A few weeks later and Gene was still avoiding Alex, and she didn't know why. She refused to worry as tonight was the New Years Eve party and she planned to get very, very pissed!
Alex had a shower, dried her hair, applied her make up and then curled her hair before slipping into her emerald green, floor length and strapless dress. It accentuated her curves perfectly and showed just enough cleavage. She put her black satin courts on and grabbed her simple black clutch and checked her hair and make up before turning her bedroom light off and making her way out of her flat. Alex walked downstairs to Luigi's to go and order a taxi. As soon as she walked in she heard a few wolf whistles from some lads sitting at the bar and she winked at them. Luigi approached her smiling like a loon. "Signorina Drake you look beautiful" Luigi said before taking her hand and kissing it delicately. "Why thank you Luigi I'm hoping to find someone who finally appreciates me tonight!" Alex said beaming before turning to the phone to order a taxi to go to the Danchurch hotel.
When Alex arrived she gasped at the sight, the hotel was the most beautiful building she had ever seen! It was possibly Victorian with beautiful cream pillars at the front. She made her way up the grand steps, holding her dress up to avoid it dragging and ripping. When Alex got up the stairs she made her way into the main reception to be greeted by Shaz, Chris and Ray. "Wow Alex! You look amazing!" Shaz said hugging Alex lightly. "Thank you Shaz so do you!" Alex said taking a look at what Shaz was wearing; she had silver almost grey dress on that was tight around the bust and flowed out into a prom style skirt before ending at her knees. She had simple black courts on just like Alex's. "Match!" Alex said lifting her dress up to reveal the black shoes that were just like Shaz's.
They waited for half an hour for Gene to turn up and he eventually did. Alex could feel her cheeks burning as she kept stealing glances of him out of the corner of her eye and she noticed that he didn't stop looking at her.
An hour later and the party was in full swing in the grand hall and everyone was dancing. Alex was chatting to some guys she had liked the look of and dancing at the same time. "So what's your name then?" Alex asked one man with blond hair and piercing blue eyes, infact he looked just like Gene and Alex liked that a lot!
Alex was still with that man named Mark and she was dancing to 'True' By Spandau Ballet with him. His arms were wrapped around her waist whilst hers were wrapped around his neck and her head was resting on his shoulder. They danced until the end of the song unaware that everyone was looking at them. Alex lifted her head up at the end of the song and kissed Mark passionately provoking wolf whistles from everyone except a stony faced man; Gene.
The next song came on 'Tainted Love' By Soft Cell and everyone started dancing again including Gene, grabbing a blonde woman and dancing with her his hands all over the place and Alex felt sick. Mark was just about to kiss her again when she pushed him away and said angrily "Get off me! Don't touch me" Alex ran out of the room glad she disguised the fact why she was crying with another matter.
Alex ran down the grand steps and sat at the bottom, her arms resting on her knees feeling the cold winter air biting into her skin. She sobbed into her arms, her shoulders shaking with the force of her sobbing. She couldn't believe how Gene was touching that woman and she was so angry because he had avoided her for weeks now he hadn't even wished her happy Christmas! She sat there for a further 15 minutes sobbing uncontrollably.
She was sitting there wiping her eyes shivering as she had nothing on her arms when she heard some footsteps behind her and whipped her head round quickly and saw who it was. The one person who had caused so much heartache and she really did not want to see right now. "What the fuck do you want?" Alex snarled. "I came to see if you were alright Bolls, you ran out crying and I was wondering what that slime ball was doing" Gene said referring to Mark. "Nothing I was sick of him touching me no big deal" Alex snapped coldly. "Alex what's wrong? You've been off with me since that time in the hospital" Gene questioned. "You're accusing me of being off?" Alex shouted. "You haven't spoken to me in days! The only time you have said a word to me is with police matters and that was barely a sentence each time!" Alex screeched tears now streaming down her face, her make up running but she didn't care, she wanted this man to see what he was doing to her. "I fucking hate you Gene Hunt you are a selfish bastard who cares about nobody other than yourself. Well I for one have had enough of it! From this day on I resign I don't want to work with you any more so FUCK YOU!" Alex screamed at Gene and turned to walk off but she felt a hand grip her wrist tenderly. She shook it off. "Get your hands off me" Alex spat. "Please Alex don't resign, the team needs you" Gene pleaded a look of hurt in his eyes. "No I hate..." Before Alex could finish her sentence Gene's lips were on hers, kissing her tenderly. She gave in kissing him back, in complete bliss, there tongues exploring each others mouths, both of them moaning softly into each others mouths as the kiss became more heated. They both pulled away eventually resting their foreheads on each others breathing heavily, their chests heaving. Gene put his hands on Alex's face and wiped her smudged make-up and tears away with his thumbs. "Alex you know when I first saw you tonight I couldn't take my eyes off you. Your body in that amazing dress, the way those soft curls frame your face accentuating every single beautiful feature of yours and you green- hazel eyes accentuated by just the right amount of make-up making them look even more beautiful than they already were. After I had looked at you properly I realised just how beautiful you are, and I think I love you Alex" Gene said with a big smile on his face. "But then I saw you with that prick, snogging your face off and feeling you up and I just wanted to punch his lights out and scoop you up in my arms, but you looked as if you were enjoying it and that was ripping my heart to shreds" Gene said with a look if sadness in his eyes. "But Gene darling I only kissed him because he looked very much like you, but he was nothing like you, he was an arrogant pig and I don't like him one bit. And he wasn't feeling me up I just created that distraction because I saw you dancing with that blonde whore and I had to get out quickly before I started sobbing in front of everyone" Alex said putting her hand on Gene's face and turning it towards her and placing a gentle kiss on Gene's lips.
Gene wrapped his arms around a shivering Alex and they both sat there, in each other's arms for at least half an hour. They didn't realise that Shaz had come out to try and find them both when she saw Alex place a gentle kiss on Gene's lips and then Gene wrapped his arms around Alex. She nearly squealed with delight and she went to find Chris and Ray. "Baby! I've got something to show you! Go and find Ray!" Shaz shouted over the pounding music. "Ok Shaz I will go and find him" Chris said smiling and placing a kiss on Shaz's lips. When Chris had finally found Ray, they both let Shaz drag them outside to see the sight in front of them; Gene and Alex were kissing again. "Oh my god! The Guv and DI drake?" Said a very surprised Chris. "Yes aint it sweet baby?" Shaz said beaming.
They heard the clock chime 12 o'clock and Chris, Ray and Shaz shouted "HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!" At the top of their voices. A very surprised Alex and Gene turned around from their kiss, both red in the face but laughing all the same. "Fuck them come her beautiful" Gene said putting his hands on Alex's face and kissing her tenderly once again and they got up, went back into the hall and danced the night away, in each others arms, happier than anyone else in the world.