Disclaimer: I don't own Rookie Blue.
A.N. This chapter is an introduction, basically saying how they got together briefly. It leads into the rest of my story.
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The lone woman opened the gate silently and slipped into the enclosed area. She made a beeline for one of the stones and sat down next to it. The wind whipped at her hair and the rain hid her tears as she ran her fingers over the lettering. "I'm sorry Benny" she whispered. She kept running her fingers over the name "Benjamin Kelly".
As she ran her fingers over the words, she thought about what had happened since that day. "Benny, you'd be glad. I broke up with 'Detective Fancy Pants'. I try to visit Marie at least once a week…" She trailed off as she lost herself in her memories.
After Sam had gone with her to fix Marie's plumbing, she had no qualms about getting into his car when he offered her a ride home.
The night that she had killed for the first time, she began to seriously doubt her relationship with Luke. She had gone to Sam, but ditched him after the lights came back on and Luke had called. She had broken up with Luke a few weeks later.
After the initial leaving, Sam had been nasty to her but then he turned civil. Weeks later he told her that when he thought about her comment of "made out with the wrong guy" he realized that she was probably double-crossed and she couldn't double-cross Luke so he bided his time.
Whenever she left the Black Penny, if Sam had been leaving at the same time, he offered her a ride. She learned that it was Sam's nature. Anyone leaving the Penny at the same time as him who did not have a car was offered a ride. If there was someone else in the car, sometimes he had dropped her off first, sometimes last but he had never kissed her again, even after she had broken up with Luke.
"It was because of you that Sam and I got past the awkward stage. But you were right. I have a hard time trusting people…"
The child dying in her arms had thrown her for a loop. She began a downward spiral into depression, a spiral that Sam had pulled her out of through his gentle persistence.
That first night, he had done nothing more than hold her while she cried herself to sleep. He had patiently waited until she was ready to do anything more.
Andy snapped out of her reverie as the rain stopped. "Thank you Benny" she whispered. "If not for you, Sam and I might have danced around each other forever. There is no way to repay you and I still feel guilty about your death. Nothing will change that but I will try to keep visiting Marie to thank you." She stood up. "I'm sorry it took me so long to come but tonight we have the night shift so I was able to come." She laid a hand on the stone for a second and then slipped out of the cemetery.
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As she opened the gate, she grinned at the familiar silver truck. "Sam, what are you doing here?" was all she got out before she was swept up in his embrace and a hearty kiss.
"Coming to find my rookie and make sure she gets to work on time" was his answer when they finally parted, as he opened the car door for her.
She waited until he was in the car. "You're lying. What is Boyko going to say when we walk in together?"
He glanced at her as he turned down a side street. "Actually, Boyko told me to find you and talk to you. We're doing another undercover tonight."
Andy groaned. The last undercover she had almost gotten herself killed along with Sadie.
"You're not going out. Boyko is afraid that someone will recognize you because someone yelled you were a cop. Peck can go because half of the hookers don't know who they are hanging out with and Nash will be out there with her. Diaz will be at another location and Epstein is going to be manning the desk."
"So, why did Boyko want you to talk to me?"
"Because I am the training officer he pairs you with most often. You are going to be the backup and he doesn't want you playing on the radio like Epstein did."
"Honestly, he wanted you to find me and talk to me about that? You could have told me that at the station."
"I could have." They were three blocks away from the station and he had pulled his truck into a secluded area. "But when my commander allows me to pick up my secret girlfriend and spend some time alone with her, who am I to argue?" He kissed her.
Eventually, she pulled away. "You win, but we are going to be late if you don't start driving now."
He started driving again and then glanced at her. "Don't."
"Don't what?"
"You were about to apologize for the last time. To be honest, I'm happy you are not going to be out there tonight."
She smiled. "You know me too well." He pulled into the station and they both got out of his car. "And by the way, no radio tonight but what about cell phones when I'm bored?"
He walked around the car so they could walk into the station together. "I guess I'll have to keep my phone on silent and pray that Oliver steps out a lot."
He held the door opened for her and the two walked into the station.
A.N. I am almost done writing the whole story so the next chapter will be up shortly and will get into the real plot. "The child dying" is a reference to my other story; Pieces Falling Together.