Title: Calling Out For Help
Couple: Sam/Andy
Rating: T, mild language and may have some adult themes later.
Part: 16 of 16
Pages: 9
Spoilers: season 2 episodes 1-8
Disclaimer: I do not own Rookie Blue… Wish I did…. :D
Summary: Sometimes a person's ego gets in the way. What will happen when Andy's gets in the way of her calling out for help? Sometimes calling out for help can be the hardest to do ever.
Authors Note 1: Here is the epilogue, thank you all once again for taking the time to read and review this story! We are going to jump quite a few year ahead in this chapter.
Calling Out For Help: Epilogue
Andy: 5 years later
"SAMUEL MICHAEL SWAREK JUNIOR! GET YOUR TINY LITTLE FOUR YEAR OLD BEHIND IN THIS LIVING ROOM THIS INSTANT YOUNG MAN! "
Feeling my voice strain while yelling at my oldest son I stop yelling, waiting to hear the pitter patter of my son's feet hitting the hardwood floor. Our house was all hardwood, one of the things Sam insisted on when we moved before Junior was born. I smile thinking back on the memories from years ago.
Our wedding was small and fast. I didn't want to be showing too big, so we had the ceremony about 2 months into our engagement while I was four months pregnant and could still hide my pregnancy. Shortly after that, we moved into his giant house, because as Sam put it, one child was just not going to be enough for him. Everyone at the station had a running joke that with the way Sam and I still can't keep our hands off one another we were going to have our own tiny police station.
My son's little voice breaks me out of my flashbacks and I look around remembering why I was mad to start with.
"Mommy?"
I look down into the tiny replica of my husband and sigh. This little one had me wrapped around his finger just like his father. Junior knew how to use his brown eyes to get just what he wanted; he has since the moment he was born. This time I wasn't going to let those eyes get me though. I don't care how cute he was; I wanted my living room cleaned.
"I told you three times today young man to clean up this mess. You see that toy box over there?" I see the small boy nod his head, "good then put all your toys in that box. Hurry up too; we have to go see your dad."
"Ok mommy!"
Of course at the mention of seeing his father, he jumps and starts racing around the living room with all the energy of a four year old. I sit down on the couch and rub my hand with my wedding rings over the expanded skin of my stomach. I was five months into this pregnancy and was already twice as big as I was with Junior. These twins were killing my back today and my ribs. I had a feeling Sam and I were going to have two more rambunctious children to deal with once these two were born.
"I'M DONE! LET'S GO!" I hear my son yell. I open my eyes that closed during the five minutes I was resting and look around. While Junior didn't do exactly what I wanted, the toy box was now haphazardly packed with his toys threatening to spew out with colorful plastic trucks and cars at any moment, I was still grateful I could at least walk without worrying about tripping over the offending toys.
Moving my eyes away from the mess I was sure I was going to clean up again later, I see Junior standing by the door his Velcro shoes on the opposite feet they were supposed to be on and his jacket inside out. I chuckle and go over telling him to sit down and fix his clothes. He sighs but does as he's told while I waddle away to retrieve my own winter jacket.
Quickly shut off the lights and turn on the house alarm shutting the front door, I lead Junior to my car. Sam still had his precious truck, but we got a car because I was working only part time right now and I needed a way to get around without Sam. Junior runs through the snow covered yard having fun destroying the freshly fallen frozen precipitation. Shaking my head, I yell at Junior to get in the car. Opening the passenger door for my son, he quickly scrambles in and I buckle him up all while he was protesting my slowness.
"MOM! Come on, I want to see dad!"
I roll my eyes and just tell him to sit down and be still or I wouldn't take him to see his dad. Junior settles down once I tell him that and buckle him into his car seat. Shutting the door of the red Ford explorer, I waddle around to the driver's side to get in the cold car. As soon as I get in I crank the heat up to defrost the window all while listening to my son talk about his first snow day.
The schools had been shut down today because of the snow storm last night, which meant that 15th division was on crazy schedules right now. Junior was in Kindergarten and loved it, but was glad today was a snow day because it meant the two week winter break starting tomorrow, which happened to be Friday, was extended by a day. Once the window was defrosted, I started the twenty minute drive to the station, listening to son's sweet voice the whole way.
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Sam:
Stepping out of Frank's office after a meeting with Boyd, I rub my rough hands down my face, wishing with everything in my body that I was home with my pregnant wife and son right now. Walking down the hall towards the stairs leading down to the bullpen, I hear a voice shout through the station, with another voice scalding the childish voice for being so loud. I chuckle knowing who had just walked in the door coming to see me.
"DADDY!"
"JUNIOR DON'T YELL!"
I look up just in time to see my mini-me plow into my legs, wrapping his small arms around my uniformed lower leg. I reach down and pull junior up into my arms walking the rest of the way down the hall and stairs to greet my wife.
"Hey Andy, I see Junior is giving you hell today."
Andy just glares at me for my use of language and I can't help but laugh a little. Her tired voice breaks me out of my laugh.
"He has, our living room looks like a toy hurricane came through today and he's been running all through the house all day long. I use to love snow days as a kid, now I hate them!"
I smile and lean in to kiss her forehead, my free hand going towards her baby bump. My smile widens as I feel the twins kick simultaneously. Giving my son a kiss to his head, I set him down and tell him to go Uncle Jerry's office that Leo is in here today. Patting Junior on the butt, he takes off and I see him enter Jerry's office.
"Thank you." I hear Andy say as he leans her head down to my shoulder. I wrap my arms around her and bring her as close to me as I can.
"No problem. You should have called I would have come home."
"You needed to work, plus I can handle it. I just really wanted to see you. It feels like we haven't really had any time together just us in awhile, at least since the holidays started."
Leading Andy to my desk chair, I motion for her to sit down and pull up an extra chair. I kiss her lips telling her it was ok. Holidays were always stressful for our family. Between Tommy and Andy they both tended to go back to the year Andy's mom left. Both father and daughter were getting better but it was still a hard time of year for them.
"I need to talk to you once we get home. An offer came up for G&G's I think I should take, but I want to talk to you about it first."
"Ok, I'll go round up the munchkin while you change."
Pulling Andy up, I hold her for a few moments, "Don't worry about getting Junior. Jerry and Traci said they would watch him while we got a bite to eat."
Andy smiles at me, and I mentally give myself a pat on the back. I always prided myself on knowing what my wife needed.
"I'll meet you at home ok?" I whisper in her ear as I kiss the shell of it. I feel her nod against me and break away to quickly change into my civilian clothing. Looking back, I see Andy waddling into Jerry's office no doubt to tell Junior the plans for the night.
Opening my locker once I get inside the locker room, I am assaulted with pictures I put up on the door. Some were of Andy and I's wedding, others were pictures of Junior and us. The first sonogram picture of junior and the latest sonogram picture of the twins. I smile and touch the fresh picture from a few days ago. Oliver breaks me out of my thoughts.
"What are you smiling at Sammy?"
I glance over and see Oliver changing as well, getting ready to head home to his girls.
"Andy and Junior are here. Junior is going to stay was Jerry and Traci for a few hours so Andy and I can be alone."
Oliver nods, both of us too tired to say much else. Finishing up getting into my warm winter clothes, I make my way out of the locker room and into Jerry's office. I look around and see my son playing trucks with Leo. I smile and lean down to kiss his head before thanking Jerry telling him I would call when we were done and ready to pick up Junior.
Running towards the truck, I see Andy's car is gone so I start the drive towards home. Tapping my hand against the steering wheel of my truck, I can't help but smile at the silver ring encasing my finger. I wasn't much for sappy moments, but my wedding day was one of my best days, only second to my day my son was born.
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Arriving home about twenty minutes later, I open the locked door and see my wife curled up in the living room with the TV on but she was dead asleep. The twins had been keeping her up a lot lately as they grew bigger and the space inside grew smaller.
I smile taking off the jacket hanging it up and then remove my snow boots setting them by the door on the floor mat. I walk over quietly towards the beautiful brunette and sit down on the floor next to her head. I rub my hand over my expanded stomach, which causes the twins to start moving around again. I silently curse myself when I see Andy to wake up again.
Seeing her eyes open, I smile and run my hand along her filled out cheek bones. The baby weight making her face slightly bigger. She looks adorable to me while she's pregnant, round with my child, or children in this case.
"Hey." I hear her voice bring me back to the present.
"Hey, my sexy wife." I lean up and kiss her lips a few times, trying to get the coldness out of my bones by using her love radiating lips. Andy deepens the kiss, pulling me closer by my hair; the pulling of my hair brings both pleasure and pain, more pleasure than pain for sure though. Pulling away when I hear my wife's stomach protest loudly from hunger, I smile and break the passionate kiss.
"Mhh…. Do you want to go out or stay in? If we stay in we can start a fire and eat in here."
I give Andy the option but pray she choices to stay in. I didn't want to venture out right now I just wanted to spend some quiet time together something that I was few and far between since having Junior. I just wanted some time to just be Sam and Andy Swarek and not mommy and daddy.
"Let's stay in I don't want to have to venture back out until we go get junior."
I nod and help Andy get off the couch, both heading towards the kitchen to start dinner. Before leaving the room, I glance over and see the toy box for my son about ready to explode from the way he threw in his toys earlier. I smile and chuckle prepared to help him clean it up tomorrow morning before it exploded and Andy got mad. Watching Andy waddle her way into our kitchen, I smile and think
I love my life.
Once we are both settled some time later with our burgers I start to tell Andy about my Guns and Gangs offer.
"I got asked to be a part of Guns and Gangs today right before you and Junior showed up."
I look over at Andy and see her tense up at the mention of Guns and Gangs. I reach over and take her hand to reassure her that while it was a good opportunity I wasn't going to abandon my family.
"What do they want you to do?" she is able to choke out some time later.
"Well I would be a full member, but I wouldn't have to go undercover for extended periods of time. It would only be 24 hours max, once a month maybe. Mostly I would a part of surveillance work, and take down teams. It would allow me to have more stable hours once the twins get here."
"Oh, well that doesn't sound as bad as I thought it was going to be."
"I think we should really talk about me taking this offer. It might be a onetime thing only."
"Then take it."
I quickly drop my French fry I was about to eat and look into my wife's eyes. I had expected her to need some time to think about this. I wasn't prepared for her to flat out tell me to take the offer.
"You mean it?"
Andy sighs and squeezes my hand before starting to talk.
"Yea I do Sam. For as long as I've known you, this is what you have worked for. I'll admit I'm not a hundred percent keen on you having the possibility to be sent undercover. I really don't like that all, but I'm willing to set aside that fear because I want you happy."
I reach my free hand up and wipe away at the falling tears rolling down Andy's softly tanned skin.
"You and our children make me happy Andy. This is just a job; I need you to be happy with this job as well. You'll be as much a part of it as I will be."
"I know, and I am happy about it. You will get more stable work hours, so you could really help out with the twins and you would be able to be home more. Take it Sam, please. I don't want you to ever regret not taking this job."
I nod and we eat the rest of our dinner in a comfortable silence.
As were bundling up to go get Junior I stop Andy from walking out the door. I pull her towards me gently and kiss her. Pulling away I whisper in her ear,
"I love you Andy Swarek. I love you, I love our children, and our life together. I wouldn't let something like a job offer jeopardize any of that because without you and our kids my life would cease to be so amazing. I know I'm not a mushy kind of guy and maybe I don't tell you these things enough, but you have to always remember that I love this life with you."
Breaking my speech I hear Andy crying and I start whispering soft comforting words to her.
"Sam, how did I get so lucky? I love you, our kids and our life together."
Kissing my wife gently we set out to bring home the only missing puzzle piece to bring this family together for the night, our son.
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Andy: Christmas morning
I woke up to my bed being bounced up and down my very hyperactive four year old. I smile when I feel Sam reach up and pull down the boy and start tickling him. I turn over as best I could and watch the two boys that were my world. Junior notices that I'm awake and quickly moves over to hug me good morning.
"Morning Mom! Guess what SANTA CAME!"
I laugh and look over at Sam grinning. Junior had changed Sam somewhat since being born. Sam was more open with his feelings with Junior and me.
I loved every second of every day with both boys.
I hear Sam tell Junior to wait down stairs and we would be down in a second. I see the small version of my husband nod and scramble down the stairs. Sam leans down and kisses my stomach whispering a Merry Christmas to the unborn twins. I feel my eyes start to well up with tears and quickly wipe the wetness away. Sam just smiles at me before kissing me.
"Good morning, Mrs. Swarek and Merry Christmas!"
"Good morning and Merry Christmas, Mr. Swarek."
I kiss Sam one more time before moving slowly out of bed wrapping Sam's robe around my body. He pulls on his extra robe and enter locks our hands. We start heading downstairs to watch our son open up his presents.
As we walk down the stairs I hear our son protest at the slow pace.
"MOM DAD HURRY UP!"
Sam and I just laugh, but don't hurry up. Sam looks back at me and tells me, "Well he's certainly got some of you in him. He hates surprises."
"True."
Sitting on the couch,
I watch Junior open up the presents, unknown that in the guest room there was an even bigger surprise waiting for him.
In Sam's hands, is a small box and I open it seeing a diamond necklace resting on the red velvet. It had a silver heart in the center with Swarek engraved on the front. I smile and thank Sam asking him to put the piece of jewelry on. I hand Sam his Christmas gift and he opens up the first box and sees a Toronto Maple Leaf hockey jersey signed by his favorite player, along with box tickets for him Jerry and Oliver. Sam thanks me and we continue on throughout the morning waiting on the perfect time to give Junior his last present.
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After lunch, Junior and Sam started to play in the backyard in the snow that had fallen the previous night. I bundle up and head outside for a few moments to motion for Sam to come towards me.
"I think we should give him the surprise now." I tell Sam once he gets close enough. He nods with a huge smile on his face. The surprise wasn't only for Junior. Sam had been begging me for one since we got married.
"Hey Junior I'm going to go get something real quick ok. Mommy is going to stay out here with you."
The boy just nods and never stops building his snowman. Sam kisses the top of my head before heading to the guest room.
He returns a few moments with the small object in his jacket. I smile and call out for Junior.
"Junior come here for a moment sweetie! We have something you might like to play with."
He sighs and stops trying to roll the snowman's head and run over towards us. Sam pulls out the small grey and white puppy down on the snow covered ground. The Siberian husky sniffs around for a moment and starts moving around in the snow. I look up and see Junior staring at the puppy with wide eyes.
"Junior, meet Sabe. He's our family Christmas present." I tell my son gently.
"AWESOME!" Sam chuckles and picks up the small puppy again before sitting down next to me and starts to talk to Junior some.
"Now you have to help us take care of him ok Junior? You can't rough house with Sabe right now neither. Be careful with the puppy ok?"
Junior listens to his dad, while petting the soft puppy's fur. Junior nods and forgets all about his half built snowman. Our small family heads inside, waiting on my dad and Sam's sister along with her family to show up for dinner. It had become tradition for everyone to eat at Sam and I's house on Christmas night.
Sam sets down the puppy and Junior watches in awe of the little guy. I feel lips meet the side of my face and I smile. Even though we were years into our marriage, passion was still not a problem for us. I was content to spend forever with our son Junior and our soon to be born twins Kate Lynn Swarek and Noah Jacob Swarek. Hopefully eventually we would add one more child to our brood but for now everything was just the way it was. I wouldn't change my life for anything. Leaning over to Sam, I give him a kiss and we snuggle together watching our son play with Sabe.
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Author's Note 2: I just wanted to thank you all again for the support! I can't believe I'm done with this story. I wanted to say a HUGE thank you to Nana-Puddin for proofreading!
Author's Note 3: On a side note a part from this story I need everyone's thoughts on my next story. Basically it will be somewhat like the movie "The Notebook". It's not going to be dead-ringer for the movie, but will have similarities. The story would be where Sam and Andy write down their love story in a journal, and when they pass away the book gets passed down to the next generation, their children. The children will be reading the story and that's what will make up the chapters of my story. So I guess kind of like a story inside of a story, if that makes any sense at all. It will have season 1 and season 2 moments in it, but most of them will be changed somewhat to fit into my story. Would you like to read something like that or should I something else?