"Doesn't sound like you had a very good time on your date with your lover partner Ms. McNally?" Traci asked in a slightly condescending but also somewhat motherly tone.

"It wasn't the best date of my life at all. All the people and then I bumped into Sam who was working undercover." When she got to the Sam part of the sentence she lowered her voice slightly and said it really fast hoping that Traci wouldn't pick up on it to comment on it. But it was a lost cause and she knew it.

"WHAT?" Traci yelped at her. "You ran into Swarek, but how? That was a party for the rich and fabulous of the greater Toronto Area."

"I know he was working undercover, he was a guest of the Barada's."

"The Barada's? Did your date have any idea that you were making googly eyes at Swarek?" Traci teased Andy slightly in her tone.

"No he didn't have any idea that it was Sam. He's using an alias Trace. But I have to say, it was amazing seeing him again."

"And lover partner kissed you at the end of your date?"

Andy nodded. "It was the worst kiss of my life Trace. Nothing, I mean even with Luke at least there was a tiny bit of a spark. But all I do with Kevin is keep comparing him to Sam and how he isn't Sam." Andy put her forehead against her locker door after she closed it.

"Am I crazy or am I crazy? I have literally spent the last six months doing nothing but thinking of how I should have chosen Sam. How I wish I was riding in the car with Sam still. How I wish I could just talk to Sam for a minute. I guess I did get to talk to him for a minute. Trace seeing him again, it is just."

"Aww, you know what you said he said he's close to making a break in the case. Maybe he'll be back soon. You know what I'm sure he will. Swarek is many things and determined is one of them." Traci said reassuringly.

"But he saw me with Kevin, and Kevin wrapped his arm around me. What if Sam doesn't even think of me that way."

"Andy, trust me when I tell you Sam likes you that way. EVERYBODY, and I mean everybody saw it."

Andy sighed, it was probably true but still. It would be nice to be able to talk to Sam again. Even if she had to call him Danny.

"Now I have to ride all day with Kevin."

"You could get Frank to re-assign you."

"Oh yeah Traci, this is just like the holidate with Swarek all over again. I can't go to Sarge and tell him about my man problems."

"Yeah you're right you can't do that. Maybe, maybe you'll get lucky and get paired with Diaz or Shaw. It's possible." Traci wasn't very convincing that time. They both knew that the chances of that happening were just the same as Sam walking into the 15 division at that very moment with the Barada's in handcuffs yelling that he was going to go back on patrol with Andy.


"Alright, today is Saint Patrick's day. People are going to be drunk, all over the place. Parade's happening. Everyone is out to have a good time. You are not. You will be working. This is a pretty high volume day for arrests. People aren't themselves today because they feel the need to drink their weight in whiskey and green beer. You need to keep your cool. McNally you're with Sloane. Nash you're with Williams, Epstein you're with Shaw, Diaz and Peck you are riding together. Remember to Serve, Protect, and don't get puked on."

Crap, Andy thought to herself. After what happened last night riding with Kevin was sure to be unpleasant to say the least. She had basically told him he was a really great guy just not the guy for her. After months of him flirting with her and building up the courage to ask him out. She got up from her chair along with everyone else and began to make her way to the squad car. She knew this day was going to be extremely awkward.


"My favourite day of the year." Kevin said as he caught up with Andy in the bullpen.

"Oh yeah?" Andy didn't really know what to say to him. This really was like the holidate with Sam, expect for yet again Kevin wasn't Sam. He wasn't going to tell some corny joke that made Andy laugh and make everything go back to normal. He wasn't going to make her feel one hundred per cent safe and comfortable.

"Yeah I guess it's the Irish in my blood. Too bad this is a night shift though, can't go out for a drink after shift. Do you want a ride home after shift, maybe get some breakfast?"

Was he really asking her out again? Andy was uncomfortable she didn't know what to say to him. "I just live down the street. I think we should go to the car."


"Tonight we make the drop. Twelve guns Danny. We take the guns to the guy, bring the money back. It's simple and straight forward. Joey will drop you off at the location, he will circle the block while he waits for you to try and avoid suspicion. You leave the guns you get the money. It isn't complicated." Sam nodded to Jimmy letting him know that he understood.

"So, who am I making the drop off to?"

"Sonny Ramirez he's part of the Oakdale boys. Straight shooter, needs guns. Lucky for the Oakdale Boys we are in the business of getting people guns. Just make sure you count the money before you leave. I'd hate to have to off the guy because he tried to stiff us."

Sam felt a lump form in his throat. But to be honest it had been there since he had run into McNally the night before. Seeing her, it sent him right back to where he was six months ago. He knew he had just been pushing the feelings he had for her down. Not dealing with them focusing on the case. Who the hell was that Kevin guy anyway? What happened with Callaghan?

Focus on the case Sam.

"Yeah no problem. I'll make sure to count the money. You're right the last thing we need is some street punk trying to stiff you."

"Us." Jimmy said, "Try and stiff us. You are one of us now Danny."

Sam had to fight back a disgusted look on his face.


Andy and Kevin had been riding around for a couple of hours. She was riding shot gun, there was an awkward silence in the car. Not much was said between them. Kevin had a feeling it was about the partner she talked about sometimes. The one that was her training officer. Some of the coppers in the 15 said they had an unspoken attraction between the two of them. Hell, even Callaghan had said it too him.

"Andy, I have to ask. What happened at the end of our date last night? You kind of ran away. Said that I was really nice but you can't do this. What did you mean by this?" Kevin had a feeling he knew what she was going to say. That he was really nice but there was nothing between them. He had waited so long to ask her out. Maybe he waited too long.

"I don't think now is the best time to have this conversation. We are working." Andy tried to deflect it, she hoped Kevin would let it slide. Maybe she should use Sam's it is what it is line on him. No big deal, it's cool. All of that that had caught her by surprise after the blackout.

STOP THINKING ABOUT SAM. She instructed herself, yelling it at herself for the millionth time. Every time she did it her efforts were futile. She would just think about him later, the way it felt last night when his hand touched the small of her back. The way it felt when he looked into her eyes. The way his voice sounded. The butterflies in her stomach.

"I guess it isn't but I need to talk about it Andy. I just, I thought there was something between us. Was I wrong?" Kevin asked her as he turned onto Dundas. The streets were full of people trying to get into bars to have a drink.

"I'm just not in the mood to have this conversation right now." She hoped saying that would be enough to get him to stop talking.

"That's what you said yesterday when we were talking about your old partner. I mean, not in those words but the message was still the same. We are partner's Andy you can tell me what's going on." Andy felt like there was something more Kevin wanted to say. But he stopped, Andy however couldn't shake the feeling that there was an implied and attached to what he said.

"And?" Andy asked him. She was getting annoyed with this whole conversation and how he didn't let it go. Sam would have let it go. DAMN IT ANDY, you did it again. He's not Sam, stop comparing him to Sam. Why wouldn't her brain just listen to her? She had to stop thinking about Sam, he was having a good time chasing bad guys with Boyd in guns and gangs. She just needs to try and move on, but definitely not with Kevin she told herself assuredly.

"And what?"

"What you were just saying sounded like there was an and attached to it."

"It's just, you know what you're right now isn't the time to have this conversation." He focused his eyes in on the road as they moved down Dundas street, they had been circling this block for quite some time. Andy just rolled her eyes at what he said and turned to face out the passenger's side window again.


"I know, it's just a drop though. Drop off the guns get the money. We can't do that." Sam had called Boyd when he got back to his place where he was staying while undercover.

"We need to get them Sam." Boyd's anger created a tension over the phone.

"I know don't you think I know that? I've been working my ass off for six months. I'm really close but if we bust, I'm just going to drop off the guns. We are going to have the chalk this one up to the good of the cause. I'm not happy about having these guns out on the streets in the hands of the Oakdale boys. But if they find out I'm 5-0, all hell is going to break loose and we aren't going to get the Barada's."

"Alright, no you're right. Listen you give me the location and I'll have a cover team at least. In case, you have to give me that. We'll be in an unmarked car. No one will know."

"The drop is going down west of Anson Park, it's 18 Skagway Avenue. Jimmy is going to be casing the block during the drop. Just keep a distance."

"It's not my first go around Swarek."

"Yeah, I know. It's just this is my life. This is a big deal to the Barada's. I'll admit though I have a bad feeling about it."

"You always say that man. Listen I have confidence you'll be fine."

"I have to go, gotta get ready for the drop."