Hi again. Well people seemed to be of the general opinion that I should write a sequel to Spin The Bottle and so here it is. This is fic is going to have more of a plot line to it than my first one.
Can't believe I'm actually writing a sequel at all, seeing as I wasn't even planning on writing the first one!
In case you're wondering, the title is based on one of my favourite Meat Loaf songs, thought it fit rather well with Gene and Alex's relationship.
Anyway, hope you enjoy it!


Alex woke up with the sun in her eyes, she stretched out and was just about to turn over to go back to sleep when she saw her alarm clock. 'Shit! It's Monday. Work!' It was after nine and she should have been in at least ten minutes ago. Quickly she jumped out of bed and in her haste banged her knee. 'Ow! Bugger, that's going to bruise.'

She quickly showered, dressed and dried her hair before sprinting out the door, cursing as she went. Only to burst back in two seconds later, having realised that she had forgotten to put her make-up on. 'Damn eighties! Never had to bother with all this at home, didn't matter what I looked like then.' Usually Alex didn't mind all the maintenance the eighties look required, in fact she rather liked making an effort to look good, but today she was in a hurry and it was frustrating her.

Everyone stared as Alex marched in, she was slightly out of breath having only just managed to make it into CID just before ten, ignoring the sarcastic comments made about the time as she passed. She looked over to Gene's office but the blinds were closed.

Shaz came over and placed some files on Alex's desk. 'Statements for you Ma'am.'

'Thanks Shaz.'

Shaz leaned in a little closer, 'By the way, you may want to lie low for a little while. The Guv's in a particularly bad mood today, he's been looking to pick a fight all morning.'

At that moment, DCI Hunt opened his office door and shouted, 'Drake! My office, now!' Before slamming it shut again.

'Too late,' muttered Alex.

Alex got to her feet and made her way over to Gene's office. Closing the door behind her as she entered.

'Yes Guv?'

Gene looked up and glared at her, speaking in a low menacing voice, 'DI Drake, I expect my officers ter turn up ter work on time, particularly you. How do yer think it looks ter the team when their senior officer shows up an hour after they were s'posed to be 'ere?'

'Wow. He really is angry.' She didn't want to antagonise him further, but she couldn't resist mentioning the night before.

'Sorry, sir' Alex replied sarcastically, she knew she was treading on thin ice but decided to continue regardless, 'I was a little preoccupied last night and forgot to set my alarm.'

To Alex's relief she saw the corner of Gene's mouth twitch. He managed to keep a straight face and asked, 'Oh really Bolls? An' what, may I ask, were you preoccupied with?'

'Well, Mr Hunt. I won't bore you with the sordid details of my personal life, so let's just say I haven't had a huge amount of sleep the last couple of days.' Alex replied in a teasing tone.

'Not complaining, are you Bolly?' His tone was light, but the curiosity and uncertainty in his eyes, told Alex that there was a serious question behind his teasing and she realised he needed an ego-boost.

'Definitely not, sir. In fact I'm very satisfied.' Alex smiled. 'Fishing for compliments are we Gene?'

'No. Jus' makin' sure.' His voice was back to its usual level of cocky self-confidence, but he stared at the desk as he said it. Sensing his insecurity, Alex walked round to his side of the desk, leant down and kissed him slowly and passionately.

When they broke apart Alex perched on his desk and Gene looked at her with a slightly shy, but very pleased, smile.

'Nice way ter start the day.' Then his voice resumed its usual gruff tone and he added, 'Now then Drake, bugger off out my office and get on wi' some work.'

'Yes, Guv.' She answered back as she waltzed out of his office, shutting the door again behind her.


Gene got up to open his blinds and then resumed his seat. He stared out at Alex as she poured over the statements Shaz had given her. He hadn't really been in a bad mood this morning, in truth he was just nervous.

He and Alex had spent all weekend together after their date on Friday night, and he thought it had been brilliant. She'd let him stay on Friday night and he hadn't been back to his until that morning. Gene had woken up early that morning and knew he would have to get up, he didn't want to leave Alex without saying goodbye, but he really needed a clean suit to wear to work and hadn't wanted to wake her.

Gene could hardly believe it when he woke up in Alex's bed on Saturday morning with her cradled to his chest. He had never had anyone sleep in his arms before, the wife had never been great with the touchy-feely stuff and even if she had been Gene would never have allowed her to sleep on his chest. However, he found it oddly comforting to wake up with Alex so close to him, it had been the best night's sleep he'd had in years.

The date on Friday night had exceeded all his expectations. He had found it much easier to open up to her than he thought he would. He still hadn't let his guard down, for fear of being hurt, but he did allow her to glimpse at the real Gene Hunt and admitted to some of what he felt for her. 'At least she didn't run away screaming.' He thought. 'But those infuriating silences. I really wish I could read her mind sometimes, it would make it so much easier.'

The truth was that Gene's feelings for his DI ran a lot deeper than he let on. Shaz had nearly let it slip in Luigi's when she stated that it was obvious. He knew she was more perceptive than the others, but he hadn't realised quite how observant she was. 'She'll make a damn good copper one day.' What had really puzzled Gene, though, was Alex's reaction to Shaz's comment on Friday, he had assumed it was aimed at him but when Alex had also reacted, it made him wonder.

Gene had been very uncomfortable at the suggestion of spin the bottle in the pub that night, but couldn't resist the chance to kiss Bolly, even if it was just a game. He was over the moon when she responded the way she did. He didn't care what it meant to her, he would take whatever she was offering, completely at her mercy.

So, when Alex hadn't shown up that morning, Gene had begun to panic that perhaps she was avoiding him, meaning that she didn't want whatever it was between them to continue. As a result of this when she had waltzed in without a care in the world, he had used anger to hide his insecurities. He was so relieved that she had mentioned the weekend, and had begun to relax a little.

She had been half-right when she had asked whether he had been fishing for compliments. She was right, the sex had been mind-blowing, but Gene had wanted to make sure that Alex had felt the same way he did.

He had felt embarrassed at being so obvious and so was pleasantly surprised when Alex had come over and kissed him. He had wanted to take her home right then, but knew that was impossible, so he sent her to get on with some work, she was too distracting to have sat in his office for any longer.

However now Gene noticed that Alex had been staring at the same page for the last ten minutes and wondered what on earth she could be day-dreaming about. 'Me, I hope.' He thought, then shook himself. 'God! You've got it bad, haven't you Hunt? Pathetic.'


It was a rare quiet day for CID, just catching up on the mountains of paperwork from the previous week's robberies. Of course this meant that by about four 'o' clock, the team were unbelievably bored and the conversation had inevitably turned to gossip.

Ray, Chris and Shaz talked about everything they could possibly think of; the affair that the Super was supposedly having, the dirt on the new girl that joined the plonks that morning. When they had exhausted every other topic they felt that they could no longer put off mentioning Friday night.

They knew they wouldn't get away with talking about it without Alex hearing, as she was sitting only a couple of desks away. Shaz wasn't at all keen on the idea, she respected Alex and refused to gossip about it, at least while she was there anyway. Ray and Chris however had no problems in embarrassing their DI.

'Enjoy Friday did you Ma'am?' Ray asked without a hint of apprehension.

Alex looked up from her desk, trying to work out what Ray had just asked her. She had been reminiscing about the night before and suddenly realised she hadn't moved for at least five minutes.

'What?' she asked absentmindedly, she still wasn't giving him her full attention until Ray repeated the question.

'I was jus' wonderin' if yer enjoyed Friday night, Ma'am?' he questioned with a smirk on his face. Chris laughed and Shaz shot him a death glare.

That snapped Alex out of her daydream. She could feel the heat flooding her face, partly in anger and partly in embarrassment.

'That is none of your business, DS Carling,' Alex retorted icily.

Ray wasn't deterred by the warning in his DI's glare and pressed on, 'C'mon, summit must have happ...'

'DS Carling. This is the last time I'll ask yer to show respect ter yer senior officers!' Ray hadn't noticed that DCI Hunt's office door was open and that he had heard every word. Gene turned his attention to Chris and Shaz, 'Get on wi' some work, all of yer! Drake, my office, now!' and with that he turned on his heel and slammed the door with an ear-splitting crash.

Alex got up and followed Gene into his office and shut the door quietly behind her.


'Shit!' Ray cursed as he exhaled sharply.

'Nice one Ray.' Shaz said sarcastically. 'It was bad enough when you were rude to her when the Guv wasn't in a relationship with her. You're really in for it n…'

'Since when has the Guv had a girlfriend? Who is it?'

Shaz rolled her eyes, 'The Guv and DI Drake, Chris, and since Friday I'm guessing.'

'Oh right' he said still looking confused.

'In a relationship?! Bollocks!' Ray shouted.

'Shh! Do you really want the Guv to come out here and kill us?' Shaz hissed. 'And yes, a relationship. You know as in two people as a couple.'

'I know what it means. What I meant was that it were jus' a one night thing, the Guv doesn't do relationships.'

'I think you'd be surprised Ray, haven't you noticed the way he looks at her?'

'Yea. He wants ter shag her. Now he's done that and that'll be it.' Ray stated with an air of finality and turned his attention back to Chris, 'At leas' we think he shagged her. We don't know wha' happened when they left, do we?'

Shaz sighed and turned her attention back to typing. She knew she was never going to convince Ray and Chris that it was more than that. 'Probably for the best. At least they won't gossip so much about Ma'am and the Guv if they think there's nothing going on.'


Alex stepped into Gene's office and closed the door behind her. He was sat in his chair and his face was composed in an impassive mask, she couldn't read anything from his expression. He made no move to speak.

'Gene, I'm sorry. I didn't tell them anything.'

Still no response. Gene sat there staring at his desk, thinking. He was trying to work out what to say, what he wanted. Eventually he lifted his eyes to Alex's.

'Look Alex, I know what happened on Friday night was fairly public. We shoulda been more discreet, but it was a game so it don't matter so much.'

He was trying to gauge Alex's reaction. Any hint that she wanted to this to continue and that he wasn't about to make a total prat of himself. But her face showed nothing, gave him no clue, she just stared at him, waiting for him to continue.

'Oh my God. He's going to finish it, isn't he?' Alex knew she had been stupid to hope that he wanted more out of this. She cursed herself for being so naïve and braced herself for the hurt that she was sure was to follow.

'Bolly, I meant what I said at dinner. I like yer and I want this,' he gestured between the two of them, 'to carry on.'

He dropped his gaze, feeling ridiculous and waited for her to say something.

Alex's heart sang and she couldn't help the grin that spread across her face. When she realised that he wasn't going to continue, she said quietly, 'Me too.'

Gene looked up in shock, thinking he had heard wrong. He was met with Alex's wide smile, her eyes shining. 'God she's beautiful.' He smiled back in response, he got up from his chair and moved round his desk so he was stood in front of her.

Gene was just about to kiss her when he suddenly felt very aware of several pairs of eyes on them. Alex sensed it too and both she and Gene looked out at Ray, Chris and Shaz, who quickly tried to make it look as if they hadn't been watching.

Gene cleared his throat uncomfortably as he and Alex each took an involuntary step backwards. Gene was silently cursing the transparency of his office as he said, 'Right then DI Drake, back ter work.'

Alex moved to open the door and turned to flash Gene a quick smile before heading back to her desk.


So, there's the first chapter. Let me know what you think. Not sure how long this one's going to be yet, I'll just see how it goes. Please R&R.