A/N This chapter begins and ends in Martin's POV. The italics indicates flashback and is in third person. Please review all comments good or bad are welcome. :)

Chapter 5

"It was yours. It was yours. It was yours."

The words keep running through my head. They wouldn't stop all through dinner.

I couldn't focus on what everyone was saying and I know Anna noticed and wasn't happy about it. Thankfully no one else put pressure on me to partake in the conversations. Although I think it's because they know what Sam told me.

Well I know Elena, Danny and Rick know due to their timing for returning with lunch. I'm assuming that Viv was told. I have no idea if Em knows, but I don't even know if she knows that the baby Sam lost was mine. She and Sam seem close so she probably does and if Sam didn't tell her Danny probably did.

"It was yours."

I just can't stop thinking about those three words. And what I said to Sam because of them.

"It wasn't Jacks baby Martin, it was yours."

Martin looked at her as if he couldn't believe what he'd heard. "Sorry, what?"

Sam looked uncomfortable and avoided his gaze.

"It was my baby?" He questioned apparently unable to comprehend that he could have been a father.

"It was" Sam said quietly looking at him briefly.

"But you and Jack? How can you be sure it wasn't his?" Martin was beginning to sound almost mad, his voice rising slightly.

Sam had expected shock, surprise, for him to question if it could have been Jacks but not for him to be angry about it.

"Because Jack and I hadn't slept together for two weeks before you and I did because his kids were in town and we didn't sleep together after you left. So I'm sure. There's no way that the baby was Jacks" She stated firmly.

"No I don't believe you" He said harshly his voice rising further.

"Martin, calm down" Sam asked looking around quickly to see if people were watching them.

"Calm down! You just told me that three years ago I could have been a father! Don't tell me to calm down!" His voice was rising further and a few people were starting to look over.

"You were sleeping with Jack, you slept with me and who knows how many other guys in between and after! You probably have no idea who the father would have been! Your just saying it was me for the guilt factor because of what I did, hoping that it will make me sorrier, make me sleep with you again!" He shouted at her.

"How can you even think that!" Sam interrupted in shock, tears beginning to form in her eyes

"Because you're a slut Samantha! Everyone around here knows it! Two guys, one team remember!"

Sam leapt up and slapped him hard enough across the face to force his head to snap to the side. She then stormed out of the office towards the ladies room.

"You deserved that and a hell of a lot more!" Danny threatened voice ice cold.

He, Elena and Rick were all stood behind him and had obviously heard his parting comments to Sam.

"Danny" Elena warned as Rick put his hand on Danny's arm to restrain him if necessary as he took a step towards Martin.

Martin stood and backed against the table as Danny stopped about a foot from him and leaned in to his personal space as he would if interrogating or threatening a suspect. Only this time the victim was his little sister, as far as he was concerned anyway.

"As soon as she comes back you apologize to her. And I mean grovel and beg. If she wants you out of here then you no longer have a job here. Is that understood?" Danny said all in the same quite, icy voice.

Martin had seen why Danny almost always got his way with suspects in the past but for the first time he truly understood why it worked. Danny Taylor could be a very intimidating man when he wanted to be and right now he did. And Martin was nervous.

He nodded "Yes. I understand" he said, shaken up by Danny's actions, by Sam slapping him and by what he'd said in the first place. Where it had come from he didn't know.

"You had better because if you hurt her once more I'm not gonna stop Danny from doing what he wants" Rick had moved up beside Danny realising he wasn't going to hurt Martin, at least not yet.

Martin looked at the taller man closely. He was clearly close to Sam as well but was too restrained to have romantic feelings for her and had not known her long enough to think of her as his sister but it appeared to be getting there. He was protective of her. Martin briefly wondered how they'd gotten so close so quickly but didn't have time to dwell on it.

"I understand" He repeated this time looking at Rick.

"Good" Danny stated before turning on his heels and following after Sam.

Rick looked at Martin for a few seconds longer before turning and leaving and striding across to Vivian's office.

Elena and Martin looked at each other before she spoke "You had better watch out for those two. They won't hesitate to shred you for those comments." She warned with a very serious face leaving Martin in no doubt that she was sure as hell not going to defend him in anyway shape or form.

"Yeh I got that thanks!" He retorted sarcastically.

"Watch it Martin. You're in no position to start talking to me like that" She stated keeping her voice low.

Martin hung his head knowing he was stood on quick sand and sinking fast with no one around to pull him to safety.

He sat back down and pretended to be getting on with work, as did Elena.

"I was gonna be a father?" He questioned quietly, keeping his head down.

"Yeh, you were" Elena sighed looking at him sadly.

I still can't believe I said those things to Sam. I apologized as soon as she came back to the bullpen but I still feel guilty as hell.

I didn't mean it I was just in shock. I really don't know where it came from.

As I climbed in to bed with Anna, all I could think of was what could have been. I could have been a father. Sam had been carrying my child. We could have had a child together. We could have been a family.