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Title: Hope You're Happy Too

Words: 720

Romantic Pairings: Gene&Alex.

About: Ashes To Ashes

Chris sat silently as the rest of his friends and colleagues told jokes and laughed loudly. He felt a hand on his shoulder as his girlfriend sat down beside him.

"Chris what's the matter?"

He shook his head "I'm sure that it's nothing but...when we were out today I could have sworn that I saw DI Drake"

Shaz put her hand across Chris' mouth to shut him up "Keep it down"

"What?"

"The Guv's been really cut up since DI Drake disappeared, I don't want you to knock him off his stride because you saw someone who looks a little like her"

"Why does it matter so much?"

"Because I saw him minutes after he read a letter from DI Drake letting him know she was going" Shaz replied "So if you say anything then..."

"Guv?" Chris called across the table "Can I have a word?"

"What?" he yelled back as he blew the smoke out of his mouth.

"When we were out today I think I saw DI Drake"

Gene paused, stubbed out his cigarette and pushed his chair out "Don't talk stupid, she's gone alright!" he stood up and drained the rest of his pint "If she wanted to be here so much then she wouldn't have done a runner"

Gene stormed out of Luigi's and up to the flat, he letting himself in and got a faint waft of Alex's perfume as he walked in. It wasn't as strong as usual, obviously.

"Stupid bloody Skelton" Gene mumbled, shrugging off his coat and jacket and laying down on the sofa "Christ sake Bolls, what've you turned me into?"

The silence was unbearable and even though it made him feel stupid he spoke out to her belongings, a part of him hoping that he would somehow find answers.

"I know that you're with him Bolls, I just know that you are" he kicked off his boots and closed his eyes "I miss your laugh, and your smile, and your gorgeous arse"

He looked around the room and pictured Alex doing little things like washing the pots, putting on a CD or pouring the wine, he even pictured himself kissing her as he backed her through the doorway when he had finally come up from the restaurant.

'You said ten minutes' Alex spoke seductively as she handed him a drink 'You've been an hour'

'Yeah well you know what the lads are like, plus... thought waiting for good things made them better?' he replied, sitting down on the sofa and smiling up at her.

'Well how much better can you get?'

She put her wine on the coffee table and straddled him, cupping his face in both hands and kissing him lovingly 'You had a smoke just before you came up here, I can taste it on you'

'Sorry, I bet I taste like an ash tray'

She licked her lips and shook her head 'No, you taste good'

His laugh was nothing more than a rough grumble in the back of his throat as she leant back in to capture his lips once more. The kiss became deeper and there were roaming hands that wandered, unbuckling belts and riding up silk night shirts.

'Shall we take this to the bedroom?' he asked.

She bit her lip and nodded, before climbing off him and taking hold of his hand 'This way lover boy'

Her voice wasn't real; it was all in his head. He hated getting so lost in his day dreams that they felt real. He wanted to touch her, feel her, hear her, taste her...he just wanted a sign that she was alright.

"How do you do this, even when you're not here?"

Suddenly the phone began to ring, causing him to jump, and he answered it after a few rings.

"Hello?" he spoke.

There was silence.

"Hello?"

He heard a sob and a sniff on the end of the line, a noise that he recognised all too well.

"Bolls is that really you?"

"I..."

He sat back and let out a sigh of relief "It's really you, are you okay? Where are you?"

"I'm...I'm just..."

"Bolls I need to see you, I have to..."

"I just needed to hear your voice" she burst "I needed to stop some of this guilt"

"Come home baby?" he asked "Please?"

Damn! I remember when this story was just an idea and now it's wrapping it quick! I wanted to know whether people want to see this story further than how it can end, like do you all want to read the birth of the baby and that? Let me know because your advice and suggestions get taken into account, I mean you've helped me create this bad boy :D and I love you all for that, keep the reviews coming because each one fills my day with more happiness than I could ever wish for my dearies :D x