Chapter 2

Andy sighed as she glanced out the window of Luke's apartment holding a fresh steaming mug of coffee. The rain pattered gently against the window pane and the dark clouds showed no sign of going away. Luke had left very early that morning for the office to work on a case. It was funny she thought to herself, that even though they worked together they barely saw each other. She was hoping that would change once they moved into the new place. But what if she was wrong? They'd only been dating for 6 months... Was she rushing into it?

To make matters even more complicated, she had barely slept at all. Of course Luke had fallen asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow, but she had tossed and turn the whole night replaying the night in her mind. Thinking about how close both her and Sam had come to dying still made her feel a bit sick to her stomach. The thing was, as she had walked away from that kid with the gun, she hadn't contemplated losing her life as much as she had thought about Sam losing his. What did that mean?

Even when she did manage to fall asleep, the nightmares came furiously. Except this time she was running and running, calling Sam's name and she always got there too late. Somehow, in her nightmares the man in the body bag had turned into Sam. She'd bolted away drenched in sweat, shaking at the thought. 'It's okay... You saved him. He's fine.' Andy reminded herself. But it was scary realizing what she could lose while being on this job – not just her life but the lives of those she cared about the most.

Andy shook her head and turned away from the window to finish getting ready for work. Pulling a large sweater over her head, she grabbed for her keys on the kitchen table but accidently knocked over a vase in the process.

"Crap" Andy muttered to herself hoping she wouldn't be late.

She headed for a closet that looked like a likely place to store a broom to clean up the mess. She found the broom laying in the corner of the closet where she expected one to be. Now to find the Dustpan, Andy thought as she glanced around. She'd never seen inside this closet before since most of the time she spent at Luke's apartment was in the kitchen or the bedroom and she'd never had any reason to snoop. That didn't mean she wasn't curious though. Understandably, the closet wasn't as tidy and organized as the rest of the apartment with odd ends and random items cluttered around. On the top shelf there was a huge box that read Division 15. 'Must be old case notes' Andy thought to herself.

But then she noticed that the dustpan was laying precariously on top of the box. Andy was pretty tall for a girl but she still had to stand on her tiptoes to reach it. She had just about grabbed it before she accidently pulled the box down with it and she landed in a heap on the floor as the box came tumbling down with the dustpan.

"Man, this is so not my day!" Andy grumbled outloud climbing out of the mess and looking down at it.

"I'm going to be so late..." She added unhappily as she started to pile the files back into the box.

But then she saw a photo that caught her eye. The long flowing white gown, those pretty brown eyes and long flowing dark hair. This was a wedding photo and not just any wedding photo. Andy gasped as she picked the photo up and brought it closer. This was a wedding photo of Luke as the groom. It was a younger version of him with slightly longer hair, but the smile was the same. It matched the bride's glowing grin.

Andy dropped it in surprise, feeling her insides shake. Why had he never told her? She tenderly picked it back up to have a second look, just to be sure she wasn't seeing things. But it was Luke alright standing next to a tall, pretty brunette in white. One that kinda looked familiar. Andy peered closer and felt cold. The girl in this photo looked exactly like her. Other then the girl in the photo's nose was a bit smaller, Andy almost thought she was looking at herself. She turned over the back of the photo and saw a small handwritten inscription: Zoey and Luke Callahan – 2008.

"2 years ago" Andy breathed.

She jumped, as she heard a nearby clock chime 9:00am.

Cursing she gingerly scooped up the rest of the files, folders and photo back into the box and placed it back on the top shelf of the closet. As quick as she could she cleaned up the broken vase and headed out the door running to work, and running away from the mess of her life.

* AUTHORS NOTE: Thanks so much for all the kind reviews and watches. I really, really appreciate and feedback is always much appreciated. Rookie Blue Fans are the best. This is just a quick chapter to set up the rest of the story and next chapter will have much fun Andy/Sam Interaction. I promise. I`m hoping to have it up by the weekend and to my fellow Canadians out there, Happy Thanksgiving!