He was examining something on his light table in his office. All the blinds were drawn, the lights turned off. He looked up when he heard the door open. Through his magnifying glasses, he watched Julia come in and close the door behind her. She walked to him as he took his glasses off, put her bag on his working table and kissed him, taking him by surprise.

"Julia? What was that about?" he laughed.

"I just wanted to kiss you. Oh and I have a gift for you." she said, pulling a box out of her bag.

William took it and opened it.

"OH, the new model of bullet extractor!"

"I saw it at the medical convention and couldn't resist."

"Thank you Julia, that's great!" he said, putting the box on the table and pulling his wife to him to kiss her.

They were so cut off from the rest of the world that they didn't hear Higgins come in. He apologised and then realized that they had not heard him, they were still kissing … rather passionately. He tried clearing his throat, that didn't work either. There was only one solution left.

"Sir!" he called loudly.

William and Julia jumped apart, both of them blushing.

"There's been a murder Sir, you're both needed." Higgins continued, getting our of the office as fast as he could.

"Maybe we got a little carried away." Julia concluded, laughing and taking her bag from the table before following William out.

When William got back to the station house later in the day, George greeted him.

"Oh and Sir, Doctor Ogden is waiting for you in your office, I will let the boys know that you are not to be disrupted." he said, a smirk on his face.

"That will not be necessary George." William said, sending looks to all the constables who were gathered around Higgins's desk.

William entered his office and found Julia sitting on his desk. He asked for the result rather loudly, making sure that everyone heard him outside the office.

"Why are you yelling?" Julia asked, standing in front of him.

"It's … nothing, sorry. What do you have for me?"

Julia explained her findings, all the time looking outside the office through the side windows. All the constables were looking at them, and even the inspector from his own office.

"They do know that we are not going to jump on each other with all the blinds open, don't they?" Julia asked.

William turned around and all the constables ran away.

"I think sometimes they're scared of you" Julia laughed. "Well, I'll get back to the morgue. Should we give them a show before I leave?" Julia teased.

"I think once is enough for poor Higgins' s heart." William laughed, accompanying her through the station until the door.

On his way back home William stopped to buy some flowers. He knew that this case had been hard for Julia and he didn't want her to think too much about it. She was already at home when he arrived, she was sitting in the living room, a book on her lap, she was looking out the window into the garden. William walked quietly to her and placed the flowers on her book. Surprised, she looked up, finding William's head next to hers, over her shoulder.

"What are those?" she asked, kissing him on the cheek.

"Flowers."

"Yes, I can see that." she laughed. "But why are you giving me flowers?"

"Do I need a reason to buy flowers to my wife?" he asked, walking around the sofa and sitting down next to Julia.

"No, of course not. Thank you William." she said, kissing him properly this time.

They remained silent for a couple of minutes.

"You're thinking about it, aren't you?" William asked.

"How could I not William? This girl, she would still be alive if she hadn't taken those pills. If all doctors were trained to deal with these situations or at least prevent these situation from happening."

"That's not what I was talking about Julia, and you know it."

"Yes, I know. But I can't … I can't keep thinking back, nothing can be done now. I did what I thought was right at the time,I just chose the wrong person. And now I can't give you any children. If I had had a trained doctor from the beginning, maybe we could have children." she said, sadness clear in her voice.

"You have to find a way to get over it Julia, otherwise each time we'll have a case related to abortion you are going to suffer all over again." William said, putting his arm around her shoulders. "You told me what happened to you a month after we met, Julia, and you explained the consequences. I can't have you beating yourself up for it. It makes you sad, and I don't like when you're sad."

"I know William, but I can't get over the fact that I'm robbing you of something you want."

"Julia, listen to me. But really listen to me. I can live without children, but I can't live without you. If it were the other way around, I would not have married you. You were honest enough to tell me everything before we got too involved with each other and I stayed, because I love you. There are other ways to have children Julia, I know it must be hard but you really have to move on. Think about the future, not the past."

"What did I do to deserve a man like you William?" Julia asked, caressing his cheek. "You're so kind, and considerate and … perfect."

"Oh I'm far from perfect." William laughed. "As you know I am a terrible dancer. And I spend too much time at work."

"You are a fine dancer William, our lessons really did you good. And I spend too much time at work too. Good thing we mostly work together, or we wouldn't see each other much." she laughed.

"Oh and I have another problem." William said, moving still closer to her.

"And what might that be?" she asked.

"I can't keep my hands to myself around you. Sometimes it scars some of my co-workers, maybe for life."

"I don't want you to keep your hands off me William." Julia whispered against his lips.