Disclaimer I do not own Law and Order UK. Dick Wolf owns all, as does Kudos and ITV1. No copyright infringement intended or should be inferred. Um so what if Matt and Sam worked together? Just thought I'd keep Matty boy alive as he was my favourite character :D

Boys will be boys?

James smiled slightly as he watched Alesha pack up for the day. It was her last working day before she went on maternity leave and he knew he would miss her. The case they had just finished was one James was keen to put to bed. It had been one of the most draining and emotional cases he had worked on in a long time. He leant in the doorway of his office as he watched Alesha shove her belongings into her oversized bag.

"Will you stop worrying." He smirked as Alesha huffed. "Matt will be fine. If nothing else you can relay on Ronnie to keep an eye on him, at least he will be sober. And I promise he will not be put on a ferry to France with only a one way ticket to keep him company."

"James."

"I'm joking. Go home. Enjoy your Hen night. Leave Matt and the stag night to me." Alesha shook her head as she met his gaze. She knew he was right. Ronnie was always overprotective of her and Matt, she knew that even with the new boy on the team there was no way Ronnie was going to let anything happen to Matt.

"I know." She smiled. "Any idea what Angie and the others have planned?"

"No." James lied smoothly as she raised an eyebrow.

"Angie, Kate and Natalie will look after you. Listen to me. In a few days you are going to be a married woman. In a few weeks you and Matt will have a baby to concentrate on. After everything that has happened this year, with Matt being shot, you being ill. Everything else."

"Merrick."

"Yes, him creeping out of the woodwork, you deserve to have some time to let your hair down. Just go and enjoy yourself. You both decided to bring the wedding forward. God only knows why."

"James."

"Alesha." He teased.

"We brought it forward because Matt wants Kate at the wedding. She's moving to Kuwait in a couple of weeks. And I'd like to have the same last name as my baby. Kate's his only real family. It's important she's there."

"What about your family?"

"What about them?" Alesha pulled on her coat as James sighed.

"Dad is still in prison. Mum still refuses to talk to me. Tish and Leon might come but I doubt it." She shrugged her shoulders.

"But."

"No buts. Don't worry about it." She smiled. "Just make sure my fiance arrives home in one piece."

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Ronnie walked along the rain soaked street as Matt dug in his pocket for the car keys. Ronnie smiled slightly as he watched the younger man, wondering when the wet behind the ears DS that he had met just a few years ago had grown into the young man he considered to be the little brother he had never had.

"You alright, Ron?"

"Yeah." Ronnie nodded. "Me? I'm just fine Matty boy. It aint my stag night tonight."

"Ron." Matt shook his head as he opened the car door. He knew Ronnie had concerns regarding the new DS that Angie had been paired with. Matt was just glad the powers that be had realised Angie was worth more than being stuck in the office doing the research.

"Don't worry. We wont be putting you on the Eurotunnel. You'll be at that Registry Office on Saturday." Ronnie laughed as he got in the passenger seat.

"I know." Matt laughed. "Just give Sam a break. He's a good copper."

"If you say so Matty."

"I do. He worked in MIU in Stockport up until that pillock tried to off me. He's ok. And he's looking after Angie."

"He better look after that girl. She's a diamond and little Justine needs 'er Mum."

"Yeah." Matt answered, still unsure how she coped as a single mother let alone with the job they did. He felt sick at the thought Alesha may end up being a single mother if something happened to him. He had already persuaded her to move the wedding forward, just in case.

"You sure you ok? You look like you've seen a ghost."

"Have you ever had a feeling something was going to go wrong? No reason behind it, just a gut feeling?"

"I'm a copper. Course I bleedin well av." Ronnie turned to his friend. "Why?"

"I dunno Ron." He pulled the car out into traffic. "I just dunno."

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A/N Is Matt right to be worried? What will happen on the stag and hen nights? Please let me know what you think.