After leaving the Station both Gail and Holly went to the local diner to get some dinner as surprisingly Gail was rather hungry and they both knew that they had to have the talk. They needed to discuss what happened and talk all about their fears and insecurities if they had any chance of having a future.

While eating their dinner, they were just discussing their respective day without getting into too many details; at this stage even though the lines of communication are open they are keeping the discussion to general topics. After finishing their meals they order a pot of tea each. After it is delivered it is Holly that begins.

"I am so sorry for the night at The Penny, I should have warned you about Lisa and how she thinks everyone is never good enough, but I should have defended you but knowing her she would have shot something else back. So these days I just let her have her say and basically ignore her and do what I want anyway, gee if I actually listened to her I would probably be a Heart Surgeon in some big fancy hospital and be so unhappy and just for the record, I was not JUST having fun with you, but I am definitely having fun with you; as well as every other feeling that goes with relationships. If I was only in it for fun, I would never have introduced you to either of them.

"I am sorry that I offered to Tase myself in my eyes. I got scared and as I knew I was falling in love with you, hearing those words made me doubt how you felt about me. It made me think I was just any other girl to you and that you were going to leave me after you had your fun with me; as that is what everyone ever does."

"Gail, I love you and I don't ever plan on leaving you, I have been so miserable without you, you are the one who brought the joy back into my life; but promise me that we will talk before you ever think of jumping out of that tree again"

"That bloody cat analogy; fine if you promise to drop me being like a cat, I promise that next time something freaks me out that I will come talk to you first."

"That's all I ask, but I so am totally going to miss the cat metaphor" Holly adds jokingly

"So this may sound corny, but considering that we have both told each other that we love each other already, Holly will you please be my girlfriend?"

"I never thought you would ask Officer!"

"Is that a Yes?"

"It is the biggest yes Gail, I would love to be your girlfriend and for you to be mine"

With that Gail leans over the booth they are sitting at and with her hands gently placed on Holly's face, seals it with a kiss.

Even though they have talked Holly can still see that the blue of her girlfriends eyes are not the deep blue she remembers, something is still different. For tonight though she doesn't want to push just in case it is just pure tiredness. For she knows herself that she has not slept will since that fateful night.

"Hey I have tomorrow off, did you want to do something?" Holly asked enthusiastically.

"Sorry Hols, I can't. I have a date with Sophie" the blonde responds hesitantly

"A date, you have a date?" Holly can feel her whole body on edge at Gail's statement

"Don't be jealous Holly"

With that Holly pulls her hands free of Gail's and retorts "How can I not be?"

"You are cute when your eyes turn from brown to green" The blonde says with a small smile on her face

"Gail, who is Sophie?" tilting her head now even more puzzled

Gail grabs Holly's hands back into hers and with sadness coming over her eyes, she tells Holly.

"A week ago when I was partnered with Chris, I came upon this women who was doing her laundry, her laundry Holly. She had been shot in the head by a stray bullet but was still alive. She kept calling out Sophie, so I thought that was what her name was. She got through surgery but later on she had a haemorrhage and died. We tried to locate where she lived, but no body with the name of Sophie was on the list of tenants. Later in the day I went back to look for her keys in the laundry room in the hope that we could discover who she is and notify her next of kin. I had just discovered the keys, when this cute kid walked in as she couldn't find her Mum; she was holding a key chain and the key chains were the same as the one I just found. I asked her whether her Mums name was Sophie and she said no, that her name was Sophie her mums name was Trina."

"Oh, Gail" Holly is stroking the back of the blondes hands as she speaks.

"Well it was hard enough to tell her that her Mum had died but then I found out that she has no family, this 8 year old is all alone and it's not fair"

"Of course it isn't fair" Holly sighs

"Well since then I like to go visit her in the orphanage to see how she is doing. Ttomorrow they are going to let me take her out and we are going to go to The Arcade and to see a movie, I haven't told her yet but I have organised to bring her best friend Mella as well. Hey would you like to come too? I would love for you to meet this beautiful girl with an incredible smile"

"I would be honoured, but only if you are sure" Holly says back

"Totally, how about I pick you up at 10 and then we will collect Sophie so we can both see the look of surprise on her face when we meet Mella at the Mall."

Holly noticed that all the while as Gail was talking about Sophie, the shine in her eyes came back to her usual full radiance.

A/N

After watching the last episode, I noticed that not only I picked up on the possibility of Gail having Sophie somehow in her life. With Gail's big heart especially when it comes to kids, the start of this scenario would not surprise me in the least.