Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of Jo Masters and Samantha Nixon. They are the property of TalkbackThames and shall be safely returned once I am finished with them.

Author's Note: Apologies for the delay in updating, I got really busy with work/life etc. I should be updating my chapters over the next few weeks as I am on holiday for a week during this time so should have plenty of time on my hands as I am not going anywhere. This is just a short chapter to get you ready for my updates next week. Once again apologies, and enjoy the new chapter! Oh and please don't hate me (see below :p)!

Chapter 3:

Jo felt her hand tremor a little more as she slowly felt the door open, swallowing hard, shivering slightly as she felt a cool breeze brush her cheeks.

"Sam," Jo whispered as she walked further into Sam's room, "You awake?"

"Yeah," Sam replied as she turned over slightly so she could see Jo, "Everything ok?"

"No actually," Jo said as she approached the bed and sat on the side, "I think there's some things we need to talk about."

"Oh?" Sam questioned, sitting up.

"Don't pretend you don't know what I'm talking about Sam," Jo replied, "You know exactly what I mean, its been there since before I left for Nottingham, since my first proper day at Sun Hill, so lets not pretend."

"Jo, this isn't the time," Sam said.

"There never will be a right time so we might as well just talk about it now," Jo responded, "We both know there's something there between us, a… spark… something… I think its time we both stopped avoiding the subject and…"

Sam leant up and kissed Jo with passion, stopping her mid-sentence. As the need for air overcame Sam, she pulled away slowly, stroking Jo's cheek softly with her finger.

"You really do talk some nonsense DC Masters," she whispered.

"As do you DI Nixon," Jo smirked, brushing her lips lightly against Sam's.

Sam smiled, pulling Jo to lay down next to her.

"You could always spend the night here, I wouldn't want you getting too cold," Sam said.

"Well I'm sure if I stayed right here there'd be no chance of that," Jo smirked, kissing Sam softly as she slowly moved her hand down to lightly run a finger across Sam's stomach and began undressing her slowly…