Spike pressed the button on his phone to make his alarm stop. It was 5 in the morning and he wasn't due in till 7, so he lay there for a second thinking about how he was going to face boss, he gets out today and Spike knew he hadn't gone to see him but in his mind he had his reasons, but he also knew they wasn't fair. It's not like it was boss's decision to get shot.

He got up after another 10 minutes and gathered his clothes and threw them in a duffle bag, deciding he would shower at work, he liked getting there early on days like this, when he worked the 7-9 shift because he found the earlier he got there the quicker the days go, not that he didn't love his job and where he worked, but the shifts where killer.

Today though he wasn't so looking forward to it because Winnie was working the same shift, the only time they spoke since he left her standing there was when his Mum sent a postcard, and it wasn't really a conversation as much as eye contact and one word, was hardly progress in his mind.

He walked in from a call and he caught Winnie's eyes and looked back at Sam, who was currently filling him in on how create this weird tasting drink he had no interest in making, all the team had been talking to him and acting weird lately, this was one of those moments.

He looked back up when he heard his name, he looked directly at her, her face was straight she had no sense of humour there, nothing suggesting she was interested in talking, she held the postcard above her head waving it at him to signal it was for him, he walked over and stopped at her desk, she lowered her hand as he moved his too grab it and she placed it on the desk. He was upset but he could understand why she was annoyed.

"Thanks" he said with a light smile.

She just nodded and sat back down as she continued to type, he ducked his head and walked off without another word, Winnie caught the sight off him before he left he looked deflated and she felt sorry for him, but she was still upset with the way he treated her.

Spike was at the station for 6:30 showered and ready to start the day, by 7:00 everyone else had dragged themselves in and where in the workout room, Spike was about to move from the punching bag to the weights when Ed walked in.

"Spike a minute?" he looked at Spike suggesting he wasn't asking him.

"sure" he got up and walked out of the room, there was quizzical looks from everyone but no one said anything, they all assumed it was something to do with his odd behaviour.

Spike followed Ed like a lost dog to the briefing room, when they reached the room Ed suggested Spike sits down as Ed closed the door and sat opposite, trying to figure a way to approach the situation.

"Everything Good?" he thought he'd start like it was a normal chat

"Yep" He said nodding his head along, trying to show he was eager.

"Spike since Greg's been in hospital, how many times have you been to see him?" He paused taking in Spike's change of body language, he became deflated and ducked his head.

"What did he say to you Ed?"

"That you haven't been to see him since the two times with us lot."

"It's not that I don't want to, he knows that right?" He looked like he was holding tears back at this point.

"Don't think he does, he asked me if he's done something wrong?" Spike shook his head before repeatedly saying no he hasn't, Ed interrupted him "You and me can go patrolling together and stop by if you want?"

Spike was stuttering because know he didn't want that "I- Uh…" he thought he found his excuse "I can go after shift?"

"You know he's out later Spike" Ed grew a little angry "What's your problem recently, where's the old Spike, why won't you see Greg?"

Spike clammed up, Ed knew he was pushing too hard but it was frustrating him, something was bothering Spike he wasn't willing to open up to anyone.

After a minute of silence Spike finally spoke up "Can I leave now?"

Ed looked up at him again, eyebrows still furrowed he gestured his hand towards the door as a signal to leave, feeling to frustrated with him to talk.

As the door opened Spike watched as Winnie turned her head towards him, and quickly turned back to what she was doing, he sighed as he walked back into the gym.

Winnie continued helping team 2 as her thoughts wondered to Spike, he looked upset when he left the briefing room, she didn't like seeing him like this and she missed having him bugging her and acting goofy whilst they were on shift together, he usually found something funny to try out that had Greg coming out and scolding him like he was a little kid but finding it hard not laugh along with them.

"Spike you really can't do that, if Greg see's you he wi-"

"Winnie this requires my fall concentration so shh."

She shook her head and was a little nervous of how it was going to turn out, she weighed out the pro's and con's and decided he was trained and knew what he was doing half the time, but this didn't exactly relate to the job.

He was walking back ready to take his run up, he had pulled a surfboard out from the store cupboard, still unsure of why it was in there and decided to make use of it, he lined up 6 barrels that they usually stored for water and then placed the surfboard on the first one, he run up and made the jump, he was rolling along right until he hit the wall, however he fell of laughing which meant he wasn't hurt.

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?" Gregs voice boomed through the halls.

Spike looked up panicked before he run the surfboard back to the cupboard and run back as he lay down amongst all the barrels, Winnie was clueless as to what he was doing ,until he explained to Greg he ran into the barrels by accident and hey fell on him, surprisingly Greg brought it and walked off shaking his head, Spike cleaned up and walked over to Winnie laughing his head off and then they high fived at the stunt.

Winnie found a rush of emotion come over her she missed the friendship she had with Spike, she was really beginning to give in at being angry with him, but it's not like he's tried to talk to her either, but then again he hasn't really tried with anyone.