The following two days, Thursday and Friday went surprisingly quick. Sergeant Dale Smith had rung in sick on both days so the uniformed officers had been told to report to Inspector Gold if they had any problems. Since she'd shared the kiss with Smithy, Rebecca hadn't spoken to him so was quite disappointed he wasn't in work and even doubted if he was actually sick. While on REFS on the Friday, Rebecca invited everyone to meet up for a few drinks after work so she could get to know her colleagues better and, of course, most of them accepted the invite.

"Okay what does everyone want? First rounds on me!" Rebecca shouted to her colleagues as they all entered the noisy and rather busy Canley Arms pub.

As the girls helped Rebecca carry the drinks, the boys pulled some tables together so there were enough seats for the whole group. Fifteen minutes later, the drinks were flowing and a lot of laughter was heard as the group of off-duty officers chatted away. Rebecca was enjoying getting to know her colleagues better but there was something on her mind. Rebecca needed to find out something but she needed to be subtle about it. So, while one chat topic ended, she took her chance to start a new one.

"So guys, is there anyone else at the station I've not met yet?" she asked anyone who was listening.

Most of the officers shook their heads but Yvonne, Honey and Tony all glanced at each other before looking at Gina Gold who was sitting across the table. Gina noticed the six pairs of eyes staring at her and asked what was wrong? Tony was the one who replied saying

"There's only one person that Rebecca's yet to meet, I think you should warn her ahead"

Gina knew exactly who he was talking about and was unaware that Rebecca knew too. The inspector took a deep breath and leaned in towards Rebecca.

"There is...one certain officer who's on holiday at the moment but he's back on Monday morning. That person is PC Gabriel Kent. He's...well, sometimes he can be a bit...strange"

Strange? Rebecca thought. That was well and truly an understatement but she didn't let on she knew who he was. Instead, she smiled and sarcastically replied

"Strange? Great. Cant' wait to meet him! Same again everyone?" before getting up and heading to the bar, followed closely by Cameron. Rebecca ordered in the drinks and turned to face Cameron who looked at her sympathetically.

"You alright?"

Rebecca nodded but didn't do a good job at convincing Cameron, who leaned into her and spoke

"You're gonna be okay Bec, I promise. Nothing bad is gonna happen cos I'm here for you okay?"

They hugged and Cameron took some of the drinks to take over to the table. Rebecca picked up the rest of the drinks and for a moment, she just watched her group of slightly drunk colleagues chatting away. They were all such great fun to be with both inside and outside of work, which would make it more difficult for her to tell them the truth. The one thing worse was that she didn't really know how to feel about the news Gina had just told her, about PC Gabriel Kent being back in work on Monday. Rebecca was feeling quite anxious and nervous because she knew what he was like. However, she'd been waiting for this moment for months so came to the conclusion that Monday morning was going to be a very interesting day.

Monday morning finally arrived and the uniformed officers were piling into the briefing room for their morning briefing. Rebecca walked into the room laughing away with Honey but fell silent as she spotted Sergeant Smith standing at the front of the room looking at her. Taking a seat next to Yvonne, the young PC purposely avoided looking at her Sergeant. Before long, Inspector Gold was calling out the day's pairings.

"PC Hemmingway you're with PC Tait. PC Casper with PC Harman. PC Best & PC Klein. PC Stamp & PC Hollis and lastly PC Jones & PC"
Knock Knock

"Sorry I'm late Marm!"

If you listened carefully, you could hear tuts and sighs within the room as the officers watched the brown haired PC walk into the room, close the door and stand against the wall.

"Ah good timing! PC Jones, there is your colleague for the day, this, is PC Kent"

Cameron's eyes shot at Rebecca as she turned around anxiously to look at her colleague. As she did, he put out his hand, smiled and introduced himself.

"Hi there sweetheart, the names Gabriel. You know, like the angel"

Angel? Rebecca thought. Yeah an angel with an evil black heart! As everyone was watching, Rebecca reluctantly shook his hand before turning back around to face Inspector Gold but as she did, the PC couldn't help notice the look that her Sergeant was giving Gabriel. The look of pure hatred. Then again, that didn't surprise her. As the Inspector continued to talk, Rebecca felt her eyes fill up with tears so, shutting them, she lowered her head. Everything was telling the young police officer to just run out of the room but she wasn't prepared to blow the whole thing. After all, there was a very good reason she was sitting in that briefing room. A few seconds later, Rebecca felt someone staring at her and looking up from the floor, she locked eyes with Sergeant Smith. His hard Sergeant eyes soon turned into soft caring ones as he noticed Rebecca wiping some tears from her cheeks.

"Right everyone, off you go!" Inspector Gold called out.

Everyone stood up and started filing out of the briefing room but Sergeant Smith called out Rebecca's name so loud that he made her jump. He asked if they could talk and told Gabriel to go into the yard to wait for her. In silence, Smithy led Rebecca up the corridor towards his office, opened the door, followed her inside and closed the door behind him. Rebecca stood against the wall and with folded arms, Smithy stood in front of her.

"Bec, is everything alright? It's just, I noticed you crying in the briefing?"

Rebecca looked at the floor and Smithy placed his hand onto her shoulder.

"Hey, you can talk to me. The other day, you told me there was something you wanted to tell me, but it wasn't the right time. Is this about the same thing?"

Rebecca looked up at her Sergeant and for the second time that morning, locked eyes with him. As she did, Rebecca realised what Kerry had saw in him. He was so lovely, caring and very handsome.

"Sort of. I've just, got a lot going on at the moment Serge"

Smithy nodded and asked

"And, it's still not the right time to tell me the thing you wanted to tell me?"

Rebecca shook her head. Smithy seemed so trustworthy and she thought it wouldn't harm if he knew. So, she took a very deep breath and looked into the young Sergeant's eyes.

"Umm, it's just...there are things I know, things that will mean big changes for a few people here. One person in particular"

For a split second, Smithy had a feeling of déjà vu but looked softly into Rebecca's bright blue eyes and asked

"Who?"

Just as Rebecca was about to confess, there was a loud manly knock on the door and, without waiting for permission, Gabriel Kent opened the door. Both Smithy and Rebecca turned to face him.

"PC Kent, I thought I told you to wait in the back yard for Be...PC Jones? Forget where it is did you?" Smithy spat angrily.

Gabriel raised his eyebrow and with a slight grin on his face, replied

"Sorry Serge, I thought our new PC might have got herself lost, but I can see your keeping your eye on her. Are you ready, sweetheart?"

Rebecca cringed but looked at Smithy and asked

"Serge is it possible I could make a quick phone call before we head out? It's important"

Smithy nodded and watched on as Rebecca turned her attention to Gabriel.

"I'll make my phone call then I'll be ready. Meet me out the yard in 5 yeah?"

Gabriel nodded and as he walked away,Smithy noticed the anxious look on Rebecca's face. She left the office and made her way towards the locker room to make her phone call. Smithy quickly realised that Gabriel was possibly the one Rebecca had information on, but didn't know how or what exactly it was so, he followed her towards the locker room and listened through the gap in the door as she spoke on the phone.

"Hey, it's me. Yeah, he's here, I've been paired with him. Don't worry, I'll be careful and keep you updated. Bye"

Rebecca shut her locker and, luckily for Smithy, left through the other door in the room. Smithy didn't know what to do but was now convinced it was Gabriel she had information on. As he thought some more, Smithy remembered she'd also known Kerry. Maybe it was connected to her? Confused, Smithy raced out into the back yard to try and catch Rebecca before she left with Gabriel. They were both getting into the patrol car by the time Smithy reached the yard and watched them.

"Come on then, PC Jones" Gabriel called as he sat in the passenger seat and pulled the door shut.

Taking a deep breath, Rebecca mumbled

"Come on then, Kent!"

As she opened the door to get in, Rebecca spotted Smithy standing at the top of the ramp but got into the driver's seat and shut the door. Once in the car, she turned to glance at her passenger, who flashed a smile at her. Turning her attention to the road, Rebecca sighed and muttered

"It's going to be one very long day!"