Love Me Forever?

A/N

As much as I love Dan, it should have been Gerry who had that talk with Sandra about her dad's death.

I'm sorry that it's fluffy; I've just found series 10 of NT on YouTube so there might be quite a few fics coming!

Set around "Into The Woods" in series 10.

Reviews welcome,

Laura xxx

"So, Gerry have you got over your forest phobia?" Sandra asked Gerry. "Hmm, I suppose, but if we ever work on a case like this again Steve and Danny are not leaving me alone in the woods again!" Gerry replied. "Good, then you can buy me a drink" Sandra gave him her cheeky smile. "Good! Then you can buy me a drink!"

"Bye, Danny, bye Steve, see you tomorrow" Sandra smiled at her colleagues. They said their goodbyes to Gerry and then left.

"Gerry... It's thirty eight years ago today since my dad died" Sandra told Gerry a couple of minutes later. He looked shocked. "Sandra, I'm sorry, I had no idea" Gerry replied apologetically. Sandra smiled at him. "It's okay, I haven't told you so how could you know? It's bad as well because, well Jack's left and as you know he was like a father to me" a single tear fell down Sandra's face. Gerry reached across the table and took her hand. "Shh, it's all right, I'm here" Gerry walked around the table, sat down next to Sandra and put his arm around her. She put her head on his shoulder, and closed her eyes for a moment, thinking.

"Gerry, will you do something for me?" Sandra asked. "Anything, Sandra. Just don't ask me to lend you any money, I'm skint at the moment" Gerry replied. Sandra smiled slightly at this. "No, it's not that. Do you love me? Because I love you even if you irritate me, drive me crazy. But you're protective of me, you'd do anything for me, just please put my mind to rest" Sandra replied, a little out of breath. "Sandra... I love you too. I hate seeing you like this, broken and damaged." Gerry replied.

In answer, she kissed him gently. He kissed her back, something which he'd wanted to do for seven years.

Each were happy now, it'd take Sandra a long time to heal, but she knew that Gerry would help her, in time she would be okay again.