't wait to get home to get into our bed. I miss sleeping with you."
Standing in the doorway, Dr. McManus coughed to get their attention. "I’m sorry to interrupt, but I've got some news. If you want to leave today, you can. You're healing nicely and I don't foresee any other problems showing up. You will have to refrain from any heavy lifting for awhile, but other than that, you cleared to do whatever you want. I don't want you to go back to work for another week though. I know that you do a lot of bending and I want you to try and build up your back muscles. I know that you've been working with a therapist so you know what to do and I trust that Blondie here can help you with that."
"Hey, I resemble that remark. Don't worry. I know exactly what she needs."
"I'm sure that you do, but make sure that she does her therapy too."
Natalia laughed. "Oooo, good one. Thank you again Doc. We can never repay you for all that you've done."
"You're welcome. Now get out of here."
And that is exactly what they did. The couple went back to the room where Natalia got into some street clothes and was then wheeled down to the lobby where Calleigh was waiting to drive her home. The ride was short, but to Natalia, it took forever. She was relieved when they pulled up into the driveway.
Calleigh jumped out of the car, and ran around to help Natalia out. When they got inside Natalia exclaimed, "I have never been so happy to be home." She sat down on the sofa while Calleigh went around opening windows and the sliding doors out to the pool, airing out the house.
Kneeling in front of Natalia, Calleigh took her hands in hers and asked, "Will you be ok by yourself for a little while? I want to go to my place to get some clothes and things. I won't be gone too long."
Leaning forward to give Calleigh a slow kiss, Natalia whispered. "I'll be fine. Just hurry back. There's something that I want to get into with you."
"I want to get into something with you too. You don't do anything. Just hang out here on the sofa and I'll be back before you know it."
Calleigh took off and Natalia sat back, enjoying the quiet for a few minutes. 'She's going to get clothes. I need to make sure that there is enough room in the closet and armoire.' Getting up and going into the bed room, she opened up her walk-in closet. Luckily most of her clothes were on one side anyway, but she did have to move over some items from one drawer to another. Walking back into the bathroom, she made sure that there were a couple of shelves free for anything else Calleigh might bring.
After finishing that, she decided that she would get into the pool for awhile. Changing into a turquoise one piece swimsuit, she went out and slowly walked in to the pool, letting her body adjust to the cool water. She did a couple a slow laps to stretch out her back and did some fast laps until she was a bit winded. Stopping in the middle of the pool, she leaned her head back and floated, watching the clouds drift by and enjoying the silence.
That's how Calleigh found her, floating silently. She had brought in one load of clothes, laid them on the sofa and stepped out onto the patio.
"Talia."
Hearing her name, Natalia bought up her head, and began to tread water while she watched Calleigh as she slipped off her sandals and slowly unfastened the buttons to her cream brushed jeans, pushing them off to reveal pale green silk panties. Never looking away, Calleigh reached up and began unbuttoning her shirt to expose a matching bra. Removing the shirt, Calleigh walked into the pool until she was treading water around Natalia.
Leaning in, she spoke in a low voice. "I thought that you were going to stay on the sofa to wait for me."
"I got too hot and needed to cool off. But if you want to warm me up again, I wouldn't mind at all"
Calleigh swam up behind her, leaning Natalia back until her head was on Calleigh's shoulder while she was treading water. "Darlin', I would love to warm you up, but you just got out and I think that we should take it easy at least for tonight. How about we just float around for a bit then, fix some dinner, unless you want to go out to eat."
Natalia's voice drifted back to Calleigh, sounding a bit disappointed. "You're right, it's just I want you so much. But tomorrow, you're all mine."
"We'll see, darlin'. What would you like to have for dinner? Do you want to stay in, order in or go out?"
Raising her head and turning to face Calleigh, Natalia wrapped her arms about her neck. "Let's just stay in. I'm sure we've got something that can be thrown together, but we’ll need to go shopping tomorrow."
Swimming over to the steps, Natalia got out first and went to pick up the towel that she had left on a chair. Turning, she watched as Calleigh walk up the steps, her underwear beautifully transparent and then over to pick up her discarded clothes and sandals. Calleigh walked over to her and placed a finger under her chin, closing her mouth.
"You don't need to stare darlin'. It all belongs to you and I'm not goin' anywhere." And with that she strolled inside. Turning at the sliding doors. "Are you coming or are you staying out here all night?" Natalia shook herself out of her reverie.
"Oh yeah."
They ended up merely changing into their nightclothes and fixing some scrambled eggs and bacon. As they ate on the sofa, listening to soft jazz, they discussed their plans for the next day. Calleigh had gotten most of her clothes that day, and only had some paintings and personal items that she cared about, as the condo had come furnished.
Natalia cleaned up while Calleigh put away her clothes and when she finished, she walked into the bedroom to find her lover putting the last item away. Together they turned down the bed and crawled in. Calleigh opened her arms and Natalia laid her head on her shoulder. Switching off the lights, Calleigh began to trace lazy patterns along Natalia's back.
Raising her head to look Calleigh in the eyes, Natalia asked. "Is there anything that I can do for you?"
Kissing her gently, Calleigh answered. "No, I’m quite satisfied just the way I am, holding you in our bed. Right this moment, there is nothing else that I want."
Natalia was soon gently snoring while Calleigh lay watching her. She was praying that tonight might be different than the others of the past two weeks. Every night since Natalia had been hurt, she hadn't slept for more than two or three hours. She would wake up in a cold sweat and had nightmares about seeing Natalia bleed to death up on the roof. Nightmares that had Jake throwing the knife repeatedly into Natalia's back. Hopefully tonight would be different now that she was holding Natalia, that she could feel her heart beating in time with hers.
But it wasn't to be. Every time she was just drifting off, Jake's voice drifted into her thoughts. "If I can't, she won't". And she saw Natalia falling into pools of blood. After lying there for three hours with no relief in sight, she carefully got out of bed, making sure that she didn't wake Natalia. Quietly she changed into shorts and a tank top, grabbed a towel and padded into the living room. Spreading the towel down on the rug, she proceeded to do three hundred crunches and then another three hundred push-ups. Upon finishing those, she got up, went out to the pool, dove in and began doing laps.
After 45 minutes or so, she happened to look up and saw Natalia wrapped in a terry cloth robe, sitting on the sofa in the living room watching her. Quickly she got out, toweled off and went inside. Closing the sliding doors, she knelt in front of Natalia.
"What are you doing up? Are you feeling ok?"
"I'm fine. I woke up, you weren't there and I missed you. Are you ok?"
Gathering one of Natalia's hands in hers, she looked up into velvet brown eyes. "I just couldn't sleep or get comfortable. I guess I'm just excited about you being out of the hospital and us moving in together. I'm sorry that I woke you."
Laying down and opening her robe, Natalia beckoned. "Come here."
Calleigh laid down, wrapping her arms around Natalia’s waist and entwining their legs. Natalia whispered. "Sleep my love. I'm home and you're where you're supposed to be." Now she rubbed Calleigh's back and whispered softly to her when she began to get restless in her sleep. As she laid there, another thought came to mind and she smiled as it took root and expanded. Smiling still, she finally drifted off to sleep. It wasn’t until about five in the morning, that they both were asleep.