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Chapter 6

"Gene! What the hell are you doing!" Alex clung to the towel, praying it would stay in place long enough for her to disappear into her bedroom without Gene seeing anything.

"Erm... sorry. I... erm... see you at the station." He managed to force out then marched out of the flat, without so much as a glance in Alex's direction.

When Alex arrived at the station Gene was nowhere to be seen. CID was unusually busy; they'd been given information of a huge gun deal happening over the next few days and everyone was rushing around trying to gain as much detail as possible before making any arrests.

"Ray, have you seen the Guv?" Alex asked, collecting a stack of files that needed analysing.

"Last time I saw him he was moaning about you, as usual. Then he stormed out the station, haven't seen him since. He's probably gone to find a nice girl who will wash his troubles away." Ray raised his eyebrows as he spoke to make sure Alex knew exactly what he was insinuating. Alex rolled her eyes at her colleague's immaturity and sat down at her desk.

The day passed quickly and by the evening they had the main suspect in a cell; Gene eventually made an appearance but didn't stick around long enough for Alex to have a conversation with him. When the team packed up for the day and headed over to Luigi's Alex hung back, determined to speak to Gene before he got too pissed to be able to communicate properly.

Alex wandered over to Gene's office and flung the door open.

"Yes, what do you want?" Gene snapped. Without looking up he knew exactly who was stood in front of him.

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The rest of the team were making their way over to Luigi's when Shaz suddenly stopped and turned back to the station.

"Shaz, what you doing?" Chris looked at her with confusion as she rushed across the road.

"I've left my bag on my desk, I'll only be minute."

"Wait up, I'll come with you."

"Poof!" Ray shouted as they disappeared into the station.

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"What the hell were you doing in my flat earlier? Trying to sneak a look of me in the shower?" Alex clenched her hands into her hips and grinded her jaw as she watched Gene light up a cigarette.

"I wasn't the stupid mare that left her front door wide open. If you didn't want me there Bolly you should have said so."

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Ray hurried out of Luigi's and into the station. It didn't take that long to pick up a bag and if they had fobbed him off just so they could be alone he was going to make sure their plan failed. CID was black apart from the stream of light coming from under the Guv's door. As Ray pushed the CID doors open he was quickly pulled onto the floor and a hand flew across his mouth to stop him from shouting.

"Ray it's us." Shaz whispered, removing her hand and warning him to be quite.

"What the fuck are you doing? I nearly shit myself just then." Ray gasped, his breathing slowly returning to normal. Chris pointed to the Guv's office and the three of them fell silent. After a few moments the voice of their DI filled the room.

"I told you I'd see you at the station. What on earth made you think I'd want you to wait for me?"

"You said you'd only be two minutes. I thought you were just going to throw some clothes on, how was I suppose to know you were going to parade around the room in a towel!"

The three officers were crouched behind Alex's desk. Shaz had to bite back a laugh at the look of shock of Chris and Ray's face; they really didn't believe there was anything between their senior officers.

"Didn't you hear the shower?" Alex shouted. The annoyance was evident in her voice.

"Well yes, but I didn't think you'd go walking around with no clothes on." Ray and Chris stared at each other in disbelief. They felt almost embarrassed listening to Gene and Alex talking, like naughty school boys hiding in the staffroom and hearing conversations that were definitely not meant for their ears. The discomfort wasn't enough to make them leave though and they remained hidden behind the desk, listening intently.

"Oh Gene don't be ridiculous."

"No Bolly, what's ridiculous is this conversation. So I saw a bit of skin, the first time I met you, you were dressed as a prostitute." The noise of Gene's chair scrapping across the floor echoed around the room.

"You are so irritating." Alex was practically screaming as she pulled the door open. Shaz, Ray and Chris had never moved so fast as they dived for cover behind the desks, the light now pouring out of Gene's office and casting various shadows around the room. Gene took his coat off the stand and flung it over his shoulder then marched after his DI.

"Bolly." Gene warned. Alex reached out and grabbed hold of the door handle but before she could tug on it Gene grabbed her wrist and pulled it away. Their eyes met and a familiar feeling washed over them, holding Alex's hand against his chest Gene dipped his head and caught her lips with his own. The kiss was gentle at first. Then, as Alex slipped her hand free from his grip and laced it around his neck, Gene pushed her up against the wall, one hand cupping her breast whilst the other fell to her hip. When one of their senior officers moaned Chris frantically stuffed his fingers in his ears and closed his eyes.

"This is disgusting." Chris whispered causing Shaz to clamp her hand of his mouth and place a finger over her lips.

"If they start having sex, I'm interrupting. It's like listening to your parents." Ray added and he pretended to hurl to reiterate the point. Shaz just rolled her eyes and tried to think of anything but the two officers on the other side of the office.

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