Disclaimer: hi my name is Steph and as much as I hate to do this, I am here to warn you that no I don't own Blue Heelers, it's characters (except for Will, whose dead, and Jo's baby which isn't born yet, so basically I don't own any characters at the moment, not even the new constable, coz that's whose REALLY joining!! Seriously!) or anything associated with it. I'm just writing a fan fiction. Enjoy!

Summary: PJ and that doctor (whose name we won't mention) have long broken up, Will is dead, and PJ and Jo are back together, everybody's happy!! Yay!! Just like in the real show!! In this instalment we will find out: * Is PJ the father of Jo's baby and will he accept this responsibility? (well I think we all know the answer to that)

* will Jo accept the offer of living with PJ again?

BUT what we won't found out is: when rusty finds out that Jo's pregnant, how will he react, because I just realised that he already knows, coz she told him that day in the office, when she later told PJ he was the father, but I forgot, sorry guys. OH and someone leaves very suddenly during this instalment, and to replace them, some-one joins the Mt. Thomas cops, too but I'm not saying who leaves, coz, well, you're gonna find out anyway, so why spoil it?

Rating: M for language
* * * * * PJ and Jo were interrupted by a knocking at the front door. Jo got up and walked to the front door, followed by PJ. When the door was opened they found Jonesy, who after seeing PJ, failed dismally at wiping the smile off his face. 'thought I'd find ya here, Peej. Oooh, I didn't interrupt anything by any chance, did I?' 'oh grow up, Jonesy. Whaddya want?' Jo asked. 'well, Peej you have to come to the station. We got a couple of kids been busted torching a car.' 'right, Jonesy. I'll just get my jacket' PJ disappeared down the hall. Jonesy leaned against the door frame and looked ta Jo. 'so how did the ultrasound go?' 'oh, yeh good' Jo replied 'I didn't, um, interrupt anything, did I?' Jonesy asked, smiling. 'no Jonesy' 'so are you back together yet?' he persisted, seeing PJ walking back up the hall. Jo opened her mouth as though to say something, but PJ interrupted. 'yeh pretty much' he said, kissing Jo on the cheek, then looking at Jonesy. 'ready?' he asked. jonesy reached into his pocket and pulled out some car keys. 'yeh. let's go' he said. PJ winked at Jo. 'I might see you later' he said to Jo. Jo smiled and handed him a key. 'OK. bye guys' she said, closing the door. The next morning: Jo woke to the sound of her alarm. When she sat up, she could hear someone in the kitchen. 'what the..' she muttered to herself as she got up and crept down the hall and peeked into the kitchen. 'PJ, what the hell are you doing here?' she asked, walking towards the bench, where he was standing. He took a step back and turned around. 'making you breakfast!' he replied cheerfully. 'oh my god.. wait how'd you get in?' she asked, looking a bit worried. PJ held up a key. 'the key you gave me last night' he replied. Jo smiled. 'oh, that's ok then, I thought you'd broken in or something' PJ heard the toaster pop and put the two pieces onto a plate. 'hungry?' he asked. Jo reached out to take the plate, but PJ put it on the bench, put his hands on Jo's shoulders, and directed her towards the stool behind the bench. 'no, you sit down, I started making you breakfast, and I have every intention of finishing it' he declared, walking back around to the plate of toast. 'jam or vegemite?' he asked. Jo picked up the pile of envelopes that were in the bowl on the edge of the bench and sifted through them. 'um.. jam, please' she said, not looking up. 'do you have orange juice?' PJ asked, taking a glass off the dish rack. 'yup, in the fridge' she put the envelopes back in the bowl. PJ opened the fridge, and looked around. Jo got up and walked over to the fridge. 'there, in the door' she said, pointing. 'oh.. oh! ok, got ya' PJ poured the juice into a glass, then passed both the plate of toast an the glass of orange juice over to Jo. 'that was nice, Peej' she said when she had finished. she stood up to put them in the sink. PJ looked serious. 'thanks. Look, Jo, I've been thinking. Because you're not exactly sure whether me or Will is the father of the baby, I'm happy to have a DNA test' Jo looked up from the glass of orange juice she had just put in the sink. 'really?' she asked. when PJ nodded, she asked 'but what if you're not?' PJ leant on the bench top. 'well, even if I'm not, I'll act as the baby's dad anyway' Jo smiled and put her arms around his shoulders. 'oh that's really sweet, thank you' she said. She looked at the clock. 'is that the time? I better have a shower' she said, pulling back. PJ kissed her. 'I'm gonna go, so I'll see you in about half an hour' he said. 'do you want me to make a DNA test appointment before I come in?' Jo asked. PJ nodded. 'yeh, that'd be good, just coz if you rang from work, everyone else'd hear about it' he said, kissing her again. He began to walk away, then stopped and turned around. 'here, I forgot to give you this back' he said, reaching into his pocket and pulling out a key and throwing it to Jo, who caught it with one hand. 'good catch' he said, before walking out. 40 minutes later, the Police Station. When Jo walked in, Jonesy and Ben were sitting at their desks and PJ was sitting in Tess' chair, all looking very sad. Jo looked towards the boss' office. she saw Tom sitting at his desk, and Inspector Falcon-Price standing near the door of the office. she looked back to the three guys. 'what's Rusty doing here? Where's Tess? not like her to be late in to work' she asked, walking behind the counter and sitting down at her desk. 'gone' Jonesy said simply. 'gone where?' Jo asked. 'to Melbourne' Ben said, clicking a pen on the desk. Jo turned around to look at the boss' closed office door. 'so. Rusty's here to organize the new one.' she trailed off, then had a thought. 'did she say good-bye to anyone?' she asked, leaning back in her chair. Ben, Jonesy and PJ all shook their heads. The door to Tom's office opened and Tom walked out, followed by Rusty. 'ah, Parrish. Good to see you finally decided to join us' Rusty remarked gruffly. 'oh shut up, I'm not that late' she retorted, without turning around. 'besides, I had things to do' Rusty put his hand on the counter. 'right. Well as you all know by now, Sergeant Gallagher left last night, and I am working on her replacement, so when I have one, I will get back to you. Have a good day' he turned and walked out. The phone on Jo's desk rang. 'mt. Thomas police, Constable Parrish speaking. Oh.. yes, hi. yeh, thanks for ringing me back. when? Tomorrow, half past five? Ok, yeh thanks, see you then. bye' by the time Jo had hung up, Tom and PJ had gone back to their offices, and Ben and Jonesy had gone on patrol, so she went to PJ's office. 'hey guess what. The DNA test is at half past five tomorrow night' she said leaning against the wall. PJ looked up from the paper he was reading. 'yeh? that's great!' the phone at Jo's desk rang. She went to answer it. 'Mt. Thomas police constable parrish speaking,' PJ walked to the door to his office and watched Jo. (note: . means pause in phone conversation) 'inspector, hi how are you?. yes, I'm good. er, yes, so is the baby.. Um yeh I think he's here, hang on' she put her hand over the mouthpiece. 'is boss here?' she asked PJ. PJ looked over to Tom's office and nodded. 'yeh, he's here' Jo took her hand away and picked up a pen. ''yeh he's here, but I think he's tied up at the moment, do you want me to take a message. you have the new constable lined up? really? So soon?.. ok, her names Susie Raynor, and she's joining when? Next week. yes yes, I'm getting it all down, and as soon as he's free he will get the message. Ok yeh, you too. Bye' she hung up and looked up at PJ. 'Jo, you knew well and good that boss wasn't busy' he said 'yeh, well if I hadn't I wouldn't know whose replacing Tess, would I?' she retorted, smiling. 'now I'll just give this message to boss' she added, standing up and walking into Tom's office. 3 weeks later (note: I'm not sure what the length of time for a DNA test to come back, so this is just a guess, OK?) Constable Susie has arrived and is settling in well. She and her paraplegic husband Brad are living in the Police residence. She also gets along with everyone. Jo and PJ are waiting patiently for the results of the DNA test (and little do they know they will get it very soon). Jo has been getting some very strange phone calls, too. This particular day Jo is off sick, due to all day morning sickness. PJ and Ben were standing at the sink, both making coffee. 'so Ben, where'd you get to last night?' PJ asked, stirring the cup. 'oh, no-where, just decided to come back and finish off some paperwork' replied Ben. PJ stopped what he was doing and stared at Ben. 'Ben, just how stupid do you think I -' he began before being cut off by Jonesy walking over. 'hey Peej there's a courier here with an envelope for you' PJ dropped the spoon. 'thanks Jonesy' he said. He walked out to the counter. 'hi, what can I do for you?' he asked. the courier handed him the envelope. It said that it was from the Pathology Unit of St. Davids. ( I don't know if there is such a place, but it's my story, and I'll do what I want with it) 'oh thank you, do I need to sign anything?' the courier shook his head. 'no, no you don't. have a good day' he walked out. PJ went to his office, picked up the phone and dialled Jo's house. 'Jo. it's me. look, the results just arrived.. yeh, no I haven't opened it, no I wanted to do that with you. ok yeh, I'll be over in about 10.. ok see ya' 10 minutes later: PJ walked up the path of Jo's house and knocked on the door. after a couple of seconds he heard footsteps come towards him. 'hi, come in' Jo said as she opened the door. PJ followed her into the lounge room at the front of the house, where they both sat down on the couch. 'so how are you feeling today?' PJ asked. 'PJ, just open the envelope please. I wanna get this over with' Jo said. PJ nodded, and handed her the envelope. 'here, I think you should open it. No matter what that says, it's your kid'

'ok' Jo said quietly, opening the envelope. Neither Jo or PJ heard the car pull up outside, or the footsteps that quietly came up to the window. Jo looked up at PJ after reading the sheet of paper. The next thing they heard was the gunshot that smashed the window into a thousand tiny pieces and caused PJ to slump back against the couch, shot.

OK I wanna apologise for a couple of things. One, for keeping you in suspense at the end of this edition, and I want to also apologise for taking so long to wrote this edition, because I went away in the holidays, then I got sick, then the computer broke, but now its finished, and I will start part 7 (and possibly the second last or last edition) straight away, OK? promise. ok if you wanna give me feedback, go ahead, it is appreciated to know what I've done right or wrong in my story, OK?? cool Cheers Luv steph