Hey there guys :) This is my first attempt at an AU, Andy is in college studying criminology and Sam is a cop, just done with being a rookie and now a fully fledged officer.

Im not too sure if I like it or not yet, not even sure if this will turn into anything more than a one shot so let me know if you would be interested in seeing more of this story by telling me in a review :)

Hope you all tuned in to the s4 premiere, I definitely have a bit more hope for mcswarek now, seeing the way they looked at each other and all, there's definitely still something there!

Happy reading and I'll see you at the bottom:)


Hearing the loud chatter of students and watching the empty seats fill up slowly, one by one in the large auditorium, he suddenly found himself nervous. Wiping his sweaty hands on his neatly pressed uniform pants he took a deep breath and tried to calm his nerves. You can do this, just a bit of public speaking, it'll all be fine he told himself trying to get through this.

Pep talk over he resumed watching the students file in until the steady flow slowed and eventually stopped.

"Good morning all" Said Professor Jones as he took his place at the front of the room, Sam standing behind and slightly off to the side, patiently waiting for his queue and hoping the ground would somehow open up and swallow him whole. "I'm glad you could all turn out for this early morning lecture. Today we will be looking at the infamous Charles Smith and who better to help us out than the officer himself who arrested him, please all welcome officer Swarek, I know you are all very excited to hear from him" A few students in the front row clapped and he found himself suddenly nervous again, if this was them excited then he would hate to see what they were like bored.

Searching the mass sea of bodies for a friendly face his attention was drawn elsewhere when he noticed two women entering the auditorium, trying but failing not to make a scene and enter quietly.

"Shhhh" whispered one of the girls not very quietly. Short black hair hung to her shoulders and stopped abruptly, dark skin showing underneath her short-sleve shirt. She was wearing dark round sunglasses, obviously trying to shield her eyes from the bright white lights of the overhead bulbs and lessen the pain from the hangover she was so obviously supporting.

"I'm trying" giggled the other girl, head held low to try and avoid detection.

"Nice of you to join us Miss Nash and Miss McNally" Professor Jones said dryly and he continued to speak. "Now as you all, know Charles Smith was a serial killer who murdered nine women and then drained their bodies of their blood, using it to paint elaborate and disturbing portraits" When the students all looked at him blankly he continued "If you all did the reading from last week then you won't at all be surprised by this..." Sam however zoned out and cast his eyes back to the two women who were now taking a seat in the fourth row. As the one who had lowered her face walking in slowly lifted her head and concentrated on what the professor was saying Sam's breath caught in his throat. She was gorgeous. Long brown hair cascading down to meet her shoulders, tan skin poking out from the simple black tank top she was wearing, dark blue skinny jeans clung to her toned legs and hips. He found himself mesmerized by her, unable to tear his eyes away as she giggled and chatted with her friend and the others around her, not a care in the world and definitely looking less hung over than her companion.

Glancing at him he looked away quickly but it was too late, she had caught him staring at her. Offering a small smile she turned her attention back to the professor who was now staring at Sam.

"Officer Swarek?" he inquired

"Um Yes, sorry what was that?" he asked trying to recover.

"I was just saying that perhaps you would like to take over now" He said with raised eyebrows and motioned towards the space he was occupying, moving out of the way to make room.

"Uh yes" he said and moved to the front of the room "Now it seems that most of you haven't a clue what Professor Jones was talking about so I guess I will start with a brief summary. Charles Smith, one of the most infamous serial killers of the twenty first century. He kidnapped and murdered nine women, all random attacks, and then drained their blood after they were dead. Smith was an artist with a troubled childhood and used the blood he collected to paint disturbing portraits" Sam focused on giving the lecture he had rehearsed a hundred times in his head and was soon enjoying himself, the class a lot more interested when he got into the details of it. Forty minutes later and he had covered everything he needed to, relieved to finally have it over.

"Are there any questions?" he asked when he was finished.

Looking around the room he saw the woman, what was it? that's right, Nash or McNally? raise her hand. Scanning the rest of the room he nodded to her when no one else raised their hand.

"Yes, uh?" he asked, not sure wether she was Nash or McNally

"Andy, Andy McNally" she said and smiled broadly

"Ok Andy McNally" he said "Shoot"

"You said that Smith wasn't driven by sexual motives?" She asked

"Yes, that's correct" He said, unsure where she was going with the question.

"So then why was it only women that he took? If he was just using their blood to paint then why didn't he kidnap and murder any men?" She said confidently, clearly having read up on Smith and his crimes.

"Wonderful question Miss McNally" Said professor Jones "But I will have to stop you there. We will be looking at that in tomorrow afternoon's psychology lecture and I wouldn't want to spoil it" he said "Now I'm sure officer Swarek has a bit of time to answer any burning questions you may have so he will be here for a short while after class, see you all tomorrow" And on that final note the room started to empty quickly, student's obviously having better things to do with their time than attending lectures.

Looking back over to where Andy was seated he felt a twang of disappointment settle over him when he saw that she had already left. Turning around to thank the professor for allowing him to come and talk he felt a hand on his shoulder. Spinning back round he found himself looking into the most beautiful eyes he had ever seen, smiling when he realised they were Andy's. She was even more beautiful up close, a natural beauty that few women possessed, her face void of any makeup, not that she needed it, clearly.

"Hey" She said shyly and he wondered wether she was always this shy or wether it was just around men, not that he expected to have any affect on her or anything.

"Hey?" He said back, trying to keep his voice even

"Um well, the thing is, the paper we have to write on Smith this semester is worth like 40 percent of our grade and I guess I was just wondering if maybe I could ask you a few more questions, that is if you aren't busy or anything?" When he didn't respond straight away, trying to figure out wether or not she was asking him out, the look on her face turned from hope to embarrassment. "No, you're busy, I get it completely, out catching bad guys and all that, just forget I asked, I'm sure the library will have some books on him or something" When she stopped babbling and turned around to leave he reached out and grabbed her arm, inhaling sharply at the sparks he felt instantly when he touched her.

"I'd love to help" He said quickly, recovering from the shock of her touch

"Great" she said and pulled out a piece of paper from her note pad, quickly scribbling down her cell phone and dorm number. "If you wanna drop by at like 8 ish or something, I have a few more lectures to get to today?"

"Um, yeah, no that would be fine" He said, trying to hide back the smile threatening to break out on his face and give him away.

"Great I'll see you then, I look forward to it, officer Swarek" she replied before grabbing Nash by the arm and walking off, but not before glancing back over her shoulder and giving him a dazzling smile, making him think that possibly this wasn't just a study session he would be helping her with tonight. Not that he was implying he was expecting anything to happen, it's just, the way she looked at him, he was almost positive that she was attracted to him, the feelings definitely felt by him as well.


So as I said, not sure if there will be more but if enough people are interested then I will definitely be writing more, so let me know if you want to see more and what you thought of this chapter in a review :)

Thanks as always for reading and reviewing :)