I wanted to take this opportunity, as all the other chaps were pre-saved I forgot to thank my reviewers. But thanks to every one who read this and especially thanks to everyone who reviewed. I love you guys, Phoenix-Angelwolf, Emma, Bex, Stacey Ellen, Chicken and Samantha-Nixon. You all keep me writing, hope you don't mind this chap of the fic, but the idea of the fic was to see if it would work if Sam and Phil had a past together but everything that happened in the show was actually happening. You know like who whole deleted scene idea. Anyway, enjoy and please please please review! It reminds me to update.
Chapter 7
Fifteen years later: (originally Sam was the acting DI and Manson was brought in after her, well in this story it's the other way around.)
Sam walked across the car park of her new station, she was just clocking in for the day and she saw people heading out, just finishing their shifts. One of them caught her eye and she twisted so she could see him better. Her throat went dry as she recognised him as Phil Hunter. He was talking on the phone so he didn't notice her. Seeing another woman standing beside the building having a smoke Sam went over to say hi, "Hello, Samantha Nixon, the new DI" she smiled
"Gina Gold, Inspector" the woman shook her hand. Sam turned to survey the carpark, "Who's that?" she asked pointing towards Phil.
"That's Phil Hunter, I'm glad you're the one who has to put up with him and not me, he stuffed up one of my obbo's today and he's going to be scrubbing toilets for the next week if I have my way"
"He's yours, what did he do?"
Gina grinned, she was going to like this woman, especially if she let her make Phil scrub toilets, "he alerted the punter to our presence by forgetting to turn his mobile off, apparently he's having marriage troubles"
"He's married?" Sam exclaimed surprised, "Who to?"
"Why, you interested?" Gina grinned
Sam smiled back, rolling her eyes, she had developed hiding her feelings to an art form and was really good at it now, the profiling course had really helped. "I don't think so. One, inter-office relationships are always messy, especially when one is a superior and extra especially if it's the woman. Two, he's married and I make it a policy not to date guy on the rebound or married men and three, he really doesn't look like my type. I like them a bit more intelligent"
Gina chuckled, "You've got him down pat you do, you take a profiling course or summat?"
"Yeah, I did actually" Sam admitted.
"Ah, your doubly useful then, welcome aboard"
"Thanks"
The rest of that day Sam spent assimilating to her surroundings, she met the rest of the members of her team, DS Debbie McAllister, DC Ken Drummond, DC Jim Carver, DC Eva Sharpe, DC Mickey Webb, DS Neil Manson, DS Ramani DeCosta and DC Terry Perkins. Her DCI, Jack Meadows seemed really nice and she was sure she'd get along with him really well. She worked a case with Suzie Sim that day and got a feel for her style, she had been in CPT before her placement there, and she reminded Sam of her self, an aspiring young officer, wanting to climb the MET's ladder. She was desperate to get a job as DS but she was too addicted to the rules, she wasn't willing to bend them to get a result. Sam went home happy that she had a great new job, when she opened the door Abi bounded out of the kitchen grinning, "So, how was it?"
Sam raised eyebrow, "Have you been getting into the sugar?" she asked.
"No, I just got a call from Max, he says that he's having a great time in Indonesia and he says to say hi and give you this" Abi put her hands on her mum's shoulder and kissed her cheek. Sam giggled rolling her eyes, "You're too much, the both of you." During the years since Abi's birth Sam had lived with Max until Abi was five when she'd got her own place. But they still remained as close as a brother and sister could be, Sam owed so much to Max and she wasn't going to forget it. Early on, some people had mistaken them for a couple and the two of them had just cracked up laughing.
"So, did you have a good time at work?"
"Yeah, it was great" Sam answered evasively, she was thinking about Phil again, her mind had kept wandering back to him all day and one question kept repeating itself. Who was his wife? Sam hoped to god it wasn't Cindy.
"What aren't you telling me?" Abi asked. That was the problem with being so close, Abi could always read her like a book.
"I-erm…I ran into your father today, he's working at the same station I am, he's a DS there" Sam admitted.
Abi's eyes widened, "You're kidding?" she exclaimed.
Sam shook her head, "I can talk to him, if you want…you know, to meet him and that" she offered.
"This is the guy you saw kissing some other girl the day you were meant to be running away together right?" Sam nodded, "Then no, I want nothing to do with him" Abi answered stoutly, Sam breathed a sigh of relief, she decided that the best course of action would be to treat Phil like any other officer, pretend she didn't know him at all and if he wanted to bring something up he could.