Abby Smith walked home with her new "father" Smithy. The Silence was awful. She tried to think of something to say, nothing.

"I know this must be hard for you" Smithy was talking to her "but, I think you should know that this is really hard for me as well. I'm not a dad person, I think. I really am gonna try, but I don't know what will happen ok?" She smiled at him

"Doesn't matter what you do, I'm just glad I didn't end up in care. I like you smithy and sometimes I wish you'd remember that!" She looked up at his face to see he was smiling.

"So," she said "I guess we need to get some ground rules sorted then?!" Smithy looked at her, and they both burst out laughing!

NEXT DAY

The briefing room was buzzing, secrets always got out at sun hill and smithy's new family member was no exception. As smithy entered the room everyone looked at him and grinned. He looked at his feet. Everyone stared, and then tony spoke

"Nice one serge, don't think I could have taken a kid in with me in one day!" Smithy looked at him and grinned. Everyone started talking again and Smithy walked over to Tony.

"Cheers Mate" he said

"No Worries," Tony said "Shame about Gabriel eh?" Smithy suddenly stared at him

"What?" Tony stared,

"Serge, he was released from longmarsh yesterday" Smithy turned and bumped into inspector Western

"Maam, I need to go home now!"

"Oh no, someone told you didn't they. Look I was going to tell you yesterday but-

"Look" Said smithy "If he is gonna come after me it will be through people I care about and he will find out about Abby so I need to go and see her!" He began to push past her when she spoke.

"That is why I have put Ben on your front door, ok? You ca go out on refs but I need you here. Calum has only just got in and he needs your help. Please, just calm down. Go and get your self a drink." Smithy stormed out. The briefing room stared.

"Everyone sit down" Said Rachel "ok Ben is out on smithy's door because as you should all know Gabriel Kent has just been released. Please be on your guard as he is an evil man and needs to be stopped doing anything to smithy or Abby. And on that note, be nice yeah? You know he's not the "Dad" type, so go easy. Pairings are same as yesterday with the addition of Calum on paperwork. All right, out you go."