I love you.

Authors note: Happy New Year everyone! I hope everyone had a great Christmas! This chapter is split into three parts:three different episodes. Sorry for the delay but I hope you guys all enjoy this and PLEASE leave a review :)

Good Cop

"Oh my god." Hailey whispers as Spike enters the apartment, returning home from work.

"Hails, I'm fine. I promise."

"That." Hailey says pointing at the wounds on Spikes face. "Is not fine."

"I'm ok, it doesn't hurt anymore, everything's fine." Spike insists, wrapping his arms around Hailey and hugging her to him.

"Are you sure?" Hailey mumbles into his chest making him chuckle.

"I'm sure." He replies, holding her at arms length.

"What happened? Was Ed there? 'Cause Soph came around earlier."

"Yeah, Ed came along, he thought it was just going to be a quick job and that he'd get home quickly." Spike says, leading Hailey into the living room, ignoring her question about what had happened, he didn't want to upset her.

"Oh. Well Soph was talking to me about starting her own catering business today." Hailey says, curling up next to Spike and swiftly changing the subject, not really wanting to know exactly what had happened to Spike, all that mattered to her was that he, and the rest of the team, were safe now.

"Yeah, I heard about that." Spike comments, running his hand gently down her arm. "Did you have a good day?"

"Yeah. I took some really cute pictures of Izzy, you wanna see?"

"Yeah, of course." Hailey pushes herself off the sofa to grab her camera. "She's adorable." Spike says, scrolling through the pictures, and Hailey nods distractedly. "What's up? You're not still worried about me are you?"

"No. Well, yes, of course I am but that's not it. It's nothing."

"Of course it's something. I can tell something's not right Hails."

"Do you...uh...do you want kids?"

"Hailey...is there..." Spike asks, trailing off.

"No! No, no I'm not pregnant and I don't mean now or you know...with me or anything...just..." Spike cuts her off with a kiss.

"You know you look cute when you ramble." He says, smiling at her as she blushes.

"Stop. I do not." She says, hiding her face in his neck.

"Hey, look at me hails." Spike says, gently tilting her head up. "Maybe, sometime in the future, we'll talk more about having kids, if that's what you want?"

"But do you want kids?" Hailey insists

"With you..." Spike says, pausing before answering. "Yes."

"Ok." Hailey says, trying to hide her grin.

"Cool." He says, pulling her back into his arms. "I love you." He whispers into the top of her head which snaps up quickly as she looks him in the eye and grins.

"I love you too." She says, kissing him quickly, yet passionately.

The better man

"Hey you." Hailey greets Spike as she walks into her, well, now their, apartment. She had recently asked Spike to move in with her, meaning he spent very little time at his parents house any more. Hailey walks over to him and wraps her arms around his waist, looking up at him, noticing how the usual sparkle in his eyes was missing. "What's wrong?" She asks, pulling back slightly.

"Did you know?" Spike asks vaguely.

"Know what?" Hailey asks, stepping back and stuffing her hands in her pockets.

"About Wordy." Spike clarifies. Hailey frowns and crosses her arms over her chest, running one hand through her hair and gnawing gently on her bottom lip, both nervous habits of hers.

"What about Wordy?" She asks, her heartbeat speeding up. "Mike. What's going on? You're scaring me." Spike, realising Hailey really didn't know what was going on and was on the verge of panicking, steps forward, taking her into his arms, tangling one hand in her hair and rubbing soothing circles in her backs with the other. Hailey sighs, listening to Spike's heartbeat.

"I'm sorry babe, I didn't mean to scare you."

"What's wrong with Kevin? Is he ok? Shelley? The girls?" Hailey mutters quietly, as if scared to hear the answer.

"He's got Parkinson's." Spike says, holding Hailey tighter, hearing her sharp intake of breath. "He's ok. He's uh...he's leaving the team."

"Oh god. Mike. I...I have to ring Shelley." She says, turning and trying to move out of Spike's arms, but he wraps his arms around her waist as she tries to do so, holding her in place.

"Not right now sweetheart, ok? Later." Hailey nods, letting her head fall back on to Spikes chest, intertwining their hands that rest just below her belly button. "Ti amo." He whispers into her ear, kissing her on the cheek.

"Ti amo." She whispers quietly in reply.

A day in the life

"Edward!" Hailey shouts across the SRU car park, successfully gaining the attention of Ed, who turns and smiles at her.

"Hailey!" He calls back in the same tone, wrapping an arm around her shoulder as she catches up with him. "What are you doing here?"

"Well Spike said you guys had the new rookie joining you today and I stopped by the bakery this morning and saw some amazing looking cookies and thought I'd bring them along." She explains.

"And it wasn't that you just wanted to come and make sure we're all ok?" Ed clarifies, able to read Hailey like a book after all the years of knowing her.

"Maybe...I just worry, you know."

"I know hails, but there's no need to ok? We've all got each other's back."

"I know." Hailey says as they arrive by the front desk where Winnie is sat.

"Hey Spike! Your girlfriend's here!" Ed calls, taking one of the cookies from the box Hailey is holding and wandering off as Spike jogs over to Hailey.

"Hey!" He says, pressing a kiss to Hailey's lips.

"That's Spikes girlfriend?" Raf whispers to Sam who nods.

"Yeah, why?" He asks as they head over to where the rest of the team were stood with Hailey.

"It's just that Ed has his arm around her when they walked in here from the car park." Raf explains, clearly confused.

Sam chuckles and replies, "That's 'cause Hailey is Ed's sister in law, he's married to Hailey's older sister, Sophie."

"Ah...ok."

"Hailey, I'd like you to meet our new recruit, Raf." Greg says, introducing Raf to Hailey.

"Hi, it's nice to meet you." Hailey says, holding her hand out for Raf to shake.

"Yeah, nice to meet you too." He says.

"Raf's singing in a club tonight, for valentines day, you wanna join us Hails?" Jules asks as Hailey swats Ed's hand away as he tries to grab another cookie. "That is if you and Spike aren't doing anything?" Hailey turns to Spike, silently asking him if he had anything planned.

"Well, I did plan something but it's not actually until tomorrow so we can go tonight, if you want to?" Spike asks and Hailey nods, grinning.

*That evening*

"Hey you." Spike says as Hailey takes a seat beside him in the bar, leaning down to kiss her.

"Ugh, get a room!" Sam says, earning a glare from Spike and a blush from Hailey.

"Ignore him Hails, this is your first valentines day together so we don't care. Right Sam?" Jules says, fake glaring at Sam until he nods his head.

"It's ok, we're not big on PDA anyway." Hailey says whilst intertwining her and Spike's fingers. They all fall into comfortable silence as Raf starts to sing, Hailey resting her head on Spike's shoulder. "I love you." She whispers to him, lifting her head up slightly so her mouth is closer to his ear.

"I love you too bella." He whispers back, pressing a kiss to her temple as she lays her head back on his shoulder.

AN: So? What did you guys think?

Translations: Ti amo - I love you, Bella - beautiful (I think these are right, hopefully they are :))

The next chapter will include: Shockwave, Hailey, Jules and Sophie's girls day out and Spike and Hailey's valentines day date.