Sam walked into Andy's condo and smiled at the sight at her making dinner.
Things were going great between them, and Sam was really happy about it.
Sure things were a bit rough for the first few days, but, it seemed to be settling down.
Sam went into the kitchen and wrapped his arms around Andy's back and breathed in her hair for a few moments
Andy turned around and wrapped her arms around his neck and lent in and kissed him softly on his lips, which made him moan a bit.
He lifted her up on the counter and kissed her softly again, and Andy pouted her lips when Sam moved away from her and he smirked and rolled his eyes as he went to get a beer out of the fridge.
"So mum called me, she wants to have dinner with me", Andy said slowly and Sam turned around and looked at her and winked at her.
"Okay when?" he asked her as he helped her off the counter.
"This weekend, Saturday night I think, she has something to tell me", Andy said shrugging her shoulders.
Sam grinned at shook his head at her and pulled her closer to him.
"McNally if you want me to come, just say so", Sam said lifting Andy's chin up and looking at her.
Andy sighed and shook her head.
"Come with me", she said quietly putting her head down.
Sam smiled and lifted her chin up and kissed her on the lips.
"Okay", he said softly to her.
Andy nodded her head and wrapped her arms around his neck and held onto him tightly.
That night, they lay in bed together, Sam breathing heavily, with Andy on top of him.
He smiled softly up at her, rubbing his hands up and down her back.
Andy sighed and got off him and lay next to him, taking some blanket and still breathing heavily.
"Sam", she said still breathing heavily, looking over at Sam, who just smirked and winked at her.
This was the first time, in over a year that they were intimate with each other.
Sam wanted to take things slow, so he did, he didn't want to force or rush things this time with Andy, he wanted to do it right this time, so if that meant just sleeping in the bed with her, than that was what he was going to do.
The night of the dinner came, and to say Andy was nervous was an understatement.
Sam looked over at Andy for a moment, and winked at her and she smiled back and nodded her head at him.
Sam wasn't sure if Claire knew they were back together, but he didn't care, because if he had to prove to Claire that he was in it for the long haul this time with Andy, then that was what he was going to do.
They got out of his truck and walked hand and hand to Claire's front door.
Claire was surprised when she saw Sam and Andy together, but let them in to her house anyway.
Andy had told her she was bringing someone, but Claire had thought it was going to be nick.
Claire got out three beers and gave to Sam and Andy.
They all sat down at the kitchen table, none of them saying anything.
Claire sighed and went into kitchen and started to get dinner ready.
Sam walked up to the kitchen and looked over at Andy and winked at her
"Need any help?" Sam offered Claire.
Claire shook her head and laughed.
"I think you've done enough Sam", Claire said shaking her head.
Sam looked at her confused.
"And what exactly does that mean?" Sam said to Claire as she brought dinner to the table.
Claire looked at Sam and shook her head again.
"I'm just shocked to see you here Sam, I mean I knew Andy was bringing someone", Claire started to say.
Andy sighed and closed her eyes.
"I wasn't going to bring nick mum, I was going to bring dad", Andy said looking at her mum.
Claire's eyes went wide.
"Mum, Nick and I, weren't serious", Andy said shaking her head and looking at Sam, who just winked at her.
Claire shook her head again.
"Andy, I told you not move on, not worry about your feelings for Sam, be happy be free", Claire said eyeing her daughter.
Sam couldn't believe what he was hearing.
He took a deep breath and looked over at Andy, who looked like she was going to cry.
"And you do know what's best for Andy, Claire?" Sam snapped back.
Claire laughed and shook her head at him, not believing what he just said.
"I'm here mother Sam, I know what's best", Claire said shrugging her shoulders.
Sam took another deep breath.
"And you think leaving your daughter, when she was 12, was a good idea?" he asked in a snappy voice.
Andy's eyes went wide and she shook her head and Sam, not knowing what else to do.
Claire looked between Sam and Andy and laughed.
"Listen here Sam, I tried to contact her, I wanted her to come live with me", Claire started to say.
Sam laughed and shook his head.
"I get that you love Andy Sam, I do", Claire started to say.
Claire took a deep breath and looked between Sam and Andy.
"I just want wants best for Andy, who might not be you Sam", Claire said shrugging her shoulders and looking over at her daughter.
Andy had had enough.
"Mum, don't say that, you know nothing about mine and sam's relationship", Andy said to her mum, shaking her head.
Claire looked at her daughter and laughed and shook her head.
"I know he broke your heart, and you went undercover to get over him", Claire snapped back.
Sam looked over at Andy shocked.
"I told you to go undercover Andy, to make your career your first priority, and not to worry about this cowboy", Claire said shaking her head.
Sam was over this night, he didn't like how Claire was talking to Andy, at all.
Sam looked over at Andy, who was crying, and he closed his eyes and let out a breath.
"Were going", he said to Andy, who looked at him and smiled softly and nodded her head.
Sam winked over at her.
He turned around and looked over at Claire, shaking his head at her.
"I made a mistake, by breaking up with Andy, and I will regret that for a long time, I regretted it the day after I broke up with her, but you, left her for years, and tried not to contact her for years, so don't you dare judge me, because if I broke her heart into a million pieces once, and I regret that, how do you feel about leaving her for so long, with no contact what so ever", Sam said to Claire.
"Sam", Claire started to say but Sam shook his head.
"I don't care Claire, whatever you have to say, I don't want to hear it, because even if Tommy did what you told us, you're an adult, you can choose what you can and can't do", he said looking between Claire and Andy.
"I know we all make mistakes, I get that, but, at least I am trying to fix my mistake", Sam said as he grabbed Andy's hand.
"Andy", Claire said.
Andy turned around and looked at her mum for a moment.
"You don't listen, if he breaks your heart again, don't come crawling to me, like y0ou did last time", Claire said shaking her head.
Andy nodded her head and let some tears come out.
"Don't worry, it wasn't a mistake for her giving me another chance", Sam snapped back at Claire.
They left the house, and Sam pushed Andy gently against his truck, once more.
"I know I hurt you, but if you did go undercover because of me", Sam started to say and Andy shook her head for a moment.
"I needed to get away, yes, everything bad that could happen did", Andy said softly and Sam closed his eyes and let out a breath.
"I wanted you to let me in Sam, I wanted to help you through what you were going through, what you are going through, but you pushed me away", Andy said softly once again.
" I didn't want too Andy, I wasn't intending to do that, I just didn't know how to do what you were asking, letting you in, getting to know me in that way, I don't know how to do that", Sam said lifting Andy's chin up.
"I went away because I needed to see what undercover was like, for myself, and because I needed to see if I could do this, without you being there all the time, seeing your face every day, I needed to do the undercover work Sam", Andy said with tears in her eyes.
Sam finally understood where Andy was coming from. He got it, he really did, if he was honest with himself, he thought the break up was the reason why she went undercover, but after this talk, he finally got it.
Andy McNally went away with a broken heart, and she had hoped when she got back to be a bigger stronger person, not relying on anyone to be there when the hard stuff fell.
"What your mum said, when you were talking about going undercover, did it help you make your decision to go?" Sam asked Andy carefully.
Andy nodded her head and closed her eyes.
"it was what I needed to hear Sam, I had no one to talk to , when we broke up, Traci was going through some things, I didn't want to bother her, Gail was getting better, healing, dad wasn't here, who else could I talk too Sam?", she asked wiping away some tears.
Sam closed his eyes and nodded his head, he hadn't thought of that at all.
He went closer to her, and hugged her tightly.
"Promise me something", she said in a muffled voice.
Sam moved away from her for a moment and moved some hair out of her eyes.
"Go", he said quietly.
"Don't walk away again Sam, I can't lose you again, don't give up on us again", Andy said shaking her head.
Sam closed his eyes and brought her closer to him again and hugged her.
"Never again, Andy, I promise", he said hugging her as tight as he could.
A:N: 2: I hope you guys liked it, next up, boys night, and Chris, Dov, Sam and Oliver, talk about how everything has changed.
