Chapter one!

Set in the present, Sam and Stuart have just moved in together but the constant bickering between Stuart and Phil has got even worse. Sam is sick of it, she gets it at work and now she even gets it at home with Stuart constantly going on about how terrible phil is and why he doesn't deserve to be happy.

Its 10.00am and Sam Stuart Phil and Mickey are investigating a major drugs group, Phil and Stuart are arguing again over how they should approach the suspects

'If we just confront them all, then they won't have time to get their stories straight or stash any of the gear' Phil shouted.

'Yeah, but what's the point of bringing them all in when we don't even have anything on some of them, I say we get them in one by one and see what they say, Stuart argued

'What, so in the meantime the other 8 of them can just dump the gear and leg it, good plan their mate, ill let you be the one to break it to the DI if they do all get away' Phil sniped.

'Look this isn't getting us anywhere, I gotta say that I am with Phil on this one to, it doesn't make sense to do them one by one; Sam commented

'Oh typical take his side as usual' Stuart snapped before storming out of CID.

Sam turned around in disbelief, she couldn't believe Stuart had just shown her up like that in front of their CID team members. Although she did like Stuart (most of the time) this constant proving himself over Phil and anyone else for that matter was beginning to wear her down.

'You o' rite sarge?' Mickey asked, after noticing that Sam had been in somewhat of a stare after Stuart had left.

'Yeah fine thanks Mickey, just thinking about the best way to approach all these suspects' Sam lied to try and cover her back and not let Mickey click on to her emotions. Mickey didn't seem to have noticed, but unfortunately for Sam Phill had.

He'd always been able to read her, something which proved both a blessing and a curse, ever since their little 'moment' outside the front of the nick last week, in which there had been a few seconds where both just started in to the others eyes, they had both seen the passion that was being kept inside each of them for the other, and just as Phil might finally have said something to her Stuart came and ruined it by interrupting and taking her for dinner.

Dinner that night had been somewhat stained, as every time Stuart began speaking Sam felt her mind drifting back to the scene outside the nick, she had kept imagining the way the conversation would have gone had Stuart not came and interrupted, The more she thought about the moment the more that she wanted to no what Phil had to say and the more she resented Stuart for not enabling her.

Sam fet all these thoughts welling up inside her and knew she had to stop Phil and Stuart arguing so much in order for her to have a any sort of normality.

Chapter 2

They'd agreed to follow Phil's method due to a majority vote in which both Sam and Mickey had opted for his way of apprehending the suspects. Stuart was really annoyed about this and decided that he would stay in CID to research into the history of the suspects. Anything to avoid seeing Phil's delighted face, when he caught them all he thought.

Sam and Phil had paired to go in one car whilst Mickey and Zain had decided to go in another with plenty of uniform officers following to help with the arrests. The DCI had agreed the op and Phil had been to told to make sure Sam was ok, as he knew she had a tendency for just diving in their and offering herself up as bait, Phil had promised he would do so. So they had all set of to the Jasmine Allen estate.

Whilst driving Phil's thoughts drifted to the moment in which he had almost confessed everything to Sam the previous week, he couldn't decide whether he would have been better getting it al of his chest or whether he was best keeping in what he had to say. Although truthfully he didn't know what he would have said if Stuart hadn't interrupted he just knew that he had to say something to stop him losing her for good. Phil thought about everything that had happened, he thought about he had suddenly become the more responsible officer in his secret investigation with Zain. It had been him Phil who had tried hard to keep Zain reeled in and not going astray. Phil wished that Sam could be in on the investigation so she could see how his ways had changed.

They sat in the car on the way to the Jasmine Allen estate, it was about 20 minutes drive to they had a bit of time to chat.

'So how's things working out between you and that boyfriend of yours living togther then' Phil asked with a hint of jealousy in his voice.

'Hmm, orite I suppose' Sam commented

'Well that doesn't sound to promising' Phil pressed

'Oh ino' Sam smiled 'I just think that Stuarts everything I should want, but sometimes I just think threes other things that I want that he just doesn't have, do you know what I mean? 'Sam questioned

'yeah defiantly' Phil added' You know Sam you shouldn't settle for second best you know, you're like a diamond, something special and rare that should be cherished' Phil grinned then turned away.

Sam looked at him for a moment, she knew she should really stop their flirting now that she had a live in boyfriend, but she just didn't want to.

'Well seem as I've got my knight in shinning armour here next to next to me, im sure ill be more than just fine' Sam added grinned and then also looked away.

Phil laughed and then so did Sam. Why cant it be this easy with Stuart she thought……. But then why cant Phil just be as reliable. Life's choices were tough she thought again.