Sorry this has taken so long, life got in the way.
Thanks to those who have reviewed and the ones who have this as a story alert, I can't believe how many of you have done so.
Feeling kind of silly doing so Shona made her way back to the same coffee shop the next morning. Buying a decaf she made her way over to an empty table and glanced at her watch. She pulled out some tourist leaflets so she didn't feel so silly she read them and sipped her coffee. When the cup emptied he realised she had been there for over an hour and that he hadn't showed. Now feeling silly, sad and idiotic she stood up and decided what to do that day and left.
Spike was talking to Sam and was telling him to hurry up and switch the siren on to get through the traffic quicker. Sam looked at him knowing why his friend was telling him to do so, said to him "We will be too late, and anyway you're not allowed to use the siren unless on a call, you know that." Spike just glared at him and jumped out of the vehicle as it came to a stop outside of his uncle's coffee shop. He ran in covered in moss and mud, as he had been out on a call when he had really wanted to see Shona again. He looked around and sighed, she wasn't there and neither was his uncle. One of the regular customers who knew him shouted "you're too late, she left over 5minutes ago." "Thanks" was his reply as he turned round and walked back to the vehicle and climbed in. Sam said "she wasn't there, eh." Spike replied "missed her by 5 minutes, she did come you said she wouldn't." Sam who had heard all about the previous day just put the vehicle into drive and drove off.
Back at the base Spike distanced himself from the others by saying that his robot Baby Cakes needed working on and went to the workshop to do so. Sam told the others the short version of what had happened yesterday and this morning. Wordy went to talk to Spike while Ed stated "There is always tomorrow, but I don't know she is going home in a few days, what kind of relationship would that be." Jules looked at him and said "What a romantic you are." and walked off into the break room. Sam and Ed followed her in jostling each other so that they got to the coffee first. Meanwhile Greg had entered his office to find a message for him to go and see the Commander. Groaning and wondering why, he made his way to the Commanders office. Knocking on the door he could hear laughing and talking so he thought "it can't be bad surely." Upon entering he found himself looking at a brunette female somewhere in her early 30's. The commander said "Sergeant Parker this is Sergeant Martinelli from Central Scotland Police's Armed Response Unit. One of the small number of Police in Scotland who carry guns daily." Greg smiled and wondered what that was to do with him but the Commander continued "She is on vacation here and popped in to us to have a look and I thought she could spend the rest of your shift with the team, so she can get a true experience of what we are about." Sergeant Martinelli said "That is if I won't be getting in your way. I would love to see your team in action; I've been hearing good things about you and your team." "You won't be in our way, let's go so you can meet the team." Greg replied wondering how on earth he was going to entertain a visitor and do the paperwork from this morning's call out. "I think they will be in the break room, let's go there and see. Either that or some of them will be in the showers; it was quite dirty this morning." They walked down the hallway and reached the break room where a tall team member was saying "I don't know, he is in a bit of a mood. He won't talk to me." Jules noticed Greg in the doorway and said " I was just bringing you a coffee, Spike is in a mood and is oiling Baby Cakes." Greg sighed and said "I'll get him in a minute; this is Sergeant Martinelli from Scotland. The boss wants her to stay with us for the rest of the shift, something about international police relations and how we should all stick together. " Quick introductions were made and then Greg said to the Scottish Sergeant, " There is one more team member for you to meet, let's go to the workshop for you to meet him, but be prepared he is in a bit of a weird mood this morning which is not like him at all. He is normally the most upbeat guy on the team." "We all have our off days" was the reply.
Upon them walking into the workshop Spike looked up did a double glance, jumped up and hugged the Scot saying "Shona! what, why, how" He seemed to have lost the power of speech. He wasn't the only one, for once Sergeant Shona Martinelli was speechless, she eventually said "Mike, what on earth, I didn't expect to see you here. How's your nephew." Greg looked on saying nothing, there wasn't a lot he could trust himself to say right then. He then looked at both of them and said "I take it you've met?" Spike regained his mind and got his head in order to say to Greg "yes" and to Shona "He is fine, 2 broken ribs. He was lucky the truck just grazed him and it was going slow at the time." Shona smiled and said "Glad to hear that, vehicles versus child is never a good thing. As an officer I know that." Spike looked at her and then at his boss, "Officer? He said." Greg glared at him and replied "I thought you said you knew the Sergeant? Well that's what I heard a few minutes ago." Spike who himself felt like he had been hit by a truck answered "Sergeant? I met her in a coffee shop yesterday, but I didn't know she was a cop." Greg decided to do a formal introduction by saying" Sergeant, this is Officer Michelangelo Scarlatti of the SRU. Officer, this is Sergeant Shona Martinelli of Central Scotland Polices' Armed Unit." Any reply by either of them was interrupted by the siren going off and the announcement "Team 1, hot call. Gunman reported near the city hall."
