The reception took place in the grand hall of the hotel. A number of tables had been set up, with a head table at the end, beautifully decorated. There was a buffet style banquet on the side of the room which held host to an assortment of snacks and nibbles and soft drinks as well as Champagne and wine. In the middle of the table was a three-tier wedding cake, complete with miniature bride and groom settled on the top. Naturally, upon entering Ray, Chris and Gene headed for the champagne.

"Men." Shaz commented, standing in her gown at the side of the room, looking around.

"Get used to it Shaz. You've got the rest of your life with it." Alex pointed out."What was I thinking(?)" Shaz laughed.

"That you love him and want to spend the rest of your life with him." "Your like a bleedin' mind reader Ma'am." Shaz grinned. She had never felt happier than she did today.

"Thank you Ma'am."

"What for?" Alex looked bewildered."Me and Chris split up the first time. You made us see sense, that we belonged together. It's kinda down to you that we're here today." Shaz hugged her."Oh, well that's fine Shaz. But I'm sure you both would have realised sooner or later. You never really stopped loving one another."

As Shaz left to speak to her new mother and father in law Alex looked cautiously around. Someone here knew something about Molly and had constantly been calling her. It was time to find out who.

"Stop thinking for five seconds woman and shove that down your throat." Gene had appeared at her side, glass filled to the brim with sparkling champagne. She took it, somewhat grateful for the distraction, but didn't take eye contact away from the number of guests."Bolls." Gene eventually distracted her.

"Someone here knows something about Molls Guv. I need to know who. They've been playing with my head far too long." Alex sipped on the drink as they headed to a table nearby and sat down.

"A watched pot doesn't boil lady B." He commented and she looked slightly surprised."That's actually smart…" She said aloud and looked even more surprised at the fact she was meant to have thought it."Don't look to surprised. I didn't get in the force on looks alone." He took another sip from the glass."No. Definitely not.""Cheers(!)" He replied sarcastically, a funny feeling swooping inside of him.

"That's not what I meant." she replied. Without a following comment from Gene they both sat in silence, thinking to themselves.

'Definitely not what I meant…wait what the hell am I doing? I cannot, simply CANNOT be falling for Gene Hunt. Ignore it Alex. Not gonna happen. Focus on the psycho. Who could be the psycho?' Alex tried to keep a natural expression on her face as the thoughts ran through her mind. She couldn't…could she?'What did she mean…not what she mean'? 'ts nothin' Gene. Just Bolly and her strange little comments. Wouldn't be without them though. Almost as good as the alco…shut up now. You cannot be goin' all sissy. Its bloody Bolls, the most annoying fruit cake this side of banana-bleedin'-rama. But she's my fruitcake. Gene? You're the bloody manc lion for god's sake. You don't even like fruitcake." Almost raging an argument within his own mind the Guv failed to notice Alex had started speaking again."…what do you think?" She asked and he only caught the last of the sentence."…It's got too many nuts." he spoke aloud, causing Alex to raise her eyebrows and cock her head to one side in confusion and slight fear as to what he had been thinking."What?"

"What?" Gene realised he'd been speaking aloud and then another thought came into his head…'how much had he said aloud?' Alex's expression gave nothing away so he was forced to just continue like nothing had happened."You talk too fast woman what are you sayin'?" He asked, hoping to sidetrack her.

"You come out with the strangest things sometimes Guv. And you call me the fruitcake of CID. Anyway, as I was saying…the person stalking me… he might not have even arrived yet mightn't he? I mean Shaz did say some people were coming to the reception a bit later so he might have been in the …" Alex stopped and stared into space. She'd seen a white square on the wall closest to them. In neat, readable handwriting she saw the word 'Alex'. The same font used on the envelope from the dress shop. Not even bothering to continue she left the table and walked over, plucking it from the wall and opening it quickly.

"Enjoying the wedding? Still not found me? Look out the window."

Alex did so and took her attention to the fancy French patio doors stretching across the side. She could see that some guests had headed out to enjoy the sunshine and spotted Shaz and Chris sitting together on a stone bench. Nothing out of the ordinary. Until she saw something at the back of the courtyard. Something that from this distance could not be made out.

Hurrying out the door and over to where she'd spotted it Alex stopped abruptly. Nothing. Almost nothing. Another note.

"I'm enjoying this game Alex. You're so predictable. I knew you'd go back to your car, and I knew he'd be waiting. I knew that the first person you'd officially meet would be Gene Hunt. And I know something else. You know it too. Just won't admit it.

I'm growing tired Alex. Duck."

Within that second everything slowed down in Alex's mind. Flashbacks played through her mind as she felt herself be pushed against the ground in force. That noise. Death in sound. The sound of a bullet, leaving a gun, and flying through the air.

"Raymondo that way!" She heard Gene's voice echo around her as she rested against the ground, feeling weak and confused. She recognised retreated footsteps, pounding across the ground. Ray was off and by the sounds of it, a couple of others were following.

"Come on Alex." everything slowly came into focus as she felt Gene's hand in hers, pulling her to her feet. For a couple of seconds she felt steady then, before she knew it she was being carried back inside in the Guv's arms and everything went black. She'd fainted.

Okay. The revalation will either be in the next chapter or the chapter after, depending how generous i'm feeling ;)
Just some points to make out in case you all get confused :/ This story is based after series 3, but taking away the storyline with Gene and Alex and Sam Tyler. I hope that doesn't make it all confusing...if it does I'm sorry, I got a bit sidetracked when writing my story and realised that it may sound a bit strange in the future. Sorry for any confusion.

In the meantime I hope you enjoyed this chapter, it was a bit shorter than the others but that's the make way for the bigger story. There is a huge storyline coming up soon! Read and Review and I hope you all have a FANTASTIC START TO 2011! :) xx