Chapter Two

When they got back to the office they still hadn't been given anything cases so by the looks of it they are having a paper work day. So Rachel decided the place was a little quite so she decided to turn on the radio that was sitting on the middle of the desk between hers and Janet's as they began to type away. As usual Kevin was arsing around. Rachel then decided that she was wanting chocolate so she went to get one of her usual Areo mouse and sat back down listening to the music play. Not to mention the packets and packets of sherbet she had stop to get on their way back from the scan, out of nowhere she got a craving for any and all sherbet so she made her lover stop for her so they could get some while they were at the pharmacy dropping of a prescription for some pre-natal vitamins.

"Rachel." Janet said looking up at her over the top of her glasses stopping typing the report that she was in the process of typing up.

"Yes, Janet Scott of Scotland Yard." The brunette grinned.

"If you keep tappin' that sherbet stick off the desk then I'm gonna stab ya with it." The blonde said with a warning tone as if she was telling one of her daughters off.

"I'm dying for a fag." She leaned over so she could say it quietly.

"Eat your sherbet and try not to think about it." Janet replied just as the boss came out her office and stopped at their desk and from the looks of it they were about to get told they had a case much to their disgust in five minutes it would be six which meant they could knock off for the day at a decent time for a change.

"Alright listen up you lot, you lazy slackers can go home for the night. If I don't see coats being put on in the next minute then you're staying late to type up other reports." Gill said causing the others to cheer, say yes rather loudly or lunge to get their jacket as she went back to her office to do the same thing.

"Just in time to pick up the kids from drama class so I will call mum to tell her that we will pick them up on the way home." Janet said as they got into the blondes car.

Pulling up at the side of the curb the door of the car was instantly opened by the oldest of the blondes daughters who greeted them both as she was texting before she got a bollocking to put her seat belt on. Then they left to go and pick up Taisie from her drama class who sat in the back with her big sister yapping the entire way home about her class and what was happening in it and not to mention the all the gossip that she had picked up from school that she just had to share with the other people in the car. They did however decide that they would have Chinese for dinner and put on a movie provided that it was okay with Dorothy.

Now all suited and booted in there PJ's the four of them huddled on the couch together with Dorothy sitting in one of the arm chairs the only one dressed. It had taken about fifteen minutes for the girls agree on what movie that they were watching but Rachel had told them if they didn't pick a movie and agree then she would pick a scary one so they agreed to watch Bed & Breakfast Love Is A Happy Accident. Then they ordered dinner and started the movie deciding it was better to start the movie know than when the food arrives. Half way through the movie Dorothy went to bed which left the four of them cuddled up on the couch.

With the girls in bed Janet and Rachel decided to watch an old black and white movie before they too went to bed. Rolling over onto her rolled onto her right side only to instantly feel Janet's arms wrap around her waist and pull her against her front as she rested her head on her shoulder back to front. For some reason this action always made the brunette smile normally whenever her other partners did this it always made the younger woman feel like she was being smothered but with Janet it was different, with Janet it made her smile and feel loved.

5:30 am the next day

Throwing her arm out the bed Janet reached over and picked up her wring phone pressing against her ear as she rolled onto her back so she didn't wake her lover.

"DS Scott." She said groggily while looking at the clock,

"Mornin' slap, listen to your baby mamma to get up we have a case dead guy found need ya to meet me at the see the scene it's a good one." Godzilla said through the phone. They hung up then Janet was texted the address.

"Rachel darling get up we have a case." Janet said waking her girlfriend up then quickly getting changed before going to wake her mum to ask her to get the girls up.

Rachel said to Janet that she was going to quickly nip home to quickly change. As usual she had to break every speed limit to get there on time was enough to get her banned from driving for life but none the less she was there in time to catch them just going into the briefing room. Her majesty waited until everyone was seated and had a copy of the case file and gave them a couple of minutes to read over the file quickly.

"Boss you got a pic of his face he aint facin' the right way, coulda smiled." Kevin said getting the death glare from all three woman and some chuckles from the other men.

"Here this is our fella." Gill said bringing his face up on the big screen. "As of yet we don't have an ID on him so let's make this first priority, we need to know where he was going, where he came from, if he was meeting someone. He's been beating and stabbed and left with some kind of mark still waiting for Julie to get back to me." Gill said no one however seemed to notice that Rachel had frozen and was staring at the screen and hadn't heard a word that had been said.

"Rachel you listening…kid…you okay Rachel?" Gill asked after trying numerous times to get the young Detectives Constables attention.

"I…I need to see him." Rachel said standing up putting her jacket on then leaving to go and see Julie Dodson.

"Do you want me too?" Janet asked pointing after her secret lover.

"No, when she comes back she can explain herself after I give her the bollocking of her life. Now people get to it oh Janet help me with this mark will you slap I've seen it before somewhere." Gill said as everyone began to leave.

About thirty minutes later Rachel made her way back into the office Gill had already had a text off of Julie saying that Rachel was there but she had no idea why as the brunette wouldn't say why she was there.

She looked around the office to see everyone working then looked into her boss's office to see her lover sitting beside her boss as they looked at the screen so she took a deep breath trying to compose herself before making her way over there. With one more deep breath she wrapped an arm tightly around herself and lifted her arm up knocking on the door before going in even though hadn't been told to come in but then no one ever did.

When the door open it made both women turned to face the door to see the brunette standing there and it was more than obvious that she had been crying and to say the least she looked petrified. Standing up Gill took of her glasses putting them on her desk before walking over to the taller woman standing in the door way pointing to the chair before going around shutting all the blinds. It was obvious the woman had to say something person and she was damned if she was going to let the whole office see her cry in front of them.

"Did you know him?" Gill enquired leaning forward on her desk leaning on her arms.

"His name is Benjamin Clark I've known his since I was little since I was two." Rachel said looking down into her lap her voice breaking as she spoke.

"Ahh kid… shit Janet can you give us a minute." Gill said as Rachel looked up and made eye contact with her instantly Janet knew there was something going in they weren't telling him but she knows from experience the last thing you do is push Rachel.

"No! uh please stay, you're going to find out anyway but I'd rather you heard it from me first." Rachel said reaching out grabbing the blondes arm to stop her from standing up and leaving.

"I just need a minute, I'm just gonna go to the loo." Sherlock said standing up and leaving she could feel her morning sickness wake up but she wasn't sure if it was the pregnancy or what she was about to do and tell her best kept secret or a bit of both really. It took her a good ten minutes to stop vomiting but she managed to stop and rinse out her mouth then go back to the other getting a piece of chewing gum first from her handbag then went back into Gills office shutting the door again sitting beside her lover which as just as well because said lover was just about to come and find her.

"When I was 11 my mum was having an affair with the guy that she ran with when I was 12 it wasn't really a secret he was a sorta friend of the family Phil. One night when my dad was at the pub as usual so he wasn't going to becoming home anytime soon till the early hours. Mum had Phil round, Allison was at a friends for the night and Dominic was at our grans I didn't want to go because Ben was stayin' the night. I was being a brat I shoulda just gone to me grans with Dom and none of it would have happened." Rachel said reaching up whipping a tear away that had run down her cheek as Janet took her free hand in her giving it a gentle squeeze.

"Wasn't your fault Kid." Gill jumped.

"Mum had passed out drunk Ben had nipped home it was right next door to change his jammie bottoms 'cause he's spilled ma juice on him. I heard him come up the stairs I thought he was going to the bathroom but he, he came into my room and did things to me Ben walked in just as he was finished and started to shout for help Phil beat him till he was unconscious next thing I know Ben's dad was beating the shit outa Phil." Rachel said before breaking down into tears so Janet wrapped her arms around her and let her cry onto her shoulder.

"That's when we met it was first case I ever worked on we discovered he done to about ten other girls killed 'em though the sick twat left that mark on them. Rachel's mum always thought he never did but we had him dead to rights DNA both Rachel's and Bens testimony's. I never knew it was her till the parole hearing six months ago as far as I was lead to believe that little girl had moved to Montrose a small town in Scotland." Gill said finishing off the story as Rachel sat up whipping her face with a tissue.

"As far as I was concerned nothing happened I went to therapy when I was a kid I left it behind the only thing I ever had anything to do with it till the first parole hearing six months ago…This mean they let him out?"

"Here's what going to happen I will phone the parole and rip who ever forgot to inform you he was out a knew one then I will brief the others and tell them not to say how sorry they are to you are anything like that and you two will go and get the girl and bring them here as long as he is out there then the girls are here or at home with you both and two uniforms out the front of your house and two uniforms out the back till we find him."

Janet had told Rachel that she was driving since the brunettes hands were still shaking. The ride was quite which made both women feel a little uncomfortable until Rachel finally broke the silence telling her lover that she was sorry for not telling her but Janet simply told her that she wasn't sad or angry that in fact she understood and that if it was her instead then she would have done the same thing too. When they arrived outside the school Janet leaned over and hugged her girlfriend before they shared a kiss.

They walked inside the school and told the receptionist that they were there and asked what classes the girls were in then with permission to get the girls personally even though they were going to get it they went in search of the room keeping in mind to pick up some work for them to do while they were off. Knocking on the door the two women walked into the class room which caused everyone in the room to look at them and Elise to groan and looked unimpressed which just made the two adults grin.

"Sorry to interrupt I'm Janet Scott but I need my kid Elise get your stuff. Rachel do you want to go and get Lady GaGa while I talk to Mrs Richard." Janet said with a small smile. Smiling back Rachel nodded as the two went to go and get Taisie.

Just like Janet had Rachel knocked on the class room door introducing herself I'm Rachel Bailey here to pick up Taisie. Get your stuff kid, can I get any homework for her that you have planned for the next couple of days." Rachel said to the teacher.

"Why?" Taisie asked as Rachel was giving the homework and a list of instructions with page numbers and what not while Janet's youngest stood up putting her things in her bag.

"You wanna stay here all day while your sister comes with me to play with the cool kids?" The brunette DC grinned.

"No chance." The teen said practically running to join them.

"Well come on then Lady Gaga."