When Sam came to there were noises, pain and someone holding onto his left arm for dear life.
The noises where Jerry and Oliver playing cards and the machines telling him that his heart was still beating. The pain was from getting T-boned on the way to pick up Andy after work so they could have breakfast together before she had her days off and Sam started my string of night shifts. And lastly that someone who was holding on to my left arm was Andy. Even in her sleep Sam could tell that something was off...
"Can one of you grab her head and the other untangle her arms so we can both get comfortable?" I asked my brothers playing cards. A few minutes later Sam was being dealt in to a game of poker and Andy was nestled into my shoulder starting to snore.
"So which one of you talked a nurse or doctor into giving her drugs?" Sam asked the two other officers playing cards.
"What are you talking about?" Jerry said and Oliver just nodded his head towards Jerry.
"She only snores when she has drugs in her system. That and she rivals me in the light sleeper category so when she didn't flinch when we moved her. Two main clues that she has some very good drugs in her system and in about 15 minutes you two are going to be leaving because her snoring will be that bad. And you will never do it again!" Sam explained with a huge grin on his face.
"She finally gave into sleep about an hour before you woke up. Then we sweet talked a nurse to give her a magic dose of cocktails to make sure she stated asleep longer than five minutes. She hadn't been asleep in just about 2 days." Jerry stated.
"2 days? How long have I been here?" Sam questioned.
"2 days. She worked her back to back doubles and was waiting for you to pick her up for breakfast. For once she was early and was waiting at the station for over 20 minutes before she came back in to ask if anyone had seen you. That was when her cell went off and Thank god for Tracy and being able to understand McNally when she starts to hyperventilate. Because the next thing I know is I am driving both of them to the hospital and waiting in the waiting room for news on you. A drunk driver ran a red light. Just be thankful that you were running late because had you been on time, a different scenario would be played out right now and I don't think anyone would like it. But it was kind of funny though..." Oliver said as he dealt out the cards.
"What was funny?" Sam said as he exchanged one of his cards.
"Tracy finally talked her into going home and having a shower and food before she came back. When she did come back, she just walked into the room and said 'try to keep it down and when he does wake up try to take advantage of the drugs he is on because he isn't going to like the news about his truck.' She put her head down and within seconds she was out like a light. An hour later you wake up." Oliver said.
"What about my truck?!" Sam shouted.
"Really that was all you got out of that was your truck?" Jerry asked and Sam just looked at both of them waiting for the answer. "Well it is a write off. You get a new truck and a well rested McNally." Oliver tried to joke about it. Knowing that Sam's truck was the love of his life till he met McNally.
"That is not even funny, and it is Swarek now." Sam said as he won this round of poker.
"That maybe in personal life, but in professional and to the 15th Division she will always be McNally." Tracy said as she entered the room with food and the rest of the Rookies of 15th.
"Wow she really can snore." Jerry said about 30 minutes to everyone being in the room.
"Which one of you asked the nurse to give her drugs?" Tracy and Nick asked at the same time. Both knowing that Andy didn't snore unless there were drugs in her system. Both Sam and Oliver pointed to Jerry. Jerry just shrugged and carried on with his conversation. "We'll talk about that later Jerry." Tracy said in her Mom voice and Jerry looked like he was scared only because he knew that he was in deep trouble.
Everyone ate and chatted till Sam's eyes started to droop and slowly everyone cleared the room till it was only the Swarek's left in the room.
It was hours later when Sam woke up and realized that Andy was still sleeping. Her left hand was draped across his diaphragm. Deciding to watch the Hockey game that was on TV till Andy woke up. While watching the game he played with Andy's rings. It was one of his favourite pass times since he put them on her fingers. He was pretty sure that she wore both engagement and wedding rings so that he could play with them because she has said countless times that one of them gets caught on everything, but he also knew that she would never take them off so he tolerated the complaining and bought her a chain so that she could wear them around her neck at work. Since he bought her that chain he has never heard her complain about her rings getting caught on anything.
"I love it when you play with my rings." Andy said with her eyes still closed slowly waking up. Sam just smiled and continued to play with them while watching the game. "Is that so? Well in that case..." Sam replied while started to draw random patterns on Andy's back trying to lure her back to sleep. He had almost succeeded when she asked "When do we get to go home? I am sick of this bed and I really don't want to be drugged again."
"How about tomorrow morning? And I do apologize for the drugs Mrs. Swarek, my nurse was talked into it saying it was for your own good." The doctor said as he entered the room.
"Okay." Was all Andy's said falling under Sam's spell of playing with her rings and rubbing her back.
"I was worried I was going to get more of a wrath than that." The doctor said looking at Sam for an answer. "I have the magic touch and to be fair she has had no sleep for a while so she will be out till the morning." Sam answered the doctor.
The doctor and Sam chatted for a few more minutes "have a good night and I will have a nurse go over everything in the morning so that the Mrs. will know what to do for your care."
The next morning Andy was up and about getting coffee and breakfast for the two of them also asking Tracy for a ride home. When she entered Sam's room the doctor was there and explained that Sam was on bed rest for a few more days and will be able to return to desk duty next week and in a month he would be back to full duty.
She gave Sam his change of clothes and helped him change. Once Sam was ready to go, Tracy called her letting her know the she and Jerry where at the main entrance waiting whenever they were ready. Once at the main entrance there were two vehicles.
"This one belongs to the station, but Best said you could borrow it till you get a new vehicle. Maybe, just a suggestion, but invest in a secondary one?" Jerry said giving the keys to Andy and climbing into Tracy's car.
"You know he does have a point you know. Getting two vehicles. Not saying right away but some day we are going to have to get another one." Andy said heading home.
"Just drive McNally. We'll deal with that when the time comes but in the mean time I have to pick out a new truck. I just got that one broken in!" complained Sam.