Chapter 9
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She sat for a while, over thinking everything once again. Was it too good to be true?
It sure seemed that way, since it wasn't likely to happen. But what if...
A ringtone still rather unfamiliar to her went off. She reached inside her jeans pocket and looked at who was calling her though given Sam's reaction to the phone call he had received earlier she had a pretty good idea to who it was. When the caller id, not blocked this time confirmed her suspicion, she pushed the ignore button and threw the phone to the side. Even if Sam hadn't asked her to not answer her phone, she wasn't really in the mood to talk to that person anyway.
She sat a little longer, hearing the shower run in the bathroom. He would probably hide in there a little while longer, Andy figured. It was obvious everything even the slightest bit connected to Luke upset him, though there was no reason for him to be upset. She knew that until they finished the damn undercover operation there was nothing she could do anymore to ease his mind, even if she wanted to do it right now.
She checked the clock and realised she had been sleeping longer than she had thought as it was nearly dinner time by now. She got up and walked towards the kitchen to check the contents of the refrigerator and cabinets. There wasn't much and she decided that if she was making them dinner, she'd better go out to by some groceries first. When she had first arrived, she had noticed the little grocery store at the corner of the street. It wasn't too far and there was no reason for her not to go there by herself. She was a trained cop and though she was in fact undercover, there was no reason why she couldn't go out for groceries.
The water was still running, so she scrambled around the apartment looking for a piece of paper and a pen and scrabbled down a quick note, placing it in clear view on the counter.
She grabbed her back and put on her coat before heading out.
It was getting colder by the minute, she thought as she made her way down the street, hands in the pockets of her coat to keep them warm. If only Sam was by her side right now, she could lean into him for warmth.
She reached the store and selected her groceries before going on to stand in the small queue forming by the checkout register. As she waited on her turn she looked around at the other people in the store. Perhaps it was the cop in her, always on the lookout for danger, perhaps it was just curiosity. However she failed to notice the man coming to stand right behind her until he spoke.
'Hello, Andy.'
She spun around to come face to face with Jay. Though she had been in his company before, she had never been this close to him and she felt anything but at ease.
'Jay. What are you doing here?' she asked, trying to hide her shock.
'The same thing as you, apparently,' he said, pointing at her groceries.
'Right, of course,' Andy muttered, feeling slightly stupid about the whole thing. Why else would someone be in a grocery store? Still, something felt off.
'Did you have a nice afternoon?' he asked.
'Actually, yes,' she said, even though she had slept through most of it. But she had to keep up the appearance of her undercover character.
'With the way the two of you kept steeling glances at each other I figured that much,' Jay said, shocking Andy. Steeling glances at each other? As in, he had been looking at her as well? Why in the world were they waiting? Why? Why? Why?
'So, I just want to apologise to you for not letting you all stay for the meetings. I just can't risk it to let someone strange get in that quickly, just because you're Sammy's girlfriend. You seem smart enough and if you can handle a weapon, I'm sure you'll be making your way to the top in no time.'
'Thank you,' Andy said not feigning her surprise.
'Did you come across those cops on your way home?' he asked, face serious now.
'Yeah, actually we came across a few of them a couple of blocks away. I've got no clue as to what happened though, they wouldn't say.'
'Yeah, well, it was a murder. I came across it too, there weren't too many people there then. They'll probably come after us for it, they always do. That's why we didn't stick around, we didn't want to raise suspicion.'
'It must be hard to always have to worry about those things,' Andy said, thinking out loud.
She was almost at the front of the line now and started placing her groceries at the counter.
'Don't worry, you've got nothing to worry about.'
Andy gave him a smile, before turning to the girl behind the counter. She paid for her groceries and turned around to say goodbye to Jay, but found him already gone.
It was strange. He showed up out of the middle of nowhere and now he had disappeared just as quickly. When she walked outside she looked around but he was nowhere to be seen.
She started walking towards the apartment, wondering what it was that had just happened. Had he been telling her the truth, or was he just messing with her? Was he testing her? She could see why he might do that, but at the same time her gut was telling her that he had actually told her the truth. She would have to ask Sam what he thought, she would have to tell him what had happened anyway. Hopefully he wouldn't be too angry or upset about the fact that she was all alone when she ran into Jay.
She climbed the stairs up to the apartment and opened the door. She hadn't even closed the door before she was met with an angry rant.
'Where the hell have you been? What where you thinking? You're not supposed to go out by yourself! It's too dangerous! They could have followed you and cornered you! Do you have any idea how worried I was not knowing where you were?'
She waited a moment before she started talking, making sure he had it all out and wasn't as angry.
'Sam, first of all I left a note, saying I was just going to buy some groceries at the store down the street.' She indicated the bag. 'It was just a few hundred meters and I was fine, Sam, even though I did run into Jay there.'
'What?' Sam spat, the anger that had flushed out came rushing back. 'Are you alright? What did he want from you?' He looked her over trying to find something that indicated trouble.
'I don't know exactly, he just wanted to talk, I guess. Although, he did ask about the police being gathered a few blocks away. Apparently it was a murder and he had rushed away, he was scared that the police would suspect him, saying that that is what they always do.'
'Wait, that was all he talked about?' Sam asked surprised as he started to calm down again.
'Yeah, and he mentioned that he was sorry that I couldn't join in the operation tomorrow but that I could probably work my way up rather quickly, as long as I could handle a gun.'
'That's it?' Sam asked again.
'Yes,' Andy said. She left out the part about them stealing glances at each other. This probably wasn't the best time to bring that up.
Sam stepped closer and put his arms around her.
'I'm glad you're alright, but please don't scare me like that again, especially not now.'
'Sam, I'm a cop too you know? And I did leave a note.' She broke out of the embrace and walked over to the counter handing him the note. Sam smiled sheepishly.
'Ok, so I might have missed that when I went nuts because you weren't there. And you are right, I know I don't have to worry about you, but I do. I can't really help it.'
'It's alright, as long as you know I can manage by myself fairly well.' She smiled at him. 'So how about dinner?'
She unpacked the groceries and they went to work on dinner. Andy was surprised at how easy it was to just be with Sam, cooking dinner, after the little argument just now.
They talked and laughed together and everything seemed to be back to how it had once been, simple. But all throughout cooking and dinner itself Jay's words rang through her head. They had been stealing glances at each other. At each other!
She couldn't bring herself to think it was just because of the undercover operation. It just couldn't be. It had to be more.
Why did she keep doubting herself and her intuition? She was a cop with good instincts and she would have to act on those instincts. Tonight, when they returned home from the club.
'I'm sorry I freaked out on you earlier. I didn't mean to do that, I was just worried,' Sam said as they were finishing up dinner.
'I know, I really do,' she assured him, knowing he wasn't talking about when she arrived back at the apartment, but about the phone call earlier.
'I wouldn't normally act that way, but whenever I speak to that guy, I get more and more worried about you. I guess it's because he hurt you and I hate him for doing that do you and I just don't want you to go through that again.'
She was taken aback by him sharing his feelings so honestly.
'Sam, I was hurt, but at the same time I was glad it happened. Because of it I could finally see what I've been missing for so long. What I had been denying for so long. Don't worry about me, about him. I'm alright.'
Unconsciously their hands had reached out over the table and had intertwined. They sat in silence looking at each other. Andy saw her own desire reflected in his eyes, but before she could react on it right away, she stood up and started to clear the table.
'Andy let me,' Sam said, trying to take the plates from her. 'You went to get the groceries.'
'It's fine Sam I've got it,' she said, walking off and placing the dishes in the dishwasher. When she finished and stood straight again, she felt his arms circling her waist. She leaned back into him, closing her eyes and losing herself in the moment. He started tracing kisses down her neck.
'I… should get changed,' Andy muttered as she leaned her head to the side, allowing him better access.
'Yeah, you should,' he replied, voice low and husky. He spun her around in his arms and they locked eyes. Every wall either one of them had build up was crumbling down quickly.
He leaned down and kissed every spot on her face, eventually placing soft kisses on her lips.
'Sam,' she managed between kisses that started to get more heated. 'We have to leave soon. We don't have time now.'
He rested his forehead to hers, his breath tickling her skin.
'Does this mean we have time later?' he asked, his voice a mixture of hope and anticipation.
'Well, I thought you were the one that said it would bring the operation in danger, but really I don't see the harm in it.'
'Really and why is that?' Sam asked, pulling her closer.
'As long as we have to play a couple, there is no harm in actually being a couple. It might actually help, I mean, we wouldn't have to pretend all the time.'
'Andy, nothing I said or did in relation to us pretending to be a couple was pretended. I really do care about you and none of it was pretend, it was all real.'
'I hoped as much. Same goes for me.'
Sam smiled his full dimpled smile at her and leaned down to kiss her again.
'Go get changed,' he said after breaking off the kiss. Andy smiled at him and walked to find something in her bag. As she went through it she came across one particular item that caught her attention. Hiding it between a top and skinny jeans she made her way to the bathroom without Sam noticing.
In the bathroom she closed the door behind her, locking it, before stripping down completely only to put on the lacy black with red bands bra and underwear. She made sure that the top didn't show any of it and fixed her hair and make up before heading back out in the new outfit. Sam's mouth fell open as he saw her. She quickly turned around to hide the blush that was creeping up her cheeks.
'So we have about fifteen more minutes until we have to leave,' Sam said as soon as he found his voice. Andy had put on a jacket and turned back to him. 'Come sit with me for a bit,' he said patting the seat beside him.
Andy did as he asked and sat down. He put his arms around her and pulled her in close. They sat in silence for a moment, before Andy couldn't help it and spoke.
'What will they say at work?'
'That it's about bloody time we got together,' Sam said smiling in her hair.
'No, they wouldn't,' she said laughing.
'Eh, yes they would,' Sam countered.
'Ok, maybe Dov would say that, but not the others.'
'Well, they should say it. We've been denying this for far too long as it is.'
'Well, we don't anymore.'
'No, we don't.' Andy turned slightly in his arms to kiss him. She had to stop herself from deepening the kiss too much, that was for later.
'I wonder who won the bet,' Sam mused when they had broken apart.
'What bet?' Andy asked, shock and worry filling her voice. Sam chuckled softly.
'The one they have on when we would get together.'
'What? I didn't know they had a bet on us! Why would they do that?'
'Because clearly they could see what we couldn't for a long time.'
'Then how do you know about it?' Andy asked curious now the anger had faded.
'I caught Oliver and Jerry talking about it one night at the Penny. They weren't too easy on me, apparently both had just lost quite a bit of money on us.'
'When was that?' Andy asked curious.
'Around the time my old buddy was released from the mental institution.'
'When Luke and I had just broken up?' She knew her voice was raising slightly, but she couldn't help it. People had been betting on when they would get together even when she was still with Luke?
'Yeah.' Sam's voice sounded forced.
'When did they place the bet?' she asked.
'I don't know,' Sam said. Andy looked at him. 'Oliver mentioned something about Williams starting the bet after retraining day.'
'After the blackout?'
'Yeah. Apparently I was a little harsh on Callaghan. And she saw me enter the station in a slightly happy mood.'
'You didn't seem that happy when I saw you,' Andy remembered.
'Well, that might have had something to do with Callaghan. I don't really want to talk about that,' he added as he saw the questions on her face.
'Me neither,' she decided after a little while. Though they would definitely have to talk about those things from the past, right now wasn't the time.
'We'd better leave,' Sam sighed checking the time.
They got up and put on their coats before leaving the apartment. Talking, and other things, would come later, Andy thought. Right now they had a job to do.
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