Vaseline was back working in the garden, he had to admit the garden looked so much better than before.

"Fantastic job! "

He turned to see the posh lady standing on the doorstep. Vaseline smiled proudly as he stood back to admire his handiwork. He took his phone out and took a picture to post on the group page.

"Do you any private work? "

Vaseline looked at her, his eyebrows raised.

"Private work what do you mean? "

"You know exactly what I mean. "

Vaseline swallowed hard, he knew that the lady was married and her husband spent a quarter of his time away from home. Maybe he too was playing away? Vaseline also knew that the lady, who was called Patricia, had also seduced many other workers.

I should say no thought Vaseline as he tried to avoid her gaze as her eyes wondered up and down his body. The appeal was too tempting and Vaseline knew he would suffer in the long run should her husband find out but at the moment he was a single young attractive firefighter and he was going to have his cake and eat it...

Josie had been in the brigade for a few weeks and was just about getting to grips with life at blue watch. There was still one thing bugging her;

"How did you all get your nicknames? " she asked as she sat next to Bayleaf at the table. Charisma blushed as Ethinic grinned,

"My nickname is obvious. Charisma is so named because he can be a smooth operator when he wants to be." Said Ethnic with a grin, Rambo joined them.

"This one is called Rambo because he's quite a good boxer or so he says. " Bayleaf remarked, Rambo scowled at him.

"I'm known as Bayleaf because I'm the mess manager. "

Just then Vaseline came in, no trace of his encounter with Patricia evident to the rest of the squad,

"And Vaseline is named because... " Ethnic began after which the rest of the squad called out,

"Cause he's a slimy little git! "

Josie burst out laughing as did the rest of the squad. Then the bell rung...

Blue watch had been called to a gentleman who had rather a personal problem to deal with. Bayleaf, Charisma and Ethnic tried to contain their laughter while they tried figuring out what to do with the problem. Josie decided now was the time to show Blue watch what she was all about. She was about to head inside when Malcolm pulled her back,

"This is no job for a lady. " He remarked with a grin but Josie rolled her eyes,

"Well your wrong. "

Josie walked inside, much to the embarrassment of the man who tried desperately to cover himself up. Josie managed to keep a straight face as she called,

"Vaseline, find me some ice! "

On the way to the station, Ethnic and Vaseline were talking about the ice incident.

"I think we should call you the ice maiden. " Vaseline remarked, Malcolm and Bayleaf laughed, while Hallam smiled at Josie.

"It was nicely handled Firefighter Ingram. Unlike some of you lot. " he added sternly. Ethinic grinned,

"Think Vaseline has got a bit of a thing of you Josie. "

Vaseline went for him then but Josie stopped the would be fight. Bayleaf found himself frowning at the slight remark which he was surprised about. Maybe he was just overprotective, given that Josie was the only female. Just then, Bayleaf could see in the distance, thick black smoke and the un mistaken smell of burning round the corner and he called out,

"Malcolm, turn the corner! There's a fire! "

The engine siren raged as they turned the corner, Josie, Vaseline and Ethnic quickly got out the hose as everyone tried to go into the burning building. Bayleaf could hear children screams from inside, Josie shouted out,

"Bayleaf be careful! "

Bayleaf fought on as Vaseline and Malcolm managed to get the two older children out. Their mother was screaming nearby and was bring held by a neighbor as they watched the children come out without any serious injuries. Within minutes Bayleaf came out, carrying what looked like a bundle of rages in his arms. He lay the bundle down with Josie by his side and Josie soon realized that it was a baby. And it was not breathing. It had also been very badly burnt. Bayleaf tried to resuscitate the child but it was to no avail. The baby had died. Upon realizing this, the mother began wailing hysterically. Ethnic and Malcolm learned that the mother had been to a disco and had left the children alone. When Bayleaf learned this, he could not contain hid rage, he marched over and had to be held back by ethnic and Vaseline,

"You went to a bleeding disco?! Leaving three kids on their own?! Well there's only two of them now isn't there?! That little un is like a limp of melted cheese! " He shrieked. The mother cried out,

"I've always left them alone when I've been out. I swear nothing like that has ever happened before! "

When the entire blue watch returned back to the station, no one said a word to each other. Everyone was emotional, Malcolm, Ethnic and Hallam did not speak as they sat together in the canteen while Vaseline and Charisma called their mothers. Vaseline had a good relationship with his mother despite the fact that she could be overbearing at times while Charisma always communicated with his mother despite the fact she lived in Australia and had a new husband. When he had been a child he had believed that his Nan was his mother and that hid mother was his sister but when he had turned 16 he had found out the truth but despite it being a shock it had not changed his relationships with his Nan and Mum.

Josie found Bayleaf by the firetrucks, smelling of smoke and feeling very emotional as he thought about his wife and daughter. He missed them terribly and today had been a reminder of how much. He couldn't bare it if Melanie had ever been trapped in a fire, seeing the dead child in the blanket was haunting him and he was finding it difficult to erase the image from his mind. Josie sat beside him and before she knew it, she took hold of his hand.

"I'm here for you Bayleaf, hope you know that. " she said softly. Bayleaf nodded and sat silently while Josie sat beside him.