Someone Like You
Chapter 3 : In The Morning

Sorry for taking ages to update, the chapter is extra long to make up for it! Not sure how often updates are going to be for the next few weeks because I've got really serious GCSEs now ahh! Anyway, thanks for all the reviews, please keep reviewing! Luv, Vikki x

Andrea and Neil woke up to the piercing cries of their hungry son. Andrea pushed herself up in bed with a tired sigh and made a move to get out.

"It's okay, I'll go." Neil said, stroking the strands of long dark hair that had fallen over her face.

"Thanks Neil." She smiled gratefully as Neil got up and walked over to Alex's cot.

Neil cuddled the little bundle in his arms and looked over at Andrea but she had alreadly fallen asleep again. Neil wasn't the only one who thought Andrea had gone back to work far too quickly after having their baby. Neil also knew that once Andrea had made a decision there was nothing anyone could do to change her mind. Neil took Alex downstairs to feed him from a bottle of expressed milk. Once he had been fed Alex Dunbar-Manson smiled up at his father and gave a little yawn. Neil smiled too, being a father had to be the best thing that had ever happened to him, except for falling in love with Andrea. Neil carried Alex upstairs and led him down in his cot, both father and son were asleep as soon as their heads touched their pillows.

Kerry Young woke up and wondered where she was. All of her muscles ached and the bright sunlight hurt her eyes as it came in through the slats in the blinds. She blinked several times as saw that she was still holding Smithy's hand in hers, it all came rushing back to her. The pregnancy, Smithy's accident, her constant battle with herself as to whether or not to keep the baby or to tell her boyfriend about it's existence. She looked down at the bed and saw that Smithy was still asleep, gently letting go of his hand Kerry got up and went to the coffee machine in the corridor.

"Kerry?" She looked up to see Dan Casper leant against the wall looking as exhausted as she felt, he had dark circles beneath his eyes and Kerry guessed he had been there all night.

"Hi Dan." She said with the hint of a smile. "You look awful."

"Thanks Kerry, you look lovely yourself." He tried to make a joke of it but they were both too anxious to feel like laughing.

"How's Honey?" She asked more seriously.

Dan took a sip of is coffee before he replied.

"It's not looking so great." He began slowly. "She's got internal bleeding and the concussion is pretty bad."

"Ohh." Kerry replied, not quite sure what to say. "I'm so sorry Dan."

"Me too." He said wistfully. "But what about Smithy, how is he?"

"He's broken his left leg and he might not regain consciousness because when he was stuck in the car it stopped the flow of oxygen to the brain."

Dan reached out and squeezed Kerry's free hand. "I hope they'll be okay."

"Me too." Kerry replied, both of their eyes' were clouding with tears. "Me too."

"Listen up please!" DCI Jack Meadows called out over the noise of computer, people talking and the coffee machine. The detectives stopped what they were doing and turned to face their Chief Inspector. "Thank you. I would like you to all make new Detective Sergeant Stuart Turner feel welcome as he is joining us from today."

People clapped but they weren't over enthusiastic, from their point of view he had taken the job that had been meant for Suzie. Zain Nadir looked across at her, he felt sorry for her. It wasn't fair and he knew how he'd feel in the same situation, thankfully for him he wasn't ready to take on the responsibilities of being a sergeant yet.

"Are you okay?" Zain mouthed in Suzie's direction when he finally caught her eye.

She nodded quickly and looked away, focusing her attention on the DCI. He assigned them into partners and gave them jobs to do.

"Have fun." Phil said when he found out that his wife was partnered to work DS Turner for the day.

Sam shot him a look. "I don't know why you're so against him." She said.

Phil smirked a little. "Well for one I'm very protective of my wife."

Sam gave him a friendly slap. "Bye Hunter." She said, leaning down to kiss him on the lips before she and Stuart left the office.
"Thank God he's gone!" Suzie said.

"What was that DC Sim?" Phil asked, Suzie looked at him in panic until she saw that he was laughing.

Suzie laughed. "Sorry serge...I can't stand him!"

"That makes three of us." He said, looking at Zain as well. "I saw him flirting with Sam...until I told him we were married."

Zain and Suzie laughed and went back to work.

Although she was having a fairly good day and work and knew that she had Zain and Phil on her side when it came to Stuart, Suzie was still angry and upset about losing out of the chance of promotion to DS. She had passed the exams and she had done well in them too but it still wasnt enough. Suzie didn't really want to have to transfer anywhere else, she liked it in Sun Hill and she had friends here as well as Mickey. That was another thing that was getting her down, she and Mickey had been getting on really well until now and she was hurt that he wasn't taking her side in all of this. It seemed that Zain had been more supportive than Mickey and that confused Suzie.
Kerry Young went home to shower and change her clothes but she was barely gone an hour and she rushed back to the hospital. She had spoken to Gina and they had arranged for her to take the day off and they next day if Smithy's condition did not improve. Kerry was sat beside Smithy's beside with a fresh cup of coffee when the nurse came by.

"Would you mind waiting a moment?" The nurse asked and Kerry got up as the curtains were closed around Smithy's bed. The minutes seemed endless as Kerry waited for the nurses verdict. She was taking the final sip of her now only lukewarm coffee when the nurse pulled back the floral patterned curtains and turned to Kerry.

"Are you family?" The nurse asked.

"Um, I'm his girlfriend." Kerry offered and the nurse nodded.

"You'd better come with me then..." The nurse began.

"Kerry," She supplied. "Kerry Young."

"Okay Kerry." The nurse said. "My name's Dawn."

Kerry followed her through to the waiting room, she couldn't begin to think what was wrong with Smithy but she hated the not knowing even more.

"I need to talk to you about Dale." Dawn said and Kerry nodded, getting impatient. She wanted to know how seriously ill Smithy was. "He suffered quite badly in the accident."

Kerry nodded, she knew that much already.

"We've got him wired up to a drip but he's not been responding to the treatment as well as we had hoped he would." Dawn paused.

"What does that mean?" Kerry asked in a rush.

"We're not sure yet, although he was okay to start with Dale is still unconscious and he really should have come round."

"But will be okay?" Kerry asked, panicking now.

"You have to prepare yourself for the worst." Dawn told her. "I'm so sorry Kerry."

"I think your husband has a serious problem with me." Stuart commented in the car as he and Samantha drove to the house of a suspect they were pursuing.

"Phil? No..." Sam laughed nervously.

"I think he resents me working with you." Stuart said, focusing his eyes on the road.

"No he doesn't." Sam replied, things were getting awkward now and she didn't like the atmosphere in the car.

"I think he's jealous."

Sam had to stop herself from saying something she might regret.

"Really?" She asked, trying to remain serious.

"Maybe he feels threatened."

Sam had to laugh now. "I'm sure he'll get over it."

Stuart looked at her, he couldn't work out if she was joking or not.

Dan Casper went back to work after seeing Honey. She had regained consciousness now and her surgery had been successful. Dan just hoped that the accident would bring them closer together again. He really wanted to be with Honey but he knew that working together and having a relationship weren't the best combination although Sam and Phil seemed to have proved differently and things seemed to be going well for Smithy and Kerry apart from the accident. Dan was paired with Andrea again and he saw another couple that had worked out well but then Neil worked in a different department to Andrea and their paths crossed less often. He reallt wanted his relationship with Honey to work but there were so many outside pressures that made it destined to fail.

"Hey Dan, how's Honey?" Andrea asked, looking concerned when she met up with Dan in the canteen.

"She's okay." Dan said quietly.

"Good." Andrea gave him an encouraging smile. "I'm sure she'll be fine."

Dan just wished he had Andrea's faith.

Kerry splashed cool water on her face in the sink of the hospital toilets. Her eyes were red and sore and she felt exhausted. She dried her hands on some paper towels and tried to calm herself down. Subconsciously she rested her hands on her stomach. She had to force back another wave of tears. She knew she couldn't lose Dale and the baby. Kerry had a lot of decisions to make but she didn't know if she was strong enough to make them. She needed Smithy to be okay and she hated to think what would happen if he wasn't.