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Chapter 2

Suspicious Neil

As Phil walked down the corridor towards the stairs he saw Neil coming towards him.

"Guv" he said whilst giving a slight nod to his Inspector.

"Phil" he replied in his usual 'cheery' voice as he walked past him. "Errr Phil". Phil spun around in acknowledgment of his DI. "…everythin' alright?"

"Yes Guv." Neil nodded at his reply convinced that he was being kept out of the loop hole of something. "It's just you were in the DCI's office for quite a while and I was wondering if something was up that's all."

"Naah…I was just keeping the DCI up to date with the case I'm working on Gouv." He smiled trying to convince Neil of his story.

"Right, and that took…" Neil looked at his watch before looking up and replying "…what half an hour did it?"

"It was a…complicated case." Phil replied choosing his words carefully.

"It was a series of car thefts wasn't it? How complicated could it have been?" Neil asked unconvinced of Phil's 'story'.

Phil opened his mouth to speak but was cut off by Neil who held his hand up to indicate for him not to, before shaking his head and saying "second thoughts, don't bother Phil." They both carried on walking in opposite directions.

"Great!" Phil mumbled as he walked off in the direction of CID.

He walked through the double doors and over to his desk, sighing heavily as he sat in his chair and looked down at the paperwork occupying ever little available space. As he started to sort through it all he looked up and noticed Sam on the phone in her office, she seemed to look up at a similar time to Phil and gave him that gorgeous smile of hers. He managed to give a small smile back before they broke eye contact and she carried on with her conversation. That smile that normally melted his heart seemed to break his heart this time around, as he was sat staring into her office he thought of what he was going to miss when he left and his eyes began to fill up.

He knew he was running away but it was easier to do that than to stay, having to face seeing her day after day knowing that he couldn't be with her. Knowing that she wouldn't let him be with her. It might not have worked out but all he wanted was a chance…a chance to love her and for her to love him back. But it was too late now he really did have to move on and to try and forget the woman that held the key to his heart.

Yeah the last bit was a bit mushy lol and I know this chapter was very very short and wasn't great, but it was originally part of the first one but I thought I'd split it up lol!! The next one is longer I promise! What do you think? Please review luv Laura x