Andy shuffled through the filing cabinet trying to find the form she needed when Gail came up behind her.

"Hey Andy can you ride with Nick today? I need to get out of here early for the dentist."

Andy sighed. "Of course Gail. It's not like I have a ton of paperwork to finish, a dozen follow-up calls, cases to review, or a husband that I need to make dinner for."

Gail raised her eyebrows. "Well aren't we in a mood."

She walked away and Andy slammed the filing cabinet shut. She found Nick standing with Traci, Sam, Marlo, Chris, and Oliver. She threw the keys at him as she walked past.

"Hurry up Collins. Faster we get out there, the faster we're done."

Nick looked confused. "I thought I was riding with Gail today?"

Andy stopped walking and looked at him. "Yeah well princess Gail has a dentist appointment. Are you coming?"

Nick whistled under his breath and muttered to the others. "Who pulled the pin on her grenade?" He started walking and spoke in his normal voice. "Lets go partner."

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Later that day Andy was finishing up some paperwork when Traci came over to her.

"Hey Andy. Are you feeling alright?"

Andy closed her file and grabbed another as she spoke. "I'm fine. Why?"

"Well you've been a little short with people today."

She looked up at Traci annoyed. "Traci I have work to finish. So if you are done wasting my time."

Traci looked shocked but walked away. Later that night Andy was working on her laptop when Sam came home. She glanced up.

"You're late."

He took off his jacket and grabbed a beer from the fridge. "Marlo wanted to go over a case. I guess time got away from us."

Andy huffed and Sam cocked and eyebrow. "Andy i'm half an hour late. It's not like I stayed out all night."

"Whatever."

He sighed and sat down on the couch. After a while she shut her laptop and grabbed a beer. She sat down next to him and was flipping through a magazine when Sam glanced at her.

"Are you ok?"

"Why is everyone asking me that?"

"Because you've been in a bad mood all day."

She looked up at him. "Says who?"

"Says everyone. You snapped at Gail and Nick and practically bit Traci's head off."

"Well it seems like everyone needs my help when I have tons of work to do."

He set his beer down and looked at her. "Why don't you get one of the rookies to do your paperwork? Just to take some weight off your shoulders."

She sighed. "Fine." She picked back up her magazine and flipped the page. "I still don't think i'm moody."

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Andy stayed in a mood for the next few days. It was at the point where everyone noticed. By Friday night most people were getting a little irritated. Andy sat next to Dov and Chris at the penny when Traci walked over.

"Hey guys."

Dov and Chris nodded but Andy said nothing as Traci sat down. Andy took another sip of her drink. Traci looked at her and the passed her something. She looked down and saw a paper bag.

"What's this?"

Traci set her beer down. "Open it."

She opened it and pulled out a pregnancy test. "Traci are you serious?"

"Just humor all of us and take it."

Andy looked at the test and then looked up at all of them. "If I take this you'll all get off my back?"

Chris raised his right hand. "Scout's honor."

She rolled her eyes but went into the bathroom and took the test. She was shocked when it came back positive. She walked back out to her friends and sat down. Traci looked at her.

"Well?"

Andy pushed her drink towards her. "I think you should finish that."

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Andy decided that she didn't want to tell Sam until she knew for sure. So the next day she went to a women's clinic and took a blood test. When it came back positive Andy couldn't help but feel happy. She and Sam wanted kids and had been talking about maybe trying. When Andy made it to work she got dressed and hummed as she took her rings and necklace off. Chloe walked over smiling.

"Now there is the Andy McNally I love."

Andy smiled at her. "Yeah sorry for being bitchy lately."

"No worries. Everyone has an off period."

She and Andy walked to parade together. Andy sat down next to Chris who smiled and whispered to her.

"So have you told Sam?"

"Not yet. I went to the doctor this morning. I just wanted to be sure."

"And?"

She smiled widely. "Well Uncle Chris, i'll tell him later today."

Chris nodded. Oliver walked to the front and had his clipboard in hand.

"Ok so today is a switch up day. You will be partnered with someone new just to keep things fresh. Now today will also be challenging. For those of you who actually watch the news you'll already know that we are suppose to get slapped with a big snow storm today. Which means?"

Gail raised her hand. "The world is coming to an end?"

Everyone laughed and Oliver pointed at her. "Good one Peck, but no. It means schools will be let out early, people will be sliding on the ice, risk of frost bite, and people will be rushing to get home. So we need to be hyper vigilant out there and get everyone home safe. Ok so bundle up and get out there."

Andy checked the board and she was riding with Chris. He looked too and then waved Oliver over.

"Umm Oliver? Andy and I ride together all the time."

Oliver patted his shoulder. "Well how well do you two know each other?"

Andy smiled. "He has a point. I'll meet you at the car Diaz."

She walked over and poured herself a cup of coffee. Sam walked over and fixed himself one.

"So who are you riding with?"

"Chris."

He nodded. "You seem to be in a good mood."

She smiled and kissed his cheek. "You'll find out just how good tonight." She grabbed her coffee and glanced at him. "I think you'll like what I bought this morning."

With that she walked away. Chris was waiting in the car for her and was fiddling with the thermostat when she got in. She buckled her seatbelt and he took off. He smiled at her.

"So did you tell him?"

"No. I was thinking tonight I could make him his favorite dinner, put on some skimpy lingerie and then tell him before we..."

Chris interrupted her and pulled a face. "Whoa, too much information. I get the point."

She laughed. They drove around for a while before a message came over the radio.

"Attention. All schools will be closing today at 1pm. Any available units are to head to the nearest school and help evacuate students."

Andy grabbed the radio. "This is 1505 we copy."

Chris drove to a nearby Elementary school. They had just stepped out of the car when it started to snow. Chris stuck his tongue out like a little kid which made Andy laugh. They stepped inside the warm school office. Andy smiled at the little old secretary.

"Hello i'm Officer McNally. This is Officer Diaz we're hear to help evacuate the students."

The lady looked at her and nodded. "Well the janitors are salting the walkways, teachers will be escorting the children out to buses or parents. We've put the students that usually walk home into groups and we assigned 2 teachers per group."

Chris nodded. "Good. Can you make an announcement and have any student who doesn't have someone at home to look after them to call home and have someone meet them?"

She nodded and pressed a button on the phone. Her voice rang out of the loud speaker.

"Attention teachers. Please send any students who do not have anyone to watch them after school today to the office to call parents. Thank you."

Soon several students walked in and called parents. When the bell rand Andy and Chris helped direct students to buses and made sure kids were signed out. After all the kids went home Andy noticed a little girl standing on the sidewalk alone. She was wearing a pretty thin jacket for this weather. Andy walked over to her.

"Hi my name is Officer McNally. Can you tell me your name?"

The little girl shook when a cold breeze hit. "I'm Kendall."

"Hi Kendall. Did you miss your bus?"

"No I usually walk home."

"Well if you tell me your mom or dad's number I can call them."

Kendall looked around and shook her head. "They don't answer when they're at work."

Chris walked over and knelt down. "Who takes care of you after school?"

"My sister Jessica."

"Where is Jessica?"

"She's in High School."

Andy walked over to where the principal was standing. "Excuse me Mrs. Sayers?"

"Officer McNally."

"Do you know that little girl? She says her name is Kendall?"

Mrs. Sayers looked and nodded. "That is Kendall Dawson. She's in the 2nd grade. Her mother died last year."

"Do you know where she lives?"

"I'll have my secretary pull her file."

She walked away and Andy walked over to Chris and Kendall. "Kendall why don't you come inside and Officer Diaz and I will drive you home."

Kendall nodded and followed them inside the school. The secretary handed Andy the address and then they took Kendall out to there car. Chris smiled at her.

"Have you ever been in a police car Kendall?"

She shook her head as she buckled her seatbelt.

"It is the coolest car ever."

The whole way to the house Chris explained all the equipment in the squad car which seemed to fascinate her. When they pulled up to the house it appeared to be a little run down. Andy and Chris walked with Kendall up to the front door. Chris knocked but no one answered. Chloe bent over and moved a loose brick on the side of the house. She pulled out a key and used it to unlock the door. She stepped inside and Andy looked at her.

"Kendall we can't leave you here by yourself. Do you mind if we come in?"

She shook her head and they stepped inside. There was a thin layer of dust over almost every surface of the house. It was also freezing. Chris looked around.

"Is it always this cold?"

Kendall nodded and led them into the living room. No one was in there but there were empty bottles of scotch everywhere. Kendall grabbed the ones that were on the coffee table and threw them away in the kitchen. Andy sighed.

"Kendall, are these all your dad's?"

She nodded and Chris glanced at Andy then back to Kendall.

"Do you know where your dad might be?"

She shook her head and started walking upstairs. They followed her. She went into a bedroom at the top of the stairs. It appeared to be the dad's room. It was filthy and had a horrible smell. They could see more alcohol bottles. Kendall didn't stay in there long. She went into a room down the hall. It was small but much cleaner. It looked like a grown woman lived in it. Chris looked around.

"Is this Jessica's room?"

"Yeah. She should be home right?"

Andy looked at her phone. "The high school let out early too."

Kendall then led them into her room. It was clean and it was cheerful compared to the rest of the house. What struck Andy's attention was the huge pile of blankets, small space heater, closet full of thin tatty clothes, and the broken window covered with plastic wrap. Andy left Chris upstairs with Kendall while she examined the rest of the house. The kitchen was pretty dirty. Andy opened the fridge and found a half dozen bottles of alcohol, half a carton of sour milk, a few tv dinners, and some moldy fruit. Andy was disgusted. She called Traci.

"Hey Andy."

"Trace can you look up and Kendall Dawson? She's 7 years old."

"Sure hang on." Andy heard her typing and then she spoke. "Umm there are several complaints that have been filed with children services but they haven't followed up."

"Ok thanks."

She hung up and went back upstairs.

"Kendall you're gonna come to our station ok?"

She nodded and followed them back downstairs. When they made it back to the station they led her into the lounge and she sat on the couch. Chris looked at Andy and whispered.

"She's pretty thin. Should we order her some food?"

Andy nodded and walked to Oliver's office. She found him talking with Sam, Traci and Dov. Andy knocked and they all looked up.

"Oliver I got a kid that people have filed complaints about to children's services and haven't followed up on."

"And?"

"And she's freezing and starving."

Oliver nodded and walked with her to the lounge with Sam and Traci behind her. Chris was sitting next to her. Traci knelt down in front of her.

"Hi Sweetie. I'm Detective Nash." Kendall kept looking at her legs. "Officer McNally tells me that your name is Kendall?"

She nodded.

"Well Kendall we're gonna try and get ahold of your family. Until then you're gonna stay here."

Oliver nodded and spoke to Andy. "Go get her a blanket and something hot to eat. Peck has some connections with CPS i'll have her call."

Andy nodded and Chris grabbed menu for the diner down the street.

"Ok Kendall. I don't know about you but i'm a little hungry so what do you say you and I order something to eat?"

Kendall nodded and Chris sat down with her. Andy left them alone and spoke with Sam and Traci.

"I'm gonna try and find her sister."

Sam looked at her. "Where are the parents?"

"Mom died last year and by the looks of the house dad's hitting the bottle. We can't let her go back to that house, there's no food or heat."

Sam nodded. "I'll see if I can track down the father."

Andy left a message on Jessica's cell phone telling her where Kendall is. When Andy walked back into the lounge Kendall was sitting at the table eating fried chicken with mashed potatoes. Traci walked in and whispered to her.

"I did some digging. The mom died in a car crash last year. Dad's been un-employed for about 9 months. He has a few DUI's and Drunken disorderly."

She nodded and Dov poked his head in.

"McNally someone's asking for you at the front desk."

Andy walked out and a teenage girl was standing there. She looked at Andy.

"Officer McNally? I got a call about my sister. Is she ok?"

"She's fine. No one was there to pick her up from school and when we went to your house no one was home."

Jessica nodded. "Well i'm here now so can I take her home?"

"Jessica we had to call child protective services. You and Kendall need to stay here until they arrive."

Jessica sighed. "We're fine."

"Legally we can't let you take Kendall when there is no adult looking after you both."

"I can take care of us. I've been doing it for months."

Gail walked over and spoke. "CPS is here."

Andy led Jessica over to the woman. She smiled at her.

"Hello Jessica. Can I ask you a few questions?"

Jessica nodded and Andy walked away feeling hopeful. When she got home that night she was freezing and tired. She turned the heat up and curled up on the couch. She didn't realize that she fell asleep until Sam nudged her awake. He smiled at her.

"I thought you'd want to know CPS placed Kendall and Jessica in a group home until they can find them a foster home."

She smiled. "Good."

She went to sit up and he gently pushed her back. "What are you doing?"

"I was going to make you dinner."

"I picked up dinner."

She sighed. "Well so much for our night."

He chuckled as he started to pull food out of a bag. "I figured you'd be tired."

She stood up and walked over to him. She sat on the counter as he pulled 2 beers out of the fridge. He offered handed her one and she set it aside.

"I can't drink that?"

He popped the lid off of his. "Why?"

She smiled. "I'm pregnant."

She had caught him mid swig and he almost chocked. He spit out what was in his mouth and coughed. "Are you serious?"

She nodded. "I went and had a blood test this morning."

He smiled widely and grabbed her off the counter. He kissed her and carried her upstairs.

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A few days passed and Sam and Andy agreed not to make a big deal about the baby until her first ultrasound. When Oliver walked in to parade today everyone knew it was going to be a rough one.

"Ok everyone, over the past few hours 911 has received several calls all regarding shootings. We send units out and all reports are false. We stormed in on an old lady drinking tea, a family eating dinner and a sleeping trucker. So I expect that we will continue to get these calls. Your job is to weed out the false and respond to the real deal."

He pointed to the D's in the back of the room.

"Cruz will be in charge of tracking down who is responsible for the false reports. I would like Epstein and Peck to help her out. So be vigilant and lets get through today."

Andy stood and looked at the board. She was riding with Juliet. She went into the lounge and poured herself a coffee when Traci walked in and took her coffee.

"No coffee unless it's decaf."

Andy pulled a face. "Can't I have just one cup?"

Traci laughed and poured her a cup of decaf. "Oh just wait. You haven't experienced any bad parts of pregnancy yet."

Andy accepted her coffee and walked outside to the squad car. Juliet was sitting in the drivers seat.

"Hey McNally."

Andy buckled up and smiled. "Morning Ward."

"I figured we could just patrol a little in some of the areas that the false calls originated from."

Andy agreed and they took off. They had been driving around for maybe half an hour when I call came through.

"1504 we have a report of a domestic at 1072 E. Marlin Street."

Andy grabbed the radio. "This is 1504 we're on it."

Juliet hit the lights and sped up. When they reached the address it was a parking garage. They entered and Juliet parked.

"So do you want to search on foot?"

Andy sighed. "Sure but I think we should stay together."

They got out and cleared the first floor. When they made their way to the second They saw someone leaning down over what looked to be a body. Andy and Juliet drew their guns. Juliet shouted.

"Police! Hands in the air!"

The person threw something then ran up to the third floor. The person on the ground was on fire. Andy ran forward while Juliet took out her jacket and beat out the fire. When Andy turned over the body she saw that it was a mannequin.

"What the hell."

Then she heard shots being fired. She barely registered that it was a gunshot when Juliet pulled her behind a car. Juliet looked at her.

"Are you hit?"

Andy looked and shook her head. "No you?"

"No."

Andy grabbed her radio. "Dispatch this is 1504 we have shots fired at police. Send back-up immediately."

She heard people beginning to respond but Andy had just realized that they were pinned. More shots rang out and were hitting the car they were standing behind. They took cover but they then heard a kid yelling.

"Help! Someone please help me!"

Juliet glanced at Andy. "If we move fast we can get behind the divider and have a better look."

Andy nodded. "Go."

They moved together and more shots came. One hit Juliet. She huddled behind the divider an checked before grabbing her radio.

"1504 I've taken a bullet to the vest. Units be advised there is a child on the premises."

Andy heard radio chatter but she was busy trying to locate the child. Then the panicked voice came again.

"Help me!"

Andy thought for a minute. She could hear sirens close by. She looked again and saw a minivan parked close by with those tacky family stickers on it indicating 2 children. She made her decision and ran out from cover to the minivan. She placed her hand on the door.

"Police!"

She opened the door and found the vehicle to be empty. She shut the door and a shot was fired. She turned and saw that Juliet was down. Another shot rang out and Andy felt a sharp pain in her stomach. She let herself fall to the ground but fought to keep conscious. She reached for her radio.

"This is McNally. Ward and I are down."

She heard Nick's voice come over the radio. "Andy Diaz and I are here. Where are you?"

"Second floor."

It was getting harder and harder to stay awake. When she saw Chris and Nick round the corner she let her eyes close.