She could feel the eyes follow her as she walks threw the station, Inspector at her side, her face tingled as the warmth and heat of the nick hit her face. She could see Gary, Des and Cameron crowded round the drunks machine, all hunched together in conversation. The minute they saw her they stopped and looked up at her, she had a pretty good idea what they were talking about.
'PC Taviner!' her voice seemed to bounce of the walls. 'Why are you standing about, get down to the coal lane, with Reg like I asked you to do half an hour ago.'
Reluctantly he walked of, giving Andrea a fake smile as he walked past her, as she looked back she saw Cameron and Gary looking at her. Gina opened the office door and held it open for her. She took one footstep towards the door when she herd footsteps and Rebecca suddenly appeared at the bottom of the stairs. It seemed she had jumped the last few steps making Gary back into Cameron. She looked at Andrea and the pair stared at each other.
'Andrea' Gina said nodding her head inside. With one last look at her friend she walked inside the office, Gina closing the door behind her.
Andrea had so far been lucky, threw out her time at Sun Hill she had never done anything serious enough to be called in here, but know she was facing the possibility of a disciplinary action, she never realized how big this office seemed to be.
'Sit down.'
Andrea sat down in the visitors chair holding, her hands which had started to shake. Gina remained standing.
'This station is not a courting ground it is a place of work, not somewhere to exchange love letters or nick of for a quickie in the DI's office.' her voice was raising, she new this was coming.
'I'm really sorry ma'am.' she was, sorry that Phillippa had found out the way she had, sorry that Neil's job was on the line as well as her own. 'But ...' she started then she realized she didn't no what to say.
'Do you have any idea how many carries this could ruin?' she said suddenly which took her by surprise, she new that her job was on the line as well as Neil's.
'Neil Manson is married to a Barrister who also happens to be the daughter of the Deputy Assistant Commissioner, your father's the Borough Commander of the Metropolitan Police. All these other people in your life's, did you ever consider any of them'.
Andrea felt her stomach drop, know she thought about it, she wondered why she never had thought about it before. Her father, the DAC all theses people who could be jeopardized because of her.
'How long has it been going on?'
'A few months.' her voice was weak.
'What were you thinking, do you realize this could have reputations with the met.' Andrea was getting sick of this, this was turning in to how it was look the the Sun Hill Metropolitan Police. They weren't angry about that fact that she had, had an affair, more of the fact what it would look like for them. She rolled her eyes, blinking away a fresh tear.
'You don't care about that.' she suddenly snapped, for getting that her job was on the line. 'All you care about is what this would look like in the paper.' She suddenly stud up and started pacing the office. 'I'm sorry but have they invented a new law in the British legal system that say you can not have and affair, or don't fall in love, or even want to be happy.'
Gina looked at her before getting to her feet to.
'I want you to take some time of.'
'What?' this was the last thing she had excepted, being sacked maybe but not this.
'Two weeks, two weeks to get your personal and work life sorted, if you want to remain in this job'
'Of course I do,' she started 'But -'
'Two weeks! No arguments.'
Andrea looked at her Inspector for a moment before
'Yes Ma'am.' she didn't look at her as she said it but looked to her desk.
Seeing as though she was on the verge of losing her job she felt it best not to argue, and thinking about it she didn't think she could anyway.
Andrea closed the door of Gina's office feeling sick, she turned towards the corridor but stopped in her tracks as she looked up at a woman staring at her.
'Mum' her voice was filled with and emotional lump, as she looked up at her mother, dressed in a skirt and jacket she looked slightly uncomfortable. 'Mum what are you doing her.'
She walked towards her feeling for the first time in two hours a little on the happy side, after everything that had just happened the one person that could always make things better was standing in front of her.
'Oh I had to pick up some papers for your father.' she said looking down at the file in her hand, avoiding eye contact.
She seemed distant and Andrea though she new why, thinking quickly it was best to tell her before somebody else did.
'Look mum there's something I have to tell ...' her voice was croaky but she was cut of
'I already no.' she said sharply, looking at the floor.
'You, you do.' she said a little un easy.
'Yes I do.' there was silence, Louise met her daughters eyes for a brief minute before looking down at the file in her hand. Andrea looked at her trying to read her but couldn't get anything.
'I didn't mean' she began but stopped somehow what ever she said right now wasn't going to help her at the minuet.
'Look Andrea I really can't deal with you right now,' Andrea's heart sank. 'I've just had Phillippa sobbing and screaming on the phone, wanting to now how I her best friend for so many years let my own daughter break up her marriage.' she said a little sarcastically but the anger was plan.
'Mum?' she said almost pleading in her voice.
'I've got to get these to your father.' and with that she walked of without a back wards look. Leaving Andrea standing with her back to the one person she was sure would have understood, and thinking could she live with out Neil or her mother.
A/N: Thks to everyone for there reviews, and don't for get to check out my Andy and Neil video on YOUTUBE/ The Bill Neil and Andrea luv Lisa Marie (aka clifflover)
