Gene had got dressed in record time taking care to shave and try and look as dapper as he could, after all he was still the Gene genie. He could always try and charm his way back in.

He looked at himself in the mirror smirked and took a deep breath.

"Right then .... I'm coming Bolly."

He strutted over to his Quattro, revved the engine and drove towards the station just like her knight in shining armour.

-

There was however one small problem in his plan. Alex stubborn as ever had thought long and hard through the night about how she was going to expose the entire station of being corrupt.

She would start things by yet again bringing Battleford in. She had gone through statement after statement last night and found a strange link between Elver, the pregnant girl Jed Whitlow had been engaged to, and Dr Battleford. She knew now why he didn't seem surprised when they had told him his brakes had been cut. He was involved with Elver and he had been the one to try and finger Jed for reckless driving.

She dragged him back in and sat him down in an interview room. Sod Gene, Sod Mac and sod the bloody masons. She would take them down one by one starting with the good Dr here.

Chris joined her and they began their questioning. She would show them just what a pain in their derrière she could be.

-

Gene had arrived at the station with a bit of anticipation about him, he was nervous to say the least. He had lost his early strut and was now hunched over, hands in pockets racking his brain with what she was going to say about everything.

He entered the CID office to find her desk empty.

"Oi Raymondo, where's Bolly?"

"Urm guv...she urm...I couldn't stop her."

He sighed he knew that if Ray didn't want to tell him what she had done it must be going to piss him off.

"Stop her from doing what?"

"She has got Battleford in interview room 2." Ray looked like he was going to explode.

"Fan bloody tastic!" His reply was sharp and sarcastic. Gene turned and left throwing his coat over Bollys desk as he went. He walked off in the direction of interview room 2. This was not how he planned on telling her but if needs must. Stupid posh tart.

God he loved her.

-

He opened the door to the interview room and Alex, Chris and Dr Battleford looked up at him.

This was going to be interesting he thought.

"You're free to go." He muttered under his breath. He hated letting the smarmy bastard go, he had thought yesterday that he had something to do with it. Any other circumstances he would have been so proud of Alex and Chris for bringing him in but today he had to let him go to keep things up.

"Urm Guv you should proberly hear us out on this one ..." Chris had tried feebly to tell the Guv what was going off but Gene shouted at Battleford, almost with pure hatred, to get out and Chris had noted DI Drake had nodded for him to leave. Like the day before he didn't need telling twice.

Right you're up, thought Gene, this is your chance.

Alex had started shouting at him before he could even reach the door about the entire place being corrupt. He had to shout over her to shut her up.

"You have a very pretty face but you go on longer than the Eurovision song contest!"

He slammed the door shut and turned to Alex.

"I know this station is corrupt I know that supper Mac is as bent as a ten bob bit and I hate the poufy, freaky, creepy, wierdy, trouser hitching, nipple waggling bloody masons alright"

He was really trying to keep calm. He could see she had not slept, that it was going to be something to do with him why not and all he wanted to do was pull her into his arms. Firstly though he needed to make her understand.

"I followed you"

She really, really did look pissed. No wait he thought, that's not anger that's hurt...shit where did she follow me....

"I saw you "

She followed me to the Masson's? No wonder she didn't want him to stay at hers last night. It all became clear. He took a step towards her. Lowering both his hands out stretched as if showing her he wasn't armed and he came in peace he carried on.

"You're not getting it are you bolls, I had to join even though it sickens be to the pit of my stomach. In the words of Marlon Brando you keep your friends close but your enemies even closer."

It all started to dawn on her. Why he had kept quiet about his meetings with Mac. Why he hadn't told her. She looked up at him taking a step forward as he carried on talking.

"Alex how am I supposed to take on the supper and find out how high this miserable thing goes if I've been pensioned off early and left to rot in some bungalow in Margate! I tell you this Bolly I hate it, I hate what they're doing to this force."

She almost smiled at him, he was so proud of the force that he was doing this all on his own to save it.

"You're playing with them" Her tone had changed and for the first time in days she felt like she was back to her normal self. Like Gene was who he was supposed to be.

"No it's just the way I'm standing"

He looked down with his hands still in his trousers. Smirking he knew he had finally got through to her. He took another step forward and held out one of his hands for her to take. He had never, ever attempted to hold a girls hand. Not even in school as a kid. This was different, this was his Bolly. She looked up at him still a good metre away she held out her hand to his and gripped it tightly. He started to pull her towards him as he carried on explaining.

"I almost told you about it on a couple of occasions but... this is risky stuff. Far better that you didn't know what I was up to. That said I didn't take in to account what a determined pair of stockings you actually are!"

He had pulled her completely to him now. Her arms instantly sneaking round his waist. Gene held her head to his shoulder. She was still shaking a little from her earlier anger but she was calming down. His other hand was stroking her back. He kissed her head and pulled back to look at her. Alex was the first to speak.

"But you can't just let Battleford go"

He smiled at her. Brushing away a stray curl and placed it behind her ear.

"Oh he'll get life ill see to that but we have bigger fish to fry in this hornets' nest.

We only have one stab at it or they'll be like rats leaving a sinking ship."

She chuckled a bit and leaned back to look at him fully.

"Metaphors all over the shop!"

"I know clever init."

He winked at her and made her giggle again.

"So right now I need to be square with supper dupper Macintosh ok"

There was one thing she needed to know though. It was really important. If Gene had something to do with this, it was a whole new level of being 'all square'.

"And what about Kevin hales did you have anything to do with stitching him up?"

"No I don't know where he's gone either, for now we will keep that to ourselves. Things are getting a little bit tasty round here"

He looked down, disappointed that he really didn't know where Hales had gone.

She couldn't hold back any longer. This wonderful man had yet again saved her and reinsured her that he was hers. She captured his lips and laced her hands through his hair and she couldn't breathe. She had missed him so much and it had only been 24 hours. He responded with such vigour she thought he was going to knock them back. He held onto her so tight she knew he wouldn't let them fall. He flicked his tongue across her lip and she moaned and let him into her mouth.

They didn't know how long they had carried on kissing each other. Alex felt like she had been given a new lease of life. She couldn't love him any more than she did right now. Gene was so relieved he had managed to get her back in his arms he had forgotten their surroundings. He picked her up and she wrapped her legs around his waist. He placed her on the interview room table and knocked over the tape recorder. The smash of the tape breaking on the floor broke them apart. Alex gasped and looked down. She stared back at him and they both started giggling.

She placed a hand on his chest; he loved it when she did that. Always meant she was going to say something good. She looked so serious now, even with a smile playing on her lips still.

"I think I know what's important and then I forget"

He cupped her face.

"What's important is that you don't forget that your one of us"

She smiled at him again and placed her hand on his over her cheek

"Thank you"

"Why"

"Because your were one of the only things that I can rely on, for being stubborn and angry, conceded"

He was embarrassed she could tell. His face had gone all red and he looked away again.

"Have me blushing"

She chuckled but it was different to before. He looked back up at the unfamiliar sound. She had tears in her eyes; she was smiling but holding back all the stress from the past few days.

"Oh you don't get it do you...."

Gene was confused now, everything was sorted? All ok? But she looked upset again.

"You don't get it." She almost whispered to him now. He pulled her back to him.

"I thought id lost you"

Stupid posh tart.

"How the bloody hell could you lose me. Take a lot more than nipple swingers to tear me from you woman!"

Still with tears in her eyes she jumped back into his arms. She knocked him back straight on to the floor. He wasn't complaining just a bit taken aback. Earlier he imagined her doing this but while punching the shit out of him. This was a welcome surprise.

She straddled him and placed both hands either side of his head. Her hips where right over his crotch and as she rested on him she could feel him start to get hard. After all it had been days now since they had slept together.

"Is that a gun in your pocket Mr Hunt or are you just pleased to see me?" She wiggled her eyebrows at him. He grunted and pulled her to her feet. He grabbed her wrist and started to pull her towards the door.

"Where are we going?" She asked, still a little breathless.

"Back to yours, now. Fuck work. I'm taking you home and you won't be back all day. In fact I'd put in some emergency holiday if I was you.

She smiled and couldn't hold back a squeal.

They had just reached the door when Shaz came bursting through.

"Guv, Mam. Ray has taken some boys down to the gypsy site. Looks like trouble."

Gene and Alex looked at each other.

"Oh you will wait Miss Drake." He bent down and spoke in her ear so only she could hear. "And when I get you back to yours your all mine. I'd hide the bloody cuffs." Alex went bright red. Gene stormed past her towards the main door and his beloved Quattro.

Shaz cocked her head at Alex silently asked her what he had just said.

"Oh you don't want to know Shaz, you don't want to know." Leaving Shaz bewilded Alex ran in the direction of Gene. God she hoped they would not be at the gypsy camp to long.

She and Gene had some major making up to do.

(A/N: I've made you guys wait far too long for a good smut Chapter. Bet you can't guess what the next chapter is going to be like lol Keep up the reviews guys!)