A/N: Reference to Drugs. Swearing. Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly. Lisa Armstrong (Ant's wife). Ali/Alison (Ant and Dec's PR). Simon Cowell, Stephen Mulhern.

The trial went ahead as planned and Dec told the court that he had the drugs with the intent to sell them on. When questioned about why his co-star had taken some of the drugs and why his prints were on the package he responded carefully.

"I never told him I was expecting a package, he never arrived out front that day so he was there to collect it, he put it on the side In his dressing room and when I went in later… I made him take it."

He looked down at the floor in shame "We had been arguing, he was being so grumpy and I had had enough, so I thought this would make him more alert….. and happy."

He was told he could be seated until further notice. The trial continued and the statements taken by Stephen Mulhern, Simon Cowell and Anthony McPartlin were all read out.

"Now Mr Mulhern and Mr Cowell are fairly addimant that you would never touch drugs, how could two people so close to you not have a clue?"

Dec shrugged his shoulders at the lawyer asking the questions

"I guess I was good at hiding it. The sweet boy look pays off sometime."

"Mr McPartlin told us a slightly different statement to the other two. He stated that you had nothing to do with the drugs and he confessed to taking them multiple times throughout the day. How would you explain this?"

"Mr McPartlin knew nothing of my drug problem, he had kept himself to himself recently and I had done the same. We may be close but we do not tell each other everything. After I made him do the first two lines I told him he would want to keep dosed up to prevent the come down being so bad. Either that or have a few shots, and you can't be drunk when at work."

"But being on drugs is acceptable is it?"

"I never said it was acceptable, it's just less….. noticeable."

There was silence in the court before anything else was said. The judge asked for Declan's sentence to be read to him.

"Declan Joseph Oliver Donnelly, you are being charged with the possession of class A drugs and with the intent on further distribution. How do you plead?"

Dec looked up into the seating area and met Ant's eyes. He looked to him as he spoke.

"Guilty."

Gasps chorused around the court, everyone witnessing the event was shocked. They couldn't understand how someone who had won over their hearts could betray them like this.

The judge hit his hammer silencing the court room. "I hereby sentence you to 20 years imprisonment in Belmarsh prison in Thamesmead. You will also have to pay a fine, the sum of which will be decided at a later date. That is all. Court dismissed."

The court rised to their feet as the Judge left and Dec was taken away by two police officers and put into a police transportation vehicle that was waiting for him.

Everyone filed out of the courtroom in shock of what they had just witnessed. Ant and Lisa gripped each others hands, they couldn't believe Dec had gone through with it, thanks to him they still had each other. He had given them one more chance to sort out their differences and make everything work.

When they got to the front door, they had forgotten about all the press outside and hadn't seen how the story had developed throughout the day. They opened the door to be greeted with what felt like thousands of cameras stuck in their faces.

"What can you tell us about Dec?" "Why have you been in court today?" "Where's Dec?" "Have you and Dec split up?" "What's going on?"

Ant and Lisa ignored all questions and made it to the mini, they quickly got inside and drove away. They hadn't had time to fully process what had happened and were definitely not up for speaking to the press about it.

They drove the short distance back to Chiswick and made it to their house in record time. There was a huddle of camera men stood on the pavement outside the wall to their house, Ali hadn't stuck around for the hearing and was back at Ant and Lisa's waiting for the verdict, upon seeing the black mini come down the street she rushed outside, opened the metal gate and allowed the car to drive in.

"So… how did it go?" Ali asked hopefully once they were all inside.

Ant looked down to the ground and shifted his weight awkwardly as he retold the events from earlier. Once he had finished he went into the kitchen and got out 3 beers from the fridge, giving them to the two women now sat in a daze on the couch.