LISTEN TO THE WORDS


By Sarah Partridge.
This story is set after 'Gold' and 'Fools Gold' but before 'Possession'!! 
"Good morning," said the blonde constable Maggie Doyle as she walked into the 
station. "Umm, yeah hi," said the rest of the constables. "Good morning Miss 
Margaret," said PJ walking out of his office. "You see that Cooper?" said Nick. 
"PJ here has been moody all morning until Maggs showed up." "Yeah, you know I 
think there might be something they want to tell us," said Cooper looking at 
them. "Yeah like what?" said PJ in his moody voice again. "Ooh, maybe, ah...." 
"Just give up will you Adam," added Dash. 
After another five minutes of bickering Tom came out of his office yelling "Oy, 
you lot settle down will you. And Cooper get on the blower and tell Miss Carson 
that her car has been found. Ah but before you do that, I have just been 
informed, by Chris, that there is a ball on in the community hall in two days 
time, and we want you lot to make an off duty appearance, so I expect to see you 
all there." 
Another five minutes passed and PJ asked Maggie into his office. As soon as she 
had closed the door behind her, he started talking. "Now Maggs, I know we agreed 
that we won't have a relationship but I was wondering if you would like to 
accompany me to the ball?" "PJ, I don't know, I mean I want to, but..." "Come on 
Maggs I just want to go with you, no strings attached." "Ok, but remember we're 
just friends." "Always Maggs." 
That afternoon after collecting the lunches Maggie sat down at her desk with her 
sand-which to do some paper work and found a small note on the top of her file 
saying, "Listen to the Words - PJx." She looked at he note with a confused look 
on her face, and decided to ask him about it later. After a quiet day of paper 
work her knock off time had finally come, so Maggie went to her locker, and 
stuck to it was another note saying, "Listen to the words, - PJx". This time she 
went to see him. "Ok, quit playing games what is this supposed to mean?" she 
asked walking in to the C.I office. "Ah, ha, that Miss Doyle is for me to know 
and for you to find out," he replied cheekily. "Come on out with it, what is it 
supposed to mean?" "Sorry Maggs, you're just going to have to wait and find 
out." "Ok, if that's the way you want to play. I'm knocking of now, so I'll see 
you at the pub," she said walking out. "Bye," he replied. 
Once they were all at the pub, they all started discussing who they were going 
with, and as soon as Chris, Dash and Maggie started talking about what they were 
wearing the guys were off to play darts. 
The next day was another slow one for the crime rate in Mt Thomas, and by lunch 
time Maggie had found another three notes from PJ saying exactly the same as the 
other two. Just after she finished her lunch, the phone in the main part of the 
station rang and both Adam and Nick ran to get it, and Adam won. "Hello Mt 
Thomas Police Constable Adam Cooper speaking." "Hello I was wondering if I could 
speak to Constable Doyle," said the strange sleazy voice. "Maggs, some weird gut 
on line two for you," he called to Maggie who was in the kitchen. "Hello, 
Constable Maggie Doyle speaking," she said taking the phone from Adam. "G'day 
Maggs, Guess who?" "PJ why are you ringing me when we are both in the station?" 
"To tell you just one thing, "Listen to the words, Maggs." As soon as he had 
said it the phone cut off and se put the phone back into it's cradle, and 
totally ignored PJ, because he was annoying her so much. 
The next night was the ball, and PJ rocked up to Maggie's house at exactly 7 
o'clock. "Wow Maggs, don't we look sensational," he enthused as she opened the 
door. "I'm still not talking to you," she replied. "Sorry Maggs, but I'm afraid 
you just did!" 
Once at the ball they and all the others drank and danced and danced and drank. 
Then as Maggie went to the ladies room PJ went and talked to the band members. 
When she came back she sat down at their table only to hear an announcement 
addressed to her. As she looked up she saw PJ standing in front of her and the 
leader of the band saying that this song was dedicated to Maggie Doyle with love 
forever from PJ Hasham. He held out his hand in front of hers as if to ask her 
to dance so as she slipped her hand into his and stood up. As the got closer and 
started to dance PJ whispered "Listen o the words Maggs, listen to the words." 
The words of the song started and as they danced she listened carefully: 
There was a time where I was everything and nothing all in one, 
When you found me, I was feeling like a cloud across the sun. 
I need to tell you how you light up every second of the day, 
But in the moonlight, you shine like a beacon on the bay. 
And I can't explain, it's something about the way you look tonight, 
Takes my breath away, it's that feeling I get about you deep inside. 
And I can't describe, but it's something about the way you look tonight, 
Takes my breath away, the way you look tonight. 
With that smile, you pull the deepest secrets from my heart, 
In all honesty I'm speechless, and I don't know where to start. 
And I can't explain, it's something about the way you look tonight, 
Oh, it takes my breath away; it's that feeling I get about you deep inside. 
And I can't describe, but it's something about the way you look tonight, 
Takes my breath away, the way you look tonight 
The way you look tonight 
The way you look tonight 
The way you look tonight 
The way you look tonight 
The way you look tonight 
The way you look tonight 
The way you look tonight 
The way you loooooooooooook tonight! 
The song stopped and Maggie and PJ were still dancing and all the heelers, Chris 
and Zoë were still as they were all the way through the song. They pulled apart 
and PJ said "Sorry Maggs, I know you don't want a relationship, but I had to let 
you know how I feel." As he turned to walk away she grabbed his arm and said 
"well, it must be something about the way you look tonight, because that suit is 
basically the same as everyone else's, but on you it looks so sexy." With that 
she started to passionately kiss him, and the rest of the heelers just stood 
shell-shocked. Then the music started again and PJ and Maggie started to dance, 
as did everyone else. 
That night Dash and Maggie were sitting on the couch discussing guys and 
imparticular PJ. "So how long have you liked him?" asked Dash. "A long four 
years," replied Maggie. "What four years, and you've never done anything about 
it?" "I was too scared that we'd get separated and I'd never see him again." 
"Well, you've got him now, and I'd never let go if I were you." "Trust me Dash, 
after being madly in love with one guy for four years, and finally getting him, 
there's nothing I the world that can stop me now!" 
*** 
"Put the gun down," yelled PJ at the drunken David Jones outside the Imperial 
who was waving around a sawn off shotgun for no apparent reason. PJ continued to 
yell at David to put the gin down and just as he was about to release it Nick 
and Adam came speeding in to the car park and Nick jumped out of the car yelling 
at him to put the gun down. In the shock of seeing more police David 
accidentally fired the gun shooting PJ in the chest. Seeing PJ on the ground he 
dropped the gun and started screaming, "No, no, I didn't mean to, I didn't mean 
to kill anyone." About ten seconds later Dash and Maggie drove in to the car 
park. The second Maggie saw PJ down she ran across to him yelling at him to 
breathe. In tears she held his limp body up to hers and started screaming. Dash 
approached her and tried to comfort her and explained what had happened. With 
blood all over her hands she placed him back down and turned to see Nick. "You, 
You bastard!" she yelled heading straight for him. "You killed him, if you 
didn't yell, the gun wouldn't have been fired, it's all your fault, I hate you!" 
She started slamming her fists against is chest and started kicking him to which 
he acted as if she wasn't even there. But he heard everything she was saying. As 
she broke down into tears in PJ's arms, he did too. As he looked at PJ he 
realised his best mate had just died and it was his entire fault. He and Maggie 
cried as the ambulance came to take him away, and Maggie let go of Nick to go 
and say goodbye to PJ. Leaning over him and crying her eyes out she told him how 
much she loved him. Each time the ambo's went to take him away, she wouldn't let 
them. She continued to cry until Dash approached her and pulled her away. 
Screaming as she saw them taking him away she turned to Dash and hugged her and 
the both cried for what seemed like hours before getting in the car to return to 
the station. Once there Maggie walked into the C.I office where she sat in PJ's 
chair and looked around, as she cried she could smell his strong masculine odor 
from is after-shave that she loved so much. And she looked at all his 
possessions tucked away so neatly. As she turned she saw a photo of him on the 
wall that she took down and hugged, as she sat and cried. 
Tom arrived at the door with Dash in toe to take her home. Over the next few 
days Maggie ate close to nothing and spoke not one word to anyone until it came 
to the funeral. Sitting down the front next to his mum. Maggie continued to cry 
until it was her turn to speak. She got up the front and said, "PJ was the most 
loving and gentle man I have ever known or care to know. He touched all our 
lives in many different ways, which I'm sure no one will forget." As she spoke, 
she cried and shook. "He said something to me that I know I'll never forget, he 
told me to listen to listen to the words, not only to the words of the song, but 
to the words of life. So I wrote a poem of my love for PJ, that I have felt ever 
since I met him, so please listen to the words: 
Everything about you used to make me smile, 
The way you'd look at me or listen for a while, 
Everything about you so gentle calm and sure, 
Life gave the twinkle in your eyes, 
This meant our love was pure. 
Everything about you no detail I'll forget, 
From the day your eyes shattered mine my goal in life was set. 
Everything about you I'll remember to this day, 
Especially how you loved me before you passed away. 
Take PJ's advice, listen to the words of life, and always pay attention to what 
you want, and don't let anything stand in your way, like I foolishly did. And 
PJ, where ever you are I love you more than life itself." 
With that she broke into tears and their song, 'Something about the way you look 
tonight,' was played which made her cry even harder. But as she placed the 
flowers on his grave, she thought about how she was so lucky to have known some 
one so special and how he had affected her life in a way she'd never forget!
The End!