Sorry once again for the delay in updates I have been so busy moving and peparing for uni life I hope you enjoy the final chapter of this little fic! :)


Just as they expected Strickland and Grace were waiting outside their dressing room along with a happy looking Brian and Esther.

"Well done, you were fantastic" Brain said putting his thumbs up and grinning as wide as the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland.

"Yes, you were most convincing as a couple" Esther Lane added.

Clearly Strickland and Grace did not agree as they just glared from Brian to Sandra to Gerry.

"Care to explain in more detail what exactly you are doing here" their DAC said sternly.

"No, it's out of office hours and nothing to do with you, sir" Sandra bluntly responded.

"It's okay" Gerry said putting his hands on Sandra's shoulders for a millisecond before instantly removing them once he had received 'the look of death' by Grace. "Look it is all my doing, I dragged Sandra into this little scheme as I was strapped for cash, she didn't really have much of an option as I forced her into a corner, blame me not her, I am sorry sir".

For a while nobody said anything.

"Thank you for your honesty Gerry but you do realise that you could have jeopardised the unit as a whole."

Gerry didn't really see it at all but he knew it was a rhetorical question "Yes I do sir, I am sorry".

"Good then let that be a lesson to you all, we will say no more about this" Strickland said slowly turning his back on them.

"Thank you Sir" Sandra uttered in an almost apologetic tone of voice.

"Yeah, cheers Sir" Gerry said upbeat for once in his life he could not be bothered to let the likes of Robert Strickland wind him up.

"Mother, wait here and I will give you a lift home" Sandra said thinking it might be for the best if she tried and made amends with her mum.

"It's quite alright Sandra, the kind people here have arranged to take me home, speak to you soon" her mother said coldly as she knew as much as her daughter may try a make an effort it never felt sincere.

Now there was just the four of them left standing outside the dressing room marked "Mr and Mrs Standing".

"Thank you so much for inviting us, it's been nice for Brian to take me out for once" Esther said kissing the 'couple' on the cheeks.

"Not at all thank you for coming" Gerry said returning the gesture to Esther and shaking Brian's hand.

It didn't take Gerry and Sandra long to get changed back into their own clothing, though Sandra was made up when she was told that she could keep the dress if she wanted to. This time her and Gerry were not bickering and Gerry automatically turned round when Sandra changed out of her dress, she put it down to being a long day.

"Gerry, thank you" she said pulling her coat over her right arm.

"What for"

"What you said to Strickland, and being a great pretend husband again".

Gerry smiled, he knew she had enjoyed herself but had a feeling that if he was to confront her on this that she would deny it. After thinking hard about what to say in reply to it he came up with the perfect response; "Well seen as things happen in threes I think the next time we get married will have to be the real one" he winked at her after saying this.

Sandra giggled though she wasn't sure if he was joking or actually proposing again, she assumed it wasn't the latter; "Well if that is the case it will take more than a West End show, fine dining and a stint on live television to make me say yes." She winked back.

Their giggles where interrupted by Lucy knocking on the door before entering.

"Sorry to bother you Mr and Mrs Standing the producer asked me to give you a copy of today's show" she said sweetly handing the DVD to Gerry.

"Thank you very much" he said smiling.

"Not at all, thank you so much for coming on the show, it was lovely to meet you both"

"You too, thank you for everything" Sandra added waving her off as they all left the room.

Being the gentleman Gerry claimed he was he opened the door of the black London cab for Sandra. "What do you say we get in get a nice bottle of wine some popcorn and watch it back" he asked clambering in the taxi after Sandra.

"Oh Gerry I hate watching myself, no"

"Come on Sandra it will be a laugh" he pleaded.

"Fine, fine as long as we get salted popcorn" she bartered.

"I didn't think you were the sweet kind anyway" he joked before receiving a hard slap to his upper arm.


THE END!

Thank you so much for waiting for me to get this story finished and thank you so much for your reviews they mean a lot!

Lots of love Gee :) xxx