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Alex blinked hesitantly, as the pain she had once forgotten suddenly surged through her body causing her to gasp in pain. She was feeling again, she was living - she was alive. A sharp pain stung her cheek as she turned her head to face the figure standing there, Alex's face suddenly lit up, she was beaming, a huge smile formed on her face as she saw none other than Gene Hunt standing there. He looked down at her with a surprised expression on his face, he looked as shocked as she felt, Alex's cheek was still stinging she could have sworn Gene had hit her right across the face.

'Don't know why you're looking so happy Bolls.' He placed a pile of her clothes on top of her, causing her to squirm in pain. 'They think I shot yer Alex - well I did shoot yer but it was an accident.' He shuffled nervously, Alex had never seen him like this. 'Right get your knickers on, you're off to clear my name.' Alex half smiled back at him.

She began to pick her clothes up and dress herself, she felt great being back. Just hearing the sound of Gene's voice made her happy, seeing his big blue piercing eyes looking at her made her stomach flutter, she was in love with Gene Hunt she must have been mad, but she knew that nothing could ever happen between the two of them because it would affect their professional relationship. Alex began to put her boots on when she thought of Molly, her baby girl. She had left Molly with Evan, with no mother to look after her, Alex knew full well what that felt like after her parents were tragically taken away from her when she was young, now Alex was inflicting the same pain on Molly, but this was different, she had done it purposely. She had chosen a man over her child, she had been so selfish, just thinking about herself and not how much it would affect the people around her. Then again if she had chosen to stay in 2008 with Molly, she would have probably felt guilty about leaving Gene being labelled a murderer. Alex stood up slowly as she felt her stitches tug a little, but she was glad that she could feel again because that meant that she was alive. Gene re-entered the room as Alex had finally made herself decent, and out of nowhere Alex flung her arms around Gene and pulled him into a close embrace. To Alex's surprise Gene returned the embrace for a couple of seconds but then went back to his ways and shoved her off of him.

'Bloody 'ell Bolls, if I had known you were going ter be so nice I'd have shot yer a lot sooner.' He joked as they walked down the corridors of the hospital, Alex felt as though it had been years since she had spoken to Gene, and she realised that she had fallen for Gene so hard that she had to tell him how she felt one way or another despite the impacts that it may have on their professional lives.

As Gene and Alex made their way through the doors of CID everyone gasped in astonishment, they couldn't believe their eyes, there in front of them stood their DCI who wasn't meant to step foot in the place and their DI who was supposedly in a coma after being shot by the DCI who she was now arm in arm with. Gene approached his office where he was met by a picture of Ray on the door, he ripped it off the door and screwed it up as Ray made his way out. Gene looked Ray up and down in disgust. He was wearing a suit, Ray was in a suit. Ray shifted pass Gene swiftly not wanting to get a bollocking from him for moving into his office.

'Ray if you come in here dressed like a maths teacher again I will paint your balls the colour of hazelnuts and inform a bag of squirrels that winter's coming.' Gene looked at him once more before entering his office and pouring himself a scotch.

'But he-' Ray just shook his head, he was getting on fine without the Guv but Gene couldn't even thank him or say well done.

Shazz quickly made her way over to Alex and enveloped her in a big hug, they had both missed each other tremendously, it was hard for Shazz being left as the only woman on the team, she was capable of so much but she was used to make coffee and tea for men on the team. As for Alex, in 2008 she had hardly and friends and she certainly had none in the force, it was hard for her being singled out, she really needed a friend and Shazz was someone who was always there for her no matter how mad she thought she may be.

Alex knocked on Gene's office door before entering, something that she never did. She sat herself on the edge of the desk as Gene poured her a drink and clinked their glasses together before taking a sip.

'Looks like you've learnt some manners while being in a coma, don't know why I didn't think of shooting yer before.' Alex tried to stop the smile from appearing on her face.

'I missed you Gene.' She said seriously, they looked into each others eyes. He could never understand how much she missed him, even if it had only been a matter of weeks.

'I missed you to Bolly.' He took a sip of his scotch not breaking the eye contact.

'You may be an arrogant, sexist pig a lot of the time, but deep down you care about your team, a lot more than you let on. You may act like the scary Manc lion but I know there's a soft side there. You came to visit me in hospital and the side I saw to you there, I have never seen before, you were scared that I wouldn't wake up and you'd be left looking like a murderer. You have this big macho act but really you care about everyone around you, including me.' Their faces were close as Alex spoke quietly to him, neither of them breaking the eye contact.

'The Gene Genie doesn't do scared Bolls-' Gene was just about to confess to caring about her when Ray came barging in like a bull in a china shop through the office door.

Ray knew right away that he had ruined one of their 'moments' everyone could see that they both fancied each other but neither one of them would admit it, so the rest of CID were left to watch them flirt constantly.

'Bloody 'ell Ray, don't you know how to knock.' Gene had quickly pulled himself away from Alex, not wanting Ray to get any ideas.

'It's important Guv.'

'Well what is it Ray?' Alex said impatiently.

'While you two were away we received a report from Fenchurch West that two of their top solicitors had been murdered in two weeks.' He explained.

'Well this isn't our case Ray, this is up to Fenchurch West to solve.'Alex answered

'She's right Ray, this has nothing to do with us.' Gene agreed with Alex, this case had no link to them.

'I think you'll change your mind once you hear who's been murdered, Alex.' Alex looked at Ray questioningly.

'Come on Ray, the suspense is killing me.' Gene replied sarcastically, he had no idea how Ray had made DI.

'None other than your friend Evan White.' He said while looking over to Alex, who just gasped in confusion.

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