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Chapter 3

Office Talks

He was still staring into Sam's office completely lost in his thoughts but was soon brought back to reality by someone calling his name trying to get his attention.

"PHIL!" Sam shouted for the third time.

He quickly looked up, his cheeks turning a little pink as he remembered what he had been thinking about. "Sorry Guv."

"Where have you been for the last 5 minutes?" she said quite intrigued.

He opened his mouth to say something but nothing came out. He actually didn't know how he was going to answer her question. He couldn't exactly say that he had been thinking about her now could he? Instead he replied with a laugh, more a nervous laugh than anything else.

"Right well, I just wanted to know if you'd finished that paperwork yet?" She began.

"Erm, yeah nearly. I've just got a bit more and then I'll bring it to you if that's alright?" He then turned away from her and started writing again on the statement which was on his desk in front of him.

"Yeah okay, but a.s.a.p. Phil!!" She replied as she started walking back to her office.

The whole situation seemed really awkward for both of them; however for Phil it was more awkward than for Sam. That was probably his fault. He made it awkward and she still didn't have any idea about his application for transfer. He didn't know for sure how she would react when she did find out, although he did think that deep down she would probably be pleased to finally get him out of her hair and out of her life for good. Then they would both be able to make fresh starts. He knew she should probably here it from him, but he didn't know how to find the right moment to tell her. One thing Phil did know was that he'd have to tell her soon before it was too late.

A few hours later

"Come in" replied a Yorkshire voice which bellowed from his office, after there had been a knock at his door seconds earlier.

Neil walked in and closed the door behind him, before walking over to Jack's desk and standing in front looking down at him.

"What is it Neil?" Jack said looking up from his paperwork.

"I'm just a bit concerned about DS Hunter" he replied nodding his head a little as he spoke, secretly hoping that Jack would give him any information that he knew of.

"Go on." Jack pushed him for more information

"Well" Neil thought about how to approach it. "There's just something about him that's…I don't know…he's acting differently or something"

"Differently?! Neil you're gonna have to be a bit more specific than that." Jack said laughing.

"I just well…wondered if maybe he'd said anything to you." Jack didn't answer he just gave out a little sigh in response, and Neil guessed that he had just answered his question.

"What's goin' on Jack?" It was now Neil's turn to dig for further information about his Sergeant.

"Look Neil, I promised that I wouldn't say anything."

"If this is about Phil and this department then I think I have the right to know being DI as does Sam." Neil raised his voice a little as he spoke.

"What I'm about to tell you goes no further d'you here because I'm not even suppose to say anything?" Jack pointed his finger at Neil as he spoke to him. "I don't want any of the relief getting wind of this okay?" Neil nodded his head submissively. "Phil has applied for transfer up north."

Neil opened his mouth in a state of shock before replying "you're kiddin'? Is this a wind up?"

Jack shook his head. "Afraid not…no. He came and spoke to me about it this morning, and made it pretty clear that he doesn't want people knowing yet, so don't let on that you know okay?"

'Yes Guv…and there's no way that we can persuade him to change his mind? I mean I know he's got his faults, we all do, but he's a bloody good officer Jack, and I can't believe that he's asked to be transferred just like that."

"Yeah I agree with you Neil…I do, but there isn't anything that we can do to change his mind, believe me I've tried."

'Well… there must be something we can do?" He replied is disbelief "did he say why?" Neil pressed wanting to get all the information possible so that maybe he could convince him to stay.

"He just said that it was time to move on to make a fresh start."

"And that was it?" He responded not quite believing that this was the whole story.

"That was it. So now you know as much as I do." Jack smiled.

Jack's smile was returned as Neil headed for the door but before he left he asked "does Sam know about this?"

Jack shook his head "no she doesn't." Neil nodded. "But don't forget Phil doesn't want everyone knowing so be discrete."

"Guv," came the reply just before the door clicked shut.

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