A.N. Thanks to those who have reviewed this story. I am enjoying writing it. Please review this story.

A.N.1 This is going to be a longish story. So its going to be a slow one but its going to be filled with good Sam and Andy moments.

Disclaimer: I don't own the rights to Rookie Blue.


The Barn

Sam and Andy walked into the door of the Sally Port and into booking. Where they ran into Jerry who was speaking to the officer who was on the booking desk.

Jerry looked up seeing both of them enter and went to greet them. "What are you two doing here?"

"If you read and replied to your texts then you would know why we were here?" Sam quipped.

Andy was standing nervously by Sam's side. She was waiting for Jerry to shout at her for putting his friends life in danger.

"Well I get a lot of texts, Sammy." Jerry fired back, looking between Andy and Sam.

"I texted you to let you know that our suspension was over and we were coming back to work today." Sam answered Jerry's previous question.

"Well its good to have you both back. This place has been a little dull since you both were away." Jerry stated with sincerity in his voice. Jerry walked over and gave Sam a hug and patted his back. "Its good to have you back brother."

"Andy, its good to see you too." Jerry hugged Andy. Which un-nerved Andy a little she had never been close to Jerry. "Well are you two together or not?" Looking between Sam and Andy.

"Yeah, Jerry we are together." Andy stated as matter of fact. So that he didn't have to ask too many questions.

"Well, that is good to hear. Now we won't have to put up Sammy's sad face now. When you, Andy were with Callaghan." Jerry teased his friend.

Andy rubbed Sam's arm gently, "Well we can't have Sam having a sad face again. I promise to keep him smiling. Unless I screw up." Andy winked at Sam.

"Taking of Luke is he in today?" Andy asked Jerry.

"Yeah, he's in today. He's working on a double homicide. So is hold up in his office." Jerry replied.

"Right we better get suited up, Andy. We don't want to start off on the wrong foot with Frank." Sam ushered Andy through the door towards the locker rooms with his hand on the small of her back.

"Ok." Andy said walking through the door.

"See you both later." Jerry shouted before the door shut.

Outside the female locker room, Sam turned to Andy. "See you in the parade room soon." Then he looked around to see if the coast was clear before giving Andy a quick kiss. Then he handed her, her bag.

"See you soon, babe." Andy winked and gave Sam's butt a quick tap as he retreated towards the male locker room.

Andy walked into the female locker room. She was nervous of being in there but it also felt like home too. She placed her bag on the bench in front of the locker. Then she began to unpack the bag with her possessions that she took away the day she was suspended. She then pulled out the clean uniform that was in the bag hanging it up outside her locker. At one stage she thought she would never have been able to put that uniform on again.

Andy was broke out of her train of thought when she heard a voice say "Earth to McNally." Andy shook her head and she caught sight of Traci standing next to her.

"Hey Trace, I didn't hear or see you coming in."

"Yeah, you were lost in McNally world by the looks like of it." Traci said looking at her best friend.

"Its good see you, haven't seen much of you since your suspension." Traci leaned into Andy to give her a friendly hug. "Those stupid rules of an internal investigation."

"Yeah Trace, tell me about it. I wanted to spend a lot of my time with Chris, Dov and you. I am just glad to be back now. I have missed you all even Dov's stupidity."

"So your back?"

"Yeah we are both back today."

"I am surprised that you were allowed to come back" a comment came out of the either. They found it to be Gail that was standing at the end of the row of lockers.

"Well we are back and its good to see you Gail." Andy snapped. Even thought she and Gail didn't get on she missed the "Frosty".

"What punishment did you get?" Gail questioned Andy. Traci looked on waiting for the answer.

"I don't want to talk about it at the moment. I will tell you later at the Penny. I just want to get suited up and into the parade room on time for a change. Also you got to tell me what the goss is, so I don't feel like I have missed out on anything."

"Ok, Andy." Traci replied.

The three of them got dressed into their uniforms. Andy had put her hair up into a simple ponytail.

"Trace, were is Noelle? She is usually in here getting changed." Andy enquired while she was sitting on the bench putting on her boots.

"She has been working in the D's office for a couple of weeks. So we don't see much of her at the moment." Gail responded to Andy.

"Why is she working in the D's office?" Andy found it strange that Noelle was in the D's office.

"You will see when we get to parade." Traci explained. "We better get a move on we are getting close to being late."

Andy grabbed her tie, closed her locker door and walked out with Traci, leaving Gail behind.

In the male locker room Sam was the first person on the coming on shift in there. He took out his uniform out then threw his bag in the bottom of the locker. He started to get changed out of his civilian clothing, when he heard a voice. "Sammy, are you in here?" Sam recognised the voice as Oliver's.

"Yeah, I am here." Sam replied.

"Good, I thought I was seeing things when I saw your truck in the parking lot." Oliver teased Sam.

"Good one brother." Sam shot back when he saw his friend poke his head round the gap between the lockers.

"Well its good to have you back, Sammy. Its not been the same without you here." Oliver said pleased to see his friend back.

"Its good to be back. We are both glad to be back." Sam stated giving him a look hoping that would stop the next question to come from Oliver's mouth.

"Good, Good." That was only the words that came out of Oliver's mouth. He knew that his friend too well by now.

Eventually the quiet in the locker room was disturbed when they heard the to excitable voice come in. "Did you see the looks that you were getting at that club the other night?" Dov asked Chris.

"Yeah, that girl with the dark hair and short red dress." Chris replied then he caught sight of Sam and Oliver. Once he saw Sam he shut his mouth instantly.

"Yeah she was smoking hot." Dov had still not caught a sight of Sam.

"Dov, shut up." Chris gave Dov a look and pointed his finger out of the sight of Sam. Dov, turned around to see Sam standing getting his uniform on.

"Oh" Dov exclaimed before shutting up.

Chris was the first to speak up. "Good to have you back, Swarek" extending his hand over the bench between them.

"Good to be back, Diaz" Sam shook Chris's hand. "Cat got your tongue, Epstein?"

"No, sir. Its good to see you back." Dov turned to face his locker.

"So Sammy, what punishment did you get handed down?" Oliver wondered.

"Oliver, I will talk about it later at the Penny if that is alright with you." Sam didn't want to talk about it in front of Chris and Dov.

Sam put on his boots quickly and then slammed the door of his locker, then exited the locker room.

Andy made it to parade before Sam; she sat in the front row where the rookies sat when they started at the 15th division. Sam came into the room standing at the back. Andy turned around and caught sight of Sam; she gave him a smile and little wink, before turning back to the front. Just in time before Frank entered the room followed by Noelle. Andy caught sight of Noelle who by now had a baby bump showing.

"Is she pregnant?" Andy asked Traci who was sitting next to her in a hushed tone.

"Yeah, she is. Will tell you about it later." Traci spoke behind her hand.

Frank spoke up bring the parade room to order.

"Well as you can see, we have two of our fellow officers back. Officers Swarek and McNally are back from suspension." The room gave a shallow applause. "Welcome back Sam and Andy." Frank said but with a hint of dryness in his voice. "Now onto the business of the day. Today we have the honour of being asked to test a new piece of kit. It's called Automatic Licence Plate Recognition. The new piece of technology as I have been told will help in getting non-insured car's off the road. Plus it is supposed to help identify drivers that have had their licenses taken off them. Its used by our cousins in the UK police service to a great success. I know more about it but I don't want to bore you all with it. We are going to be sending two officers to get trained up on it."

Dov, was like a big kid. Hoping that he would be picked to do it.

"Officers Swarek and Peck, you two are the lucky individuals that are going. So can you please, make your way to headquarters to meet up with the team that are going to be training you." Sam's face dropped thinking that he was going to be stuck with Gail for the rest of the day. Gail smiled glad she didn't have to be paired up with either Chris or Dov.

"Right the rest of you it is Shaw and Diaz, Nash and Epstein and McNally you are doing desk duty today. Serve and Protect and show me what you got." Frank dismissed everyone. "Swarek and McNally can see you in my office."

Sam and Andy looked at each other trying to work out why Frank would want to see them both.

Sam turned to Gail "Peck, I will get you in booking."

Gail replied "Ok, I will pick up the keys to the cruiser."

Sam waited outside the door of the parade room for Andy. Andy was getting hugs from Dov and Chris.

They walked to Frank's office in silence not wanting to draw attention to them.

Frank was back in his office by the time they got to there. Sam knocked the glass door. Frank waived them in. Sam ushered Andy in first with a gentle hand on her back.

Frank spoke up, "Its good to see you back. Right I am going to keep this short and sweet. I know that there was a lot said the night that you Sam were taken hostage by Brennan. I had to suspend you both because of you meeting up. Andy, I am sorry that you took the brunt of the blame for blowing Sam's cover. We know after the investigation that you did with the rest of the rooks and the board's investigation that it was Boyd's fault. I have been told to tell you that you will be called back to headquarters soon to give oral evidence in Boyd's board." Sam and Andy looked at each other raising their eyebrows and sighing.

"So lets hope that Boyd gets what is coming to him, putting one of my men in harms way. Finally the last thing, I know that you two are a couple; I am asking you two to not flaunt it in my face at work. As I will have to reassign you other permanent partners after your 2 weeks forced separation. I really don't want to break up my best partnership. Lets put this in the past and move on. Is there anything you want to say?" Frank closed off his speech.

Andy and Sam in unison "No, sir."

"Ok, you are both dismissed." Frank ordered them both out of his office.

Once, outside the office and out of Frank's line of vision, Sam turned to Andy.

"Right, I better get going and get Peck. I will see you later and we can go to the Penny together as our official outing as a couple, if you want?" Sam offered to Andy.

"Yeah, I want to catch up with everyone, so a drink at the Penny before we go back to my apartment. Sounds like a great plan." Andy smiled and gave Sam a wink.

"See you later, beautiful." Sam whispered to Andy. Which caused her to smile, that Sam loved.

"See you later too, babe." Andy replied in a hushed tone.

Sam turned on his heel and walked to wards the equipment room, picking up his gun and radio before making his way to get Gail.

Andy headed in the direction of the front desk to start the long and most boring duty that is on the job. The afternoon passed really slowly, Andy wanted to be out back on the streets with Sam but she knew that it wasn't going to happen for 2 weeks. Andy needed a cup of coffee after dealing with a call from an elderly lady who just called up just to have a chat. She made her way to where the coffee was, once she made her coffee, she caught the sight of Luke leaving his office. Luke caught sight of her and decided to walk in the opposite direction. Andy wasn't going to have any of it, during the period of her suspension; she decided that she was going to be a bit more assertive. So this is the perfect opportunity to test out the new assertive Andy.

So she called out "Detective Callaghan, can I have a word with you."

Luke turned to find Andy walking towards him. He tried to walk way but with the look that Andy was giving him he thought better of it. Andy saw that Luke had the still angry with Andy face on.

Luke responded in a really snarky tone, "What do you want Officer McNally?"

"Luke, I just want to talk to you. Can we please talk?" Andy nodded in the direction of his office.

"Andy, I really don't want to talk to you." Luke snapped back.

"Well, Luke I want to talk to you. I want to clear the air about things. I don't want to have this discussion out in the open. It's a private conversation and that is the way that I want it to stay." Andy asserted herself.

Luke raised his eyebrows and thought better of having a full-blown argument with Andy out in the corridor. So he relented and headed back into his office, followed by Andy. Then she closed the door to keep what they were going to say private.

"Right, Andy you have 2 minutes to tell me what you want to say to me." Luke said abruptly.

"Is this how things are going to be?" Andy retorted.

"Well what do you mean "things"?" Luke used his hands to emphasize air quotes.

"As you can see I am back at work after my suspension and Sam is back too. So I want to clear the air of what actually happened between Sam and me. So that there is no awkwardness at work."

"So go on." Luke said sitting down on top of his desk corner.

Andy took a deep breath, "Right just to let you know. I didn't cheat on you with Sam unlike what you did to me with Jo." Luke was about to open his mouth when Andy put her hand up to effectively silence him "Nothing happened between us until the night of the Boyd scavenger hunt, when Traci and I ran into him at the Alpine Bar. I didn't go looking for him. Luke, I wanted things to work between us but things weren't right for a long time. I have had a lot of free time to work out things in my head. What I am about to say may hurt you but I have got to make you understand."

Luke just sat there looking at Andy with anger in his eyes. "Your time is running out, so just get on with it."

"Sorry, that you had to find out from Jerry that it was me that was Candice. I would have preferred to tell you myself but I was in with Boyd and Frank. Luke, I DID love you, but at the same time I had feelings for Sam. I chose you because you were the stability that I needed and were the safe option. So when you cheated with Jo it broke my heart."

Luke spoke up. "I am so sorry Andy."

"Its ok, Luke. You don't need to apologise now. It's all water under the bridge. Actually I should be thanking you in away." Andy looked at Luke and saw his mouth drop open in shock. "You actually gave me the perfect opportunity to re-evaluate my life and what I wanted out of life. When Sam told me he was going UC on the ill-fated Boyd case and then Leslie Atkins dying. Her story of waiting for things to come along instead of going out and grabbing it right there and then rang true with me. So it was then I decided to act on my feelings for Sam."

"So, you finally admit that you had feelings for Sam when we were together. I always thought there was something going on between you." Luke replied.

"Yeah, I had feelings for him but he was my TO and it was against the rules. It doesn't mean that everything we had together wasn't real." Andy stood squaring her shoulders so that Luke would see that she was serious. "So can we meaning Sam, myself and you. Can we please be civil to each other here at work? It will make it easier all round for all of us. Don't blame Sam for any of this, this is all me. So do we have a deal?"

Luke sat there stunned what Andy had just said.

"Luke aren't you going to say anything?" Andy looked at him trying to work out what he was feeling,

"Huh?" was all that came out of Luke's mouth. He was trying to work out what to actually say to the admissions that Andy had just made.

"Luke, do we have a deal or not. As I have got to go back out to the front desk before Frank notices that I am missing." Andy was getting frustrated with Luke by now.

"Ok, we have a deal." Luke extended his hand to Andy. Andy extended and shook his hand.

"Now I gotta go." Andy turned and opened the door of Luke's office. "Goodbye Luke and hope you find happiness with someone who deserves you." Andy then walked away to the front desk with a smile on her face.

The rest of the shift went really quickly after that. Andy finished the file on the computer that she was working on when she felt a presence behind her. She turned quickly find Sam standing over her shoulder. She turned around in her seat to look up at Sam.

"Hey, you." Sam said with a full on dimple smile. He just loved being back in the barn and being close to Andy again.

"Hey you, yourself." Andy returned with a similar smile. "When did you get back? How was the training for this new piece of kit? How was it being in the company of frosty for the shift?"

Sam just shook his head; Andy was just like a kid in a way with loads of questions. "I got back about 3 minutes ago. The training was good; it looks like something that will be good to have. Being with Gail was ok but I would rather it was you."

"Yeah, I would rather had been with you to today but I have managed to sort out one problem." Andy stated.

Sam looked at Andy raising his eyebrow in a quizzical look. "What problem was that?"

"Luke" Andy gleefully stated.

"How did you sort that out?"

"I will tell you later at my apartment. I just want to get out of here and go to the Penny. If that is ok with you?" Andy said.

"Ok, right I am going to go and get changed. I will see you at my truck in 20 minutes."

Andy just nodded. Sam walked away heading to the male locker room.

Andy stood up and headed off to the female locker room.

Once in the male locker room, Sam quickly had a shower and changed into his civilian clothing. He told Oliver and Jerry he would see them in the Penny for a drink. Once he had packed his bag picked up his jacket and headed to the parking lot via Lukes office. He looked in Luke head was down working on some paperwork. I wonder what Andy has said to him. He made his way towards his truck and stood outside leaning on the hood.

Andy showered quickly and packed her bag with the uniform she had taken off and the uniform that she left when she was suspended. She said to Traci that she would be getting a ride with Sam to the Penny so she would see her there. She made her way to the parking lot finding Sam stood in front of his truck just like the night he was the night that she borrowed the keys to his truck.

Andy walked slowly towards the truck, taking in the sight that was in front of her. He looked amazing and it gave her butterflies in her stomach.

Sam saw Andy walking towards him, he looked at her, he couldn't believe that she was his now. Which in turn made him smile.

Once Andy reached his truck. Sam reached out and grabbed around the waist, Andy placing his lips on to hers gently at first but he needed more from her. So he deepened the kiss by sweeping his tongue across her bottom lip to ask for access to her mouth, which she did. The kiss full of passion that they both felt for each other, eventually Sam broke away from the kiss reluctantly due to the need for air. He just looked at Andy and smiled.

"Wow, what was that for?" Andy asked Sam.

"Just because, do I need an excuse to kiss my girlfriend?"

Andy shook her head. She liked the sound of the way he said girlfriend.

"We better get going to the Penny or people will begin to think that we aren't coming." Sam stated. "So get you sweet ass into the truck and let's go." Sam slipped his hand down and gently patted Andy's bottom. Which made Andy giggle.

Andy duly obliged walking away from Sam to the passenger's side. Placed her bag in the back of the truck and got in. Sam got in the drivers side put in the keys to the ignition and put his hand out and grabbed Andy's hand, placing it on his thigh. Which made Andy blush.

Sam pulled out and made his way with his girlfriend to the Penny to meet their friends.