Hi guys,

Thank you all so much for your reviews, alerts, favourites and everything on the last chapter. It really means the world to me- so keep them coming! I can't believe how popular this story has been so far

I am sorry that this is a little later than I thought it would be, my life is mental at the moment!

So here is chapter four! I hope you enjoy it :)

Alex narrowed her eyes at Ray, who seemed to have realised the magnitude of what he had said judging by the slight look of fear on his face. Alex almost lunged for him, and Gene had never been more thankful for the phone ringing. He grabbed her by the arm and dragged her back into his office. She looked at him outraged (like she did most of the time these days) and opened her mouth to start her assault on him. He answered the phone before she could even start.

"Hunt," Alex watched him through angry eyes as he listened to whatever he was being told, "We'll be right there." He hung up and looked at her. "Some bastard has stormed into a jewellery store with a gun." He said as he walked out of his office. "Saved by the bell Ray, or she would have had your balls on display by the end of the shift. Armed robbery, you're with me. You too Chris." He turned to Alex who was standing behind him, with her jacket, ready to go. "Where an earth do you think you are goin'?"

"With you."

"No you bloody are not." She looked at him furiously but before she could say anything he carried on. "And you can look at me like that all you bloody want DI Drake you are staying here." He stormed out of the office, with Chris and Ray following quickly, before she could talk back. Alex briefly considered following him but decided it probably wasn't worth it. She would just shout at him for it later.

She could feel literally every pair of eyes in the room burning into the back of her head. Not that she blamed them; Gene had not-so-gracefully announced her pregnancy to them all, and then had buggered off. Leaving her to deal with the shock that CID had been left in. Bastard. If she didn't know any better, it would almost be as if he had planned it. Alex had kept her head down since they had left, trying to concentrate on her paperwork. She suddenly noticed someone standing in front of her desk, she looked up and was so thankful that it was Shaz standing there-smiling- with a cup of what appeared to be tea.

"Thanks Shaz, you really are a life-saver." She said as she accepted the cup.

"No problem Ma'am." She stood there, still with a smile on her face. Alex took a sip of the tea and raised her eyebrow at the young WPC.

"You can say it Shaz."

"Congrats Ma'am!" She exclaimed, almost bursting with excitement. "It's amazing!" Alex smiled at her.

"How long ago did you figure it out?" Shaz blushed at Alex's question and looked at her feet.

"A couple of weeks ago," She looked back at Alex, "You weren't drinking anything in the evenin' anymore and you kept looking so tired. Not to mention the fact the Guv has been even more protective over you than usual!"

"Yes, he really is quite insufferable sometimes." Alex smiled.

"He does mean well though, Ma'am. He might not know how to show it, but he does." The young woman told her. She went to turn away so she could leave her superior officer to her job, but she turned back to look at Alex as she started talking to her again.

"You know Shaz you really do deserve that promotion. You figured something out that Ray and Chris probably wouldn't have noticed until the baby came."

"Thanks Ma'am." She blushed again. "If only the Guv would realise that." She said as she walked back to her own desk. Alex made a mental note to make sure Gene certainly did realise that at some point in the near future.

Upon his return Gene was slightly fearful of what mood Alex would be in. Not that he couldn't handle it, but her mood swings were definitely a lot worse than usual. One moment she would be shouting at him, the next she would be all over him, and then she would be bloody crying! She was even more volatile and unpredictable then he ever thought possible, and- as she frequently told him- it was only going to get worse throughout the rest of her pregnancy. As he walked towards the interview room, where Ray was already sitting with the thief from the store, he saw she was standing outside. He stopped in front of her and attempted to gauge her mood. Her arms were crossed across her chest, and it wasn't lost on him at all that all it really achieved was accentuating her breasts, and her facial expression was blank.

"Now, while I can understand why you wouldn't let me go to the scene," She started with a slight hint of anger in her voice, "I will not appreciate it if you don't let me into the interview. I am at least capable of that." She narrowed her eyes at him, almost daring him to argue with her. Gene, however, had made this mistake before and knew it was in no way worth the nagging.

"Whatever you say Drake." He opened the door and signalled for her to go first. "After you Lady Bolls." He couldn't resist a sneaky look at her arse as she entered the room.

"You are unbelieveable!" She shouted at him, seemingly not caring that everyone else in the corridor was staring at her.

"He went for you Bolls, you aren't goin' back in there." He tried to reason with her.

"He did not! He went for you because you provoked him. I was doing perfectly well until you decided to aggravate a clearly disturbed man." She was getting more irate by the second, and it was only making Gene angrier. As they went to walk past an interview room he knew was empty, he grabbed her arm and pulled her in. "What do you think you are doing?" She asked pulling her arm from his grasp.

"Trying to keep home matters private, Bolly. Just like you always insist on doing!" He shouted back at her. Alex looked at him, with an angry look on her face and angry sighs escaping her body. He looked just as angry, and despite Alex's better judgement she was unbelievably turned on. Her expression changed, and Gene was suddenly very confused. "Alex?"

"Lock the door." She demanded. "And just so you know- this doesn't mean I have forgiven you."

Gene had learnt that not all pregnancy hormones were bad. In fact, after an interview room shag in the middle of a work day, he would say some of them were downright brilliant. She had explained to him that she was angry with him- and quite obviously still was- but she couldn't really help being incredibly horny. Gene really didn't mind, and decided he was probably going to enjoy this trimester of the pregnancy more than the first. He nodded to himself as he thought about it, yes- a lot of sex and shouting definitely trumped a lot of vomit and shouting. He watched her move around the office, obviously still convinced she had sex hair and trying to flatten it down, and smiled to himself.

That night, after practically being forced to Luigi's by the team for celebratory drinks, Alex went up to the flat before Gene. She had told him she didn't mind him staying, and that she would probably be sleeping by the time he dragged himself up. Although, when he did finally make it upstairs she was sat cross legged on the sofa reading the paper. As he moved to sit next to her he noticed she was wearing one of his shirts and a pair of leggings, he took this as her still worrying about not being able to get into her own clothes that morning.

"What you looking at Bolls?"

"The property pages." She said without looking up at him. He put an arm across the back of the sofa and she moved so she was leaning back and curled into him.

"Huh? If you hadn't noticed we already have somewhere to live."

"Yes, a one bedroom flat above a pub. Brilliant place to raise a baby." She commented, circling a house on the page as she spoke. "Not to mention that, if my ass keeps getting bigger at the rate it currently is there will barely be room for us two." She quipped.

"Well hopefully by the time the baby is born your ass will go back to it's original size." She glared at him briefly from over the paper and nudged him, hard, in the ribs. So, it was ok for her to say stuff like that- but not for him. Gene made a note of that, knowing it would be important to know for the remaining six months of the pregnancy. "So, what kind of thing are you looking at?" He said, trying to keep her calm.

"I think a house is the best option, maybe a three bedroom."

"Planning on more babies Bolly?"

"Let's just stick to the one we are having for now, Gene." She smiled up at him. "You don't mind do you? I'd just rather get somewhere sorted before the baby comes."

"Nah I don't mind, Alex." He said seriously. "Whatever you want." They sat in silence briefly before he spoke again. "So how's Junior?"

"Junior?" She asked with a teasing look on her face.

"Well we don't know if the baby is a Gene-Junior or a Mini-Bolly, so junior will do for now." She smiled widely at him and leant up to kiss him.

"I love you." She said still smiling. "And junior is fine."

"Love you too." He replied gruffly. She accepted he found it hard to say but it always made her heart flourish when he did.

"Although," she started- turning to look at him directly in the face, "No matter how much I love you there is no way on earth I am calling my son Gene-Junior."

So, what do you think?

Now, I am sorry but the next chapter won't be for at least a week. I am moving to America for a year to study (hence why things have been hectic) and therefore I have a lot of things to do. I am seriously tempted to take my Ashes to Ashes DVD's with me!

So, the next update will come when I am in the US :)

As always, I hope I still have the characters right and nothing seems too unrealistic.

Please review if you want to read more, it makes me really happy to know people are enjoying my work.

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