Dont own anything that you recognise except Rosanna!


I was beginning to feel cold; obviously the heating hadn't clicked on yet. I could feel heat radiating from the man lying beside me. I turned over onto my other side so that I was facing him, I snuggled myself into his sculpted, tight chest. He put both his arms around me and held me close. I fell asleep in his gentle, safe arms only to be woken by the screeching phone on the bedside table. I manoeuvred myself out of his arms and fumbled for the phone on the bedside table. I slid it open and put it to my ear.

"Rosanna Cutter." I heard the voice on the other end of the phone and I sat up.

"Rose, there's been an alert, it's Balham Tube station."

"Ok, I'm on my way in dad, where is everyone meeting?"

"At the ARC. Where are you anyway?" as he said this, I had the phone resting on my shoulder and was starting to put my clothes on. I looked over at the sleeping form of the military man I'm currently dating and I realise I have to tell my dad soon, except I cry off, I can't face the questions from him so I settle for "Nowhere." Immediately regretting referring to my partners place as nowhere, I throw my bra and top on before, after a long pause my dad says "see you soon." And I mumble some sort of agreement. I lean over him and kiss him on the forehead. I make my way downstairs and write a note to him saying;

Sorry, had to go to work, last night was amazing though, see you tonight. R XX

I close the front door quietly behind me and make my way to my car, as I drive to the ARC I think back to how I met my boyfriend. It was actually at We Will Rock You at the Dominion Theatre in the west end. He had brought his girlfriend at the time to see the show, but she spent most of her time on the phone and just before the break she went away to work, I talked to him throughout and we exchanged numbers, the next day he text me and asked me out on a date, he'd dumped his girlfriend that night, he took me to see Run, Fatboy, Run. That was just one of the many things that we have in common, we both hate horror movies. One thing I never imagined would be that I'd fall head over heels for a 'soldier boy', but we both work in the same kind of environment, that being that what we do is secret and we both had to sign an official secrets act, he can't tell me what he does and I can't tell him what I do, this makes it easier for us to be together. Because then at least we both have a secret that we can't tell and we both understand that as well. I show my pass as the gates to the ARC are opened to let me through. I'm the last to arrive, probably because I've just travelled from London to Surrey, the rest had only travelled a couple of miles from their homes in Surrey. I walked in wearing my light blue jeggings, black military style boots, white vest top and black leather bomber jacket, the same outfit I wore to go out in last night, I knew instantly that there would be questions asked. I found my way into the central operations of the ARC, where my dad, Danny, Sarah, Connor and Abby were standing along with Jenny, my uncle James certainly didn't look very happy when they all looked at me, I couldn't look my dad in the eye so I didn't know what his reaction was like. Danny let out a wolf whistle and Connor followed. I rolled my eyes, my dad and uncle james was just looking at me. I then said "What?". Danny smirked and said "Someone didn't go home last night." I looked at him and shook my head "and?" I asked.

"I'm just stating because you've got the same clothes on as yesterday and last night and it's not like you, to wear the same outfit two days in a row is all I am saying."

"Well Danny at least one of us is getting some eh..." at this point my uncle James had approached us with a new employee of the ARC, the new employee chuckled lightly behind me, I turned to give him either an evil stare or a piece of my mind, I hadn't decided yet, but I did pick up my cup of tea and take a sip, before I turned around, I swung my head around and swallowed when I saw him, except I didn't quite swallow, I happened to choke, as I looked at the man standing before me. "Rosanna, this is Captain Becker and he has been assigned to the team to ensure that none of you come to harm." I was utterly speechless as I stared gormlessly at this man, the same man I woke up next to this morning. I managed to gather my thoughts so that they made at least some sense and so that I could at least speak cohesively.

"erm...hi...I'd...er better go get the stuff sorted, see you later uncle James, Captain Becker." I said as I began to turn away.

"Actually Rose, take Captain Becker with you, there's no time like the present, to let him know what he's gotten himself into." I nodded and gestured for him to follow me to the storage rooms.

"So, I guess I know your secret now." He said to me as we entered a storage room.

"Yeah, I guess you do." I smiled, stopping in front of some cases, "listen, this doesn't change anything does it?"

He took my hand and ran his other hand down my cheek "Roz, it doesn't change anything for me, nothing could change the way I feel about you, I love you Roz, I said I wouldn't say it yet, but it's the truth, I thought I loved her but what I feel for you is completely different, I couldn't bare losing you, I couldn't bare walking away from you and I couldn't bare watching you walk away from me. I'm sorry, it's just the way I feel."

"I love you too, very much, I've never felt for anyone else the way I feel for you. You've been keeping me sane for the past year. Once you've been out in the field with us, you'll understand how much you save me each time I see you." He pulled me in for a hug and then we broke apart, when we heard my dad's voice. He came into the storage room myself and Becker were in.

"Rosanna, grab that box, Captain Becker, help her with it, take it to her car and join her in her car, she'll drive you both there." Becker grabbed one side of the box and I the other, we walked from the storage room into the car park and put it into the boot of my range rover. I passed him the anomaly detector and we made our way to Balham Tube Station, the others were following.