AUTHORS NIGHT: So the idea of this is to update it every day so that it's semi live! I think that will be pretty hard as I have no loyalty to stories AT ALL and also, do I really want to be writing this on Christmas day? This is also based off Wham's song and Video "Last Christmas" as everyone who knows me well should know that I'm a huge Wham fan!

DISCLAIMER: I own nothing but the plot bunnies... oh and the odd OC that creeps in!


[Last Christmas]


Last Christmas,
I gave you my heart
but the very next day,
you gave it away.
This year,
to save me from tears,
I'll give it to someone special.


It was the 19th December and once again, the five members of the team sat in the bullpen drinking the warm gingerbread latte that Jackie had bought them all that morning from Starbucks. Jenny was sat next to Robbie, her head resting on his shoulder as she stared up at the clock. In ten precious minutes, the team would be getting their bi-annual Christmas off meaning once that clock hit seven PM, the time was theirs and the homicides were sent somewhere else. No one really cared where. They were looking forward to celebrating this Christmas without the fear of anyone being murdered.

"So you're all coming up to the cabin, yeah?" Robbie asked as he wrapped his arms casually around Jenny's waist, pulling her nearer to him and pressing a kiss to the side of her head. Since the start of their friendship, they'd grown in leaps and bounds and now they were pretty much inseparable and that's the way they liked it. They were always together and Robbie spent most of his free time at Jenny's.

"I don't think the cabin will be big enough for us," Stuart said tapping away at his computer with one hand as he used the other to drink his coffee and Robbie winked at him to show that he had it covered because he had also had the same thought.

The team had spent every bi-annual Christmas at the cabin Robbie had up in the highlands but as the team had started to stretch thanks to Stuart becoming a husband and a father and then Jenny joined the team with her family, he'd applied for the cabin to be extended over the summer so that it was ready for them all. He needed them all there as it was the way that they rolled. He enjoyed spending Christmas with his little family.

"I'm bringing a date too," Jackie suddenly pointed out casually causing everyone to look at her, including Jenny who didn't know she was dating anyone because the last they'd all heard Jackie had taken a vow off men. "Is that okay?" She suddenly thought that asking Robbie would be polite especially what had happened between them last Christmas. He looked at her, his heart telling him that he should say no but he knew that he'd only ever want her happiness first.

"No. That's fine. I'm bringing someone too," he finally admitted causing Jackie to return a look that he was pretty sure had been the expression that he'd been wearing before. He looked away from her, his smile forced as Jenny slapped his shoulder for having never told her that he had a partner. He shrugged his shoulders. "I met her at the supermarket." He laughed before looking up at the clock. "Do you want me to hire a mini bus or are we all going to take individual cars?" He asked realising that was the last thing on his list to sort out before they could start their Christmas celebrations.

"I think individual cars. Poor Leigh got overexcited last time and nearly vomited. I couldn't make you pay an excess!" She said laughing and Robbie smiled at the memory. She squeezed his hand before motioning that she was leaving. "I'll see you all at the cabin tomorrow afternoon," she called as she disappeared through the door. Robbie waved even though she'd left and turned to look at Jackie.

"You didn't mention you were dating someone," he said calmly even though siren bells were going off in his mind warning him that this wasn't a conversation he needed with Jackie and especially not at this time of year. He didn't even know why he thought Jackie should tell him that she had someone because she'd made it perfectly clear how she felt about him. He took the final drink of his coffee and threw it into the bin as he reached out for his coat.

Jackie looked over at him, her heart slightly aching as she realised she didn't want to answer that question. "Robbie," she said and he raised his hand showing that she didn't need to answer it before leaving the building with his arm wrapped around Stuart's shoulders. She looked down at her coffee and sighed. She should have known that this would be awkward. "Oh come on," she shouted after them knowing that she needed to tell them something about her date or tomorrow wouldn't be comfortable at all.

Her mobile started to ring and she pulled it out of her pocket, the name bringing a slight smile to her face as she answered. "Hey baby, you alright?" She grabbed hold of her coat and started towards the door, flicking off the lights as she left and decided it was best to forget last Christmas... for now.

TO BE CONTINUED...