The Plan
Chapter 1
It had been a long day. Sam had been partnered with Dov today, and he was exhausted, mostly because of Dov's excited banter during shift. He just wanted to have a drink with his friends and unwind from a stressing day at the usual bar. He briefly changed into his civil clothes and rode in his truck to the Penny.
Here he was, about an hour later, sitting in the corner table at the Penny with his best friend Oliver, his eyes burning on the woman, who was sitting at the bar talking and flirting with the bartender. His Andy McNally. Talk about unwinding. She wasn't sitting at the usual rookie table where Chris, Dov and Gail were, and Traci was sitting with Jerry at another table.
She had broken up with Luke four weeks ago, after he'd cheated on her with Jo. Sam was more than glad that it was over, and he would happily pick up the pieces. But he realized that maybe she needed time and space after the break-up so he hadn't made a move yet. He'd forgotten that Andy McNally, was very bad at time and space...
There she was making sexy eyes to that damn bar man who had bought her a drink, which she had accepted, since she was indeed single. He wanted nothing but to wipe that smile off of his face. What made him angrier was what she was wearing. She was so beautiful and sexy in that low cut, tight black dress with those high heels. The black accentuated her skin tone, and her hair was in a bun with some stray strands of hair loosely curled that fell along her face. Simply breathtaking.
She was doing things to him. Things he was exactly proud to say out loud...
In the corner, Sam was clenching his glass as he watched the two interact, completely ignoring his friend Ollie who was trying to make conversation. Oliver, knew very well what he was staring at.
"Hey Sammy, I hear McNally's been single for quite a while brother. What, uh, what are you waiting for?" asked Oliver, nodding his head towards Andy, finally giving up on talking about the day's events.
"Huh? What? What are you talking about?" asked Sam, slipping out of his Andy-induced gaze.
"Come on buddy, I know you like her a lot. You have for a long time. I think everyone knows that." he said, swatting Sam's arm playfully. Sam rolled his eyes. "What are you waiting for? You better make a move before that bartender does. She really looks like she's into him." said Oliver, trying to push his friend.
"I don't know what you're talking about.". Oliver gave Sam a glare indicating he knew he was lying. "Okay, fine. I haven't made a move yet because I wanted to give her space. So she could have time to get over that cheating bastard Luke." he answered, spitting Luke's name, expressing his anger.
When he first heard about what Luke had done, he wanted nothing but to punch the detective's lights out. But he knew that wouldn't help anything.
"Well, I think she's well over him by the looks of it." They looked back at Andy to see her leaning over the bar to whisper something in his ear. The man smirked and said something back in her ear, she laughed.
"God, why does everyone notice how much I want her, except for her?" he thought, sadness and frustration creeping on his face.
"Maybe she's just waiting for you to say something." said Oliver, as if he could read his mind. "You should, uh, go buy her a drink and talk to her." he said, looking back at Sam.
Little did they know Andy's plan...
A month after her break-up with Luke and Andy still couldn't believe Sam hadn't asked her on a date yet. She was sure he was interested in her. He hadn't made a move, so she decided to take matters into her own hands.
She woke up late and rapidly took a quick shower and grab a fruit or two before heading to the barn. Last night, while she laid in bed thinking of Sam, which was quite often without clothes on, she made up an evil plan...
When she arrived at work, she quickly rushed in the locker room. She only had a couple of minutes until parade or she'd be late. Like usual. Traci was there, putting on her work shoes. She chuckled as she saw Andy run in the locker room at the last minute.
"Hey, girl!" Traci said, as she watched her friend throw on her uniform fast and tie her hair in a pony tail.
"Hi Trace!" said Andy, scrambling to tie her shoes as a couple of minutes were left before parade. "I have something to tell you ," she said with a big smile. But as she glanced at the clock, she swiftly grab Traci's arm and said "Later!"
"Okay, sister." replied Traci with a smile, as they walked together to parade.
Parade was short and sweet. Chris was paired with Williams, Gail with Oliver and Dov was with Sam. Traci and Andy were paired at desk.
Everyone went to their squad cars as the girls went to their desk for the day.
Most of the day was quiet, so Andy grabbed lunch with Traci and thought it was a good time to bring up her plan for Swarek. Traci laughed the whole time Andy was explaining it to her, and Andy found herself chuckling at some parts too. They finished up and headed back to their stations for the rest of the evening.
Soon shift was over as everyone headed for the locker rooms.
"So, are you going to the Penny?" asked Andy, unbuttoning her uniform.
"Hell yes!" replied Traci as she sat on the bench to take her shoes off. "Wouldn't want to miss a thing." she said, a small smirk playing across her face.
"Okay then," Andy replied, chuckling to herself. She had decided to dress up a little more than usual, so she put on a black dress that she'd bought on a girls weekend with Traci and put on heavier make-up with smoky eye shadow. Perfect for her plan.
"Damn girl, he won't be able to resist you looking like that!" Traci said, looking at Andy.
"I hope so." Andy replied, freshening up in the mirror. They rode together in Traci's car and arrived about 5 minutes later.
She knew he'd be watching for her when she would come in. She'd put on black heels to finish her look. When she came in the bar, she felt every male eyes fall on her, and she quickly ignored them walking over to the bar. She sat and ordered a drink, not even acknowledging Sam's presence. But she knew he was watching, she could feel his eyes.
She started flirting with the bartender. It wasn't hard since he was very handsome with his white button-up shirt and black slacks. As his name tag said, he was called Joey. His light brown hair was gelled upwards like spikes.
She whispered something in his ear, telling him about her plan, and the man accepted to help her with a smirk on his face. She knew Sam would think she was flirting, but she wasn't. It was all part of her plan, but hey, he didn't need to know that yet...
Her plan was to make Sam Swarek jealous, and from what Joey had saw and told her about how Sam was reacting, it was working. Very well.