It's All About Love Isn't It

Chapter Two

DISCLAIMER: 'The Bill' characters and original plot depicted in this story is copyrighted to Thames Television/Pearson Corp

"Good morning everyone, it's a shame the weather isn't as good as waking up to us is. With a cloudy day and the threat of showers, don't forget to bring your brollies. So here's a song to..." Anne switched off the radio alarm clock. She looked over her side. Mickey was still sleeping. She started to panic slightly, she managed to get out of Mickey last night what happened to Neil in the day, he told her about some corrupt DI, and that they found £5,000 under his son's bed. Also about a bug in his fire alarm. She knew that Mickey wasn't doing what he was suppose to, she'd seen him with some of the McGowen clan. She reconised them by the pictures from BIU. Yes, she's been to BIU.

She wrote down everything Mickey told her, as she sat at the desk in the hotel room, so she didn't forget. She knew who was after Neil - and who was resonsible. She's got a mate who lives opposite Neil, they're are a curtain twitcher, and they rang her in the middle of the night, telling her that Neil had a visitor, about two o' clock in the morning. Anne asked them to keep an eye on it, just in case they hurt anyone in the house, he hadn't the neighbour saw their shadows moving in the front room. They were arguing again.

Anne looked though her notebook once again, this time in great detail. She didn't like what she found. How did the money get there, if It wasn't Neil's or Phillipa's... Unless she's involved.

Anne thought so hard and for so long, she began to have a headache, and to make things worse Mickey was waking up. Quickly she put the peices together;

Phillipa had made calls when Neil was out to someone she wasn't all that friendly to, but she asked them for help. Phillipa also had a few criminals call round. Anne got suspious and planted the bug, not to incriminate Neil, but to protect him. Ten weeks ago, she was someone different, today she's trying to keep her life and Neil's safe.

Anne kissed Mickey on the head and told him she had to go out for a while. What she didn't tell him was where she was going.

Anne had made many friends during her life, many of them small criminals who she gave a break, they came in very handy, as she asked one to tail Neil. She got a call while she called a cab, saying that Neil was on the move, and that he'd stop outside a pub - a pub well know to the McGowen family. Anne moved fast, she got their within five mintues, and told Pete the tail-driver to go home and that he'd payed his debt.

Anne stood at the corner outside the pub, she could clearly see Neil inside the pub and his car, not too far from her motorbike. She needed help, something was up, so she rang someone she knew would help, and needed to know what she has found out, but that wasn't going to be easy, since she's not suppose to be here and everything.

As Neil walked out of the pub Anne ducked behind the wall, she slowly moved her head so she could see him, his phone rang - and by the looks of things he was about to move. So she ran to her bike that was out of sight of the pub, and watched from afar Neil's moves. Her phone rang seconds before she was about to put her helmet on, it was the guy she rang for help, he wanted more infomation, and she could hear another person in the room, it was DCI Meaddows. She asked the man on the phone why the DCI was there. Anne was deep in conversation with the man. So deep that she completely lost sight of Neil.

"Oh dear..."

"What? what? Is it Neil?"

"He's gone..."

"Wha... what do you mean he's gone!"

"I was too busy talking to you!"

"Guv'... we got a problem, we need to follow him by his phone again... yeah, she lost sight of him." Anne couldn't hear the DCI, only the one-way conversation with Neil's friend.

"Look, I'll call you back when we've found him, stay put." He hung up. Anne sighed and sat on her bike, while on leg was resting on the kerb.

She turned her attension to MCGowen for the time being, ten mintues later Gordon had recived a call, he seemed happy. Anne started to worry, she grabed her phone and just as she was about to press the first button, Sunhill rang back.

"He's been at an apartment for a while now, we're on our way now, you can come - but stay way away from sight!" He'd hung up again. The bike started with a roar, and nothing was getting in her way. Not even orders, she had to save him... The man she loves.