AN: Sorry for the long wait. This is a pretty good chapter in which Sarah makes an appearance and Oliver makes a lot of sense!

Chapter 10

Dawn broke the following morning and Andy rubbed her eyes blearily as the early morning sunlight began to filter into the room. She was exhausted, but couldn't manage to sleep for the entire night, too distracted by the steady beeping of Sam's heart monitor and the loud snores coming from where Oliver was propped up on the chair across from her. She glanced at the clock that hung on the wall. Was it too early to call Marlo?

Andy reluctantly slid her fingers from Sam's hand and pushed herself to her feet. She picked up her purse and walked towards the door, careful to not wake Oliver.

Once she was in the hallway, she pulled out her cellphone and scrolled through her contacts until she found Marlo's number. She took a hesitant breath and pressed call.

It rang three times before Marlo's sleepy voice came through the earpiece. "Hello?" she mumbled.

"Marlo, it's Andy," Andy said.

"Why are you calling me so early?" Marlo asked, sounding unhappy.

"I have some really bad news," Andy said, frowning.

"What's that?" Marlo asked.

"It's about Sam," Andy continued gently.

"Spit it out Andy," Marlo barked into the phone, "It's too early to-"

"He was in an accident," Andy said, cutting her off.

"What?" Marlo asked.

"Last night. He was in a pretty bad accident and he got rushed to Toronto Memorial," Andy recounted.

"Is he okay?" Marlo asked.

"They're keeping him in a coma right now," Andy said, "But the doctors think they've repaired all the damage."

"Oh God," Marlo gasped, "Wait, why are you calling me?" her voice sounded inquisitive.

"They called me," Andy replied with a sigh, "I'm his secondary emergency contact."

"Oh," Marlo said, "Okay. Are you there now?" she asked.

"Yeah," Andy said as she made her way down the stairs towards the lobby, "Oliver and I stayed with him overnight."

"Oh good," Marlo said, "Okay. I'll be there in an hour, okay?"

"See you soon," Andy said as she came out of the stairwell.

"Hey McNally," Marlo said.

"Mhmm?" she asked.

"Thanks for calling," she said before hanging up.

Andy stowed her phone and made her way to the small coffee shop in the lobby. She ordered coffee for both her and Oliver along with two muffins before making her way back upstairs. When she re-entered the room, she was met by Oliver sitting up in his chair, yawning widely and Sam, still motionless on the bed.

Andy silently handed him his breakfast before sitting back down heavily on her chair, eyes on Sam's frame. "Oliver," she started hesitantly.

"He's going to pull through you know," Oliver said, taking a gulp of his coffee, "Sammy, he's a strong guy. In shape and stubborn as hell. He won't give up without a good strong fight."

Andy looked at Oliver closely. "Do you think so?" she asked.

"If anyone I know can survive this, it's him," Oliver said, glancing at Sam.

Andy nodded, chewing on her muffin thoughtfully. "You're right," Andy said.

"Of course I am," Oliver said, "Thanks for the coffee and muffin Andy," he said, holding up the coffee cup.

"Oh, yeah," Andy nodded, "No problem."

"Did you call her?" Oliver asked.

Andy nodded again. "Just now," she said, "She'll be here in the hour."

Oliver nodded. "Hey McNally-" he started, cutting himself off.

"Hm?" Andy asked.

"Nothing," Oliver said, shaking his head.

Andy looked closely at him for a minute before her eyes flickered back down to Sam. "Do you think he's going to be mad at me for being here?" Andy asked.

"Who, Sammy?" Oliver asked incredulously.

"Yeah," Andy said.

"If the guy didn't want you here, I don't think you would be his emergency contact," Oliver chuckled gently.

"Maybe he just hasn't changed it since we were together?" Andy thought out loud.

"It's been a while Andy," Oliver said gently, "If he hasn't changed it yet, I'd say there's a pretty good reason why he hasn't."

Andy looked up at him closely. "Oli-"

There was a knock on the door, interrupting her.

"Come in," Oliver responded.

The door swung open and a short, pale, dark haired woman poked her head in.

Oliver pushed himself to his feet and he made his way over to her. "Sarah," he said, wrapping her into a hug, "How are you doing?"

"I'd be better if he hadn't crashed his car," she sighed, "Is he okay?" She edged around Oliver and approached the bedside. She doted over Sam for a moment before her attention caught on Andy, who was sitting silently in her chair. "Hi, my name's Sarah," she said, sticking out her hand.

Andy fumbled her things to free up a hand to hold out to shake Sarah's hand. "Andy McNally," Andy said, shaking gently, "You're his sister, right?"

"He's mentioned me, has he?" she asked with a chuckle.

"Does that surprise you?" Andy heard herself asking.

Sarah let out a laugh. "A little," she said, rolling her eyes, "You're all dressed up. Please don't tell me Sam and you were going out on a hot date when he crashed his car. That's so embarrassing."

"No," Andy shook her head, "Sam and I, we aren't dating," she said, "I was on my way to a date," Andy nodded, "But not with him."

"But you're his emergency contact?" Sarah asked.

Andy nodded slowly.

"Hm," Sarah said, "Interesting." She glanced at Oliver knowingly. "Very interesting."

Just under an hour later, a nurse who was checking Sam's vital signs was just leaving the room when Marlo entered the room.

"Oh God," she gasped out, crossing immediately to Sam's bedside, reaching around Sarah to touch his face, "Is he okay?" she demanded. She looked up at Sarah, stopping short and looked to Andy and Oliver confused. "Who are you?" She asked Sarah.

"Who are you?" Sarah asked shortly.

"Sam's girlfriend," Marlo replied evenly, "You?"

"Sam's sister," Sarah said, casually glancing over her shoulder towards Andy and then to Oliver, "Sarah."

"Marlo," Marlo said, "He never mentioned having a sister."

Sarah chuckled to herself. "That's funny. He never mentioned having a girlfriend either."

AN: So "meet the family" didn't go over very well... Hope you enjoyed the chapter. I will try to update again soon.

Also, for anyone who remembered the news I shared about my aunt having a stroke down in Australia about 6 weeks ago, I wanted to pass on the good news that she will be coming back to Canada on Monday!