A few days had passed since Andy and Sam had talked, she decided to leave him be and let him come to her. She knew news of the baby had knocked him, she didn't want to push him, she hadn't seen him at work either she just assumed he had a few days off.
Yawning she walked into Traci and sat on her desk "morning," she grumbled.
"Morning sunshine," Traci chuckled "what's up?"
"Nothing, just wanted to say hello," she replied looking around "Jerry or Sam not in yet?"
"Jerry was here he's gone to collect something from Sam," Traci answered.
"Is he off again?" Andy asked curiously.
"Jerry said he called him last night saying he was sick on his days off, whatever it is it must be bad, I've never known Sam to take a sick day," Traci chuckled.
"Do you think it's because of what I told him?" Andy asked worried, she hoped he wasn't avoiding her.
"No, Andy don't think like that," Traci said quickly "he really is sick he asked Jerry to drop painkillers into him yesterday morning because he was too sick to drive."
Andy nodded and stood up "okay, I'll see you at lunch," she said and walked out of the office.
Going to the parade room she walked to a seat and sat down, pulling out her phone she decided to text him "no harm seeing how he is," she said as she typed a message.
Over at his house Sam dragged himself off the sofa when his phone beeped, Jerry had just left meaning he could go back to bed and get rid of this terrible dose. Seeing Andy's name he smiled and opened the message hey, heard you were sick, how you feeling? Do you need anything? Chuckling he sent a reply and carried his phone back to the sofa with him, sleeping there was easier.
Andy looked down as her phone beeped, seeing his name she opened it quickly, laughing at his reply the almighty Swarek is down with the worst case of the flu ever, all I can do is drink water and lie down, should be back to myself soon, thanks but I don't think you should come here just in case I pass it on, I have everything I need, enjoy work.
Andy chuckled and sent a quick get well soon reply, it was good that he answered her it took a lot off her shoulders. Sighing happily she turned her attention to Dov as she he sat beside her.
Over at Sam's he looked down on her reply, he was so glad she wasn't overthinking like she normally did. He did plan on going to see her but his body had a different idea and shut down altogether.
Looking at her reply once more he decided he'd call her later and catch up with her, throwing the phone down he lay back and closed his eyes praying he felt better when he woke up.
…
A while later Andy arrived back to the station for lunch with Traci, walking to her office she waved and stuck her head in "hey, ready? I'm starved."
Traci stood up and clicked on her computer "I've been dying for you to come back, the vending machine looked so appealing," she chuckled.
Andy chuckled too "I don't know why you didn't get a bar to tie you over."
"Because we both know it wouldn't stop at just one bar," Traci laughed as they walked outside "am I driving or you?"
"You, Chris took the cruiser," Andy replied.
"Let's go then," Traci said and walked to her car.
Arriving at their favourite diner they walked in and took a seat "I text Sam earlier," Andy said after they'd ordered.
"Yeah? How is? Jerry told me he looked bad, he was afraid to stay too long in case he caught it," Traci chuckled.
"He reckons it's the flu, I offered to bring stuff over but he said I probably shouldn't in case I catch it."
Traci nodded "yeah, getting the flu while pregnant is really bad, you won't be able to move, he's just looking out for you," Traci replied.
Andy nodded "I know, I just wish there was something I could do."
"He has a pile of paperwork on his desk that needs doing this week," Traci chuckled. "Jerry said he might stay back and help him out later," she added.
"I can start it," Andy offered "I'm off the streets this afternoon, Chris has court."
"Don't you have your own paperwork to do?" Traci asked.
"Nah, couldn't sleep last night, I came in early and finished it all-cleaned my desk too," she chuckled.
Traci chuckled "so you do have a table under all that mess? Yeah, sure, if it's not putting you out. I'm sure Sam and Jerry would appreciate it."
"No, I don't mind, get to spend the afternoon with you too," Andy giggled.
"Nice," Traci laughed "do you still want to go to the movies later?"
"Yeah if you're still free, this no drinking business is starting to really bug me," she chuckled.
Traci chuckled "I'm free, did you call the doctor yet?"
Andy nodded "I've to go on the twenty-sixth, I'll be twelve weeks by then."
"Are you going to tell Sam?" Traci asked.
Andy nodded "I'll tell him but he doesn't have to come if he doesn't want to, it'll mostly be sitting around won't it?"
"Andy that's when you get the first scan, they'll need to ask a few things about him too so it'll be better he's there."
"Oh," Andy replied "I thought they just asked a load of questions and worked out my due date."
"They will, about you family medical history and his, they'll send you for blood tests too and then you'll get the scan, it's so exciting seeing your baby and hearing it's heartbeat for the first time," Traci said excitedly.
Andy laughed "you know, I can't wait now, I better let him know soon then."
Later that evening Andy yawned and sat back at Sam's desk, she'd been here for nearly three hours now-that man sure put off his paperwork. Looking at the little pile left she groaned "nearly there," she said and pulled the next one to her.
"Andy, I didn't mean you'd to do it all," Jerry chuckled "I just wanted to lighten the load for when he got back."
"Nearly done now," she replied "he'll owe me big for this," she added.
Jerry walked to the desk and dropped his pile on top of hers "like a date maybe?" he smirked.
"Don't know what you mean," Andy replied smirking into the file.
Jerry scoffed "you think Sammy and I don't talk like you and Traci do?"
Andy laughed "god I hope not."
Jerry chuckled "you, know what I mean, he's told me about your trip and what happened at your place. It'll be great to see you two work things out…he's really missed you," he added.
"So he told you you're gonna be an uncle?" she asked curiously.
Jerry looked around and nodded "he did, but I haven't told anyone nor will I tell anyone-best friend duties," he chuckled.
Andy chuckled, she wasn't mad that he'd told him she had told Traci after all "what else did he say about me?"
"Sorry," Jerry chuckled and walked back to his own desk "that is in the vault," he added and sat down "just know that he misses you and he won't ever screw up again."
"Vault?" Andy frowned.
"This stupid rule they have where they can't tell anyone not even partners," Traci answered sending him a glare.
"Come on!" Jerry yelled "I'm sure there's loads you haven't told me that Andy or Gail have told you."
"So?" Traci replied "I'd keep it to myself you know I would."
"Have you told Andy stuff I've asked you to keep to yourself?" Jerry asked raising an eyebrow.
"No," Traci said quickly "but we're girls we can keep secrets you know."
"So you have?" Jerry asked narrowing his eyes at both women.
"Yes she has, same way I've told her stuff Sam had asked me to keep to myself, we trust one another so we know the information is safe…moving on," Andy chuckled.
Jerry shook his head "I'll never understand you women," he said and went back to his computer.
Traci looked over at him "did you pick up the stuff Sam asked you to get?"
Jerry looked at the clock "damn it," he said and jumped up "pharmacy closes at eight, I better go now."
"I can go," Andy offered "I'm done and I've to pick up some folic acid tablets my doctor suggested anyway."
"You don't mind?" Jerry asked "because I can shoot off now."
"No, I'll go, I was meant to pick them up earlier…what have I to get?" she asked grabbing her bag.
Jerry handed her a piece of paper "just two things, thanks Andy."
"No problem," she said and walked off "Trac, call me when you're done!"
…
Arriving at Sam's she walked up the drive and knocked lightly, when she got no answer she knocked again a little louder. When she still got no answer she walked to the window and looked in, seeing him asleep on the sofa she walked back to the door. Pulling out her keys she looked down at the one she had for his…did she use it or just leave the stuff on the porch?
Shaking her head she stuck the key in and let herself in, tiptoeing to the living room door she stuck her head in "Sam?" she whispered "hey Sam?" She called again when he didn't move.
Chuckling she walked to the kitchen and placed the bag on the counter, she was just going to leave a note and go. Looking around she shook her head again "wow, this place is a mess," she said walking to the sink.
A while later Sam rolled over and groaned, looking at the time he blinked a few times and sat up. Stretching out he stopped when he heard a noise in the kitchen, frowning he walked out to the hall and looked down.
Seeing the bag on the counter he started to walk towards the kitchen "you know breaking into my house is illegal Jer right?" he chuckled "but thanks for this, I owe you," he added and picked up the bag.
Andy walked out of the laundry room with a basket under her arm "it's not breaking in when you have a key," she replied.
"Hey," he smiled turning to face her "what are you doing here?"
"Jerry was swamped with paperwork, I was finished so I offered," she said and placed the basket on the counter "how are you feeling now?"
"Bit better," he replied pulling the basket away from her "and you don't need to do this, I'll take care of everything tomorrow."
"That's good, hopefully you'll be back to your normal soon, it's all done anyway," she said and grabbed her bag "I better get off, I've to meet Traci soon. There's soup in the fridge, there's a load in the dryer and another in the machine, the dishwasher should be done soon, I fed the dog and let him out."
"Thank you, you didn't have to do that," he replied.
"Did you not see the state of the place?" she chuckled and walked to him "I better go," she said and kissed him on the cheek. "Might see you at work tomorrow," she smiled and walked towards the door.
"Hey," he called walking to the door and leaning against it "I love you."
Andy smiled and looked back to him "love you too…eat that soup," she added and walked out the front door.
Sam chuckled and walked back to the kitchen, opening the fridge he smiled at the pot of his favourite soup "gotta love that woman," he chuckled and took it out.
Later that night Andy yawned as she climbed out of Traci's car "thanks Trac, I'll see you on Friday."
"Hope you'll sleep tonight, I know I won't," she chuckled.
Andy laughed "it wasn't that scary."
Traci scoffed "I'll be sleeping with the light on that's for sure, you get in, I'll talk to you tomorrow."
"Night," Andy giggled and made her way inside. Climbing the stairs to her apartment she rummaged for her keys, pulling them out she stopped "oh wow," she said at the bunch of flowers outside her door.
Walking to them she picked them up and let herself in, placing them down she smiled only one person could have done this. He had ordered her white roses with purple and yellow tulips her absolute favourite. Pulling out the card she opened it and read it "Sam," she said happily.
She jumped as her phone rang "hello?" she said quickly.
"You alright there McNally?" Sam chuckled.
"Yes, just in from seeing a horror and the phone scared me…how are you now?"
Sam chuckled again "are you gonna be up all night again?"
"No," she giggled "it wasn't that scary."
"So, I'm feeling much better, that soup worked wonders," he said.
"Good, so you'll be in work tomorrow?" she asked.
"Yeah," he replied "got a lot to catch up on."
"Well your paperwork is done so you don't have to worry about that," she said.
"It's all done?" he asked surprised "who did it?"
"Me, well Jerry took the stuff I've never done before, we didn't think you'd be back this week."
"Andy that's too much, I'm sure you had better things to do, but thank you anyway," he replied.
"I had to wait for Traci anyway so it was no problem," she said.
"Liar," he chuckled "you left mine to go meet Traci don't forget."
"Well I was waiting on her until Jerry remembered he never went the pharmacy for you, I was done so I told her I'd go and meet her there."
"Always looking after me, thank you," he replied.
"It's normally you looking after me," she chuckled "oh, thanks for the flowers I love them, you didn't have to do that."
"I reckon I owe you more than a bunch of flowers," he replied.
"Nah, it's okay, you'd do the same for me," she said.
"I'll get you when you least expect it, what time are you in at tomorrow?" he asked.
"Seven," she yawned "I can't wait for it to be Friday."
"You want me to let you go? You sound tired."
"No, it's okay, I can handle another few minutes," she chuckled.
"Alright, so you're off the weekend?"
"Yeah," she replied "I've been in all week."
"Do you want to go out with me Saturday night?" he asked.
"Aren't you in work Sunday?" she asked.
"I am, but I can still take you out, what do you say?"
"Sure," she smiled "that sounds great," she said and looked at the door as someone knocked "I'll call you back, someone is at my door."
"Okay, go on," he said and hung up.
…
Andy stood up and frowned, it was after eleven who would be calling this late? Walking to the door she looked through the peephole and sighed heavily. Pulling the door open she leaned against it "what are you doing here mom?"
"Can't I call to see my daughter?" she asked and walked by her.
"Not when you took off again and definitely not after eleven at night…what do you want?" Andy asked.
Claire turned back to her "I had things to take care of, I'm just back."
"And I'm just about to go to bed so can you leave?" she asked pulling the door open.
Clair walked to her "I thought you'd be happy to see me."
Andy shrugged and gently pushed her until she was outside "I didn't even notice you were gone, goodnight Claire," she said and closed the door on her, she couldn't deal with her right now.
"Andy please let me back in, I have nowhere to stay!" Clair called and banged on the door.
"Tough!" Andy yelled back, she wasn't getting sucked back in "go sleep in your car then!"
"Andy please, just tonight, I promise I'll be gone by morning, you'll never see me again if that's what you want!"
Andy groaned and walked to the door, battling with herself she finally opened it "fine, but be gone before I get up for work and don't leave anything behind, after this you leave me alone," she said and walked to her room grabbing her phone on the way.
Hearing Claire settle in the next room Andy sighed and pulled out her phone, pulling up Sam's name she sent him a message and flopped onto the bed.
Over at his house Sam picked up his phone, reading the message his eyes went wide. Typing in her number he called her "are you okay?" he asked.
"Yes," she sighed "I'm too tired to deal with her."
"What does she want?" he asked.
"I don't know, I don't care, I told her she could stay but she's to be gone before I get up."
"Do you want me to come over?" he asked.
"Thank you but I'm okay, I'm just gonna go to sleep and hope she's not there when I wake up."
"You're sure?" Sam asked.
"Yes Sam," she giggled "you should be resting up too."
"Okay," he chuckled "but call me if you need me, I don't care what time it is."
"I will," she yawned "night Sam."
"Night babe," he said without realising "I'll see you tomorrow," he added and hung up.
Andy bit her lip and put the phone down, things were looking up "oh my god!" she huffed at a crash outside "what the hell are you doing" she yelled.
"Sorry! Dropped a glass, I'll clean it!" Claire called in.
"The sooner the better she's gone," she huffed and lay down.
The next morning Andy groaned as her alarm went off "way too early," she muttered and hit snooze. After it went off again she sat up and stretched out, seeing her bedroom door open she frowned, she had closed it last night. Rolling out of the bed she walked to the living room and rooted to the spot with a gasp.
Her front door was wide open and half her stuff was gone "no, no, no," she said and raced to the spare bedroom. Bursting in she banged on the light "no!" she yelled and punched the wall. Sniffing she walked to the dresser and let out a sob at her missing jewellery box, half of the stuff was crap but there were one or two from Sam that meant something to her.
Wiping her hand across her face she took note of what else was missing. Walking to her phone she called Frank "hey Frank," she sighed.
"McNally, what can I do for you this early?" he asked.
Andy looked around her messed up living room "I'm gonna be late," she said biting back tears "my house was robbed last night."
Frank sighed "sorry to hear that Andy, much taken?" he asked.
"Everything," she sniffed "my tv, my stereo, dvd player, my jewellery, money I had on the counter…they even took my microwave. I'm going to make a list then I'll head in is that okay?"
"Take all the time you need, I'm just at the station I'll send a car to you as soon as I get in," he replied.
"Thank you, I'll see you soon," she said and hung up.
Over at the station Sam sat at his desk watching the doors. He looked over as Jerry chuckled "what?" he asked.
"Can you be any less obvious?" he chuckled "Sammy relax, you know Andy's not one for being on time."
"Yeah, but she's never this late," he said and stood up "I'm gonna go call her, maybe she slept in."
As he walked by the parade room he stopped at the mention of Andy and walked back. Looking in he saw Frank talking to Chris and Chloe "she's made a list of what's missing, you two just go and take pictures, log everything, we'll get a detective to go down and take prints."
"Poor Andy," Chloe said "she must be so upset."
"She'll be in soon," Frank said "guys I know she's one of us but you have to focus on this."
"What happened?" Sam cut in "what about Andy? Is she okay?"
"Someone robbed Andy's place last night," Chris answered.
"What?" Sam yelled.
"She called me this morning, she said she woke up and everything was gone," Frank said.
"So she's okay? No one touched her or anything?" Sam asked.
"Other than a little shaken up she's fine Sam-and on her way, so there's no need to go to her house," he said raising an eyebrow.
"Fine," he muttered and walked off back to his seat watching the door.
…
Andy sighed as she walked into the station, how could she be so stupid? Why the hell did she let that woman in in the first place. Rounding the corner she banged into someone "sorry," she mumbled and kept walking.
"McNally," Sam said after her.
"Hey," she called "I'm already late, I'll talk to you later," she said and walked on.
Sam followed her to the locker room "I've seen you change before," he said when she raised an eyebrow.
Andy sighed and sat beside him "I'm such an idiot."
"You're not an idiot," he said bumping her with his shoulder "it happens, it's not your fault."
"It is, I let her in, I let her do it again," Andy sniffed "why do I keep falling for this crap?"
Sam frowned "are we talking about the same thing here?"
"What are you talking about?" Andy frowned.
"I'm talking about your place being robbed…what were you talking about?"
"I'm talking about my mom robbing my place…it was her, I'm sure of it," Andy sighed and stood up.
Sam stood up too "how can you be so sure it was her?"
"Who else would it be? She was there last night, she was acting weird. I knew she was up to something but I was tired I didn't care!" Andy snapped "it should be the parent looking after the kid, not the other way around!"
"Okay, okay, calm down," Sam said and pulled her into a hug "everything's gonna be okay."
"Sorry," she mumbled and rested her chin on her shoulder "I'm a little emotional this morning."
Sam chuckled and pulled back to look down on her "we're gonna find her and we're gonna get all your stuff back."
"You're more optimistic than me, knowing her she's long gone."
Sam slipped his hands onto her waist "it may not be today or tomorrow but we'll find her, I promise," he said and kissed her sweetly.
"What was that for?" she asked.
"Because I wanted to," he said and kissed her again "and because I couldn't kiss you yesterday," he said and kissed her again.
Andy giggled "I better go find Frank, I'd say I'll be at my desk all day coz I'm late."
"Great," he replied throwing his arm around her shoulder "I get to see you all day."
"Are we jumping right back into this us thing or are we gonna talk about other things first?" she asked nodding to her stomach.
Sam leaned in and kissed her again "we'll talk but I'm still allowed to kiss you," he said and kissed her again.
"Glad to see you two knuckleheads have worked things out but sorry Andy, I need to rob Sammy," Jerry chuckled.
"of course," she giggled and smiled up at him "I'll see you later then," she said and walked off to her desk.
"Yeah, see ya," he said and turned to Jerry "what's so important?"
"Work my friend," Jerry chuckled and walked off.
"Idiot," Sam muttered and followed him.
A few hours later Sam caught up with Andy as she walked to the break room "any news yet?"
"They've sent prints to the lab, we'll know more when they call," Andy replied "how's your day going?"
"Great," he chuckled "not much to do since my paperwork got done, I must get sick more often."
"Very funny," Andy replied, seeing as they were alone she turned to him "I have my first appointment in the hospital on the twenty-sixth if you want to come with me."
Sam nodded "yeah, sure…how are you feeling about it all?"
Andy shrugged "scared, worried, terrified."
"You're overthinking again," he replied.
"Well I do have a lot to deal with," she replied "I didn't know if I was gonna be doing this on my own or not."
Sam raised an eyebrow "I told you I was gonna be with you every step of the way."
"I know," she nodded "but I'd just told you, it hadn't sunk in yet…I didn't know if you'd change your mind," she mumbled.
"Andy," he said moving closer to her "I love you, I want to be with you. Sure it wasn't ideal for either of us, but it's happening and we're gonna do this together," he said wrapping his arm around her "you can stop worrying, I'm always gonna be here."
Andy sighed and rested her head on his shoulder "thank you, that means a lot."
"Do you want to stay at mine tonight?" he asked.
"Thanks, but I think I should go home and clean up, I need to check if anything else is missing that I didn't write down."
Sam nodded "okay, I'll come home with you then and we can do it together."
Andy grabbed his chin and tugged him down to her "thank you," she said and kissed him slowly.
Sam pulled back and smiled down on her "it's back to me looking after you," he chuckled.
Andy chuckled and threw her arm over him "that's the way I like it."
Sam rested his chin on her head and pulled her closer "don't fall asleep…I just remembered we were at work."
"Oh yeah," Andy giggled and sat up "I better get back to my desk, I only came in here for some tea."
"Five more minutes," Sam said and pulled her back to him "I'm not ready to let you go just yet."
Andy chuckled and lay her head back "fine, but only five more minutes."
About fifteen minutes later Sam looked down and chuckled when he noticed she was asleep "hey," he said and shook her "wakey wakey," he chuckled.
Andy yawned and sat up "I forgot how comfortable you were."
Sam stood up and pulled her to her feet "I'll take that as a compliment, I'll walk you back to your desk."
Andy sat down at her desk "I'll see you when we finish then."
I'll see ya soon," he smiled and walked off…this felt so normal, so right.
….
After shift Andy let them into her apartment "it wasn't that bad so we shouldn't be too long," she said and walked to the kitchen.
Sam nodded and looked around "where's that photo of you as a kid with the dog?"
Andy walked to the table it should have been on and looked down the gap at the back and then around the floor "it's not there…why would she take that?"
Sam leaned on the counter "I have no idea…have you tried calling her?"
Andy nodded "I've tried a few times, I've tried to track her phone too."
Sam walked to her as she yawned "do you want to go to bed and sort this tomorrow?"
"Nah, it's only eight, I'll just wake up at all hours," she replied and sat down.
"Andy you're pregnant you're under a lot of stress, you're tired, go to sleep," Sam said and sat beside her "you might surprise yourself and sleep for the night."
Andy got comfortable and put her head in his lap "Sam?" she said a few minutes later.
"Yeah?" he replied.
"Can we take this slow?" she asked.
"Sure," he nodded "we'll go as slow as you want."
"It's not that I don't love you," she said quickly.
"Andy," he chuckled "it's okay, I understand, things didn't end well for us, we were barely speaking."
"I don't want that to happen this time," she said and tilted her head to look up at him I want this time to be perfect, I want us both to know where we stand and just be honest with each other."
Sam smiled down on her "we will, we'll take it slow and go from there, don't be worrying about it, we won't screw up this time."
Andy nodded and closed her eyes "you know you can go if you want to, I've no tv or anything for you to watch."
Sam stroked her hair as she drifted off "I've got all I need here," he said seriously.
A/N hope you all enjoyed this, sorry for the lack of updates, big shout out to jh126, I love reading your reviews and messages, keep them coming, JJ