Two's A Charm

Couple: Sam Swarek and Andy McNally

Rating: T

Words: 2,661

Disclaimer: I do not own Rookie Blue.

A/N 1: Let's have a recap shall we?

So Andy and Sam six years ago had a dinner at Tommy's that turned into an invitation to dinner/dating. Andy then was 18 and Sam (as I stated was either 23 or 24). With that Andy is now 24 and Sam is now 30. So they are six years apart. They dated around four and a half years and have been apart for a year and a half now, from what I've reread. So we are now at Zoe and Oliver's wedding. And Sam and Andy are still broken up for reason's to be found out in the chapter. Alright, break.

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True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.

-La Rochefoucauld

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"How was the party?"

Andy and Sam stood in their bathroom getting ready for the rehearsal dinner.

"Good." Sam told her trying to adjust his tie.

She looked at him through the mirror, "Just good?"

He nodded with a small smirk, "And your dinner?"

She walked the two steps over to him to help him with his tie. She always did his tie for him. Although they were broken up he still needed help. He just wouldn't verbalize it. He was glad she saw him suffer with it.

"It was alright." She shrugged her shoulders while working at his tie.

She was wearing a simple black dress, which did not leave much to the imagination in Sam's eyes. No back and her tan shoulders doing things to him.

She let go of the tie once she was done. Gave it a once over before nodding her head like she was proud of her work.

"Thank you." He looked into the mirror to inspect himself.

"Welcome." She made her way out of the room to sit on the bed and put on her black heels.

"What time did you make it home?" He raised his eyebrows looking out the door at her.

"Earlier than you." She gave him a smirk.

"Had to clean up."

He walked out of the bathroom to go grab his speech from the table in the corner of their hotel room.

He was wearing his glasses, which she thought was a nice change from his usual look. She'd always loved him wearing his glasses and he knew that.

"Big speech tonight." She raised her eyebrows hoping he'd give her a little preview.

She'd woken up to no big pillow barrier, which was a surprise. She was more surprised though to find Sam's arm lazily resting on her. She had also pretended to be asleep when he'd gotten up.

"Yea."

There was a silence that came over them. It wasn't an awkward silence like it had been in the last months of riding together. It was a nice silence.

"Ready to go?" He walked over to the door and held it open for her.

"I guess," she gave him a shrug while making her way past him.

He locked the hotel room door before catching up with her, "Ahh your speech."

"Don't remind me."

She hated public speaking and she was not looking forward to giving a speech this evening.

They stood waiting for the elevator door to open. Sam sighed, "You'll do great, McNally."

He smiled and she knew she would.

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"So how did Eli go last night?" Traci asked at dinner.

The rehearsal dinner was well under way. Andy and Sam had made sure everything had gone without a hitch.

"He was fine." Andy took a sip of wine.

Traci rolled her eyes, "He was basically staring all night."

Andy nodded, "Yea, he just helped me clean up."

Traci clapped her hands, "This sounds promising."

Andy fiddled with her hands before rushing out, "I woke up this morning and there was no big pillow barrier."

Traci's eyes went wide, "No."

Andy shook her head, "Yes."

"You and Swarek on the right track then?" Traci smiled.

"I guess. You know he can sometimes be a brick wall." Andy rolled her eyes.

"Yea, well you both are."

"Whatever."

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Andy stood up, as it was her time to speak. She was nervous. She held up her note cards, she would read exactly what she wrote down and not look at the crowd that she was sure of.

She clinked her champagne glass with her knife, "Hello."

Everyone turned their heads to stare at her. She noted Sam's eyes encouraging her.

"Tonight is a special night for Oliver and Zoe. I've known Zoe for a couple of years now and she has always been there for me and I want to thank her for that. It's not everyday you find the person you're going to spend the rest of your life with, but Zoe found her match in Oliver. Here's to Oliver and Zoe."

The crowd clapped and Andy sat down satisfied the speech was over. The bigger speech would come tomorrow; she'd worry about that later though.

She saw Sam stand up and she was sure his speech would be a crowd pleaser. He always knew how to entertain a crowd.

Sam cleared his throat, "Oliver and Zoe."

Oliver shouted, "You go brotha."

Sam smiled at the intoxicated groom. "I want to start off by saying that Oliver has been one of my very best friends since the Academy. Couldn't have made it without you brother." He looked at Oliver who approved his use of words.

"When, uh, Oliver approached me about proposing to Zoe, I'll admit I was skeptical. I mean a girl like Zoe and a guy like Oliver, come on," he paused while the crowd gave a subtle laugh, "But then I remembered all the times I had been to dinner with the two of them and how in love they truly were. So I gave Oliver my approval and we stand here today."

Sam's eyes flittered to Andy who was smiling, "Uh, sometimes you just know when two people are meant to be together and I think Oliver and Zoe can attest to that. I truly think we are all meant to find that special someone and I hope one day I can be as happy as Ollie is right now."

He paused because of what he was about to say, "I've only been in love once and I know the feeling of being that happy and I hope that one day, you Ollie, can stand up here and give an awesome speech at my rehearsal dinner as I just did. So here's to Oliver and Zoe." He raised his glass.

The room mostly clapped and he saw Oliver giving him a thumbs up, meaning he had indeed gave a good speech.

Sam locked eyes with Andy, who was the only one who truly knew the meaning of his speech. And for that he smiled back at her.

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Andy made her way on to the balcony where she knew Sam had gone off to.

"Well, I got to say, your speech kicked mine's ass."

He turned around when he heard her voice, "Is that so?"

She nodded, "Really had the crowd going."

He smiled, "Some came from the heart."

Andy raised her eyebrows, "Romantic are we? When did that happen?"

And maybe it was the wrong thing to say, but after spending these last two days with him she really felt like they could joke and talk to each other how they used to.

"It was always in me." He patted his chest in a joking manner.

She turned to look over the balcony. She had to give Zoe and Oliver credit for picking such a beautiful hotel to get married in. Zoe had told her it was the place she had picked out since she was a little girl.

Sam could feel the wheels in Andy's head turning. When she was in deep thought her eyebrow would always go up slightly.

"What are you thinking about?"

She peeled her eyes away from the scenery to look at him, "Us."

"Ahh," he countered.

"It's nothing really," she started to tap her finger on the concrete, "Just everything that's happened."

"I never meant to leave," he finally told her.

She took a deep breath in, not realizing those were the words she had wanted to hear for over a year and a half.

"I didn't mean to pack up everything."

He nodded, "But you did."

They both turned back to the scenery neither one speaking again.

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They walked in silence back to their room, neither one wanting to encroach on unmarked waters. He let her exit the elevator first knowing she wanted some space. He could always tell these things. He was surprised though that when she made it to their room door she turned around and stared at him. Her brown eyes flowing with emotions.

"Did you mean what you said tonight?" She looked at him hauling their entrance to their room.

He put his hands on his hips, "Yea, I meant it."

His speech and his remarks on the balcony had made all the feelings she once felt for him to resurface. She knew all this time her feelings for him had never died, but after tonight they were reinstated and all she wanted to do was to tell him how she felt.

"Why'd you take that undercover job?"

And the cat was out of the bag. The big white elephant that had always stood in the room between them was finally out.

He sighed, "It was my job."

She shook her head hoping the tears wouldn't come, "You said you didn't want it. Then one day you came home and packed and left."

Guns and Gangs had wanted him; a big case that no one should pass up. Sam had never wanted to initially take the job, but he'd thought Andy would have been happy for him and let him go for the eight months they needed him. When he told her she was leaving she had smiled and let him go.

"You said to go." He argued back.

She bit her lip. "I thought after almost four years together you'd know me a little better than that."

He could never win with her. "I also didn't expect you to be packed up and moved out of our house when I got back either. I had to track you down to even talk to you."

It's true after month two she had decided to pack up all her stuff and move out. It still might not have been the best decision, but she had decided she needed her space.

"You'd made your decision." She now had her hands on her hips, mocking his stance.

"It was a big deal for me. I didn't know or even understand what I'd leave behind." He told her honestly.

"I didn't want to hold you back, that's why I left."

He shook his head, "Can't leave when things get tough, McNally."

She shrugged her shoulders, "That's what my mom did. I just thought you weren't Tommy McNally and would come after me."

She knew it was the age old saying that you would always end up with someone like your father. While, she adored her father, she never wanted to end up with someone like him. She'd always thought Sam while having similar qualities was different than him. When she took off she'd figured he'd come looking for her. Instead they were both too stubborn and neither decided to fight anymore for their relationship.

"You don't think it kills me everyday having you as my partner? How many times I've wanted to talk to you about this and be with you again? I thought by you running you didn't want what we had anymore," he paused regaining his composure, "It killed me."

And going in circles is what they did. When they had finally decided to move in together it took them over three months to pick a color for their bedroom. They had to settle on white.

"And all I wanted was for you to stay, but instead you just left for eight months."

He nodded, "Andy, I can't change what happened."

She took her hands off her hips and crossed her arms over her chest, "Was what it was."

He stared at her, "Yea." He told her curtly.

She gave him a not so happy smile before she decided to check out of the conversation.

She got her hotel key card and opened the door for them.

She sat on the bed taking off her heels, while he made his way into the bathroom to change.

She had decided right there and then that she was not taking off her dress or any of her makeup. She laid back on the bed sighing inwardly to herself.

She heard him come out of the bathroom and she'd guessed he was too tired to change as well seeing as he was still in his clothes.

He went to turn off the main light. He made his way back to the bed, but before lying down he grabbed the two pillows and made their barrier. He knew no sleep would come tonight after their argument.

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A hour later and both still awake, she decided to speak to him again.

"I'm sorry." She said looking at the ceiling.

He was lying on his back as well looking at the ceiling, "Me too."

She swallowed hard, "I never stopped you know."

"Me either. Still do."

Without either one saying it, they both knew they'd never stopped loving each other.

A/N 2: I promised myself I would not watch the new episode of Rookie Blue until I finished and got this chapter posted. That's how dedicated I was to finishing this chapter for you guys. I have no excuse for not updating besides lack of inspiration and not wanting to proof read. I will try and never have that happen again. So I hope you all will stick with this story to the end because it's almost done with. I'd like to dedicated this to ForeverEchelon she's kept me wanting to update for people! Thank you again! Hope you all enjoy this and don't hesitate to review! :)