Chapter 4

While everyone was sitting in the meeting room to wait for tasks told by Frank, Gail was sitting on the last row. Chris was sitting two rows before her but he had smiled to her when she came in the meeting room. Gail can't remember why he would be smiling, to her. When Frank announced that she and Chris were together on street patrol today, she knew that they were going to talk about them.

"So how was your weekend? apart from the hangover" Chris grinned while he was driving the police car.

"My weekend was great" Gail said. She sighed "and thanks for bringing me home that night" Gail said a little embarrassed.

"You're welcome, you know we need to talk" Chris said wisely.

"I know, but .." Gail said not finishing her sentence.

"But what?" Chris asked wondering why Gail was finishing her sentence.

"You have to promise me you won't get angry with me" Gail said

"I'm not angry with you, well not anymore but we will talk about it after shift alright?" Chris said, not wanting to have such a serious conversation during their shift.

"Alright, why don't you come over to my place?" Gail asked

"Uhm, that's great" Chris said, he was surprised that Gail was inviting him to her place. Come to think about it, he had never been to her place.

After their shift they both drove to Gail's place, Chris was driving behind her. When both parked their car they went inside Gail's apartment. Chris started to look around, it was still not finished as there were no photo frames and tables were empty. The most important stuff was there, a couch, a tv, a coffee table and the space was quite big too, he wouldn't have guessed this from the outside of this building.

"So, you wan't something to drink?" Gail asked after throwing her keys on the coffee table.

"I would like some water please"

"Alright, make yourself comfortable" Gail said as she walked into the kitchen, she poured water for Chris in a glass and she quickly took a sip from her wine bottle, she could need some alcohol right now. She decided to pour herself a cup of tea, she walked with the glass of water and tea to put it on the coffee table were Chris was sitting on the couch. "Thanks" Chris said as he took a sip from the cold water. He knew he was here to talk to Gail, but he wanted her to start the conversation, he was the guest after all but more because he needed her speak her mind.

"Chris, I don't understand why you're mad at me" Gail asked after a while of silence.

"I was mad at you, I've calmed down" "That I did not or maybe still do not trust you around Dov has to do with me" Chris said as he wasn't looking at Gail this time. He got an instant flashback to his mother not trusting her boyfriend Mark.

"Where are you really going?" Chris's mother asked Mark "As I told you I'm meeting with Ike at the lacrosse club". Mark used to go a lot to his lacrosse club. More than Chris's mother liked. She was surely convinced there were a lot of single woman, especially woman that wanted to be with Mark. Chris's mother had been betrayed before, also by the father of Chris. Chris's mother was mostly fluctuating between being comatose or suicidal. Chris's mother has laid several times in the hospital due to an overdose of sleeping pills. Whenever she broke up with a boyfriend she would become suicidal. "I don't want you to go!" Chris's mother yelled to Mark. "Why don't you want me to go?" Mark asked. "You know why, I don't trust you around all those woman!" Chris's mother yelled. "I know why you don't trust me, it is because you aren't comfortable with yourself, you really need to see a phycologist!" Mark yelled, he had enough of dealing with her, she was never happy. "You don't ever need to call me again!" Chris's mother yelled as she went to the bathroom and locked herself. Mark walked to Chris who was in the living room when the scene happened in the kitchen. "I'm sorry Chris" was all Mark said as he walked out the door, it was the last time he ever saw Mark. Again it was him and his mother, another disappointment.

"Chris" Gail asked "Chris?"

"Yeah, I'm sorry"

"What were you thinking about?" Gail asked, he clearly was thinking about something.

"Nothing" Chris said not wanting to talk about it, but Gail wasn't buying it.

"Okay, you were definitely thinking about something, if you tell me.." Gail said knowing if she wouldn't push now she had a big chance of losing Chris.

Chris was turning to Gail, and he was looking straight in her eyes "My mother never trusted any man because my father had betrayed her several times, I don't want to be like her and I trusted you I did not see any reason not to, but when I saw you with Dov I thought I might had it all wrong." Gail breathed air nervously not knowing what he would say next.

"Now I see I over reacted, I want to trust you but it won't be easy" Chris said.

Gail moved to him and started to kiss him passionately. Chris placed his hands just below her ass so that he could move her on his lap. As she sat on his lap they were still kissing, when Gail gasped for air and there foreheads were touching right now "Who said I liked easy?" Gail said as they starting kissing, Chris stood up holding her and bringing her to the bed room. He laid Gail on the bed as he started kissing her neck. She took off his shirt and he took off her shirt as he kissed her newly exposed skin. It felt great to see her, to feel her and to hear her, he always thought that she is beautiful. "You're beautiful" Chris said. He was going for round three with Gail and this time, nobody could break them apart, no brother, no friend. It was just going to be him and her, and he would do anything to protect that.

~ Fin ~

Thank you all for reading my fanfic, I hope you enjoyed it and hopefully we are going to see a happy Chris & Gail on the show.