Get Out Of My Way.
"So you and Josh are over now are you?" Lawson asks as Shannon is once again early for her shift.
"What makes you say that?" Shannon asks.
"Because before you could tell something was going on and now your at work early and you've only left with him once in the past month." He replies.
"Yeah it was just a casual thing, provided the both of us the distractions that we needed, but I need more than what he can give me and he needs more than what I can give him, but we are still good mates though." She replies with a smile.
"I'm glad to see that you two are still friends and this hasn't affected your work, but how come you don't drive your car at the moment?" Lawson asks.
"It's complicated." Shannon says not meeting his eyes.
"Is it money?" He asks concerned.
"God No, I got most of my life sorted out now, it's not money." She says.
"Then what is it, I can tell there is something your not telling me." Lawson says accusingly.
"Ummm, well it's nothing important, just don't worry about me, I can look after myself." She says as the team starts arriving.
"Hey Shannon can I talk to you for a quick minute before you head out." Kerry says popping her head into the change rooms.
"Yeah be there in a minute." Shannon replies.
"Everything okay?" Josh asks once Kerry has left.
"Yep." Shannon replies walking out to find Kerry.
"Ah good Shannon, so you need to give Leon all the information he needs so we can deal with this matter efficiently." Kerry says leading her over to Leon.
"We have to keep this between the three of us." Shannon says while sitting down next to Leon.
"You sure that's wise, the others should be told." Kerry says.
"No, you have seen how they can react to things like this, especially Josh and Lawson and we really don't need that right now." Shannon says.,
"She's right Kerry; we need to keep this under wraps for now till we know exactly what we are dealing with exactly." Leon says while typing on the computer.
"Point taken, what do you need to know?" Kerry asks Leon.
"Well Shannon, when was the last time you spoke to him, and I need his full name." Leon says.
"Ummm about five years ago was the last time I heard or saw of him, his name is Geoffrey Alex Henry." Shannon says and he starts to type it all in.
"Okay so it says here that his been in court before for violent behavior, geez I'm surprised he didn't cop anything, a couple of drink driving charges, otherwise it's pretty much a clean record." Leon says.
"Yeah what else do you need on top of that?" Shannon asks.
"Well I have all I need right here on his records at the moment, but how long have you noticed it going on?" He asks.
"On and off for the past month, it's becoming more frequent though." She says.
"Hmmmm." Leon says entering it in.
"Anything else?" She asks.
"Not for now, but you'll need to grab some stuff from your place to last you for a while, but I will send someone from here who can be trusted to keep it quiet to grab some stuff so he can't follow you, you can't stay there, you can stay at mine and we can change it up with Kerry's as well." Leon says.
"His right, it's for your own safety." Kerry says knowing Shannon is about to argue.
"What's this about Shannon's safety?" Christian asks followed by Josh and Lawson.
"Shit, it's nothing okay, how much of that conversation did you hear anyway?" She asks.
"Enough to know your in some kind of danger." Christian says.
"Why didn't you tell us?" Lawson asks.
"We can protect you." Josh says angrily.
"God would you all get off it already, I didn't want you guys doing anything stupid because you were pissed off, it's nothing, it's being dealt with." Shannon says sternly.
"Your staying with me, it's safer then Leon's." Josh says forcefully.
"No offence taken over here." Leon says.
"Or you can stay with me." Lawson says.
"Or with me and Sam." Christian says.
"How about I do what I want, and stay with Leon while you guys live your life, I don't need any bodyguards or baby sitters, I can protect myself." She says heading towards the door.
"Shannon." Josh, Lawson and Christian yell out.
"God I hate being the only girl on the team right now, just give it a rest, we have work to do." She says before leaving the room.
"Just do as she says, you do have work to do, people that need your help more than Shannon does right now, so move your backsides now before I do it for you." Kerry says with a look that tells them not to argue.
All groaning in frustration they all leave to follow Shannon to the cars and find her already sitting in the backseat of TR2 with Michael sitting in the driver's seat talking to her while drumming his fingers impatiently on the steering wheel and they see they are both laughing at something one of them has said.
"Josh, keep and eye on her okay." Lawson murmurs.
"Already ahead of you on that one." Josh says before heading to the car and getting into the passenger's seat.