Sam glanced at his rookie frowning at her. He recognised her right away of course but it didn't look as though she remembered him, it was a few years ago but that night was burned in his memory for ever.

He thought back to yesterday when she first burst through that door holding a gun on him and the 'biggest mouth on the street' he had to suspend his disbelief for a while when he made his desperate bid for freedom pulling 'the mouth' along with him. Again he shook his head in amazement when she tackled him in that alleyway and arrested him. He thought back to their dreadful first meeting and proudly remembered her holding her own against those two thugs and realised that he shouldn't be surprised at all. She was resilient and resourceful with the heart of a lion.

He frowned again as he noticed how silent she was, not saying a word yet taking everything in. So far she had followed his orders to the letter and even managed to break some rules while she did it.

It had been another eventful day for Andy on the job, an informant had almost been killed and Sam went straight to Anton Hill the local gangster looking for her on his own. Once that Andy realised that she had found the files that Anton wanted she saved the day by passing them along to Sam who managed to get Emily back alive. He then found a way to get her out of the city to start a new life.

Andy had risked her life going into that club after Sam and she broke a lot of rules doing it, he couldn't help but wonder if this was her way of repaying blowing his cover yesterday. He smiled at her genuinely for the first time since re-meeting her.

"You acted like a cop, you did a good thing McNally" He reassured her.

They were sitting back at the Penny at the end of the day, Sam with Jerry and Oliver and Andy with Traci watching Dov, Gail and Chris playing darts.

Traci leaned in and whispered in a low voice so that the others wouldn't hear her. "So have you told him yet?"

Andy feigned ignorance and asked "Told who, what?"

"Andy, anyone with eyes in their head is going to notice a striking resemblance between Mr Samuel Swarek and your children. I saw him for the first time yesterday and knew instantly that he was the father, for God's sake right down to the killer dimples."

Andy sighed "Traci, it's complicated, I don't think he even remembers me, it was nearly 4 years ago! I somehow don't think that he is going to appreciate being told, hey after that one night stand 4 yrs ago I gave birth to twins and you are the father.

Traci was sympathetic "Andy, I know what you are saying but secrets always have a way of coming out and not always in a nice tidy package. Find a way to tell him before someone else does."

She noticed Sam getting up to leave the bar. She followed him out to his truck shouting his name after him.

He turned back to acknowledge her and waited. "So" she began. He raised an eyebrow expectantly at her waiting for her to continue.

She took a deep breath, gulped and then began. "Sam how do you know that Emily is safe and that Anton won't have her followed and killed?"

He rubbed his hand along the back of his neck and answered "Because I am the only one who knows where she went, it's not that I don't trust you to keep your mouth shut it's….." He trailed off.

Andy nodded to show she understood, "That's okay, her safety is more important than me knowing any more than I do."

Sam slowly nodded his head and Andy searched for a way to tell him what she needed to tell him.

He surprised her by saying "I remember you, you know, that night."

"Oh, God, you do, I was struggling for a way to bring it up" she started to explain.

"It's okay, Andy, no one else needs to know, I wont tell if you wont." He winked at her.

"What do you mean?" Andy was confused.

"Well, it was what it was, doesn't have to be complicated." He looked solemnly at her as though he was trying to see into her soul.

"Oh no!" Andy could feel the bile rising in her stomach

"What do you mean it was what it was?"

He took her hand and pulled her towards him and she numbly allowed him to.

"Sometimes, McNally these things happen, we don't have to make it a big deal" The way he whispered her name made all of her nerve endings stand on end and he slowly lowered his head towards her.

"He is going to kiss me!" She thought in a panic. She remembered the effect his kisses had on her last time and that was enough to pull her out of her nostalgia induced fog. She pulled back and said "I don't think that this is a good idea, it's my first week on the job and this is frowned upon."

He looked a little surprised at her response but shrugged one shoulder and said "Sure, you're not really my type anyway."

She smiled mockingly at him seeing it for the lie it was but let it go for now. She backed out of the car park realising that now was not a good time to tell him anything.

She made her way home and Oliver and Kate were waiting on her and as soon as she came through the door they were upon her. They tackled her to the ground only letting her up when she tickled them both until they were squealing. She looked them over with an attempt at an impartial eye. She noticed the dark hair, beautiful dark eyes and the cutest dimples in the world. "No wonder, Traci knew." She realised anyone would. They were both like clones of Sam and if they were seen together the whole station would know.

After she had played with them, bathed them and told them countless stories, she put them to bed for the evening and went to sit at the kitchen table. She groaned to herself and put her head in her hands "What am I going to do?" she thought in despair.

She slept fitfully that night and attempted to cover the signs by applying her make up a little heavier than usual. She made the twins their breakfast and sang their favourite songs with them while waiting on her father to come so that she could go to work.

She was paired with Swarek again and again she cursed the Gods for putting her through this.

She concentrated on everything he was telling her because she wanted to be a good cop. From time to time she would zone out and go back to their first meeting.

Flashback:

Once he had assured himself that she was okay, he asked her if she would like a ride home. She looked up at him with total trust in her eyes and accepted. He took her by the hand and led her to his truck. He opened the door for her and on impulse she leaned up to kiss him on the cheek just as he turned to say something to her and her kiss landed softly on his lips. They both pulled back in shock and then he leaned in almost against his will and she closed her eyes and waited for his lips to descend.

His kiss was gentle and it soothed her just the way she needed it to. She kissed him back and he responded, he guided her into his truck and they kissed some more. Things got a little heated right away, the seat was reclined and he was lying across her. Andy was feeling so many new emotions at once and her system was overloaded, she did not remember losing her top or her jeans being unbuttoned and lowered. He seemed to be in the same state she was. His hands were everywhere and hers were doing the same to him, they were both on a rollercoaster with no way of stopping. When they finally pulled apart and started to pull their clothes back on they were surprised at how awkward things were.

He drove her back to her Dad's house in silence not quite knowing what to say and she was so embarrassed and shocked by her own behaviour that she couldn't speak even if she wanted to. Eventually she got him to stop a couple of blocks from where she lived as she didn't want him knowing too much about her.

He pulled in and ran his hands over his face as he attempted to initiate a conversation.

Andy stopped him in his tracks, "Well, thanks very much for the ride and thanks for helping me." She stuttered awkwardly as she jumped out of his truck. She could hear him shouting at her to wait but she ran on the tears blinding her as she hurried down a street where he couldn't follow.

She crumpled onto the sidewalk as she realised she had just lost her innocence in a truck to someone whose name she did not know. "Stupid, stupid, stupid" she muttered to herself over and over. Eventually she got herself together and walked slowly up to see what kind of state her father was in, dread pooling at the pit of her stomach.

End Flashback

"McNally, you could at least pretend to be listening to me." Sam groaned "That's the third time I've asked you where you want to eat."

"Here is fine," she said as he pulled into a well known burger joint.

They were eating in silence when she suddenly blurted out to Sam that she had something to tell him and could they meet later on to talk about it.

"Sure, Sure" he agreed before a call came through on their radio and they had to respond to a B&E that was currently underway.