I'm really sorry this has been so long. I actually wrote this aaaages ago, but my laptop has been broken till now.
I guess this chapter is a bit of a filler chapter, even if it is quite long. It's mainly leading up to the next chapter. I hope it's still enjoyable though.
Please let me know if you have any ideas for this story because I don't have any set plans at the moment.
Samantha Nixon opened her eyes slowly and then hastily shut them again. Why is it so light in here? She wondered to herself. It took a few more tries but finally she was able to open her eyes and keep them open.
She looked towards the window and found out why her bedroom was so bright; the blinds weren't closed. Sam was just asking herself why she forgot to close them when she noticed a weight on her bare stomach.
Looking to her side she was met by the sight of a very naked Phil Hunter asleep in her bed. Memories, wonderful memories, of the previous night flooded back to her.
She smiled at Phil's sleeping form and laid back down. Sam put an arm round his middle and moved closer to him. Closing her eyes, she buried her face in Phil's chest. She soon fell back to sleep.
It was Phil who woke next. He too struggled to open his eyes in the bright bedroom. He smiled when he remembered last night. He lay still for a few moments, revelling in the feeling of waking up with Sam in his arms. He thought to himself how he would love to wake up this way every morning and realised just how hard he had fallen for Sam.
Craning his head to see the clock on Sam's bed side table, Phil jumped at the time. It was half eight and he and Sam needed to be at the station at nine o'clock.
Gently, he shook Sam's shoulder to wake her up.
"Sam?" He said quietly. "Honey, wake up, we'll be late for work."
Sam eyes opened suddenly when she heard Phil call her "honey". She had never been particularly taken by romantic gestures but Phil calling her pet names made her heart leap.
Phil smiled when she opened her eyes. "Morning sleepy head." He said warmly.
"Have you been awake for long?" Sam asked sleepily.
"No, only a couple of minutes. As much as I would love to lay here all day, we're gonna be late for work if we don't get a move on." Phil rose from the bed and scanned Sam's bedroom for his clothes. He didn't have any luck.
"Boxers?" He asked Sam, who was rather distracted by Phil Hunter casually standing butt naked in her bedroom. She shook her head in a vain attempt to concentrate.
"Under the chair I think." She tried not to laugh.
"Right. Thanks." Phil smiled. Phil quickly located and pulled on his suit and realised he needed to go back home to get his uniform- another downside to his transfer.
"I'll go make us a quick breakfast while you get dressed, okay?" He said once he finished dressing. Sam nodded and Phil left the room.
Sam dressed quickly in one of her work suits, before changing her mind and swapping her suit trousers for a tight fitting black skirt and a pair of killer boots.
She walked into her kitchen to find Phil making tea and buttering a slice of toast; an image she could get quite used to. He turned around and saw what she was wearing.
"Maybe it's not such a bad idea I don't work so closely with you at the moment; there's no way I'd get any work done today with you in that outfit." Phil smirked playfully. Sam just laughed but was secretly very pleased he had even noticed what she was wearing.
They ate breakfast quickly and spoke little, both enjoying the domesticated feeling of getting ready for work together. Then Phil drove them to Stock Road where Sam swapped his car for hers. As she left Phil's car, she gave him a quick kiss on the lips. 'I love being able to do that whenever I want' she thought.
"Sam, do you want to keep this quiet at work?" Phil asked.
Sam hesitated. "Well, I wouldn't mind keeping it to ourselves. I hate being the centre of the Sun Hill rumour mill. Is that okay? I'm not ashamed of us or anything like that." She added quickly.
"No, that's fine. I understand totally." Phil nodded. Sam turned to get into her car. "Wait- won't it look a bit suspicious if we both come in late on the same day?" He said thoughtfully.
"I hadn't thought of that. I guess it would." Sam replied, her brow furrowing in thought.
"Look, you go ahead now, you'll only be a little bit late. I've gotta go back to my place and get my uniform anyway." Phil suggested.
"Oh, I had forgotten about that." Sam said. "Okay, well, I'll see you soon then."
Sam got in her car. She drove away and Phil got back into his car and headed to his house.
When Phil arrived at the station, he walked up to CID. Sam was at the water dispenser. Phil hurried over to her.
"Hey you" He said quietly, coming up behind her. She was startled at first, but calmed down when she realised it was him. She turned round and was almost surprised to see him in uniform. She had forgotten just how damn good he looked in it.
"Hey." She smiled playfully.
"So, how are you this morning Guv?" Phil said, smirking. Sam laughed but decided to play along.
"Ahh, you know, same old really. What about you Sergeant?" She replied.
"I'm fantastic."
"And why might that be?" Sam asked candidly.
"I had a date last night with a gorgeous woman." Sam just smiled, but inside her heart was beating furiously.
"Really?" She managed to say.
"Yep. And then we went back to her place and had mind-blowing sex." Phil smirked.
"Phil!" Sam shrieked as she hit Phil on the arm and glanced nervously around CID. Phil just laughed and winked at her before heading downstairs.
Jo had looked up from her desk when she heard Sam's voice. She watched Sam hit Phil on the arm and could have sworn she saw him wink at her. She looked closely at Sam as she watched Phil leave CID. Sam had that look in her eyes.Jo got up and walked over to Sam.
"So," she began, "how did it go last night?"
"Huh?" Sam said, tearing her gaze from Phil.
"Your date." Jo said, exasperated.
"Oh right, yeah, it was nice."
"Nice?" Jo said sarcastically.
"Yeah; nice." Sam repeated, determined not to let Jo get any information out of her.
"So you just went out for dinner then?"
"Yep."
"Nothing else?"
"Nope."
"Oh please." Jo said, shaking her head. "You so got some last night."
"What?!" Sam exclaimed.
"Sam, you can't hide these things from me." At Sam's worried look, she added, "don't worry, I won't tell anyone."
Sam just nodded and Jo returned to her desk, smirking.
Phil and Sam were both busy that morning and now that Phil was with Uniform, they didn't see each other at all. Sam was hoping Phil would be in the canteen at lunch.
She grabbed her purse from her desk draw and made her way downstairs to the canteen as soon as her break started. To her great relief, Phil was already there. He was sitting at a table with Will and Dan when she came in and was tucking into a sandwich.
"Hey guys." She said as she reached their table.
"Hey Guv" was the reply she got from all three officers.
She looked pointedly at Phil, willing him to understand her thoughts. It seemed he did because he rose from his seat and picked up his half eaten sandwich.
"See you guys later." Phil said to Will and Dan.
He walked with Sam out of the canteen and followed her into the nearest briefing room. She locked the door behind her. Phil raised his eyebrow at her.
"Just in case." She replied, shrugging. Phil smiled.
Phil sat on the edge of the table and discarded his sandwich. Sam stepped in between his legs and he wrapped his arms around her. She burrowed her face into his neck and breathed in his scent. It felt so good to be back in his arms.
"I've missed you this morning." He said softly.
"Oh God, me too. And it's only been a couple of hours." Sam laughed lightly. "How long till you can come back to CID?"
"I don't know." Phil answered sadly. "Whenever the DCI decides I can come back I suppose. I mean, it's only my third day in uniform. It'll be a couple of weeks yet."
Sam breathed out heavily and pressed closer to Phil's body. "I just want to work a case with you again." She whispered.
"Are you working on anything right now?" He asked, an idea entering his mind.
"No." She replied.
"Well then, next case I get, I'll give it to you. Then I'll ask if I can stay on it. The Inspector won't mind, we're not too busy today. Then we can work together; if I'm there you won't need anyone from CID. As long as it's not a huge case- a nice bit of insurance fraud or assault will do the trick." Phil laughed and he could feel Sam smiling into his neck.
"Okay?" He asked when Sam didn't respond. She pulled back from him.
"Sounds like a plan to me." She said, as she glanced at her watch. "We'd better go."
Phil kissed her passionately but she stopped it before it could go any further.
Sam sat in her office, occasionally leaving for cups of tea, waiting for Phil to come to her with a case. She was incredibly bored and wanted more than anything to see Phil again; it had been a couple of hours since their lunch time meeting.
Just as she was losing the will to live, there was finally a knock at her door.
"Come in." She called out. The door opened and Phil stepped into the office, shutting the door behind him.
"Domestic disturbance on the Cole Lane Estate. Neighbours heard shouting and called it in. Will and Leela arrived at the house to find the wife bruised and battered. Both she and the husband deny his involvement. They're at the hospital now with Leela. I cleared it with the Inspector, Leela's just waiting for us to get there, and then we're on the case." Phil grinned happily.
"Yes, finally!" Sam exclaimed, jumping out of her seat. She grabbed her coat from the back of her chair and followed Phil out of her office, looking forward to spending some more time with him.
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