Family member have bee brought in for the benefit of this story, and Andrea's not a journalist, this is based on the film ''The Parent Trap''

'This is your fault' Andrea Dunbar said, whist trying to brush her teeth as well as tie back her hair. She looked up into the bathroom mirror, seeing the man she had spent the night and the last three years with. Half dressed in shoes and black trousers, walking up and down the room doing up his white shirt.

'Hey it was your idea to have a lie in' he walked and stood in the doorway of the bathroom, looking at her back. 'Don't tell me it wasn't worth it'

'Yeah but you didn't have to agree with me' she spat out her remaining tooth paste and turned to face him.

They had had a lie in, as a result they were now and hour and a half late.

'And any ways I've already been late three times this week, and two of them was because of you' she walked towards him, as he put his arms around her waist.

'So you skipped a few hours, don't tell me it wasn't worth it' she smiled, she like this side of him, better then the DI Manson everyone else sees, it was a pity this side was only shown for her.

'Seven out of ten, maybe eight' she gave him a smile as his lips meet with hers, he slowly walks backwards towards the bed with Andrea in his arms and takes her with him as he falls onto the bed , Andrea on top of him getting carried away in a mixture of kisses before realizing, that they were late.

'Hey, what are you doing? Were already late' she said standing up and looking down at him.

'So what, if anyone ask, say you were following up some leads for me' laughing she gives no objection as he pulled her back on top of him, thinking what the hell there already late.

Another half and hour latter, Andrea and Neil had managed to drag themselves into work. Neil had disappeared up to CID were the welcome party of Jack Meadows awaited him. 'Neil, what time do you call this?' and Andrea walked hurriedly towards the locker room.

'Oh' Andrea stopped dead at the voice that echoed down the corridor, she closed her eyes and turned around expecting to see the Inspector, but give a great sigh of relief when she came face to face with Becky.

'Where have you been you missed the briefing.'

'Slept in' she said honestly it was after all partly true.

'Again? Fourth time this week, you now your really pushing your luck with the Inspector.'

'She'll get over it and any way, what this ''again'' lark, you been checking up on me or something?' she crossed her arms a smiled at her best friend.

'No just a friendly warning that she's looking for you and she's on the war path' the appearance of Tony at the far end of the corridor was her que to get back on her shift. Andrea, thinking what Gina Gold had in store for her, slowly walked into the locker room, to change and start her already late shift.

'PC Dunbar' Andrea turned at the sound of her name, 'I've been looking for you, where've you been all morning'

'Slept in Sgt.' Andrea's quick excuse seems to be enough for Smithy, who doesn't press the question further.

'Anyway the Supt's been looking for you, he wants to see you in his office now.' Andrea's heart immediately leapt. OK she had been late for work and had expected a lecture about it form the Inspector, but the Supt?

'Eh look Sgt. if this is about me being late ...'

'Don't now what it's about, all I now is the Supt's been looking for you for the past half and hour so you'd better get a move on.' and with that he walked of leaving Andrea deep in thought and before she new where she was she had somehow found her self outside Superintendent Okaro's office. She took a deep breath and knocked on the door. And then walked in.

'Sir you wanted to see me.' she glanced around the room and was surprised to find that Adam wasn't alone. Standing facing the Supt's desk was Honey, Gary and Cameron each of them equally surprised.

'Ah, PC Dunbar come in.' he said as Andrea closed the door and walked over and stood next Cameron. 'Now that your all here, there is a proposition we have for you.' Cameron glanced at Andrea to see if she new what was going on, she glanced back with a look that told him she didn't.

'Sun Hill has been given the opportunity to take part in a four week training course in Leeds, there you can brush up on your Police Skills, as well as learn some new things, a bit like Hendon but different. And The Inspector and I have decided that you four officers would benefit well form this opportunity.'

Andrea glanced at the others, all looking the same way she did, thinking that this would be good thing.

'Now this is a voluntary thing.' he continued. 'You don't have to do it.'

'We do Sir' Honey said looking at the others for there opinions Gary and Cameron were nodding.

'PC Dunbar?' He looked at her, for she hadn't nodded of said anything.

'Yes Sir.' she was just relived that she wasn't going to get killed for being late four times in a week.

'Good, well the course last for four weeks and you leave on Friday.' the Supt continued, 'Inspector Gold will bring you up to speed later on today of the final arrangements, you can get back on your shift.'

'Sir' They said as one and all left the room.

'Cool, two weeks of work and were still getting paid.' said Gary as Honey closed the door behind them.

'I think we will be doing work Gary, even if it's not walking the beat' Andrea said as she glanced someone coming out of there office.

'Yeah but still.'

'If you say so, listen I'll catch you guys up.' As Honey, Cameron and Gary disappeared towards the stairs. A man came walking towards Andrea. Tall, and medium in stamina but with Andrea's dark black hair, formally known to everyone as the Borough Commander but will always be known to her as her father.

'I here congratulations are in order, well done for getting on that course. I here the spaces were hard to get.' he smiled as he came to a stop in front of her.

'You wouldn't have had anything to do with it, would you?' she gave him a warning look. When she had found out that he had been transferred to Sun Hill. She was horrified, she thought that she would be treated differently by everyone thinking, she would or could get away with anything because of who her father was. So she had laid down some ground rules. That what every happened, what every she did, she would get there on her terms and not because she had parents in high places.

'Me, certainly not, I new you would hit the roof if you thought I had anything to do with it. I just took the liberty of seeing who had been selected.'

She gave him and approval sort of look just as Adam's office door opened.

'Ah Sir, If you have a few minutes there's some thing's I'd like to go over with you.'

'Sure Adam' he then turned to his daughter. 'So good luck, have fun and try not to land yourself in hospital' he gave her a kiss on her fore head, 'again' then walked into Adam's office, who nodded at her before closing the door.

'There you are.' Andrea jumped as Yvonne's voice came out of no where, 'I've been looking for you all morning, were surpose to be in the Area car, where have you been?'

'Long story' she said as she and Yvonne, made there way towards the yard.

'Well done on the course by the way.'

'God, is there anyone who doesn't already no about that.' she said, as her friend just smiled at her.

Near the end of her, now short shift, as half of it she had spent in bed, her phone beeped announcing that she had received a message, knowing who it would be from, she smiled and pulled out her phone. She had been right it was from Neil. 'Come up to my office, Luv Nx' she shut her phone and put it back in her pocket, said goodbye to Honey and then headed up stairs. CID was quite there was hardly anyone in, which was a bit unusual considering it was on 3:00pm in the afternoon. She found Neil towering over a filing cabinet with his back to her. She stopped in the doorway and knocked.

'Hi' he said as he turned to face her a tower of files in his arms 'You were quick, I only sent you that message about a minute ago'

'I'm a fast runner' she said as he smiled, 'Hey, were is everyone' she indicated at the half deserted room behind her.

'I've got half of CID at court and the rest are off with Flu' He dumped the files onto his desk causing paper to fly everywhere. 'And to top it all of Meadows, wants more officer to help out in PPU.'

'Did he give you a hard time this morning, for being late?'

'Yeah that and the fact that PPU, is like a ghost ship, he's the one who brought in the department so he should have brought in the staff.' Andrea smiled, this was becoming a habit, Neil would send her a message to meet him only for him to start telling her all of his problems, or start slaging of his senior officers, but when it came to her dad he had always been careful.

'So is this why you wanted me to come up here,' she said, closing the office door. 'Just so you could let of some steam'

'No, I wanted to see you and to say well done for ...'

'... For getting on that course.' she finished his sentence for him. 'Yeah I now I've had everybody coming up to me all day.'

'Well you've earned it, you got a really good result the other day with that theft.'

'Yeah but that was only because CID did all the donkey work, anyway I'll be gone for four weeks.'

'Tell me about it. ' he said with a hint of disapproval. 'What am I going to do for four weeks without you.' he walked around his desk, glancing out of the window to the now total empty CID and put his arms around her.

'Well I'm sure you'll find something to keep you occupied, I guess in the mean time we should make the most of the time we have.' She says with a smile as she finds his lips and he pulls her close, and all the time thinking how glad she is that they are the only ones in the room.