''OK, eye spy with my little eye something beginning with -''
'Oh you can't be serious!'
'What?!'
Andrea looked over at Rebecca with raised eye brows. They were stuck in the van on tallow street, three weeks after there return from Scotland, they were helping CID out with a smuggling operation. She along with Honey, Tony, Yvonne and Steve were waiting for, well they weren't really sure. CID had the control on this one they were just there for back up. They had been stuck in the van for over twenty minuets and now Bex was getting annoying.
'Do you think, that it is possible for you not to be your self for five minuets.' Andrea said, while the overs smiled at them, 'So you could give us some peace, for FIVE minuets?'
'Yeah but I'm bored.' she said as Andrea yet out a sigh of announce.
'Well find a way to entertain yourself.' Yvonne suggested.
There was silence, and then a whistling sound filled the van as Becky started to whistle making everyone moan.
'I am gonna slap you in a minute,' Andrea said half heatedly but with a smile on her face.
'You love me really.' she said with a cheesy grin,' as Andrea went to hit her and the two ended up in a little play role, as they others laughed the radio's came into life.
'... Got any word from TIU yet Suzie?' Neil's voice floated across the PR.
'I've got them on the phone now, trying to get some sense out of them.' Suzie replied, there was silence for a minute before Neil was back on.
'Sam from DI Manson were are you?'
'Gov I'm sorry, the suspect we were following went threw a red light, had a near miss actually, but we've lost her, last seen south east on Handset Rd.' Sam replied.
'DI Manson from DC Sim, Gov TIU have triangled the signal from South Rd. four hundred meter radar on York Rd SE1.'
There was silence before it seemed to click. They herd the go
'All CID and Uniform units from DI Manson, it's Waterloo Station! Waterloo station!' he repeated as Tony slammed on the gears. Waterloo was buzzing with morning travelers, when Andrea, Bex, and Steve entered the station in plan cloth's, Tony and Yvonne behind them in uniform. They spotted Sam ahead and walked forwards towards her as they came closer, Neil and Phil appeared on her left and Suzie on her right.
'If he's on a train inland then were screwed.' Neil said as together they all looked up towards the departing board.
'It has to be the Euro star and it's gonna narrow down are search area, look Euro start to Brussels in six minuets.' she said pointing up at the departure board.
'Alright lets do it.' Neil indicated to uniform. As they all began to run.
'I'm gonna talk to the transport police.' Sam called as she and Suzie disappeared.
Together they made there way towards the escalator. Phil and Steve, Neil and Andrea, Yvonne, Becky, Honey and Tony all ran down the moving star way. They each flashed there warrant cards as they approached a guard at the platform entrance, who nodded. Dodging the patients as they passed they made there way up the long palatium.
'Phil! Andrea! Get on the train!' Neil shouted, Andrea entered the by the nearest door while Phil went on ahead, and entered by the second. Walking up and down the carriages, looking at each seat as she did, trying to recognize a face, none came. As she reached the middle of the third carriage Phil appeared in front of her.
'Anything?' he asked.
'No.' she said shaking her head.
'Great.' he let out a sigh of announce, and looked around, heading back up the carriage he had come, Andrea behind him, Phil start opening the sliding doors which lead to the toilets as he walked, when he suddenly stopped and Andrea walked into the back of him. As he did a double take he opened up, a door he had just looked in and there stood Michael Asam, wanted for smuggling and the guy they were after.
'Well at least your mum told you to wash your hands.' Phil said smiling, Andrea rolled her eyes. 'I'm DS Hunter, this is PC Dunbar.' he flashed his warrant card. 'Your nicked.' he placed his warrant card back in his pocket and took a hold of Asam arm.
'Didn't your mum teach you to knock.' he said, as Andrea hide her smile from Phil.
'Hay that's good.' he said sarcastically, leading him of the train. On the platform, Neil could be seen talking to the conductor along with Tony.
'Gov.' Phil called, as the the three looked in there direction, Neil thanked the conductor, and together they ascoted Asam of the platform.
'Yours was the chicken, right.' Andrea said tuning to look at Neil who was int eh middle of opening a bottle of wine.
'Yeah.' he said taking the take out container from her and sticking it in the bin. As Andrea finished placing there meals on the plates he poured out two glasses and walked over to her. 'Here.' he said placing a glass down next to her and placing an arm around her waist and kissing her on the check. Which slowly started to turn more longingly.
They were just getting to the point were the meal was to be forgotten, when the beeping of a phone interrupted the intermancy. Reluctantly, Neil pulled away, Andrea still with her arms around his waist she new who it was, before he had even taken his phone out of his back pocket, he looked from the screen up to Andrea, face expression changing she new that look.
'Your not gonna like this.' he began and she let out a sigh.
'Neil.' she began in a 'you can't do this again' voice.
'Look I'm sorry, I promise I'll make it up to you' he began, taking a little fast, trying to get her to understand.
'Hum, I thought that's what tonight was about, you no ''making it up''' she said, disappointment clearly heard in her voice.
'I know, I'm sorry' she looked at him, as he kissed her softly, 'I'll call you latter' he said as he slowly released himself from her grasp and walking backwards towards the door only letting go of her hand when it wouldn't stretch any futher. Once the banging of her front door echoed around her, she looked down at the two plats of food, which now lay in front of her picking them both up, she headed for the living room, placing one meal complete with plat in the bin, as she headed for her only source of evening company, the television.
With both the shower switched on and the radio blasting she never herd her front door close. Turning of the shower she stepped out of the steamy bathroom draped in a towel and walked into her bedroom, were she got the fright of hr life.
'Neil!'
she jumped back in such a shock to find him sitting on her bed, shirt and tie removed.
'You nearly gave me a heart attack, do you get a kick out of taking ten years of my life, what are you doing back here anyway.' she said all at once.
'Shut up and come here.' he said softly taking her hand and pulling her on top of him, to make love.
A few days latter, Neil sat in his office, as he finished writing on the envelope, he propped it up against the small gift bag on his desk. He say back in his chair smiling to himself when a sudden knock at the door interrupted his train of thought, grabbing the bag he quickly shoved it in his desk draw as the office door opened, and Ken appeared.
'Gov, the DCI'S waiting in his office.'
'Right he said standing up quickly, trying not to look guilty and followed his DC closing the door behind him.
As Phil, reached the last few steps, he notice a medium built woman, with black curly hair standing in reception although she had her back to him, he recognized her all the same.
'Pippa.' he said as he buzzed in and came face to face with Phillippa Manson. ''What you doing here?' he asked as he pressed a kiss on her check.
'Eh I had to pick up some notes for the Calson case next week.' she said showing him a green file.
'The housing estate guy, who was living on the coal lane?'
'That's the one, he was caught taking money from his company, he'd been doing it for over three years and in that time he had stolen over seven million.' she informed him.
'How people can live.' Phil said more to himself, then Pippa, who smiled. 'So what you still doing here.'
'I though I'd go and see Neil. He's been acting a little weird lately, I though I'd see if he's OK.'
Phil looked away from her as Ken and Terry, buzzed into the main office and was heading for the main doors, with a few of uniform.
'Ken.'' Phil called causing him to stop, midway out of the door. 'Do you no were the DI is?'
'He's in with the DCI at the minuet.'' he said before disappearing with Terry.
'Well You can wait in his office for him, but I don't no how long he will be.' Phil said turning back to Pippa.
'Thanks Phil.' she said smiling, as Phil lead her up to CID. He left her along in his office. Not nosing how long he would be she took to wondering around, as she past his desk chair she saw the framed photo oh her self and her son on his, desk it was then that something caught her attention, a card, in his hand. She picked it up and turned it over on the front, but name on the front wasn't addressed to her. It was addressed to Andrea.
