Chapter 7.

I don't own rookie blue or any of the characters.

The next day Andy woke up to crying sounds. She glanced at her alarm clock and noticed it was only 5:30. Andy groaned and dragged herself out of bed. She stumbled to Lissy's small nursery and opened the door. The moment Lissy saw her mother she stopped crying, put her hand in her mouth and started laughing.

''You enjoy waking up mommy don't you?'' Andy asked the girl when she took Lissy out of her crib.

''Mmmmmffffffffpppppp,'' Lissy replied.

''Mommy needs her sleep sweetie.'' Andy walked back towards her own bedroom with Lissy in her arms. She never really let Lissy sleep with her for an entire night, a baby belonged in her crib. But for early mornings like this, Andy made an exception. Andy put a few pillows on the side of the bed so Lissy couldn't fall off the bed. When Andy first had Lissy, she always was scared to share a bed with her. She was afraid she would kick her baby out of the bed or roll on top of her in her sleep. By now Andy knew her instincts always protected her from situations like that. If Lissy was in her bed Andy always stayed very still.

Andy lied down with Lissy on her chest. Lissy snuggled up to her mother. Andy put a pacifier in Lissy's mouth, she kept finding pacifiers all over the apartment, something she was grateful for on moments like this.

When Andy woke up again it was because of knocking on her front door. Andy still had Lissy lying on her chest, the baby was fast asleep too. Andy tried to get up with Lissy, the baby stirred a little but didn't wake up. Andy walked over to the door and looked through the peep hole. She was surprised to see Sam standing there.

She looked at the mirror across the hall and tried to smooth her hair a little before opening the door.

''Sam, what are you doing here?''Andy asked him.

Lissy started to open her eyes and snuggled up closer to her mother. Sam looked at the child and was amazed by the scene before him. Andy wasn't wearing any make up and was still in a short and tank top. Lissy was wearing a pyjama and looked extremely comfortable being in her mother's arms. Lissy glanced up at Sam and put her head in her mother's neck.

''Since when did she turn shy?'' Sam asked Andy looking at Lissy.

''She just woke up, give her a minute,'' Andy replied. ''But that doesn't really answer the question why you are here.''

Sam held out her car keys to her and Andy looked at them with confusion written all over her face. ''Where did you get my car keys?'' Andy asked Sam.

''I took them with me yesterday,'' Sam told her.

''Why would you do that?'' Andy asked him still not understanding what he was doing there.

''I took a look at it last night. I'm a city boy McNally, I know how to fix a car blindfolded and chained. Your car really wasn't that hard to fix. Plus a buddy of mine owed me a favor so he helped we out with a few things.'' Sam placed her keys on a table next to the door. ''It's okay to drive again. I thought you probably needed your car to get Lissy to daycare and yourself to work.''

Andy didn't know what to say. She was thankful that Sam helped her out, but she didn't really have a lot of money to pay for car parts and the hours he put in there. ''Sam, it's really nice of you. I just wished you would have asked me before you did it.''

Sam looked at her with confusion, he really just meant to help her out. ''It's no big deal Andy.''

''It's just..'' Andy started ''I'm a little tight right now and I can't really afford to pay hundreds of dollars on my car,'' she admitted feeling slightly ashamed. She really didn't want to come off as weak or poor. She was doing fine, had everything she needed. She just couldn't afford to do anything crazy.

''Andy relax, like I told you a buddy of mine owed me a favor. He works at a garage so I got the parts for free. He didn't charge anything,'' Sam told Any.

''But all the hours you put in there,'' Andy started.

''Andy, seriously don't worry about it. I wanted to help you and I like working on cars okay?''

Sam shrugged his shoulders and brushed it off.

''Thank you Sam, really thank you.'' Andy took a step forward and put one arm around Sam giving him a hug. She hold Lissy with her other arm. Lissy put her hand on Sam's arm, it looked like Lissy was giving Sam a hug too.

Andy and Sam started laughing. ''It looks like she really likes you,'' Andy told Sam. ''Are you sure there is nothing I can do for you?''

''Well, I did get out of bed early so I haven't eaten anything yet. If you have any food lying around?"

''Men..,'' Andy started. ''It's always about food is it? But come inside and make yourself comfortable''

''Yup,'' Sam said while he was walking inside her apartment. ''But if you think I'm bad, I'm nothing compared to Shaw.''

''Yeah, Dov told me halve his paycheck goes to his ''let's feed my training officer to suck up'' jar.

Sam laughed and sat down on the couch in the small living room.

''I'm just going to get Lissy ready real quick and put on some clothes myself okay? You can turn on the TV if you want to.''

''Take your time McNally,'' Sam said. Andy disappeared into the nursery and Sam took a look around. He didn't get a good look at the place the last time he was here. The place really wasn't big, but it was homey. Toys were lying around and on the wall there were a few pictures. Sam stood up and walked over to the wall. He saw pictures of Andy with Traci, pictures of someone he assumed was Nash' kid and Lissy and pictures of the other rookies with either Andy or Lissy. His attention was drawn to one picture in particular. It was a picture of Andy and Lissy, they were both looking in the camera and Andy had a huge smile on her face, Lissy was laughing in the picture. Sam thought again about how much Lissy looked like Andy. She was like an exact copy of her mother.

He moved his gaze to another picture, also one of Lissy and Andy. Lissy was really small there so it was probably taken when Lissy was just born. Andy was lying down on a couch on the picture. Lissy was lying on her belly on Andy's chest. Andy's arms were draped around Lissy while she was looking down on her daughter. Sam recognized the look on Andy's face. It was the same look Sarah had when she had just given birth to Jason and later Laura.

Andy walked back out with Lissy. ''So one down one more to go,'' she said hinting at the ready baby in her arms. Andy was still in her pj's. ''I'm just going to put her down here on the ground while I get ready. Don't worry, she can keep herself entertained pretty well.''

''Sure McNally, I'll keep an eye on her.'' Sam said to her.

Andy put down Lissy and put some toys around her to keep her busy. Lissy immediately grabbed a toy and started pushing a few big buttons. Andy walked into her own bedroom.

Sam walked towards Lissy and sat down next to her. Lissy looked up at him with her big brown eyes. Sam smiled at the child and took one of her stuffed animals. He teased Lissy's face with the stuffed animal and Lissy started giggling.

''I can see why your mom is so fond of you,'' Sam said softly to Lissy. Lissy just looked at him and crawled over to one of her other toys. Sam stayed on the floor watching her. Five minutes later Andy walked back out.

''Are you okay with pancakes?'' Andy asked Sam.

''Yeah, sure McNally.'' Sam replied while he was getting on his feet again.

''I do have to feed Lissy first before she starts fussing.'' Andy walked over towards Lissy, picked her up and walked into the kitchen area. Andy put Lissy in her high chair and put a kiss on her head.

''Hey, what if I start fussing?'' Sam asked with a smirk.

''Well, you can either start breakfast or feed Lissy if you don't want to wait. But believe me when I say you do not want to see her unhappy.'' Andy smiled at him.

''You're not getting out of feeding me McNally. Just tell me whatever she needs and I'll feed her.'' Sam told her.

''Oh, okay,'' Andy did not see that one coming.

''Unless you're not comfortable with me feeding her?'' Sam asked cautiously.

''No, of course not Sam. She already proved that she is comfortable around you so it's fine with me.'' Andy put a few items on the counter and pointed at them. ''She usually just takes a slice of bread cut into little pieces and a cup of milk.''

Sam and Andy went to work together, he was making Lissy's breakfast and feeding her while Andy made the pancakes. Sam and Andy made small talk while eating and before they knew it the dishes were done and it was time to leave.

''Thanks again Sam, I really owe you one,'' Andy once again told him.

''Don't worry about it. You probably need to get on the road to get Lissy to daycare and I want to get to the station early so I'll see you there okay?''

Andy walked Sam towards the door and they said their goodbyes. When she closed the door Andy went to pack a few things for Lissy before heading out to work again.

Sam walked into the locker room and saw Oliver already sitting there. Oliver was already in uniform and busy putting on his boots.

''Hey brother, you're early.'' Sam said while he was opening his locker.

''Yeah, I wanted to check on a few things,'' Oliver told him. ''Didn't see you at the penny last night.''

''No, I had to help someone out,'' Sam didn't really want to tell Oliver about fixing McNally's car. Oliver would probably make something out of it while it really was nothing.

''So you had a busy night? What did you do?'' Sometimes Oliver was like a teenage girl. He always wanted to know what his friend was up too.

''Like I said, I had to help out a friend.'' Sam tried again.

''Would that friend be female by any chance?'' Oliver teased his friend. Oliver really thought Sam should date more. The last girl he saw him with was Monica and Oliver never was under the impression that that was really serious. Oliver knew everybody saw Sam as the bachelor type, but Oliver knew better than that. Beneath the rough appearance Sam was a great guy who would make a great family man.

''Just one of the rookies Oliver, needed some help and I had time to give her a hand.'' Sam really didn't like that Oliver got this out of him.

''Oh, let me guess McNally?'' Oliver knew his friend and saw the glances he threw at McNally from time to time.

''Her car broke down, I had some free time so I fixed it. She is my responsibility and she needs to be able to get to work on time.''

''I'm pretty sure it isn't our responsibility to make sure the rookies get to work on time brother,'' Oliver stood up and made his way out of the locker room. ''Just be careful.''

''What do you mean by that?'' Sam asked raising his voice a little.

Oliver knew his friend had a temper, but he also knew Sam well enough to know that he didn't mean anything with it. ''I'm just saying Sam, you know the rules.''

Sam looked at Oliver with a confused look. Of course he knew where Oliver was hinting at, but he wanted to brush it off.

''Training officers and rookies Sam, they aren't supposed to..'' Oliver tried again.

''I know that Oliver, nothing is going on.'' Sam finished the last buttons of his shirt and moved to walk outside with Oliver. He stopped in front of Oliver and lowered his voice. ''You know she has a kid?'' he asked Oliver.

''I heard something about that yeah, so that's true?'' Oliver asked Sam.

''Yeah, and she is doing it all by herself. She had a rough shift yesterday and her car broke down after that. I thought she could use a hand so I gave it to her. That's all there is to it.'' Sam grabbed his friend by the shoulder. ''Now let's get our asses to parade before we have to sit with the rookies.''

Andy changed quickly after shift and when she checked her watch she realized she actually had some time before she had to pick up Lissy. She decided to go see Luke for just a moment. She walked up to his office and knocked.

''Come in,'' she heard his voice say.

Andy opened the door and closed it behind her. ''Hey, just wanted to come in and say hi before I left,'' she told him.

''Hey you,'' he told her. He stood up from his desk and looked out of the window to see if anyone was looking. When he saw the coast was clear he gave her a kiss. ''How was your day?''

''It was fine, nothing big,'' she told him. ''You busy today?''

''You know how it gets, there are always murders to solve,'' Luke walked back towards his desk. ''Come sit with me for a moment, we could talk.''

Andy moved towards his desk and sat down to a chair opposite from his.

''I was thinking, maybe we could go to diner this Saturday?'' Luke asked her.

Andy thought about it, she had Saturday of, but she wasn't sure she would be able to find a baby sitter for Lissy. ''I would love to Luke, but I do have to find a baby sitter for Lissy.''

''Just get one of the rookies to baby sit her or bring her to your dads for the night. We should go out and have fun.''

Andy was annoyed with how easily he tried to brush the subject off. ''I don't just want to dump her somewhere Luke. If she spends the night somewhere it's either with me, Traci or since recently my dad. I want her to sleep somewhere familiar, baby's need stability.''

Luke was already picking up a file and was reading it. ''I know Andy, just try and figure something out okay? I've got to work now so I'll call you.''

Andy sighed and got up from the chair. She walked over to Luke's chair and he looked up to her with a confused face. When he realized she wanted a kiss goodbye he gave her a small peck on the lips before throwing himself back at the files on his desk.

Andy left with a sigh.

A couple of weeks went by and Andy was already halfway through her time as a rookie. She was getting more confident by the day and she finally felt like everything was falling into place. Everything except for one thing.

-flashback-

Andy and Luke had gone out on a couple of dates. Sometimes he would drop her off at home so Lissy didn't have to sleep somewhere else. Andy noticed that Luke always was a little bit annoyed when that would happen. On other nights she would arrange for Lissy to sleep somewhere else so she could spent the entire night with Luke. Some nights they went to his place and sometimes to hers. One night when they were lying in her bed together Luke took the picture that was standing on her night stand. It was a picture of Lissy sleeping.

''So this is her?'' he asked her while he put the picture back.

''Yeah, that is Lissy.'' Her voice softened at the mention of her daughter's name.

''Maybe I should meet her sometime soon.'' Luke said while he was rolling over so they were both on their sides facing each other. Luke started kissing her neck and Andy rolled over on her back pulling him with her.

''Mmm'' she said. ''You're up to that?''

''I think it would be good for us.'' Luke told her. After that they didn't say much more.

The next week Andy decided it probably would be good for them to meet so she invited Luke over for lunch at her place. Luke would arrive around 1 pm. Lissy woke up from her morning nap around 11 and Andy sighed when she realized this was not a good day for Lissy. She had been teething for a while now, but today she was particularly fussy. Around 12 Andy decided she should make sure Lissy was fed before Luke came. So she made Lissy lunch and fed it to her. Lissy wasn't really hungry and turned her head away from the food after just two bites. Andy tried again and again, but Lissy wouldn't eat.

''Fine, have it your way.'' Andy muttered. She decided that if the baby didn't want to eat, she wouldn't struggle for hours to get the food into her. She would eat again when she was hungry.

Andy put Lissy down on the floor to let her play with some toys. Andy sat down next to her and Lissy's mood seemed to improve after some quality time with her mother. When it was 13:30 Andy picked up her cell and tried to call Luke, but he didn't answer. She send him a text.

-Where are you? Thought you'd be here by 13:00?-

-Got called to a crime scene, be there ASAP.-

Andy put her phone away and lied down on the couch. She really wanted to make this thing work between her and Luke, but it was hard. He was busy working a lot of the time and she was busy with Lissy all the time. Their schedules really didn't match well. She liked Luke, but she didn't love him. She was pretty sure he didn't love her either. Then again it only had been two months, do you love someone after two months? She did care for him so she decided that the love would come eventually.
All that mattered right now was that Luke was a good guy, he wouldn't hurt her. Or maybe he would, she didn't know. Andy felt more confused than since she was pregnant with Lissy. She picked up her baby and gave her a firm hug. ''Maybe you should just tell mommy what to do, okay can you do that baby girl?'' Lissy gave Andy her first laughs of that day and Andy sighed, if only it was that easy.

Around 3 pm Andy looked at the clock again. Normally Lissy would be in bed right now for her nap, but Andy decided to keep her awake for just a little longer in case Luke came by. When there was a knock on the door Andy picked up Lissy and walked towards the door.

''Here we go sweetie, I know you're tired but let's behave okay?'' Andy walked towards the door and opened it. Luke was standing there in his suit.

''Hi,'' he started. ''Sorry I'm late, couldn't get out of this one.''

''Come in Luke,'' Andy said to him. Andy put Lissy on her hip and the girl put her face on her mother's arm hiding away from Luke. ''This is Lissy,'' Andy said as she stroked her daughters cheek.

''Hi Lis, nice to meet you,'' Luke said as he tried to stroke Lissy's back.

Lissy wiggled in her mother's embrace trying to get closer to Andy. Andy never saw Lissy react so shy towards anybody. Normally Lissy would welcome everybody in with a smile. ''I'm sorry, normally she already sleeps by now,'' Andy started ''She must be getting cranky.''

''It's okay Andy, don't worry about it,'' Luke said. But when Andy took a good look at him she noticed he looked tensed.

At that moment Andy could hear her phone ring in her bedroom. ''I'm gonna get that real quick. Just make yourself comfortable.'' Andy put Lissy in her playpen in the living room and quickly walked towards her bedroom. The moment Lissy saw her mother disappear into the bedroom she started crying. Luke looked uncomfortable towards the baby and walked over to the playpen.

''Okay, it's okay, mommy will be back in a moment,'' he tried shushing the baby.

Lissy didn't stop crying and Andy came walking back immediately when she heard her daughter so upset. She was still on the phone so Luke tried to calm Lissy down by taking her out of the playpen. Obviously that was the wrong thing to do because Lissy just started crying harder and tried to wiggle out of Luke's arms. Andy quickly ended her phone call and took the baby from Luke. Andy never saw her daughter this upset, she was actually screaming.

''Luke, I don't know what's going on with her.'' Andy rocked Lissy forward and backwards but she didn't exactly calm down.

Luke looked panicked and didn't know what to do. ''What's that thing they always say when baby's cry? You should check if she is hungry, needs a change or has cramps or something.''

Andy rolled her eyes a little and sat down while putting Lissy on her chest. She started stroking Lissy's back with one hand and her face with the other. ''Could you maybe get her dog for me?'' Andy asked Luke. ''It's in her crib.''

Luke walked into the nursery fast and came back with a stuffed dog. He looked over at Andy who finally managed to calm Lissy down. Lissy was still whimpering, but at least the screaming stopped.

''I'm just going to lay her down,'' Andy said looking slightly upset. ''She was probably just really tired and she's teething.''

''Yeah sure,'' Luke said. ''I'll wait here.''

Andy walked into the nursery and put Lissy down in her crib. The baby was still shaking a little bit so Andy stayed in her room stroking her fact and rubbing her tummy until she was fast asleep.
When she walked back out Luke was on her couch with the TV on.

''She's asleep,'' Andy told him while she moved to sit next to him.

''Okay, that's great,'' Luke said. ''She sure knows how to make a first impression,'' Luke chuckled a little bit.

Andy just nodded a little bit and moved away from Luke when he started kissing her neck. ''Luke, Lissy could wake up again, we can't.''

Luke sighed a little and moved back to lie back on the couch. Andy walked away to the kitchen and rubbed a hand over her face. She was annoyed with Luke and the way he was acting.

While she was standing at the counter Luke walked towards her and put an arm around her. ''Sorry Andy, maybe we should go away together for a weekend or something. Just the two of us, it should do us some good.''

Andy looked up to him and knew that this wasn't going to work. ''Luke, I'm not going to go anywhere without Lissy.''

''Andy, come on, she's been to your dads or Nash' more often. I'm sure she can manage without you for three days'' Luke raised his voice a little.

''I can't leave the city without her Luke.''

''So you suggest we take her with us? Well that should be fun.'' Luke stated.

''Excuse me?'' Andy nearly screamed forgetting about Lissy in the other room.

''You know what I mean Andy.'' Luke said calmly.

''Get out.'' Andy said.

''Andy, come on. Just be realistic. We can't go away for a weekend with a baby, you saw how she acted 15 minutes ago. I'll go crazy if I will have to put up with that for a weekend.''

''She is a baby Luke, they cry from time to time.'' Andy raised her voice too.

''Well, there is crying and there is hysterical creaming. What she was doing was hysterical screaming.''

Andy lost her self control with that and gave him a push towards the door. ''Get the hell out Luke. She's my daughter do you even understand what that means? That means she relies on me for everything. And I want to give her everything. And there is not a man, not a person on this earth for who I will ever put her in a second place. So you get the hell out right now or so help me god.''

''Andy, you don't want to do this,'' Luke tried one more time.

''I'm serious Luke, nobody talks about my daughter like that. We'll be civil at work but I don't want anything to do with you anymore.''

''If I walk out of that door Andy, then I'm not coming back.'' Luke told her in a warning voice.

''Good,'' Andy said more calm than she was feeling.

Luke walked away and closed the door with a bang. Andy couldn't stop the tears from falling. She wasn't even upset that Luke left, but the way he talked about her daughter got to her. Andy walked towards her daughters crib and slowly lifted her, careful not to wake her up. She knew Lissy would probably be more comfortable in her crib, but she needed to feel her daughter. ''Well I did tell you to tell me what to do..'' Andy whispered to Lissy.

''Nobody is ever going to come between us sweetie,'' Andy told her daughter while whipping away her angry tears. ''Never, I'm never going to let anybody hurt you.''

-End Flashback-

The next day Andy was driving shot gun while Sam was behind the wheel of the cruiser. Traci had the day off so she had Lissy. Sam noticed something was wrong with Andy, she wasn't talking and she looked like she hadn't slept a lot.

''You okay McNally?'' he asked her.

''Yup, I'm fine,'' she replied weakly.

''Lissy doing okay?'' Sam asked to make sure there wasn't something wrong with the most important person in Andy's life.

''Yeah,'' a small smile appeared on Andy's face as she thought about her daughter. ''Lissy is great, perfect.''

''That's good,'' Sam told her. He looked over at his rookie one more time and noticed the worrying lines on her face. ''Andy,''

Andy immediately looked up, it was very rare that Sam used her first name. He usually went with McNally.

''You know you can tell me if anything is bothering you right?'' Sam finished his sentence.

''I know, thank you.'' Andy told him. ''Thank you for everything you've done for me.''

''It's kind of my job McNally.'' Sam said trying not to take credit.

''Part of it yes, but not everything you did for me was part of your job.'' Andy sighed and shifted in her chair trying to get comfortable. ''I just don't think I would have made it so far if you hadn't trained me.'' She told him honestly.

Sam felt a little bit uneasy with the sudden compliments. ''Really McNally, for the most part it's my job and for the other part well.. I am just glad I can help you out.''

Andy nodded absently. She thought back to Luke and what a huge mistake being with him had been. She really thought he would be the good guy. The guy who would love her, take care of her and would accept her daughter. Turned out she was wrong. Andy didn't know if she would ever trust someone enough to let them in totally in her daughter's life. This recent experience told her she had to be more careful with men. Her dating life had been a total disaster all her life. In high school she always went for the bad boy just to piss her dad off. She never clicked with anybody after that. Sure there were dates, sometimes even multiple dates. But nobody made her feel save or loved. With Mark it was more like being friends with benefits, and they weren't even friends. Andy decided to just focus on her daughter. As long as Lissy was happy and save, so was Andy.

A/N After reading the reviews I think you'll be glad to see Luke gone.
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