Alex had paired herself with Tony. They had gone out on foot patrol for a while on the Antrim Green estate. It had been pretty quiet up until now.

"So, are you enjoying it at Sun Hill then?" Tony asked.

"Yeah I am. It's where I belong, isn't it? I've always wanted to be at Sun Hill, ever since I was little. I always imagined what it would be like working with you, Reg, June, Jim and of course not forgetting Taffy. I was gutted when I found out Taffy had left. Guess things don't stay the same for long." Alex explained.

"Well you don't have to worry; you won't be getting rid of me for a very long time to come." He replied.

Alex laughed and was about to reply when they saw a couple of lads trying to nic a car.

"Oi." Alex shouted as she started to run after them.

"Stop police." Tony said as he chased one of the lads in the opposite direction.

Alex grabbed the tallest teenager and pushed his arm up his back and then pinned him against a wall.

"I am arresting you for criminal damage. You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned, something you later rely on in court, and anything you do say may be used in evidence. Do you understand?"

"Yeah whatever pig." The young lad said.

Tony appeared a round the corner with his prisoner in handcuffs.

"Better call for a van I think. Sierra Oscar from 56…" Alex said into her radio.

Back at the station, Alex and Tony brought the two teenagers into custody for questioning.

"Ok Tony if you want to book them in, I'll just go speak to the Inspector for a couple of minutes. I'll rejoin you in just a moment."

Elsewhere Smithy was out with Dan getting ready to raid a house. The occupants were suspected of an armed robbery at a shop on the Cole Lane estate. The area car was situated at the back of the house waiting for the DI to give them the go a head.

"All units go, go, go." They heard Neil's voice come over the radio.

Smithy and Dan jumped out of their car and made their way to the back door. They made it in time to see one of the offenders trying to make a run for it.

"Get off me." The guy said as he spat in Smithys' face.

"Thanks for that." Smithy said sarcastically as he struggled to handcuff him.

They led him out to the van where the DI was standing with the other suspect.

"Good work Sergeant Smith. We'll take it from here. Give uniform my gratitude." The DI said.

"Oh nice that. We do all the hard work and CID gets the collar." Smithy said.

Alex and Tony were just finishing their enquiries into the criminal damage on the car. Both the lads had admitted to the damage and attempting to take the vehicle without consent.

"Well not a bad result I suppose. We might as well take early refs." Alex said to Tony.

The rest of the day went pretty quickly after that and fairly uneventful. Alex had decided to stay on in custody for the rest of the afternoon. She had been out all morning on patrol, but she had started to feel tired and sore by lunch time.

Shortly before the shift was due to end, Gina approached the custody desk with a large bouquet of flowers.

"If they're for June she's in our office." Alex said. She assumed they would be from Rod. He was always sending flowers to June.

"They're not for June for once. They're for you." Gina said as she placed them in front of Alex.

"For me? Great, I never get flowers." Alex replied as she opened the card.

"Between you and June we're going to have to open the station as a florist."

Alex stuck her tongue out at her cheekily. "You're just jealous because you haven't got a man eating out of the palm of your hand." She said.

Gina just smiled. She had known Alex long enough to know when she was joking. Gina was never offended by anything Alex said or did; she knew that Alex never meant anything by it.

Alex smiled as she read the card. On it was written, Thank you for forgiving me. I promise I will make it up to you. Love always Smithy x.

Alex glanced up to see Smithy walking past and head in to the Sergeants office.

At the end of the shift Alex came out of the female changing rooms and came face to face with Smithy.

"Thank you for my flowers. They're absolutely gorgeous. How did you know lilies and roses are my favourite flowers?" She asked as she placed her arm around his back.

"Liz told me. I had a rough idea but I wanted to make sure." He explained.

"They're great, but you didn't have to do that."

"I wanted to. I wanted to show you how much you mean to me."

They walked into the car park outside the station. They climbed into Smithys' new sports car. It still had that brand new car smell of new leather and polish.

"So where do you want to go then?" He asked as he started the car and reversed it out of the parking space.

"What if we go back to yours? We can get a couple of things in and a bottle of wine. I'll cook us something nice." Alex suggested.

"Sounds like a good idea, if that's what you're happy with."

After their meal, Alex and Smithy sat on the couch watching a film. Alex wasn't watching very much of it, she was deep in thought. Smithy picked up on this and became a little concerned.

"Are you alright?" He asked.

"Mmm? Yeah I'm fine, I was just thinking. Did you mean what you said earlier?"

"Yeah of course I did. I meant every single word and I don't take any of it back. I love you and nothing is going to change that." He knew what Alex was talking about.

Alex curled up slightly closer to him and put her arm around his neck. He pulled her closer and kissed her. As he did so he ran his hand up and down her back. She smiled and gave a little giggle.

"What would you say if I suggested that we take our relationship a little further?" Alex said.

"Are you sure that's what you want?"

"Yeah I'm positive." Alex replied as she got up from her seat and led Smithy into the bedroom.