By Anna van Gemert

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"Mrs Lowe" Maggie said walking out of the house, in the early hours of the morning "Constable" the woman replied, "You've been here a lot lately - a lot of work?" "Yes" Maggie lied, "We've been up all night - time to get some sleep - bye"

Maggie then went home, had a quick shower and went to work. She had to start work at 7am.

"Hi Maggie!" PJ said as he entered the station later that morning "Hi PJ - Sleep well?" she whispered in his ear as she walked in the kitchen

"Very well" he replied - before following her.

Tom was in his office at the time, Adam was on the early morning patrol, Dash was running late and therefore she was not there. Nick was in the toilet - The station was very quiet.

"I got caught by your neighbour again" "Oh" "Don't worry - but we'll have to be more careful" "How?" "Good question" "What's a good question?" Nick asked, entering the kitchen "Nothing" Maggie and PJ said in unison, "Nothing at all" ___________________________________________________

"Dash" Tom said, "Can I speak to you in my office for a sec?" "Sure Boss" ___________________________________________________

"Yeah Boss?" "Well you know Clancy" "Yeah - we get on like a house on fire now" "His picked up the habit of sneaking off regularly " "Yeah - how's Leonie?" "Oh - I think she's okay but as I was saying" "Oh, sorry - Clancy - sneaking off" "Yes - well his done it again - and no one can find him - do you know any of his hiding places?" "A few - how long has he been gone for?" "Since last night" "Last night?" "Yeah" "Can I take Adam?" "Can you take Nick - If you find him - Clancy likes him" "Okay "

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"Okay - we've tried just about everywhere - now where?" Nick asked "I don't know - we'll go back to the station" Dash replied

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"Where's Maggie?" Dash asked as she walking in to the station "Out on a Job with PJ" Informed Tom - "Did you find Clancy?" "Sorry" Dash said "No Luck" Nick said, sitting back in chair

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"Who is it?" the voice called from the other side of the door "Constable Doyle and Senior Detective Hasham" Maggie replied "Oh - yes" Mrs said opening the door "Constable - Detective" "What's the problem Mrs. Lowe?" PJ asked his neighbour "Some one's been in back yard shed" she complained "How do you know this?" Maggie asked "Everything is wreaked" she cried "Can you show us?" PJ asked

Maggie and PJ followed Mrs. Lowe into her backyard though the house. The plan of the house was very much like PJ's. On their way the woman questioned Maggie and PJ about there work over time. PJ didn't know what she was speaking about it but Maggie quickly covered up - again.

When they entered the shed Maggie and PJ didn't know what to say. It seemed like every other shed they had seen - messy.

"What's the problem?" PJ asked "Are you blind" Mrs. Lowe asked, "I had everything thing in perfect order - I take great pride in my garden - up everyday at 6 - outside at 6:30 watering. I had everything in here in a special order - spades here, soil here - it was easy to get to it but it's all been moved, the soil is all of the ground, and most of the tools have properly been used by some lout." "Well Mrs. Lowe we will look into it - thankyou" Maggie said "You should look at your shed PJ - see if anything has happened" Mrs. Lowe Suggested "Yes - Mrs. Lowe"

Maggie and PJ soon left Mrs. Lowe's house and quickly went into PJ's - PJ decided that they should check his shed. As they entered the house and walked into the back yeard they had a short conversation.

"What kind of person is she?" PJ asked "Your neighbour" "Well one thing positive came out of that" "What?" "Well we now know what time she gets up and enters her garden so we now know what time you have to be out of my house each morning"

They entered the shed and found nothing wrong - how could PJ tell when she hadn't been in there for over a long time. As they had a quick look around the small dark shed the door suddenly slammed shut on them. PJ went to try and push the door open but it wasn't any luck - they two police officers were locked in the shed. What they were unaware of was the presence of some one else in the room.

"Good one PJ!" she said, as she had on the ground "What - your think this is my fault?" he asked, joining her "Well it is your shed" "Mrs. Lowe was the one who suggested to have a look in here" "Fine" "Well we might as well make use of the time - what else are we going to do?" "PJ" "Well what do you want to do for the next few hours - days - years - decades" "Get out of here!" "Not before this!"

PJ then went forward and kissed Maggie. At first Maggie returned the kiss, but when she gathered her thoughts she quickly pulled back

"No" she said, "We can't PJ" "Why?" he asked "Because we agreed that we wouldn't do this on duty" "Do this?" he asked before giving her another kiss "PJ!" "Okay"

Maggie quickly got up and went to the door - she was able to get the door open with ease. Maggie then continued though PJ's house to the car - with PJ chasing after her. As soon as the person within the shed heard the car drive off the man came out of his hiding place - the man was Clancy seen as Clancy.

As soon as PJ drove the car around the corner our of his street Tom voice was heard over the radio - asking Maggie and PJ to attend another disturbance in yet another shed - This time on the other side of PJ's house.

"What's happened?" PJ asked "Some idiot has spread all the soil we received all over the floor" "Like Mrs. Lowe" Maggie interrupted "What anything else done?" PJ asked "Well I can't be sure but the idiot could of used some of the garden tools"

"Okay then - we'll look into it" Maggie announce, "We'll get back to you soon."

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Meanwhile Clancy had ran to the Mt. Thomas station. When he entered Tom came out of his office - clad to see him.

"Clancy" Tom said, "We've been looking for you, where have to been?" "Hi Sergeant Croyden" "Clancy why don't you come into my office" "Yes Sergeant Croyden" Clancy said, "Can I have a class of coke?" "Dash, would you get it for him?" "Sure Boss"

Tom took Clancy into his office and Dash collected a glass and a can of coke. She emptied as much as she could into the glass and left the rest of the can on the bench. Before long Clancy had finished the entire drinks and Dash and Tom were trying to figure out where Clancy had been - he was very confusing - he kept on repeating, 'She didn't want to!'

"Who didn't want to Clancy?" "Constable Doyle" "What didn't Constable Doyle want to do" Tom asked "Kiss him" "Kiss who?" Dash asked, interesting "PJ" "Wait" Dash said, "PJ kissed Maggie?" "Yes" "Dash" Tom warned "What?" Dash asked "What happened Clancy?" Tom asked "I like Constable Doyle" "Do you Clancy?" "Yes Sergeant Croyden - a lot" "SO when did this happen?" "Can I a have some more coke sergeant Croyden?" "Dash"

Dash then went to get him some more coke but on her way she informed Nick and Adam on what was going on. None of them hadn't really thought that they were together lately. If Maggie and PJ were together they were doing a very good job of hiding it. As it was time to collect the lunches Nick and Adam went to get them and Dash retreated back into Tom's office. The main office was deserted when PJ and Maggie returned but they both saw Dash, Tom and Clancy in their boss's office. They both went into the C.I office.

"So Clancy" Tom said, "When did you see PJ kiss Maggie" "Today" "How" Dash asked, grinning from ear to ear "I was hiding" "Hiding where Clancy?" "In the shed Sergeant Croyden?" "Who's shed?" Dash asked "PJ's" "What were Maggie and PJ doing in the shed" asked Dash "Never mind about that Constable, so what happened next Clancy?" "The Door shut and they couldn't get out" "And?" "They sat on the floor" "And?" repeated Dash "PJ kissed Constable Doyle" "And?" "She didn't want to!" "Okay Clancy"

In the next few minutes Dash took Clancy to the kitchen to get another coke before driving him home. At the same time Tom sat in his office, holding his glasses, amazed. Dash returned at the same time as Nick and Adam. She filled them both in on the events that occurred when they were at the Imperial. They both were amazed.

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When Maggie and PJ surfaced out of the C.I office Nick blew a loud whistle and Maggie and PJ were very confused as to why. When Maggie and PJ got there lunches and were back in where they came from the 3 officers had a quick laugh together - this was cut short by Tom calling out asking for one of them to get PJ and Maggie for him.

"What happened?" Tom asked as Maggie and PJ came into the office "With the shed disturbance?" PJ asked "Someone had been in the garden shed on either side of my house and maybe mine" "Well I know who the person is, and he has been in yours as well" "He?" Maggie asked, "You know?" "Know what Boss?" "Did you check your own shed Detective?" "Yeah, Mrs. Lowe said too" "Mrs. Lowe said to" Tom laughed "Yeah" "Anyway what did you find in your shed PJ" "What's this with my shed?" PJ asked - both Maggie and PJ were confused "Well the person in there with you came to me?" "Some one was in there?" Maggie asked "Who?" PJ continued "Clancy" Tom admitted "Clancy" Maggie and PJ said in unison "Why did he come and tell you Boss?" Maggie asked "Because PJ kissed you, and you didn't want him too" Tom laughed "What?" Maggie asked, embarrassed with a red face "PJ supposedly kissed you - now is this a lie from him or not?

Both Maggie and PJ quickly looked at each other - they had been caught out and they were unsure of what to say but they couldn't lie.

"No" they said in unison "So he did?" Tom asked Maggie "Yeah" "So you two are…. " "We're…. " PJ asked "Together, you know" "I don't know Boss" PJ said "Involved" "Yes" Maggie said "For how long?" "A while" PJ said "About 2 months" Maggie answered "Why didn't you tell me?" "You don't mind?" Maggie asked "Why would I mind?" "I don't know, it's just, we'll I thought you'd spilt us up" "Doyle - you should know better then that - I think it's rather funny" "Funny?" asked PJ "How I found out" "Yeah" "So you won't spilt us up?" "A few years ago maybe but things have change since then"

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That night everyone went to the Imperial for dinner. They all had they ussual games of darts and pool. PJ helped Maggie with most of her shots in pool.

"You'll loose if you help me anymore?" Maggie said "Really?" PJ said, wrapping his arms around Maggie's waist, putting the cue done of the table "Yes" "I don't think so" "Want to make a bet" "French Campaign?" PJ asked "Deal Patrick" "Joseph Hasham" he continued

Maggie went on to win the game so PJ was made to buy the most expensive bottle of French Champaign. After PJ purchased it Maggie and PJ left and went to Maggie's house. They opened the bottle as they sat on the couch but they didn't have the time to drink it.

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When Dash returned home, she found of bottle open the coffee table with two full full glasses . Below this was PJ's shoe's along sides Maggie's shoes and jumper. She smiled, she left everything where it was and went to bed - not disturbing Maggie and PJ.

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The following day Sergeant Croyden spoke to PJ's next door neighbours and explained that Clancy was the person who disturbed their garden sheds. They decided not to press charges.

The End - the next bit is called COURAGE