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I should at least try to give him the benefit of doubt.

How could that have been Luke? We've been seeing each other for almost a year, he's asked me to move in with him. How could he be like that and I not see it?

Jerry has no reason to lie.

Why couldn't it have been someone else, why Sam? Of all people, Sam was Luke's T.O. the irony is just too sickening to think about.

"The Andy McNally curse continues…"She said aloud to herself as she drove from Jerry's house to Luke's. Traci did not want her to go alone. She even offered to stay in the car and wait for her. She did not think that Luke was going to take the news very well. Offering her support knowing Andy was upset by all the recent events, who wouldn't have been. But Andy reassured her. She would have to handle this by herself, she did not want Luke to know that Traci was involved in any of this.

But you have Traci's car. So what, I have Traci's car all the time. Maybe I should have stopped and borrowed Sam's truck. Right…now I'm completely losing my mind.

She pushed thoughts of Sam out, for now. She had a lot to deal with today and she could only handle one relationship crisis at a time.

"Don't you worry Sam, I will deal with you later." She said while she pulled into the parking lot of Luke's apartment. "Great, now I'm talking to myself."

She froze behind the steering wheel, suddenly apprehensive. I should have called him before I came here. No! You want a sneak attack. But it's just after midnight. What if he's not here, he may still be at the station or in bed with the woman you think…

She groaned while she forced herself to step out of the vehicle. A vicious cycle playing in her mind, first Sam telling her 'always trust your gut" then she heard Traci saying, "you can do this, you can do this" Sam was back again "don't over think it, McNally".

"Aww…shut up Sam." Realizing she said that out loud, she looked around to make sure no one had heard her. She held her breath as she pushed the call button on Luke's intercom. She was so nervous she noticed her hand shake.

Calm down, you didn't do anything wrong. You're just here to get answers. Calm down!

Ok well I haven't been exactly truthful, but he doesn't know that.

Standing there waiting some time, she finally let out a breath.

He's not here…good you can go…

"Hello?" Luke answered grouchily.

"Hi, it's ah…Andy." Her voiced cracked.

"Andy?" He was surprised. "Come on up." The buzzer sounded, she stepped forward to enter.

Oh god it's so late, I hope he doesn't think I'm here for sex.

Luke was standing by his apartment door when she got there, from the look on his face, that's exactly what he thought.

"Hey you, feeling better?" He had that big sexy grin on.

I hate that grin. He's crazy enough to think after the way he treated me earlier that I'm here for a hot and sexy time?

"Ah, yeah, look I came over here because I think…"

He reached over and quickly pulled her into his apartment. Closing the door, he reached down to kiss her. As his head came down to hers, she turned her face. Luke pulled back.

"What's wrong?" His voice was flat, like he really wasn't concerned at all, just asking the question because he had too. Has he always done that?

"I came here tonight because I have a few questions to ask you."

"Andy it's almost 12:30, couldn't this have waited until tomorrow?"

"No, it couldn't."

He sighed, "Well, what's going on now?" I hate when he talks to me like that.

Andy's spine stiffened. Her nervousness was slowly ebbing away only to be replaced by annoyance. "I wanted to ask you about what happened during that case you worked with Sam. Your partner and T.O. before you were promoted to detective."

Expecting a more sheepish Luke, she was shocked when he said, "What is Swarek playing the pity card now?"

"What are you talking about?"

"Aw come on Andy, when is enough, enough? That guy has been chasing you since day one. Just won't give up, will he? He must be desperate, reaching really low now." Luke looked ready to explode.

"First of all Sam never said anything to me about this, I heard it from a third party. Secondly, I asked you a question and I want an answer! What happened?" Andy wasn't backing down now.

"He told me to go, I did! I got the guy. And they made sure I've been paying for it ever since!"

"What?"

"Look, I did patrol long enough, I was ready to move on. I had already taken and passed the detective's test. I had a few more hoops to jump through and I would have been in anyway." He was angrily pacing the foyer, running his hands through his hair. "We were both looking to catch that guy it's not my fault he fell after he shoved me away. I didn't need his help. I heard the crack too. But no, good old Sammy boy, always gotta save the day, didn't even trust me to get out on my own."

Sam fell saving him?

"Let me tell you something Andy, that whole department…the brotherhood. Yeah right, they walk around patting each other on the back but the moment they think you have any brains, that you might be better than them, you're on the outside looking in!"

Finally finding her voice she confusedly asked, "What are you talking about? Did you ever check to see the extent of his injuries? Did it occur to you while you were chasing that guy that you called in the wrong street? You never checked on him, never went to see him afterwards?"

"He told me to go! When I realized we were on the wrong street, I tried to call it in, but my radio broke during the fall. But I did my job, what was required of me! Besides, two days later I was out of the 15 and they had me back at the academy, in training. But don't you worry. As soon as I got there they made sure I was aware of their feelings. Oh, it's a tight brotherhood alright, with a long memory. Oh poor Sammy, Sammy got hurt, what about me? I would have been out on my ass a long time ago if I wasn't smarter than them. They'll retire in patrol, I won't."

"Luke he was your T.O. and then your partner, you spent at least two years together!"

"So what? I got so tired of him constantly second-guessing me. He questioned everything I did. Hang back Callaghan, just be patient, Callaghan. Oh man, he made me miserable. It's all about the brotherhood with him, watch your partner's back, we have to look out for each other, on and on. But guess what? Nobody ever watched my back, not even him! Can you believe he reported me for not being sympathetic enough to a junkie? He tried to ruin my career over a junkie!"

"Sam had your back, you just said so yourself! He fell helping you, I can't believe you don't understand…"

"Understand what? Look Andy, you can believe whatever you want. I don't care anymore. But what about you? What about your indecision?"

"What? What are you talking about now?

"Ever since we went to look at that house and I asked you to move in, you've been giving me the run around. When was the last time we had sex? Do you even remember?"

"Of course I do, it was there."

"Wow, she remembers, and why are you here tonight?" He asked. "Are you checking up on me?"

That snapped her out of her daze. "What? No, I told you why I was here."

"I think it's because you don't trust me!"

"I trust you, I don't know what you are talking about."

"No you don't, you didn't tell me about your father's drinking, you tried to hid him from me during the Kaliciak case. You never said anything about losing Benny at the hospital. You ran to Swarek for that, everytime. Even today, in my office, you were questioning who was on the phone. Where did that come from? You have just been looking for reasons to call this off. I have asked you repeatedly for a moving date, nothing. Andy I got the keys two weeks ago, not that you bothered to ask!"

"You know what? During this entire conversion all I have been hearing about is you. How all this has affected you. How everything centers around you! Nothing is your fault, it's Sam's or mine. I cannot believe for the life of me why I didn't see it before. You are so pompous…"

"Pompous?"

"Yes, pompous and self-centered and you know what else? I think you saw me coming a mile away. I think you hooked up with me because of Sam. I don't know if you are jealous of him or what. But now that I think about it, you really didn't start to put the moves on me until after he was assigned to be my training officer."

"Aw come off it, Andy. Still looking for a way out?"

"Never mind, it doesn't matter anymore. You just don't get it. You know, I came here tonight because I wanted to give you the benefit of the doubt, I wanted to hear your side too. I thought that there had to be some sort of explanation. I thought you were a good, stable guy that didn't deserve to be yanked around by me and all my hang-ups. My hang-ups? You take the cake! And you know what else? I felt guilty because…because I finally did realize that I am in love with Sam!"

"What a news flash." He said sarcastically.

"Honestly I believe that tomorrow you will wake up and just start over. Look for another rookie without skipping a beat. You'll just find someone else to blame your problems on. You couldn't care less."

"You're being ridiculous, now."

"Of course I am, I'm going against what you want, what you think. You don't care anything about me or anyone else. I can't believe how long I faked this relationship only to find that you were faking too. Goodnight Luke."

"Andy!" Was the last thing she heard as she turned and walked out the door.

She fairly floated out to Traci's car. A weight had been lifted from her shoulders.

She got into the car, pulled the seat belt around her. She put Traci's keys into the ignition and nothing. The car would not start.

I had a alternate ending in mind but this was too good to pass up.

I'm hoping to have the final chapter finished before to long.