Des knocked on Sheelagh's front door later that day and Sheelagh opened it almost immediately. Des went in casually then suddenly pinned Sheelagh up against the wall and kissed her.

They were kissing like this when Patrick let himself in.

"I've for…." he stopped dead when he saw them. Des and Sheelagh broke apart quickly and turned towards Patrick. None of them knew what to say. Finally Patrick broke the uncomfortable silence. "Get out." He said quietly to Des. Des glanced over at Sheelagh before obeying the order.

Patrick waited until Des had gone before he said.

"How long?"

"The last night of the undercover op, I promise."

"Get out! I don't want you here tonight." Patrick walked into the kitchen and sat down as Sheelagh went upstairs to pack some clothes. He didn't move until Sheelagh had left the house.

Sheelagh walked down the path to find Des waiting just out of sight for her.

"What happened?" he asked.

"He chucked me out for the night."

"Oh, look…I don't want you to think that I am taking advantage but…do you wanna stay at mine?" Des held his breath for her answer. Sheelagh nodded and Des led her to the car, they were both unaware that they were being watched by Patrick.

When they got to Des's they went in.

"Do you want to sleep in the spare room?"

Sheelagh shook her head, put down her bag and pulled Des in for a kiss. When she pulled away she said.

"Might as well do what we got caught for, if you want to?"

"I want to, but I don't want to if you aren't gonna put your full concentration into it. Do you understand?" He kept his arms around her waist.

"I didn't think it'd bother you."

"It wouldn't with any other woman." Des looked at the floor. "THis isn't the time. Are you gonna give it your 100% attention?"

Sheelagh nodded and Des kissed her.

The next morning Sheelagh woke up to find Des gone. ' I wonder where he's gone at this time in the morning.' She thought to herself. She got up and dressed quickly. She walked into the kitchen and found Des preparing some breakfast. He hadn't seen her so she crept up behind him and wrapped her arms round him. She snuggled into his back and he put his hands onto hers.

They stayed like that until the toast popped up, making them both jump and causing Sheelagh to jump back and release Des. He kissed her softly on the top of the head then finished preparing the breakfast.

Neither of them spoke until had finished the breakfast.

"That was nice, thanks." Sheelagh said quietly.

Des's face broke into the biggest grin Sheelagh had ever seen, which made her laugh. Des smiled, he liked it when she laughed.

"Come on," he said, "we'll be late if we don't hurry up." Sheelagh nodded and followed Des out of the room. He was walking just in front of her so she slipped her hand into his. This made him stop and turn round. He kissed her softly on the lips and when he moved away she still had her eyes close. He smiled to himself then whispered, "I'll drive you to the station."

Later on in the shift, Sheelagh was sitting in her office, making her way through the pile of paperwork she had to get through. Suddenly, making Sheelagh jump, Gina walked into the room.

"I warned you about a romantic liaison." She said.

"What?" Sheelagh was extremely confused. "I'm sorry ma'am but could you start from the beginning?"

"I saw Des bring you in his car this morning." Gina was getting impatient now.

"So you immediately assume that we're sleeping together?"

"Yeah."

"Do you want t know what really happened ma'am?"
"You didn't sleep with Des?"

"No." Sheelagh lied calmly. The look on Gina's face was such a sight that Sheelagh wished she had a camera. 'I thought Gina didn't do embarrassed' Sheelagh thought, with satisfaction, to herself. "While we were undercover I told Des that me and Patrick often argued and he told me that I could always go round to his if Patrick and I had an argument and I wanted somewhere to stay…"

"And last night you and Patrick had an argument so you stayed at Des's." Gina finished for her quietly. She couldn't believe that she'd jumped into the biggest hole ever! "Sorry, I shouldn't have jumped to the wrong conclusion.2 Gina almost ran into her office. Sheelagh grinned to herself.

After the shift Des was waiting for Sheelagh in the yard. Sheelagh walked up to him and said.

"I've got something funny to tell you."

"What's that then?" He asked as they made their way to Des's car.

"I'll tell you later, let's just say I made the Inspector embarrassed."

Des looked proudly over at her. "How'd you do that?" He asked with admiration.

"I told you. I'll tell you later."

"That's not fair!" Des moaned.

"What're you going to do about Patrick?" Des asked when they were driving.

"I don't know." Sheelagh answered truthfully. "Oh… last night when we were talking about giving it 100% you said something about…"

"Oh, just leave that. It doesn't matter." Des kept his eyes away from her.