Emma grumbled softly to herself as she turned over and whacked the alarm clock to stop it's constant bleeping. Rubbing her eyes, she reluctantly eased herself out of bed and sat trying to find her slippers in the mess of clothes that lay on the floor. Her eyelids still felt heavy as she'd had trouble getting to sleep after seeing the effect that she still had on Will.
Smiling to herself, she stretched her legs and looked across to the wardrobe. Her grin widened as she saw the gorgeous blue-green dress hanging from one of the doors. After much searching with her friend Cara, they'd finally stumbled across this wonder and she couldn't wait to unveil it.
She shuffled out of the bedroom and along the hall to her kitchen where she blindly began making tea and toast as usual. Emma picked her phone and keys up off the table and left the house, locking up behind her and making her way towards Sun Hill Station. The walk was short and she enjoyed the feeling of the wind on her face, and her hair billowing out behind her.
She slipped out of her jeans and into her uniform which now felt much like second skin she wore it so much! She stood in front of the mirror for far too long, fluffing her hair up to make it sit pretty while Honey huffed and puffed behind her to make her move faster. Eventually she was dragged from the changing rooms and plonked into her chair in the briefing room. "Oi…settle down you lot. I know it's the Christmas Party tonight but it's no reason to act like children." Gina said as she entered the room but she took one look at the excitable officers and gave up trying to calm them.
After everyone had been paired up she let them go because it wasn't like she was going to get any peace if they were all still together in a big bunch. "So what's made you so happy?" Honey asked as she and Emma walked out to the area car.
"Nothing special." Emma replied, remembering the effect she'd had on Will the night before.
"You sure about that?" Honey asked slyly, sure that there was more to it than Emma was letting on.
"Positive." She said but blushed as Will walked past her which didn't go unnoticed by Honey.
"Oh my god something happened between you and Will didn't it? Did you sleep with him?" Honey asked, firing questions at her repeatedly.
"No, no and for the last time no." Emma giggled as she got into the passenger side of the car. "I don't know where you get your ideas from." She added as Honey looked disbelievingly at her. "Okay, okay so I do know where you get them from but no I didn't sleep with him."
"So you didn't sleep with him…but did something else happen?" Honey asked inquisitively, treading carefully so Emma wouldn't clam up on her like she normally did unless she had A LOT of alcohol already in her system. Emma wriggled down in her seat and started picking at the fraying edge of her seat belt. "You're so obvious Emma, come on what happened doll?" Honey persisted and Emma sighed reluctantly before turning to her.
"Okay so when he walked me home last night it was really nice and he came in to check I was fine. Then when I went to the door to say bye he kissed me on the cheek…he was gonna do it properly I think but he bottled it." Emma admitted, turning away so Honey couldn't see her blush.
When she turned back Honey had rearranged her face so it didn't look quite as jealous as it had done before. "He's sweet…you should go for it girl." She gushed, although it hurt to be practically giving Will away to her best friend, she knew that after the year Emma had had, she deserved to be with someone as nice and loving as Will. 'Oh well, there's plenty more fish in the sea.' Honey thought to herself as she took the next turning at the traffic lights.
"Hon…what was Will like when you went out with him? I mean I never really went out with him, we kissed and we slept together but we didn't exactly date each other or anything." Emma asked, as they were heading back to the Station after a very long day.
Honey smiled as she saw Emma's dreamy expression. "He was lovely…really caring but I knew that he didn't want me…that you were the only girl for him." She said, biting her lip so all of the memories wouldn't come flooding back. Emma placed her hand on Honey's arm and squeezed it gently.
"Oh babes, don't think like that. I'm sorry." She whispered, guilt flooding through her as she thought of all the times she'd been so jealous of Honey and Will's relationship, never realising that both were unhappy in it, longing for something else. In Honey's case she just wanted Will's undivided love and in his case, we wanted the one girl he couldn't have, the one who was married to Matt Hinckley.
"Don't be silly Em, you can't help you fall for. I don't blame you, honest." Honey protested reaching over and hugging Emma after she'd parked the car into the space in the yard. "Now, come on have we got a party to get ready for or what?"
Emma practically bounced along the corridor, her bag swinging on her arm as she and Honey talked about their plans for Christmas that year. Honey spotted Will coming the other way and ducked out of the way, calling out to Emma that she had to speak to Smithy about something urgent before she disappeared into the empty Sergeant's Office and stood peeking out behind the blinds as he approached Emma, a smile lighting up his face as he saw her.
"So you got home all right then?" Emma asked, laughing slightly as he blushed and rubbed the back of his neck.
"Yeah…yeah I did. So…so are you going to the party tonight?" He stammered, blushing redder by the second.
"You'll just have to wait and see won't you?" Emma replied raising her eyebrows at him and leaving with a flick of her hair, her insides squirming as she recalled the feeling she'd got the night before when he'd leant close to his her, and the disappointment when he'd bottled out of it and pressed the kiss to her cheek instead. Tonight…she would most definitely be there, and she would most definitely get her Christmas Wish.
