As usual, thank you to all that have reviewed or sent me a review through PM, much appreciated
Okay, so I must apologise for not updating one of my old fics, I'm going to try really hard to meet that request and I'm crossing my fingers it will be tomorrow, it just depends on how the day goes, I am taking part in World Lymphoma Awareness Day by participating in the Zumbathon at Fed Square and Liberation, so I'm thinking that will give me my motivation as I will be on a high.
I'm not 100% happy with this part, but the next part should be better including Lawson and Shannon interaction.
Enjoy
Disclaimer: I obviously don't own Rush.
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"Where is she?" Lawson asked angrily as he hopped out of his car.
"Kerry sent her home with Stella." Josh says calmly.
"So everyone knows but me, I'm her boyfriend, I should have been told first." Lawson exclaims as he follows Josh.
"Kerry was the one who heard her trashing the locker room, Stella and Charlie were here doing paperwork and I was on my way out, Christian and Leon don't know, and I'm pretty sure Stella will tell Michael when she gets a chance, he would want to know." Josh says as he takes him into the locker room where Kerry and Charlie were talking.
"So what have you guys done so far?" Lawson asks without greeting.
"Settle down Lawson." Charlie says.
"Don't tell me to settle down, I just found out my girlfriend got raped by another officer the other night and she didn't think to tell me, instead she pushes me away and keeps me at arm's length, I deserved to know." Lawson says angrily as he steps towards Charlie.
"Lawson, you have seen how rape victims can react, she had to get her head around it, she was raped by someone who was meant to be a close friend, someone who was like a brother to her, she felt ashamed and embarrassed, and we can't imagine what she is going through Lawson." Kerry says.
"Why did you send her home with Stella, she should have been sent home with me." Lawson asks Kerry.
"Calm down Lawson, do you really think going home with you is a great idea, she had counselling today and then had to discuss it with Kerry, she will have nightmares tonight and then how are you meant to comfort her when she can't handle being touched, especially by a male, you saw her reaction today to Charlie touching her on the shoulder." Josh says while placing his hand on Lawson's shoulder.
"She flinched and told me not to touch her Lawson, she knew you would be pissed off and she knows you and the team will want to deal this with your own way and get revenge, she doesn't want you guys to deal with it and get yourselves into deep shit for it, she just needs us to be there for her, to be as understanding as we can be and support her in whatever way we can, you need to control your anger around her Lawson, otherwise you'll just make things worse, that's why she left with Stella tonight, so she didn't have to see you flying off the rails." Charlie says.
"Well what's going to happen?" Lawson asks.
"Kerry's making backup copies of all evidence firstly and then we will report it, I know someone higher up that will deal with this as discreetly as possible, but she may have to face a trial against him, she will attend regular counselling sessions for it." Charlie says.
"This will be dealt with Lawson, you know I will make him pay, but please, PLEASE, DON'T do anything stupid, leave it to us to deal with, the last thing Shannon needs is for shit to hit the fan, she needs you Lawson, now more than ever." Kerry says.
"You better keep us well informed than." Lawson says looking Kerry directly into her eyes to convey how serious he was.
"We will Lawson, you just focus on being there for Shannon and let us deal with it, and that goes for you too Josh." Kerry yells out as they start to walk out.
"What's that meant to mean?" Josh asks puzzled.
"We all know how protective you can get over those close to you, and I know you see the members of this team as family, especially the two girls, and we know where that anger can get you, it gets you into serious trouble, and we can't afford that to happen right now, you can't afford for that to happen right now." Kerry says.
"Righto, I'll see you tomorrow." Josh says.
"Remember to tell Tash I need to talk to her." Kerry yells out as Josh waves a hand in the air as acknowledgement.
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"So are you cool with staying at mine tonight?" Stella asks as she drives to Shannon's place to get some gear.
"Do I have much choice?" Shannon asks.
"Well it's my place or yours, but I figure you constantly relieving the night over and over again today, you might not want to stay at yours as it will bring up even more memories of the night." Stella says.
"I meant with having you baby sit me." Shannon says.
"Oh well, no you don't have a choice in that matter." Stella says.
"That's what I thought, I'll quickly grab my stuff then we can head to yours." Shannon says undoing her seatbelt as they pull up at her house.
"No worries, don't keep me waiting too long." Stella says as she pulls out her phone to sms Michael to organise to see him in person to fill him in.
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After 5 minutes of smsing back and forth, Stella notices a person in the car on the opposite side of the road, a couple of metres down from her position.
Watching subtly, she notices a man sitting there and staring intently at Shannon's house.
Following his gaze, she sees that he has a direct view into Shannon's bedroom.
As she watches him, she sees a flicker of a smile grace his features before she turns her head and see's the bedroom light on.
Looking through her bag for something to use as protection, Stella grabs a can of deodorant out and then looks up and breathes a sigh of relief when she notices the curtains closed.
Seeing the grim expression on the guys face, Stella hops out of the car and walks towards his.
Standing right outside his window, she says with a fake smile plastered on her face "Enjoying the view were we, or are we disappointed that we didn't see as much as we wanted to see?"
"Shut up you whore or I'll sort you out." He says threatingly as he puts his window down by a centremetre leaving a small gap.
"I think your meant to be calling yourself the dirty whore, and how are you going to sort me out, rape me like you raped my friend?" she says.
"You need to learn to keep your nose out of other people's business." He says angrily.
"You need to learn that just because you're a police officer doesn't mean you can do as you please you piece of shit, you don't scare me, you better piss off now before I deal with you myself." She says warningly.
"Oh yeah and how do you plan to do that?" he asks with a smirk.
"Simple." She says pulling out the deodorant can and spraying it through the gap in the window.
"You fucking bitch." He yells out as he rubs his eyes.
"Now piss off before I smack you one, and if I ever see you around anywhere at all, I'll ensure your dealt with." She says walking back towards her car as he drives off.
"How come you're out of the car?" Shannon asks as she walks out to the car just as Stella is hopping in.
"I needed to stretch my legs, you were taking too long." Stella says as she sends the number plate to Kerry before starting the car again.