A/N: Thanks to Vikki and Hannah for reviewing my prevoius chapter! All reviews are appreciated for this one.

Chapter 7

"You can see her now" the nurse said, emerging from Stacie's hospital room. Mickey stood up quickly, eager to make sure Stacie would be okay. Ash had also leapt to his feet the minute the nurse had said spoken. Danny, who had been pacing the small waiting room, had immediately started walking towards her room. Mickey quickly followed and the three men stood quietly by the door, unsure whether to go in or not as she looked to be asleep. She rolled over and muttered

"Are you boys coming in or are you just going to stand staring at me all day?"

"Stacie!" Danny exclaimed instantly and rushed over to the seat beside her bed

"We were worried about you. I'm definitely going to have to start taking out medical insurance now" Mickey joked, sitting down on her other side. Ash sat down on the end of the bed.

"So where's Albert?" she asked

"We don't know. He didn't come back. I left a message to come down here in the flat" Ash explained. They fell into a slightly uncomfortable silence.

"So what happened?" Mickey finally asked.

"Yes, I would like to know that as well" said a voice from the door. They all turned around to see a tall man with black hair wearing a pink shirt with a black jacket.

"And you are?" Danny asked

"DC Zain Nadir, from Sunhill CID"

"That's all we need, more cops" Danny muttered. Mickey nodded his head in agreement. Stacie rolled her eyes. She really didn't want to listen to more jealousy from her friends.

"Nice to meet you Zain" she smiled, just a little flirtatiously. He smiled back, showing his gleaming white teeth. Danny stood up to give the policeman his seat and walked around to stand beside Mickey

"Why do all the cops we meet have to flirt with her?" Mickey muttered. Danny just shrugged, glaring at the policeman.

"So what happened?" Zain asked again, taking out his notebook.

"I was in the park. I'd just had a falling out with my friends," she explained, nodding her head in Mickey and Danny's direction, "And all of a sudden, this boy jumped out at me with a knife. He told me to hand over all the money I had and when I told him I didn't have any, he stabbed me. Then everything went black" She finished.

"Right" Zain said, writing it all down, "Can you describe your attacker?"

"He was a white teenager. He looked about 5ft 5 and he was wearing a red hoody and a cap."

"Okay. I'll see what I can do. Call me if you need anything" he said, standing up and leaving the room. Mickey held out his hand for the card, but Stacie ignored him and put it in her the drawer of her bedside table.

"You're not seriously going to call him are you?" Mickey said

"Maybe… He is pretty good looking" she said, staring down the corridor after him

"What about what you said about never dating a cop?" Danny said, staring at her in disbelief.

"That was before I met Mr. Tall, Dark and Handsome" Stacie said, with a faraway look in her eye. Then she burst out laughing when she saw the looks on Danny and Mickey's faces.

"Relax, I was joking!" Mickey and Danny both visibly relaxed when she said that.

"So how much of what you told him was true?" Mickey said, changing the subject

"Well I did have an argument with you… and I was in the park… and I got stabbed." Stacie laughed

"So who was it really?" Danny said, looking completely serious

"It was one of Hendon's men. Frank Mitchell. He said Hendon knew what we were doing and to stay away from him"

"That's it then, the cons off. We can't risk anyone else being hurt" Mickey said

"We can't just let him get away with hurting Stacie!" Danny protested

"Well what do you expect me to do? He clearly knows everyone in the gang! He's going to suspect anything we do. I'm not going to let him hurt anyone else."

"If being recognised is the problem" a voice said from the door, "I have the perfect solution"

A/N: Well it isnt quite as big a cliffhanger as before, but I'm not really sure where to go from here. In your reviews, tell me who you think is at the door and I may take that into account when writing the next chapter. I already have an idea but if another persons popular, I'll probably do that instead.

By the way, DC Zain Nadir was not made up by me, he is also in The Bill. (And Stacie's right, he's very good looking ;) )