China Girl

(An Ashes to Ashes Fic)

Why hello again Ashes fans :D Here's the next chapter, and I apologize for the delay in posting but I really hope you enjoy it, especially the ending ;) And please tell me what you think, I love reading reviews :D

Chapter 14 –

Fall in love with me

Alex had been back at her flat now for several hours and together, her, Gene and Annie had put together a sort-of-profile on everything they knew about the future and Sam Tyler, but even after all of this it still seemed they were no closer to understanding the connection between the two worlds and Annie was no closer to believing that both Alex and Sam were from the future.

It shocked Alex at just how understanding Gene was being about all of this. For once he'd actually taken the time to listen to her, and after slowly piecing certain things together, it seemed that Gene, was actually beginning to believe her, no matter how insane it must be for him to do so.

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They'd been sat in a comfortable silence for around ten minutes, each of them lost in their own individual thoughts, when they were started by the shrill ringing of Alex's home telephone.

'Would you just answer that for me, please Annie?' Alex asked, as she was the one sitting nearest to the phone.

'Yeah sure…' Annie replied, absent-mindedly reaching for the receiver and picking it up.

'Hello?'

Silence.

'Hello?' She asked again, although this time a little louder.

'It's all about timing this life…'

Gene and Alex looked on in shock as Annie through the receiver down, while her hand flew to her mouth and tears began flowing rapidly down her face.

Annie couldn't believe it. For hours she'd been sat here listening to Alex bang on about the future, explaining everything that had supposedly happened to her over the past two years and also what had happened to Sam Tyler; and she hadn't believed a word of it. And she had to admit, that even after the dream about Sam Tyler, she'd been sat here all night, wondering why on earth Alex hadn't yet earned her self a straight jacket. And then this happened.

She'd received the phone call.

A phone-call from a man who, along with her son, she loved more than anything in the world.

A phone-call from a man whom she believed was dead.

Sam Tyler

She could hardly breathe from the pure shock of hearing that voice again, and didn't stop to notice the looks of mingled shock, horror and confusion on the faces of Alex and Gene as she ran out of the flat, out of the restaurant and out into the cool night air, leaving the door's to slam shut behind her.

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'What the ruddy 'ell was that about?' Gene asked, as the pair of them finally registered what had just happened.

'I…I don't know'

'You don't think…'

'Sam?'

'Well…'

'To be honest Gene…I don't know what to think anymore…'

He nodded slightly in agreement.

'Do you think she'll be 'lright?'

'I hope so…' she replied, as she reached for his hand and gripped it tightly in an attempt to comfort them both.

'I missed you know Bolls…It wasn't t' same without ya…'

'I know. I missed you too Gene…'

'I care about you Bolls. The only problem was I didn't realise just how much, until it was almost too late…'

'It's never too late Gene…' she whispered, as she shuffled closer to him.

'I love you Bolls…' he said, his voice thick with emotion and Alex momentarily froze in shock. In all honestly she'd actually already known how he felt about her for some time now, but she'd never imagined him actually telling her face to face.

'Gene…' she said as he turned to face her, and their eyes met, almost like a magnetic force. And she could see from the look in his eyes that he was waiting for her reaction, desperate to know how she felt about him.

'Gene; come to bed with me…'

I cant do the talk like they talk on TV
And I cant do a love song like the way its meant to be
I cant do everything but Id do anything for you
I cant do anything except be in love with you

And all I do is miss you and the way we used to be
All do is keep the beat and bad company
All I do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme
Julie Id do the stars with you any time

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