A    Trouble    In    Paradise

By Anna van Gemert ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Other titles in this series:

1. The Shed Disturbance 2. Courage 3. Clad I've met you 4. Mothers Day

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Okay, first of all this fanfic isn't exactly accurate. Also you may want to read the other 4 fanfics listed above before this one. Now, can you remember the episode 'Adverse Possession'? Well try to as one of the extra's in that episode is within this fanfic so I don't own her. But I own our beloved Maggie and PJ - well in my own world I don't but I reality I don't, neither to I own Tom, Chris, Dash, Nick or Adam - I wish - they all are sadly owned by Southern Star and Channel Seven.

In this fanfic I've tried to include other characters like Adam and Dash. I hope to keep using them more often so why don't you send any of your comments to pmjca32@vicnet.net.au and tell me what you think of how I've used them. I'm sure most people, well the ones who have asked me to use more of them will like what I've done, if not tell me, and give me some ideas.

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Maggie is now 5 months pregnant and showing it. PJ, Dash and Maggie had discussed PJ moving in, and Dash out and Dash has agreed. It was now a Monday night and Maggie and Dash were having a nice night at home together, without anyone else. Suddenly as they were watching the TV the phone rang, so Dash ran to get it:

"Maggie" Dash called "Yeah?" Maggie replied "When is PJ moving in, and me out?" "Are you sure your okay with it?" "Maggie, I'm sure, I'm sure. Adam's on the phone and has offered to help us

'swap' so you better make up your mind it you want his help" "Well sure we want his help Dash, Saturday okay?" She asked, "As far as I know we're all of besides Nick and the boss" "Who can't do anything in case of the event of a heart-attack, or laziness" Dash joked, "So is Saturday okay?" "Sure, Adam is Saturday…." Dash trailed off.

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"Adso" PJ yelled entering the station last Friday afternoon, "I hear you've been recruited to help me move houses" "Well help Dash move" Adam said innocently, "How about you Nick?" "I'm on duty" he said

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"So what are we doing tonight?" Maggie asked "Go to the pub, with Adam, PJ and the others" "Dash - it's your last night in this house - we need to do something fun" "Maggs, we don’t really have too" "Yes we do, and I already have the food" "I get it" Dash laughed, "This is for you benefit"

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It was Saturday night, Dash thing had finally been moved into PJ's now old house, and PJ junk had been moved into Maggie and now his house. Maggie wardrobe had been re-arranged to make room for PJ clothes and the bathroom now held all his after-shave and accessories.

"This is more like it" PJ said, joining Maggie in their bed "What?" he smiled back "This you two, and me" He said, placing his and on Maggie stomach, "How is he anyway?" "He?" Maggie questioned, "Since when were you so sure?" "My detective antennae" "Well I think I'm having our daughter" "And your so sure?" "I'm always right" "But I'm always right!" PJ commentated

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"I should be going" Adam said, sitting up from where she was sitting with Dash "You don't have to, you know" Dash tried. She knew she had an attraction to him. She always had and like Dash, Adam had an attraction to Dash too "No, I better not"

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"So how's having your own place?" Nick asked Monday morning, "Not scared yet?" "Shut-up Nick" "What, you told me to shut-up? Is it that our Adso stayed with you on your first night?" "No, he didn't" Dash replied, as Adam walked in. "Speaking of the devil" "Shut-up!" Dash repeated, throwing a book in his direction

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"Boss" Maggie said coming into work along side "P.J", "Can I speak to you for a minute" "Sure, Doyle, just sign in"

Maggie went to sign in after putting her stuff in her locker.

"So?" Tom said settling into his chair as Maggie sits "Well it's just under 4 months till the baby is due, so I need to start to think about maternity leave" "I thought you'd want to speak about that" he replied, biting the ends of his glasses, "How about PJ?" he continued "PJ?" Maggie asked "He does qualify for paternity leave" "How long?" "One to three weeks" "Okay, I'll speak to him about that but I wanted to go on leave from when I am 8 months pregnant, till when the baby is 4 or 5 months old" "That should be okay Doyle, but do it by the book, you'll have to put it down in a formal letter, as will PJ" "Thanks Boss,

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That nigh Maggie and PJ went home and got into bed earlier then usual and did not retreat down to the pub.

"You know you qualify for leave when the baby gets here" "Yeah, so I take it you spoke to the boss about leave today" "Yeah, we'll have to write in on a formal letter but he said it was okay and it would go through" "That's good" PJ said, "You know we really have to start thinking of names"

"Well you know I want a Patrick" "And I want a Margaret" "There's no way your naming our daughter after me, I'd prefer her to be named after one of our mothers" "She wouldn't be named after you, she'd be named after my auntie Margaret" "Okay then" Maggie said, "Middle names, we agree on Margaret for a girl, and Patrick for boy" "And first names?" "Within the next few weeks we write our own list of what we would like, and then we compare, and the ones we both have" Maggie said "Will be the names we choose of" he guessed "And we can't see each others lists"

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The following day Maggie went to buy a small simple notebook she could use while PJ searched around the station for some spare blank paper.

"Names" Maggie thought aloud as she sat at her desk "You've started the decision making course of names?" Dash asked "Yes" Maggie rolled her eyes "What have you got?" "We'll within the next few weeks we are both going to make our own lists, but, it's harder then I thought" "I remember my brothers and sisters going through this" "We've chosen the middle name" "This should be original" Dash joked "But this is the thing, it's not. I've always wanted a Patrick, and when I told PJ, he said that he wanted a Margaret" "When did he tell you he wanted a Margaret?" "In the mine" "I still have to find out what you two did down there" "But your never going too"

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"I hate this!" PJ said, as Nick came into his office "What side of the bed did you get out off" "Sorry" PJ said, "But Maggs and I have began to think about names" "Well mate, have you tried Nicolas" "Yes, 2nd on my list" "Who's first?" "Thomas" "Nut, I'd go with the 2nd one"

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"Adam" Dash called. He was cleaning the cells "Yeah, what?" "Want to come out on patrol with me?" "Sure!" he yelled, "Anything to get out of this"

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The patrol car pulled up in front of a set of shops and both Adam and Dash get out of the car and walk into one of the shops.

"Why on earth are we here?" Adam said, "A book shop?" "I need to buy Maggie a book" "Why on earth would Maggie like a book?" "A Baby Name Books Adam" "I see" he said rolling his eyes as Dash approached the shop assistant "Good afternoon" the man said, "What can I do for you?" "Baby name books" Dash said "Right this way" the man directed, "Expecting a little one are we?" "What?" Adam said, laughing under his breath "No, a friend of mine" "I see, sorry. Here you are" Passing a small book to Dash "Thanks"

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"Where have you too been" Nick yelled from his desk "Patrol" Adam answered "Yeah, sure" Nick laughed, "What that bag?" "For Maggie, where is she?" Dash asked "There" Nick pointed towards the C.I office

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"Maggie" Dash said, walking into the C.I office without knocking "Yeah" Maggie replied, looking up from PJ's leather chair. PJ was giving her a shoulder massage "Ah, sorry" "That's okay, what's that?" Seeing a book in Dash's hand "This, it's a book for you" Offering it to her "A Book?" Maggie questioned "Baby names - I hope it will help" "Thanks Dash" Maggie said taking the book for her hand and immediately looked up Patrick, "Patrick means - ?????????????????????" "And Margaret means - ???????????????????" Snatching the book from Maggie and looking her name up.

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"Chris" Maggie said, "I need some help" Maggie said, sitting at the bar with her little notebook, pen and baby names book. "With what?" "Names" she exclaimed "Chris?" "Got that?" "Dash" "I've thought of that but PJ won't want it, and I don't Nick teasing her" Maggie said, causing Chris to laugh "Well what have you got?" "Middle names - Patrick or Margaret - depending on the sex" "Let's start if it's a girl, your mum's name?" "First on my list" "Lisa?" "I like that" "Tasma?" "I'll put it down" "Julie?" "Julie Margaret, maybe" she wrote it down on her notebook "Carol?" "Carol Margaret? I don't like it"

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"Nick" PJ called, "Can I asked you a question?" "Sure Patrick" "How did you and Jenny choose Zoe's name?" "We didn't" she said, looking sad, "Jen decided, I didn't have a say" "Oh" PJ said, "Sorry" "Nah, don't be" Nick replied, "What have you got?"

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"Adam means ????????????????" Nick said "Do you mind?" Adam yelled back snatching the book, "Nicolas means ????????????" "Well thanks you Adso, what's Dash mean?" "Um, it's not in here" "Give me a look" Dash demanded "So where is Maggie and PJ anyway?" Adam asked as Nick looked through the book. "Zoe's" Nick replied

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"What?" Maggie said, stunned "Can you repeat that?" PJ followed "Your having twins" No answer came from Maggie and PJ, "Do you want to know the sex?" "PJ?" Maggie wondered "Um" he mumbled, "Okay" Maggie smiled,

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"How was the check-up?" Chris asked that night at the pub "Surprising" Maggie replied, "Did you find out the sex of the baby?" "I would say sex 'S" PJ said, holding Maggie's hand "What?" Dash asked "Twins" Maggie announce, "One boy, one girl"

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Another few months passed and Maggie was 7 months pregnant. She had another month until she went on leave but she was now on light duties, mainly around the station and not going out on any calls.

"So you going shopping on the weekend at St. David's?" Dash asked "Yep" Maggie replied, "Buying the basics for the babies" "Chosen any names yet?" "Kind of. We're deciding between Mark and William, but we'd probably call him Liam. And then there's the choice between Claire and Julie"

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It was a rainy day in Mt. Thomas and it was 10am. Maggie and PJ were just about to leave for St. David's. Maggie was standing at the door.

"Ready?" Maggie called "Yep" PJ said reaching the front door, "You guys okay?" He touched Maggie's stomach "Yes Detective, we're fine"

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"What's first?" PJ said, entering the store "The basics" "Which are?" "We need 2 car seats, 2 cots, and a pram for twins first and then …" "Let's just start with the car seats, cots and pram first" "Okay"

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"Are you sure we bought enough?" "No" Maggie said "You care to help?" "I can't carry heavy things. Just dump it in Dash's old room, and do a second trip"

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Later that night boxes containing the cots, pram and car seat sit in Dash's old room. Around them sit bags of clothing and some other things.

"That was one long day" Maggie said lying down on the couch, "My feet are killing me!" "Here" PJ said sitting down on the couch, "Here"

PJ removed her shoes, then socks and started to massage her feet. Within minutes Maggie was asleep but PJ did not stop. Another 25 minutes passed and PJ carried his girlfriend into their bedroom.

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The following morning Adam opened the door of Dash's house. He was a woken when he heard a knock at the door at around 10am. Dash was still sound asleep in her bed.

"Hello?" Adam said, sleepily opening the door "Hi" The women said, "Adam isn't it?" "Yeah, I can't put a name to you face, sorry" "I'm Hillary, is Patrick in?" "Um, he doesn't live here any more" "Is he still in Mt. Thomas?" Hillary asked "Yeah" Adam replied, "He's living with Ma…" "Do you have the address?" "Sure" Adam said before going to get a piece of paper to write it on

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"Hello" Maggie said opening the door of her house, "Hillary?" "Maggie?" She replied "Who's at the door?" PJ yelled from the kitchen, "Maggs?" "Hillary, come in"

Maggie lead Hillary into the kitchen where PJ was making a cup of coffee for him self, and pouring Maggie some orange juice,

"Maggs" PJ said handing her a glass, "Hillary?" "Patrick, long time no see" "Yeah" PJ said, stunned, "A lot of things have changed" "I can see that" looking towards Maggie, "How long?" "I'm just over 7 months" Maggie answered, "I just need to go drop something at the station, I'll be back soon" and she left without letting PJ saying anything

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"What's the matter Maggie" Chris asked as she entered the Imperial "What?" Maggie asked "You don't look yourself, and besides, your never here this early. You haven't had a fight have you?" "No, it's nothing like that" "Then what is it?" "She turned up" Maggie said, "She?" "Hillary" "So?" "Well you know how serious they were a few years ago" "But PJ now has you three now" "But…" "But nothing, where is he now anyway" "I said I had to drop something at the station" "Then go back home"

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"So how have you been?" Hillary asked "Good, no, Great" PJ said, "Maggie's having twins" "Good for you, there yours?" "Yeah - How have you been?" "Good" "How is you aunt?" "She took Stan's death hard, she died over a year ago" "Sorry" "Thanks" "So, how come you’re here?" "See how you were, I got into the Homicide squad, but in Queensland" "That's great" "There's a spot for you if you want it" she asked, hopefully "Nah, I don't think so, with the twins and Maggie" "I never thought of you as a father" "Me either" "So how long have you and Maggie been together" "Over a year and a half"

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"Who was at the door this morning Adam?" Dash asked, as she and Adam were eating brunch "Hillary" "Who?" "One of PJ's x-girlfriends" "Poor Maggie" "Why?" "Adam she's over 7 months pregnant with twins, she doesn't need this stress" "But PJ won't go back to Hillary. Trust me" "Yeah, we know that, but Maggie doesn't. She'll be thinking of all the negative things about her self, and the positive of this Hillary person" "Guess so" "She wouldn't tell PJ or Maggie that you were here would she?" "Why?" "Why I'd prefer to tell Maggie and the others myself that we're together" "What ever"

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"Well bye then" Hillary said "Yeah, bye, sorry you came all this way" "Yeah, call be if you change your mind" "I don't think I will, I want my family to grow up here, with all of our friends" "I understand" she said, giving PJ a hug, as Maggie parked her car at the front of the house, but quickly drove off "Crap" PJ said "What?" Hillary asked, "Sorry Hill, but I have to run"

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"Chris" PJ called, "Chris?" "PJ?" Chris replied, "What can I do?" "Have you seen Maggie?" "This morning, don't tell me she didn't come home?" "She did, but Hillary, Hillary came to see…" "Yeah, I know, Maggie came to see me this morning. What happened?" "She was parking the car as I was saying goodbye to Hillary, we hugged, and she drove off" "Nothing else?" "Chris. God, no" he raised his voice, "She just took it the wrong way" "Where's Hillary now?" "She's on her way to Queensland" "Why?" "It's a long story, just call me if Maggie turns up here"

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"Maggie?" PJ yelled coming into the station "She's not here" Nick said "Have you seen her?" "Nope" "Tell her to call me if you do" "Trouble in paradise" Nick commented "It's not like that" "Then why aren't you at home with her now?" "Hillary showed up" "Oh"

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"Maggie?" Dash said, "What's the matter?" she asked opening the door "Everything" "Come here" Dash said, giving her a hug before she led Maggie into the lounge room where Adam was sitting

"Adam?" Maggie asked, wiping some tears away "Hi Maggs" "Adam, and you go get us a drink" Dash asked "Sure" "You got him trained or something" "You could say that" Dash smiled "How come his here anyway" Maggie asked "We're kinda seeing each other" "Kinda" "We'll we are, just don't tell Nick, PJ, or the Boss yet for me" "What ever" "So what's the matter?" "PJ's x-girlfriend turned up" "Hillary?" "How did you know?" "She turned up here, Adam gave her your address" "So what the matter with this anyway?" "I went out, and when I got back PJ was hugging her, so I drove off again" "A hug can mean many things" "Not from an X-girlfriend" "He was properly just saying goodbye" "But look at me Dash. I'm seven months pregnant with twins. He'd choose her, over me anyway at the moment" "No he wouldn't. Your carrying his children Maggie" "But I'm so FAT" Maggie said "Here you are" Adam said, handing over two glasses of water as they heard a knock on the door. "Can you get it Adam"

"Adam?" PJ asked "PJ" Adam replied, "You looking for Maggie?" "Is she here?" "Um" Adam wasn't sure what to say, "Yeah, just wait here"

"Maggie" Adam said, "PJ is at the door" "Maggie?" Dash asked, "What do you want to do?" "Maggie?" PJ asked, he let him self into the lounge room, "Are you okay?" "Where's Hillary?" "She's gone to Queensland" He said, moving from the doorway closer to Maggie "Really?" "Yes, really" he said pulling Maggie towards him "Adam" Dash said, taking him out of the room

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"So what did she want?" Maggie asked as they got back to their house. The drive from Dash's place was silent, and nothing had been said between them since Adam and Dash had left the room. "She asked me to go with her into the Homicide squad, in Queensland - I said NO" "Sorry" "Maggie, you don't have to be" He said, siting down on the couch with Maggie, "I wouldn't want to work with her anyway - and defiantly not work in Queensland. I love you, and our the twins and we're going to stay in Mt. Thomas, along as you want that" "That's all I want" Maggie said, "I just thought you didn't love me when you hugged her" "I was saying goodbye, and she hugged me anyway. I love you, and the twins. How could you think anything else?" "Look at me. I'm the fattest thing I've ever seen" "Your not fat Maggs. You the most beautiful person I've ever seen - I love YOU"

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THE END - NEXT BIT COMING SOON