Chapter 4

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'Great,' Boyd said as he got up from his chair. 'Let's get going!'

'Wait, what? Like, right now?' Andy asked, taken aback a little by his sudden rush.

'Yeah, we've got to get a move on things, get you settled in. Don't worry about your home or things like that, I'll sent someone to look after things.'

'Well, I'm kind of staying at a friend's house at the moment, so…'

'Don't worry, I'll fill Nash in, the moment you are in position,' Best promised her as Boyd nearly pushed her out of the office. He took her to the locker room and gave her a bag.

'Take this and get changed. You can leave all of your belongings in your locker. You can't take anything with you, understand? No phone, no wallet, nothing. I'm going to go make a phone call to get my guys to come pick us up to get you in position.' Andy nodded at him before he walked away. She turned around to enter the locker room, when she suddenly saw Traci out of the corner of her eye. She signed for her to come over as she entered the room. A few seconds later she was followed by Traci.

'Andy, what's going on? Is everything alright?'

'Yes, everything is fine,' Andy said, a nervous smile on her face. 'I'm going to see Sam.'

'Wait! What?' Traci exclaimed. Andy quickly explained the situation to her and she saw understanding hit her best friend's face.

'Oh my god!' Traci exclaimed. 'Andy, it is too dangerous, you can't do that! I'm surprised they even asked you! Shouldn't you be specially trained for that or something?'

'I don't know, but I guess not. I mean, Boyd assured me I would be safe, or as safe as I can be in such a situation. Besides, he said Sam would keep me safe,' Andy said as she opened the bag and started pulling clothes out. 'Oh.' It wasn't something she would normally wear, but apparently she didn't have much of a choice.

'It'll look good on you,' Traci assured her. 'Well, I can't say I'm surprised you're going, I mean, I know how you feel about him. And seeing how he asked for you specifically, I take it it won't be an all work operation. Just be careful, ok? I don't want anything happening to you.'

'I promise,' Andy said.

'Ok, than. See you soon.' Traci hugged her for a moment. 'I take it I'm not supposed to know anything about this?' she asked before heading out the door. Andy nodded and smiled at her.

When she was alone, Andy quickly put on the new clothes before pushing all her own things in her locker. Just as she exited the locker room, Boyd came walking her way. Luckily, Traci wasn't anywhere in sight.

'Right, let's get a move on,' Boyd said, putting his phone in his pocket. He guided her towards the exit near the D's office. As they passed, she saw Luke looking up, obviously concerned about what was going on. She saw him get up from his chair slowly, but before he could even get out of the office, they were already outside. A car was waiting for them. They got into the back and the car immediately drove off. Andy looked around the car suspiciously. The two man in the front gave her reassuring smiles.

'Now, Andy, you're going to be there on your own, the only people you get in contact with are me and my team. No calling your BFF or whatever it is they're calling it these days, understood? I'll give you instructions now, but once you're in there, you do as Sam tells you, when Sam tells you, got it?' Andy nodded. 'Good, now, here's your ID and phone. You don't use it to call anyone outside this operation. Your name is Andy Jones. I know it might seem like a plain name, but at least they won't suspect you that way. You're Sam's girlfriend who just got back into town. All you've got to do is hang around, and when they sent all girls away, you try and get them to talk, got it? And by all means, listen to Sam.' He put a lot of emphasis on the last part of the sentence. The reason wasn't hard to guess, since she had arrested him once, despite the fact that he told her that it would be a huge mistake.

'Alright, I got it. I won't do anything rash or stupid,' Andy said defensively.

'Good. Someone will drop off some supplies for you at Sam's place, you'll be staying there. It makes most sense with your story. You've pretended to be his girlfriend once before, which you pulled off perfectly, believe me you guys had me fooled.' Andy felt her cheeks getting red as he said that.

'We'll drop you off at a bar, just down the street from his place. He'll come there to take you to your temporary home. '

'Why not just drop me off there yourself?' Andy asked curiously.

'Because to those people it is suspicious enough when a new guy in their midst suddenly shows up with a new girlfriend. If we keep dropping people of at the place where he's staying, they might just figure out that something is off,' Boyd said in an annoyed tone. 'How long before we get there?' he asked the driver.

'Might take a while, there's a traffic jam coming right up.'

'Just great. We need to get her in position, before Sam shows up.'

'Why? Can't he be waiting for me?'

'Look, chances are someone's following him, ok? So when they see you get out of a car and go to Sam out of the blue, they might be inclined to follow this car, which will lead them to the station, which will lead in them finding out,' Boyd said.

'Well, what about if I walk there? I mean, if what you're saying is true and they are following him, chances are that they already have somebody waiting for him at the bar.'

Boyd seemed to consider this possibility for a moment.

'Fine,' he eventually said. 'The bar is called The Wooden Table. You take a left here, second right, third left, got it?'

'Right, got it,' Andy said, quickly memorizing it.

'Good,' Boyd said as the driver pulled up at the side of the road. Andy turned towards the car door and opened it, when suddenly Boyd spoke again. 'Oh, and McNally? Be careful, it's though out there.'

Andy nodded at him, before getting out of the car and closing the door. The car drove off as Andy stood there, waiting for an opportunity to cross the street. When she finally could, she nearly ran to the other side. She started walking on a slower speed as she went down the way Boyd had told her to go.

To many things were crossing through her mind to make any coherent thoughts. The most prominent ones all centred around Sam and their reunion. Pretending to be his girlfriend would sure have its perks. And she didn't mind the two of them sharing an apartment either, though she was kind of nervous about it as well. Nervous as she might be about that, it wasn't nearly as nervous as she was about the fact that she was actually going undercover. Last time had very nearly gone terribly wrong, and the time she had to pose as a hooker… well, she didn't even want to think back to how horrible that went.

This should be easy compared to that. She would only have to play Sam's girlfriend and get some information from some of the other girls. It couldn't be more difficult than getting details from suspects. You just had to know what would get them talking, trick them into spilling their guts. Those girls probably wouldn't be the smartest and they'd be more than happy to brag about what they knew.

The only thing she feared, truly feared at that moment was her and Sam, being together. Them being an actual couple in real life. They would only have each other to rely on and for the sake of the operation it was probably best if they stayed as professional as possible. She just hoped she could pull it off and not do anything rash considering Sam. It was best to keep her true feelings to herself until the whole thing was over and done with. It could endanger both their lives if she didn't.

She rounded the corner and immediately she saw the bar. You could hardly miss it, with its large sign sticking out from all the other signs in that part of the street.

With each step that she took closer to the bar, she seemed to go slower. She admitted it to herself now, she was terrified. Terrified of seeing Sam and terrified of what might happen when they met again. If it would be anything like bumping into him last night…

She stopped in front of the bar for a second, gathering courage. Then she took a deep breath and opened the door.

It was one of those bars where you could taste the alcohol and smoke the second you walked in. It was dark, and the place seemed to be completely constructed out of wood. She sincerely hoped this wasn't the place where they'd be going every night, because being here once was worse enough. She went to sit by the bar, figuring it would give her a good look at the entrance. The sooner she saw him enter, the sooner she could get out of here.

A bartender came her way.

'Can I get you something?' he asked.

'No, thanks, I'm waiting on my boyfriend,' Andy replied, turning to face the man.

'Haven't seen you around before. Are you new in town?'

'Sort of,' Andy said, she wasn't quite sure what she could say, but most of all she didn't want to say something that would be contradictory to the actual story. Luckily, the man didn't press his question, as something behind Andy caught his attention.

He put up his hand in greeting to some new costumers and walked over to the other side of the bar. It was rather quiet in the bar, not strange for this time of day. Besides the people who just walked in there was a couple sitting at a table near the window. Andy looked at them as they were talking and laughing together. Would that be possible for her and Sam as well? Would it be possible for the two of them to be sitting together, being like any couple, at some point in their lives? Andy sighed as the thought developed in her mind to a daydream.

She was brought back to the real world very sudden as a voice whispered in her ear.

'Hello, Andy,' Sam whispered in her ear. She froze for a second, hardly believing it was real, but then remembering it was all just an act anyway. She couldn't let herself get carried away.

She took a breath and turned around as his arms found their way around her body.

'Hello, Sam,' she said softly, looking right into his eyes. They were filled with worry and something else Andy couldn't quite place. He had looked at her like that before, but it hadn't made any sense then either.

Staying in character, or at least that's what Andy figured, Sam pulled her close and hugged her tight. She couldn't help but bury her face in his neck. God, did he smell great!

'I've missed you, baby,' Sam said, softly kissing her lips. Though he hardly touched her, she started to feel all warm and fuzzy.

'I've missed you too,' Andy spoke softly, barely able to say anything at all, with the kiss still burned on her lips. Though they were putting up an act, Andy realised that she meant everything she said. And how wonderful did his arms feel as he still had them around her!

'Are you ready to go?' Sam asked, letting go of her to give her more space to get of the barstool.

'Yep, all set,' Andy said, jumping down from her seat. As they walked out the bar, Sam put his arm around her. On the street, Sam started leading the way to his place.

'So, what've you been up to since I last saw you?' Sam asked, his voice slightly different from his usual, more bad boyish.

'Not, much. Hanging with friends, doing my job, missing you.' She hadn't meant to say the last part, but for some reason it seemed to come natural. As they were walking there through the street, his arm around her.

'Seems like even when we're apart, we do the same things,' Sam said, smiling at her. It took all of Andy's strength not blur out all her feelings for him.

Sam guided her into a side street. They stopped at a building. Sam got out his key and opened the door, letting her walk in before him. He took her up three flights of stairs, before taking her down a hallway stopping at the last door. He opened it for her and they got in.

It was bigger than Andy had imagined, cleaner than she had imagined too. The image of his previous undercover house was still burned in the back of her mind. To her left was an open kitchen and on her right she saw a door, probably leading to the bathroom, since the bed was already placed in the corner of the living room. There was a small couch and a table with three chairs, but that was all when it came to furniture.

'What do you think? Pretty good, eh?' Sam said, spreading his arms to the room a head of them.

'Well.' Andy said. 'It sure is an update from you're previous address.'

'Look, I know it seems kind of bad, but it's just for a little while. You can take the bed, I'll take the couch,' Sam offered.

'I don't mind sleeping on the couch,' Andy said, but Sam gave look that prevented her from pressing her case any further. Instead, she changed the subject.

'So, what's in the bag?' Andy asked. She had seen it standing in the corner of the room for a while now and something about it caught her attention.

'Right,' Sam said, walking to the bag and putting it on the table. 'These are some clothes, I guess there's some make up in there too and everything else you might be needing,' Sam said. Andy stepped closer to take a look at the contents of the bag herself. Most of the clothing in there resembled the outfit she was wearing at the moment, but there were some things that she found better suited. Sam had turned and walked towards the couch. Andy went to sit beside him.

'So, what's happening tonight?' she asked, curious and slightly scared at the same time.

'Well, we're meeting with some of the guys later tonight. They're the ones that are in charge, so I'm lucky that I'm in with them already. You just tag along. You don't speak, unless they ask you a direct question. If it gets too personal, dodge the question.'

'And what about my back story? What about our back story?'

'Well, you just got back into town. You worked as a waitress, we met at the café you worked at. The place changed owners a few weeks ago and you got fired.'

'Right,' Andy muttered.

'So, are you going to tell me what the hell you were doing in the neighbourhood last night? You're lucky the guy I was with got out of town this morning and won't be back for a couple of weeks. Hopefully we'll have finished this case by then and everything's back to normal.'

'I don't know what happened last night. I just started walking and suddenly I found myself here,' Andy sighed. 'I just had to see you, know you were alright. I mean, you were gone all of a sudden and I…' A bleeping sound interrupted her. Sam took out his phone and threw a quick look at the caller-id before picking up.

'Hello?'

Andy couldn't hear what the person on the other line was saying.

'Yeah, she's here. Everything went well, nobody followed us,' Sam said.

It was probably Boyd than, finding out if she had messed up already.

'No, it'll be fine… Alright. Bye.' Sam hung up again.

'Sorry about that, he keeps checking in on me. He's terrified something will go wrong ever since my last undercover mission. The guy even put a GPS tracker in my phone, so he can get me out if I happen to find myself at a crime scene again. Wouldn't want a rookie to tackle me again, now would we?' he said with a wink. He got up. 'You want a drink?'

'Sure,' Andy replied. She had been so close to telling him, so close, and again something stood in her way.

Sam came back with the drinks and handed one to her. As he did, his hand brushed lightly against hers. A warm tingling feeling was quickly spreading throughout her body.

'So, that we may catch these bastards fast!' Sam said as he clinked his glass to Andy's.

'And may we get out unharmed,' Andy added, smiling at Sam.

As she looked in his eyes, she saw that strange look again, almost as if he were trying to tell her something with it. Whatever it might be, Andy didn't care at the moment. She was just happy to be with him, seeing him safe, hearing him talk and tell all kinds of funny stories as they waited till it was time to go.

Gosh, if only he knew how much she had really missed him!


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