thanks for all the awesome reviews, I love each and everyone of them. Sorry about how long it's taken to get this posted, I broke a tooth last Sunday and it took till Thursday to get it pulled. So I've been on pain pills for a week now. Anyway thanks for your patience, hope you enjoy the update. Please read and review. Sorry about the crap editing everytime I look at it I see something else wrong.
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Chapter Six
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Gail stirred the next morning to find herself face to face with a sleeping Holly, her broken arm resting on the bed between them and the blondes arm was resting on the brunettes waist. She smiled to herself, she moved slightly and pain shot through her chest and shoulder, when she tried again, the pain also went down her back. Holly had explained the day before that the pain would probably get worse before it improved due to the impact on her body and more than likely her back would be sore as well. She again tried to moved and gasped this time.
"Mmmm" Holly mumbled half awake next to her "You okay?" She asked, her eyes opening slowly.
"Yea just sore, you were right by the way" The blonde grumbled.
"Your backs hurting and the pains worse?" She asked more awake after hearing the blonde was in pain.
"Yep" Gail said, she didn't want to move again.
"You can have another pain pill but you need to eat first"
"Maybe" the blonde said, Holly frowned at her "I'm not sure I should take them, I rattle too much about my feelings" she said with a blush and a small brunette moved her hand to Gail's cheek "I happen to like you like that, aside from the tears, you're cute when your all high"
The blonde blushed deeper "I'm not cute" she pouted.
"You are but don't worry, I won't tell anyone" Holly leaned in and kissed her nose.
Gail went quiet for a a few seconds "I do want to do this with you" she said seriously "I do want us to be together"
The brunette smiled "I do too" she said brushing her thumb over the blonde woman's cheek.
"I thought you might like to hear me say it while I'm not high" Gail said with a slight blush.
"I do, but don't feel pressured, I don't want you to feel any pressure to do anything, we can take this as slowly as you want" Holly said "I know this is..."
She was cut off by the other woman's lips on hers, they kissed softly, enjoying the feeling of each other and their connection for a few seconds, Gail pulled back "I know baby" she said then added "I just couldn't wait any longer for a good morning kiss"
The brunette smiled "Okay" she said, gave the blonde a peck on the lips and slowly got up and put her sling on "Bathroom" she said to her girlfriends questioning glance.
As Holly slowly walked to the ensuite, Gail slowly got up herself "I'll see if there's coffee" she said
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When Gail walked slowly into the kitchen, she found Traci cooking toast "Morning" she said as she came in.
"Hey" the detective said and turned, she watched the blonde walking stiffly "You look a little worse for wear today"
"Gee thanks" Gail said as she slowly sat on a stool at the bench "Any coffee?"
Traci grabbed two mugs from an overhead cupboard, filled them and placed them in front of Gail with the milk and sugar, the blonde gave her a look "I'm assuming your partner in crime won't be too far behind you" she explained.
"Yup" Gail agreed, she put both milk and sugar in both cups and wrapped her hands around hers "So did my mother visit last night or was that a dream?" She asked.
"That was no dream" the detective confirmed.
"Okay, so Holly did tell her off and kick her out then?" She asked with a smirk.
"Oh yea, we were woken by a call from superintendent mom about an hour ago" The blonde glanced at the clock, it was only 7am "Steve's been trying to get her to leave everything alone until Kingsley is taken care of but I don't think it's really working" Traci explained.
"The only person she seems to be scared of is Holly's mom" Gail pointed out "If she pushes too hard Mrs Stewart will say something"
"You think so?" The detective said buttering the toast that just popped and handed a piece to the blonde.
"Oh yea, she doesn't like her or her low opinion of me. She's told me as much, if she won't back off, she will tell her to"
"Really?" Traci asked a little shocked.
"Yes" Holly confirmed, having heard much of the conversation as she slowly made her way down the stairs "She's told me that too" she moved over and sat on the stool next to Gail "I just spoke to her, she has no intention of letting Elaine back up here until everything's over, also after yesterday, they've called off my brother and sister visiting because it's too risking having people, aside from the officers, coming and going from here"
"Morning" Steve said coming back in the front door "I've spoken to security, before anyone comes up they will call through to get confirmation, no matter who it is" he stood behind his sister "How you feeling?" He asked.
"Sore" she said "My back hurts now"
He kissed her head "That can happen, you probably hit that door pretty hard too" he moved around near Traci "You'll start feeling better in a few days" he took the piece of toast his girlfriend offered him and gave her a kiss.
"So who's coming today?" The blonde asked taking a drink of her coffee.
"Epstein and Price will be here in about half an hour then at 7.30 tonight, McNally and Diaz will be here for the night" Steve explained "Neither of you can leave the apartment until further notice"
Gail nodded, she knew after yesterday she wouldn't have any say in what was happening until it was over "Any news on the shooter?" Holly asked as she slid her good hand onto her girlfriends thigh.
"Collins and Moore managed to get a lead on a possibility through some of my contacts, Traci and I are following it up after we head in this morning"
"Good" the blonde said "I hate this" she added playing with her mug.
"I know you do kid" Steve sighed "right now, keeping you two safe is what's important"
Gail put her hand on Holly's on her leg "We know" the brunette said as she linked her fingers with the blondes.
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When Dov and Chloe arrived, Gail and Holly disappeared to change. Steve explained everything to them, once the pair had returned, dressed, he and Traci said their goodbyes and left.
After spending the next hour in the sitting room, without being able to touch Holly and having to listen to Chloe rattle on, Gail was about at the end of her rope, the fact that she hadn't taken any pain pills didn't help either. She was glad the other officer had survived the Ford shooting, she just grated really quickly when you're in pain. The blonde decided she was in need of pain meds, her girlfriend and her girlfriends bed. She got up slowly, grunting in pain as she did "I need to lay down" she said as she headed for the stairs slowly "Hol, would mind grabbing my pills?" She called from the stairs.
"I'll just..." She said and pointed to the stairs, she grabbed her meds and Gail's "I need to take mine anyway" she said and headed up the stairs.
As she made her way up the stairs, she heard the blondes voice from near the top "This sucks" she whispered.
"Chloe is..." Holly hesitated not sure she wanted to insult the seemingly nice woman, she reached Gail who was standing on the top step.
"She's so peppy and nice and...yuck all the time" the blonde said "Sometimes she has her moments and she's a good cop, she just too much when you're in pain"
The brunette nodded, she glanced down the stairs then kissed Gail "I wish we could just cuddle up and watch a movie on the couch, kinda makes me wish we'd set up that TV you bought in the bedroom" she said as she led the blonde into the bedroom.
Gail turned and walked backwards towards the bed, holding Holly's hand in hers "Maybe I should just tell them, then we don't have to hide it and we won't get questions tonight when I want to sleep with you" she sat on the bed.
"That's up to you" the brunette said sitting next to her on the bed and she offered her a pill.
"I don't like how they make me feel" the blonde said looking at the pill.
"Take them for today, I'll call my hospitals pharmacy later and send over a script for something a little less potent for tomorrow but like you said to me, you need to use the meds to help you recover" Holly said, again holding out the pill.
"I did say that didn't I" Gail said, she took the pill, washing it down with the water on the bedside table, she laid back on the bed as the brunette took her own pills.
Holly got up, moved over to the blonde and kissed her on the head "I'll let you rest" she said going to leave.
Gail grabbed her hand "Lay with me"
"What about..." The brunette didn't get to finish.
"Dov and Chloe? Doesn't matter if they find out, I'm gonna tell them later anyway" she said gently tugging her girlfriend back.
Holly walked around to what she now considered was her side of the bed, she took off her sling and laid on the bed facing Gail. They cuddled up as best they could "I can't wait to actually be able to cuddle up to you properly" she said a little frustrated.
"I know baby, I just want to be able to pull you against me and hold you" the brunette said in agreement.
"Tonight before we fall asleep we'll swap sides" the blonde said.
"Why?" Holly asked, curious about the demand on their sleeping arrangement.
"Last night, when you were having a nightmare I could only hold your hand" Gail blushed a little "I wanna be able to hold you" she said softly.
The brunette knew better than to make fun of her girlfriend when she's being this sweet "Sounds good" Holly said and brushed their noses together.
"Tell me something about you I don't know" Gail said out of the blue.
"Well, will you tell me something about you?" She asked back.
The blonde sighed dramatically "I guess" she said grinning.
"Something you don't know" Holly said thinking "Oh I know, I dated men right up until I started med school"
Gail arched an eyebrow "Really?"
"Yes really, I didn't realise until as I said, I met someone, my roommate at med school was really hot and I had a huge crush on her, that never went anywhere but it helped me figure it out" the brunette explained.
"So if it wasn't your roommate, who was your first?" The blonde asked.
"Hey" Holly said pinching Gail's side "Your turn"
"Ok ok" she said "I'm allergic to tomatoes and I hate eggs"
"Both important information" the brunette said "not very juicy though"
"Hey, you only wanted something" the blonde pointed out "you didn't specify" she brushed her fingers over Holly's cheek "So your first?"
The brunette smiled at her "My first girlfriend or first time with a girl?"
Gail rested her hand over the other woman's hand on her injured side that laid between them "First time"
"It was at a party, too much alcohol and a pretty girl named Jamie"
"Any good? The blonde asked.
"It was okay but it was also like a hallelujah chorus after that I knew for sure" Holly knew what she wanted to ask her girlfriend "Steve told me he'd caught you with girls in high school, have you ever..."
Gail blushed "Well no not really" the played with Holly's cast on her arm "Made out, got hot and heavy just never... One of us would usually back off before it went too far"
"It's okay" the brunette reassured her "Your turn"
"First girlfriend" the blonde asked, she gave Holly a smile, the brunette could tell the Oxy was starting to take hold of her.
"Just after med school when I was doing my pathology internship, she was a surgical intern. Her name was Beth"
"Did you love her?" The blonde said, she was now playing with her girlfriends hair.
"I thought I did, but I think now it was only lust" Holly answered letting the fact she'd asked an extra question go. She slipped her foot between the blondes feet, lifting her leg so she could slip her knee between Gail's "So exactly how far have you gone with a woman?" she asked as her knee came to rest between the blondes thighs.
"Well" Gail said, she took her hand from the brunette locks and moved them down Holly's body, the medication making her feel bold. She brushed her fingers over her breasts "I've done this" she said as her hands slipped under her T-shirt, moving up to cup the lace covered mounds, feeling their weight. She left one hand nestled there and the other one traveled over the brunettes hip to her ass, pulling her in tighter, pushing her own knee between Holly's legs "I've done this"
The brunette couldn't let her keep going without touching her back "Gail" she moaned and pushed her own thigh up higher pushing against the blondes clothing covered sex.
"Fuck" Gail moaned, she kissed Holly's neck "I really like your ass" she said squeezing it "you have a really great ass"
The brunettes good hand threaded into the blonde hair, she tugged her head up and kissed her passionately, after a few seconds of their tongues battling for dominance, As Holly pulled back, Gail's mouth went straight back to her neck "We need to stop"
"No we don't" the blonde whispered, she rolled onto her back and went to pull the brunette on top of her, Gail cried out in pain as she did it as the pulling put pressure on her back and shoulder "Fuck" she muttered.
Holly leaned on her good arm and extract her legs from the blondes "Bit ambitious huh?" She said with a smile.
Gail gave her a look "Maybe" she reached out and touched the fingers poking out from under the cast "I'm sorry, I just..." She spaced a little, the words getting lost in her slightly drugged brain "I want..."
"I do too" the brunette said "We're too sore right now, give it a week or two more and we'll be more up to it" she linked her fingers with the blondes "Right now I'm just glad your here"
"Me too" Gail said, she leaned in and kissed the brunette.
"I guess a little making out can't hurt" Holly said as she captured the blondes lips again, Gail's hands began to wander again, her hand began to sneak back under the fabric of the brunettes T-shirt.
The words "Oh my god" made Holly break the kiss, Gail didn't pay real any attention just moved her kisses to her girlfriend neck, The brunette looked over to see Chloe standing in the doorway slack jawed, as the blonde in her Oxy stupor continued to kiss and grope the Doctor.
Unable to unlatch Gail from herself, she spoke to the shocked officer "Can you give us a few minutes and we'll come down" Chloe, still speechless nodded and left. Holly shifted off her good arm, grabbed a handful of the blondes short hair and pulled "Owww" Gail said putting her head up, with a pout on her face.
The brunette kissed it "Chloe just walked in on us"
"Great, What the hell was she doing up here?" She sighed "I guess I should, you know.." she added but lost the last word.
"Explain" Holly offered with a smile.
"Yea that" Gail said "I'm sorry.
"Why?"
"I got carried away" she said "I just..." She again lost the words she was going to say, the meds definitely working now.
"Do you want me to come down with you while you explain?" Holly asked attempting to get her girlfriend back to the problem at hand.
"Please" Gail asked.
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Within about ten minutes they were seated in the sitting room with Dov and Chloe, each of them with a fresh cup of coffee "So" Dov said breaking the silence "You and Holly?"
"Yea, me and Holly" Gail confirmed, she glanced at her girlfriend who was sitting next to her, arm in the sling and coffee cup in her other hand "Vivienne knows and is fine with it" she added and sipped her drink.
Her friend frowned, looking confused "Who's Vivienne?" He asked.
"My mother" Holly explained "She knows about us and she's fine with it"
"So when did this start?" Chloe asked smiling at the newly outed couple.
The brunette looked at Gail, who just grinned back, she put her coffee down and took the blondes hand "Just in the last few days" Holly purposely left out details.
"How did you..."
Chloe started to ask but Gail cut her off "She's hot and smart Chloe, we like each other a lot, you don't need to know anymore than that" she said then she let go of Holly's hand and laid with her head in the brunettes lap, Holly's hand going straight to her cropped hair, running her fingers through it.
Dov watched them for a second, he had questions, but with his friend high on painkillers and under protective custody, she really didn't need to be pushed right now "As long as you're happy" he said, letting her know he was okay with it.
"I am" Gail said looking up at her girlfriend "beside the fact that someone is trying to hurt us" the blondes phone rang, preventing her from saying anymore, she pulled it out "it's Steve" she said to Holly "Hello brother" she said as she answered.
"We might have something, we went back to your place this morning with a forensic team and found a shell casing that matches the slug from your vest, there is a print on it" he sighed "it's in the system, it's from a known gang hit man"
"Shit" she said softly, looking up at the brunette "Have you bought him in?"
"We're having a little trouble finding him right now, but we're working on it" he explained "He was the lead Collins had this morning, so he was already on our radar" she could hear him moving papers "Another thing, we've got one of her exes coming in to talk, she said she might make a statement and press charges, if she does we have a history of violence and it might be enough to get her back behind bars"
"So progress?" Gail asked, she was having trouble staying with him, thanks to the medication.
"Yes, progress" he said with a chuckle "I'll let you rest"
"Thanks" she said and ended the call.
"Well?" Holly asked before she could put the phone away.
"Well, it turns out it was a hit man who shot at me and one of Kingsley's exes is coming in to possibly press charges" Gail explained, not really thinking about exactly what she was telling Holly.
"A hit man?" The brunette asked paling slightly at the thought.
"They got his finger prints on shell casing, he usually works with gangs, they know who he is" the blonde said.
"They'll get him" Dov said "there's no way he's getting in here" he added trying to reassure Holly.
Gail looked up at the now slightly trembling brunette "I'm okay" she said resting her hand on her cheek.
"Can we go back upstairs please?" Holly asked, only just holding onto her tears.
"Sure" the blonde said softly and started to get up.
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The hurt couple spent most of the day laying on the bed together, after Holly cried for a while and they talked about the case, they went back to alternating questions again. It eventually ended up in another make out session which lasted until, in one move, they managed to hurt both Holly's ribs and Gail's back and chest, then they stuck to learning more about each other. When it got to around 7, they realised neither of them had eaten since breakfast and headed downstairs to order dinner with the change of shift. They were laying together on the couch, the same way they had the night before, Gail on the bottom with Holly resting on top of her. The phone on the wall rang, Dov answered it, he spoke briefly to the person on the line and hung the phone back up "Andy and Chris are on their way up" he said, Chloe got up and joined him in their preparations to leave.
"Should we move?" Holly asked.
Gail shrugged her uninjured side "Why bother? We need to tell them anyway cos I'm not sleeping without you and I think the way we're laying is a dead giveaway"
The brunette chuckled "okay" she said happy the blonde wanted to be so open about them with her friends.
Gail slipped her hand into Holly's, linked their fingers then dropped a kiss onto the brunettes head.
Dov watched them for a minute, he'd never seen his friend like this with anyone. The blonde caught him watching and he gave her a thumbs up, she frowned for a second then smiled when she realised that this was him accepting that she was with Holly. There was a knock on the door, Dov let Andy and Chris in "We got your dinner" The brunette officer said.
"And your cheese puffs, coke, doughnut and ice cream fix" Chris added bringing in bags of groceries.
Holly looked up at Gail, viewing her upside down "Really?" She asked.
"Really" the blonde answered and kissed her forehead "The gnocchi is mine and the fettuccine is for Holly" she said from their spot on the couch "We ordered extra in case you were hungry" Gail didn't look at her friends, just continued flicking through the TV channels.
Andy grabbed Chloe by the arm pulling her into the kitchen "Why are they cuddling?"
The perky woman frowned "They're a couple"
"Since when?"
"A few days, Gail really likes her and she's been really nice" Chloe said with a smile.
"What about Minister Stewart? What if she finds out..."
"She knows" Gail said cutting her off as she gingerly walked into the kitchen to get plates and silverware for herself and her girlfriend "and she is fine with it" she opened up the cupboard "You could have asked me you know" she got the plates out.
"I need to go, I'll see you Monday" Chloe said to the blonde and left, figuring they needed a minute.
"I didn't think you'd wanna talk to me" Andy explained, leaning on the bench with her arms crossed.
"Just because I don't want to discuss all the Nick crap with you doesn't mean we can't have a conversation" Gail pointed out as she grabbed forks from the drawer then closed it "Yes, I'm now with Holly, yes aside from all this crazy ex thing, I'm happy, she makes me wanna be better" she picked up the stuff "Any questions?"
"No" the brunette said and he blonde left her there.
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Dov already told his roommate by the time Gail reappeared, so that saved the blonde a conversation. Gail set Holly up with her plate of food, on the arm of couch and sat next to her eating. Chris started to fill them in on the happenings at 15, while Andy sat eating quietly. He was part way through a story about a streaker at the local hockey who had slipped over on the ice, when the brunette officer suddenly interrupted "So are you gay now?"
Holly looked at Andy then at Gail, she knew this would come from someone "That was..." The blonde wasn't exactly sure what to say "random" she said then looked to Chris "You were saying?"
He blushed slightly "It's cool, my dinners getting cold" he said tucking into the bowl of pasta.
"Well?" Andy said.
Holly didn't really know the other brunette but she didn't like her pushing Gail "Well what?" She said "she doesn't have to..." She stopped when the blonde touched her arm.
"It's okay" Gail said, she rubbed her thumb on the brunette's bicep "I haven't really thought about it but if you really want an answer I would have to say yes, I think I might always have been, I was just trying to live the life that was expected of me" she moved her hand to Holly's leg "It just took the right person for me to see it"
Her girlfriend smiled at her and Chris smiled from across the room, like Dov, he was happy for his friend.
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When Steve and Traci came in the next morning, just to check in before they went to 15, he was carrying a rather large gift bag, he handed it to Holly who took it and disappeared upstairs "Excuse me" Gail said looking at her brother "what the hell was that about?"
"You might want to ask your girlfriend" he said with a smug grin.
The blonde shook her head "Any more news?" She asked.
Steve shook his head "We haven't been able to find him yet, my gang contacts say that his crew aren't happy he took a outside contract on a cop and if they find him first I don't think we're gonna be able to connect him to Kingsley because I don't think there will be much left"
"Great" Gail said sarcastically "I guess at least if he's running scared he's not gonna try and come after us" she played with the mug in her hand "Holly was pretty freaked yesterday"
"I'm pretty freaked" Steve said "We all are"
"Who's coming today?" She asked, changing the subject.
"Unfortunately, Collins and Moore, Oliver has offered to stay tonight"
"Tell him to bring Celery" the blonde suggested, the phone on the wall rang as Holly reappeared.
"What did you hide?" Gail asked taking her free hand and pulling her into her side.
"A present for you, if you behave" the brunette said and gave her a peck on the lips.
"With Collins and Moore for 12 hours, doubtful"
"Collins as in Nick your ex?" Holly asked shifting, looking uncomfortable.
"Yes" the blonde whispered, she gave her a peck on the lips "we can hide in the bedroom now Chris hooked up the small TV in there"
"Maybe" the brunette said and wrapped her arm around her girlfriend.
Nick and Duncan came through the door, Holly and Gail were still huddled together near the bench Andy and Chris said there good byes and headed out, Traci and Steve headed out too, promising to call if they had anymore news.
The rookie sat in front of the television, happy not to spend the day out on the street. Nick watched the couple for a few seconds then spoke up "Gail can I have a word?"
Holly looked at her girlfriend, Gail smiled at her and gave her a kiss with just a little tongue, enough to reassure the brunette and to make sure her ex knew what was happening "Go and relax, I'll make us a cup of tea" with another peck on the lips, Holly headed into the sitting room with the young cop, eyeing Nick as she went, the ex solider watching her walk away "What?" Gail said pulling his attention back to her.
"Since when?" He asked, crossing his arms.
"Since none of your business, you decided someone else was more important" she said and turned to the cupboard and pulled out two mugs.
"You're not gay" he stated.
Gail laughed "What would you know?" She put the kettle on and fixed their tea ready for the water.
"We were together for a long time Gail, you are not gay" he said.
"Getting to your manhood?" The blonde asked
"Screw you" Nick said "I know you, you are not gay"
"Saying that isn't going to change the fact that I am" Gail said as she poured the water into the mugs "Look solider boy, this, believe it or not, is not about you or McStupid" she put the kettle back down "I have always questioned who I was, it never felt right with any guy, not just you. I don't know of anything right now, I'm still sorting through it myself, I do know this, I really like Holly and aside from all the crap going on right now, I'm happy" she sighed "Can't you just let me be happy without worrying about how it effects you?"
Nick looked at his feet then back to his ex "You really like her huh?"
Gail smiled at him "I don't think I've felt like this before with anyone"
He smiled back at her "I haven't seen that smile in years"
"It's her" the blonde said "She's... Well she's becoming everything"
"Look" he said "As you said, what I think doesn't matter, if your happy, I'm happy for you" he went to go.
"Nick" Gail said, he turned back "Thanks"
"No problem" he said and left.
Holly appeared at the door a few seconds later "I need you to come upstairs with me" she said seriously and left, heading upstairs.
The blonde sighed, she can understand why her girlfriend would be upset, if another one of the brunettes exes came in and wanted to talk to her then stay for the rest of the day, she would be pissed too. She quickly cleaned up the rest of the mess, grabbed their cups of tea and headed up after Holly. She found the brunette sitting on the bed, the bag Steve had bought in earlier sitting between her legs "Hol" Gail said "I'm sorry, he just... he wanted to talk, I just explained..."
"Gail" the brunette said interrupting "I don't care about Nick, it's my bed you'll be in tonight not his" she reassured her "Now, put those down then come and sit" she said patting the bed on her good side.
The blonde raised an eyebrow, put the cups on the bedside table and sat next to her girl "what is this?" She asked pointing at the bag.
"First things first, how's your chest?" Holly asked "I should check it"
"Really?" Gail asked with a smug grin, she started unbuttoning her shirt.
"Oh honey" the brunette said upon seeing the black and blue bruise blossoming above her breast with a sizeable lump under it, she picked up the cream she had sitting next to her, it was to help the bruise to come out. She put some on her hand and rubbed in to the tender skin, Gail sucked in a breath.
"It's sore" she whispered and grimaced as Holly put the cream on.
"How's your shoulder and back?" The doctor asked.
"Still sore" she answered softly, the blonde hated to admit it.
Holly pulled a bottle of pills from the gift bag "Take two of these, they only have codeine in it, it will help with pain and won't make you as loopy"
Gail took the bottle and did as she was told, she took two and sat it on the bedside table with their cups "So what else is in that bag of tricks?" she asked as she did up her shirt.
With her good arm, Holly placed the bag in front of the blonde "What is in there, is something for you, I asked Steve to pick it up for me"
Gail looked at the brunette, shocked "Holly" she glanced into the bag "Holly" she said again when she realised what it was, it was a brand new Playstation 4 "these only just came out, there really expensive, you shouldn't have done this"
"Well I guess I shouldn't have got these either" she said pulling the games and extra controllers out with her good hand.
The blonde smiled at her "You talked to Dov about the games didn't you?" She asked as she took them and sat them next to her. The brunette smiled and nodded "It's the only way you'd know the right games to buy"
"Do you like it?" Holly asked.
Gail very gently pushed the brunette down onto her back "I love it" she said straddling her across the hips, knowing it wouldn't hurt her "You really shouldn't have"
Holly ran her hand up the other woman's thigh then up under her breast "You shouldn't have bought me a TV but I accepted it"
The blonde grabbed her hand before it reached it's destination "I'll accept it, but you still shouldn't have" she said as she linked their hands, she looked down at the brunette "Should we do your shoulder exercises?" She asked.
Holly squeezed her hand "It's gonna hurt but yea we should"
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A few hours later, Gail, Nick and Duncan were playing a game, Holly was laying on the couch with her feet in Gail's lap, it was previously her head there, but a hit to the head with the controller had made her swap ends, she currently had her glasses on and was reading in a forensic journal. The phone on the wall rang, which shocked the group, Oliver and Celery weren't due until at least 7. Duncan dropped his controller to get the phone "Officer Peck" he called, Gail looked over "Your brothers coming up"
The blonde exited the game and stood, Holly looked at her from the other end of the couch, they both knew that if it was good news, Steve would just call. The brunette got up too, leaving the two men playing the game they both sat on stools waiting, Gail reached over and took Holly's hand, there was a knock at the door. The blonde reached over, letting the brunette go and opened it "Hey" she said as her brother came in, he put two bags of food and his briefcase on the bench.
"I thought you might want some food" he said, going to pull the food out.
"Steve" Gail said "what's wrong?"
He stopped and looked at her, he sighed "We found him" he pulled the file from his briefcase "in the boot of a car, seems his gang wasn't happy, there was that note on the body" he said pointing to the piece of paper in the file.
The note said 'We've taken care of it'
"So now we have no way of connecting them?" Gail asked looking up at him, handing him back the file
"Without his word, unless it went from her account to his, no" he sighed "We've got forensic accounts looking but were pretty sure it was a cash payment"
"Fuck" the blonde whispered.
"What about her ex?" Holly piped up.
"Well" he looked at his sister then back to her girlfriend "She came in and Traci talked to her, she will only agree to giving a statement if it is guaranteed she goes behind bars and she refuses to press charges" he shook his head "She has her so spooked, we explained that if she did press charges we would be able to keep her in but she still didn't want to do it"
Gail sighed "How did they know where I lived?"
"We figure he must have followed you" Steve said.
"So, we're back to square one?" The blonde asked, she reached out and took Holly's hand again "this is getting ridiculous"
"I know" the detective said "It's fucked up but right now, you're both safe"
"And we're stuck here" Gail said angrily.
"Gail" Steve said.
"Yea our own safety, I know that it..." She stood up, letting go of the brunettes hand "fuck this" she said and went up the stairs.
He went to follow her "Leave her" Holly said "She'll cool off"
"I'm sorry" Steve said "I can't change things, I just wanna keep you both safe"
"I know" the brunette said "She hates not being able to control things"
He pulled his phone out and checked the time "I need to get back"
Holly stood up "I'll take care of her, just keep at it, you'll work it out" she said patting his arm.
"Look after her" he said.
She nodded and walked up the stairs to find Gail sitting on the top step "Hey" she said.
"Hey" the blonde said back.
"It's not his fault"
"I know" Gail sighed "I'm..." She looked up at Holly "Sorry" she said, she stood and moved down the stairs "That wasn't fair to you"
"Gail"
The blonde pulled her into her arms "I should remember this isn't about me, I'm sorry"
Holly wrapped her arm around Gail, she smiled "I'm okay Hun, are you okay?"
The blonde moved her hands to her girlfriends face "You are amazing, this is..." She kissed her, unable to express herself with words.
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Once Gail had settled down, they ate and resumed playing games, well the blonde did, Holly went back to reading. At 7 Oliver and Celery arrived, Nick and Duncan left, the witch disappeared into the kitchen, determined to cook them something reasonably healthy. The TV was on a movie and the hurt couple was laying in their usual position on the couch. Oliver came over and sat on the other couch "How you feeling?" He asked the blonde.
Gail picked up Holly's hand "Considering what's going on, we're okay"
"I'm sorry we can't do more, Steve, Sam and Traci are working on this with every spare moment, something will come up, we'll get her"
"I know" the blonde said "It's just hard being stuck here" Gail said tugging Holly into her.
"Get it darlin I do"
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A/N - The face off is coming...