Aimee

Aimee

Babies

CSI:Miami - Aimee

Chapter 1 - Babies

"Keep at it Calleigh!" Eric was saying.
"Do you want to try this?!" She shot back at him.
He stopped for a moment, smiled, then gave her a kiss on the head.
"I know, I know. But you do this and we get something we've been waiting for a long time."
She smiled for a moment, then the contractions caused her to writhe in pain again.
"I can't stand this anymore!" She cried, tears and sweat mingling on her face. Then she gave a final push, and their child was born in one hot rush.

Eric stood outside Calleigh's room, pacing up and down. His kid had been in this world for half an hour already, and he hadn't even gotten back in to see her yet! Just then a nurse came out.
"Mr Delko?"
He rushed over.
"Is Calleigh ok? Is my daughter ok?"
The nurse smiled.
"Their both fine sir. You can go in now."

Eric rushed past her into the room. He saw Calleigh laying in the bed, propped up on half a dozen pillows. Beside her, in a hospital crib, was his daughter. He ran to Calleigh first.
"You ok baby?"
She smiled.
"Oh yer. Coz that's something I want to do everyday!"
He grinned back. At least her sense of humour was still intact. He turned to the crib.
"This her?"
Calleigh sighed and rolled her eyes.
"No, I stole that one on my way up here!"
He grinned again, and reached into the crib to pick up his daughter. Holding her in his arms, he turned to Calleigh.
"So have you thought of a name yet?"
She nodded.
"How about Aimee?"
He thought about it. Aimee. He gave a nod of his head.
"I like that."
They smiled at each other. They only had a few moments together, before Horatio, Ryan and Alexx snuck round the door. Alexx grinned at Calleigh.
"Oh honey she's gorgeous!"
Calleigh grinned.
"Thanks Alexx." She took Aimee from Eric, and passed her to Alexx, who held her tenderly.
"Hey!" She said gently, rocking the baby back and forth. She looked up at Eric.
"She got a name then?"
He nodded.
"Aimee."
The others all smiled.
"That's a great name." Ryan said, speaking for them all.
Horatio nodded.
"May I?"
Calleigh nodded, and Horatio reached forward to take his niece - in - law from Alexx.
He smiled down at her.
"Hey Aimee!"
He held her for a few minutes before passing her to Ryan. Evidently Ryan was not keen on babies, for it wasn't long before he passed Aimee back to Calleigh.
Calleigh took her with a smile, and placed her back in the crib

They all stood for a few minutes, not sure what to say. Ryan broke the silence.
"So we got the guy who shot that co-ed last week."
Everyone but Calleigh turned to him.
"Ryan!"
He shrugged.
"Just wanted to break the silence."
Another sound interrupted him, and they all turned to see Calleigh laughing. Through her laughs, she grinned at Ryan.

"Not one of ya'll thought that that was the kind of news I wanted to hear!"

She leant over to hug Ryan.

"Thanks Ryan, I actually did wonder about that."

Ryan smiled sheepishly at everyone.

"S'ok."

Everyone passing by that hospital room heard the muffled laughter, but decided to ignore it. Inside, little Aimee slept on, oblivious of those around her. She even stayed asleep when Natalia Boa Vista joined the group, a bottle of champagne in her hand. She missed the quiet 'Cheers' uttered by every member of the CSI team as they pressed their glasses together in honour of the new baby.