Chapter 6

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'What's so funny, babe?' The voice was familiar and most definitely unwanted at that particular moment.

She turned around just as Luke closed the door.

'Don't call me that ever again!' she said, anger in her voice.

'Why not? What's wrong?' he asked innocently.

'Don't even try this, Luke, it's not going to work. I saw you with her and I know you have been lying to the both of us all this time. And even if you hadn't, my decision would have stayed the same.'

The look on his face resembled confusion, hurt and anger, yet his voice was remarkably calm as he spoke.

'What do you mean, your decision would have stayed the same?' he asked.

'Didn't you listen to a word I said last night? I was going to break up with you anyway, your wife showing up only made it that much easier for me to do. You see, I thought I was the one leading you on, while in fact it was you that had been lying to me the entire time.'

'No, Andy, it wasn't a lie. I really do care about you so very much. I was going to tell you about Jo last night and I was already going to get a divorce.' Though his voice was pleading, she didn't believe a word of what he was saying. She was slightly offended that he would even think that she would believe him.

'It wouldn't have mattered what you were planning on doing, my mind was already made up.'

'So you really would have just left me, even if she hadn't shown up?' Luke asked.

She nodded and looked at him for a moment. Suddenly he seemed to realise something.

'Wait a moment, what do you mean by saying you were leading me on?' there was worry, defence in his voice.

'You really didn't listen to a word I was saying didn't you?' she asked angry. 'I'm in love with someone else and I just feel so stupid for not realizing it sooner.'

'You are what?' he asked hurt.

'I'm pretty sure you heard me this time. Just don't hold on any longer, ok. I'm ready to move on, move forward.' She sighed a heavy sigh. 'I'm sorry, Luke. Goodbye.' She walked past him out of the room. She took a few deep breaths before walking over to the desks to start working on the paperwork that came with brining in a suspect. She knew that Sam would have made her do it after the interrogation anyway, but she needed to do something now.

Therefore, when Sam joined her little over an hour later, she was already finished with the report and sat looking around the room for something to distract her.

She handed the report to him and sat watching his face as he went over it.

'Good job,' he said handing it back to her. 'We might as well stay here now, there's not much time left on our shift and it would be nice to get out on time for once,' he said smiling his dimpled smile at her. She smiled back before turning back to her desk and starting on some older paperwork. She felt as Sam sat down at the desk next to her and started to work. They were silent and somehow there was much more tension then there was that morning in the car. Andy kept looking over at Sam and the clock. She just wanted shift to be over with so she could finally get out of here and tell Sam everything that she wanted to tell him. The arms of the clock seemed to move slower than ever but somehow it was finally time to get changed. She switched off her computer and got up only to find Sam standing right in front of her.

'So, I take it you're going to need a ride to the Penny?' he asked.

'How did you guess?' Andy smiled.

He shrugged. 'I'll wait for you at my truck.'

They both entered their own locker rooms to get changed. When Andy emerged from the shower she found Traci waiting for her.

'Soooooo,' she started, stretching the word out. 'Did you tell him yet?'

'No, not yet. But I'm going to,' she quickly added when she noticed Traci's face. 'Really!'

'Ok, if you say so. I guess only time will tell…'

'Well, thank you for the trust, Trace!' Andy said.

'Andy, you know that's not what I mean. It's just that you always seem to run away from your true feelings. You have to just feel them and tell them to the person who is meant to hear them.'

Andy knew Traci was telling the truth. She had no intention of backing out of this now. She had spent enough time thinking about being with Sam and it was time she took a chance. If she wanted to be happy, she had to do this tonight. She wasted enough time when she was with Luke and she still couldn't believe how stupid she had been not realising where her true feelings lay.

'Well, you'll be happy to know that I asked Sam to meet me at the Penny and he is probably waiting for me outside to drive me there.'

'Really now? And is Swarek driving you home tonight?'

'Trace! I didn't exactly plan ahead that far and I'm not even sure we are ready for that just yet, I mean I first have to talk to him and tell him everything.'

'I told you this morning and I'm telling you again, it would be a whole lot better if you just showed him.'

Andy gave her a look before turning to apply a bit of makeup. When she was done, she gathered her things and lifted her bag.

'See you in a little?' she asked Traci.

'If you ever make it there in the first place.'

Andy pretended to ignore those last words as she walked outside. Sure enough Sam was standing there waiting on her. He took her bag from her and placed it in the car before opening the passenger side door for her. He walked around the car and got in himself too. The ride over to the Penny was in silence as Andy tried to figure out what she was going to say. They were there in no time and still she didn't know what she was supposed to say. It was going to come down to the spree of the moment and an uncontrollable word flow.

They got out of the car and walked into the bar. It wasn't very crowded yet and after getting a drink they sat down at a table at the back of the place.

'So, are you gonna tell me whatever it is you have to say?' he asked, dimple smile in full place.

'I guess I have no choice,' Andy muttered under her breath before turning towards Sam.

'I'm not quite sure where to start. I guess the night of the blackout. When you left the room to switch of the lights and everything, Luke called. I didn't answer, but I did freak out. It made me realise something. It made me realise that I didn't want to be with him anyway. I realised that I wanted to be with you. I had made up my mind about Luke, I was going to break up with him anyway, but all day long I wondered if it was the right decision. I believed he didn't deserve it when I would hurt him and I kept trying to come up with reasons why I shouldn't do it. And when you said, it was what it was… I figured I was giving everything I had up for nothing. But then I realised that it didn't matter because if I felt that much for you and nothing for him, I shouldn't keep lying to myself or him. But then Jo showed up and she made the decision very easily for me.'

She took a deep breath. Everything was going right so far. Sam looked at her, waiting for her to continue.

'I guess that you deserved to know that and that I do care about you, a lot. I don't want it to be what it was. Because I couldn't live with this if it was in the past. I need you in the present and in the future. I don't regret anything that happened at the blackout. The only thing I regret is that it took me so long to realise everything. And the fact that I said I needed time, because I realised that I really don't need time. I guess time doesn't work that well for me after all.

'Well, it's only been a day,' he cut in smiling his dimples at her. 'That's hardly any time.'

'It still isn't working for me.' The smile he gave her nearly stopped her heart.

'You wanna get out of here?' Sam asked downing his glass. She nodded.

Neither one of them noticed the group of people watching them as they made their way out nor did they hear the cheers that went up when it became clear that they were leaving together.

They walked to the truck and Andy reached out to open the passenger door, but found it still locked. She turned around to Sam to ask him to open the door, but she found him closer than she had expected. She looked at him for a moment as his face came closer to hers.

Her eyes closed as their lips met and she felt herself get lost in the kiss. It was like their first kiss, she didn't know what was going on around her, all she could think of the fact that she was kissing Sam.

She didn't know how long the kiss lasted, but suddenly she heard someone clear their throat. They broke apart and looked up at the woman standing there. Though she had only seen the woman once before, she immediately recognised her. The blond woman stood, hands in sides and an angry expression on her face.

'I'm sorry, I was under the impression that you were having an affair with my husband,' she said, taking a step closer.

'I didn't even know you existed. If I had known I would have never started dating him.'

'Right,' Jo said, turning her head and letting her words sink in. 'And I am just supposed to believe that?'

'Look, she's got no reason what so ever to lie to you, so just let it go. You know Luke, you know what he's like. You could have known he was going to cheat on you,' Sam cut in, protectively placing himself slightly in front of Andy.

'He changed, alright? He really did change.'

'Well maybe not as much as you might think.'

They looked at each other for a long moment, before Jo finally turned around and walked away from the parking lot. Sam turned to Andy.

'Are you OK?' he asked, eyes searching her face for the faintest hint of discomfort.

'I will be. Will you drive me home?' she asked, a weak smile on her face.

He opened her door and helped her get inside. They drove off and arrived at her house a few minutes later. They both got out and Sam retrieved her bag from the back and carried for her as she opened the door. They walked in, Sam closing the door behind him as he went and putting the bag on the floor.

'I guess I should head out,' he said softly, taking a step closer to her. Andy nodded slowly.

'That probably would be best,' she said sighing as she leaned into him, resting her head on his shoulder. 'But I want you to stay.'

'Are you sure? You can't run away here, you know that right?'

'I'm not going to run anywhere.' It seemed just an assurance on the surface, but underneath it all lay the promise.

She looked up at him and then softly pressed her lips against his.

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So, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! I'll post as soon as I finish the next chapter, which should be a good one and probably no drama and lots of our favourite couple! Please let me know what you thought in a review!