To ankaz123...who keeps reminding me to write. Thanks for the push!

Shannon gulped as she looked down at the little white stick innocently lying in her hand. Glancing around the empty change room the sparkle of her rings caught her eye. They sat glimmering on the edge of the bench. 'Shit,' she thought to herself, 'how am I going to tell him?'

"Shan?" Josh's voice bellowed thought the door.

Shannon looked up startled, quickly shoving the test into her vest.

"Shan?" Josh poked his head around the door. "Hurry up, Lawson's about to blow a blood vessel."

Shannon just nodded following him out; she didn't get very far before looking down at her hands.

"Shit!...Tell Lawson I'll be there in a min," Shannon called out to Josh as she turned around heading back towards the change rooms.

Gazing around the room Shannon became frantic when she couldn't find her wedding ring. Shannon wasn't one to be very materialistic, but her husband had given her those rings. They were so important to her. The seconds ticked by, but to Shannon they felt like an eternity. Finally spotting them on the bench she rushed over, snatching them up before rushing out of the room.

Rushing into where the squad was everyone turned to look at Shannon, who was sliding her engagement ring on turning it to face upwards.

"Nice of you finally grace us with your presence sergeant," Lawson admonished.

"Forgot my wedding ring," Shannon said distracted as she held up her hand.

"And how is that a good reason?" Lawson asked. Seeing her about to answer he continued, "Never mind, we're already running late. Should be already out there on the road…Josh, Stella and Christian TR2. Michael, Shannon you're with me. Let's move out people."

…

Shannon glancing out the window feeling slightly nauseous, her hand kept hovering over her tummy. Daydreaming away she thought about the ways she was going to tell him. There had been no official confirmation but Shannon just knew. Once she had been to the doctors and it had been confirmed she'd have to tell Kerry and Lawson, there was no way that she would be allowed to out on the road while she was pregnant.

Lawson looked up and in the rear view mirror to see Shannon close her eyes and place her head in her hands. The longer he looked he managed to notice that she wasn't looking great.

"Shannon?" Lawson spoke up, "you okay back there?"

Shannon was shaken out of her daydream. Looking over at Lawson who had turned his head around expectantly she softly replied, "Yeah, nothing wrong."

Michael also glanced up from the driver's seat. "Geez Shan, you look like crap," he commented

"Thanks," she replied sarcastically.

"Lawson…" came Leon's voice over the radio "there's a jumper North Melbourne Private Hospital roof…you guys are the closest…"

"Okay…ETA…" Lawson looked over at Michael with a questioning look. Michael held up his hand. "ETA about 5 minutes," replied Lawson.

…

Coming to a screeching halt at the hospital both Lawson and Michael jumped out. Shannon took a deep breath trying to control the wave of dizziness that overcame her.

"Shannon….move your butt," called Lawson.

Breathing deeply Shannon took to the stairs with the boys.

Looking over at Shannon before speaking, Lawson had a hard look on his face. "Shannon…you okay to lead this one?"

Shannon nodded briefly.

"Shannon if you're not up to this, I don't want you up here. I don't want any casualties," Lawson told her.

"I'm ready," Shannon told him.

"Yeah, you better be," he replied.

"Shannon…the jumper's name is Paul…" came Leon's voice over the coms.

"Thanks Leon," she replied, pausing a moment before she pushed open the door that led to the roof.

"Hello…" she called out. "Paul?"

A tall, dark hair man twisted around from his spot, standing on the other side of the rails ready to jump.

"Who are you? What do you want?"

"I'm Shannon. I'm a police officer, I was just wondering what was happening with you?"

"Everything's wrong and no one cares."

"I'm sure that's not true."

"And how the hell would you know?"

"I don't," Shannon replied, edging towards him, "but would you like to talk about it? I'm very good at listening."

"I'm not sure," was the shaky reply.

"Well how about you step back over this side and we can have a chat."

"What about them?" Paul asked, nodding his head towards Michael and Lawson.

Shannon glanced over her shoulder at them. Lawson glared at her, making the 'what are you doing?' look at her.

"They're fine. You just concentrate on me," Shannon assured him.

Paul started to swing his legs back over the rails. "What are they doing?" he asked panicked. "They're coming closer…I don't want them anywhere near me."

"It's okay…They're fine. It's just you and me, you just focus on me," Shannon told me. "They're going to move back, aren't you?" Shannon looked back at Michael and Lawson, motioning them back with her hand.

Swinging her head back towards Paul she noticed that he actually had managed to get both legs back on the right side of the railing and was currently sitting on it. As she opened her mouth to keep talking, her world began to spin. Failing her arm out trying to find the railing to steady herself, all she could touch was thin air.

"Bub!" she called out, before she crashed to the ground.

"SHANNON…" Lawson shouted running over to her. "Shan…Michael get help," he ordered, kneeling down to Shannon, cradling her head in his lap. "Shan…you wake up, you hear."

Just something that's been floating in my mind for days...hopefully I can go back and write my other fic now :S