Heya guys, here's my latest fanfic. The title may change so be aware of that. Being on study leave, I've had the opportunity to start a number of fics so here's the first one. Plz R&R luv ya all Gemz xx

My Best Friend's Love Life

Summary: Sam's best friend from Hendon turns up as Sun Hill's new DC and gets together with Phil, will this force Sam into confessing her true feelings for Phil before it's too late? For the purposes of this fic, Jo has no idea that Sam and Phil had a relationship.

Chapter 1- New Arrival

Tanya Hamilton stepped out of her car outside Sun Hill CID and locked the car up. She looked up at the building; this was where she was to work from today. She'd been brought in to take the vacant DC's post left by Zain. She entered the building and looked at PC Dan Casper who was on reception. 'Can I help you at all?' he asked politely as he smiled at Tanya, who was wearing a light blue-v-neck top with a black length skirt and three-quarter length boots. She had long brown hair that flowed elegantly down her back and she was quite tall, the boots adding about 3inches to her height.

'Yeah, I'm DC Hamilton, can you tell DI Nixon I'm here please,' she replied as she smiled back at Dan.

He could do nothing but smile back at her. Tanya had this effect on people, especially the men. A little while later, DI Sam Nixon came downstairs to meet Tanya. She opened the door and done a double-take when she saw Tanya. 'Tanya!' she exclaimed as she walked over to her best friend and hugged her.

'Nice to see you again Sam,' Tanya replied as she returned Sam's hug.

'Nice to see you too,' Sam said as she pulled out of the embrace. 'How come you've ended up here anyway?'

'Well, when I heard that there was a post going here, I thought I'll apply because I knew you were here and it'd give us a chance to catch up, we haven't seen each other for ages, have we?' Tanya replied as she pulled out of the embrace.

'I know, that's because we've both been busy and work seems to take priority over the other things in our lives,'

'Yep the same goes for me too, do you fancy a drink tonight, a bit of a catch up, what do you say?'

'Yeah, why not,' Sam replied. 'You'll enjoy it, I promise.'

'I hope so,' Tanya said.

'You'll be OK, one you get to know everyone,'

Sam and Tanya walked back into CID a few minutes later and she walked over to Jo, 'Jo, this is our new DC, Tanya Hamilton, I was wondering if you could show her the ropes, introduce her to the rest of the gang,' Sam explained.

'Yeah sure guv,' Jo replied as Sam went back into her office.

'Hi, I'm DC Jo Masters,' Jo said as she shook Tanya's hand.

'Tanya Hamilton,' Tanya replied.

'Right, let me introduce you to the team,' Jo said.

Jo took her around and introduced her to the team, leaving Stuart and Phil until last. 'This is DS Stuart Turner,' Jo said.

Tanya met Stuart's eyes and his jaw nearly hit the floor. He quickly regained composure. 'Nice to meet you, Tanya,' Stuart said as he shook her hand.

'And finally…this is DS Phil Hunter,' Jo said. 'Watch out for him, you'll be on his list of conquests before the end of the week.'

'Hey! Less of that,' Phil replied. 'Nice to meet you Tanya, he said, turning to Tanya as he shook her hand.

Tanya's eyes met his and he smiled at her. She returned the smile; there was something about him that Tanya quite liked. She couldn't quite put her finger on what it was about Phil that she liked, whatever it was, she liked it.

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Stuart was still stood in CID, he was amazed. 'You OK?' Sam asked as she approached Stuart.

Stuart smiled and nodded. Sam followed his gaze and immediately knew what was up. 'What is going on with you and Tanya?' Sam asked.

'I don't know what you're talking about,' Stuart replied innocently.

You've hardly taken your eyes off her since Jo introduced her,'

'You really wanna know?' Sam nodded. 'She's my ex-girlfriend; we were together for about 6months,' Stuart said.

'Oh,' Sam said, comprehension beginning to show on her face. 'Are you two gonna be OK working together?'

Stuart nodded, 'Yeah, we'll be OK,' he said as Sam walked away.

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Jo and Tanya went down to the canteen and they had a coffee. 'Did you see Stuart's face when I introduced you?' Jo asked.

Tanya nodded as she took a sip of her coffee, 'you're a bit quiet Tanya, what's up?' Jo asked, 'Listen, if we're gonna be working together on a regular basis, I think it's best that we're honest with each other.'

Tanya took a deep breath. 'I left the police force about 6years ago because I wanted some time out. I got a job in a bar and that's when I met Stuart, we were together for about 6months and then we split up. I went back into the police force not long afterwards, the rest as they say, is history,' she said.

'So how do you know our DI Nixon then?' Jo asked, she'd seen them hug downstairs in reception when Tanya arrived.

'We were best friends at Hendon, we haven't seen each other for ages so it's good to be able to catch up, it's a bit strange though, having your best friend as your boss but she's done well for herself, I admit that,'

'Yeah, she has,' Jo agreed.

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Later that afternoon, Tanya knocked on Sam's office door. 'Come in!' Sam called.

Tanya opened the door and entered the office. 'Are you still OK about tonight?' she asked.

'Yeah I'm looking forward to it, do you mind if some of the team tag along?' Sam replied.

'Who?'

'Ummm, how about me, you, Stuart, Phil and Jo?'

'Yeah that sounds OK to me, I'll see you later,' Tanya said as she left the office.

Tanya shut the office door and smiled to herself, maybe tonight she'd have a chance to discover what it was about Phil she liked so much.

4reviews b4 I post the nxt chapter, luv ya lots Gemz xx