Saved By The Firefighter
Chapter 46

Josie's point of view.

me, opened mouthed shaking her head.

I cannot stop the giggling, as I watch Ben's mother go from white, to slightly pink, to bright red, as the boss whispers about the movie White Chicks in her ear. Typical Joanne, all mouth and no action. As the boss stalks off after getting her all flustered, she looks at "You could have warned me!" she glares at me, then bites her lip, in a half-smirk, holding back her own laughter.

"To be fair, I didn't see him till the last moment," I defend myself, now fully laughing, tears starting to roll down my cheeks.

"Biatch." Joanne shakes her head in embarrassed dismay.

"Seriously though, he has said he wants to see you about something," I say, trying to stop my hysterical laughter, as Anders looks at me, an amused frown on his face.

"Well, I am not going to go ask him what he wants now, am I," Joanne states, her voice high from the embarrassing situation she has gotten herself into.

"Why not, maybe he wants you," Anders tells her.

"Yeah right, it is not grab-a-granny night." Joanne laughs.

"What are you talking about, trust me, he doesn't see a granny, he sees a woman, he clearly likes," Anders tells her.

I smile up at him, yeah, he has grown on me, and I find my self nodding in agreement.

The past few days have been great, although after I got back to work, I have hardly seen him, but he texts and rings every day. He did, however, turn up, back at my place the night after the school fire, demanding to look at me, and see if I was okay. Bless him, he was half crazed.

He also stated that after today is finished with, I had to pack a bag as I was spending my four days off at his house. I tried to argue, but I lost, lets face it, the thought of spending every night with Anders for the next four nights, before the dreaded nightshifts begin again, has my fanny fluttering like crazy.

We haven't had s*x since the changing room, Anders telling me, he wants to show me I mean more than just a quick, f**k. I must admit that was nice to hear, but now I have needs, because never has a man made me feel like he did in that changing room. "I highly doubt it, but thank you for trying to make me feel better. You are a lot nicer than I thought you would be." Joanne smiles up at Anders.

"Yeah, no doubt my feisty firefighter here told you I was and arse-hole, and a lot of other things. She likes to do that to me." Anders chuckles at her.

"Hey, at that time you were a total arse-hole, do not try and deny it," I sass at him.

"Not going to deny it, I am a nice guy, with arse-hole tendencies." Anders shrugs, then laughs as he picks up more of the food Joanne brought and puts it in the fridges.

Twinkle arrives with his 'Mrs., she stands to the side, and despite me smiling and saying hello, she turns her head away as if she is stood next to a blocked toilet. Charming. Joanne rolls her eyes, shaking her head. Yeah, she hates Mrs. Twinkle. But you catch more flies with honey than vinegar, so I open the top cupboard and grab the juices and pop down.

"Hey, would you like a drink?" I deliberately ask her with a smile. I don't know her name, in fact, I don't think any of us do, she has always just been Twinkle's Mrs., as that is all he refers to her as.

She doesn't answer, just shakes her head, and looks over to the side as if I don't exist. I feel Anders stiffen beside me, as he looks at the woman.

"Hey, rude b***h, my girlfriend asked you a question," Anders growls out.

Twinkle sighs as he looks daggers at his wife, then offers me an apologetic look.

"I will go fire up the BBQ," he states, then grabs his wife by the elbow and walks off back down the stairs and out onto the field at the side of the station where the activities will take place. "I like you," Joanne declares with a smile at Anders.

"Is she always like that?" he asks.

"Always, not helped by our mutual hatred." Joanne laughs.

"Joanne, can I grab you for a second," Station Officer Webber shouts.

I watch as Ben's mother blushes again then nods her head and follows him into his office.

Finished in the kitchen, Anders and I head outside, he places his hand in mine, entwining our fingers.

Wayne is stood next to Headache, both turn to look at us. Seeing our hands joined together, Wayne grins.

"Told you, hand over the bucks," Wayne drawls to Headache.

"It's pounds, not f*****g bucks, you are f*****g ENGLISH!" Headache snaps, annoyed once more, then pulls out a £10 pound note, and passes it to Wayne.

I don't ask what that is about, and head round to the side of the building, grabbing the large pegs and mallet that are sat beside the deflated bouncy castle, to hammer it into the ground safely. "Hey, I will do that," Anders shouts over scowling slightly.

He really needs to get used to the fact that I am more than able to do jobs like this myself.

"I am more than capable, however, go turn the air pump on so it inflates, and I can put them in correctly." I smile at him as he offers me a low growl, muttering something about me being too independent for my own good, and needing a good spank, before heading off to the air pump and switching it on.

I cannot deny his words send my fanny flutters into overdrive, as I remember when he gave my backside a spank in that changing room, when I was bent over legs spread waiting for him to get some protection.

The large castle inflates, and I begin to hammer the pegs in to keep it tethered to the ground and safe for the kids, and let's face it, off duty firefighters, to bounce on it later.

"Oi Twinkle, step away from the BBQ, no way are we eating charcoal-everything today," Davey's voice shouts out.

I turn and smile as I see him at the boot of his car, taking out a wheelchair, as Kathline opens her door, and fusses over her young son. Davey runs round and picks up our stations very own Naughty Norman Price, in his arms and gently puts him in the wheelchair, making sure he is safely situated and the rest for his newly-cast-leg is in place.

"Hi Andy." I smile and wave at the little one.

The lad gives a small smile and wave, but he doesn't seem to be as confident as he normally is, but who, in all honesty, can blame him, poor thing.

I finish off pegging the bouncy castle down, then shout to Anders to keep it switched on, as a lot of people begin to make their way onto the field, today is not only for the firefighters, but also the local community, making in-roads with the kids and families, hopefully to build good relations with them.

Davey wheels Andy over, Kathline along side him, looking amazing, but also like she needed a good night's sleep.

"Hey, Andy, I guess no bouncing for you today. However, see those stocks over there...." I say pointing to the wooden stocks, and the buckets filled with ice cold water. "...well, later you can throw wet sponges at Davey, me, and Ben ... the other firefighter who rescued you. Oh ... and our big boss man, make sure to have your sponge extra wet to throw at him." I smile crouching down beside his wheelchair.

"Cool" Andy croaks out.

No wonder the kid is quiet, his throat will be sore as anything from the smoke inhalation.

"I wasn't sure if he should come, but he was so excited to get out of hospital yesterday, so he could be here, I didn't have the heart to say no." Kathline smiles down lovingly at her boy, then looks up to me tears pricking her eyes.

"Thank you, Josie, I know you went in with Davey and Ben to rescue him," she says to me.

I smile at her, placing my hand on the top of her arm.

"No thanks necessary, seeing him here is all the thanks any of us need." I smile.

Anders places a protective arm around my shoulder, as he looks down at Andy, and gives him a big smile.

Joanne bounds round the corner, a shocked look on her face, then comes over to us.

"Hello, you must be Andy." Joanne smiles at the lad.

"Hello," his little voice croaks out.

"Oh dear, your throat is hurting. Well, I have the secret magic cure for that." She grins down at him, then rushes back into the station, returning a few moments later with a large tub of ice cream and wooden spoon, passing it to Andy as Kathline smiles at her. "Kathline, this is Joanne, Big Ben's mam, and everyone here's adopted mother," Davy introduces her with a smile.

"Pleased to meet you." Kathline smiles.

Finished chatting with Davey and Andy, Joanne pulls me over to one side.

"So, what did the boss want?" I ask her.

"He said he needs help with some of the paperwork, on a part time basis, and asked if I would come work for him two days a week. I have agreed." Joanne smiles.

"Oh wow, that will be great having you here when we are on shift." I smile at her.

"Yeah, he also asked if I would like to go for a coffee tomorrow so he can go through all the details." She smiled shyly.

"Oooo, he never asks any of us to go for a coffee," I tease her.

"Shut up." Joanne laughs.

Ben pulls up his car, as Lucy gets out, helping get her brother's two kids, as their dad, shunters out of the middle of the car seats, clearly, he had been squashed between them. The two little ones, look around, all dressed in their Sunday best. I wave at Lucy, who takes them both by the hand and wanders over to us.

"Hi. Kirstie, Daunte, this is Joanne, Ben's mam. This is Josie, and Aunty Lucy's new boss, Anders," she introduces the kids.

"Hi Kids, now, very soon, guess who is coming to see you." I bend down and speak with them.

They both look at me wide eyed.

"Fireman Sam." I tell them as they clap their little hands with glee.

Ben chuckles, as he introduces Cal to Davey, and the three of them stand chatting for a bit.

Anders talks to Lucy, but his eyes are constantly on me, as I happily chat to the kids. I feel his hands on my waist, as he comes up behind me, then whispers in my ears.

"You are great with kids," he states.

I turn round and look at him, smiling.

"Yeah, I love kids." I shrug.

"I never wanted any, but seeing you with them, makes me think maybe one day... what are you doing to me?" He growls huskily in my ear.

I laugh and shrug.

"I am not ready to have my own quite yet, but I am more than happy to practice." I grin at him biting my bottom lip.

"Sounds good to me." Anders grins, then places a quick kiss on my lips.

Ben walks over, taking hold of Kirstie and lifting her into his big strong arms before grabbing hold of Lucy's hand.

"So... Fireman Sam is coming, is he? Who will be looking after everything when he arrives?" he asks, which is code for who is in the suit, and given it is a really hot day, I think carefully, as I see Headache giving Wayne hell again for something he said, and smile.

"I think Headache will have to take over Fireman Sam's job whilst he is here, what a shame." I smile, as Davey, Ben, and I all look over to him as he shouts again at Wayne that he is English, then all begin to laugh.

"He definitely will have a headache later then," Davey quips as Ben chuckles, grabbing Lucy and holding her tight to him.

Anders pulls me closer to his body, placing his chin on the top of my head, his arms wrapped around my waist.

"Any chance we can find a place to do that practice you mentioned now," He whispers to me.

"Nope, sorry, you will just have to be a patient arse-hole," I whisper back.

Groaning, he pushes his hips towards my backside, and I feel his hard bulge against me, and let out a small whimper, as my body begins to pulse with need.

"I hate you," I sigh out, now totally sexually frustrated.

"Oh, I know you do." Anders chuckles then lets me go. I walk towards Headache, all flustered by Ander's request, to give him the good news that today, Headache is Fireman Sam, and has a valid reason to moan about heat exhaustion, I am sure it will make his day.