Saved By The Firefighter
Chapter 64

Davey's Point of View.

I plant a soft kiss on Kathline's delicious lips as Andy giggles behind his hand. Thankfully he is out of his wheelchair now, and able to get about using crutches, but still the nightmares remain.

"Look after your mam for me squirt," I tell him, as I ruffle his red hair.

"I will Davey, I promise," he states, puffing his chest out with pride. I love this kid!

"Stay safe," Kathline whispers to me, as I walk out the doors.

"See you for breakfast." I grin at her, then head towards my car.

The past few days have been interesting to say the least. Every time Kathline and I get 'close,' Andy has a nightmare, interrupting us. I am sure he has a camera in the room, and he is spying, timing out the cries to perfection. But this is life, and trust me, I am not complaining. Although, I am looking forward to the little monster heading to his dad's house, when I can take my girl and head to the hotel for a relaxing day. The only issue is, I will need to get up at 5 am and head to work from the hotel that day, but still, it is no problem, not really.

Liv continues to blow up my phone, but I have made up my mind. Apparently, that wanker has moved back in, now the loan sharks have been paid off, and he is getting 'help' again. Yeah, whatever, this is not my first rodeo, and I know in a few months Liv will be back to square one, only this time, I will refuse to help her. I maybe harsh, but I am not a cash cow for her to use when that waist of oxygen gets them into s**t again. She has made her bed; she can lie in it.

Pulling up outside the station, I see Arsehole's Porsche outside, guess Headache got it fixed, as he waits beside it, looking at it like a lovesick puppy, he needs a f*****g woman, potentially a nurse who can sooth his many aliments.

Josie pulls up, as Anders gets out of her car, opening her door, even though he was the passenger, and grabs her waist giving her a passionate kiss on the lips, as she holds onto a large tin, which means only one thing. CAKES! Before turning to Headache and collecting his keys, then speeding off.

I walk into the fire station, my Echo under my arm, grunt my hellos, then take up residence in my normal spot, and begin to read the news of the day.

Ben walks in not long after, as Josie begins to plate up what looks like blueberry muffins she has made. Twinkle is already in the kitchen, and he gets his hand slapped as he tries to pinch one of the muffins.

"Not yet, they are to welcome Joanne, so we will wait till the Boss is done with her, then have them," Josie admonishes him.

"Joanne wishes the boss would do her," I chuckle out, as Ben kicks the souls of my foot that is crossed over my knee, and growls like a giant grizzly bear in my direction.

I return to my reading, ignoring the fact that kick hurt like a b***h on the soul of my foot, as Headache rounds the corner, and sits down, rolling his shoulder again. For f**k sake, seriously this man! Wayne walks in, clearly excited.

"Hey y'all, guess where I am going on my vacation," he shouts like an excited kid. Well, he is a kid really, compared to the rest of us.

"You mean your f*****g holidays, again you are not f*****g American," Headache growls out.

"Stop being mean Headache," Josie shouts across to him, then smiles at Wayne.

"Where are you going Wayne?" she asks.

"America, my mam booked us a trip to Disney world Florida," he shouts with glee.

"Isn't that for kids? You should have chosen Vegas," Headache asks.

"Disney world is cool man, Star Wars world, it is going to be epic." Wayne shrugs off Headache's comment.

"I am pleased for you Wayne." Josie smiles warmly at the lad.

"Thanks Josie, how are you feeling after the other night?" Wayne asks her.

"Fine, although Ben was the hero of the hour." She smiles at the giant man who is busy doing God knows what at the opposite side of the room, where all the recruitment literature is kept. "Yeah, we know," I shout over.

It is true, if he had not been on the other end of that rope, today would be a whole different story, not any of us want to think about.

The boss walks into the community room, clearing his throat, behind stands Joanne, in a rather nice dress.

I spy over my paper at her, then wolf-whistle at her, and she shakes her head in my direction. Ben turns and looks like he is going to kick my foot again, so I move it quickly out of his way, then look back towards the Boss who is also giving me daggers. "Looking good Joanne." Josie smiles at her. "Thanks." Joanne shakes her head, being a lot more subdued than normal.

"Okay, so as you all already know Joanne, I will keep the introductions short. She is my assistant, and will be working a few days per week, when we are on day-shift, then a couple of hours a week when we are on night-shift. She is your new point of contact for any forms you need, or if you want to book a meeting with me. Treat her nice, or I will not stop Ben from ripping your heads off." He chuckled.

f**k the boss made a joke! Wow, that is knew.

"Just a heads up, it has been relatively quiet the past few days, since the outbreak of field fires, other than Josie of course." The Boss chuckled again.

Seriously, who is this man and where is Station Officer Webber?

"I see you have baked welcome cakes Josie, so once we have them, I will take Joanne home, to save her getting a bus, then if you are not on a shout, I will have a full debrief when I get back," he continues.

Josie hands out the cakes making sure Joanne, and the Boss get one before the rest of us pile in and demolish the lot of them. Joanne takes a seat on the long sofa, and f**k me sideways, the boss sits next to her, rather than return to his cave.

I look up at Josie, and raise my eyebrow, and she gives me a small shrug of one shoulder.

"Also, Ben, when I get back from dropping your mam off, we need to have a chat about something." He smiles....yes, he f*****g smiles at Ben, who also nods his head and smiles back.

WHAT IS GOING ON! THE TWO MISERABLE FUCKERS NEVER SMILE!

Granted since meeting Lucy, Ben bares his teeth in a friendly manner a lot more now, but the boss smiling, that is just makes me think I have entered the twilight zone.

"Josie, these muffins are lush," Joanne compliments her, as she takes another bite.

"Thanks Joanne." Josie smiles up at her with a nod.

There is far too much smiling around here lately, it is just not normal!

"Oh, also you guys are on shift next weekend for the airshow, we are going to be stationed down at the beach, so expect a lot of kids about wanting to be in the engines. Let them, but be aware we need to move if needed," Webber states.

"I have organised a spot on the showground for a tent, to sell baked goods, all proceeds to the benevolent fund, so if you can let me know what you are all going to bring to sell as well, please. There is a list on my new desk just outside Kelvin's office, for you all to put your name and what you will be bringing," Joanne states.

Kelvin, f*****g Kelvin... s**t, I really am in the twilight Zone, I have only ever heard her refer to him as whip-me.

"Okay Joanne, are you ready to go?" KELVIN... states.

"Yes, see you all later. Bye son," Joanne states to Ben, then gives him a kiss on his cheek, which he immediately wipes off with a shake of his head, like he is 10.

We all watch as the boss and Joanne disappear out of the doors, laughing and joking, and dare I say a little bit of flirting. I raise my eyebrows up to Ben.

"f*****g hell Ben, the boss is going to be your new daddy," I quip.

Ben growls at me again, then flips me the bird, as Yellow Watch all begin to do a mass exodus out the door, meaning we are on-shift. "What's for tea Twinkle?" Josie asks.

"In honour of my glamourous cooking assistant, finally going to the US of A, we are doing hotdogs in buns." He grins.

Cool, even those two cannot f**k that up. As the food arrives on the dining table, I realise I had spoken to soon, as the hotdogs arrive. The buns all soggy of where they had not drained the water from the pan correctly before adding the sausage. The hotdog is not hot at all, barely warm, and the onions chard so badly that they looked like small pieces of coal sat on the top.

Each of us pick up the long soggy bun, and look at it, with a curl of our lips. I know everyone is hoping we get a shout so we don't have to eat it, but no such luck, the one time we want that bell to ring, it stays silent.

The boss arrives back, after dropping Joanne off, then gives us a quick update on what is happening and allocates the duties for the next four days.

"Hey, I am going to get my head down for a bit. Hardly had sleep for days," I tell them all. Best thing about a quiet night shift is we get some sleep, which is always good.

I head to the bunk room, and climb on my allotted bed, then pull out my phone ringing Kathline.

"Hey you," she says happily through the phone.

"Hey, is Andy in bed?" I ask.

"Yes, out like a light, so I have done a quick tidy round, and am going to get some rest whilst I can," she tells me.

"Yeah, I am going to get a nap in whilst we are not busy," I tell her.

"Okay, well night-night. Kind of miss you not being in here with me," she whispers.

"I know what you mean. Night-night, see you at breakfast. I will get a MacDonalds one, on my way home from work," I tell her.

s**t, I really need to go to my actual home, and check on it, and grab more stuff.

"Actually, I may be a little later than normal, I have to go check on the house, and get more kit," I tell her.

"Okay, you know you don't have to stay with us if it is causing you a problem," she tells me.

"It is no problem, and I stay because I want to. Now, see you in the morning, get some rest," I tell her, as she wishes me goodnight again, before she hangs up the call.

I snuggle down into my bunk, and instantly feel my eyes closing, I am that tired.

The sound of the fire alarm wakes me up, jumping out of the bed, I see the others all doing the same thing, it must be late into the shift. I run into the common room, pulling my yellow braces back over my shoulders and run to the pole, sliding down it. As we scramble into the fire engine, I notice it is half one in the morning, as Josie gets the info from dispatch.

"Fire at Cooper Rose the night club in town," she shouts.

s**t, that is one of the busiest places for revellers. Thank f**k it is only a Thursday. Let's just hope they got them all out before the fire took hold, or it is the chief burning the food.

Headache switches on the lights and sirens, and we head off towards town, at breakneck speed.