***Okay, I'm gonna try to wing it with a chapter here. :lol: I haven't had a chance to sit down in my room and write anything. Anytime I go into my room I end up getting sleeping and falling asleep before I can get anything written. :lol:
Sorry the chapter is so short.
Notes: I couldn't think of a reason for Natalia to have been kidnapped (on purpose). :lol: Sorry for the lame excuse on that storyline, but I drew a blank. Stupid writers block. :lol:
Special thanks to MJ for the baby girl name. 
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Chapter Sixteen
Natalia was released from the hospital the next day. Later, everyone went to Horatio and Yelina's place for dinner. Frank got a call and took it in the other room.
"So, have you two decided on a name?" Calleigh asked.
"We decided that if it's a girl we're going to name it Eden Maria Delko."
"Aww, that's pretty." Lia said.
"We haven't decided on a boy name yet." Natalia added.
"So, what about you two sets of newlyweds here." Eric teased. "When are you going to have kids?"
"Yeah, Uncle Ryan." Lia said. "How about that?"
Max and Ryan looked at each other. "We've talked about it a lot recently." Ryan said.
"We are planning to have kids, just not right away."
"Same here." Jake said, taking Calleigh's hand in his own.
"How about you, H?" Eric asked.
"What?" Horatio inquired.
"Well, you and Yelina have a yours and mine thing going on, but no ours. Are you planning on completely that title?" Eric teased his boss.
"Uh..." Horatio replied, not really sure of what to say.
"I don't know if that'll happen." Yelina said. "But, one never knows." She winked at Horatio.
The teenage boys rolled their eyes. "I really think we need to go finish our game." Kyle said. "The talk here is getting a little too adult for my tastes."
"Yep. Come on, Kyle. No time like the present for me to kick your butt in Tekken." Ray Jr. said.
"Oh, you are going down, little man!" Kyle replied, laughing as he and Ray Jr. got up from the table. "You wanna come, Lia?"
"Go on, sweet pea." Ryan told her. "If you want."
Lia nodded. "I'm game." She told the boys. "I think I can kick both of your butts with my eyes closed!" She got up and followed the boys into the back room where the game system was.
Frank walked back into the room. "Natalia, they found your ring. A guy tried to pawn it and he's been arrested. We need you to come to the station and tell us if it's the second kidnapper."
"But, I never saw his face, Frank."
"Did you ever hear his voice?"
"No, so I couldn't really I.D. him for you. Sorry."
"Well, do you want to come get the ring or do you want me to get it and bring it to you?"
"We'll pick it up. Thanks, Frank." Eric said.
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They found enough to link the guy from the pawn shop to Natalia's kidnapping. After the guy was interviewed, it was discovered that the guys had mistaken Natalia for someone else. Eric was livid when he found out (well, even more livid than before). He couldn't believe that the woman he loved and their unborn child could have died because those goons mistook her for someone else. Apparently whoever had hired them to kidnap the actual target wasn't too happy with the remaining kidnapper's mistake. Not only did the idiot kidnap the wrong woman, he kidnapped a woman who worked in law enforcement! The second kidnapper was found dead in his cell two days after being arrested. Horatio and the team had managed to figure out who the intended target had been and got her and her family to safety and into the witness protection program.
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Natalia and Eric's wedding was a beautiful affair. Horatio had walked Natalia down the aisle. Anya had come in for the wedding and had been Natalia's maid of honor. She had walked with Stetler (whom Eric and Nat felt compelled to add to the wedding party considering how Stetler had helped Natalia in her time of need). Calleigh and Maxine were both Natalia's maids of honor and had walked with their husbands. Lia had walked in between Kyle and Ray Jr. Yelina had walked with Frank and Alexx had walked with her husband.
The newlyweds had gone to Italy for their honeymoon.
(end of chapter)
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Next up: The birth of Eric and Natalia's baby.
