I want you
Chapter 2
As Phil walked into the lounge carrying a bottle of white wine and two large wine glasses, he saw Sam sitting on the sofa, looking as nervous as he felt.
"Hey." He said as he sat down.
"Hi, oh thanks." He handed her a glass full of wine.
"I need to…" they said in unison.
"You first." Phil insisted.
"The thing is… There's something I need to talk to you about." She paused.
"Yeah…"
"It's about… well… you know I'm going to be the new DI… and I wanted to know how you felt about that."
"I think it's great. You deserve it."
"You mean, you're ok with it then?"
"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?"
"That's a relief. Anyway, what were you going to say?"
"It's what you said actually."
"Oh."
"Well along the same lines. I know you're going to be my boss and everything, but I don't want that to get in the way of us." He stopped, seeing the blank expression on her face, before he quickly added to the sentence. "Our friendship."
"Oh right."
Sam sounded disappointed, and turned away from him briefly.
"Sam, what is it?"
"Nothing. It's nothing, I don't want it to get in the way… of our friendship either."
"It's just, last time… I don't know how I ended up hating you, or thinking I did."
"What do you mean?"
"I don't know. I didn't hate you, I'm pretty sure about that. It's just that I don't know how I ended up pretending I did. I mean… it's the opposite really… I mean…"
"Phil, you're babbling."
"I know, sorry, I can't help it." He sighed. "After everything we've been through, Romania and all that, I hoped we could still be friends you know?"
"It's ok, I know, it's just what do you mean by…"
"Nothing… it doesn't matter. More wine?"
"Are you trying to get me drunk?"
"Maybe." Phil was glad things weren't awkward between them.
"Well… maybe just one more. I'm driving."
Phil poured her another glass of wine. Then another, and another, and another. Neither of them were drunk, they could both hold their drink fairly well.
They sat, chatting for a while, flirting heavily, each of their heads filled with thoughts.
Thanks for reading, please review. The next chapter will be just their thoughts and what they think about the situation.