I need you

Emma had been sat in hospital for about a day now. Smithy still hadn't woken up but she was still desperately hoping he would. Most of sun hill had come to visit him and knew like she knew he probably wouldn't wake up. But he was strong the doctors had said that there was still hope however little. She didn't feel that way though. She felt a tear slowly trickle down her face and it landed on smithy's eyelid and as if by magic his eyes started to come open. Emma ran outside to get Gina and Neil who had been waiting for news from the doctor who was in hospital. Gina told Emma to wait outside while she and Neil went to see smithy. By this time smithy had fully waken up.

"What happened?" Smithy said although it was very quiet he was still having trouble breathing.

"You silly, silly person, why did you jump in front of that knife? You nearly died." Her outburst took both smithy and Neil by surprise.

"Nice to see you too Gina." Smithy replied rather half-heartedly.

"Calm down Gina we can discuss it another time but he's only just got up lets leave him for a while," Neil said. He thought smithy was a good cop but didn't have time for him as a person but he thought Gina was going over the top on this one.

"We will see you when you get out of here alright." Gina said calming down.

"Yeh." Smithy wasn't really in the mood for talking with Gina he only wanted to see the love of his life Emma.

Smithy had been in hospital for a week now and was aloud to go home later today he was going to stay with Steve and Lance in there house which they shared until smithy got better. He had had all of sun hill come to see him a lot of them more than once. Emma had been in most days they had spoken a lot but he couldn't bring himself to tell her how he felt. Lance and Steve knew and were teasing him saying he was a wimp. He had a rep as the ladies man of the nick and getting in a relationship felt weird to him and to most people. Most people didn't see their sergeant getting in a relationship with a PC and he knew his senior officers would not approve. Did it matter? No. He couldn't tell her anyway.

"Hey wimp." It was Steve followed by Lance.

"Hey I told you I will tell her. Eventually." Smithy replied not sure if he ever would.

"Yeh we believe you. You sleep with a woman about every month and then a PC comes in that you actually love and you can't tell her." Lance had joined in the conversation.

"Hey I only sleep with woman about once every two months and can we get out of here I've been here long enough to last a life time." Smithy was getting far too annoyed with their comments.

"Yeh but one question have you slept with my girl Honey?" Steve had to know

"Um there's no easy way to say this but, yeh once when you weren't here and, two days ago." Smithy was so sorry about the over day but he thought it was Honey's way of getting back at Steve.

"Okay let's go." Wow thought smithy. He didn't even seem bothered.

So with that they all walked out of the ward and into a car.

It was ages since the stabbing and it was smithys first day out on the beat again and he was with Emma they were in the car, in a car park, on an obbo.

"You look brilliant." Smithy was first to break the silence that had gone on for well over a hour.

"Are you flirting with me Sergeant Smith?" Emma was shocked by what he had said but even more shocked by her own response.

"What would you say if I said yes? What would you say if I told you that I loved you since the first time I meet you? What would you say if I told you that is why I saved you I was too much of a wimp to admit it?" Smithy couldn't keep it in any longer and for one of the first times in his life he meant what he said.