Hello everyone! I'm sorry this wasn't up earlier; I had a crazy morning and then had to go to work… I got home about an hour ago, reviewed this final chapter, and I am now posting it! I really hope you like the ending, and I wanted to thank you ALL for the great reviews… I loved reading them, they made my day! I couldn't have done it without you!
Also, thanks to Elissa & Jamie for helping me with the editing of a lot of chapters! And a HUGE thanks to Stacy, my lovely friend who helped me all throughout the story! She helped me correct each and every chapter, was always there to help with the storyline, with answer questions I had, with all the little details and who soothed my insecurities… I really couldn't have done it without you! You're AWESOME and I love you!
Leaving you to read it now! Hope you like it!
The ambiance at The Penny was explosive. Everyone felt the electricity in the air, and Andy wasn't different from the others. She was wondering whether or not to get a drink when someone caught her from behind and started to cuff her, pushing her until she was against the bar.
"You five are under arrest! Hands behind your back! Cuff 'em, boys! Make it hurt! Come on! Keep them like that!" A voice that she recognized as being Oliver Shaw's said to the people behind them that were cuffing each of her friends and fellow rookies.
She knew something like that was likely to happen, but she didn't think she would end up cuffed and pushed against the bar tonight.
"Chris Diaz! Traci Nash. Gail Peck. Dov Epstein." The voice recited as he took their IDs, reading the name on it before moving to the next one.
"What the hell?" Dov asked and Andy smiled interiorly.
"And Andy McNally." He said as he finally read hers, although she knew he didn't need her ID to know her name, seeing that she had been dating one of his closest friends for the last three years.
He walked back and looked at all of the rookies standing there in the middle of the room, all the other people making some noise around them.
"You have the right to shut up. You have the right to remain calm, and you have the right to get out of these handcuffs any way you know how!" Oliver started, making the crowd and the rookies go crazy. "First rookie out of their cuffs drinks for free. Everyone else pays!" He added and the young woman smiled at the challenge.
Giving the young men and women a moment to understand the game, he turned back to them. "Are you ready? On your mark, get set, go to town!"
Andy immediately decided that it would be easier to get them off if she had her hands in front of her, and so a moment later, she was trying to pull her feet through the loop her hands were making, tied by the handcuffs. It wasn't that hard since she was pretty flexible, and the next thing they knew, she was standing in the middle of the crowd with her hands in front of her.
Motioning everyone with her now almost free hands, she got a bobby pin from her hair and started to work on the lock of those cuffs. Although, not even a minute later, she saw that Gail had been able to get out of hers and was now screaming like a crazy lady. Which, to be honest, she probably was.
"Unbelievable!" Someone said near her, and she turned to look for Sam in the crowd, maybe he would take her handcuffs off.
"Ladies and gentlemen, meet the rookies of 15th division!" Officer Shaw yelled for everyone to hear, and the rookies yelled to answer him.
Finally seeing Sam in a corner of the bar, staring at her, she walked towards him, holding out her still cuffed hands. He simply shrugged before he took a sip of his beer, a small smile making its way on his lips.
"Are you going to help me or are you going to leave me waiting like that until next year?" Andy asked, still holding the pin she had tried to get out of her cuffs with in hand.
"I don't know… You seemed like you were doing well with this." He said, motioning to the little piece of metal she was holding in her hand. "Plus, maybe I like the idea of you in cuffs. I don't know why we never tried it, I mean… I'm a cop I should've thought of that." He said, his mind definitely going to kinky places.
She took one more step closer to him, raising her cuffed hands until they were around his neck and she was sitting on his lap before she lowered her mouth to his ear. "If you don't take them off, I'll be the one using them on you, and I'll do things to you that will leave you begging." She told him unbelievably close, as her breath on his skin making him shiver.
"Is that a threat or a promise Officer McNally?" He asked, sliding both his hands around her body as he turned his head, trying to see if he couldn't steal a kiss.
She shivered at him calling her Officer McNally, it sounded so right in her ears. She'd been waiting for this moment for a long time now, and she was really happy that she made it there, and that she had Sam to share it with even if sometimes he could be a complete idiot, like right now.
"Maybe a bit of both." She told him, sliding her teeth against his ear. "It's not fair, you should've helped me before; Gail went to her brother for help, it's like she's getting preferential treatment again." She added, not stopping what she was doing as she knew it was driving him crazy.
"Preferential treatment? Really? I mean… You're the one sleeping with an officer; I think you're not in the best position to be talking about preferential treatment." He whispered and she stopped playing with his ear, leaning back to look at him with a fake angry face.
"Oh so is that just what we're doing now? Sleeping together?" She teased him, knowing very well that it was definitely more than that. She had known it since the very first time they made love, but she loved to tease him, and he knew she did.
"Well of course, what else would we be doing?" He replied with a huge grin as she tried to slap him, but only ended up slapping herself, the cuffs getting in her way.
"Ugggh you're annoying. Please help me now?" Andy asked him again this time with a pleading smile. "Please? Pretty please?" She continued, and just as he was about to get the key he was keeping on him, Oliver walked to them.
"Hey uh, Sammy, still torturing this poor girlfriend of yours?" He asked as he pointed in their direction, his beer in one hand and a key to the handcuffs in the other one. ¸
"My savior." Andy exclaimed as he unlocked the cold metal bracelet, leaving her free to slap Sam as she had been wanting too, making him let out a gasp of surprise.
"Aoutch! See that buddy? She's the one torturing me!" He said as she shrugged at Oliver, her eyes sparkling under the dim lights of the black Penny.
"Aww, still complaining like a little child. You know you love me." Andy replied, resting a soft kiss on the corner of his head as he held her close, rolling his eyes while his friend, who was now sitting in front of them, laughed at their little act.
"You're lucky I do, I don't know what would happen if I didn't." He finally said as Andy turned to look at the action that was still going on in the Penny, stealing a sip of Sam's beer that was sitting on the table in front of them.
She was still sitting on her boyfriend's lap when the others came to steal her, telling her that she needed to leave the training officers alone and come get drunk with them. With a last kiss to Sam, Andy followed Traci, Chris and Dov to the table on the other side of the bar, leaving Sam and Oliver alone.
"I heard Boyd is getting closer and closer to catching Anton Hill." Oliver told him out of the blue, and Sam turned to face him, wondering what had brought on that random statement. "Still happy with being a street cop?" He asked, and Sam understood why he was telling him that.
Smiling softly, Sam took a sip of his beer, following Andy from the corner of his eye as she went and got some shots for her friends and her. "Never been happier." He confessed as he turned back to smile at his friend. "I loved being undercover, but it's my past, she's my future." He added, motioning to the young woman that was getting back to the table with the four glasses.
"I know she is brother, I know she is." Oliver told him as he turned to look at the four rookies drinking to the beginning of their new lives. "I'm glad you found her." He continued; he could see how Andy McNally was making his friend happy, and he was more than happy that he was in love.
A couple hours and a lot of tequila shots later, Sam went to get Andy at the other table. They had to be at the precinct not too late the next morning, and he knew they both needed some sleep. Not protesting, Andy followed him, linking her fingers with his as they walked out of the bar and towards his truck.
"You know I love you right…?" She said as he unlocked the doors, opening hers so she could get in the passenger seat.
"You know you're drunk right?" He simply replied with a smile as she looked at him, refusing to get in the truck, pouting.
"That doesn't change the fact that I love you. You're supposed to tell me you love me too." She said playfully, leaning against the seat as her head was kind of spinning. Maybe that last shots of tequila was too much.
"You know I do." Sam said as he leaned against her to kiss her softly.
"I do, but that doesn't mean you can't say it." She continued teasing him, kissing him back as she raised her hands, playing with his hair.
"I love you." He said his eyes a bit more serious than earlier as she gave him that smile he loved so much. He smiled back as he gave her one last kiss, walking to the other side of his car.
He started the engine before he got off to the quiet streets of Toronto. It was late, and there wasn't a lot of traffic as Sam slowly drove to their place, enjoying the peace and quiet of the vehicle after the craziness of the penny. Turning to look at Andy as he stopped at a red light, he saw her smiling like a fool, looking outside of the window.
"What is making you that happy?" He asked with a laugh as the light turned green, forcing him to turn back his eyes to the road as she took his right hand in hers.
"You! This, life in general." She answered her voice ridiculously giddy. "And also probably a few ounces of tequila." She added with a small laugh as Sam turned into the street where they lived, parking his truck only a few seconds later.
"Well I'm glad you're happy." He told her, turning off the engine before he unbuckled his seatbelt, helping her with hers as she just kept staring at him. "Let's get you to bed Officer McNally." He said as he opened the door of his truck, walking to the other side of it to help her out.
"I love when you call me that." She stated as she took his hand and got out of the vehicle, still shaky on her feet due to the quantity of alcohol she had drank tonight.
"That's good, because people will be calling you that a lot." He said with a small laugh as they walked to the door, locking the truck behind them, keeping his keys in his hand to unlock the door of their house.
"I still think I like it better when you say it." She replied, leaning against his shoulder while he opened the door, pushing her inside with his hand on the small of her back softly.
"I'll try to say it a lot then." He said as he rested a kiss on the top of her head before they quickly made their way inside, getting ready to go to bed.
The clock was showing 2h13 when they finally got under the blankets, and Sam knew that the next morning would probably be hard on them, but right now he didn't care, he was just enjoying the night and the fact that they were both exactly where they wanted to be.
Cuddling close to him, Andy let out a small sigh of contentment, realizing how happy she was to be with him, and how lucky she was to have found a man like him to take care of her.
"Thank you, Sam." She whispered as he was circling her with his arms, keeping her close to his body like always.
"For what?" He asked, frowning as he wondered why she was thanking him like that, out of the blue.
"For everything… For being you, for taking care of me, for helping me get where I wanted to go. I couldn't have done it without you." She explained, her voice clearer than earlier, and he smiled, kissing her softly.
"Always." He simply said as she closed her eyes, feeling sleep take over her body slowly.
She couldn't even start to tell him how grateful she was for him to be there. She'd gone a long way since that night they met in her crappy apartment over three years ago. She never thought that she would be where she was all this time later, but she was definitely more than happy with how everything turned out.
Falling slowly into unconsciousness, she remembered those words he had said to her what seemed like an eternity ago. He had been right. This time, everything had been different…
Well there you have it… My little baby is complete! I really hope you all liked it! And I'll definitely see you soon! This new season is starting strong and I hope the other episodes are as good as the premiere!
AGAIN. Thank you everyone! Now if you could hit this review button one last time it would be even more amazing!