So a reminder for this story, it goes along with each episode. The first one started with the end of 4x01 and this one carries on with the end of the last chapter which was for episode 4x02 mainly. This is a different take on 4x03, I didn't write out all the details and such about the case they were working but it just about follows how it played out in the episode.

I don't own Rookie Blue.

Andy's sitting in the D's office. In Sam's desk to be exact, she knows it's his desk and doesn't think much of the gesture until Tracie laughs at her. Traci is sitting across from Andy at her own desk reading and writing over papers.

Andy decided over the weekend that she actually doesn't want to be moved on from Sam. From the moment she saw Sam and Marlo share a kiss in the break room, she's been itching with something; the fact that she's been lying to herself for the past six months about being over Sam. She can't help but not liking him with her. She doesn't understand it and well she isn't happy about it either.

She can win at paintball. She can fight to the death and always come out on top. So why can't she win at getting Sam back? She's definitely confident in the winning him back.

Andy's leaning back in his chair, in uniform ready for shift, confidence radiating from her everything, getting the details about Marlo from Tracie. Getting little information on how serious they are and what type of situation she's dealing with.

Tracie's looking down at her papers. "She's different." She looked up to see Andy, fiddling with a pen in her hands and huffed out a laugh. "Not better."

Andy eyed her.

"Obviously." Tracie laughed.

Sam walked in behind Andy, startling her. "What's obvious?" Setting a folder on his desk, and taking in the fact that Andy's chilling in it. He takes in that she's not planning on getting up as he walks behind her to the other side of his desk to write something down.

Tracie looked to Andy as she got up, picking up pictures to hang on the board. "It's obvious Andy keeps rubbing her win in." Tracie mutters as she walks out, "I'm gonna go set up that video before parade."

"Alright." Andy said sitting up a little to reach over to Tracie's desk and get the folder for the debrief she and Sam are going to give them during parade this morning.

Getting a head start at it, of course.

"Uh McNally?" Sam said as he finished writing his note down and looked down at Andy who's reading over Tracie's debrief notes, sort of wanting to sit at his desk.

"Yup." Andy said not paying attention.

Sam rubbed his forehead as he grabs his own folder for the debrief and walked over to sit across from Andy at Tracie's desk. He guesses she hasn't change that much; she's still a hard ass and when she's focused on work, she is focused on work.

Andy turned the page, concentrating on the list of suspects for the armed robbery. It's been about a week since they had that conversation about Andy leaving and being wrong for it and Sam discovering that he was in the wrong for leaving as well. But that next night Sam offered to drive her to the Penny and after an easy flow of conversation about the case they worked, Sam made fun of her for having to visit the range. Andy then broke the laughter by asking the straight up question, opening flood gates she knows Sam would never dare touch.

"What happened with us?" Andy said staring down at her hands.

Sam's watching her as he tells her. "What happened with us? You walked away from us… again. That's what happened."

"No. That's not."

"Yeah that's what happened."

"No you broke up with me."

"And I told you I was sorry. That I made a mistake. That I would do anything to make it up to you, to make us work. You didn't feel the same."

"I did feel the same way." Andy said looking at him straight on.

She watched Sam searching for something to say.

She took a breath before saying her next words. "Sam… you broke my heart."

Sam shuttered to say his next words, but he did it. "Well, you got me back." He said looking into her eyes.

And after that when Sam answered Andy's 'why her' question with his 'she's not you' Andy knew that Sam told her that meaning more than it sounded. Marlo is Sam's safe, uncomplicated choice. She smiled as she got out of his truck, knowing that it's a good thing Marlo isn't like her. Nobody is, and from that point she knew Sam couldn't possibly keep himself from her, especially with her being back from UC.

Sam doesn't know Andy's on her 'win back Sam operation.' But Andy's working to it; she's easing into it slowly. She's helped Nick on his operation to get Gail back. It's worked for the most part because Nick hasn't been over to Andy's all week; they had their movie night cool downs like they did UC. They haven't since Nick's in the good with Gail.

Seeing him happy boosts her confidence. It shows her that someone can come back from a task force, for six months, and be happy with the person they were before they left. Sam's just going to be harder to crack because he's Sam Swarek. Oh and the fact he has girlfriend is another factor, but she's not too worried about that. Sam just has to realize he misses her.

"So what win are you bragging to Nash?" Sam asked leaning back in Tracie's chair just like Andy was leaning back in his.

Both looking and feeling too comfortable, they're not supposed to be. They should feel awkward and uncomfortable sitting alone together sharing a friendly conversation. But they don't, they forgot about their mistakes for the moment and are just living, chilling, in this small office. Just the two of them, and they seem pretty content with it as well.

"Hm?" Andy looked up and realized she was alone with Sam. "Oh." She picked up her head in confidence. "Paintball."

Sam laughed looking up at her from the folder in his lap. "So you won?" He saw Andy smile in her winning way and added, "of course you would McNally."

How could McNally lose, Sam thought.

"Should've known it was paintball."

"Why?"

"Well," Sam said motioning to his neck that Andy has a little something on her neck. "You have some…"

Andy sat up, dropping the folder on the desk and rubbing her neck. "I thought I got it all out-"

She saw Sam laughing and leaned back in her chair again, playing off her freak out and his joke.

"Nice." Andy said.

Sam laughed some more.

"Uh you have a little something there too." Andy said scratching her cheeks, referring to his scruff.

"Hey I worked a long weekend." Sam stated. "While you were off playing paintball."

Andy laughed, nodded her head as she examined the notes in front of her. "You narrowed it down to ten guys huh?" Andy said flipping Tracie's notes asking about the case now.

Sam stared her down. "McNally." He stated trying to slow her down and wait for parade. "It's not a competition like paintball." He said in a sarcastic way.

She knows what he means by waiting to hear it with the rest of the class. "It's obvious." Andy said finished with the folder as she dramatically lifted the folder in her hand above the desk and dropped it.

"What's obvious McNally?" Sam said in the same tone he did earlier, flipping through his papers in his lap.

"It's Nicky Radar." Andy said crossing her arms, telling Sam that she's right and she's going to bring him in.

"Nothing you love more than a little competition right?" Sam said dropping his folder on the desk like she did.

"Right."

Sam made a look crossing his arms.

"Cause I have a special talent." Andy said crossing her arms too.

"Oh which is?"

Marlo walked in with two coffees in her hands. She came in behind Andy, expecting Sam to be in his chair. Marlo took in the scene of them in identical positions for three seconds before Sam raised his eyebrows at Andy, saying that she should probably leave before coffee explodes everywhere.

Sam sat up proper in the chair as Andy turned and stood up to see Marlo. "Hey…" Andy said, totally not awkwardly as she walked out.

"Hey McNally." Marlo said.

After the debriefing on the unknown armed robber, most of their coworkers left the room. Sam and Tracie are still up front meeting Chloe, over hearing the conversation going on in the room.

Gail stands up and makes her fingers into a gun shape. "Hey Collins." She points her hands at him playfully. "Pew." She pretends to fire. "You're down." She said bobbing her head to the side before pretending to blow out her gun.

Clearly they're reliving their paintball game from the weekend.

"That's too bad. But I'm sure Andy's the one who shot me down."

He looks to Andy who nodded to herself, proud of her success in taking down Nick.

"Yeah put she got the camel." Andy said as Gail cracked her knuckles.

"Giraffe." Gail argued as she turned to walk away.

Nick's standing in front of the assignment board as Andy, laughing, walks up behind him.

Sam puts it together that they're closer than he thought. But for sure proud she took Collins down in paintball.

"Here," Nick says holding up a tooth pick.

"What's that for?" Andy asked looking down putting her notebook in her pants pocket.

As she looked up Nick continued. "Oh I know you." He said motioning to the board as she noticed what he means. She glared at it as Nick looked over to her. "You're going to need something to chew on."

She gritted her teeth as Nick stood there laughing to himself.

"Hey McNally," Marlo said interrupting her again, showing up in the doorway by the board. "Let's get out there." She said tapping their folder with their designated towns and kept walking out with the intention of Andy following her.

Andy turned and glared at Nick who's still laughing at her as he tucks the tooth pick in her front pocket. She turned her head more and noticed Sam watching a bit as he grabbed his papers. She crossed her arms as Nick walked out still laughing.

The light mood shifted between Sam and Andy to a heated disagreement just like they were a week ago. During parade they realized they forgot they were in one, and went back to being angry with each other. They don't know what made them put themselves in that office, pretending it was just the two of them and no cases, no problems, and no girlfriends or boyfriends. As soon as Marlo walked in with a coffee for her boyfriend they snapped got back into the reality of their situation.

Andy's caught in Sam's intensive look. He's caught in hers.

Oliver walked in through the door through the other side. "Hey brother…" He said but stopped when he noticed Andy there.

They look intense, Oliver thought. He tried to walk back out as if he wasn't there at all so they could actually talk. Hoping he didn't ruin the moment where they would make up. He put his hands up, "Never min-" He stopped when Andy abruptly turned and walked out.

She didn't say anything. She didn't even say anything to Oliver like 'it's okay Oliver, I'll leave' or something she just walked out the door and didn't look back.

"What'd you need?" Sam asked, playing off what just happened, as he grabbed the papers to put them in his folder.

"Sammy." Oliver said trying to start his 'this isn't a game to her' speech.

"Yup?" Sam said finishing and walking out with the folder, knowing he didn't need anything about the case so he could talk to him later.

"Sammy." Oliver said as Sam walked out of the room through the same way Andy did.

Andy walked out of the garage with Marlo behind her.

"You have your notes?" Marlo asked.

"I read them earlier. Queen East right?"

Marlo puts together that that is why she had her self comfortably seated in Sam's desk, she already read over the notes. With him, she thinks. But doesn't let that bug her.

Andy went to open the trunk to put her bag in as Marlo put hers in then Andy shut it, holding the keys.

They're standing across from each other, on either side of the cop car.

Andy doesn't have an issue with Marlo. She couldn't possibly because she doesn't even know her. And even though Marlo has learned a little about Andy here and there from Sam and coworkers about her previous cases, and how great a cop she is. Marlo doesn't have an issue with Andy either.

Well one issue. The one unsaid, not acknowledged issue. Marlo is dating Sam.

The person Andy thought she would come back to after taking time for herself.

They don't acknowledge this, but they know it's there. Why wouldn't it be? You want to be with a guy, but he's with someone else and her dating him is in the way. And your boyfriend's ex comes back, where you know they has some type of past he doesn't talk about with you.

Yeah those are issues. But they're on shift right now and are focusing on trying to not chew each other's head off and work together on the case Sam, of all people, gave them.

"I was going to drive, unless y'know, you want too." Andy stated.

"You can drive; you seem to like it better than me." Marlo said with a small smile and went to get in.

Once they both sat down in the cruiser Marlo asked after looking over Andy for a few seconds, "So uh got any ideas?"

"Yeah, Nicky Radar." Andy said, adjusting her seatbelt.

Marlo looked down at their assigned neighborhood, "He's not in our designated neighborhood."

"That wouldn't stop you would it?" Andy asked not knowing if Marlo is the rule follower type or if she's the Swarek type.

"Got no problem." Marlo said raising her hand up in defense. "As long as he's the one, like you guessed."

Andy started to back the cruiser out.

"My bet's on Felix Widel."

Andy stated looking to her. "Hm."

"What?"

"He's not in our designated neighborhood either."

"That wouldn't stop you, right?" Marlo asked with a slight laugh.

"Like you said, it doesn't matter as long as he's the guy right?"

"Of course, McNally." Marlo said sarcastically.

As Andy turned onto the street she pulled out the tooth pick Nick gave her.

Happy he did, because if he didn't only one of them would be coming back to the station later.

And Andy fights to the death and wins.

When they pulled up to Felix Widel's apartment complex Andy got out and asked the kids playing basketball if they have seen Felix today. They told her he just walked into the drug store on the corner for his shift there.

"He's over there." Andy said walking towards the drug store, pointing to it.

When they got to the entrance Marlo spoke up. "Alright, I'll approach him upfront, you walk behind."

"Felix Widel." Andy said crossing her arms nodding towards Marlo.

"Where were you last night at eleven pm?" Marlo said with her arms crossed too.

He stuttered on his words, "Here. Working."

"Can your manager verify that?" Marlo said as she saw Andy take a step closer, watching him hesitate. She looked up to Andy in question.

"Uh." Felix started then stood up as he pushed the boxes off the counter he was working under and jumped over it to escape.

Andy jumped over the counter to get him faster. Just like Sam did that one time. And it worked she made it out of the store before Marlo. Andy caught him when he hit the park and got him down and into cuffs. Marlo ran up to meet them.

When they got him to the cop car Marlo held him down and Andy patted him down.

"I love it when I'm right. A runner is always guilty." Marlo said.

"I'm not the guy you're looking for." Felix whimpered.

"Then why did you run?" Marlo demanded, not believing him.

"Because of this." Andy stood up holding a bag of drugs in her hand. "You're parole officer is gonna love me for this." She said waving the bag in front of Felix's face.

Marlo stuffed him in the back seat before their radio called them.

"All units. We got an armed robbery. Eighteenth Street and Sherbrook. Seems to be the same guy as last night's hold up." The radio called.

When Andy pulled up to the scene she and Marlo walked up at the same time. Sam saw them and thought that it's good they haven't shot each other yet as he started to give them the details on the robbery.

After he did Marlo spoke in a calm tone. "You can rule out Felix Widel, we were with him when the call came in."

"What? You went after Widel?" Sam said confused to Marlo. "He was on the Jamestown list."

Marlo started to speak but Andy beat her to it. "I know."

"That's not part of your town." Sam said looking to Andy. He should've known she wouldn't follow the list he gave her.

"He was on the list. You said to rule him out and we did." Andy said with crossed arms and in a calm tone as well, laughing inside that this little detail is annoying Sam.

"I should've known you had that up your sleeve." Sam said remembering there conversation this morning. Andy loves a competition; she never said she played fairly. He crossed his arms. "Clearly your talent is not following orders."

Marlo shot her head down and turned the other way to walk to the cruiser, not wanting to know what that talk about Andy's talent was.

"He was more likely to do it than anyone on our list so."

"McNally."

"You wanted us to rule him out and my partner… and I did that for you." Andy said taking a step closer getting serious. "You're welcome." Andy walked with a small smile.

When Andy walked over to the cruiser and got in Marlo looked over to her as her as she started the car.

"Hey, you didn't need to do that."

"What? Get him annoyed at me for less than five seconds? That was nothing." Andy shook her head. "I don't mind."

"McNally. I'll tell him it was my call."

"It's fine. Better I take the heat then you." Andy said.

Marlo glanced out the window. "I know you're not used to riding with me, but I can handle taking the fall."

"Sure."

"Alright. I know this isn't a comfortable situation for us so let's just move on."

Andy spoke out in attitude. "I have moved on-"

"I mean to your guy. Let's check him out. What's his name? Nicky?"

"Nicky Radar." Andy said softer.

"We'll try his gallery first; he's probably there during the day."

When they pulled up to Nicky Radar's gallery Andy and Marlo agreed to go through separate entrances. Marlo walked through the front asking him where he was last night and earlier today. He fed her some lame excuse, she could tell were fake, and when he started to run Andy was waiting in the back ally for him. He was polite enough to answer Andy's question honestly when she asked him to be honest about where he was. He admitted to the armed robbery right there, just for Andy.

After Andy and Marlo shoved him into the back of the cop car they shared a high five.

"Not following Sam's rules were totally worth it." Marlo sang as she walked around the cruiser to get into her seat.

They pulled up to the station's garage with Sam and Tracie waiting there.

"See you still didn't keep to your town." Sam said to Andy as he dragged out Radar.

"You wanted us to find him." Andy said playfully standing next to Marlo fist bumping her knuckles. "And we did."

Sam looked at them weirdly. Tracie just walked back inside.

They have him in the interrogation room before Marlo and Andy could meet up in it.

"Hey Andy." Nick called jogging up from his station at the front desk to meet them right before Marlo opened the door to the room. "911. You're old buddy Wanda Starks got called for it."

"Crap." Andy said, remembering her.

"I can come with you." Nick offered.

"All good Collins. I'm her partner." Marlo cut in, letting go of the door knob and walking off. "C'mon McNally."

Andy looked to Nick as she backed away, "you're buying tonight." She whispered and turned around to meet Marlo.

To be continued...

This is only part one of this episode. I'll post the second half tomorrow. I just didn't want to post a huge, long, thing for you guys to read… plus I like the tiny cliffhangers. Please review! Part 2 will be posted tomorrow!