Chapter Two - "A Shoulder"
Disclaimer: again, I don't own any characters. Most of the events have come out of my own imagination. Don't sue me-it'll cost you more than you'd gain cos I don't have any money.
A/N: This takes place about seven weeks after the previous chapter. Bare with me, I'm trying to work out the formatting still. *~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*
Jonesy was finding it hard to concentrate.
The phone rang, and PJ picked it up. He spoke for a bit then hung up and went looking for Tess.
Jonesy was pulled out of his daydream by a snippet of the conversation between PJ and Tess. Words like "Josh", "Phonecall" and "Third time today"
His love for Tess was deep, but he had not, as yet, informed the rest of the station about his feelings for her, so there was no way he could come straight out and ask PJ what was happening. (Although, not to his knowledge of course, there was a standing bet between the Boss and Ben as to which couple would get together first: PJ and Jo; or Tess and Evan)
Jonesy thought over his options, dismissing most ideas as being too outrageous, taping further conversations between PJ and Tess; or too revealing, he could tell PJ how he felt about Tess and ask what was happening. The other down side to that plan was he'd sound nosy.
*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*
He ended up resorting to desperate measures, seeing these were desperate times. He confronted her. He had, after all, received a call from Josh himself (Josh was none to pleased about that. The dislike, it seemed, was mutual).
*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*
He was about to head home, when the phone rang again. This time Tess answered it herself.
"I should have known that word would get around in that hospital." She seemed very pissed off with him and slammed the phone down.
"Does Josh want you back Tess?" Jonesy's tone was hesitant, not quite sure whether he could handle loosing her again. "Because."
Tess cut him off.
"I'm pregnant." Two simple little words that caused a silence to fall over the entire station. The birds outside seemed to stop talking to one another. "That's why he's ringing. I'm Pregnant." With that, Tess ran out of the station, the situation becoming overwhelming all of a sudden.
*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*
When she got outside, she stopped on the veranda and added to herself, almost as an afterthought
"And why he's worried, I don't know. Its not like he's the father or anything."
*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*
Meanwhile, in the station, everyone was feeling a bit shell-shocked-the sarg. was pregnant! All sorts of thoughts were racing through the minds of the Heelers:
Evan: "How on earth could this have happened? I'll kill him if he hurts her or forces her to give it up. copper or not, I'll kill him. maybe there is a way around that. hmmm"
PJ: "Tess? Pregnant? Who'd have thought? Maybe this might end up as a good thing after all."
Ben: "Looks like the Boss is gonna owe me some money soon! Pregnant ladies look sexy and need extra support. How's Evan gonna resist that charm?"
The Boss: "There go the retirement plans. Tess will probably end up to busy with the being a single parent. No way am I letting some city ladder climber in here! I'd prefer to work for more ten more years."
But Jo's thoughts on the matter were less selfish: "I guess I'd better go and talk to her. She's gonna need more support."
Jo left the building in search of Tess.
*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*
Back outside, Tess was calming down and decided she needed someone to talk to so began walking to the pub. A few hundred metres down the road she realised she was still in uniform and still on duty, but she was too tired to go back and face the questions that would be inevitable-Tess hadn't worked with them for as long as she had without learning about their inquisitive minds.
Tess began walking again, still towards the pub. They'd have to make do without her at the station.
"its not like I slack off on the job or something like that. I think I deserve a break, and though Chris might not be the best person to talk to, she's gonna have to do."
"What's that sarg?" until Jo spoke to her, Tess had not realised she was talking aloud.
"How much has she heard?" Tess thought to herself, but aloud she said: "just thinking. Nothing important."
"Well if you need someone to talk to or a friend, I'm here Tess."
"Thanks Jo." Jo wasn't the sort of person Tess had thought about when trying to find someone to talk to, but now Tess thought about it, it wasn't such a bad idea. "I need some time to myself to think, but I might just take you up on that idea sometime."
Little did Tess know that she would need Jo sooner than she thought and that Jo would be needing her.
*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*
A/N nothing much else to add except- scandal or not?
Disclaimer: again, I don't own any characters. Most of the events have come out of my own imagination. Don't sue me-it'll cost you more than you'd gain cos I don't have any money.
A/N: This takes place about seven weeks after the previous chapter. Bare with me, I'm trying to work out the formatting still. *~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*
Jonesy was finding it hard to concentrate.
The phone rang, and PJ picked it up. He spoke for a bit then hung up and went looking for Tess.
Jonesy was pulled out of his daydream by a snippet of the conversation between PJ and Tess. Words like "Josh", "Phonecall" and "Third time today"
His love for Tess was deep, but he had not, as yet, informed the rest of the station about his feelings for her, so there was no way he could come straight out and ask PJ what was happening. (Although, not to his knowledge of course, there was a standing bet between the Boss and Ben as to which couple would get together first: PJ and Jo; or Tess and Evan)
Jonesy thought over his options, dismissing most ideas as being too outrageous, taping further conversations between PJ and Tess; or too revealing, he could tell PJ how he felt about Tess and ask what was happening. The other down side to that plan was he'd sound nosy.
*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*
He ended up resorting to desperate measures, seeing these were desperate times. He confronted her. He had, after all, received a call from Josh himself (Josh was none to pleased about that. The dislike, it seemed, was mutual).
*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*
He was about to head home, when the phone rang again. This time Tess answered it herself.
"I should have known that word would get around in that hospital." She seemed very pissed off with him and slammed the phone down.
"Does Josh want you back Tess?" Jonesy's tone was hesitant, not quite sure whether he could handle loosing her again. "Because."
Tess cut him off.
"I'm pregnant." Two simple little words that caused a silence to fall over the entire station. The birds outside seemed to stop talking to one another. "That's why he's ringing. I'm Pregnant." With that, Tess ran out of the station, the situation becoming overwhelming all of a sudden.
*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*
When she got outside, she stopped on the veranda and added to herself, almost as an afterthought
"And why he's worried, I don't know. Its not like he's the father or anything."
*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*
Meanwhile, in the station, everyone was feeling a bit shell-shocked-the sarg. was pregnant! All sorts of thoughts were racing through the minds of the Heelers:
Evan: "How on earth could this have happened? I'll kill him if he hurts her or forces her to give it up. copper or not, I'll kill him. maybe there is a way around that. hmmm"
PJ: "Tess? Pregnant? Who'd have thought? Maybe this might end up as a good thing after all."
Ben: "Looks like the Boss is gonna owe me some money soon! Pregnant ladies look sexy and need extra support. How's Evan gonna resist that charm?"
The Boss: "There go the retirement plans. Tess will probably end up to busy with the being a single parent. No way am I letting some city ladder climber in here! I'd prefer to work for more ten more years."
But Jo's thoughts on the matter were less selfish: "I guess I'd better go and talk to her. She's gonna need more support."
Jo left the building in search of Tess.
*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*
Back outside, Tess was calming down and decided she needed someone to talk to so began walking to the pub. A few hundred metres down the road she realised she was still in uniform and still on duty, but she was too tired to go back and face the questions that would be inevitable-Tess hadn't worked with them for as long as she had without learning about their inquisitive minds.
Tess began walking again, still towards the pub. They'd have to make do without her at the station.
"its not like I slack off on the job or something like that. I think I deserve a break, and though Chris might not be the best person to talk to, she's gonna have to do."
"What's that sarg?" until Jo spoke to her, Tess had not realised she was talking aloud.
"How much has she heard?" Tess thought to herself, but aloud she said: "just thinking. Nothing important."
"Well if you need someone to talk to or a friend, I'm here Tess."
"Thanks Jo." Jo wasn't the sort of person Tess had thought about when trying to find someone to talk to, but now Tess thought about it, it wasn't such a bad idea. "I need some time to myself to think, but I might just take you up on that idea sometime."
Little did Tess know that she would need Jo sooner than she thought and that Jo would be needing her.
*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*~#~*
A/N nothing much else to add except- scandal or not?