Disclaimer: As before, I do not own Sam or Jo, the only ones I own are Gregson and Mackenzie.
"Mr Mackenzie, Danny; Samantha and myself are going to have to leave."
Out of the corner of her eye Jo saw Sam look over to her, but she refused to look back, Sam would only distract her and she still had to think of a reason for leaving, fast.
Danny also shot her a look, but his came with words. "What? Why?" He asked her hurriedly, obviously slightly embarrassed.
"Because, er…" Oh think Jo, think.
"We're having lunch with another business associate." Sam provided. Jo was glad that at least one of them could think under pressure.
Mackenzie pulled back his sleeve to look at his watch; "It's quarter to four."
"Late lunch." Sam added.
"Okay." Mackenzie appeared wary. "Well, why don't we meet up at a more convenient time to discuss this?"
"Yes. Say, here, same time tomorrow?" Sam suggested.
"Okay."
Mackenzie and Gregson returned to their cars, allowing Sam and Jo to go back to the one they had came in.
The moment Jo shut her door Sam immediately spoke. "What the hell just happened there Jo? What did Mackenzie say that made you want out?"
"Sam, just drive. Let's get away from here, find somewhere to park up and we'll talk there."
"If we're gonna go somewhere why not just go back to the nick and talk there?"
"Because I don't want anyone else hearing."
"Oh, God, Jo what have you done?"
"Just drive, Sam. We'll talk in a minute."
Knowing how stubborn the brunette is, Sam started the engine and drove out of the self-storage centre car park.
After driving for about 5 minutes Sam spotted a deserted car park. She pulled in, parked, stopped the engine and turned to Jo, waiting for her to explain.
Jo looked up to see her DI watching her. Sensing she was expected to start, Jo began, "Gregson's gonna work out we're cops, if he hasn't already that is."
"What? How? Gregson's an idiot, if anyone knew it would be Mackenzie."
"Gregson might be an idiot, but all men notice if their girlfriend prefers women."
"Oh come on Jo, how can he know you're a lesbian? He hasn't seen you with any women around. Well, apart from me, so how can he know?"
Jo remained silent, telling Sam all she needed to know.
Sam was shocked, she had never imagined that Jo would feel the same way. This had thrown her, and, although she wanted to let Jo know she had feelings for her, she knew they had more urgent things to deal with. Sam decided to continue as if nothing had happened. "What were you and Mackenzie talking about?"
Jo felt as if she had been punched, hard. She had made her feelings blindingly obvious and Sam had ignored it. "Nothing."
"Oh come on, Jo. I know something happened, what was it?"
"It's not important."
"Tell me."
"It was nothing."
"DC Masters, that was an order."
"I simply said he should suggest you going into business with us."
"Oh my God. You threatened him, didn't you?"
"No, I just…"
"Jo that was the one thing the DCI told us not to do."
"I didn't. I just…"
"Jo, it's obvious you did." Sam cut in. feeling sorry for her she added, "come on, what did you say? We can try and salvage it without getting anyone else involved."
No matter how frustrated Jo was with Sam, she couldn't help but smile, the blonde was still trying to help her even if she had possibly screwed up the entire investigation.
"Thanks Sam." Jo then found herself launching into the story Sam wanted to hear.