"Right everyone come on, off you go!" ordered Gina Gold.
With that, the uniformed officers started filing out of the briefing room one by one.
The new PC approached her Sergeant who was sitting on the table at the front of the room and informed him she had left something in her locker so would meet him by the back door. Seeing the new PC walking out of the room, Cameron called over to Yvonne
"Yvonne, I'll meet you out back!" and he raced out of the door before Yvonne had a chance to reply.
As Cameron approached the ladies 'locker room, DS Samantha Nixon walked out.
"G'day Serge, is there anyone else in there?" Cameron asked, pointing to the locker room door.
"Just some new PC, why's that?" the DS questioned.
Looking a little shifty, but with a slight smile, Cameron muttered
"No reason. Serge" and watched the DS walk away. Once she was out of sight, Cameron pushed open the door to the locker room, walked in and shut it behind him. He turned around to see the one person he was looking for standing by the lockers. For a few seconds, there was a silence between the two PC's, until the girl spoke
"Hey Cam. How you doing?"
Cameron took a few steps towards her before speaking.
"Rebecca, what you doing here?".
Rebecca turned around and shuffled through some of the personal belongings she had already placed in her locker. Cameron could tell that she was avoiding his question, so repeated it but once again there was no reply. For a third time, he asked the question and jumped when Rebecca slammed her locker shut, turned around to face Cameron and responded by simply saying
"You don't wanna know" before walking out of the room and heading towards the car park at the back of the station.
Curious to find out more, Cameron left the locker room and also headed towards the car park but went via the briefing room, where Inspector Gold was busy shuffling through some paperwork.
"Marm, can I ask you a favour please?" Cameron queried.
Looking up from what she was doing, Gina replied bluntly
"You can ask."
Taking a deep breath and already knowing what the answer was going to be, Cameron continued
"I'd like to be partnered with PC Jones today if I could".
Gina become instantly suspicious but explained to Cameron that the new PC had been placed in Sergeant Smith's care and he was going to teach her the basics. Before she could say anything else, Cameron left the room and headed off to find Yvonne.
Out in the back yard, Yvonne was busy introducing herself to Rebecca, along with PC's Best & Klein.
They were busy chatting away when Cameron came through the doors and walked over to them.
Unaware that Sergeant Smith had also walked through the door and was now watching the group; Cameron took Rebecca by the arm and pulled her away from her new colleagues.
"What do you mean I don't wanna know? That makes me wanna know even more. I didn't even know you wanted to be a cop, when did you change your mind?" he questioned, whispering so the other officers in the car park couldn't hear. To his surprise, Rebecca's response was
"Believe me, it wasn't out of choice!" And she turned to walk towards a patrol car. Cameron was now very confused and with more questions ready in his head, he grabbed Rebecca's arm to try and stop her going but jumped at the sudden voice of his Sergeant.
"PC Tait, you were supposed to be out on patrol with PC Hemmingway five minutes ago. Get moving! PC Jones..."
He stopped in mid sentence, just staring at the new PC. He realised there was something about her. Something familiar. He thought it was weird though as the first time he'd saw her was in the morning briefing ten minutes before but there was definitely something.
Rebecca looked at him and anxiously asked
"Is...everything alright Serge? Shouldn't we get going?"
Smithy nodded and directed her to the patrol car parked in the space marked 1. They both buckled up and as he started the engine up, Smithy asked Rebecca if they'd ever met before, to which she answered that they hadn't and she quickly changed the subject, asking about the Jasmine Allen estate that they were heading for. As they drove out of the car park, they passed Cameron and Yvonne who were getting into another patrol car which was parked in the number 6 space. Cameron and Rebecca exchanged a look that didn't go un-noticed by Smithy, but he decided not to query it.
Cameron watched the car until it disappeared from the station grounds before turning to get into the passenger seat. Yvonne looked at her Australian friend and asked why he'd pulled Rebecca away from herself, Nick & Gary a few minutes earlier to which he explained that he had needed to talk to her about something very important. Confused, Yvonne asked
"What could be so important? You only met the girl five minutes ago"
She paused before adding
"Cam, this is the first time you've met her...isn't it?"
Turning to look out of the window, Cameron gulped. He hated lying to anyone, let alone a friend as good as Yvonne but he knew she'd want an answer. Thing is, he also needed answers but it didn't look like he was going to get them anytime soon. He needed to know the real reason why Rebecca was at Sun hill and knew it wasn't as simple as her wanting to be a police officer so he thought, in this case, it was best to hide the real answer from Yvonne. So, he turned to Yvonne and replied
"Yes, this is the first time I've met PC...Jones".
