This fanfic is a PJ and Jo fanfic.

Disclaimer: hey, I don't own blue heelers of any of it's characters

(`cept for will). Its just a bit of fun to write fan fiction for, ok?

cool. The same goes for any brand names and TV shows and songs and

stuff. Ok then I'll start typing the story now.

Rating: um I think I'll go with PG for possible language

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summary: after pj starts `dating' that doctor (who we all know will

leave soon and I'm making it so she does heh heh), jo meets a nice

guy, will and starts to date him. This is set about a month after jo

starts dating will, and she has moved in with him. pj has met will,

but doesn't like him.

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"mt thomas police, constable jones speaking. Yeh, he's here. I'll put

you through' jonesy covered the mouthpiece. `hey peej! phone call for

ya. do you want it?' `yep jonesy, put it through' yelled pj through a

mouthful of biscuit. Jonesy replaced the handset. `who was that,

jonesy?' jo asked, who had just walked in with ben from patrol. tess

looked up from her desk. Jonesy shrugged. `dunno. she didn't say' Ben

looked at jo. `probably tatiana' jo nodded. `you guys coming for a

drink later on?' tess asked. jonesy and ben nodded. `yup' jo shook

her head. `nup. Got a date' she smiled as she walked towards the

locker room. jonesy swung around in his chair. `you're serious about

this guy, aren't you?' jo smiled even wider. `yeh I am' she said

before she disappeared into the locker room. ben went to pj's office

and closed the door. Pj was sitting at his desk with his head in his

hands. `hey mate, what's wrong?' ben asked as he walked in. pj looked

up at ben. `she left me, ben. tatiana left me' Ben pulled up a chair

in front of pj's desk. `what happened?' pj leant on his elbows. `she

just rang me and told me that she's going back to russia' bens eyes

widened `russia?' pj nodded. `yeh russia. apparently she has a

boyfriend back there and everything. I was just a-' he was cut off by

jo coming in, `hey, I'm off now, ok? see yez tomorrow' Ben turned

around. `righto. See ya' `ok see ya later' she turned and left. Pj

stared at the door which was closed. `ben? Do me a favour and don't

tell jo yet.'

One week later.

tess and jonesy were on patrol, tom was in his office talking to pj,

and ben and jo were at their desks. `mt thomas 546 to mt thomas 900'

jo jumped up and went to the radio base. ` mt thomas 900 receiving.

Go ahead tess' `um jo we have a fatal shooting here' `ok tess where

is it, I'll be right down' `no, jo, send ben or pj -' `why? I can

handle it as much as they-' `it's will, jo'

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jo sat in pj's office with a cup of coffee in her hand just staring

at pj's desk. She didn't look up when pj walked in and sat in front

of her. `jo? boss says I can take you home' jo simply nodded.

*

After the funeral, jo seemed to shut everyone out. as hard as

everyone tried, no-one could get through to her. she had taken a

months leave starting after the funeral. Although pj and ben told jo

that she could come back and live with them at anytime, she was still

living in the house that she and will shared.

`hey pj, when was the last time you spoke to jo?' jonesy asked, about

a month after the funeral, and the day before jo was due to come

back to work. `not since the funeral. I tried to ring her last night,

but I got the answering machine. I might go and see her later

on.' `oh, ok then.'

Later that day, pj knocked on the door of jo's house. After a couple

of minutes the door opened to reveal jo, who looked like she hadn't

slept in days, her eyes were red from crying, and her cheeks had tear

stains on them. she looks like hell, pj thought. `hi' he said. She

tried to smile, but failed. `hey' she said. She opened the door

wider. `come in' she said. He closed the door, then followed her down

the hall, and sat down opposite from her. `how's work?' she asked,

looking at the floor. `oh, yeh you know the usual' jo looked across

at pj. `how's tatiana?' pj avoided her gaze. `she's gone' jo suddenly

felt just a little bit better. `what do you mean, gone?' pj looked at

jo. `russia. don't be stupid jo. you're glad she's gone, you know it,

I know it-' `at least she didn't die' jo said quietly, starting to

cry again. pj walked over to her, sat beside her and took her

hands, ` hey, it's ok, don't cry' she wiped her eyes. They looked at

each other for a few seconds before jo leaned over and kissed him.

why? she wasn't sure. She could blame it on grief, on extreme

fatigue, or because she had felt really sick for the last few weeks.

Or maybe it was because, despite the way he had treated her, she was

still attracted to him. and because he was kissing her back, maybe he

still felt attracted to her, too.

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when vision finally came into view for pj the next morning, he

wondered where he was. when he realised, he sat bolt upright and

looked at the sleeping woman next to him. `oh shit' he muttered.

Quickly, as to not to wake jo, he hopped out of bed, put his clothes

back on, and left quietly.

The first thing jo felt when she woke up was the urge to throw up. so

she jumped out of bed and ran to the bathroom. `bloody flu' she

muttered. When she got halfway back to the bedroom, she stopped dead

in her tracks, remembering for the first time just what had happened

the night before. `oh shit' she cursed. Then she ran back to the

bathroom to throw up again.