*Disclaimer* I do not own Rookie Blue.

While the rest of them tried to sleep, Gail sat on the office chair in the lab, spinning it slowly from left to right, watching Holly work.

'I need to talk to you…to someone…..about something,' she said sheepishly.

Holly looked up from her desk.

'I guessed as much. You're very quiet today, something's eating you.'

'Is that your medical opinion?' Gail asked.

'I do forensics,' Holly remarked, 'If I was giving you a medical opinion, you'd be dead. And you're not. This is me being your friend. You look like you could use one.' She shrugged at Gail.

Gail sighed. 'It might be easier if I was.'

'Was what?'

'Dead,' Gail replied, matter of factly.

Holly smirked. 'I thought you were off men? Only a man could make you say that.'

Gail huffed. 'Why are you so wise?'

'I'm not wise, Gail, I'm gay. I have a feel for these things.' She smiled. 'What's on your mind?'

Gail took a breath and watched as Holly reassured her.

'We had to do this counselling thing, for work.' She started. 'And I sat in that office with this woman, and told her exactly how it is. And she didn't even help.'

Holly stayed quiet. She spoke after a few moments. 'Try me.'

Gail sighed. It couldn't hurt, she told herself.

'Holly…have you ever surprised yourself? Like done something so out of character that you…surprised yourself.'

'Many times.'

'I'm a very loyal person,' Gail went on. 'I am not a lot of things. I'm not really friendly, I'm not easy going. I'm not really down to earth. But I am very, very loyal.'

Holly watched her intently as she struggled on her words.

'Loyalty to the division. Loyalty to my…..friends.' She emphasised the last word like it felt wrong in her mouth. 'Loyalty to my boyfriend. Ex-boyfriend' she corrected herself with a shrug of the shoulder. 'I cheated on him,' she said, looking Holly in the eye. 'Something I never thought I would do.' She sighed. 'And then yesterday, I found out he cheated on me too. Well…..you can't call it cheating because we're not actually together, but who's to say he hasn't be sleeping with her since Dakota!' Her eyes glazed over as she said the last part.

'Men are jerks,' Holly replied.

Gail forced a weak smile.

'You think I should talk to her? She asked Holly.

'Who? The friend…..that slept with your ex?'

'Yeah'.

'I think you should forget about them, and go have some fun instead!' Holly smirked.

'Forget about it? Like forgive them?'

'Yeah, whatever. They clearly didn't give you a second thought, so why should you care about them. Let them sweat. They'll realise what they've lost soon enough,' she said softly.

'Yeah, like I'm some big loss to someone like Andy!' Just saying the word made her feel sick.

'You can do better than that girl, Gail. Find some proper friends.' She said, nudging Gail's shoulder. 'Come on, lets grab a drink. I'm pretty much finished here anyway,' she said, sweeping her papers into a pile and laying on the top of a teetering stack.

'I'll try,' Gail said, 'Thanks Holly.'

'Not a problem,' Holly said, flashing her a reassuring smile that crept right into Gail's heart and sat there, heavy on her thoughts.

The next day, Gail strolled into the bullpen with her head held high, the effects of the night before still lingering above her eyes, pounding away inside her head. Too many tequilas. She made her way to the coffee bench. Chloe stood before her, offering a cup in her direction.

'You made me coffee?' Gail asked her. 'Why?'

'Because I'm nice Gail, and you look like you could use it.' Chloe replied chirpily.

'Look, Chloe, I know I haven't exactly been nice to you since you joined 15, and you know its not going to change any time soon, because, well, im not a very nice person. But….do you think you could do me a favour today?' Gail asked the bubbly officer.

'Nope. Sorry Gail. I know what it is. I'm not riding with you. I'm already partnered with Dov. I'm keeping out of it!' Chloe replied hastily, before pointing in the direction of the parade room and walking away.

Gail followed her reluctantly, knowing that Oliver was on desk that day so she had a choice of Nick, Andy, or Marlo to partner her. Joy.

She sat through Frank's speech silently, refusing to acknowledge the whispers and glances from her colleagues around the room.

As a last minute decision, Gail chose not to check the board to see who her partner would be, but wait in the squad car and face the surprise then.

That's where she was a few minutes later when the door of the car opened and Andy slid in.

Fabulous, Gail thought to herself.

'Gail…..' Andy went to speak but Gail cut her off before she got the chance.

'Let me get one thing straight with you McNally. Today we are not friends. We are not enemies. We're not going to talk about the way you ruined my relationship by sleeping with Nick. Or how you ruined our friendship by lying about it. We're just going to go on patrol, and get through this shift as if we've never met before. I don't want to hear a single, pathetic apology come out of your mouth all day. I don't want to hear it. Is that clear?' She finished, emphasising the last few words.

'Okay,' Andy mumbled quietly.

The most horrible shift ever. That's how Andy would describe it. Patrol was quiet, so she and Peck had spent most of the day sharing awkward silence in the car. It took more strength than Andy had not to just fill the time with aimless chit chat, like she normally would. But every time she wanted to she would catch a glimpse of Gail's expression and change her mind. She didn't blame her. Andy was a horrible person. She'd been telling herself that since they'd all left her alone in the parking lot. She'd ruined it with Gail, and with Nick. And probably with Sam too. Everyone was avoiding her. Even Traci hadn't answered her calls. She tried to convince herself that they were all giving her space, to sort her head out. But in reality she knew it was because they were so shocked at her that none of them knew what to say. If she could take it all back, she would.

She'd spent the previous night playing it all through her head, over and over again. Trying to decide. Trying to work out if either of them would still want her after what she'd done. Playing the scene with Nick, followed by Sam. Then back to Nick. It hadn't helped. She was still no clearer about who she wanted than she had been two days ago.

Now, back in her condo after the day from hell with Gail, she reached for her phone.

Can you come over? We need to talk. She sent, and prayed that the recipient would reply.

She waited for hours.

Nothing.

Then finally, a knock on the door. She swung it open, and he was there. Nick.

'I didn't think you'd come,' she said, thankfully.

'I didn't think I would either.'

'Come in,' She offered.

They sat side by side on the sofa.

Andy spoke first.

'So what do we do know?'

'I don't know,' Nick replied, shaking his head.

'I ruined everything' she said.

Nick paused. 'I'm not going anywhere,' he stated, turning to face her. 'It's a mess, I'm not gonna deny that. But what we felt the other night…that wasn't a lie, Andy. I know you're confused right now. But we got all the time in the world. You just gotta figure it out,' he said with a smile.

'Do you really mean that?' she asked, 'Even after Sam.'

'Even after Sam,' he repeated.

Andy smiled, as some of her confusion slipped away. She really didn't deserve him.

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