Okay, guys. Thanks for all those reviews. I was shocked to find so many and the things people said was so encouraging.
Anyway, here is Chapter Four.
Disclaimer: I don't own HSM.
Last Time:
"You dated THE Troy Bolton?" He asked her in disbelief, "And his daughter, Caitlyn is the girl who is missing?"
She laughed, "Yeah, i dated THE Troy Bolton. He was my best friend too, and sadly yes. Caitlyn is missing,"
"Wow, that's awful for him!" Gabriella agreed and sat their in her thoughts before realising that this was the longest and most civilized conversation she has had with her Husband since before they got married. She was so shocked she didn't fight him off when he began to kiss her. She just lay there shocked as he began to make love to her. Even though she loved her husband, Troy's face kept flashing through her mind as she and Daniel made love.
'What does this mean?'
Gabriella woke the next day, both intending to enjoy her day and dreading it. Gabriella got to see Troy again today, but still there was no news on Caitlyn Bolton's disappearance. Gabriella showered and dressed before walking downstairs for some breakfast. She was shocked to see Daniel had made a huge spread for breakfast.
"Wow, what's all this?" Gabriella asked her husband before sitting down at the breakfast table.
"I wanted to thank-you for last night. It was amazing and i don't remember the last time we got on so well," He told her before passing her the bacon.
"Yeah, it was something..." She said trailing off. Gabriella hadn't been able to get her mind off the night before. She had been thinking of Troy the entire time she was making love to her husband, and Gabriella just passed it off as her thoughts being wrapped up in the case. 'Yeah, that's it. It's just the case,' she told herself. And without further doubt, she continued to have a conversation with Daniel.
"So, what's on the cards for the search today?" Daniel asked her as he took a sip of his coffee.
"Well, Troy is going to give a press conference today. At the moment, with no real evidence, that's the best we can do," She told him glumly.
"Well i'll make sure the press conference is on the T.V's in the waiting room. So the public can be informed. Who know's, someone might have spotted her," He told her happily.
Gabriella felt a surge of happiness towards her husband. 'He's really overcompensating for that affair...' she thought to herself before replying, "Thank's Dan, that would be helpful. So, what's new with you?"
"Nothing much. Got a couple of minor surgeries today. Nothing interesting. But, i did actually want to ask you something," He looked down and Gabriella swore she could see him blushing.
"What is it?"
"Ermmm, well i was wondering if maybe we could start trying for a...ummm...baby," He added that last part quietly.
Gabriella just sat there shocked. She couldn't answer that so she just mumbled, "Umm, i have to get to work,"
"Wait! Aren't you even going to consider what i just asked you?" he snapped.
"Dan, i don't know if i want a baby, right now. We'll see," Was all Gabriella could say. She couldn't even look him in the face.
"Why not?" He yelled, "Damn it Gabriella! Look at me when i'm talking to you!"
Gabriella looked up sharply and faced him, "Can we talk about this later, please? I'm going to be late for work,"
"You know what? Forget it! I should have known that work was more important to you! I'm outta here!" He got up and just like the previous day, he stormed out slamming the front door behind him.
Gabriella wasn't even fazed after the most recent blow up with Daniel as she walked through reception at the police station, thirty minutes later. She just wanted to concentrate on today's biggest problem. The search for Caitlyn Bolton.
"Good Morning Gov," The police officer at the front desk said to her.
"Morning PC Smith. How are things?" She asked as she stopped at the front desk to sign in for work.
"Great, you?" He smiled at her.
"Not so good, but hey that's life right?" He nodded. "Are you free this afternoon?"
"Well i'm just behind the desk today, why?"
"Well, i need an officer for a tv appeal with Troy Bolton. You think you can do it? It'll only take half an hour or so,"
"Sure, i can do that. Give me a buzz when you need me," He said to her.
"Thank you, how are the Officer's doing that are searching the area around Mr Bolton's home?" She asked him.
"Not so well. They've found nothing so far," He told her.
"That's unfortunate. Well, keep me informed if anything happens," She told the officer as she headed for the elevator leading to the CID offices on the third floor.
He called out to her before she disappeared into the lift,"Will do, Gov. Have a good day," She waved at him as the lift closed. Minutes later she was entering the CID offices.
"Morning Gabriella," She was greeted by DS (Detective sergeant-step down from a DI) Green.
"Morning Allison," She replied smiling immensly.
"Couple of phone messages on your desk, Gabi," She told Gabriella before returning to her own office.
Gabriella made her way to her office and sighed as she placed her briefcase down. She looked at the phone messages. The first one was from Daniel 'I'm sorry, Gabriella. Call the hospital when you get this,' Gabriella snorted and said aloud, ''Fat chance, Buddy!"
The next one was from Sergeant Dean, 'No evidence found so far around Mr Bolton's home. Call me if you have any leads for us to look into. We'll keep looking for now,' Gabriella's face frowned when she read that. As if the search wasn't going badly enough. Gabriella had more things to frown about when she read the next message from Thompson in forensics, 'No-one on the system matches the blood type and no news from the hospitals'. Gabriella let out a large groan as she read that. Nothing was going right. She was interrupted by her Boss.
"Gabriella, what's all the frowning for?" DCI Meadows asked.
"You don't want to know, Gov'. It's just empty leads after empty leads. It's all so frustrating!" Gabriella moaned before slamming her head onto her desk.
"Gabriella, come on! We have to stay positive!" He encouraged.
"We have no positives!" She said, her voice a little more raised than usual,"What am i going to tell, Troy?"
"No more than he needs to know! He knows that this case is a long shot. Until we find something worth celebrating we have to keep our chin's up. For morale's sake!"
Gabriella knew he was right, she nodded in defeat," Speaking of Troy, is he here yet?"
"No, he's helping out with the search. I've got a team of officer's searching the woods in the surrounding area. Of course, we all want to believe that they come up empty handed there too. If we found a body now, i can see Mr Bolton losing his marbles,"
"Yeah, well. It's his daughter isn't it? Of course he's going to lose his marbles if she's found in that place,"
"You're right of course. Let's just keep our finger's crossed," DCI Meadows stalked out and suddenly the thought of no good news for Troy made Gabriella snap. She broke down in tears and sat there crying for quite a few minutes...
