"Why are you so happy sergeant?" Robbie asked as James once again smiled at his phone. "Is it a girl?"
"It might be, not that it's any of your business."
"James you were in love with Innocent last week." Robbie pointed out.
"No, I thought I was and anyway you made it very clear that it would never happen."
"Well it wasn't going to, so are you going to tell me anything about this girl?"
"No."
Beth had been away a week already but the pair had been constantly texting, messages were becoming more and more flirty and now more serious as they told each other that they missed the other. James had never been like this before, he'd not even acted like a teen when he was one but yet Beth made him feel like one all over again. She brought out a different side to him and it was one that he loved.
They were missing each other so much that they had now arranged to meet up in Cambridge the following day as it was the weekend.
"Hey mummy, can I talk to you a minute?" Beth asked as her mum lay in bed.
"Sure, what's up Beth?" Beth's mum, Sue, asked.
"I kind of have a boyfriend back in Oxford." Beth told her mum as she laid beside her mother.
"That's great sweetie, are you coping though? Are you sure you're ready?"
"Yeah I am, I'm not scared in the slightest and I think that's probably a good sign."
"Of course it is, so what's his name?"
"James, he's a bit older than me. He's a police officer, he's a sergeant. He's honestly so lovely, he's a real gentleman, he walks me home in the dark no matter how cold it is, he holds doors open for me and pulls chairs out for me."
"He sounds lovely Boo, how much older is he?" Sue asked, slightly worried despite all she'd just heard about James.
"32. That's only 13 years, that's less than the difference between you and dad."
"So when do we get to meet him?"
"Actually that's what I wanted to talk to you about. He's coming to Cambridge to meet me tomorrow, I was wondering if he could stay here for the weekend?"
"That's so lovely that he's coming to meet you, I'll have to speak to your dad about him staying but I can't see there being a problem, he'll have to stay in the spare room though!"