sorry about the lack of updateing, i'm writing another story at the moment aswell (to be uploaded soon) and i've had massive writers block with both, anyway ill try to update as soon as i can, so please review its not beta'd so forgive errors :)

Lawson woke up the next morning, loud smash of glass, followed by swearing. He hadn't slept much; he had been worried about Stella. The way she just broke down in his arms last night showed that the young constable was hiding something, what Lawson had no idea. Running out into the kitchen, Lawson saw Stella standing with her left hand on her lower right arm, covered in blood, with a smashed glass on the floor. She just turned and looked at him, her face pale and he eyes distant.

"I'm so sorry Lawson" she said, looking like she was almost about to break into tears.

"Stell', it's a glass, don't worry about it, and let me take a look at that arm"

Lawson walked over to Stella and took her hand off her arm. Instantly he put it back though, she had a bigger cut than Lawson had thought. He walked her through, and sat her on the bench stool, where she had sat last night, before she had broken down. Running into his bathroom, Lawson grabbed his first aid kit and bandaged up Stella's arm.

"Lawson, we are going to be late for work." Said Stella, once Lawson had finished bandaging her arm.

"Stell', you're not going out on the road today."

"Lawson, can I stay with you for a couple of days?" asked Stella, her tone of voice reflecting the way she looked. She was pale and looked terrified.

"I wasn't going to let you stay home by yourself in the state that you are. I'm going to take you home, where you can grab a few things, I'm going to have to work today, so you can come into base, I'm not leaving you here alone all day."

Stella looked thankful. Lawson knew she wasn't the same Stella, who had poured a bucket of water over Josh right before leaving yesterday, the Stella who tried to get Michael back after everything else failed to do so, no, something was missing. Just what. Lawson had no idea.

"Stella, I'll get dressed and have a shower here, and you can do that at yours when we stop by." Said Lawson as he turned on the TV, and went to get ready.

Once Lawson was ready, he and Stella got in the car and made their way to Stella's with very little conversation between the two. Once at Stella's apartment, Lawson sat on the couch and waited for the young constable to be ready. After being at Stella's apartment for about 10 minutes, while Stella was in the shower, Lawson felt his phone vibrating in this back pocket. Getting it out, he completely ignored the caller id, knowing who it would be.

"LAWSON! Where the hell are you?" yelled Kerry into the phone

"Kerry.."

"I don't want any excuses, Lawson, Charlie is going ballistic, and TR02 is out on the road with only uniforms as back-up " said Kerry not giving Lawson the chance to speak.

"Kerry.."

"Lawson, where the hell are you? I can't even send Charlie and Stella out together cause she's not here either"

"KERRY! Take a breath, I know where Stell' is, and let me tell you, she's in no fit condition to work."

"Shit, what happed?"

"I don't know, last night she turned up on my door step, we are at her place now, she's going to stay at mine for a few days, I don't know what's wrong with her Kerry, but whatever it is it's serious, she's not the same.

"Where are you now?" asked Kerry in a worried tone

"At her's. She's grabbing a few things before we come in, we are one down with her out, so I'll come in and go out on the road, and she can wait back at base with you and Leon. Hopefully you'll be able to find outs what's wrong."

"She hasn't said anything?"

"No, I've got no idea what's up, she scared me last night though turning up at my doorstep just before 12. Altogether she hasn't said much, only a few words here and there, we'll be at base in about half an hour."

"Okay, see you then" relied Kerry as Lawson ended the call.

Another five minutes after Lawson finished speaking to Kerry, Stella walked out with a bag in her hand. She looked a lot better but she still wasn't her normal self.

"Come on, let's go, Charlie will have our heads if we don't get to work anytime soon.

Walking out of Stella's apartment and getting into Lawson's car, Lawson knew that today wasn't going to be a great day for both him and Stella.