5 months later….

Andy and Nick were in their cover apartment watching tv, her legs stretched across his. He looked over at her as she laughed at something funny on the tv and suddenly said "you're perfect". She stopped laughing and looked over at him with a straight face.

"Uh thanks…" she blushed, she was very confused what made him say this…

He was still looking at her and very quietly said "seriously Andy, you are perfect in every way, and you are all I want" she got up immediately and went to get a glass of water, she was red, she could feel it taking over her face like a rash. Nick followed close behind her, she turned back around and started to say something but was interrupted by Nick who grabbed her face and kissed her! She pulled back immediately

"Nick, what are you doing…" despite how startled she was, her voice was calm

"Andy I-"

"Nick no, I told you what happened with Sam… I can't do this" she was stern but soft "You have Gail and Sam means everything to me" Nick looked sad, he walked to the bedroom and closed the door, Andy didn't know what to do so she decided to go for a run, clear her head.

"Why would he do this now, he knows we are going back in a few days, I just don't get it. Why start a bunch of drama right before we get back, this is so stupid" she kept running, she had a few more kilometers left before she had to go back.

When she got back Nick had dinner cooked and the table set, there were flowers in a vase in the middle of the table.

"Hey Andy" he smiled

"Uh hi…" she really didn't want things to be awkward and he was really attractive, she had never denied that, but her man was waiting for her back home! Besides he had a girlfriend waiting back home, this was all stupid and she didn't think of him this way, they were best friends and she wanted it to stay like that. It was going to stay like that. "I'm just going to change and brush out my hair then I will come eat" she kind of half smiled. She was just ready to be home again, with her friends and her dad, and Sam.

"Okay just hurry out, I don't want it to get cold!" he smiled as she walked into the bedroom.

She washed her face, changed her clothes and brushed out her hair and then went out to join him at the table.

As she sat down she looked at all of the great looking food on the table and then looked up to smile at him "Oh my gosh Nick this all looks so good! I didn't really know you cooked"

"Yeah well my mom always told me since I was little that girls want a guy that can cook so I started

early. Dig in!" She knew what he was trying to do and knew she needed to resist, but was also really hungry so she ate and told him the food was quite good but didn't want to be too nice. After they ate she told him that she was really tired and she was going to bed, it was her night in the bedroom so she got into her pajamas and slid into bed. She was really happy that they didn't have a job tonight, she just needed to sleep. As she was getting into bed she got word that there were some budget cuts recently and that their boss was told to wrap it up quickly.

A few days later

Things had been moving very fast this past week, they knew it must be coming to an end and they were both excited to get back to their old lives and get back to work and see their friends, she just didn't know what it was going to be like to see Sam again, she was beyond nervous.

(The events of 4x01 happen, stopping just as they get back to the station)

Andy and Nick went around hugging everyone, Andy couldn't stop thinking about Sam and his reaction when he found them in the truck, how he smiled so big and then remembered nick was there and he tried to control it, he was out of breath, she was almost crying. She couldn't even think about talking to everyone and spilling their uc stories to their friends and coworkers until she saw Sam, and hugged him.

She walked into the D's office and hugged Traci and told her she had missed her, Traci asked her some question that she didn't really hear and then she tried to answer it, but she was in a fluster and Traci could see that.

"Andy…" she smiled at her, Andy stopped freaking out and took a deep breath

"Yeah?" she was starting to calm down a tiny bit

"I think he's in the kitchen…"

"Okay, thanks" and then she was gone, she was headed toward the kitchen and she couldn't mask the smile on her face.

The second she entered the kitchen the look on Sam's face almost made her cry, he looked so happy, he immediately put down his coffee and rushed over to her, she was walking almost as fast as he was, finally they were together, he hugged her tightly, they were both breathing heavily. He pushed back from their embrace and he put his hands around her face, he pushed some hair off of her face with his right hand, and then he couldn't wait anymore, he had been waiting all day for this and he wasn't going to wait any longer, he pulled her in and kissed her quickly. Tingles shot through his entire body as they kissed, Andy felt like she was going to collapse into is arms, and they knew they were at work and couldn't take it too far but they hadn't seen each other in over 5 months, Sam knew frank wouldn't be angry about this. They stopped kissing for two seconds just so Sam could get another look at her and they heard someone clear their throat. They both stopped and looked to the door where that sound came from. It was a woman Andy had never seen before, she was average height with extremely dark hair and a pretty face.

"Officers don't we have any paperwork we could be doing? Especially after today" She sounded stern.

Andy didn't know this woman but she already was not fond of her, Sam's body tightened when she walked in, she could tell that he wasn't her number one fan either.

"Officer Cruz, this is officer McNally. McNally this is Cruz, she transferred to 15 about a month after you went uc" Sam seemed quite frustrated with this woman, which made Andy a bit uncomfortable with her.

"Uh hi Officer Cruz, it's nice to meet you" She walked toward the woman to shake her hand but the woman just said

"Nice to meet you" and then walked away without shaking her hand.

Andy whipped back around to Sam and gave him a look like "What the hell is wrong with this woman and why does she make you so uncomfortable and why does she hate me without knowing me and what is in the past with you two" Sam just smiled and shrugged it off, he walked back over to Andy.

"Don't worry about her, listen I have a bunch of paperwork and a couple cases to look over tonight, I'm sure you will be in debrief all night but if you get out earlier than expected and need someone to come over, just call me okay?" he leaned down and kissed the top of her head.

She looked up and smiled "Alright, I will" she was so happy, she had always only wanted him, and she finally had him.