A/N: I am blushing with pride. Thank you all for your kind words. I loved the cd idea too. (Not while I was going through hundreds of songs, by the way). So glad you appreciated the effort. Racked my brain to come up with something almost as fun. Hope you enjoy.

I Think You Might Be Superman

Chapter 4-Love the girl, still hate puzzles

The weekend after the hockey game passed in a blur. Sam had been exhausted after pulling an all-nighter trying to decode what was now his favorite cd of all time. He had his stitches taken out that afternoon and the doctor replaced his cast with something a little sturdier since he could already tell that Sam hadn't been not using the arm like he was supposed to. Sunday he spent with the Shaws. Oliver had invited him over to watch football and have dinner with his family. He noticed the obvious lift in Sam's spirits and was immediately suspicious.

"You haven't seen her, have you?"

"Seen who?" Sam asked innocently

"You know exactly who. McNally that's who. No contact Sam."

"Oliver, I promise, I have not talked to, called, written or emailed Officer McNally as per my suspension." He finished with a smirk.

"Uh Hmmm. So why so happy?"

"Why? I can't be happy now? You guys keep telling me that its only 3 weeks, suck it up. I finally am and now you give me the business? Besides, I am an inherently happy person." He grinned.

"Riiiight."

Sam really wanted to tell Oliver about the stories from Leo and the cd, but that posed two dilemmas. Sam silently asked himself two very important questions. One, if he told Oliver would he keep his mouth shut? Secondly, how bad will he make fun of me knowing that McNally painted me in that light? Within seconds, Sam decided that he didn't want to find out either of those answers, so he shut his mouth.

Jerry called Monday morning to let Sam know that he was working afternoon shifts this week so anything Sam wanted to do would be solely by himself. Sam tried not to chuckle out loud. He really didn't mind working alone and the truth is Jerry wasn't really too much of a help. He told Sam where to find the spare key and informed him that Traci would pick Leo up from school and be at the house around 4. Sam yessed him to death before they got off the phone. He really didn't mind the quiet. He was used to it that way. Or at least he used to be used to it. He had been on his own for so long. Even at work he would have often rode alone. Undercover you are totally alone. Sam had just accepted that as his life. Until Andy. Her nervous chatter was at first annoying, then distracting, then endearing, and then…..God how he missed even the sound of her voice. What he wouldn't do for her to laugh at him or even tell him a Dov story. Ok, 13 more days, he could do it.

The only thing he truly wasn't prepared for was how much he missed Leo, and of course those fabulous stories from Andy. He couldn't wait till 4. Today he would have a story for his little helper.

Sam had been sleeping slightly better these past few days. Jerry's phone call at 8:15 had actually been his wake up call. He made his way over to Jerry's by 9, let himself in, grabbed his tools and made his way up to Jerry's bedroom. Work was moving slowly but smoothly and by the time lunch rolled around about half of the room was finished. Jerry had mentioned that there was pizza in the fridge. Sam decided a road trip was in order. He headed out, fairly sure of where he was going. He would definitely know when he got there. As he pulled around the corner to where the old toilet factory used to stand, there was a beautiful condominium development. Andy was right, this place was definitely her. He made a mental note of the building address and headed for his favorite deli on Baker. Sam had been going there for years. He and Scott, the owner, talked a bit while he made Sam his monstrous sandwich.

"By the way, saw that gorgeous partner of yours this morning." Scott smiled.

"Huh? Who?" His every thought was consumed with Andy, how he wouldn't immediately realize who Scott was talking about was slightly ridiculous.

"Andy. She's been coming here for breakfast a lot. Her dad is away and she is just waiting to close on her new place. Said she has some time off, didn't sound too thrilled about it though."

Obviously, Andy hadn't said anything about her suspension so Sam didn't feel it was his place to mention it.

"Probably just has a lot going on. I was working with Guns and Gangs, so…..we haven't been partnered for a little while. Things should be back to normal in a couple of weeks." Normal.

Sam paid for his food and said goodbye to his friend. As he headed for the door, Scott called after him.

"Hey, you think she'd go out with me if I asked?"

"Sorry buddy, she's already taken." Sam grinned and headed for his truck.

Sam worked quickly through the afternoon and was happy to be able to tell Jerry that he could probably be finished with the floor by the next afternoon. Apparently Traci had moved some more of her stuff in over the weekend and Sam knew they would want everyone to be settled in. He didn't even hear the car pull up, just the slam of the door and small footsteps up the stairs.

"Wow Sam, you're doing a really great job!"

Sam chuckled, "Thanks Leo. It was harder because you weren't helping me but I did okay." Traci suddenly appeared in the doorway.

"Hey Sam."

"Hey Nash. You like?"

"You really are good. It looks beautiful."

"Yeah, I got skills."

"So I've been hearing. "She replied with a smirk.

At first Sam thought it was from Leo but judging by the twinkle in Traci's eye and the fact that his face was turning red, he realized that she meant Andy.

"How is ….everything?" he tried to ask without asking.

"Good…... Hey Leo, you go wash those school germs off and grab a snack. I'll be down in a minute."

"Alright, Mom. Don't worry Sam; I'll be back in a little bit to help you."

"Thanks buddy."

They remained silent until they heard Leo bounce down the steps.

"She's good. She misses you but she's doing okay. You know counting down the days."

"Thirteen." The word was out before Sam could stop it.

Their eyes met and they shared a knowing glance. Traci knew how Sam felt about Andy, probably before he knew it. He gave her a small smile.

"Me too." Sam said. Traci understood all he was saying and not saying at the same time.

"Hey Nash, when is she moving into her new place?"

"I think she's closing Wednesday and starting to move in on Thursday."

"I hope she knows…..I mean, I wish I could help, ….could be there…"

"I know. She does too." Traci sighed…. "Listen, I'll leave you to your floor and I'll send your helper up when he's done with his snack. By the way, he loves hanging out with you. Thanks for being so sweet to him."

"He's a great kid Traci, you should be really proud of yourself."

"Thanks." She smiled and started to turn to leave.

"Hey Nash. I know we aren't supposed to "communicate". He gestured quotation marks in the air. "Just tell her one thing for me."

Traci bit her bottom lip and raised her eyes as a signal to continue.

"If the circumstances were the same and I had it to do all over again, tell her I wouldn't change a thing."

"Don't quote me on this,… but neither would she."

Sam smiled and went back to working on the floor. A short time later he was joined by his young partner in crime. Sam handed over the rubber mallet and Leo repeated the steps from the other day. "Hey Sam, good news for you. I have another story but this one is a little creepy and scary. Aunt Andy told this one when we had an indoor campout one night."

"An Indoor campout? Sam asked

"Well it's too cold to camp outside now silly. So anyhow, Aunt Andy set up her tent in grandma's living room. Grandma was not as excited as we were about the tent, I will tell you that. Anyhow, Aunt Andy told us a story about the day that her partner and her came up to a car accident and one of the cars had NO DRIVER. Then, they opened the trunk and there were dead people. I think their names were Peter and another guy and Mary. Jerry knew their names; he is really smart like that. So Andy and her partner go looking for the bad guy. Aunt Andy finds him and gets in a big fight with the guy but he got away. Her partner broke down a door with his bare hands just to get to her. It was made of extra strong steel but he knocked it down. The crazy guy bit Aunt Andy but she was okay."

"Wow, I am so glad that nothing happened to her." Sam said

"I know. But Sam, that isn't even the scariest part. The crazy guy knew Aunt Andy's last name and found out where she lived with Luke and the guy shot Luke! In the stomach! And that really hurts. Aunt Andy said she was shaking and crying and was so scared but her partner was really calm and he really tried to make her calm down. He took care of Luke until the Hambulance came." Leo giggled uncomfortably for a second. "Sorry, I mean the ambulance but Aunt Andy always calls it a Hambulance. She is so funny." Now he got serious again. "So her partner tried to fix him up and they went to the hospital. I remember that Aunt Andy had been so sad but she told me that she knew her partner was at the hospital almost the whole night just to be there for her. Is he awesome or what?"

Sam smiled at Leo and thought back to that wild day and even crazier night. Daniel Baird was a curious case. Self un-medicating himself, cutting the heads off of cadavers; Cuckoo was hardly a strong enough term. As much as he despised Luke Callaghan, he would never wish him harm. He didn't think he would ever forget the look of fear on Andy's face as she leaned over Luke's pale form. He tried his best to calm her but even heard his own voice crack as he tried to get her to focus. Then at the hospital, he tried to assure her that Luke was in the best possible hands. She twirled that shiny engagement ring around her finger. Sam watched it go round and round her finger until he felt like he was on the tea cup ride at an amusement park. Finally, the doctor came out to report on Luke's status. When she advised them that only family would be allowed to see him, Andy told her "I'm his fiancée, I am his family." That was the one that almost broke him. So he sat with Jo Rosati. Both of them praying for the best but at the same time hoping for a breakup. How sick is that.

"Excuse me Sam?"

"Yeah buddy?" Sam shook his head to come out of the daze.

"Maybe one day you can go real camping with us, okay?"

"Okay. It's a deal….Ya know Leo, I love hearing these stories about Aunt Andy. Remember when you first told me about the superhero guy, I told you that I thought that my partner had superpowers too. I want to tell you about the first time I met her."

Leo put the mallet down and sat cross legged on the finished part of the floor staring at Sam.

"I used to work undercover a lot. I was working on a big case and was talking to one of the bad guys when this young copper busted down the door with one kick." Leo grinned "I mean she is super strong. She was looking for a guy with a gun and I matched what he looked like so she arrested me."

"Didn't you tell her you were a police?"

Sam laughed, "I tried to tell her quietly, I mean I didn't want the other guy to know or it would ruin my whole case. She didn't listen to me and she arrested me. Later that day, the bad guy found out I was a police officer and I couldn't be undercover anymore because he was gonna tell all of his friends."

"Oh no! Wait…..I thought you said she had super powers? Sounds like she made a big mess of things."

"That's the thing, Leo. After she messed up my case, she tracked down the real bad guy and solved a murder case. All on her first day."

"Wow, her boss must have been really proud of her."

"Yeah he was. I was too. I never told her that but I was. And even though I was upset not to get the big bad guy that I was on the case for, I'm glad she blew my cover because then we became partners and now we are really… close friends."

Leo watched Sam's face taking in his expression. "Do you like her?"

"Huh?"

"Your partner, do you like her? I mean like her like her, like a girlfriend?"

Intuitive kid.

Sam smiled. "Why do you ask?"

"My friend Steven likes this girl Nicole in our class. She is really nice but girls are just …..gross. Steven thinks she is so pretty and he always gives her his snack and he has his goofy face on around her, like all the time."

"His goofy face?"

"His goofy face, like you just had on." Leo giggled.

"You mean goofy like this?" Sam made faces at the boy. Leo giggled some more.

"You could date her ya know. Spiderman dates Mary Jane and Superman has Lois Lane. Wonder woman probably has a boyfriend. Haven't you ever seen those movies?"

Movies, that's it.

"Leo, you just gave me a great idea. Could you help me clean this place up a little bit and then I will finish it up tomorrow."

Leo helped put all of the tools away. Together they stacked the remaining wood in a corner. Sam would finish the last small section tomorrow and reattach the moldings.

By the time they had cleaned up, Jerry was home with Chinese food. They asked Sam to stay. He had to call Sarah and wanted to get home so he politely declined and promised them another night. He shrugged on his jacket and promised that he would be there in the morning to finish.

He sat in his truck and waited for it to warm up. Immediately he hit speed dial one.

"Hello."

"Sarah, I could use your help. Are you busy this week?"

"Not that I know of. What's up? …I'm sorry did you just tell me that you need my help?"

Sam explained about Andy's message and what he wanted to do. He figured he would rather ask for his sister's help than rely on Oliver. Shaw was too close to the parties involved. Yes, Sarah would be the best bet, plus this would be right up her alley. He explained his idea and what he would need from her to pull it off. She agreed immediately then checked with Michael to make sure that he would be okay with the girls for an overnight. Her plan would be to leave for Toronto Wednesday after the girls got on the school bus. Michael would get them in the afternoon. She would return to St. Catharine's Thursday evening.

"Thanks Sarah."

"Are you kidding, I've been waiting forever for you to ask me to help you with your love life."

"Funny Sarah. See you Wednesday."

Early Tuesday Sam finished up the floor. It really did look terrific if he might say so himself. He packed up his stuff and deposited his tools in the garage. He had some research to do before preparing for his message back to Andy. He was gonna stop by later that evening just to get a little info from his unknowing spy.

He went home and headed for his computer. It was slow going but his thoughts turned to Andy and her message and that was enough incentive for him. He worked through the afternoon. His phone rang around 5:30, it was Jerry, thanking him for the amazing job and inviting him to dinner with he and Traci and Leo. They were heading to Carmines. Jerry knew that Sam wouldn't take any money for his work so he would pay him back in dinners if he had too.

They met at Carmines at 6:30. The eating was family style and there was enough food to feed three families at least. Traci glanced at her watch and excused herself to the ladies room.

"Hey Sammy, would you mind dropping me and Leo off at home. Traci's gonna meet Andy at the mall. This way she can just take my car."

Suddenly Sam had an impulsive itch to go shopping and he hated shopping.

"Yeah sure, no problem."

Jerry asked the waiter for the check. Meanwhile Leo leaned over to Sam. "Mom and Andy didn't want us to go with them. They're gonna see their friend Victoria. I think she has a secret and they didn't want me to spill any beans. I'm not sure what is going on but I'm definitely gonna try and find out what she told them."

Sam choked on the last of his drink.

As expected, Sam had a fitful night of sleep. He dragged himself out of bed around 9 and started the coffee. Sam was showered and dressed and waiting at the door by the time Sarah got there at 10:30am. She threw her overnight bag to the side in the foyer and pulled her brother into her embrace. She finally leaned away from him, running her hands from his shoulders to his hands. She looked at his cast and traced the cut under his left eye with her finger.

"I'm fine."

"Yeah, yeah, I know. You're fine. You're always fine."

She walked past him into his kitchen. "So where do we start?"

She glanced at the sheets of paper all over his kitchen counter. "Wow, you've really been giving a lot of thought to this."

"I was trying to be equally clever but I don't think it's possible."

"If anyone can come up with great titles, it's you. You are such a movie buff."

They made a list of things they would need to get at the store.

Sam caught his sister staring at him as he scribbled on a piece of paper.

"What?" he asked

"I've just…..never seen you so …..invested …in someone. You really love this girl."

Sam didn't say anything, just looked down at his hands. "You do, don't you?" she prodded.

"Maybe I do. But that's not the point. I've known her for two years. She wasted over a year with that idiot Callaghan. Meanwhile, I did nothing. I never told her how I felt, never did anything or said anything to let her know that I wanted to be with her, that I wanted her. Finally, we get the opportunity to be together and we're separated. There is no way that I'm screwing this up. Callaghan never put her first, never put any effort…she needs to know that I am not that guy."

Sarah sat open mouthed. There was so much she wanted to say to her brother but didn't. That was just a really big share from him and she didn't want to shut him down.

"Well Sam, then we better get going."

Sarah insisted that the first stop be to a craft store. Sam had never been in one so had to look it up on his laptop. Sarah dragged Sam around like a puppy. He found it hard to believe there was even a need for this much craft paraphernalia. Sarah found the basket she needed, some ribbon, a large jar and then she found a blank puzzle. She had a great idea for Sam for another Andy treat but that one would have to wait toward the end of their suspension. After a fairly painless 15 minutes they were on their way to their next stop. They immediately hit the DVD area and went through Sam's list picking up the specific titles, next it was the food section. The grabbed whatever they could from the list once again and then were out the door. Two more stops and the shopping hell would be over Sam thought. He was really grateful for his sister's help despite her being way too eager. The loud growl from Sam's stomach made it a perfect time for a break from the shopping marathon.

They stopped at a diner to grab lunch. They had some laughs and a made light conversation. Sam appreciated the fact that Sarah wasn't peppering him with a million questions regarding Andy, whatever their relationship was nor their suspension. He gave her credit for her uncharacteristic restraint. Instead she told him about Michael being up for a promotion at work, talked about his nieces and how they were doing in school and how excited they were for their Uncle to come visit, especially with his new girlfriend. Okay so much for restraint.

"Don't get your hopes up Sarah, by the time this suspension is over she may remember what a jerk I am."

"You're not a jerk. …Well, not all of the time. "She laughed as he shook his head and grinned.

"I'm kidding Sam. You can say whatever you want, you're a great catch and you deserve to be happy. You do."

Sam tilted his head to the side and smirked, "Geez that must have killed you to say."

"Let's go Casanova before I lose my lunch."

They made their two other stops and brought the multiple packages into the house. Sam followed his sister's lead as they attempted to put together the gift package and message. As she tied a ribbon around the group of DVDs she turned to her brother. "Anything else before I wrap it up?"

"I think that's the last of it. I just need to get her address."

Sam called over to Jerry's and asked him to find out from Nash what Andy's new address would be. He could hear the hesitation in Jerry's voice as he asked and even more from Traci when she answered, 217 Salem Road."

"Relax guys, it's not like I'm going over there." Sam hung up quickly as Sarah typed away at his computer.

The next morning after Sam made his sister's favorite Belgian waffles, they came up with the delivery plan. The waited till noon time before Sarah jumped in her SUV and headed for Andy's new place.

She pulled up behind a small box truck, moving men lowering a sofa down to the street from the back. She followed them to number 217 and knocked on the already open door and waited till she heard light footsteps coming toward her. Immediately she could see why her brother was so smitten. The young woman who approached her was about 5'8" wearing her long dark hair in a ponytail, big brown eyes and the brightest smile she had ever seen. "Can I help you?"

"McNally? …I mean….. Andy McNally?"

"Yes?"

"I have a delivery for you. Could you please sign right here?"

Sarah handed over the clipboard with the fake delivery receipt. Andy signed next to the X and handed it back to the dark haired woman.

"I'll be right back with it." She went back to the car and carried the bulky basket back to Andy's door. Andy's eyes lit up with excitement as she saw the package. She couldn't imagine who it could be from. Only Traci really knew that she was moving in today. She tipped the woman and smiled as she started to walk away. There was something so familiar about her but Andy couldn't put her finger on it.

"Excuse me, do I know you? You look so familiar."

Sarah almost stumbled over her own feet. "Uh, I don't think so; I'm not from around here, just filling in for a friend." She smiled back at Andy a full dimpled smile and headed for her car.

Sam was waiting on his front stoop when Sarah pulled back in the driveway. She reported back to Sam and gave a full hearted approval on his choice of women to which Sam rolled his eyes. She also told him that she was pretty sure that Andy figured out who she was. As long as they were within the parameters of the suspension, he didn't care.

Meanwhile, Andy took her mega basket into the kitchen and put it on her brand new granite countertop. She searched the perimeter of the basket but found no card. Maybe it was put inside she thought to herself. She gently tore the plastic wrap away from the basket. Immediately her eyes started to well up with tears. No card was necessary. She knew exactly who it was from. Sam.

She slowly took the items out of the basket. Pistachios, grapefruit, a bag of her favorite flavored coffee, her favorite cookies, a bottle of champagne and a jar of treats with the words Good Candy painted on the side. Not to mention the stack of DVDs tied with a bow. Andy looked through the titles and was caught by surprise. They seemed like mostly romantic movies. She wouldn't have taken Sam for a romance movie guy then of course she got the hint.

Remember Me

Only You

Drive Me Crazy

It Happened One Night

So Undercover

Just My Luck

Imagine Me and You

Breakin' all the rules

It's Kind of a Funny Story

The Story of Us

It's Complicated

Definitely, Maybe

Can't Hardly Wait

Date Night

Whatever It Takes

I am Sam

Andy stood smiling hardly registering the tears coming down her face.

"Miss? Are you alright?" one of the moving men had tapped her on the shoulder.

"Huh? Oh, don't mind me. I'm fine. I'm almost back to normal."

The man shook his head in confusion and walked back to the van.

A/N: I would like to dedicate this chapter to my son, Austin. Eight years in heaven. 2/3/03-1/1/04. God Bless and a Happy New Year to all.