Cold Feet
Chapter 7: Too Little Too Late
Thanks to Bawbert, Lornz and Lauz for reviewing the last chapter! Will try and update again soon, I have more idea where this fic is going now...I think!
Please review! Luv Vikki xx.
Kerry and Cameron got a taxi home at eleven as they both had to work the next day. When they left the pub Kerry had noticed that neither Smithy or Hayley were still there and wondered if they had gone home together. She knew it was none of her business but she cared about Smithy, maybe just a little too much.
"Are you okay Kerry?" Cameron asked when they got in. He took her coat from her and hung it up.
"Yeah, just drank a little too much I think." She laughed, her mouth still bitter from the wine she had consumed.
Cameron smiled. "Did you have a good time tonight?" He asked, pulling her into his embrace.
Kerry relaxed into his strong arms and leant her head against his chest.
"Yeah I did. Thank you Cameron, it was really sweet of you." She replied.
Cameron let go of her and took her face in his hands, his lips moving towards hers. Kerry captured his lips with hers and kissed him slowly. Cameron moved his hands to her waist and Kerry put her arms around his neck, pulling him closer to her. She ran her hands through his hair, forgetting for a moment that her fingers would not work their way through Smithy's dark hair. Kerry was shocked at herself, she couldn't believe that she had thought Cameron was Smithy even for the briefest of moments. To ease the guilt she was feeling, Kerry pressed her lips harder against Cameron's, trying to get Smithy's face out of her mind. The sound of the phone ringing caused them to spring apart like guilty teenagers.
Cameron picked up the phone and Kerry could hear a torrent of words coming from the other end but she couldn't quick work them out. Something serious was going on by the look on Cameron's face.
"Kim, whoa slow down." Cameron said as soon as he could get a word in. "Emily? Is she okay?"
The panic and concern in his voice was obvious to Kerry.
"I'll be right over." Kerry heard him say before he ended the call. She looked at him, her face asking all the questions that her voice didn't.
"It's Emily, she's been taken ill. I think she's been in a accident or something." Cameron explained, whilst putting jacket on and looking for his mobile phone and keys. The telephone call had sobered him up. "I have to go, I'm sorry babe." He apologised, kissing Kerry on the cheek.
"Yeah, I understand." Kerry replied. "I hope she's okay."
Kerry sank down onto the sofa, there was no way to escape her thoughts of Smithy now.
'We shouldn't do this. We shouldn't be doing this.' Smithy's conscience was calling out to him but he ignored it. The alcohol coursing through his veins made sure of that. He fumbled around trying to find the key to his flat. He finally opened the door and he and Hayley stumbled inside. Smithy turned and pressed her against the wall, kissing her passionately. He was her sergeant and they had known each other a day. It was wrong. He knew that but it was the only way he knew of to get Kerry out of his mind. She was getting married to another man, that should provide him with all the closure he needed but it didn't. He needed her but he couldn't have her.
"We shouldn't do this." Smithy managed to get the words out but he didn't act upon them. Hayley smirked as he lead her down the hall to his bedroom, kicking the door shut after them.
All thoughts of Kerry were erased for now but he knew he'd have one hell of a hangover in the morning.
As soon as Andrea got back to her flat, she picked up the phone and dialled Neil's mobile number. She waited impatiently, tapping her foot against the carpet as she waited for him to answer. Just when she thought he was about to pick up the call was cut off. She tried again and then again but the same thing happened, the fourth time she tried she got straight through to Neil's answerphone.
"Hi Neil, it's me. I think something's up with your phone, unless you can't talk right now. I know I said I was busy tonight but I'm free now if you want to come over. I'll be waiting, wine's in the fridge. Call me back please. Bye."
Andrea put the phone down and went into the kitchen. She didn't actually feel like wine right now so she went to the sink and poured herself a tall glass of cold water. Her thoughts strayed to Matt, she wondered why she had kissed him back outside the pub. Then it clicked, Neil must have seen them and got the wrong idea. Andrea poured herself another glass of water and took two tablets from her handbag. She just hoped they would help to ease the headache that she could feel coming on, her guilt however wouldn't be cured so easily.
Kerry had fallen asleep on the sofa the previous night waiting for Cameron to come home but he still hadn't. She stretched out, her neck aching already. It was now that she regretted the amount of alcohol she had consumed the night before. Kerry scraped her hair back from her face and ran for the toilet, just reaching the bathroom in time. She retched into the toilet, feeling all of the strength drained from her, she pulled the flush and sunk down to the floor, resting her head in her hands. Eventually she managed to stand, filling a glass with water from the tap which soothed her burning throat. She went into the bedroom and took her diary out from her bedside drawer. That couldn't be right, could it? She couldn't be two weeks late for her period. Kerry had been on the pill ever since she and Cameron had got back together so this couldn't be right, could it?
If it was possible, Kerry actually felt worse now. She made herself a cup of coffee but she couldn't face eating anything. She climbed into the shower and quickly washed and dressed before heading out of the house and just making it to work on time. She still hadn't heard from Cameron and she was worried. As she changed into her uniform in the locker room, Kerry send Cameron a text message asking him if everything was okay with Emily.
"Someone looks like they had a good night." Honey Harman, joked walking into the locker room.
"The night was good, it's the morning that's not so great." Kerry replied. She loved Honey's bubbly personality and her enthusiasm but she wasn't in the mood for it right now. Maybe she'd be paired with someone like Reg today who would be fairly low maintenance.
Kerry ended up entering the briefing room at the same time as Smithy who held the door open for her.
"Are you alright PC Young? You look like you had one too many last night." He said, trying to keep things normal between them.
"Thanks serge. I think you're right there." She said before going to stand with Yvonne and Leela.
Smithy scanned the room, checking that everyone was there before Inspector Gold arrived to start the briefing. As he looked around his eyes met Hayley's dark ones. He looked away, the previous night had been a mistake but he had realised that just a little too late.
