"You still need someone on that case?"

"Yeah..." sam was confused...Jo had gone from being really flirty to talking about work

"I'm in" Jo didn't know exactly what the plan was...but she thought there was logic in backing off somewhere. Maybe it would force sam to admit her feelings...maybe not, she could only try.

"Are you sure, cause this is going to mean a lot of overtime"

"I'm positive…I think"

"You think?"

"Well, me and my girlfriend Tess are coming to the end now…this overtime will be what pushes her over the edge…or me"

"well forget it then…I'll find someone else"

"No…no it doesn't matter, if it's not this it'll be something else"

"Only if you're sure"

"Yeah I'm certain…I need to go let her know…better to do it now I guess"

"right…okay, let me know how it goes yeah?"

"Okay…" Sam watched Jo leave the room. She had no idea what was going on, her head was spinning and her heart was beating really fast. Surely that had to mean something! This was too much for one day…how did she usually forget…work! Half an hour later, Jo entered CID. She had obviously been crying as her mascara was all down her cheeks. Sam looked up and saw Jo sit at her desk, she made her way over,

"I take it things didn't go too well"

"I…I…don't"

"Jo?"

"If I talk about this now…I'll cry, and right now…everyone in work thinking I'm a soft git is the last thing I need"

"Come on, we're going to talk" Sam led Jo to the soft interview room at the front of the station,

"What's happened?" Jo burst into tears suddenly. Sam wasn't too good at the comforting side of things, she had never managed it with Abi either, and when Abi was younger and she fell Sam never knew just what to do to stop the tears. She looked at Jo, it was amazing how small a person could look when they had no walls up to protect them,

"She cheated on me sam…I went home to tell her and caught her in bed with another woman"

"Oh Jo, I'm so sorry" Sam moved closer to Jo and put an arm round her,

"Don't be, I'm kind of glad we're over, it was just a shock because the other woman…the other woman was my sister-in-law. I guess you just don't expect to arrive home to that"

"Oh right…I, well I'm not sure what to say really"

"Look, there's something I think you should know…" Jo braced herself, telling Sam Nixon something like this was bound to cause tension…she just didn't know what kind yet,

"Is there?"

"Yeah…well, you know I've been quite a bitch with you recently?"

"I kind of noticed yeah"

"It's because I've been trying to make me and Tess work"

"right…I don't understand"

"I think, well, I've got feelings for you and, Tess started to pick up on it…" Sam's jaw dropped and she moved her arm away from Jo. This wasn't the type of tension Jo had hoped for,

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have told you!"

"No…no don't say that, I'm glad you did, but, I've got work to do…bye"

"Sam?"

"We'll talk about this another time yeah?"

"sure…okay" Sam left the room.