After finishing her shower in the morning, Shannon got dressed and slowly walked out into the kitchen to where Lawson placed a cup of coffee and a couple of slices of toast on the table for her to consume. Taking her seat next to him she squeezes his hand gratefully before taking a bite out of her toast.
Sitting there drinking his second cup of coffee having already had breakfast, he looks at her with concern and sits there trying to work out whether or not he should voice his concern.
Reading his mind after having noticed the look on her voice, Shannon has the last bit of her toast and a sip of her coffee before she asks "You worried about me going into base today aren't you?"
Smiling at the fact that she knows him so well, he says "Yeah, I just don't want you to overdo it, you just got released from hospital yesterday, and we could have lost you, I just would rather you stay home today."
"Well Kerry said she was going to help me start packing things at home during her lunch break, just so we can make it easier to move in to here when I am ready." Shannon says.
"I don't think that is such a good idea." He says.
"Don't worry Lawson, all I will do today is watch you guys out on the road with Leon, no doubt Leon will show me some funny stuff on his computer, have some lunch, then Kerry will do most of the packing while I supervise and do the light stuff, and then back at base to wait for you guys to get back, depending how tired and sore I am feeling maybe we can go to the pub with the others and have dinner with them." Shannon says giving him a kiss before getting up to do her dishes.
"You just be bloody careful today, okay." Lawson says.
"Promise Lawson, now let's get going." She says eager to see everybody.
…...
Walking into the change rooms and finding it empty, Shannon feels slightly disappointed that they aren't all here and wonders where they are. Deciding to distract herself, Shannon watches Lawson start getting dressed and she sits there and silently appreciates the view.
Noticing Shannon watching him closely he silently chuckles to himself and gears up before he sits down next to her to put his boots on. Turning his head sideways, he says with a smirk "I hope you liked what you saw."
"Definitely, I wouldn't be with you otherwise." She says jokingly.
Standing up and walking towards the Intel office Lawson and Shannon muck around on their way and Shannon is shocked when everyone yells out "Welcome back Shan."
Smiling Shannon walks around hugging everyone and briefly talking to the new girl Audrey before she reached Stella.
"Hey Shan, it's so good to see you out of the hospital." Stella says hugging her gently.
"It's good to see you back at TR Stell." Shannon says as Stella pulls away to look at Shannon to take in her appearance.
Thinking back to when Shannon was in hospital, Stella remembers the conversation that first took place.
Walking into the room, Stella lets out an audible gasp as she sees Shannon's appearance.
"Hey Stell, sorry I am a bit worse for wear, come and sit, I promise I won't bite." She said while slightly laughing.
Taking a seat next to Shannon, she takes her hand in hers before she starts to cry.
"Hey, hey, I am okay Stella, there is no need to cry, sure I look like I had my face crushed to a pulp, but I am fine, the doctors said that I am going to be okay." Shannon said rubbing soothing circles on the back of Stella's hand.
"I am so glad you are okay, when I got the call while at work I was so worried; don't do that to me Shan, I couldn't take it if I lost you." Stella says.
"Hey now no one is losing anyone, okay, I can't promise I am going to be around forever but I am still here and that is the main thing, if I do go one day, you will be okay, you will have everyone for support and them for support, but I need you to keep an eye on Lawson while I recover, especially while I am in here, he bottles things up and worries about others and puts himself last, he looks worn down, but most importantly, life is too short, you need to sort out the Michael issue once and for all." Shannon said closing her eyes.
"Are you in pain?" Stella asks.
"Nah not really, just tired, can you promise me you will sort things out with Michael." Shannon says.
"Well about that, we kind of already did last night, we are a couple now, sorry we did it while you were still in a critical condition." Stella says sincerely.
"Don't apologise for learning something from this, one more thing." Shannon says.
"What's that?" Stella asked.
"You need to go back to Tactical Response, Lawson may take some time to convince, but don't rest until he lets you in, keep pushing him, it would be such a waste of your skills and hard work if you stayed in General Duties, your way better than that, and any way I am going to be out of action for a while and they can't run one down for all that time, I need my best friend back on the team." Shannon says tiredly.
"I don't think I can Shannon, the shooting, it still affects me." Stella says.
"Talk to me about it then so we can get you back into TR quicker." Shannon says.
"I still have nightmares…" Stella begins with.
…...
Stella was so grateful for having Shannon as her best friend and she was happy that her friend was now in a relationship with Lawson.
Looking at the two of them with Shannon sitting on Lawson's lap with his arms wrapped securely around her waist and her hands on top of his with Josh and the others laughing at something one of them had said, Stella was glad she had her family back and everyone was safe and sound.
