Part 7

(1 week later)

it was a early Monday morning and Susie hadn't been at work for 2 weeks, which meant that she hadn't seen Jonesy for two weeks. She wasn't really ready to see him but she couldn't put it off any longer and they needed her at work; Alex was getting impatient about Susie not a work and the boss wasn't very happy.

Susie walked into the station; it was much warmer in there than it was out in the cold air. Everyone were at their desks, Susie went into the mess room and put her jacket away, then she walked into the main office.

"Morning Susie" Alex said looking up at her.

"Morning"

"How was your time away?"

"Um Okay"

"That's good"

"Hey suse, was it cold in Melbourne?" Joss asked

"It was about the same there as it is here"

"kool" joss said looking away, Kelly looked up and gave him and weird look.

"Alex can you please get these finger prints off to forensic, ASAP" Jonesy said walking out of the Ci office.

"sure mate." Alex replied

Susie couldn't look at him as soon as she heard his voice she had a cold shiver down her spine.

"hey Susie" Jonesy said

"ah hi" Susie forced a fake smile and looked back at her paper work

"Alex, mate can I talk to you?" Jonesy asked Alex

"sure" and Alex followed him into the mess room

"how long has Susie been back for?"

"um I don't know, why?"

"I was just wondering"

"sure sure"

" Alex I was just wondering"

"okay mate"

"Alex, oh I'm sorry I didn't mean to interrupt" Susie said looking back from Alex to Jonesy

" oh that's okay suse, we were finished"

" ok, Rory's School is on the phone, something about him being sick"

"oh ok thanks suse"

Alex then left the room and Susie and Jonesy were in the mess room together; alone. Jonesy felt really weird

"did you have a nice time away?" Jonesy asked her

"it was okay"

"that's good, so did you go and see your mum and dad or something?"

"um yeh"

"kool"

"yep" Susie was trying so hard to hold back her tears

"suse-

Jonesy-

"sorry you go first"

"nah you"

"okay-" Jonesy was just about to say something when Amy walked into the mess room.

"ah Evan, the hospital just rang and said that mr Jason is ready to be interviewed"

"oh okay, I'll meet you out in the car"

"Okay." Amy smiled and left the room.

"You better go" Susie said still trying to fight back tears.

With that Jonesy left Susie in the mess room alone.

Oh how I wish,

We had more than this.

But there's no use in trying,

Cause your gone.

"so suse, have a good time in Melbourne?" Kelly ask Susie later at the pub

"yeh'

"that's good so did you like see your mum and dad?"

"yeh I stayed there and my brother and his fiancé Claire were there"

"so which brother is that?"

"Tyson, he's 32"

"suse how many brothers do you have?" joss asked

"umm, 4"

"kool, and you're the youngest"

"yeh, why do you want to know?"

"I was just wondering"

then Alex ,Jonesy and Amy walked into the pub

"who's up for some food?" Alex asked before he sat down

"ive got to go I'm meeting David" Kelly said getting up and say her goodbyes"

"I've got a date, bye" joss said getting up

"suse?"

"um, I'm not hungry so ill see you guys later"

That Just left Matt, Alex, Jonesy and Amy.

"Susie's never hungry" Jonesy said

"she'll probably go home and eat something like frozen pizza"

"Susie doesn't like pizza"

"only you would know mate"

"Alex, what's that suppose to mean?"

"Nothing ok mate"

"Whatever"

Maybe one day I'll,

Figure out where I stand.

Maybe it's more than I think,

But there's no use.

Susie sat in her dark lonely cold lounge room on her lounge, she couldn't stop thinking about what her father had said the morning after she told him about the whole Alex/Jonesy thing.

"Susie I bet he still loves you, everyone makes mistakes it means there human. Why it always happens to you well I don't know, I once on a movie a father said to his daughter that he read somewhere that every woman has the exact love life they want. I know it was only a movie but I believe its true, and I don't think you want your love life this way"

"Grrr dad get out of my head" suse yelled

Every Woman has the exact love life they want

Knock knock,

Susie got up and went to answer the door, it was Alex

"Alex what are you doing here?"

"I thought you might be hungry" Alex said holding up a bag of Chinese

Susie looked at him

"Alex what are you really doing here?"

"Susie, Jonesy –

"Alex don't please"

"Susie just hear me out"

"fine come inside then"

they went inside and Alex put the Chinese in the kitchen and then went into the lounge room where Susie was sitting.

"Susie, Jonesy loves you, he really does"

"then why did he kiss Amy?"

"suse everyone makes mistakes, it was one of those sudden things that you can't help, he's really sorry"

"if he's really sorry why did he get you to come around here and talk to me

"Jonesy doesn't know I'm here, he actually didn't want me coming cause he said ill just make things worse"

Susie just looked at Alex

"suse, he doesn't love Amy he love you!"

"you don't know that"

"okay if he didn't really love you then he wouldn't have cried himself to sleep when he found out you went to Melbourne"

"Jonesy Cry himself to sleep, yeah right"

"Susie"

"What"

"I'm trying to tell you that he still loves you but your not listening to me"

" I don't want to hear he still loves me Alex, whatever you say isn't going to change the fact that he Kissed Amy!"

The way she looks at you,

Hurts me to see.

Maybe there's nothing there,

Probably just friends.

(Next Day)

"Morning all" Jonesy said walking into the station

"Morning" came the response from Alex and Amy, Susie looked up and then looked away

"Where is everyone?"

"Um, Matt's got a day off, and Kelly and Joss are out on patrol" Alex said

"And I'm off to court" Amy said walking out the door

"Great"

"Anyone want coffee?" Alex asked

"Yeh please Mate"

"suse"

"huh?"

"coffee?"

"ah no thanks"

"okay"

"ill help you mate" Jonesy said to Alex

"so where did you go last night before you came home from the pub?"

"um, nowhere"

"Alex, there's a…Oh sorry I didn't mean to interrupt" Susie said walking into the mess room

"oh no you didn't, go on"

"there's a call from Rory's school"

"ok" Alex smiled

"um can you go on patrol please, take Jonesy with you" Alex said walking out of the room
"ill meet you in the car" Susie said to Jonesy

"sure"

"Alex, if this is your stupid way of getting him and I talking its not going to work!"

"Susie its not trust me, I needed someone on patrol and you couldn't go by yourself"

"you could have come"

"I'm needed here"

"okay, but i'm not going to make conversation "

You look at her,

In a way I never saw you look at me.

You talk in a different way,

It's like your dazed by her.

"so, where are we going?"

"um, Alex wants us to just go up around the primary school"

"ok"

Susie just smiled

"it'd been ages since ive been on patrol"

"yeh well its not in your job description and Amy needs you in CI anyway"

"what's that suppose to mean?"

"what"

"Amy needs you in CI anyway"

"nothing"

"sure"

"Jonesy!…"

"what"

"I didn't mean anything by it!"

"Susie I don't care anymore"

"oh so that's why Alex came around to my place last night to tell me how much your sorry about kissing Alex"

"WHAT! Alex went around to your place last night"

"yes that's what I just said isn't it"

They didn't talk for the rest of Patrol.

There's No use in trying,

It's never gonna happen.

There's no use in crying,

Cause I'm stronger than that.

If I cry,

You'll drift further away.

Got to act strong,

Cause there's no use.

No use in being sad,

No use in trying.

No use in crying,

No use in feeling bad.

Susie and Jonesy got back from patrol and Jonesy headed straight for Alex

"Alex, can I have word?"

"Sure, you can have several"

"Not funny" they walked into the CI office and Jonesy shut the door

"Wonder what that's a bout?" Kelly said

"Dunno" joss said

Susie just looked at them hoping that they wouldn't ask her.

"You went around to see Susie last nite after I ask you not o!"

"I took some food for her"

"Alex, what did u say to her?"

"Nothing"

"No you tell me what you said"

"I just told her that you were sorry and that you still love her"

"Alex!"

Amy just got back from court and walked in to the main office.

"Well that was a waste of bloody time!" she said to no one in particular. The she noticed what was happening in the CI office

"What's going on in there?" she asked nodding her head in the direction of the office.

Kelly, joss and Susie all looked up as soon as she realised what Amy was talking about Susie went back to what she was doing.

"We don't know" Kelly said

"They have been in there for like 5 minutes, Jonesy came back from patrol and asked Alex if he could have a word, Alex said he could have several" Joss said

Kelly looked at him

"Jonesy went on patrol?" Amy asked

"Don't ask me" Kelly replied

"Alex sent him on patrol with me, because Kelly and Joss weren't back yet" Susie said not looking up from her work

"Oh okay" so Amy went into the mess room while the boys were occupying her office

--

"Alex its already awkward between her and I"

"Mate i'm sorry, its just if you two aren't together your with someone else and the other is miserable and your not talking because the other is jealous, you two are meant to be together"

"Alex, thankyou for caring but maybe this is what we need"

"What do you mean 'maybe this is what we need'"

"Well maybe we can just go our separate ways now she obversely doesn't want anything to happen between us, if she did she wouldn't have acted so selfish and run off like she did, It was just a kiss something she can get over"

"You chucked a fit when u found out that her and I slept together"

"That's different"

"No it isn't, lets face it Jonesy w all have been lying to her these past couple of weeks"

"What"

"That kiss it wasn't the first one between you and Amy, remember"

"You are not going to tell Susie that Amy I have kissed more than once,"

"Jonesy she needs to know."

"Yeh but your not going to tell her because you don't want to see her hurt and you don't want to lose a friend"