Luke woke up the next morning and groaned. Rain was still pouring and he could hear it on the roof. He just wanted to stay in bed. It was one of those feelings that he had in his gut- bad shit was about to go down. And he could also hear something in the kitchen. Was someone in his apartment? He was just about to reach for his gun and then realized his ex-fiancee had stayed the night.
He pulled a pair of sweatpants over his boxers and grabbed a t-shirt and slipped it on over his head. He silently smiled to himself when he saw Andy making breakfast. "Sorry," Andy said when she saw Luke coming from the bedroom. "I couldn't sleep so I figured I'd make coffee. And breakfast since everything is in the same place," she added.
"That's okay," Luke smiled and walked past her to grab a cup of coffee. "It's been awhile since I've had coffee made for me." He figured he was treading on dangerous territory with that last comment. "You alright?"
Andy shrugged as she finished chewing the piece of toast. She hopped up on the counter. She also laughed out loud because she could remember the time they had sex on the counter, after a few drinks at the Penny. "No. But I will be. I have to be." She put her head down and refused to make eye contact. "For Traci."
"How is she?"
She shrugged again. "Better than I expected. But that's Traci. It's going to be hard."
Luke nodded. "For everyone at 15."
Andy finally looked up at Luke. "How long are you staying at 15?"
He shrugged and turned to the fridge to grab an apple. "Until Frank tells me to go back to 27."
"Oh."
Now the conversation was treading on awkward. "We should probably get going," Luke said. "I can stop by your apartment if you need to pick up clothes or something."
She shook her head. "I'm fine."
They silently cleaned up their breakfast and Luke gave her the clothes that she had left to change into. For some reason for Andy, it was a comfortable silence. And the smile he gave her as he locked the door behind them…. McNally, she told herself. He cheated on you. You just got dumped. Don't go there.
She didn't even think about drama that followed once she got out of the same vehicle as Detective Luke Callaghan. She went into the women's locker room and got changed as soon as she stepped out, Dov, Chris and Nick hauled her into an interview room.
"Three words," Chris said as he crossed his arms and looked at a semi-put together Andy McNally.
"What. The. Hell." Dov finished.
Andy looked at all three men in front of her. "What?"
"You go out of the same car as Luke," Nick told her. Even though Nick Collins had only been around for a little awhile, he knew what went down between Luke and Andy. He knew the story. Epstein had told him when Callaghan first showed up.
Chris cleared his throat as realization hit Andy's face. "We only have a couple minutes until parade but you need to explain this."
"Like really need to explain this," Dov added.
Andy tried to hold it back. "Sam told me… last night, that… he couldn't be a cop and be with me," Andy said as a few tears fell down her face. Nick caught her and held her as she tried not to cry. "I went to Luke's house."
Dov looked at Chris and then Nick. "You didn't…"
She shook her head. "I slept on the couch. Look, we need to go and I don't want to talk about this." She walked out of the room, leaving Dov, Chris and Nick standing there, wondering what the hell went on between Luke and Andy last night. Last time Chris and Dov knew, Andy wanted no part to do with Luke Callaghan. Sam and her were happy. Key word there- were.
During parade, Frank stood up. "We've all had a rough couple days. Very rough. But we need to put our best foot forward and do our job. Swarek and McNally. Epstein and Diaz. Collins and Shaw. Rest are on the board. Serve, Protect and do your best," Frank said.
Andy slowly closed her eyes and then looked at Collins. She knew she had Dov and Chris' eyes on her, once Frank told them who their partners were. She slowly stood up and went to Frank. "I'd like to request another permanent partner."
Frank looked confused. "Everything alright, McNally?"
She shrugged. "Not really. But I'd like Collins to be my partner."
He nodded. "That's fine. Go tell Collins," he nodded at her and she walked away. "Oliver!" he yelled across the room and the senior officer turned around.
"Yeah?"
"You're riding with Swarek today," Frank told him.
Oliver looked at Frank and then moved closer. "I thought McNally was."
Frank shrugged. "Until she just came up to me and asked that her permanent partner be Collins. Any idea what's up?"
Oliver sighed. "Nope. But she showed up with Callaghan this morning."
Now that's when Frank was super confused. "Callaghan?"
Oliver started walking away. "Don't ask me, buddy. I'd prefer to stay out of the Callaghan/McNally/Swarek drama."
"Good luck with that!"
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Nick and Andy were walking down a Toronto street. They had just finished getting coffee and were going back to their squad car, when Andy's phone rang. It was Traci's phone number that popped up on the ID. She was a little concerned, although Traci's mom was with her and Leo. Andy had been there for her best friend the first couple nights and she wanted to be there but she couldn't be right now. Traci needed to deal with her own grief, not have to worry about Andy and Sam.
"Hey Traci. What's up?" Andy shot a confused look to Collins.
Traci tried to laugh. "I just got a text message from Dov! You stayed at Callaghan's place last night? Andy, what's going on?"
"I really don't want to talk about it, Trace. You are the one we should be focusing on, not my screwed up love life."
Traci sighed. "Yeah, well. This constitutes as pretty big." The last thing Traci heard on the phone with Andy was gunshots. Multiple gunshots.
I'm sorry about the ending. And I promise the next chapter will be bigger.
