~ Chapter Completed with assistance and inspiration from fellow writer Chris Cody~

Street woke the next morning and took a moment to comprehend it all. Her in his arms, in his bed, in his shirt. It all made the smile on his face reach ear to ear. The scent of her was filling his nostrils. She lay peacefully curled up to him, her arm over his chest holding him. He turned his head and kissed her forehead. She wriggled sleepily and nuzzled into him more. Again, it made him smile. She was content in his arms and knowing that she wanted this like he did made his heart soar. He lay there holding her for a while, watching her while she slept.

'Damn, she is so beautiful' he thought, 'this feels so right…...I never want this moment to end.' He whispered to himself. Then it hit him. 'I should ask her to stay permanently, this is what I want every single day' he smiled! 'Oh, shit that is probably too much too soon' he thought. 'better calm down, I don't wanna scare her off when we have just gotten here'.

A few minutes later the alarm went off, he flung his arm up to hit the button and silence it.

"MMMMM" Chris mumbled as she opened her eyes. Suddenly remembering where she was a smile grew across her face.

"Morning beautiful…" Street said as she opened her eyes.

"Hey" she whispered.

"You okay?" he asked

She didn't say anything just nodded and squeezed him in her arms. He smiled and squeezed her back. She looked up at him "I don't wanna" she whined! "I don't wanna get up, I don't wanna go in, I don't wanna move". She squeezed him again. He squeezed her back.

"I don't ever want this moment to end" he whispered brushing her hair from her face. She looked up at him and as they locked eyes, she pressed her lips onto his, kissing him deeply.

"Mmmm" he groaned as she pulled away

She chuckled a bit at his protest "What?" she laughed

He reached out and pulled her back to him, kissing and caressing her tenderly.

"mmmmm, you could always stay here with me in bed all day?... call in sick?" he said as she lay there against him. She smiled and nuzzled into him.

"As nice as that sounds, you got that appointment with the doctors and I've got my PFT to pass today. We both gotta get up and get moving" she said as she rolled away from him and sat on the edge of the bed.

"Hey," he said "Thanks." She looked back over her shoulder "Thanks for what?"

"For being here, for this" he said rolling to her and tracing his hand down her back. She turned back to him and smiled,

"I love you" she whispered as she leaned over and kissed him again. "now I'm going to get ready or I will be late." He lay there as she showered and dressed. "Hey, you better get up" she said as she walked back out. He pretended to be asleep and smirked at her, she pulled the wet towel off her head and threw it at him.

"Okay okay" he said smiling at her. He really liked this. He really liked her being here with him. It felt so right. He rolled off the bed and began getting ready. Chris passed him a coffee as he came into the kitchen, she walked around him and grabbed her bag and keys. "I gotta go, Or I'm gunna be late" she said as she wrapped her arms around him. He hugged her back.

"I really like this," he said…. "I hope this makes you happy too." She smiled and pulled back to look at him "I love this" she said as she kissed him again. "I'll see you after shift"

Arriving at HQ she had a pep in her step and a smile plastered on her face. She was daydreaming about waking up in his arms, in his shirt, in his bed when she suddenly realised Luca was walking towards her talking to her….

"….. Let me know so I can get it organised okay? He finished

She had only heard the end of what he said.

"Ahhh, wanna repeat that sorry I wasn't listening" Chris said.

Luca rolled his eyes and shook his head, "What's on your mind Chris? Why are you so distracted?"

"No nothing... I was just daydreaming"

"About….?" Luca said raising his eyebrows at her,

"Stop" she said hitting his arm, and smiling

"New girl, or new guy, new both" he said playfully teasing her

She smirked and began to walk away from him,
"Ok… ok I'll stop. But you gotta help me with this" he handed her a clipboard and sighed as she followed him into the situation room.

Street arrived at the Doctors office and sat nervously in the chair. Today's visit would determine when he could resume duties and return to work. Street rubbed his hands on his knees, he was anxious, he desperately wanted to get back to work even if it was only light duties at HQ for a bit.

"Mr Street" The middle aged balding doctor standing in the doorway with a clip board called his name. He stood and followed him back to the small office and was patient as the doctor and his nurse ran a barrage of tests, examined him and asked a lot of questions.

"Well, you have clearance to drive, you have no complaints of pain or tightness around your scar tissue, and those wounds have healed nicely. Today's ECG looks good and as long as your commanding officer signs off I am happy to recommend that you can go back on light duties for the next few weeks till we review again." He said smiling at Street and handing him a form for him to get signed.

"Really? Thank you…. Thank you, Doc," Street said smiling and shaking his hand.

"You can see if you feel up to doing the PFT in about 4 weeks to see if you are ready for full duties"

Street nodded and walked out of the doctor's office smiling ear to ear. He took his phone out and rang Chris. Chris was still helping Luca in the situation room when her phone rang. She dug it out of her pocket and suddenly felt a bit self-conscience to answer it in front of Luca. Did Luca see who was calling her? What if Luca heard what they said? What if he worked out what was going on?

"Hey" Chris said answering the call and holding up her finger at Luca to say, 'give me a minute'. He nodded at her and she wandered out into the hallway. "What's up?"

"Hey, you" he said, she could hear the happiness and love in his voice, and it made her smile.

"So, I just got out of the doctor's office and I wanted to tell you first…guess who can go back to work?"

"No way… yes... Really?" She smiled and laughed

"Yep… I've gotta come in and get a form signed by Hicks, but yeah…."

Then it hit her. Shit. If Street was coming back on the team then it was time for her to deal with the rules. Maybe it was time to talk to Hondo again?

"I'm so happy for you… the team will be so excited to see you"

"I can't wait to be back… I'll come find you when I get in"

"Okay…... love you" she said smiling

"Love you…." he answered. As she dropped the phone back into her pocket Deac walked passed grinning at her. 'Shit…. did he hear that?' she wondered.

Chris went back to Luca and helped him finish up. Her mind was set on finding Hondo. She wanted to tell him what was happening and get his opinion on when to tell Hicks and Cortez.

Hondo was in the motor pool, digging around in the trunk of the charger. Chris wandered over and leant on the back of the car with her arms folded.

"Hey Boss" she said

"Oh, hey Chris…. what's up"

"You got a minute?" she asked nervously, her stomach was in knots.

"Yeah" he said eyeing her. He turned and sat in the opening of the trunk and motioned for her to do the same…. "what's eating at you" he said reading that whatever this was it was important, it had to be for Chris to be like this.

"I um…... I want your take on something" she said "I just got a call from Street and um…. He is coming in to get Cortez and Hicks to sign off on him coming back on light duties"

Hondo smiled and patted Chris's shoulder "That is great!", but he read some nervousness in Chris.

"well…... yeah… of course it is…... but it got me thinking…." She kicked at the ground and stared out to the edge of the yard. "Street and I have been, getting kinda serious" she said smiling a little and glancing at Hondo for a reaction.

Hondo nodded and smiled a little too, "I had kind of gathered that from the hospital" he said

"I um…... I stayed at his place, with him, last night…. And" she chewed her lip… "I know we both want this relationship…. So, we are gunna have to tell Hicks soon and I've already decided that I am going to ask to move to 50 David"

Hondo let out an exhale. This was the moment he had seen coming for a while. He had known these two had something, he had wondered if it was just a matter of time until one day it all clicked like this.

"okay" he said nodding slowly. "So, you two are serious about this then? on the same page? In it for the long haul"

"Yeah" she said smiling and laughing a bit, hitting Hondo's arm. Hondo could see she was genuinely happy right now and that made him happy. "I mean it sucks that we can't stay on the same team, but I've realised I want this with him so much, I need him and I'm willing to shift if it means we can try this."

Hondo stood up and hugged her. "I am so happy for you two" he said.

"So, do I need to do this today?" she asked kind of frowning.

"um, look let's wait till he gets back to full duties, you two aren't gunna be out there together just yet, so let's play it out a bit. It's early days." He said.

She nodded. "Ok …. Thanks boss"

As Chris walked back in the gym with Hondo, she saw Street. He was walking towards them with Cortez and smiling.

"Hey…" Cortez said loudly approaching them all "Guess who is back with us"

The team erupted into a cheer, they all hugged him and high fived him and Chris did too, keeping it casual, but 'damn it was hard' she thought… hard for her not to hold him longer, kiss him and show him how happy she was.

The next few weeks seemed to fly buy. Chris had stayed at Streets every night, she was practically living there. That wasn't a planned thing, but she couldn't bear to leave him after shift. Falling asleep in his arms and waking up next to him was so magical, so perfect. They were careful at work to remain professional and keep their hands off each other, Chris had honestly never felt happier.

As the 4 week mark rolled around Street was nervous but ready to take the physical fitness test and see if he could resume full duties. He knew that would mean that he and Chris wouldn't be together on 20 David any longer but having her in his life as his girlfriend was everything.

He woke the morning of the test with butterflies in his stomach. He gently traced his fingers along her body as she slept. As his fingers danced up her side, she snatched his hand, letting out a giggle.

"Hey that tickles"

"Sorry…" he said kissing her forehead. "You are so beautiful"

She smiled and closed her eyes, enjoying his embrace. "Oh…" she said leaning up on one elbow and looking at him… "Today is the day"

He smiled and exhaled loudly "Yeah". She could see the nervousness all over him

"Hey…" she said placing her hand on his chest... "you will be fine"

"Yeah…... just sucks that if I pass, it's the start of us not being 20 David together anymore"

"I don't care" she said pressing her nose into his forcefully. She held her head against his, "I want this…. with you…. more than I want that…"

He leaned up and kissed her passionately. "How did I get so friggin lucky" he whispered as he drew back.

Chris drove herself to HQ that morning and Street headed out to the training grounds to take the test. She was nervous, anxious for him, but had rehearsed the way she planned on telling Cortez and Hicks later when she knew he had passed and would be back.

The shift was slow, no call outs, no exciting events, she passed the time helping in the armoury and re stocking Black Betty with Luca.

"Have you heard from Street yet?" Luca asked as he lifted the gear back into Black Betty.

"No…... I ah…. Hopefully soon"

"Man, I cannot wait to have him back on the team" Luca said.

'Ding' Luca turned hearing her phone, Chris was bent down placing boxes back into a compartment. Luca watched her open the message and saw her huge smile grow as she read it.

"What?" he grinned at her, holding his breath, waiting for good news.

"He passed" she squealed. "He did it"

"Yesssss!" Luca called! Punching the air and climbing out to hug Chris. "Let's go tell the team" he said

By the time they made it inside, Hondo had already showed Deacon and Tan the same message. They all smiled and high fived each other. As Luca shouted,

"Yeah… the team is back together…. Finally!" Hondo saw Chris drop her head and frown. As the boys talked, he pulled Chris aside

"Hey…. You ok?"

"Yeah" she said smiling…... "except… now it's real…. Now I gotta…. Now I gotta do this…" she said pulling a form from her pocket and placing it in Hondo's hand.

Hondo swallowed hard seeing it. He knew this was the official form about declaring relationships within departments and that he had to act on this, he gave her a knowing nod and hugged her,

"Are you sure Chris?" he asked

"Yep, come on, I want to tell Hicks and Cortez before he gets here"

Hondo glanced knowingly at Deac as he walked away behind Chris. Deac knew what was about to happen and nodded a small nod back.

Chris knocked on Hicks door and heard him say "Come in"

"Sir" she said walking in nervously with Hondo right behind her "Can I have a minute?"

"Alonso, yes… come in.." he said glancing up from his desk. Cortez was sitting opposite the Commander and turned to look at Chris.

"I ah... need to talk to you both…." She said nervously fidgeting with her hands.

"I ahhh…"

"Chris…. are you okay?" Cortez asked standing to move to her.

"Yeah… I um… I am" she exhaled and told herself to just spit it out.

"I gave Hondo a form this afternoon, to request a permanent transfer to 50 David." She glance back at Hondo who was holding the form.

"I am officially declaring a romantic relationship between myself and Officer Jim Street"

She found it hard to make eye contact with Hicks or Cortez, but once the words were out, she glanced up watching for their reactions. They both looked genuinely surprised, but Cortez was first to break a smile and hug Chris…...

"Oh Chris… I am so happy for you two…."

Hicks moved around the table and hugged her too, "Are you sure about this Alonso?" he asked.

"Yep…. yeah I am" she smiled at them.

Hondo smiled and nodded watching her.

"You know now you two have to tell the others?"