The Surprise part I - Happy Birthday to you…….
This is a bit of fun, I've taken poetic licence to the max here and really just used my favourite characters! Probably be a few short chapters long. It is not really set in any time and doesn't have any crime in it, like I said just a bit of fun!
Hope you like it Huxabelle 164 you were the inspiration behind it!
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"Well!" demanded Nick
"Well what?" replied Gary
"Did you, or did you not snog the face off Yvonne Hemmingway last weekend?" Nick was adamant
"I, er, well, erm……" Gary faltered
"Yup, he did!" Andrea Dunbar chirped up as she floated by.
"Andrea!" Gary protested
"What?" she replied innocently "He asked, I told!"
"He wasn't talking to you!" Gary was indignant
"Naughty Boy!" Nick ruffled Gary's hair "Cheeky Cheeky!" he winked
"Have you 'orrible lot got nothing better to do than stand around gossiping?!" Gina Gold's voice echoed out of her office and down the corridor
"How the hell does she do that?" whispered Andrea
"She's a witch!" intoned Smithy as he walked down the corridor towards them unseen "Now move it!"
"Sarge!" they chorused, scuttling off to their various destinations.
Smithy entered Gina's office "Call me a witch again Sergeant Smith and I'll put you forward for the next school initiative!" she threatened "I know how you just love all those school kids!"
Smithy raised an eyebrow "Is that another dig?" he asked, shutting the door
"Well, she is quite a bit younger than you, I'd never call you a cradle snatcher…." Gina wound him up expertly
"She's not!" he snapped "I am 3 years older than her, that's all 3 years, and it's not like we're a couple, more friends, as well you know" he added catching hers mile "So stop winding me up!"
"Friends with benefits! She looks about 12!" Gina pursued
"She's mature enough to do this job, and mature enough for the benefits, as you so nicely put it" he said
"That's not saying much is it?" she replied
"Are you going to this party of Nick's tonight?" Smithy changed the subject
"I might look in, might be a laugh, how old is he?"
"Thirty, going on ten" Smithy replied "And remember it's a surprise Gina"
"Who else is going?" she asked
"Most of the relief, and a few from CID, I think, Phil, Sam, Debbie the DCI even said he might look in, go on, Nick will feel neglected if none of the top brass turn up"
"What time and where?" she sighed
"Canley Arms function room, I've got to have Nick there for half seven"
"You? Ha!" Gina laughed
"What now?" mock indignation?
"Well, Nick knows it's his birthday, and you are not exactly a good liar are you? He'll see straight through whatever cock and bull story you try and feed him, no" she thought a moment "I'll have him there for half seven".
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Nick wandered into the canteen feeling more than a little hurt, no one had even mentioned it was his birthday, not even Smithy, supposed to be his mate, even if he did bully him mercilessly, he'd at least expected a dig about being thirty. Not even Honey had given him so much as a 'Happy Birthday' and he'd dropped enough hints about it! Ah well, he'd have to drop some more. He approached a table where Smithy was holding court with half the relief and a few CID officers, Smithy stopped talking as PC Meg Oliver dug him in the ribs, they all turned and smiled at him, melting this way and that until it was just him, Meg and Smithy.
"Happy Birthday Nick!" said Meg, handing him a card.
"Oh, thanks" Nick looked surprised as he opened it, it contained messages and signatures from most of the station :
Love Meg XX Ha Ha Ha - you will NEVER grow up! Smithy Best Wishes
And others in a similar vein.
"Thanks guys!" said Nick as they stood to leave "Is anyone going out for a drink then?" he asked
"Sorry Mate, I'm playing 5 a side" Smithy replied
"Sorry Nick, I've got to do some swotting up for the sergeants exams"
"Ok, maybe some of the others then…" Nick tailed off sadly as they left.
Smithy and Meg giggled as they got out of the canteen "And Gina said I can't lie!" said Smithy proudly
"You can't!" said Meg "You went bright red and looked at your boots! He was just to self absorbed to notice. Good job the inspector is going to bring him!"
Smithy looked crestfallen as he headed towards the sergeant's office, Meg giggled and headed off to find Yvonne to go out on patrol.
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Sam and Phil headed towards the Canley Arms, Phil laden down with presents for Nick, Sam held the door open
"Thanks!" he said with more than a touch of irony "You could take one you know!"
"Why?" Sam smiled sweetly "When I have you to do it for me?"
"You take the pi.."
"Philip!" she admonished "Be nice!" kissing him on the cheek
Phil smiled to himself, maybe, just maybe he thought.
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Honey and Meg giggled as they preened in the mirrors.
"Sergeant Smith will bust summat when he sees that outfit!" Honey observed.
"You need talk!" retorted Meg "I can just about see your breakfast! Poor Steve, he won't be able to speak for dribbling!"
Honey laughed, looking at her reflection in the mirror, the 'little black dress' was certainly little, and revealing, as long as Steve noticed, that was all she wanted. She turned her attention to Meg, in a red dress, tight around the top and flared at the waist, coming just above her knees, revealing the rarely seen legs that all the men at the station banged on and on about. Honey and Meg turned as the door opened and Andrea and Yvonne came in to the toilets.
"Oooh" said Meg "Gary's outside!" winking at Yvonne
"Shut up!" said Yvonne, looking embarrassed "So?"
"Just saying…" said Meg with a cheeky smile
"It was a one off…." Yvonne started to defend herself
"And we were really drunk and blah, blah blah!" finished Honey her tone sarcastic
"No!" said Yvonne "Well, yes" she conceded "Does everyone know?" she sighed
"Just about, well, Steve told Phil so CID will know" said Honey
"Oooh, speaking of Phil" said Andrea "Do you think…?" she raised her eyebrows, after all he was very good looking and would really annoy Neil…
"Not a cat in hells chance!" said Honey "He's so hung up on DS Nixon"
"But she's not interested is she?" Andrea demanded
"Tonight she might be, tomorrow who knows with the elusive DS Nixon" said Yvonne "Anyway come on, we best go and find a hiding place before Nick arrives, somewhere where we won't get groped!"
The group made their way across to the room where the party was being held, most of the room was in darkness hiding the food and the balloons and banners. Only the bar was illuminated, the 'lads' were getting stuck into the beverages already, Meg squinted as her eyes got used to the dark, she could make out Phil and Sam sitting at the end of the bar, so much for Andrea's idea, Smithy, Steve, Gary, Reg and Marilyn, Tony and Jim and June were all crowded around the bar area. She looked at her watch 7.25pm, Nick would be there soon! She approached the bar, squeezing between Smithy and Steve.
"Vodka and tonic please" she asked the bar man smiling up at Smithy "Hiya!" she beamed
"I'll get that" Smithy told the bar man "You look rather fetching" he said, raising an eyebrow.
She did a little twirl, earning herself a wolf whistle from Jim, which earned him a dig in the ribs from June.
"Thank you kind Sir!" she said smiling "Reg?" she called over
"Shall I go now?" he said, primed ready to keep watch outside when Nick was outside.
"Better had!" Honey replied "C'mon everyone – lets hide!"
"Bagsy next to her!" muttered Steve as a stampede of male officers tried to follow Honey, Megan, Amber and Yvonne
"Don't be stupid!" snapped Meg "You can't all fit down here!" as the four girls hid behind the DJ stand.
"And it's dark, you don't know who you will be groping!" giggled Amber, raising an eyebrow at Phil, caught by Sam, which did not go down well.
The lads sulked off to find themselves a place to hide, while Reg darted in and out of the door like a cat on a hot tin roof.
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Nick looked round the locker room, empty, great he thought, on his own, for his big 30. He picked up his bag and left the room, slamming the door behind him. Wandering down the corridor he heard the inspector's office door slam
"Oi!" Inspector Gold, Great
"Ma'am?" Nick wondered what he'd done wrong now
"A little Birdie tells me it's your birthday today" she said "Seeing as the other miserable lot have deserted you, you are coming for a drink"
"Ah, er thanks Ma'am, but…." Nick could not think of anywhere he'd rather not go
"I insist, PC Klien!" she ordered "Chop Chop!"
Nick followed Gina reluctantly, much as a child going for tea in the headmaster's office….
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Ok so it's going to be a bit longer than I first thought…. Lol