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The New Boy

He stared in the bathroom mirror wondering if had made the right decision. The promotion had been fantastic, he had wanted to be a DS for as long as he could remember. Leaving the Child Protection Unit hadn't been a difficult decision - for his own sanity he knew he had to move on. Three years in one of the most stressful areas of the police force had been enough. Now replacing DS Casey in MIU suddenly seemed like the worst decision he had made in a long time. Shaking his head he grabbed a towel and tried to put the feeling in the pit of his stomach down to nerves.

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"Ronnie." Natalie walked across the office of MIU as he placed his glasses back on the desk. "You're early."

"Yeah." He nodded. "Early bird and all that rubbish." He shrugged as he looked at the mess of paperwork covering not only his desk but Matt's and Angie's too.

"New boy starts today. He'll be partnering Angie but I want you to make him feel welcome, Ron."

"Me? Course I will." He shook his head. "Don't see why Sam had to up sticks anyway. Thought he had settled 'ere."

"He had." Natalie knew they were going to have a rehash of the conversation they had when they were sat together in the corner of the bar at Sam Casey's leaving do. "It's promotion."

"You were promoted. You're still 'ere."

"Only because no one else will put up with you lot." She watched as his eyes widened. "And Wes does my old job while I am trying to keep the big wigs happy. Sam wanted to be a DI. He'll be good at it and he wanted houts that meant he can be with his boy more. You have to understand that."

"Yeah." He nodded. "I do, should have done the same at his age, when my girls were little."

"We can't go back Ron." She folded her arms. "And the others, including Joe will be here soon. Cheer up." She touched his face before walking back to her office. Ronnie shook his head, wondering if his DCI would really be the death of him one day.

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"Angie, Matt." Joe smiled as he walked in. Matt shook his hand warmly as Ronnie walked back from the kettle. Wes stood next to the worried looking new boy.

"Heard you came from Child Protection." Matt smiled. "Could never work there."

"Yeah." Joe shrugged "It isn't for everyone. I needed a break."

"And this is it." Wes took a mug of coffee from Ronnie. "Not that we are exactly a cushy number. Major Incident Unit is twenty four hours. Like me and Natalie told you at the interview."

"You also said there was a state of the art filing system." Joe raised an eyebrow as he looked at the files strewn over the three desks. Angie smirked.

"Yeah, well lets just say that is a work in progress." Wes took his coffee and headed towards Natalie's office. "Oh and Ron?"

"Yes Guv." Ron closed his eyes.

"McMaster's reports?"

"On your desk."

"As long as it is and not under that pile." Wes laughed at the look of horror on Matt and Ronnie's faces. Joe shrugged his jacket off and sat at his new desk, knowing he was going to have to work hard to fit into such a clse knit team.

"Joe." Angie smiled at him. "Stop worrying." He looked up and nodded, knowing she was right.

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a/N More soon, yep there will be case. And we will see the CPS team too. Please review.