A Cold Awakening
Chapter One
"You wanna kiss me…you wanna hold me…you want to shag me" She sang into his ear as he leant over the bar to get his pint.
"Kerry you're drunk" Smithy said, stating the blind obvious.
Staring at him straight and smiling seductively, she whispered into his ear,
"That's never stopped you before, in fact if I remember rightly it made you want me more"
True, he thought but this had to stop however much he enjoyed it. Her liked her deep down more than just some one night stand and it hurt him to treat her the way he had even if he she had asked for it, literally!
"Kerry this has to stop" He said holding both of her arms firmly down by her side.
She said nothing instead she just looked at him again, but this time her face was not playful or flirty but it showed hurt and rejection. As she walked over to the table where her belongings lay she took one last look at Smithy standing there and walked out.
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Back at home she looked into the mirror, her face looked flustered and red as she took her make up off. She knew he was right deep down and that neither of them could move on in life if they carried on the way they did, but it was the only thing she had to offer him. She took off her underwear and through it onto the floor. She had made such an effort tonight in order to please him and it was all in vain. Clambering into bed she wrapped the duvet around her bare body and closed her eyes, she felt ashamed of herself but something inside her made her want to do it every time and she just couldn't hold back. She was unsure of the amount of alcohol she had consumed that night but her head was telling her that it was a lot; something that she would pay for in the morning.
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He walked past her house on the way home, if things had gone the way they usually went after a night out in the pub Smithy would most likely be in bed with Kerry but he was pretty certain things like that wouldn't happen again.
He wished she wouldn't act the way she did, it only made him angry with her; he knew she was worth so much more than a night of sex and it pained him when he succumbed to her charms. Part of him wanted to see if she was Ok but that would only lead them back to square one again and it wasn't worth it no matter how much he cared for her.
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She vomited down the toilet and slowly pulled her head up, her heartbeat could be felt thumping away in her head and she was sure that this was payback. With the hangover came the embarrassment of being turned down last night by Smithy. She felt worthless, ugly and ashamed.
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He looked at his watch as he stood in the briefing room; he could see Gina's anger and knew that if Kerry didn't arrive soon it wasn't worth her life to come in.
It was coming towards the end of briefing and there was still no sign of Kerry. Trying not to disturb Gina, Smithy took his phone out of his pocket and began to text Kerry behind his clipboard but before he could finish a slight commotion occurred in the corner of the room. It was Kerry. Without saying a word to her Gina gave Kerry the sternest of warnings and it was clear for all to see. Her eyes burned through Kerry with anger, but the thumping in her head and the embarrassment she felt towards Smithy was far worse. It was now the end of the briefing and the relief started to pour out, just as Kerry tried to mingle her way out of the door she was summoned by Gina to go to her superior's office.
Standing in front of the desk she felt like a child again getting told off by the teacher but lately this feeling was all to familiar. All of a sudden Gina broke out of her speech about the way in which Kerry acted and looked through the window. On the other side Smithy was peering in, thoughtful in face and guilty in eyes. Like a woman scorned Gina ushered him on with the flick of her hand and looked back at Kerry again. This time the intensity grew thicker as Gina stood up as if she was squaring up to Kerry,
"PC Young I hope I make myself clear in saying that you are to stay away from Sergeant Smith and I shall make this clear to him. He has a bright future as a police officer unlike some of my relief and I don't want you to be the cause of that failing. Do I make myself clear?" Gina asked, the last part somewhat of a rhetorical question. Nonetheless Kerry replied with a faint 'yes' and got on her way.
On course to the patrol car she passed Smithy's office, at the sight of her Smithy sprang out of his office like a lion set free from a cage,
"Kerry" He said in a caring voice as he touched her arm.
"Smithy I have to go" Kerry replied, turning around to see Gina standing behind her watching her like a hawk.
Brushing off Smithy's arm by slinking out of the slight grasp she carried on walking into the direction of the back yard.
"Smithy. A word please, in my office"
There you go folks, the first chapter of my new fic 'A Cold Awakening'. As much as I like Gina I thought I would have her playing a different role in this fic as it seems to fit better and I suppose it has parallels between what actually happened. Hope you like please R+R you Kerry/Smithy fans even just to tell me you exist. This place is getting far too Sam/Phil'afied for my liking.
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