A/N: I`ve been trying to avoid this idea for the last couple of months, but caved in a couple of weeks ago, and I have no idea if anyone else already have this idea down on paper. The reason I`ve been avoiding this is mainly because I wasn`t sure I wanted to start anything new when the season started (fail) and more importantly because it has nothing to do with what we`ve already seen on the show.

Sorry if you find my english failing me somewhere in here, I`ve read it too many times so I`m immune to catching them.

But anyway; here goes!


She was the first his eyes met when he walked through the doors of the Black Penny, seated among what he assumed were the rest of the rookies, he could hear her laughter all the way from across the bar. Same girl that had him face-down on the pavement only two months ago.

A person stepping in front of his view forced him to move along and force his eyes away from her, his eyes found the occupied table with his friends among it. He couldn't help the smile that stole his lips when he saw his empty chair waiting for him, with a wide smile he made his way over to his friends.

They stood up to greet him when he walked over to them. "Sammy, good to have you back, buddy!" Oliver was the first one to pull him into a hug and gave him a pat on the back, "Good to be back." He replied and got a welcome back gesture in form of hugs from Jerry and Frank too.

"I`m glad you`re back in one piece." Noelle said with a smile and kissed his left cheek. They all sat down around the table, Sam nodded a `thanks` when Jerry pushed a glass of brown liquid into his hands.

He took a sip and closed his eyes in satisfy when the familiar burning liquid made his way down his throat. Relief filled him over how easily he fell into back routines with his friends, they laughed and talked like ten months hadn't gone since the last time.

"Who`s that with the TO`s?" Dov asked from the rookie table, the other rookies turned to look in the direction of where Dov`s beer pointed, but they all whipped their head back when one of them coughed out their drink.

"Are you ok?" Traci rubbed Andy`s back and gave it a light pat. "yeah yeah, I`m fine." She grabbed the napkin in front of her and started to dry her shirt, while her eyes stared at the familiar face across the bar.

"That`s Sam Swarek." Gail cut through her reverie, eight pair of eyes looked interrogatively at her. "He`s been in deep cover for Guns & Gangs, heard he recently made a major bust on some big shot. He`s coming back to fifteen now." Andy narrowed her eyes to him across the room, "that son of a bitch" she muttered under her breath, he met her gaze and raised his glass to her in acknowledgement.

"Do you know him?" Traci whispered quietly to her and looked at her, she shook her head in a hurry and looked around the table to see if anyone else of the rookies noticed his greet, she blew out a relieved breath when she realized the others still had their focus on Gail.

When Chris motioned to get them another round she got to her feet and pushed him down in his chair with a smile. "I`ll get it." He shrugged his shoulder and smiled to her as she walked away from the table.

When she reached the bar she rested her weight on her elbows on the bar top, waiting for the bartender to spot her. She looked over her left shoulder when someone came to stand next to her, her eyes met deep brown ones, she turned her body around to face him and pursed her lips together.

"Bet you never thought you`d see me again?" He asked her and gave her a smirk, she snorted at him. "I was hoping on it." Her eyes rolled around when she saw him raise his eyebrows in surprise and amusement.

"As in not seeing you again, jerk." He earned himself another eye roll and didn't even try to restrain the laugh that escaped his lips. "Tell you what, let me buy you a drink as a peace offering."

"I prefer to buy my own drinks." This time it was him that rolled his eyes. "Suit yourself." She watched him with narrowed eyes as he went back to his table. "What can I get you?" The bartender asked and forced her eyes away from the back she chased down an alley two months ago.

Her eyes flickered back to him after she placed her order of drinks and stood waiting for them, her mind came up with some appropriate curse words for him, again he smirked at her and that's when she again forced her eyes away from him.

"How do you know McNally?" Oliver asked in the same second he took his seat again and saw him smirk at Andy, he shrugged his shoulders. "I don't." Oliver eyed him and then threw a look back to the bar, only to catch the back of Andy as she walked back to her table with a tray of drinks.


She had just made back to her table and put the tray with drinks down when a firm arm slid around her waist. "Hey." She smiled to herself by the familiar voice in her ear, she turned in his hold and pushed herself up on her tip toes to place a quick peck on Luke`s lips. "I didn't think you`d make it."

He smiled down at her and shrugged one shoulder. "I`m taking a quick brake, I was hoping to talk to you about something." She rested her weight on one hip and furrowed her brows a little. "Sure, what`s up?" He tipped his head in the direction of the backdoor. "Mind if we do it outside?"

She nodded and followed him outside, once the door closed behind them Luke turned. "Why did you choose to specialize in undercover work?" He watched her as she winced a little. "How did you know that?" He drew one hand through his hair and took a breath.

"Well, when I didn't find you among the list of the rookies who wants to specialize in detective I asked Boyko, and he told me." She pursed her lips and nodded a little. "I just assumed you wanted to aim for detective." He pocketed his hands and looked curiously at her.

"Not really." His hands came up from his pocket`s and waved between them. "So you`re aiming for undercover? You do know that we-" his finger pointed at her and then at himself. "are going to have a hard time being together if you go undercover."

She drew in a deep breath and flickered her eyes away from his wounded stare. "This isn`t something I decided today, this is something I`ve thought about for a long time." She heard him let out a frustrated sigh and when her eyes met his again he was walking towards her. "Maybe you should give it some more thoughts."

She saw the disappointment in his eyes when he brushed past her, she closed her eyes and tilted her chin up to the open sky over her. "Luke wait-" The slam of the door behind her stopped her from finishing her sentence. She took some steps back and sat down on the steps behind her, and let her head fall down in her hands.

Sam saw Luke walk through the bar, and the look he had on his face didn't go unnoticed either. When he realized she never came back inside he excused himself from the table with a bathroom excuse and slipped out the backdoor.

Andy`s shoulder`s jumped by the sound of the door slamming again behind her, but she didn't lift her head from her hands to look who it was. She felt someone take a seat next to her on the steps, and when she inhaled through her nose she noticed it wasn't Luke`s cologne, it was the same intoxicating smell that forced its way through her nostrils a few minutes earlier.

"Trouble in paradise?" She snorted when the voice confirmed her theory on who it was, her eyes came up from her hands and again she met deep brown ones. "Not really your business, is it?" He grinned and trailed his tongue along the back of his teeth`s.

"Are you always so feisty?" She wanted to laugh at him, but she was just not in the mood. "Are you always such a pain in the ass?" The grin she found fascinating appeared again. "Guess that`s my answer then."

"Why are you even here?" She bit out and pushed herself off the steps. "Maybe I just needed some fresh air." She turned to stand in front of him, crossed her arms and narrowed her eyes at him. "And you just had to do it in my air?"

She watched him as he laughed at her and got to his feet in front of her. "I can take my fresh air wherever I want to." Suddenly something snapped in her and her palms landed on his chest and shoved him up to the brick wall behind them. "Do you have any idea how much trouble I got for losing a suspect?"

He swallowed a little dryly out of surprise, but then anger took over. "Listen sweetheart, you risked my fucking cover and you did actually arrest someone, and that-" He took a hold of her shoulders and pushed her gently away from him. "Delayed my whole takedown with two months, so excuse me for not feeling bad for you."

Her fist`s clenched by her side`s and she gritted her teeth, she watched him draw his hands tiredly over his face and then to roll his head on his shoulders. "I almost lost my job because of you." She was disappointed in herself when her voice failed her and sounded small and vulnerable.

His eyes came to meet hers again, he narrowed them and took a step closer to her. "I almost lost 8 months of hard work because of you, so I really couldn't care less."

She snorted and brushed past him, opened the back door and for the third time in a short period of time it slammed shut again. Sam let out a frustrated breath rubbed his temples with his fingers, her last sentence echoing in his ears.


She practically threw herself down in her chair when she came back to her table. "What`s up with you?" Dov asked when he noticed the look on her face. "Nothing, I`m fine." She grabbed a shot from the tray on the table and downed it, earning herself curious looks from everyone at her table.

"What?" She snapped, causing them all to shrug their shoulders and look away. She locked eyes with Sam as he walked back to his table, but rolled hers and downed another shot.

"So that`s the new rookies, huh?" Sam asked the other by his table when he took his seat again, his head slightly tilted in the rookie's direction. "Yeah, they come in all ways this year." Frank shot in the conversation. "So I see. Peck huh, I do not envy the trainee of her."

Noelle gave him a look and threw out a `thanks` and took a long sip of her beer. "So, McNally, any chance she`s Tommy`s kid?" Again Noelle gave him a look and snorted. "She is, but nothing like her dad though."

He pursed his lips and moved his eyes to her frame across the bar again, chuckling a little when she meets his gaze and gives him another of her eye rolls.

"Don't even think about it Sammy, Callaghan is all over her already." He snorted to Jerry`s statement. "That doesn't surprise me, but no, she`s not my type." For the third time Noelle gave him a look and where about to say something but thought the better of it when he threw a look right back at her.

"How long will you grace us with your presence this time?" Oliver asked and gave him an almost pleading look. "Till Boyd gives me a call." He offered him his famous grin in an apology.

"Have you heard Boyko`s latest idea?" Frank asked and looked at Sam who shook his head to the sides in reply. "This year the rookie`s get to choose a specific area they want to specialize in, and get trained by the very best in that area."

Sam`s eyebrows shot up in disbelief. "Seriously?" Four heads nodded around the table, they all just as shocked as him the first time they heard it. "Is it too much of a wild guess to say that it has something to do with having a Peck among the rookies?" This time four head shook their heads to him. "Sammy boy, it's safe to say you hit the nail on the head." Oliver piped in and lifted his glass in a toast, the other followed his move.

"Who is that?" Dov asked and lifted his chin in the direction of the blonde in the door opening. "Hello-o hottie." Traci placed her palm under Dov`s jaw and pushed it back in its place. "I swear, sometimes, you are like a horny teen boy." The table laughed at Traci`s joke, but something across the bar caught Andy`s attention.

"Back to old arrangements?" Jerry asked with an amused smirk when he saw the woman at the door and Sam threw some bills down at the table. "Shut up." The rest of the group chuckled at him as he walked away from them and towards the blonde.

Across the bar Andy snorted out a laugh when she saw Sam circle one arm around the blonde's shoulders, and led her out of the bar. "I think it`s so cool that the chief is letting us try out the areas we want to specialize in." Chris said excitingly, forcing Andy to put her attention back to her friends.

"Yes it is, and working the street`s is just so cool." Gail laughed out and raised one eyebrow to him. "Hey, someone has to work the streets." Chris defended and received smiles and nods from everyone else.

"Hey Andy, guess you`re looking forward to Luke showing you the life of a detective?" She pursed her lips together and took a sip of her beer, stalling out on Chris`s question. "I already know the life of a detective, and it`s not something I want."

Traci smiled warmly to her, the only rookie who knew how much her dad`s previous occupation screwed up her childhood, while the other rookies looked puzzled at her.

"So what did you choose then?" Gail asked with suspicious in her eyes, Andy shrugged her shoulders. "Undercover work." She said nonchalantly without offering any more information.

"Rock and Roll, McNally." Dov lifted his palm up between them and grinned at her, she slammed her palm with his and offered him a wink. "Well then, Swarek will most likely be the one to train you." Gail said and took a sip of her beer, watching Andy carefully.

"Why`d you say that?" She asked and tilted her head in curiosity, Gail grinned at her. "I might have heard something from the higher ranks that he`s coming back to fifteen." She watched as Andy`s eyes rolled around. "That doesn't mean anything, maybe he`s coming back to work the streets."

This time Gail smirked and shook her head a little. "I might also have heard something about Swarek teaching away his tricks, you know, he`s a badass with the UC work." Andy avoided Gail`s hard stare and started to shrug her jacket on.

"The whole guy is an ass." She mumbled while she tugged some bills up from her pocket and threw them on the table. "See you guys tomorrow." She gave them a wave and stepped out to the fresh air outside the Penny.

She turned around to face the door when it opened immediately after it closed behind her, she smiled awkwardly when her eyes met Oliver`s. "You need a ride, McNally?" He asked while he fished up his keys and spun the ring around his finger.

"Actually I was going to walk, could use some fresh air." He nodded to her and started to walk with her down the parking lot. "How do you know Sammy?" She met his green eyes when she looked over at him by his question. "Sammy? I don't know any Sammy."

She stopped to look at him when he stopped in his tracks next to her, he gave her a stare and rolled his eyes to her. "Swarek. How do you know him?" She pursed her lips together and shook her head to the sides. "I don't. Have a good night, Shaw."

He watched her with narrowed eyes as she walked out of the parking lot of the Penny and down the street in the direction of her home.


The next morning Andy came rushing into parade with her hands fumbling to get her tie in its place, she let out a relieved breath when she didn't find Boyko in front of the room. She lifted her arms and looked at the watch on her wrist, furrowed her brows when she realized she was actually late.

She looked up and met all eyes of the coppers in parade room, she followed their stare and her eyes landed on the big glass office in the middle of the bull pen.

In the office she found Boyko in a deep conversation with Sam, she was fast to turn when Sam`s gaze met hers for a second. With pursed lips and her gaze straight forward she walked up to her seat and sat down.

Awkward silence had replaced the usual eager chatting in parade room, everyone had their ears perked, in hope to catch some words from the conversation in Boyko`s office, though they all knew that if they wanted in on that conversation they had to learn how to read on lips.

After a few minutes Boyko came to the front of the room and coughed to claim the attention away from Sam, who was standing leaned up against the wall in the back of the room in civilian clothes.

"Morning everyone. First of all, let's give a warm welcome back to the one and only Sam Swarek." All officer`s in the parade room cheered up and gave the man in the back of the room winks, he returned their winks with showing off his dimples.

"Alright, rookies, listen up!" Boyko shouted over the cheering crowd and waited till silence filled the room again. "Our new project starts today, and you will all be assigned to officer`s in their specialty to get a glimpse of what they do. Nash and Peck, you are with detective Barber and Callaghan." Traci looked over to Andy and stuck her finger in her mouth, drawing out the picture of being nauseous of having to be around Gail for her. "Diaz you are with Shaw. Epstein and McNally, you have the joy to join Swarek today."

Andy sucked in a deep breath, silently cursing herself for picking undercover work, Dov on the other hand seemed over the top excited. She dared herself to peek over her shoulder and stared right into his brown eyes, she made a frown and turned her attention back to the front of the room.

When Boyko dismissed them she got to her feet and followed Dov to the back of the room, they stopped in front of Sam and he eyed them both up thoroughly. "You two don't exactly look like you could pull it off under the grid."

Andy narrowed her eyes at him and crossed her arms over her chest. "Oh and you do?" Dov`s jaw dropped and he nudged her with one elbow to silently tell her to shut up. Sam`s lips perked up in a smirk and he pushed himself off the wall, leaned a little into her personal space. "Fooled you, didn't I?" He whispered in a huskily laugh, she tilted her head and narrowed her eyes at him, not sure why she felt a shiver run up her spine.

With a smirk on his face he pulled back and stared at her, and then his eyes flickered to something behind her, she turned her head and met the same wounded eyes from last night. "Can we talk?" She pursed her lips together and shook her head to the sides. "We`ll do it after shift, Luke."

Luke blew out a heavy breath from his chest. "Andy, I really don't like the way things ended last night." He tried his best to say it as low as possible, but knew he had failed when he saw the grin on Sam`s face behind Andy.

She bounced her palms between them, motioning for him to calm down. "Neither do I. We`ll talk after shift, I promise." He nodded in relief and leaned down and placed a tenderly kiss on her forehead before he stepped back into his office.

With a smile on her face she turned around to face her superior for the day. "Where do we start?" Sam`s grin got wider and he wiggled his eyebrows. "By getting you out of that uniform."

Andy`s jaw dropped a little before she smirked at him and then brushed past him, making sure her shoulder bumped roughly into his, and down the hallway, with Dov hot in her heels. "What`s up with you and Swarek?" He asked when he fell in step with her down the hall, she shot him a glare. "Nothing."

When her path led her to the door of the women's locker room she pushed herself through, and walked over to the locker with vicious in her step and pulled the door open. While she made quick work of unbuttoning her uniform shirt she cursed everyone that came to her mind.

Fully clothed in her civilian clothes she gave herself a look over in the mirror, tugged the hair tie away from her ponytail and let her hair fall over her shoulders. She let out a heavy breath before she closed her locker and began her path back out of the locker room.

Once she was out the doors she crashed into a human wall, her head whipped up and stared into those brown, now familiar eyes. She felt two firm hands on her shoulders, steadying her. A blush stole her cheeks, but her eyes took a spin when she saw the amused smirk on his face.

"Someone seems a little excited to get to it." She shrugged his hands off her shoulders and narrowed her eyes and snorted. "In your dreams."

Her eyes widened in shock when she realized her palms where placed on his chest, quickly she pulled her hands away from him and shoved them into her back pockets. She forced her eyes shut when she felt another blush creep over her cheeks, but quickly snapped them open when laughter echoed in her ears.

"Get your friend and meet me in viewing room one." He turned on his heel and started his path down the hall. Her hands came up to her face, but were quickly placed back in her pockets when she met his gaze over his shoulder.

She wanted to reach her tongue out to him, but decided for the better and turned to find Dov. With a sigh she peeked her head through the doors of the men's locker room. "Dov? You almost done?" She heard an echo of a closing locker in the room and Dov came to stand in front of the doors.

"How do I look?" She blinked her eyes hurriedly in shock and amusement. "Like yourself?" She laughed out loud when he rolled his eyes to her. "Dov, seriously?" Again he rolled his eyes and brushed past her in the door. "I just want to make a good impression."

She fell into step with him down the hall, laughter still escaping from her lips. "You`ll be fine." He stopped and gave her a glare. "You do realize you`re still laughing, right?" Before she could answer he started to walk again.

"I`m sorry!" She laughed out and jogged to catch up with him again, she grabbed his arm to stop him when he was about to walk past viewing room one. "We`re in here. You`ll be fine, Dov." She flashed him a toothy grin and he couldn't help to smile back to her.

They walked into the room and met Sam on the other side, leaned up against the wall with his arms crossed over his chest. Dov widened his stance and locked his hands behind his ridiculously very straight back, she looked over to him and had to bite down a laugh at his position.

"So what`s next?" She asked with her hands waving in front of her, she raised her eyebrows in anticipation when he pushed himself off the wall. "Black coffee, no sugar." She tilted her chin up so her eyes could let out her frustration on the ceiling.

She was about to turn to go fetch his coffee like an obedient dog would, but an overeager Dov beat her to it. Her eyes met his again and he stared at her with an amused gleam in his eyes. "So why did you choose undercover work?"

He watched her as her shoulders shrugged and her eyes looked everywhere but at his. "Just find it interesting." He nodded in understanding and were about to ask her more questions when an out of breath Dov came through the doors with a cup in his hand.

"Black-" He reached the cup over to him and took a much needed breath. "no sugar, sir." He took the cup from him and took a sip, made an unsubtle frown and placed it down on the table in the room. Sam crossed his arms over his chest again and cleared his throat.

"Let the fun begin."