Stephanie had been in her new job for roughly two weeks and she was really enjoying it, it was testing her like she had never been tested before and she couldn't be happier. The one thing that played on her mind from time to time was what happened to Hunter, she genuinely thought she would have heard something but she had heard nothing.

Walking across the upper deck she passed his old cell and noticed how the door was shut and seemingly locked which intrigued her. Making her way back downstairs she passed Bruce, "hey, so do you know what has happened to Helmsley's cell? It's empty and locked."

"Sure. Haven't you heard that he is being transferred back here when his spell in solitary is over and he's going to be in a cell of his own?"

Shaking her head apparently the new girl is kept out of the loop on everything, "I had no idea, I guess the governor thought my idea was a good idea."

Shrugging his shoulders he couldn't comment on that, "I have no idea who is behind it, I just know the end decision. I've got to get a move on though so just prepare for the war when he returns."

Rolling her eyes she just went back to her work and tried not to think about him returning back to the block at some point.

She had been busy and focussed on her work until she was summoned by the officer in charge, "yes Sarge."

"McMahon, we want you to go and retrieve inmate Helmsley from solitary as he seems to respond to you."

Gulping she nodded her head, she shouldn't be nervous about this but she was really nervous about coming face to face again with him for the second time since she began working here, "yes Sir, I will go and do that now."

Taking a deep breath she anxiously put her hand on her handcuffs as she made her way down to solitary.

Hunter knew he had been sentenced to ten days in solitary and he knew that his time was coming to an end, he just didn't know when they would let him out and where he would end up when they did allow him out.

Laying on the bed staring at the ceiling he was disappointed that he was likely never going to meet that woman again but he wished he could magically change things and be able to go back in time and not hit his cell mate.

Hearing the small opening in the door being opened he had no idea who was on the other side but he sat up assuming it was now that he was returning back to the main population of the jail.

Being directed to Hunter's cell she removed the handcuffs from her belt and opened the small door, "Helmsley come to this door and face away putting your hands through the gap to be handcuffed."

Standing up he moved over to the door unable to see who was on the other side turning around and putting his hands through the gap just ready to get back to serving his sentence properly.

Gently taking hold of his hand she snapped the one handcuff on before she gripped his other hand to secure the other handcuff. Once his hands were secured she let go, "step away from the door."

The touch of the hand on his hands was gentle, it was different and a touch that did some really weird things to him. Gulping he closed his eyes and tried to regain his composure as he took a few steps forward before he turned around as the door opened.

Opening the door she was nervous about how he was going to act with her so when she opened the door she was more nervous than normal but as she looked at him she saw something in his eyes that unnerved her, "seems like you have turned over a new leaf."

Stepping forward he shrugged his shoulders, "something like that. I met this woman and she spoke some sense to me and it just made me think about things and re-evaluate my behaviour."

Not saying a word she just grabbed hold of the handcuffs and led him towards the stairs.

Silently leading him back towards the main block she felt like she was being followed so quickly turned her head and frowned when she saw two other officers following, "looks like somebody doesn't trust me."

"More like they don't trust me not to push you up against this wall and have my way with you."

Her eyes widened and she gulped when he said that but quickly tried to take control, "you would love that."

He didn't even know why he was saying this stuff but she wasn't shutting him down and it almost scared him, "maybe I would but I know you definitely would love it."

She knew she had got in way out of depth by engaging in this banter with him and she knew she shouldn't have but it was too late to go back on what had gone down between them now so she just shut her mouth and led him back to his cell without saying another word to him.

Arriving at his cell she unlocked the door as she held on to the cuffs before she led him inside, "stand still."

Not moving an inch he remained with his back to her as she undid the cuffs before he slowly turned around to face her and when he looked into her eyes he saw something that he didn't expect to see. Quickly needing to change the subject before he did something he would regret he said, "so who is my cell mate?"

Nervously fiddling with the handcuffs as she put them away she motioned to the mirror, "look in the mirror."

Curious about what she was going to say and what she meant he just moved to the sink and looked in the mirror, "I'm looking and not seeing anything."

"You're looking at your cell mate."

His head snapped to the side to look at her confused, "huh?"

Making sure her handcuffs were secure she nervously took a step back, not because she thought he would do something to her but she just needed to, "I was talking about you with one of the other officers and they said you were always fighting with your cell mate so I said one way to solve it would be to put you in a cell on your own and apparently the Governor agreed."

Turning to face her fully he couldn't help but smile, "so no more cleaning to other people's schedule?"

She shook her head.

"No more snoring?"

"Nope, not unless you do."

The last and most important question to him, "so I get to choose whatever bunk I want?"

Laughing she nodded her head, "yes you can. You have nobody to answer to but you, don't make me regret this okay?"

Nodding his head he genuinely smiled at her, "thank you. I promise you won't regret allowing me to room with myself."

"Yeah well I'd better not. I mean it was my first day so I put my neck on the line for you and I would really hate to be made to look like an idiot."

Moving back to the bunks he pulled the mattress down from the top bunk placing it on the bottom, "I promise, you won't regret it."

Laughing softly and shaking her head at the way he immediately moved the mattress bunks she shrugged, "time will tell."

Walking out of the cell she went to patrol the entire block and get away from Hunter before she did or said something she would regret.

That night Stephanie went home grateful that Cody was out with his friends because she got to walk in from work and have a long soak in the bath before she ordered pizza to have for dinner and then spend the rest of her evening watching a movie.

Sitting down with the pizza as the opening credits of the movie began she felt her mind drift back to earlier and her interaction with Hunter. Thinking over it all she genuinely was scared by how he made her feel, she did not want to feel this and she had to block the feelings out because if she didn't she knew she was going to regret it.

A few days had passed since Hunter had been returned to general population and he had largely kept himself to himself because he didn't want to either end up in solitary again or being moved to a different jail.

Sat reading a book he was aware that it was visiting day but he had nobody that visited him so he was just happy being alone.

"Helmsley. Stand up and put your hands behind your back."

Confused he didn't know what the hell he had done wrong. Silently standing up he turned around and put his hands behind his back, "what did I do?"

"You have a visitor."

Confused his eyes widened and hoped that this was not some sort of set up, "uh . . . okay?"

Allowing the officer to lead him through the jail he was half expecting to end up being transferred but he really was being led to the visitors rooms. Not sure who or what he was going to see on the other side he took a deep breath as the door opened completely surprised by who he saw, "Shawn."

Shawn stood up smiled at his friend, "hi."

He desperately wanted to shake his friend's hand but he understood why he was being shackled to the table as he had been behaving so badly up until this point that they would be sure to expect the worse.

As soon as Hunter was handcuffed to the table and the officer was back in the corner of the room Shawn said, "so how are things?"

"It's jail, it's not a holiday so I don't really know how to answer it. Why are you here though? I've been here six months and you're only just visiting me?"

His wife had been right when she said he would feel better for coming to visit Hunter but he could understand the hostility, "yeah about that, I'm sorry. I know I should have come to see you sooner and not just abandoned you but I was pissed off, and that is actually an understatement, with you for being so stupid to land yourself up in this place that I just punished you, and myself, by not visiting. Rebecca has been going on and on at me for months that I should visit you and finally I caved and went to visit you last week but they said you were in solitary and couldn't have visitors."

Hunter sighed, "yeah, I've been doing some really stupid shit since I've been in here."

Cutting in Shawn said, "and before. Seriously Hunter, I know you were hurt by Candy but I warned you that she wasn't right didn't I? Not to gloat or say 'I told you so', I just think you need to calm down, it will happen when it happens, you will find her when you find her."

"Yeah talking about finding them, I think I might have. I mean you said when you met Rebecca you just knew and I just know."

Confused Shawn looked at his best friend oddly, "I thought it was a male only jail? If you had told me that you swung that way then I wouldn't have been giving you advice about women."

Realising that his friend had jumped to conclusions he quickly shook his head and spoke in a quiet voice, "no no no, it's not a male, she is most definitely female."

There was silence between them as Shawn tried to process what Hunter had said and tried to work out who on earth he could possibly need and when the light bulb went off in his head his eyes widened and his mouth dropped open, "Hunter don't do it, you'll put years on your sentence if you even attempt it."

Clasping his hands together he looked down at the table, "I'm not sure I can stop myself. You said when you met Rebecca you knew you were destined to be together and I just know I am destined to be with her. When I look in her eyes I know there is something there between us."

He didn't want to destroy his friend's confidence but he needed to give him a reality check, "and if there is and you act on it she will lose her job. What if there is something between you but there isn't that between you and she's not into that kind of thing?"

Shrugging his shoulders Hunter looked at his hands, "I don't know. All I know is that I feel this pull towards her and I just can't stop myself."

Before Shawn could say anything else the correctional officer walked over to them, "time's up."

Sighing he really did want to know what Shawn had to say but he would just have to wait, "will you come back Shawn?"

Nodding his head he watched as he changed the handcuffs over to take him out of the room, "I will be back as soon as I am allowed to be."

"Thanks Shawn, I need your visits."

"I know you do, I know you do."

Sighing as he was led out of the room Hunter looked back over his shoulder at his friend, he just had to continue to be good and he would see him again soon.

Watching Hunter leave he was concerned, really concerned about him. Rubbing his temples he sighed heavily, jail must have really been messing with his head and he had decided to visit at just the right time to try and keep him on the right track.