Here's a new chapter.

Now before you read it please not it kind of contradicts somethings I said before but it only made sense this way, so please keep any negative comments to yourself.

As always any and all grammatical errors I blame on my tired state.

Enjoy!


The plane ride was about five hours, now most people would watch a movie or sleep because after all whether you were from Toronto or LA it was the middle of the night.

But not Andy McNally, she couldn't do either, she tried to watch a movie, get comfortable and relax but it was no use.

Every movie that was an option some how, someway reminded her of Sam, for example, the new Hunger Games movie; Mocking Jay Part 1, she remembered the time she practically dragged Sam to the first Hunger Games movie. It wasn't that he didn't enjoy the movie, but he just didn't care to sit in a dark room, with an uncomfortable wage between him and his girlfriend.

Then there was Prom Night, which of course reminded her of her own Prom Night minus the crazy teacher that stocked and killed Brittany Snow's entire family.

"Are you nervous?" Traci asked, as she jumped up on to her bed.

"Why would I be nervous?" Andy questioned, ever since she got accepted into school things were different, not a good or bad, just different.

"Oh, I don't know, it's just a day that we've been dreaming and talking about for years, this day goes up there with our wedding days, having children. It's freaking prom, how are you so calm about this?" Traci said as she used her fingers to count the memorable life milestones.

Inside Traci was freaking out, she wanted everything to be perfect, and it was on track to do so. She had the perfect date, a guy she loved, and who she was going to graduate as high school sweethearts with, she had been accepted into U of T, Jerry was going to Seneca College for police foundations, she loved her dress, Jerry agreed to match, everything was going to be perfect.

"I just uhh, have a lot on my mind I guess," Andy said quietly, as she sat at the chair of Traci's desk.

She was worried about what was going to happen before, during and after of Prom, getting accepted to UCLA had put a cloud over her relationship with Sam, neither of them talked about anything too deep, in fear that the conversation would some how end up on the topic of her going away for school, and they were both scared of how that conversation would end.

So they simply just talked about the basics, her parents, grades, Traci and Jerry, Oliver, just keeping anything to do with them, with Sam and Andy at bay for now.

"Like what?" Traci could see her best friend was withdrawn, and this was no way to start what was suppose to be one of the best nights of their lives.

"Just stuff."

"Andy.."

"Everything is a mess, everything is up in the air right now Trac, I made a decision, one that literally effected every person I care about you, my mom, dad, and Sam." The two friends hadn't really talked about the effect Andy's departure had on people, it was simply put that Traci was happy for her, and was going to miss her like crazy and hopefully visit, but they didn't talk about how everyone would feel about it.

"I literally am watching my relationship with the one person in this entire world that I care about more than anyone else fall apart at the seams, and I'm just supposed to sit here, and pretend that everything is fine, when it's not, everything is so far from okay right now." She fought back the tears, partially because Traci had just finished her makeup and partly because she didn't want to cry anymore.

She had spent so much time lately crying, after she got home from the party that she told Sam at she cried, after she told her parents, after hearing that Sam got into Seneca with Oliver and Jerry, it was just a lot for her to handle on her own, she didn't want to burden anyone with what she was going through, because it was her choice, she knew what she was doing when she applied to a school thousands of miles away from her home.

"Andy, everything is going to be okay? Do you want to know why?" It broke Traci's heart to see her best friend like this, so defeated and down on herself.

"Please, tell me how Trac, because where I'm standing, it seems like everything is going to hell." She was still fighting the tears, and loosing, as a single tear fell onto her check.

"Because you have an amazing boyfriend who loves you, your parents adore you, you got accepted into the school of you dreams, and because even though you're going to be really far away from me, you will always be my best friends, no matter what." Traci offered as a response, followed by a teary eyes smile.

It wasn't long before both of them were tearing up, letting the tears fall from their eyes.

After they let out all of their emotions, fixed their makeup, put their dresses on they were ready to meet at Gail's house for pictures. With both of Gail's parents with on the force, and high ranking at that, they had a pretty nice house.

As the two best friends walked arm in arm, out to Gail's back deck, Andy was nervous as to what was waiting for them when they got there.

Locking eyes with Sam almost instantly as she stepped on the deck, his breath was taken away, he had never seen Andy like this, yes she dressed up for special occasions, but she really went all out for today. Her hair was swept to one side of her head, and loosely curled, her make up was a little more glamorous than usual but she still looked amazing.

She insisted that he didn't see the dress until the day of and he was so glad that he reluctantly agreed, she was in a long cream dress that fell beautifully on her slender frame, with a sweetheart neckline, and a slightly jeweled waistline.

Absolutely stunning.

Sam didn't look too bad either, sure she had seen him in his tie for game day apparel but this was different, he was wearing a black suit, with a black tie, they both agreed that it would be easier to match that way.

Walking over to him, he met her in the middle, "You uhh, you look absolutely stunning McNally," He said still trying to catch his breath.

"You don't look so bad yourself Swarek," She said placing her hand on his chest, and placing a gentle kiss on his lips.

After taking a million and one pictures of each other, with one another, without one another, couples, the girls, the guys, parents, no parents, they were all finally in the limo off to prom.

For the first time since her news had come out, she felt good, she felt happy, like everything was happening the way it was meant too.

Making their way to the table, Andy finally kicked off her heels, before her butt hit the chair, "My god, my feet kill, who knew this whole high heel thing was so painful." She said as Sam sat down beside her.

"Hey girl, no pain, no gain." Traci said from across the table.

"Yeah, yeah, I know beauty is pain," She said not really caring about pain or gain, she just wanted to feel her feet again.

The night went relatively well, Traci and Jerry won Prom King and Queen, had their first dance, Oliver won Jester. Just as the night was winding down, and Andy found herself on the dance floor, holding Sam tightly, as Ashes by Andy Brown played in the background.

"So... McNally had tonight been everything you dreamed it would be?" Sam asked her, pulling away slightly so he could see her face.

"Yeah, I guess it has been, I've got this amazing date, who also happens to be my loving boyfriend and who looks really, really good in a suit." She said, as she looked at him with a certain look in her eyes. "My best friend is glowing, and all I need is for my super hot boyfriend to kiss me before this song ends, and my night will have been a fairy tale." She said, as she rose on her tippy toes to get closer to his lips.

"I think I can make that happen," He told her, closing the space between their lips.

"Get a room!" They hear Oliver yell from a few feet away.

And just like that Prom was over, all the build up, the anticipation was over, all that was left to do was go to the after party, have an amazing time and feel the closeness of these people that you've spent the last four years with, getting to know and love, before they all go their separate ways.

Upon arriving at the party, Andy found Sam at the beer pong table where he and Jerry were playing an intense game against Chris and Dov.

She snaked her arms around his waist before kissing the back of his neck, as Jerry took his shot, "Hey there," He said to her spinning around and hugging her around the neck. "Gimme one sec," He said quickly, before turning back around and sinking his shot in Chris and Dov's final cup.

"And that's game boys!" Jerry exclaimed, his arms in the air. "Unless, you guys really think you can sink the redemption shot."

Andy looked around at where she was, she looked at her friends, Traci, Sam and all she could think was how lucky she was, that she had such amazing people in her life. How she had grown up with these people for years, they had become apart of her, they were family, and they meant the absolute world to her.

In this moment the thought of leaving them made her chest tighten, "Okay, now I'm all ours," Sam said bring her back to reality, and placing a kiss on her check.

"Can we uhh, go somewhere and talk?" She asked quietly.

He could hear it in her voice that she needed to talk about something serious, he looked around trying to find a spot where they won't be interrupted, "Yeah, uhh, of course, let's go to the uhh Gazebo?" He offered.

Jerry's backyard set up was ideal for a party except for the Gazebo which was in the far right corner of Jerry's larger than average property.

She was quiet the whole way, and once they got there she was still really quiet, "McNally is everything okay, you're uhh, never this quiet." He said as they sat on the love seat.

"I've uhh, been thinking and uhh.." She knew she had freaked him out by saying she wanted to talk. She was scare herself, as she tried to find the words to continue she could feel more tears forming in her eyes quickly.

He could see her overall shell starting to crack, "Hey, are you okay?" He said with a sense of urgency in his voice, placing an arm around her.

"No, I'm not, I was just looking around at everyone, seeing how happy they were, and knowing how happy they made me, thinking about all the amazing times we've had with each other, and then I think about the future and how I'm leaving and I feel sick to my stomach I feel like I'm leaving everything I know and love behind for some stupid dream I have..." She stopped, her breathing had become short and choppy. "I don't think, I can do it Sam." She said quickly and quietly.

"Can't do what McNally?" He asked, confused at her sudden change of heart. She had always been the one with a plan, even if it was one that no one knew about she had a plan.

"I don't know if I can go," She said between shaky breaths, " I don't know if I can go to UCLA."

This was the first and last time they actually talked about her leaving, the only other time they talked about it was the night before she left.

"This isn't something you should be worrying about right now," He said, kissing her forehead, "Right now you should be focused on having an amazing night with your friends okay? Because this is the only prom night you're ever going to have and I don't want you to waste it worrying about something that you can't change right now. Okay?"

"Okay."

They never did talk about it again, it never felt like the right time, there was always tomorrow, or the next day, the two of them used those excuses until there were no tomorrows left.

As her plane landed, she collected her stuff, her carry on was rather scrambled, she did a mental check before standing up, 'phone; check, wallet; check, iPod and headphones; double check.' She slowly rose to her feet, and got her composure together.

She knew Oliver would probably borrow Sam's truck or Jerry's car to pick her up, because after all he was the King of Mooching.

As she waited for her suitcase to appear on the belt, she took her phone out and dialed Oliver's number, "Hey, it's me I uhh just landed." She said into the end of her phone.

"Oh okay, well I'm uhh, just pulling into the parking lot, what terminal are you in again?" He asked, knowing after he hung up with her he'd have to immediately call Sam with the information.

"Umm, terminal 3 gate B, I guess I'll grab my suitcase and meet you by the escalator?" She said, noticing her suitcase popping on to the belt.

"Uhh yes, yeah, by the escalator, give me 5 minutes." He said in one quick breath.

"Okay, see you soon." She said before hanging up her phone, and grabbing her suitcase off of the rotating belt.

Placing her suitcase on the cold floor, she doubled checked that it was in fact her suitcase, extending the handle she began to walk to the escalator.

As she descended she looked around for Oliver's familiar face, but had no luck, she knew he needed a few minutes to find her, so she sat at the nearest bench and pulled her phone out, and check to see if Chloe had texted her or left any messages.

She didn't even notice how close he got once he found her, "Hi." He said, not knowing how she would react to seeing him there.

The voice she heard snapped her out of her phone and her eyes shot up to see if the voice matched the person standing in front of her, "Sam.." She said, trying to stand to her feet, "What uhh, what are you doing here?" She asked him, fully standing as she finished.

"I uhh heard you needed a ride."


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