Two weeks had passed since the incident at the Penny, Andy and Sam where avoiding each other as best as possible. Sam had made the decision that he was going to make his best effort with Natalie and things between them where great these days. They spent almost every day together, enjoying each other's company.

Andy and Luke had solved out the problem between them and for now everything was back to normal for them. She had decided that she was going to do her best to be happy for Sam, instead of acting like a jealous lunatic. She owed him that.

They sat at their desks finishing off the paperwork of the day, Sam glanced down at his watch and smiled when he realized it was only 1 hour until he could get off work and pick up Natalie. He looked over at his partner and noticed that she looked tired, exhausted even, and he could understand it, for the past days he had made her do all the hard work while he took it easy.

"Swarek, McNally, my office." Best`s demand made them looked puzzled at each other, but got to their feet and stepped into Best`s office.

"I need you two to transport an eyewitness back up to St. Catherines." Four eyebrows went up

"Now? And why?" Sam asked impatiently and looked down at his watch.

"Yes, I know you`re off soon, but I`ll give you both the day off tomorrow, this has to be done today. And you will get paid overtime for this. And why? The guy who was supposed to do it had to go home, because of some personal issues. It doesn't really matter, I need you to do it.

"You don't even have to use the squad car, you can take the departments SUV." They looked over at each other, she shrugged her shoulders and he turned his eyes over to Frank and nodded.

"Great, you`ll have the time to change before you have to go." With that they both left the office and headed for the locker rooms.

The witness they were driving turned out to be a scared teenage girl who had been witness to a murder a few days ago, she lived up in St. Catherines and had been in Toronto for the day to give her statement. Andy spent the whole ride up talking to the girl, comforting her in her best way, telling her she did the right thing. At this point he found it hard to be angry with her, this was one of the things to why he fell in love with her in the first place.

He had sent a quick text to Natalie, letting her know something came up and as soon as he was available he would come to her place.

After they had escorted her to her house they climbed back in the car and she stretched her body and yawned at the same time.

"Tired?" She just nodded at his question and snuggled herself down in her seat, and played with the radio.

"Listen, I know this is a lot to ask of you, but is it ok if we make a stop before we go back?" She really just wanted to go home and snuggle herself on the couch with Luke, but the way Sam was looking at her, no way she was ever going to say no to that.

"Sure."

"I`ll make it quick." He was smiling warmly at her now, and he was responsible for melting her heart for probably the thousandth time.

He parked the SUV in the driveway to a nice little house in a typical suburban neighborhood, she sat in the car and watched him knock on the door, full grin on his face as he waited. A boy, she guessed age around 7, opened the door and launched himself in the arms of Sam the minute he realized who it was.

She tilted her head and smiled at the scene on the porch, he looked briefly over to her when he released the boy, but whipped his head around when a woman came to sight. They pulled each other into a big hug, and when she tried to tug him inside the house, he stopped and started to talk to her. Midway in their conversation she saw her eyes flicker to the car, smiling, and then gently pushing him down the stairs.

He came up to the car and opened the passenger door with a pleading look in his eyes.

"How do you feel about the best lasagna in the world?" He showed off his sexy dimples, hoping they would do the trick, she chuckled at him a little.

"Since when do I turn down food?" She unbuckled her belt and took the hand he held out for her so she could safely jump down from the SUV. He placed his palm on the small of her back and led her up to the house.

Weirdly enough she didn't feel too nervous about meeting his sister, and she had never seen Sam this happy before, so she could find herself really enjoying this. When they entered the house Sarah met them in the hallway.

Andy was fascinated by how similar she and Sam was, she had thick black hair to her shoulders and the same brown eyes as he did. She was a petite woman and shorter then Andy. But the smile she had, with dimples in force, made Andy smile widely. But what really surprised her was that Sarah pulled her into a hug.

"Andy, it`s so nice to meet you, I`ve heard so much about you." When she released Andy, she looked surprised over at Sam, who was…..blushing. He rolled his eyes at his sister and led both women into the dining room where the boy stood ready to dig in.

"Alex, come say hi to our guest." The boy came up to Andy and politely reached out his hand while he said hi, she shook his hand gently and smiled down at him.

"Please sit down, let`s eat." All four took seats at the round shaped dining table.

"Sammy, this was the best surprise, I`ve missed you so much!" Sarah said while she put food on her sons plate.

"I`ve missed you too, sis." Andy was surprised how Sam was so comfortable talking with her, not afraid of showing his emotions or feeling the need to be the badass Swarek.

"And Andy, thank you for ruining my brothers undercover job, for that I already love you." That totally threw Andy away, she was the first person ever to thank her for screwing up Sam`s cover.

"Tim working night shift this week?" Andy knew by the ring on her finger she was married, but was curious of why he wasn't there, so she found herself thankful for Sam`s question.

"No, just today, a big surgery came up and they needed him to do it." She smiled at both of them and poured more water in the glasses.

Andy had since the day she learned about Sarah figured she would be a troubled soul because of her attack, but as they all sat there she realized she was a survivor, a fighter and a strong woman full of life and love.

When they finished with dinner Andy sat back in her chair, gently patting her stomach and chuckling over to Sam.

"You were totally right, best lasagna in the world." All the Swarek`s laughed with Andy, Samhad never thought she would feel this comfortable around Sarah, but she was acting like the McNally he knew, and secretly loved.

"You know Andy, my little brother her is too an amazing cook, among other things, any woman would be lucky to have him." Sarah was grinning with twinkles in her eyes at both of them.

"Yeah, she is." Andy smiled sadly to her and then looked briefly at Sam.

"Who?" Sarah looked puzzled between her and her brother, and when Andy realized she had let the cat out the bag she mouthed `sorry` in his direction. Sarah raised one eyebrow to her brother, and he rolled his eyes a little and turned his attention to his nephew.

"Come on brother, help me with this." She started to collect the leftovers and dirty dishes. "Andy, you can just sit down and relax, we`ll be right back." She smiled to her over her shoulder as she walked out of the dining room with the dishes, Sam right behind her.

"She`s just as nice as you told me." Sarah told her brother while she stuffed the leftovers in a container Sam already knew was for him to bring home.

"Yeah, she really is." He had placed his palms on the kitchen counter and let his head fall down a little, on the floor he saw his sister shadow come to stand next to him.

"When where you going to tell me you had a girlfriend?" She heard him let out a heavy sigh.

"I, uh, you know….. since you know how I feel about her…." He pinched the bridge of his nose, selecting his words carefully. "Look, Sarah, I never thought I could find love with any other then her, but I`m starting to think I could."

"Ok." She covered one of his hands with hers, and gave it a light squeeze.

"Just say it, sis, I know you want to." She laughed a little at him.

"You`re a big boy, you`ll figure it out…You should bring her sometime." Sam met his sister`s eyes and smiled widely to her.

They walked back to the dining room where Andy was sitting, smiling at them when they entered the room.

As they sat there talking about everything and nothing, Sam could tell his sister liked Andy, and that she liked her as well. He just hoped she would like Natalie too.

Sam`s phone interrupted the chatter, he looked down at his phone and excused himself from the table. Sarah saw the way Andy`s eyes where following her brother when he left the room with his phone close to his ear and a smile on his face.

Andy jumped a little in her skin when Sarah covered on of her hands with hers, looking deep into her eyes, like she was searching for something. Andy saw her mouth open to say something, and then Sam walked into the room.

"McNally, it`s getting late, we should get going." When he saw his sister hand covering his partner`s he narrowed his eyes at her sister, she let go of Andy`s hand and smile to her. Andy got to her feet, gently patting Alex small dark-haired head when she passed him.

Sarah saw the way Sam placed his palm on Andy`s lower back, guiding her towards the door. Sarah walked after them, with her son following right behind. When they stood opposite of each other Sam bent down to pull Alex into a hug, Sarah noticed the smile that crept over Andy's lips by the scene.

"Well, it was nice to meet you guys and thank you for dinner, lasagna is never going to taste the same." Andy said while she grinned at Sarah and Alex.

"Sam knows the recipe, he`ll make you some. And if he doesn't, well, you know where to find me." She winked at her, causing Andy`s cheeks to redden a little.

Sam kissed his sister`s cheek and placed his palm back on Andy`s back, walking her to the car and opening the door for her so she could climb in.

"Thank you for that." He said when they were buckling up in the car, both waving to Sarah and Alex at the door, before Sam pulled the car out to the streets.

"You know, you are more than what you lead in to." He looked puzzled over to her. "I mean, it`s nice to see this side of you. You really are a good guy." The smile she passed him didn't really reach her eyes, she found it hard to not be jealous of Natalie.

"Yeah well." He shrugged his shoulders and turned the radio on.

"Natalie is a lucky woman." It much as it stung her to repeat it, it sure as hell was true. He gave her a sincere smile before he turned to concentrate on the road. Of the corner in his eye he saw her sitting back in her seat and slowly closing her eyes.

He had parked the car outside of her house, deciding he should let her off before he returned the car to the station. When he didn't get any respond from her when he called out her name, he gently put a stray of hair back her ear.

"Andy, wake up, you`re home." Her hands came up to her eyes, rubbing them tiredly and looking confused around her.

"I fell asleep. You should have woken me up."

"Nah, it`s been a long day, McNally."

She unbuckled her belt and reached for the door handle, worrying her bottom lip, she turned her head to look at him.

"We`re good right?" A grin spread across his face, dimples in sight.

"Yeah. Good night, McNally."

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