Chapter 4
"I... Don't know what to say." Replied Gerry.
"Well... Before all this happened, I talked to Jack and... I told him that I was in love with you. and it's true." Answered Sandra gingerly. She had no idea how he would react.
Gerry smiled at her. He was a lot more confident now. I'm in love with you, Sandra Pullman." He answered, sitting next to her on the sofa.
Sandra decided to take the bull by the horns.
She kissed him. He kissed her back, wrapping his arms around her, mindful of her leg.
She snuggled into him. "Gerry, I had no idea that you loved me... it's taken quite a lot for us to realize it." She told him.
Gerry smiled. "I agree." He answered.
A couple of days later...
"So, um, d'you want me to stay with you for longer?" Gerry asked Sandra. She smiled at him. "I don't see why not... You're helping me to recover, that's all Strickland and the others need to know for now." She replied.
Gerry pretended to look shocked. "Sandra, we've barely made it off the sofa, you can hardly call it recovering! Anyway, I thought Miss Goody-two shoes Pullman goes strictly by the rule book?" he answered.
Sandra giggled. "Well, it's different when you're in love." She responded.
"Ooh, you're in love with me? I would never 'ave guessed!" Gerry said, laughing.
"Well, I've probably told you I loved you about a million times today!" Sandra replied.
"We need to go food shopping, you've barely got anything in" Gerry mused.
Sandra sighed. "Why can't we order a takeaway like we did last night? I'll even let you choose!" she implored.
"Sandra, you need to get up and about again, not just lazing around 'ere. It will not do your leg any good. Besides, I'd like to cook you a proper meal, something that you'd really enjoy, not just some lukewarm muck from a polystyrene container!" Gerry answered, a slightly grumpy edge to his voice.
"Okay... Let's go out then." Sandra said, standing up with great difficulty.
Sandra's mobile began to ring. She looked at the caller ID. She glanced at Gerry. "It's Jack." She informed him.
She answered the call and pressed the phone to her ear. "Hello, Jack." She said.
"Hi, Sandra. Why is Gerry spending so much time at your house?" he answered simply.
"Er... Eh... Um..." she stuttered, lost for words.
"You're together aren't you? well, I told you that he loved you!" Jack responded.
Sandra smiled. "He does." She replied.
"Gimme the phone, I know that Jack will want to lay down some rules about us in the office!" Gerry said to Sandra. "Gerry wants to speak to you, I'll pass the phone onto him." Sandra informed Jack.
" Okay" he answered.
Sandra got her things together in preparation to go out.
Gerry eventually came off the phone. "What did Jack say?" Sandra enquired. "We're not allowed to be affectionate in the office, we're to keep any arguments out too. Oh and if I ever hurt you he's not going to be very happy! Oh, and I've got to go into work tomorrow for a couple of hours, to keep Strickland happy" Gerry replied.
Sandra smiled. "I knew he'd say something like that. Anyway, seeing as you're so eager to go shopping, let's get going." She responded. "Esther really wants to make sure you're okay, so Brian has asked if him, Jack and Esther could come over for dinner tomorrow night, if that's okay with you?" Gerry asked.
Sandra nodded. "Yeah, that's okay" she replied, handing him his coat.
