Caitlin's Bombshell

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This fic is set in and around Caitlin and Sandra's conversation in 'Ice Cream Wars' because I always get the feeling that Caitlin wanted to say something else to Sandra. It's from Sandra's point of view, the 1st line is direct from the show but the rest is my own =)

This fic is for everyone in the New Tricks fandom whom I've irritated over the past few months. I'm sorry that I have and I hope that you like this fic :-)

I don't own New Tricks or any of the characters.

Reviews welcome,

Laura xxxx

Caitlin and I are in the interview room, I'm trying to make sense of everything. First Gerry goes AWOL for days, and then he tells me he asked his own daughter to score drugs to help UCOS with an investigation!

"I've been thinking about joining the force, I wanna do what you do" says Caitlin. I'm surprised, very surprised. I thought that Caitlin would want to do something like hairdressing; she told me that is what a couple of her friends are doing. Gerry will be angry, but if Caitlin has her sights set on it he could possibly come round to the idea.

I sit down opposite her. 'Really? For how long?' I ask. "Well, I suppose it's been ever since Dad started UCOS. He talks about it a lot when we all come over for dinner, sometimes we have to tell him to shut up!" she smiles. I grin. 'I used to be like that with my friends' I reply. "Dad says you haven't got any, apart from the UCOS team" replies Caitlin; I can see that she regrets it almost instantly. She's right, though, that's the thing, I don't have any, apart from my boys. The dinner that I hosted for my supposed friends a couple of months ago proved that.

'Right, I'd better be getting on; I'm raiding an ice cream factory this afternoon!' I smile. But Caitlin looks like she wants to say something more. 'Caitlin what is it? I won't bite!' I say. She takes a deep breath and says: "Sandra... Don't tell dad that I know, but I think that he's in love with you."