"If worse comes to worse, I'll just transfer to Team Two. I don't care, if it means I get to stay with you then I'll do it"

"Sam, if anybody's changing teams it will be me, just let me talk to the commander and see what we can do. Besides, I think he likes you"

Sam let out a forced chuckle before watching his fiancée make her way up to bed.

He waited until he heard the distinct sound of the bedroom door shutting before stepping outside to make an important phone call.

"Braddock" The stern voice spoke loudly on the other end.

"Hey dad, it's me" Sam spoke with a small quiver of fear within his voice.

"Samuel, is everything OK?"

"Something has to be wrong for me to call you?" He often tried his best to lighten the mood with these phone calls but his father was right, he only ever called if there was a problem or if he needed something and this was no exception.

"No, I guess not. How is everything? Taking care of your sister I hope?"

"Yeah dad, things are fine, she's fine, we're all doing good..." Lie after lie after lie.

"Then what it is Samuel, I'm very busy?"

"Well, I was wondering if you could do me a favour?"

Sam's dad let out a loud sigh of annoyance before Sam continued.

"Jules is going back to work tomorrow and she's going to speak to the Commander and try to get us to stay on the same team. He'll say no and I know it. You we're the one that spoke to him and helped me get the job, maybe you could speak to him again and try to get Jules and I to stay on the same team..."

There was a long pause before either one of them spoke again.

"I guess it's about time I gave Holleran a call. It's been a while. But Samuel, black mail isn't one of my favourite things to do, this better be worth it"

"It will be, trust me" Sam spoke reassuringly.

Jules twiddled her thumbs nervously as she sat outside Commander Holleran's office. Truth be told, she hadn't been here very often and that was probably a good thing. She looked down at her uniform and brushed her fingers over the stitching that read: Constable J. Callaghan. She couldn't help but smile at the mere thought of her uniform reading Constable J. Braddock.

She hesitantly made her way into the small office and looked down at the man sitting in front of her. He smiled for a brief moment before standing up and shaking Jules' hand.

"Juliana, it's been a while. What can I do for you?"

Honestly she hadn't even thought about what she was going to say, she always worked best under pressure but this was tough.

"Umm, well..."

"Is this about you and Mr Braddock staying on the same team?" He asked uncomfortably.

She nodded.

"Oh, well that's been taken care of." He added before sitting back down and ruffling through some paper work.

"Taken care of? How?"

"You and Sam can stay on the same team throughout your relationship under the conditions that if anything changes within the relationship, fights, arguments, whatever, you must alert Greg. Understood?"

Jules paused. Was he serious? Was this some sick joke? She looked around for some sort of sign that this was a dream.

"But what about the rules? What about...."

"Juliana, I'm giving you what you want, why are you questioning it?" His voice was starting to get irritated.

She stared blankly at him once again.

"Greg has been informed" He stopped flicking through his paper work and looked back up at a clearly stunned Jules "I wish you two all the best"

He smiled and nodded.

Before she knew it, Jules was putting one foot in front of the other and walking out of his office.

What the hell just happened? Did I even say thank you? Shit. Should I go back and say thank you? Nope, I'm still walking, oh well.

Her first day back at work was uneventful to say the least. She'd almost forgotten how boring these days could be. She tried her best to avoid the conversations about Kiana; she was still trying to move on from that. They were happy to hear that Sam and Jules would remain on Team One yet nobody seemed to be as shocked as Jules was.

The rules were clear and up until now, had always been followed and enforced. She couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at what the Commander had said.

She opened the door to Sam's house to find him cooking in the kitchen.

A husband that cooks. I hit the jackpot!

"Could you get any sexier?"

"Well I guess I could take my shirt off?"

"I'd rather you didn't" Maya sat up on the couch making her presence known.

The three laughed as Jules rose on her tippy toes to kiss Sam.

"Guess what?" Jules sounded like an excited child "The commander said we can stay on the same team!"

He looked down into Jules eyes, she was happy. Why should he be the one to take that away from her?

"That's fantastic, I knew you could do it" He smiled again "Now let's eat"

Uh-oh, what could Sam's dad possibly know that could lead him to black mail the commander?

Will Sam tell Jules of the arrangement?

Or will he let the lie slowly creep up inside him?

Stay tuned : )