Disorderly Conduct

A/N: I am so sorry! For me, life has been terrible. I forgot about this story until the new season came back on, and then it hit me. So again, so sorry. Please enjoy and review… Although I don't deserve it.

Disclaimer: First chapter. Except now I have DVDs 1-3, and have the first episode of season 4 dvr-ed.

Chapter 2: Waiting

As soon as Andy and Sam reached the emergency exit via ambulance, the paramedics shoved him out of the way as they shipped her off into surgery. For one tiny millisecond, he swore that during the ride over to the ER, Andy had opened her eyes and smiled at him. Now that he was looking at her as they ran her into the surgery room, he wasn't so sure. She looked so small just lying there on the yellow gurney, unable even to breath on her own without a respirator. As the double doors closed behind them, fear jumped down Sam's throat. What if this was the last time he would ever see her?

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Indistinct chatter came from the police officers as they gathered in the ER waiting are. The only one not joining in any conversations was a certain black-haired man, who seemed to be pacing a hole in the floor. As soon as the doors to surgery opened, Sam Swarek gave all of his attention to the petite woman that came walking straight towards their group. Just then, he heard a voice he hadn't anticipated. "How is she?" asked a worried Callaghan.

"Good of you to join us, Detective." Sam turned to look at Luke Callaghan, who had arrived in the room just as the doctor came out. He smirked at Luke, who in turn gave him a little smirk back.

It wasn't Luke's fault that he couldn't be there for his fiancée earlier. He had been in meetings the rest of the afternoon and no one was able to get a hold of him to tell him the news until he was finished with his work. Luke always turned his phone off during meetings as not to be disturbed, and today was no different. Either way, the female doctor got a little impatient with the two's childish behavior, so she cleared her throat to get their attention. They both swiveled back around to face her as she explained what had transpired behind closed doors.

"We got the bullets out, but she lost a lot of blood in the process. The next forty-eight hours will be critical." The blond doctor put her hands on her hips and answered questions as some of Andy's friends from the division asked about her condition.

"Can I see her?" Sam looked around to see who had asked that, but everyone was staring at him. Had he said it? He shook his head and waited for an answer from the surgeon.

The doctor shook her head no. "Only family can visit patients in the ER."

In desperation, Sam looked at his coworkers and then back to the woman. "I found her, and they let me ride the ambulance here with her. Please." Sam, although he had never stooped so low, gave her his puppy-dog eyes. She struggled for a minute, took a look over all the police officers, who were almost all bobbing their heads yes, finally relented and said okay.

"Whoa, wait." Callaghan walked up to the front of the group, challenging Sam and the doctor. "I'm her fiancée. Shouldn't I get to see her first?' He waved his hand around, emphasizing his point.

"Well, yes, but this man asked first. Plus he found her. I'm sorry. You'll be the next person in, I promise." Luke threw his hands up in surrender and frustration. The doctor looked truly sorry, and then motioned Sam to follow her. Sam quickly thanked her as she led him to the door that would take him to his Andy. "She's in there." Sam thanked her yet again, and then stood in front of the only bed occupying the room.

Andy looked much better than when he had found her yesterday, but she was still very pale. He pulled a chair up from the corner of the room, and put it right next to her hospital bed. He slowly sat down and then just sat there for a few minutes, staring at her. Terrible thoughts raced through his mind, thoughts he hoped would never happen. He eventually scooted his chair up even closer to the bed, and held Andy's hand in his own.

"I don't know if you can hear me, Andy, but I shouldn't have let you leave work so early. I guess once Tanya told us that Daniel Baird was talking about putting a stop to your lies… I don't know. I kinda freaked out and I just sent you home so you could be safe. I had no clue he would actually look up your address. Or even go to your house." He gave a mirthless laugh. Oh, the irony. I send her home to keep her safe, and yet she still gets hurt. He bent his head in sorrow, rubbing Andy's hand slowly and softly against his cheek. "I'm so sorry…" One big, fat, crocodile tear rolled down his right cheek and onto Andy's hand as he looked at her pallid face. "I'm sorry."

Suddenly, he felt her hand move just a tiny fraction. She made eye contact with him for about five seconds, before closing her brown, doe-like eyes once again. "It wasn't your fault." And then she was out cold. Doctors and nurses then came in and ushered Sam out, as they again checked on Andy's condition. Sam was shaken for a few minutes as he walked out of the double doors, and stood dazed until he felt a hand on his shoulder.

"Won't you gone on home, Sammy?" You've been through enough today." Jerry gave him a melancholy smile. Sam shook his head and sat down next to him and Traci. After a few minutes, Sam's thinking became clear again. Jerry noticed this and asked, "how is she?'

"Okay, I guess. While I was in there I noticed she was very pale. They've got those monitors all over her, and they're giving her oxygen." Sam shook his head, and suddenly exhaustion overtook him. It was now two o'clock in the morning, just a few hours before he was supposed to be at work. A lot of police officers who were there earlier had now left to get some rest for their early morning shift tomorrow. The only one's remaining were Andy's closest friends, including all of the rookies and their training officers. Oh, and two detectives.

Callaghan overheard about Andy's condition, and asked Sam a few more questions. Okay, more than a few. By the time he was through with his little interrogation session, it was well on its way to three o'clock in the morning. Sam yawned, but still refused to go home. Finally, he acquiesced after Jerry promised that he would stay there all night and wait for news. He also had to promise to call him if anything did happen to her.

Noelle was going to drop Sam off on the way to her own house, since he hadn't driven to the hospital himself and Dov had already driven his squad car back to the barn. They sat in a comfortable silence, each one thinking of the brunette who had almost had her life taken away from her so early. Noelle had to drop him off at the station real quick so he could change into his regular clothes before they proceeded on to his house. As she let him out at his house, she whispered quietly, "sleep well."

"I'll try my best." Sam said this in return, but Noelle had already put her car into gear and drove off. He fell asleep as soon as he sat down on his couch. His dreams were filled with Andy. Her brunette hair, her gorgeous ace, her ring finger, that now in fact had a ring on it. In his dream, the ring wasn't from Luke, though… It was from him. That was the good part of the dream. The rest of it became nightmares. Although he wasn't there when it happened, pictures of Andy getting shot played in his mind over and over. Especially that one time at the Supernova concert, where the bullet had gotten stuck in her vest. Instead of the girl getting killed, he kept on imagining it was Andy. Just six inches above the vest…

He woke up from this good and terrible dream at about eight o'clock. He shook his head and decided to get something to eat before heading back to the hospital in his truck. He was going to take today off from work.

A/N: I don't like Marlo already. Ugh… Why can't Sam and Andy just be together? Although I like this new friendship aspect with Nick, it makes me kinda sad that Gail will probably get jealous. And Chris leaving? It can't happen. I'm so torn right now… Did you guys see the GMA interview with Missy Peregrym? I loved the little insight, but the interview was soooo short! It didn't last longer than two minutes! I'm ranting aren't I? Sorry, please review!