You'll regret that in the morning: Part 2 revised.
Dream teams back in business.
Authors note: Hey. It's me again. Hope you enjoyed the re-written version of my last chapter; hopefully I've taken any original criticism on board and hopefully improved the story? Views? So yeah Im not exactly sure if im aloud to ask for reviews since technically this part of the story has already been written once, but oh well. Reviews would be great please? Xx
Oh yeah disclaimer: I don't own ashes to ashes, but if anyone is thinking of giving them away I'll gladly take them off your hands?
Shaz's mouth hung open in shock. "So" She thought "DCI Keats is attempting use Ma'am to get at Gene, consequently ruining their connection. But Alex stood up to him; good for her he sure deserved to be put back in his place. So now he's going to work out another scheme to separate them and ruin the relationship they just got back. But he said something about love. They're not in love they're just friends, innless…" Suddenly the obvious dawned on Shaz as she re-played Keats words in her head. "Use all the love and trust she feels for him" That's what he said. His exact words. Actually come to think of it he could be right. All those looks that passed between them. Gene's face when Alex almost died in that meat freezer. The vault. The way they worked together in operation rose. Alex's face when Jackie Queen claimed to be pregnant with Gene's baby. The look on Gene's face when he shot her and the change in his behaviour when he got her back.
Shaz knows that by no means can she be sure but it certainly seems like they are finally starting to recognize what she had been aware of for nearly 3 years… then good. They certainly deserve to be happy and she's pretty sure that they can grant each other that. But before happily ever after can be declared, something has to be done about Keats…
Meanwhile:
Gene sits in his office, feet resting on his desk, and a half full whiskey glass gripped in-between his fingers. Those impossibly long fingers… Anyhow for the first time since Keats's arrival Alex joins him in his office, sitting on his desk with her arm draped over the practically useless 80's computer, also with a glass of whiskey held delicately in her hand. Gene's struggling to keep a look of genuine surprise from crossing his face as her re-lives how Alex yelled at Keats. A faint smile passes his lips as he remembers.
Alex notices this and can't help but comment. "What are you smiling at Gene?" Dam she noticed. "Oh nothing much Bolls. Just happy to have you back."
"Aw Gene you've had me back for months now" Says Alex
"Yeah but you we're on Keats's side" Says Gene, trying and failing to not sound jealous.
"You're jealous." Says Alex while she pouts at Gene.
"No im not. Just glad to have you back with the A team bolly." He answers, letting another smile pass his lips.
"Yeah course. Anyway, we are going to have to do something about Keats. I seriously dought that he's going to give in this easily. We're going to have to do something before he does something worse.
Before Gene can answer Shaz dashes into the office. Unusually for her, she doesn't knock...
"Feel free to just wonder into my office whenever you feel like it WPC Granger." States Gene in a sarcastic voice.
"Um sorry Gov., I'll just go…" Replies Shaz now looking timid once again and makes to walk out of the office door.
"Ignore him Shaz what's up?" Asks Alex, sensing something is not right with the shy WPC who suddenly acted so out of character.
"Um… well… ma'am… yes…. You… see… well..." Stumbles Shaz unsure of where to begin.
"Shaz we don't have all day. Please spit it out!" Yells a certain impatient DCI.
"Gene leave her alone. Shaz go on" Gene gives Shaz hand motion to try and convince her to hurry along. "In your own time" Says Alex, glaring in Gene's direction.
"Thanks ma'am. Well. I know I shouldn't have been listening to sir's conversation, although it wasn't really a conversation, it was more DCI Keats talking to himself but he wrote something in a notebook or maybe it was a diary, but he was thinking of ways to… Bring you down."
"WPC Granger, I am rapidly losing patience. WHO WANTS TO BRING WHO DOWN?" asks Gene.
Both Alex and Shaz give Gene a strange look. It's so completely obvious. After about a minuet of thinking and despairing looks from both Alex and Shaz he finally gets it. "Keats wants to bring me and bolls down?"
Shaz is tempted to bring her hands together and clap in mock applause because of the length of time it took her superior to grasp the obvious. Forchanatly, at the last minute, she remembers her place and restrains herself.
"Yes Gov. DCI Keats is plotting ways to ruin Ma'am and yourself." She adds.
"What else did he say Shaz?" Asks Alex, now utterly engaged in the WPC'S tale.
Pleased that at least Alex is taking her seriously, Shaz continues. "Well… he… uh… said something about thinking you believed all that crap about Tyler."
Alex turns white at that remark. So Keats had been stringing her along. Feeding her the information she wanted to hear and at the same time succeeding in diminishing Alex's faith in Gene. How could she fail to trust Gene? Her rock. Her constant. She turns to Gene and hands him an apologetic smile, to which her responds to with a nod.
"He" continues Shaz "also said something about how the best thing to do would be to use your um…" What could she say? Love hardly seemed appropriate. How would Gene and Alex feel thinking that the whole station is under the impression that they're in love. Well admittedly pretty much everyone does thing that, but that's irrelevant. How about… perfect. "Friendship… um to his advantage. After that he wrote something down in a book, I think he locked it too. The he just strolled out of his office, presumably to D&C."
After hearing this information, Gene's leader instincts kick in.
"Ok Shaz go check Keats's office and double check if he's still there. If not just lock the door then report back to us. Here take these files, and if he is there just say Alex asked you to give them to him. Whatever you do, do not get caught snooping ok?"
"Yes Gov." With that, Shaz takes the files Gene offers to her, through CID and passes through the double doors until she can no longer be seen.
"So you were right bolly" Keats isn't going to give up. Glad you finally believe that I didn't kill Tyler. I could never do something like that. Sam was my best mate." He says in a slightly smaller and more vulnerable voice.
"Gene, I never thought you killed Sam, I just wanted to know what happened. Sam was a good friend of mine. Im sorry I didn't realise that Keats had no real interest in helping me discover what happened, but was just looking for a way to get closer to me. Hence the whole yelling at Keats in the middle of CID thing. And Gene. Im sorry for not just leaving it alone. I should have known you had a valid reason to want to keep what happened hidden away." She says in a small meek voice
"Oh bolls come here" Says Gene, attempting to hug her but realising a computer is a real obstacle.
They laugh, and then smile at each other until Gene suddenly says
"You Know Alex, I still owe you Dover Sole."