Chapter 8
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"Sam?" Andy whispers in Sam's ear, moving closer to him.
"Your feet are freezing McNally!" Sam mutters into the pillow, pushing Andy's feet away with his, still half asleep.
"Sam? Sam! Are you awake?" She hisses shaking his shoulder.
"I am now." He mutters, turning to face Andy. "What's wrong? What's going on?"
"Will you hold me?" She whispers, tears pooling in her eyes.
"Yeah, yeah of course." Sam says wrapping his arm around his wife's waist and pulling her closer to him.
"What's wrong?" He whispers into her hair.
"I just had a nightmare, that's all. Go back to sleep, I'm fine. Sorry for waking you."
"McNally, don't ever apologise for something like that ok? I'm here for you no matter what time it is."
"Thank you." Andy whispers back
"Do you want to talk about it?" Sam asks and Andy shakes her head.
"Maybe in the morning."
"You ready to talk?" Sam asks Andy in the morning. She shakes her head and motions to the children in reply. "We can go upstairs and talk if you want. It'll help Andy, trust me."
"Not now Sam, please. Later ok?" Andy replies pressing a light kiss to Sam's cheek and heading into the living room to sit with the children.
"We need to talk McNally." Sam says as soon as Josie and Jerry have gone to bed. "We've put this off for a whole day, just tell me what it was about, I might be able to help."
"It's nothing." Andy replies walking past Sam and out onto the decking.
"It's not nothing Andy, you were really upset. What happened in that nightmare that scared you?" Sam asks, following her outside.
"It was in the future, but it was weird 'cause we were both still the same age but Josie and Jerry were grown up and just out of the academy."
"Ok..."
"And then there was the shooting, but it wasn't you and Chloe that got shot, it was Josie and Jerry and I guess it just scared me. Stupid right?"
"Not stupid. Not stupid at all Andy. That day was traumatic for all of us and it's going to stick with us forever. But I promise you, nothing is going to happen to our babies, not under my watch. We've still got plenty of time before the children even have to start thinking about their careers. We've still got time to change their minds." Sam replies and Andy chuckles.
"You think our stubborn little babies will let us change their minds?" She asks and Sam shakes his head.
"It's worth a shot though."
*A few months later*
"Happy Father's Day daddy!" Josie shouts at Sam before climbing up onto the bed on top of him.
"Too early." Sam mumbles jokingly.
"No daddy! Presents!" Josie insists tugging on Sam's arm.
"Presents?" Sam exclaims, sitting up quickly causing both Josie and Jerry, who had been placed on the bed by Andy, to fall onto the bed beside him. "Did someone mention presents?" He asks pulling Jerry on to his lap and tickling him.
"Dada!" He shrieks between giggles.
"Daddy stop or no presents!" Josie demands in a stern voice. Sam sits up straight and nods at his daughter.
"Yes ma'am." He says giving her a mock salute.
"Silly daddy!" She exclaims throwing her arms around her dad's neck.
"Mama where daddy's presents?" Josie asks Andy as she walks into the room with Boo hot on her heels.
"Under the bed." Andy replies, climbing into bed beside Sam and pulling Jerry onto her lap as Josie jumps off the bed in search of the presents.
"Found them!" She shouts, pulling the presents out and giving Boo a quick kiss.
"Here, let me lift them on to the bed for you." Andy offers, lifting the presents onto the bed and placing them on Sam's lap.
"Mine first!" Josie exclaims.
"Which one is it sweetheart?" Sam asks and Josie points to the biggest present. "Wow! It's great Jose, I love it!" Sam says when he rips off the wrapping paper to find a big photo frame with 'Family' written across the middle and pictures of the five of them (Boo included) around it.
"Mama help." She explains.
"It's awesome, thank you. Which one next?" Sam asks pointing to the two other presents.
"This one!" Josie says passing Sam a small box.
Inside the box is a mug with 'Best daddy ever!' Written across the middle and pictures of Sam with Andy, their friends from 15 and both of the children.
"We were a bit worried that it wouldn't arrive on time but luckily it came yesterday." Andy explains, shifting Jerry, who was falling asleep again, into a more comfortable position on her lap.
"Thank you." Sam says as Josie hands him the last gift.
"Do you wanna tell daddy what it is?" Andy asks Josie who nods as Sam opens the envelope.
"Picture." She states as Sam pulls out a handmade card.
"She made it at playgroup for you." Andy explains as Sam opens the card. 'Josie' had been written haphazardly across one page and on the other was a picture, drawn by Josie of their family. "Are you going to tell daddy whose who?" Andy asks pointing at the picture and Josie nods.
"Dada, mama, Boo, Jewwy, Josie, baby." She says pointing to each of the stick figures.
"Wow, that's awesome Jose, well done!" Sam praises his daughter standing the card up on the beside cabinet. "I'll hang that in my locker when I get to work." Josie nods. "Wait...did you say 'baby'?" Andy nods and smiles at him, handing him a small rectangle box. Sam opens it to find a positive pregnancy test. "Really?" Andy nods and smiles. "That's great Andy!" He says pulling her in for a hug and kissing her.
"No kissy!" Josie shouts, pushing Sam away from Andy.
"Sorry, sweetheart."
"Did you have a good day?" Andy asks when Sam arrives home. He nods and begins to toe off his shoes.
"How you feeling?" Sam asks, wrapping his arms around Andy's waist.
"Good, great. I've booked a doctors appointment for tomorrow, is that ok?"
"Perfect, I'll be there." Sam says, kissing her before heading into the living room.
AN: Hope you guys all enjoyed, please review!
