Sorry I'm really bad with my tenses in writing and stuff, so if you see past it should be present; this fanfic is in present tense. I've started a much different Rookie Blue fanfic; one not really along with any episodes, so i'll see how you guys like this first! This is my first post ever! i really hope someone reads it and likes it!:) Have a good day!
(Starts right after 4x01 ended)
I don't own Rookie Blue.
Andy and Nick are walking towards the debriefing room, looking around 15 Division. Six months from their home and it still looks the same, but the people inside are the ones who have changed.
Andy looks up at Nick, "your eye's getting worse."
"Great. You're still mad?" he asked.
Andy stopped walking right where she was and grabbed Nick's arm to stop him. It's a little after one in the morning so the offices are pretty empty; people are either at home or out on the streets. It was dark too except for the light coming out of room for their debrief. Either way it felt like they were the only ones there, but they weren't.
"Yeah, actually I am." Andy replied crossing her arms.
Spending so much time with the same person gets you a little too comfortable with them. And Andy and Nick were and at this point they were in the crazy stage.
"You know what? I told you I knew the gun wasn't loaded, and I would never actually shoot you. Why are still mad? You were fine like twenty minutes ago," Nick started to argue.
Andy let out a huff. She was over Nick pulling the trigger; that comment just slipped out because she was just in an angry move over what she saw earlier in the kitchen. Nick is all heated too, which was bad on Andy's part for starting a fight with him right now. He saw Gail for the first time, he had a similar encounter to Andy, and he found Gail in the parking lot leaving with an Officer Chaz – her new boyfriend. He's a rookie but doesn't act like one, that's what Gail told him and she had a little more than mixed emotions about his return. She punched him in his good eye. Then hugged him. Then yelled at him for leaving. Then walked out the door without looking back. Leaving Nick just like he left her at the Penny six months earlier. Nick and Andy both are devastated by what accepting the task force did for their relationships.
"No. Forget that. You're not mad at me for that. I know why you're mad. You're mad that we blew our cover and had to come back to 15. You were fine with that earlier when we were being chased by those guys, but you hate it now because it's not what you thought. And you know what? You wouldn't be mad about any of that either if it weren't for Swarek. Just forget what you saw. You were fine for the last six months and we come back and you're just taking out your anger on me." Nick said taking a step towards Andy. "And I don't care that you are, you can, go ahead take it all out on me, just don't make it about him." He used a much calmer voice now taking her hand. "I get that you wish you could just go back to our apartment and forget this day happened; I almost do too. But Andy-"
"-Okay! Great I'm so glad I came to you about that because now you think something is wrong with me. And I don't even know what you're talking about, I am ecstatic we're back. So are you done lecturing me?" Andy said taking another a step away from him, tugging her arm away from his loosening grip. "You know what- "
"Hey, it's late let's go!" Frank opened the door and shouted at them, "It's late and I got a baby girl at home who needs me."
Andy walked in the room, leaving Nick. It's true they weren't alone; Sam stepped out from the side hall with his arms crossed. He was there hopping to catch Andy before the debrief. Nick turned and saw him before walking in after Andy.
One week later.
Andy's in the locker putting the finishing touches on her uniform; hair braided back, and lingering on her 'McNally' name-tag thinking how long it's been since she's had her name on her or how long it's been since someone's called her McNally. She's looking in the mirror not thinking about the past or the future but right now. Thinking how it's possible she's standing there right now and how strong that makes her. She was over at Traci's last night telling her well everything but she hasn't seen Dov, Gail, Chris, or Oliver yet. When she walks out she's greeted with smiles and open arms. She's missed being on patrol and talking with them, and is all smiles herself while walking up to the detective office to see Traci before parade. But that's not who she runs into. Her smile fades as she sees Marlo walking out the other door leaving a kiss from her boyfriend. Not what she wanted to see on what she wanted to be a good first day.
Andy just stands there absolutely breathless. And when Sam sees her standing completely still and he just stares right at her like he sees everything she's thinking. He see that she's moved on while she was undercover and didn't think about him or missing him once. That last week she threw herself into the debrief and avoided thinking about him by hanging out with Nick. And he doesn't know what to think about her relationship with Nick, frankly, it scares him.
Nick and Andy worked out their argument they had over the last week. They're so in tune to be with each other it's hard for them to keep up a fight. Immediately that next day Andy hugged Nick apologizing about fighting with him and he reluctantly forgave her. They grew close to each other in a weird friendship. The weird part was having to live in a tiny apartment, if you saw them in a bar you would think they were dating, because that's how they made themselves be. They had to be "dating" so that's what it looks like all the time, even though they're not undercover anymore. And it will be hard to break that when they're just in the office or on patrol. They don't realize it. He really is the best break up buddy. He even suggested bringing out that book again. But she promised that she was alright and totally over it. And she was but seeing the person you're supposed to be over isn't easy.
Andy knew Sam would be in today, she just hoped she could get through parade and on the street before seeing him. Yeah. Definitely not happening. She wanted to say something and when she did, she said something that, to an outsider would seem like their just finishing a conversation they started yesterday.
Andy chokes out a sarcastic laugh, "you know what? It's not even worth it to know." She steps forward looking to the side out the large window seeing that everyone's in parade, happy that they don't see how stupid she is to be talking to him, than back at him loosing the laugh, saying each word distinct, "I really don't even care." She pushes off the wall and walks passed him, not even trying to say anything, and into the parade room. She spots Nick and goes to sit by him. He looks at her knowing who she was with. She just gives him one look that says it all. "I got the book in my locker" is all he says before Frank walks in. Frank goes down the list of goals for the day and at the end congratulates Nick and Andy for their safe return and the drug bust. Andy lets out a smile while Nick watches her and smiles too. Frank dismisses the group and Andy stands up and grabs Nicks face and says, "let me see your bruise now… awe it's healing really well."
"Why is that an 'awe'?" Nick asked.
"The bruise…" she playfully slaps his cheek "would have made you look like a man." Andy says smiling, laughing actually. Forgetting completely that she just told the man she might still be in love with she doesn't care about him anymore. She's pretty sure she doesn't love him anymore and that she actually doesn't care she thought.
"I'm so happy my pain can bring you to laughter." Nick said walking over to the assignment board after everyone else has left the room and Andy follows.
"Ha. Well what else would?" Andy asks. "Wait. What?"
"Definitely not this," Nick said concerned, looking at her reaction, and taking her arm.
Andy just stood motionless, unmoved by what the board read, Andy's strong for what guy stuff she's been through; being engaged to Luke and his mess, then Sam. But then thinking he was going to be killed those, well, few times in the past. But she's on the job right now, and she doesn't let personal stuff get in her way. She's looking at the board but really seeing Sam's hands on another girl – and not just any girl – another officer. Still having trouble processing it, she keeps going over in her head what he said when they broke up: "I can't be a cop and be with you." But Sam is on the job and is dating someone. So that just means it's her. It's never a good feeling knowing you're not good enough for the person who makes you happy. She just needed a minute.
"They probably just think we're rusty. That's why they got us riding with our training officers." Nick said looking at Andy who looks recovered from the shock.
"Alright but mine, he's a detective now; he isn't a training officer." Andy said finally looking up at Nick, nothing but sympathy in his eyes. "I'm fine- "
"Collins…" Oliver walks in the room, "ready to buy me that lemonade and have another" pauses waiting for effect " talk? ….. Hey McNally, ready for today?"
Andy just nodded.
"Of course, Officer Shaw," Nick said all formerly now. Oliver walked back out the door, "hey spot me five bucks?" he whispered to Andy.
"Really?" Andy said as she grabbing at her pants pocket and pulled out a five. "Here. But you're buying tonight." She answered.
"I hope you don't mean drugs" Sam walked in the room all detective like. "Collins. McNally."
Nick nodded towards Andy, "have a good shift" and walked out to find Oliver.
"Ha. Good shift." Andy said after Nick and he looked back as he laughed. Andy was laughing back, but it stopped when she looked up at Sam's stare and said all serious now "should I go find someone else to ride with or what?"
"Why would you need to do that" Sam asked crossing his arms, bracing for the blow. She wasn't going to give it to him. Not today or right now at least, it's too early she thought.
"I'll drive." Andy said taking charge and walked passed him towards the cars.
The car ride started off silent. The air was nothing but tension. Sandy wasn't going to say anything more on the subject and Sam being Sam going with what Andy said before about not caring started to blubber about all the cases he's cracked in the past six months. Andy is hardly listening when she drive past the Hudson Bank and spots some people running out. It was a robbery.
"I'll go in and see if I can't stop it, you stay outside, cover me if he tries to run out the door, and gather the witnesses." Andy tells Sam, taking charge again. Sam nods.
Andy walks in, gun up, shooing people by the door where Sam's outside gathering them on one side for their statements later. But its been a while and he gets concerned about Andy and is starting for the doors when he hears two guns shots and sprints in. Where's Andy? He doesn't see Andy. He walks behind the counter and she's there. She's fine. But the man she's helping isn't.
Other cops started to arrive at the scene as Andy starts to walk towards the alley on the side of the building. Sam sees her and tries to catch up. He rounds the corner and Andy has her gun pointed at someone covered in red dye. "McNally!" He draws his gun. Damn she's good, he thinks. The guy starts to run, Sam starts too, but he runs into a trash can instead and Andy breaks out into laughter before she cuffs him.
"Yeah. Because that was funny." Sam says and Andy laughed again. He knew she would laugh if he said that, he just didn't know why he did say it. "Congrats you've got yourself the suspect."
"I am the best…" Andy said shrugging her shoulder and leading the red dye guy towards a cop car. Once he was in Andy said, "Hey you probably have to stay and get their statements" Andy nods towards the witnesses and spots Nick walking towards her; "Nick and I can take him in."
"Sure" Sam said, "you've had enough training to be on your own again anyways."
"Oh is that what that was?" Andy asked. Sam looked confused, "your retelling of all your successes as a detective? That was me being trained to be on my own?"
Sam crossed his arms in deep thought, "well you needed to be informed on the recent types of situations so you know what's going on nowadays and I hope you inform Officer Collins as well." Sam nodded pleased with his answer. "You took notes rights?" Now he took her off guard.
"Sorry I didn't have time, you know? Discovering bank robberies and finding red dyed guys, you know how I am." Andy answered crossing he arms.
"Right," Sam said. "You two take him in."
"Alright," Andy said.
"Alright," Sam answered.
"Alright," Nick said giving Andy the keys and getting into the passenger side, already know Andy's going to drive.
Nick and Andy are in the interrogation room watching Traci work her magic. She's gotten really good and getting the right kind of answers.
"Thanks for getting me out of that car with him," Andy said still staring ahead.
"I saw an opportunity and I took it," Nick said. "Hey, are you alright?" he asked turning towards her taking her arm again. Andy still hasn't noticed that every time he's talking about something personal to her he grabs her arm. Nick hasn't really noticed he does it either.
"I'm all right. Nothing… nothing really happened… or I mean was said. Nothing was said. Nothing was done. I'm fine." Andy was babbling now too, but she started to laugh and so did Nick.
"Okay we'll go with that." Nick said.
"How's operation get Gail back?" Andy asked. "Even though you guys are like together right?"
"I mean we are but she doesn't want be together so i guess we're not- "
Sam walked in, "Nash get anything yet?"
Andy was surprised to see him for some reason. "Nothing yet," Nick said for Andy.
"Hey Sam," Andy started stepping out into the hall with him," I'm going to go back to that ally and see if I can't find something."
"Why we were already there. Nothing to be found." Sam said "it's pretty pointless to go back."
"Just watch" Andy replied as she walked off with Nick jogging to catch up. Sam walked back out then into the interrogation room with Traci. Andy started to walk out.
Nick and Andy arrived at the Ally and Andy put the car in park. On their way Sam called and said they traced a number from red dye guy's phone to one of his cell mates who just got out.
"So McRae shoots the manager because he has some beef with him then makes his cell mate drive the getaway car." Andy said.
"You said it not me." Nick said. "But you're probably right."
"Always am," Andy replied.
"So what are you looking for?" Nick asked.
"I don't know" Andy said looking around the spot where she found the suspect. "That" she said pointing to the red hand print on the dumpster. Just then they heard a noise inside a tall warehouse building next to the bank.
Nick gave Andy one look as they pulled out their guns. With Andy on the lead Nick kicked down the door and there was a man holding down a woman, who looked just like the bank managers wife. Andy and Nick were pointing their guns at him, at McRae.
"Mrs. Thorpe, did he shoot your husband?" Andy said calmly, gripping her gun tighter, taking a step towards McRae spotting gun in his pocket. She nodded at Nick giving him the signal McRae is armed.
"Yes, he shot him, it's him, he did it" Mrs. Thorpe cried, trying to run away, but McRae held her tightly.
Andy and Nick tensed up. Guess Sam was wrong. Nick moved his hand to his walkee to alert 15 when McRae took out his gun and pointed it at Nick.
"Stop!" He said. "Just stop!"
"Hey just put down the gun, and everything will be alright." The man pointed his gun towards the ceiling ad shot up twice.
"No, no, no!" McRae screamed.
"Put your gun down!" a voice said from behind McRae pointing a gun at him. Gail. She walked forward with Oliver and took the gun from a shocked McRae who has faced defeat.
"Come here Cynthia," Andy remembered her name.
She led Cynthia towards Gail asking her to take her back to the hospital and not lose her again.
"Whatever you say, captain," Gail said walking away with Cynthia.
Nick forcefully put McRae in his cop car to take him down to the station.
"You two alright?" Oliver asked.
"Yeah" they both said.
"How did you know he was here?" Oliver asked.
"We did actually, Andy wanted to come back to look for evidence, and well I guess she found more than just evidence," Nick said nudging Andy with a smile.
"We'll if Sam didn't -" Oliver started.
"Sam?" Andy said taking a step towards Oliver with a weird look on her face.
"Yeah, Sam Swarek, you know him?" Oliver said playfully.
"No Sam said it was pointless I came here." Andy stated.
"Well he lied I guess, and thought differently. Good thing too or else we wouldn't have shown up" Oliver said walking away.
"Yeah, good" Andy murmured toward Nick.
Back at the station Sam was listening to McRae confess everything to Traci. Andy walked in.
"Hey you alright" Sam said emotionless, still facing the glass.
"Yeah. Thanks." Andy answered.
McRae was going off on a rant. "Have you seen the guy? He's not good enough for her. She already left him before because he wasn't good enough. She will probably leave him again, I'm just here to make her happy," Andy looked down toward Sam and Sam just looked down. Well this is uncomfortable they both thought. "I'm the good one saving her from a relationship she knows isn't going to work."
Sam shut off the mic.
"So he confessed to shooting the manager. Thorpe made it through surgery and is alive so this isn't a homicide, just a really messed up at getting rid of someone in the way of something he wanted" Sam informed her turning his head to look at her, hoping she caught on with what he said at the end. Sam wanted to know if Andy still had something for him, so he could clear the air. He didn't want to be the one to bring it up or start the conversation. Right now he felt the air and it wasn't clear.
Andy wasn't going to talk about it and nodded. "Good."
"What?" Sam asked turning to face her.
"Nothing," she said back turning to face him. She smiled.
"Yes. You were right from the beginning about going to that ally and everything." He said. "Not everything, just this case." He added quickly.
"Oh so when wasn't I right?" Andy challenged.
Sam knows her. He knows what she's talking about.
"You know exactly when you were wrong." Sam said turning towards her now, taking a step closer. She was wrong for leaving him and going undercover.
"Oh and you weren't wrong?" Andy challenged again, taking another step forward. Their faces were inches from each other. They haven't been this close so long, it felt alien.
Sam wasn't going to say anything. Of course he isn't. He doesn't talks about his feelings. But what feelings he thinks, he has Marlo. Right as he thinks about his girlfriend, the door opens and Marlo peeks in, out of uniform, clearly knowing she interrupted something.
"Hey Sam, ready to go to the Penny?" she asked.
"Yeah." Sam responded walking out, not making one glance as Andy.
As always, Andy thought, Sam walking out on her for something better.
It was later than usual when Andy walked out the parking lot and saw Nick talking to Gail, more like shouting actually. Andy thought she should give them some space, but decided she should bail out Nick before she brings up the other time he left her. Andy walked up to Nick's side and Gail huffed out a large breath and took a step back.
"Look I'm super happy you two are back, but things aren't anything like you left them, we couldn't just freeze time here for you to come back." Gail said. "I moved on." She motioned to Nick. "And so did Sam, which proves my point even more! Nick, just leave me alone, I'm done waiting for you, and I've been done for a while now. I'm happy with someone who isn't you, and I know him well enough to know he won't run of for six years after asking me to marry him!"
"Gail" Andy and Nick said at the same time.
"Seriously!" Gail shouted again. "I'm over talking to you too, I can something happened between you to over the past six months, why don't you talk to each other about that." Gail turned to face Nick now, "I'm going to the Penny to see my boyfriend!"
"What happened to me to ever think I could fix things between us?" Nick asked.
"I… I don't know?" Andy said. "We'll figure it out for you though, I promise.
"Thanks," was all Nick had to say. "Hey sorry she brought up Sam…" Andy started to laugh, "What?"
"Want to pull out the breakup book?" Andy asked. "Looks like we need it, I mean did you see what just happened? We got called out on everything wrong we did." She laughed again. "I bet if we go back to my place I could even dig out that certificate from the bottom of my closet." She hoped he would catch on that she didn't want to go to the Penny, even though it was Noel and Frank's party, she was tired and just isn't used to all the drama yet.
"Yeah, I don't feel like going to the Penny either." Nick said. He knew her well.
Andy and Nick were sick of being undercover, but now that they see how things have changed living in that tiny apartment off a beach somewhere doesn't sound so bad. In a weird way they were still undercover. They weren't allowed to be with or talk about who they really wanted to be with. They still had each other like they always will. They drove in silence to Andy's apartment both realized they have to either change or get left behind feeling hoe they were feeling right now.
"So i guess we have to change," Andy said.
"I guess so," Nick replied. "But how?"
"We're rookies on this and well just like everything else we have to figure it out on our own." Andy said.
"Hey at least we had a good shift," Nick said trying to lighten the mood.
Andy just glared at him, "hopefully our lives will be better tomorrow."