Thanks to my reviewers for the previous chapter! Gem, Jilly, SP-always, Leanne and Barb.
Sorry that this chapter took so long, but I waited until Australia had the screening of Russian Roulette, which we just had tonight!
This is the final chapter! :) Hope that you like, and please review!

Never Meant To Fail

Chapter Three

It's not meant to be this lonely

Phil swallowed the last mouthful of his second beer, he looked around the room. Everyone else had someone to talk to, someone to kiss softly on the cheek. He stood and headed back to the bar again, he could still hear that French accent in his head, her protests at him arresting her. He shook his head, this wasn't making him feel any better being here. It was making him feel more alone, he had alcohol at his place, he was alone there too, but at least there, there were no kissing couples and there wasn't going to be any there for awhile now. He had ruined everything, he turned and walked towards the door and pulled it open. He wandered back towards the station his head constantly looking at his shoes.

Sam wrapped her coat around her small frame, her heels clicking on the damp pavement below. She began to walk quickly hoping that she hadn't missed him or been wrong about where he was going. But her heart began to thump inside her chest when she saw him walking back towards her.

Phil looked up all of a sudden and found himself face to face with Sam

"What are you doing here?" he asked

"Coming to find you" Sam replied quickly

"Why? Why would you bother?" Phil replied quietly

"Because I can't accept this" Sam said pulling the paper from her pocket

"This place would be better off without me Sam, I mean Guv. I haven't learnt anything from my mistakes. You should accept it, let me leave. The life of both yourself and Neil would be easier without me"

"Perhaps it would. But you haven't signed this anyway" Sam said pointing to the empty dotted line

"Do you have a pen?" he asked quickly

"Here" she replied handing him one

Phil pulled the piece of paper from her hand and leaning against the wall he signed his name quickly and handed it back to her. He then turned to walk away from her.

Sam watched as he signed away his time at Sun Hill, then he began to leave her. Her hand held tightly to the paper and then she held it between her two hands and ripped it apart, into smaller and smaller pieces until there was nothing left of it.

Phil turned back around at the sound of ripping paper, he walked back towards Sam and stared at her.

"What are you doing? You wanted me to sign this and now you have torn it up. I really don't understand you" he said with a sigh

"You can't leave Phil. You just can't, this isn't you. You don't run away from anything, you never give up without a fight" Sam said pleadingly, staring into his eyes

"Why would you want me to stay? It is obvious that Neil wanted me turned over to the DPS today for this whole mess"

Sam felt her heart thumping inside her chest, she knew now why she couldn't let him leave. She had finally realised that she loved him, perhaps a little too late though. She felt that same feeling of letting her heart control her like it had on that terrifying night in Romania. She walked closer towards him and stood on the balls of her feet, she glanced up at him and placed one hand on his cheek, then she pulled him closer to her and kissed him, nibbling at his bottom lip. She felt him kiss her back and his warm hands wrap around her. When she eventually pulled away, she gasped for air and looking up at him she whispered "That is why I can't let you leave"

"I can't leave because you want to kiss me?" Phil said with small smile

"No you can't leave because I love you" Sam whispered quietly

"You what" Phil said

"I love you Phil, I should have said it months ago, but when you were missing today I thought that my heart was going to explode out of my chest and I am hoping that you still love me too. But if you don't then just walk away now, I will sign your papers and you can transfer tomorrow" Sam said as she turned away from Phil and leant against the wall of the station, her heart beating faster and faster in her chest.

Phil watched as Sam turned away from him, he thought he had misheard her, things hadn't been the same since they had broken up and he had missed having her to talk to and to joke around with. She now had that office, where she was locked away from him, always talking to Neil. Always siding with Neil, or so he thought. He scratched his head, he felt confused, Sam had told him that she loved him, after he had slept with another married woman, but last year she hadn't said it, when he was her boyfriend, when he had told her. He sighed, he had never understood women, so why should he start now. One thing he did know was that he didn't really want to leave Sam, he loved her too.

Sam sighed, nothing had happened, she hadn't even heard Phil move away, then suddenly she felt a hand on her shoulder. The hand then slid down her arm and reached for hers tightly, pulling her back towards him and into his arms. She glanced up at him and he smiled back down at her, "I love you too Sam" he whispered as he lent down to kiss her. Sam kissed him back, his hands running down her body pulling her closer to him.

"Please don't leave me" Sam whispered

"Then I won't" Phil whispered, "You tore my letter anyway" he said cheekily

"So I did" Sam replied, as she threw the torn papers onto the ground, and they fluttered to the ground, landing beneath the feet of the two of them as they smiled towards one another, perhaps wondering why it had taken them so long to get here.

We were never meant to fail