HOW PERFECT was the series 3 trailer?! Omg it was beautiful!

So I thought I would start this, because watching the advert last night, and seeing a sneaky little glance between Janet and the new DS…triggered some thoughts in my mind ;')

Hope you enjoy! Please review!:D

Chapter 1:

Janet's mouth dropped open as she entered the office.

She had been quite down over the past few weeks, since Andy's departure and Ade's refusal to co-operate over the divorce, but today seemed different. It felt different as soon as she had woken up, and she was unsure what had made her feel like this. She had woken up with a whole new feeling and she had decided to pull herself together, and move on. She expected to go to work with a fresh new attitude to begin the week with.

What she didn't expect to see was a new, young, hotshot DS sitting on the corner of her desk.

"Hello?" Janet queried, hovering by the side of the chair.

The young man looked up.

"Hey" he replied casually, before looking back at his feet.

"And who are you?" Janet asked, throwing her bag on the other side of the table.

The young man stood up, and extended his arm.

"My name's Rob Waddington, I'm the new sergeant. Who are you?"

"Janet Scott…aren't you too young to be a sergeant?!" she exclaimed

"Well…I don't know. I'm 30, so…not that young" he replied, looking awfully flustered.

"Oh I see…I wasn't saying it as a bad thing, just surprised…" Janet stuttered. "Sorry, I'll just…" she continued, trying to hide the fact she was blushing.

"Don't worry, I have that effect on people" he said, touching her wrist before walking over to Andy's old desk.

Janet sighed to herself, and sat down at her desk. 10 minutes later Rachel came in, looking very smart and controlled. She didn't notice the new man in the room until she looked over at Janet, who was still blushing like mad behind her glasses. "What's got into you?" Rachel exclaimed, causing Rob to turn around.

Janet's eyes widened and she whispered "shhh" under her breath, before tilting her head slightly to see if anybody had heard.

"Ohhh" Rachel whispered, leaning in. "So who's that then?" she cooed, winking several times at Janet.

"That's Rob." Janet replied as calm as she could.

"I see, so you know each other then?" Rachel persisted, nudging Janet's arm.

"Not really, just spoke to him when I came in..." Rachel widened her eyes and winked again.

"So, are you going to ask him for a drink?" she blurted out, earning herself another "shhh" from Janet.

"No!" Janet exclaimed. "Why would I ask him? I only know his name…we haven't been in the same room for more than an hour and you're…"

"Woahh, calm down! I meant as a welcoming drink, geez!"

"Oh." Janet sighed, turning her attention back to the screen.

"So?! Are you?" Rachel prompted.

"Am I what?!" Janet exclaimed.

"Are you going to go for a drink with him later?"

"NO!"

"Alrightttttt. So you wouldn't mind if I asked him?" Rachel teased, standing up and walking past Janet.

"No, don't you dare! Rachel!"

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"Hello. I don't believe we have met" Rachel said, startling the man.

"Hi, I'm Rob. Are you Rachel?" he replied

"Yes…how do you know that?" she replied, tilting her head.

"DCI Murray told me about you…"

"What did she say?" Rachel cut in

"Oh…just that you're the office flirt…and that you may try your luck" Rob replied, with a glint in his eye.

"SHE SAID WHAT?"

Rob just nodded, and looked out of the window.

"I have a boyfriend anyway, and even if it was true-" Rachel began, only to be interrupted by Rob again.

"I won't judge, don't worry" he said, winking. "I wanted to ask you one thing though, your friend, Janet, is she…she married?"

Rachel raised her eyebrows; "No, she…well…I don't think she wants her life broadcast to every stranger, but she's not long divorced…between me and you, she's better off without him."

Rob nodded.

"I didn't say anything though ok?"

"No, no, of course not!"

Rachel nodded and walked back over to her desk, only being seated for a few seconds before Gill squawked as she came out of her office.

"Briefing in 5!" she said, as the rest of the team filtered in…

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"Ask him! Just ask him!" Rachel nudged, pushing Janet towards Rob's desk.

"Stop it Rachel I said no!"

"Janet, stop being such a spoil sport! Ask him for a bloody drink it doesn't mean anything it's just being polite after his first day at work! it doesn't always end up as a marriage now GO ON!"

"Stop it! What are you going on about?! Marriage?! He's too young for me anyway, I have only known him what, 12 hours?" Janet snapped.

"Hey! It was a joke! Look, I can see you're clearly into him and…"

"What? No I'm not!"

"You are!" Gill butted in, standing next to Rachel.

"You have spent all day trying to clobber him, staring at him during the briefing, offering to 'show him the ropes'…you, Janet Scott, are well and truly smitten" Gill concluded gleefully.

Janet began to protest, but got cut off by Rob. "Hi, um, Rachel said that there's a pub over the road? Do you fancy going for a drink? It doesn't mean anything…just a way of…erm, saying thank you. For making me feel welcome today"

"I don't know I have to be getting home-" Janet began.

"She'd love to Rob, thanks" Rachel answered.

Rob nodded, unsure what to say next.

"Right, let's get going, the pub will be shut at this rate!" Rachel encouraged, trying to break the awkward silence.

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"So what do you want to drink?" Rob asked, sliding onto a stool next to Janet at the bar.

"Just an orange juice please" Janet replied.

"Oh come on, you must want something stronger! Are you ok?"

"Yeah I'm fine, sorry, I haven't been much fun. There's just a lot of things going on." Janet sighed.

"Well, I'm here if you need to talk, ok? Now, what do you want to drink? Come on, I'm relying on you to fill me in with background gossip, I've heard you're the one who knows everything about everybody"

"I'll have a red wine, thanks…who told you that?!"

"Gill…you haven't denied it though, so I'll take that as a yes then" Rob winked.

"Haha very funny. I just find out things…it's not my fault if they confide in me you know, I just have that way about me…" Janet trailed off as she downed the glass.

"Oh right, well, I'll look forward to seeing that then. Anyway, I had better go, got to be up early tomorrow." Rob jumped off the stool and called across to the table, who were trying to look busy after staring at Janet and Rob at the bar. "See you tomorrow. Thanks for a great first day"

"Byeeeeee!" Gill and Rachel cooed, waving their empty glasses in the air.

"Bye Janet" Rob said, kissing her on the cheek, making her blush.

He smiled, before nodding his head in the direction of the table and leaving…