Chapter 9 - Knights in Shining Armour

Phil was early to work that morning. He made himself a cup of coffee and sat at his desk. Samantha walked in minutes after him. He saw her noticeable blush as she saw him. Obviously her dream had been along the similar lines as how his had ended.

"Morning!" She said quietly as she sat down.

"Morning!" He said cheerfully. They didn't really speak for the rest of the morning, both not really knowing what to say. Honey Harman solved their problem though without realising. She handed them a case that needed CID attention. Sam was out of the office at the time but Phil insisted that she would help him, he knew she wasn't doing anything and they both needed some time alone woth each other. A woman had just came into the station to report indecent photographs being taken on her camera while she had been out. Phil went to talk to the lady who handed him some 'examples' of the photographs that she had found. found.

He went to find Sam. He smirked at her expression as she looked at the photographs.

"Least we know he's ginger!" She said, smirking. He laughed, leading her downstairs to his car.

They arrived at the woman's appartment. After talking to her, they had to admit that there was little that they could do because the assailant hadn't broken in to take the photos. As far as a court would be concerned, there was no suspect and she could have had them taken with an ex boyfriend.

They were leaving when Phil had an idea. He found that his best ideas came when he was with Sam. He wasn't really sure how that worked though. When he was with her he spent most of the time daydreaming about her and not actually thinking about his work.

After finding out about the recent work that the woman had had done on her appartment, Sam and Phil made their way to the estate agents that leased her home to her. As soon as they walked in they saw a potential suspect, a young ginger guy.

"Good morning, looking for your first home together?" One of the estate agents.

"I'm sorry?" Phil said, showing his warrant card and introducing himself and Samantha.

"Oh I'm sorry, i didn't realise!" The lady said, blushing. Sam smiled, quietly pleased that her and Phil looked like a couple.

They inticed the young ginger estate agent outside with the threat that they would pass the incriminating photographs around. His mates stood at the window laughing at him. He tried telling them that it was a joke but it didn't look as if it were working on the experienced sergeants.

"It's not as if you have anything to brag about is it?" Sam said, she saw phil smirk to himself as the young estate agent blushed.

"You aren't sorry at all are you?" Phil was growing annoyed, pinning him to the wall. Sam watched, ready to stop him if Phil took it too far. She was impressed, he seemed to be keeping his cool while dealing severely with the young guy. He pushed him back inside, about to tell his manager about the kind of things that his staff got up to. He looked abck at her and shook his head, motioning to her what an idiot the guy was. Sam watched him walk in with the guy before following.

"You're quite a knight in shining armour aren't you? and I think you quite like rescuing damsels in distress!" She said as they walked up the stairs towards the CID office. He smiled.

"Why, do you approve of knights in shining armour?" He asked. She smirked before sitting at her desk, leaving him stood in the corridor watching her walk away. He smirked before sitting down himself.

Phil phoned the woman and explained what had happened at the estate agents and how the guy had lost his job as a result of his actions. Sam hang around him as he spoke on the phone, handing him a file to be checked as he put the phone down.

"See, you and me make a good team!" He said, grabbing a cup of water.

"What you, me and your knight in shining in armour?"

"We do though don't we?" He persisted.

"Sometimes. Yeah I think we do!" He smirked as she quickly looked down at her work.

So what are you up to tonight?" He asked a little later as she picked her pen up from the floor. He found himself watching her again, at least he knew he was doing it this time and wouldn;t be caught out if she were to suddenly turn round.

"I don't know yet, Abi said something about going to the cinema with a mate but I wasn't really with it this morning so I can't remember if she said tonight or tomorrow or ... the day after or ... the day after that." He laughed.

"So er do you fancy going for a drink then?" He asked, watching for her reaction. She was giving nothing away, carrying on silently with her work for a few moments. She agreed, looking down at her work still, as if it wasn't a big deal and just a friendly drink. She knew that it was more than a friendly drink though and she secretly watched for his reaction. He smiled, knowing exactly what she was doing. He knew her so well, more than she would ever know!

"So shall we go straight from work then?" He asked.

"Ok." She said, not too eagerly. She resisted the temptation to smile. He returned to his work, willing the rest of the afternoon to pass quickly.

This chapter refers to episode 311. Of course it's been adapted to make it different and fit better to the ff. Hope you enjoy. Please read and review. Also I'm not sure what should happen in the next chapter so please, I would like ideas!