Author: CallumStone'sgirl
Category: TV shows The Bill
Disclaimer: I don't own The Bill. I only own Sophia, Stephen and Janette Blackburn.
Genre(s): Romance/Hurt/Comfort.
Pairing(s): Callum/OC
Rating for chapter: T
Summary: Sophia Blackburn is a very troubled woman. She trusts no-one but her mother and a certain male sergeant. What happens when her mother is killed? How'll she cope when she's forced to face her father in court? How will it affect her relationship with Callum?
Title: Heart of Stone remix
Warning(s): Mild language and references to rape (Contains spoilers from Tombstone)
Chapter 3: Temptation Part 2
I reached the canteen and got myself a cup of coffee; sitting down on one of the chairs and drinking it; before pushing it away and sticking my tongue out about it. I then walked out of the canteen to my mother's office.
"Mum...I'm gonna go get a cup of coffee with Smithy; is that alright?" I asked.
She looked up and then looked down nodding; before she put her hand up.
"No offense Soph; but I'd be a lot happier if you went with Callum" she replied.
I felt my eyes go wide and I was about to protest; when my mother walked out of the office and I heard her talking to someone and then she came back into the office with Callum behind her.
"You have an hour and a half; and Sophia, be good" she said.
I nodded and; then Callum and I walked out of the office; we got to the car and I looked down, Callum wasn't talking to me; and I know why he wasn't.
"Callum...I-I'm sorry about last night" I said.
He looked over at me and I looked up at him. He nodded and then we got into the car; I looked over at him.
"I'm really sorry Callum; I honestly didn't think that my dancing would affect you like that and when I found out that it did; I shouldn't have made it worse" I said.
Callum looked at me; but he didn't say anything as he put the keys in the ignition.
"Do you know how much I wanted to take you back to my apartment and...?" He asked.
I looked up and shook my head; I had a feeling what he was going to say after that; and if I was honest; it scared me a little.
"Sophia; I'm not trying to scare you here; but what if it wasn't me who escorted you to the party last night; what could've happened; I can't even bare to think about it" he said.
I looked at him and nodded. It was true, what if it wasn't Callum with me last night, what if it was someone like...Nate; I'm not trying to be hard on him, but he wouldn't have said no to me coming onto him...I could already tell that he 'liked' me. I sighed and looked down.
"It won't happen again Callum; I honestly hadn't thought of it like that" I said.
I could feel my eyes begin to water; and then I felt a hand on my chin, turning it to the right.
"You're one of my best friends Sophia; I don't want to see you get hurt any more than you have been" he said.
With a nod from me; Callum started the engine of the car and drove us out of the station car park. I put my headphones in and listened to a song that seemed to be very fitting for the situation that I was in right now.
"Come stop your crying
It will be alright
Just take my hand
Hold it tight
I will protect you
From all around you
I will be here
Don't you cry"
I then felt someone tap my shoulder and I wiped away the tears that the song brought to my eyes and then I took my earphones out.
"You want that coffee, or you just gonna sit in here for the hour and a half we have?" Callum asked.
I nodded and then got out of the car; putting the headphones and my ipod in my pocket and walking with Callum to the coffee shop. We both ordered our drinks and then we sat down with them.
"So; what song were you listening to?" He asked.
I looked up at him and then looked down.
"Oh; just something that meant a lot when I was younger" I replied.
He looked at me and then held his hand out.
"Lets hear it then" he said.
I gave him an odd look and then I gave him my ipod; he put the earphones in and I turned it on and he began to listen to the song; his smile faded when he heard the lyrics and I looked down as he took the earphones out.
"Sad huh?" I asked.
He nodded and then I went and sat next to him.
"I like to listen to things like that once in a while; it keeps me sane" I said.
Callum nodded and then our drinks were put in front of us.
"Callum...Nate told me that you were beating yourself up because of last night" I said.
I looked at him and he looked down.
"I was...and I still am" he said.
I turned to him and made him look at me.
"Don't; it wasn't your fault, it was mine. If anyone should be beating themselves up; it's me" I stated.
Callum smiled a little and then he sighed.
"Usually; I have more self control than that; but you know what stopped me?" He asked.
I shook my head.
"What you told me the day my father died" he said.
My face went taut and I looked down...I hated reliving the memory of that day' but sharing it with Callum helped me.
X Flashback X
Callum put his belt on the bonnet of one of the police vans as I came out. I had managed to convince Smithy to let me talk to him; it was hard, but I'd managed to do it.
"I know what you're going through Callum" I said.
He looked at me and smiled a little.
"No offense Soph, but I don't think you do" he said.
I crossed my arms and leaned against the van.
"I've been through the same you have; you know your dad's done something so bad, but your family don't want to accept it" I said.
This made him look at me and I smiled slightly.
"I'm going to tell you something here Callum, but only my mum knows about this, so you can't tell anyone else about it alright?" I asked.
Callum nodded and I pushed off the van.
"You know that my dad's ex army right?" I asked.
Again Callum nodded.
"Well, he's an ex army medic. One night, when I was fourteen, he did to me, the same as your dad did to Ms Ryan. Like you, I tried to tell my mum what he had done, but to start off with, she didn't listen to me. She said I was lying because me and dad had been in an argument a few hours before. I went until I was sixteen without any further incident; until one day, just after my sixteenth birthday, he did it again. Now, I guess it was lucky that the first time, he'd used a condom; but this time, no such luck. He raped me again. My mum still thought that I was a virgin, so if I had gone to the store to get the morning after pill, mum would have asked why, so him being an ex army medic, he cut me open..." I said.
Tears began to run down my face now, but I had to tell someone other than my mum about it.
"...I...I didn't see what he did next, I must have blacked out; because the next thing I know, I'm waking up in hospital with stitches in my abdomen and the doctors telling me, that they had to clamp my fallopian tubes because they were badly damaged, so I may not be able to have children when I want them. That time, my mum believed me, because she's the one who found me, and took me to St Hugh's" I finished.
Callum gave me a look of pity and I shook my head at him.
"I-I don't want your pity Callum, I just wanted you to know, that I've been there and I've done that. And two years later, I'm still asking myself, if I would hate my dad any less, if it was someone else that he had raped; but I can't see him doing it to any other girl, I can only see him doing it to me" I said.
X End Flashback X
"Callum; you can try, and you can try to keep your body under control; but when your brain registers something that it likes, then there's no hope" I said.
This made him smile a little before he asked me to move; I did and then he got up.
"Where you off to?" I asked.
He pointed to the sign that said 'toilets' and I nodded; but then I heard his radio and he turned towards me.
"Umm...if you gotta go, you gotta go; whatever it is'll have to wait" I said.
Callum shook his head and answered his radio; he had time to drop me off at the station before he rushed to where he was called. I sighed and walked over to my mother.
"How do you guys do it?" I asked.
She looked at me with a confused expression on her face.
"Callum just went to go to the loo; but he got called, so he's not gonna go until he gets back here; I mean, what if he was really desperate?" I asked.
My mother smiled and then looked down.
"Then he'd have to hold it until he got back here; or at least to a public toilet" she replied.
I gave her a look.
"Do you know how dangerous that is?" I asked.
She shrugged.
"It comes with the job Sophia" she replied.
I sighed and then walked away; leaving my mother there.
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When Callum got back to the station; my mother was just walking down to the desk where they booked the criminals in and I saw him; he wasn't showing it; but I knew that there was something wrong; I grabbed my mum's arm.
"Mum; tell Callum that you'll book the guy in; I'm sure Leon can tell you what he's in for" I said.
My mother looked at Callum and then looked back at me; rolling her eyes and then going up to Callum and saying something to him, he thanked her and began a brisk walk towards me; I smiled at him and then moved. Callum walked past me and then Nate came out of an office and stopped him; I shook my head, I knew that if Callum waited any longer; he'd leak.
"Nate...can't you tell him what you need to tell him in a minute?" I asked.
The PC looked at me and then nodded; Callum looked to me and flashed a small smile before walking quickly to the gents.
"What's gotten into him?" Nate asked.
I sighed and looked at him.
"When we were at the coffee shop; he was about to go to the loo; when Leon requested his assisstance; so he didn't get the chance and I guess because he's been out for about half an hour; he got desperate" I replied.
Nate nodded and a few minutes later; Callum returned and began talking to Nate; I smiled and left them alone; going over to the doors and just waiting by them; until I felt a presence behind me. I turned around and smiled when I saw Callum.
"So...got there in time then" I joked.
He gave me a look and then chuckled.
"Yeah; thanks to you. I swear, if you hadn't told Nate to let me go when you did...well..." he said.
I chuckled and then it turned into a laugh.
"I've never seen your embarrassed face before; I've seen angry face, concerned face, funny face, smiley face and 'you'd better run before I beat you to a bloody pulp' face; but not embarrassed face" I said.
Callum gave me a look and then shook his head.
"And hopefully; you'll never see embarrassed Stone" he said.
I chuckled again and then he took me through the door; to be honest every time I saw the angry Sergeant Stone; I got all hot and bothered...but I couldn't tell him that could I?
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A/N: Alright; here's the next chapter; I hope you enjoy it and don't forget to review :P
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