Okay, after reading all the reviews I have come to a decision….five more chapters it is, enjoy this one J
Andy rolled over as the alarm went off and slapped her hand over it "shush," she mumbled sleepily and snuggled back into the covers.
Sam chuckled and pulled her into him "we have to get up now if we wanna beat the early morning traffic," he said and kissed her shoulder.
Andy rolled to face him "I've been thinking," she said and looked up at him "Trac is coming home today…can we put off this weekend?" she asked "I just really think I should be here."
Sam nodded "sure babe, I didn't even think of that," he said and smiled quickly "we can go next weekend."
Andy lay back down with her back to him "not like I have anything else to do," she muttered.
"Hey," Sam said and leaned over her "it's two weeks Andy, think of it as a vacation."
"I know," she sighed "everyone is gonna be in work I'll have nothing to do."
"I have weeks of vacation to take I could take a week off," he offered.
Andy smiled and rolled to face him "you'd do that for me?" she asked.
Sam nodded "if you wanted me too."
Andy smiled again "thank you but I can't have you taking time off work just for me-and, you're only back a week."
Sam shrugged "they owe me."
"Alright," Andy giggled "get Friday and Monday off and we'll make the weekend a long one."
Sam chucked "done," he said and kissed her "staying in bed or getting up?" he asked.
Andy wrapped her arms around his neck "Mmh…staying in bed," she giggled and pulled him down to her.
"I meant go back to sleep," he said and kissed her neck.
Andy ran her fingers through his hair and closed her eyes "do you wanna go back asleep?" she asked.
Sam pulled back and look down at her "that's a stupid question," he said and lowered his head to kiss her.
Andy giggled as he moved back to her neck "thought so."
A while later they finally rolled out of bed "do you wanna call Jerry first and see what's happening?" Sam asked as they got dressed.
"I called him while you were in the shower, he said she'll be home at his by eleven," Andy said and pulled on her shoes "I wanna be there with Leo when she does we have to go to Gloria's first."
Sam looked at his watch "it's after ten now we won't have time for breakfast."
Andy shrugged "I'm not really hungry-but we can stop off somewhere if you wanted to grab something."
Sam walked to her and kissed her quickly "I'm good," he said and walked out of the room.
Andy followed him "we do have time for coffee," she said.
"Way ahead of ya," Sam said and handed her a cup.
"Thank you," she chuckled and sat down.
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When they arrived at Jerry's Sam let himself in with his key once he was sure they weren't there. "Leo you know how to work the remote," he said and handed it to him "me and Andy will be in the kitchen," he said and followed Andy.
"Thanks Sam!" he called after him and settled back to watch cartoons.
"You okay?" Sam asked as Andy stirred her cup in a daze.
Andy nodded "yeah," she said and looked over at him "just thinking," she said and walked to him.
"About?" Sam asked as she handed him a cup.
"Going back to the house-inside the house," Andy said and sat beside him "I get real nervous just thinking about it, it's like my chest closes up and I can't breathe or something."
Sam placed his hand on top of hers "if you or Traci feel like you can't do it me and Jerry have already offered to get all your stuff."
"It's not about the stuff," Andy said and looked over at him "that is our house-our home, we should be able to walk in there without a second thought, without thinking someone is there watching us-waiting for us," she said and stood up. "I know I can never sleep there again that's for sure, and I think Traci will feel the same," she looked over at him again "we have to face it and put all this behind us."
"Mommy!" Leo yelled and ran to the door.
Sam stood up "we'll talk about this later," he said as they both walked out to the front door.
"Hey," Andy smiled and hugged her once Leo had let go.
"Hey," Traci said and made her way inside "it is so good to be outta that place," she said and walked to the kitchen "time for some real food and coffee."
"You go sit down I'll make it," Andy said ushering her through to the living room.
"You sit too McNally," Jerry said and dropped Traci's bag by the table "catch up or whatever I'm gonna go get a shower then we're all going for breakfast."
Sam chuckled "go on in I'll make you both coffee."
"Thank you," Andy said and kissed him on the cheek "we do have a lot to talk about," she giggled.
"I'll steer clear then," Sam chuckled and walked to the pot.
"So?" Andy asked and sat down beside her "how you feeling?"
"Good," Traci nodded and looked down at Leo who was tucked into her side watching the tv again "I missed him-and you," she smiled and looked over at her "thanks for looking after him."
Andy waved her off "goes without saying."
"Well thank you anyway I owe you," Traci said and looked down at her hands "hey, if uh, if you're not busy later do you think you could come to the house with me?"
Andy's eyes went wide "you wanna go today?" she asked.
Traci nodded "I do but I understand if you're not ready."
"No no it's not that," Andy said "I just didn't expect you to want to-not for a few days anyway."
Traci shrugged "it's all I've thought about…this evening around six?" she asked.
Andy nodded "six," she replied she didn't know what else to say.
On their drive home that afternoon Sam looked over at Andy "you're being very quiet," he said and looked back to the road.
"Sorry," Andy sighed "it's just Trac wants to go back to the house later, she wants me to go with her."
Sam nodded and pulled into his drive "and you don't want to?" he asked.
Andy sighed heavily "I just thought I had more time to prepare."
"Does it scare you that much?" Sam asked.
Andy looked over at him "to be honest yes," she said and looked down at her hands "the thought of going back inside makes me feel sick, my mouth starts to water and I actually think I am gonna be sick."
"Babe," Sam said and slid his hand over hers "if you're not ready for this Traci will understand."
"I know that," Andy said and pulled her door open "but I want us to do it together-to be able to walk through that door together," she said and climbed out.
Sam followed her "maybe she'll feel differently later, I know Jerry was trying to talk her out of it."
"Yeah good luck to him," Andy said and dropped onto the sofa.
Sam sat beside her and put his arm around her "we could come too," he offered.
"Thanks but me and Traci need to do this on our own," she said and snuggled into him "you can however make me coffee," she giggled.
Sam chuckled and dropped a kiss on her forehead "in a bit," he said and pulled her closer "I wanna sit here with you," he added wrapping his other arm around her.
"Hey Sam," she asked a few minutes later "will the place still be messed up?" she asked.
"What do you mean?" he asked.
"The crime scene clean up people, they're just there to clean up blood and whatever right?"
"Right," Sam nodded.
"So mine and Traci's rooms will be the way I found them that day?" she asked.
"Yeah," Sam nodded slowly.
Andy just nodded and leaned back into him "so we're gonna be there longer than we have to be."
"Andy," Sam said and nudged her up off him "I'm serious here don't do this if you're not ready, Traci can wait another few days."
Andy shook her head "I need to do this and move on-the sooner the better," she said and stood up "I want out of that house," she added and walked into the kitchen.
Sam sighed and looked down at his phone as it beeped opening the message, he sighed again it was Jerry hey man no luck getting Trac to change her mind, sorry buddy I tried everything. Shaking his head he stood up and followed her.
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At five forty-five Andy pulled up outside her house, turning off the engine she took her keys out and turned to look at the house. Sitting back she looked at the front porch and smiled as she remembered Leo taking his first steps there-she also cringed as she remembered Kevin kissing her there after their first date.
Sighing she pushed the door open and climbed out, sitting on the hood of the car she looked up to the bedroom windows, when they moved in the windows were old and washed out but with a bit of work she and Traci did by themselves they had made it new and all theirs, she chuckled as she remembered dropping the paint on Traci's head causing her to jump back knocking the ladder leaving Andy dangling from the ledge screaming.
She pushed herself off the car and walked up the drive getting to the front door she looked down at her keys "better wait," she said out loud.
"Don't let me stop you," came Traci's voice from behind her.
Smiling she turned to see Traci looking at the house too from the sidewalk "you ready for this?" she asked holding out her hand.
Traci walked up to her and stopped beside her "ready," she said and slipped her hand into hers.
Andy turned back to the door and brought the key to the lock "do you remember the day I moved in here?"
"Yeah," Traci giggled "you were so excited to be moving in with the hottest guy in college."
Andy burst out laughing "he told me that night he was gay."
Traci giggled again "yeah great way to watch you walk around half naked and stuff."
Andy laughed again "yeah good old Fran-took me months to cop he wasn't actually gay," she said and turned the key "bet he's glad he took off when he did," she said and pushed the door in.
They both slowly stepped just inside the door and stopped "where do you want to go first?" Traci asked.
"Guess we start with the living room and take what we need for now and move onto the kitchen," Andy replied.
"Oh Andy," Traci said as they walked to the door "Leo wants to know if he could borrow your play station while we're at Jerry's?"
Andy chuckled "Leo wants to know or Jerry?" she asked as she pushed the living room door in-this wasn't as bad as she thought it was going to be.
Traci followed her "Jerry may have asked too," she chuckled and picked up a picture of herself Leo and Andy from the fireplace.
"Thought so yes they can have it," Andy said and took her photo's off the wall "where are the boxes Trac?" she asked "there's no point gathering stuff if we've nothing to put them in."
"They're in the closet by the door-we need tape too," Traci replied.
Andy walked to the closet and pulled out all the flat packed boxes "lets' get started then," she said and walked back to the living room.
An hour later they'd packed up everything belong to them downstairs and were now doing the last room upstairs-Leo's room. "Man I never knew he had so much stuff," Andy chuckled as she pulled a never ending pile from under his bed.
"That's his way of cleaning his room," Traci chuckled and handed her another box "just throw it all in I'll sort it at Jerry's later."
"I don't know where I'm gonna put all my stuff," Andy said as they carried boxes down the stairs.
"Has Deano not room in his garage?" Traci asked after "I'm done at my moms I can take some if there's room."
Andy thought for a moment "I think it should all fit into Deano's garage."
Traci chuckled "bet you only get half in."
Andy dropped a box in Traci's pile and looked over to her own "yeah," she chuckled "you might be right."
"Andy," Traci said slowly "how are we gonna get all this stuff outta here?"
Andy burst out laughing that was something they hadn't thought of "guess we didn't get that far…I can call Sam with his truck-and the others."
"I'll stick the pot on," Traci chuckled and walked onto the kitchen.
"Not to mention the pot is in a box buried somewhere we have no milk!" Andy called after her.
"These will have to do then," Traci said walking back with two beers.
"Thanks," Andy said and sat on the stairs "so this is it," she said as Traci sat beside her.
"This is it," Traci nodded.
"We're starting a new adventure," Andy said a minute later.
Traci stuck out her bottle "a new adventure."
Andy clinked her bottle against Traci's and took a sip "any thoughts on where to start looking?"
"Maple has a few," Traci replied "I looked on the net after you and Sam left."
Andy nodded "a block away from work, yeah sounds good-or there's Hastings," she added.
Traci nodded "there's three-one that would suit us."
Andy nodded and sipped her beer "we'll check out what Maple has first I like that street."
"So how's it going at Sam's?" Traci asked "you settling in okay?"
Andy titled her head "yes and no," she said taking another sip.
"Yes and no?" Traci frowned.
"Yeah," Andy nodded "I mean it's great and comfortable and all that but.." she trailed off and looked over at Traci "I'm sleeping with him every night."
"Honeymoon phase," Traci chuckled.
"No," Andy giggled "I meant I'm sleeping in the same bed as him every night," she sighed when Traci just shrugged back "it's too soon Traci, I just loved being there with him I couldn't see we're moving too fast…I don't want anything to screw it up."
"Andy you already told the guy you loved him," Traci scoffed "you can't get anymore serious than that."
"I know and I do love him I just…" she trailed off again "ah forget about it I'm being an idiot," she said and stood up "I love him I love being with him I love staying with him."
"So what's the problem?" Traci asked.
Andy thought for a moment and smiled "no problem," she said and walked to her phone to call the others.
…..
"That's the last of it," Andy said and closed her car door and watched Sam and the others pull away them too filled with boxes.
"Mine too!" Traci called from her car and slammed it shut "so?" she said and walked over.
Andy leaned back against the car and looked at it "so this is it...again," she said and looked over at Traci "nine years in this house and all we have are a few boxes-a few dozen boxes," she chuckled.
Traci chuckled and slung her arm around her shoulder " seven and a half for me, we have our stories and memories."
"Yeah and keep some of them to yourself," Andy giggled "you know I'm actually excited to be looking for a new house, look at everything that's happened here."
"Yeah we've both been kidnapped, we've been broken into, the pipes burst, we dated guys."
"Broke up with guys, been cheated on by guys," Andy giggled.
"That too," Traci chuckled "man how have we not burned this place down?"
"It has had it's good times," Andy said "the parties for starters, Leo being born, Jerry coming on the scene and sweeping you off your feet."
"You finding out you were pregnant with Hope," Traci said glancing at her "you were so excited."
Andy stiffened slightly and looked at the house again "yeah," she finally sighed and pushed herself off the car "she's my Angel," she said and looked over at Traci "she got me you back safe and sound….see ya in the morning Trac," she said and climbed into her car.
"Hey Andy," Traci said before she closed the door "I had this in my wardrobe," she said handing her over a box "I know you told me to get rid of everything but I just wanted you to have something in case you changed your mind."
Andy took it from her "thanks Trac," she said and smiled quickly.
"Night Andy…see ya in the morning!" she called walking back to her own car.
Andy waved as Traci beeped and watched her until she couldn't see her anymore, looking down at the box in her hand she bit on her lip-she already knew what it was. Running her hand over the little pink box she sniffed and wiped her face, looking down on it again she blew out a breath and put it on the seat beside her. Taking one last look at the house she smiled sadly never in a million years did she think they'd leave like this, she always thought it would be because one of them got married "bye house," she whimpered and pulled away.
Arriving at Sam's she pulled in behind his truck and looked at her face in the mirror she was okay to face people. Climbing out she noticed Oliver's car was still there 'great' she said to herself 'go in say hello leave them to it then go mope in the room.' Letting herself in she walked on to the kitchen and stuck her head in "hey," she smiled seeing the two of them sitting at the table with beers.
"Hey babe," Sam smiled.
"McNally you sure do have some heavy crap," Oliver chuckled.
"Thank you for helping, there's a few drinks down the penny for you tomorrow night," Andy said and looked over at Sam "I'll leave you guys to it, I'll be up in the room."
"Don't you want us to help you unload your car now?" Sam asked.
Andy slid her hand onto her bag "no thanks I have all I need for tonight…bye," she smiled and headed for the stairs.
Getting to Sam's bedroom she went inside and closed the door over, throwing her keys down she kicked off her shoes and shrugged her jacket off. Climbing onto the bed she sat back and pulled the box out of her bag, looking down on it for what felt like hours she placed it down beside her and reached into her bag again. Pulling out a small album she opened it and chuckled "man Trac what the hell did we dress like," she said and turned the page, smiling at the next picture she ran her hand over it, it was the very first picture of Leo Nash seconds after he was born he hadn't even been cleaned up yet "such a cutie," she said out loud.
A few minutes later she closed the album and put it beside the box staring at it again she ran her hand over it again Hope Sarah McNally was written in fancy writing. Andy giggled, she was going to call her Hope Traci but then remembered that not only was her middle name Sarah but Traci's was too. Opening the box she placed the lid down and her heart sunk, picking up the photo of a very happy her holding a positive pregnancy stick she wiped her face as a lone tear rolled down her cheek.
Placing the photo down she picked up the next one and smiled it was her showing her very tiny bump. As the pictures went on her bump got bigger and bigger, picking up one of the sonogram pictures she bit on her lip that was the scan she found out it was a girl-she hadn't wanted to know but the doctor blurted it thinking she already knew. Placing that down she looked into the box and pulled out a smaller box "my first shoes," she said softly and smiled at the tiny pink booties.
Sighing she placed them on her lap "they would have lasted about a week," she chuckled and picked one up "how I really wish things were different," she whimpered "I'm so sorry Hope," she whispered and clutched it to her chest "mommy misses you so so much," she sniffed and lay down.
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A while later Sam locked up and walked up to his room opening his door he walked in and looked to the bed, when Andy didn't move he closed the door quietly and walked to the bed. Looking down at all the scattered stuff he picked up one of the photo's and smiled 'Andy at six months' was written on the back. Placing it in the box he sat down on the bed and picked up another-it was of Hope when she born.
Turning it over his heart broke 'my beautiful Angel' was written in Andy's hand writing. Standing up again he placed it in the box and started to gather up everything else looking down on a tiny bootie he looked around for the other one. Seeing Andy had something in her hand he reached over and gently pulled it from her, placing them together he put them back into their little box and put them with the other stuff. Placing the lid on the box he smiled at the name and placed it on the locker.
Turning off the lamp he stripped down and pulled back the covers, lifting Andy under he climbed in beside her and pulled her against him wondering what she was thinking before she fell asleep.
A while later he woke when she pulled away from him, he opened his eyes when he felt the bed dip "where are you going?" he asked sleepily.
Andy looked back at him "I'm starving I haven't eaten since this morning, I wasn't supposed to sleep for the night," she said "I was just giving you some time with Ollie."
Sam nodded and sat up "we can order in," he said and pulled back the covers "or I can cook," he added.
"Sam stay in bed I'll be fine with toast or something," Andy said.
"It's only nine now Andy still time to get something proper to eat," he said as he pulled on bottoms.
"Okay," she said and pulled the door open "then pizza beer movie," she said and walked out.
"Sounds good to me," Sam chuckled and followed her.
Sitting at the bench he watched her move around after the stuff he saw in that box he figured she'd be upset or quiet even but she seemed normal.
"What?" Andy asked and turned to face him.
"What what?" he asked.
"You're watching me," she replied "just ask me whatever it is you wanna ask."
"Okay," he said slowly thinking of what way to word his question-but tossed that out and decided to just say "I put all that stuff back in the box, it's on the bedside locker."
"Oh," Andy nodded and turned back to the kettle "I was looking through it and obviously fell asleep."
Sam nodded even though she was facing away from him "do you wanna talk about it?"
Andy turned back to him and walked to him with a cup "Traci kept it for me she gave it to me before we left," she said and sat down. "I asked her to get rid of everything-I couldn't face it, but she kept that box in case I regretted getting rid of everything."
Sam nodded "and how do you feel about seeing all that?"
Andy shrugged and walked to the door "it'll never change anything-it'll never bring her back I still miss her every day…gonna grab a menu," she said and walked into the living room.
Sam sighed at how easily she brushed off conversations like this but decided not to push her on this one.
A week had passed and Andy walked into the station "hey Jerry," she smiled as he walked towards her.
"Hey Andy," he smiled "you excited about the news?" he asked happily.
"I am," she giggled "it's such great news I couldn't believe it."
Jerry chuckled "it's gonna be great I can't wait."
"It is gonna be great," Andy smiled "I can't believe this is happening so soon after we moved out."
"Leo has already asked could we do up his new room."
Andy scoffed "already talking about paint and he hasn't even seen it yet."
"What are you talking about?" Jerry frowned.
"What are you talking about?" Andy asked and frowned too, she thought they were both on about the same thing.
"I'm talking about Traci and Leo staying at mine perman…you didn't know yet did you?" he asked and shook his head "well done Jerry you idiot," he sighed "I'm sorry Andy I thought she'd talked to you already….what were you talking about?"
"The agency that called about the house on Maple, the couple that got accepted over us pulled out and it was offered to us at reduced rate for the messing about…Traci and Leo are moving into yours permanently?" she asked.
Jerry sighed again as her eyes watered "I'm so sorry Andy please don't be mad at her she was going to tell you she was just trying to work out how."
Andy nodded and wiped her face "I'm not mad…and that's what I'm probably here for now," she said and wiped her face again as Traci walked towards them.
"Please don't tell her I told you!" Jerry whispered loudly.
"I won't," she sniffed.
"Hey," Traci smiled-dropping it when she saw Andy's upset state "are you okay?" she asked.
"Yeah," Andy nodded and glanced at Jerry "flowers were delivered here with lilies you know what I get like," she said and wiped her face.
"What part of allergic reaction does idiots around here not get, come on," she said and led her away.
As Andy made her way to the D's office her heart sank lower and lower, she knew Traci had finally worked up the courage to tell her she wanted to stay at Jerry's. She also knew she would feel so guilty if Andy got upset, she wanted Traci and Leo to be happy and if that was at Jerry's she just had to accept that.
When she walked into the office she smiled at Sam who looked back at her, he winked at her and continued his conversation with another officer. Walking to her empty desk she sat down and swung her chair to face Traci "so what was so important?"
"Um," Traci said and sat down "I've been doing a lot of thinking about the house hunting," she said.
Andy knew she was only saying that until she thought of the right way to say it so she stepped in to make her feel less bad about letting her down "I have too and you know," she said and moved forward in her seat "it's kinda a waste renting again at our age wouldn't you agree?" she asked.
Traci's eyes went wide but she recovered quickly "well yeah it is…what are you saying here?"
"It makes sense for you to stay where you are don't you think?" she asked "I mean you and Jerry are solid and he loves Leo so much…why don't you just stay there with him and be a proper family now Dex is outta the picture?"
…..
Traci was silent for a few minutes something about this wasn't adding up "Andy I called you down her to tell you the exact same thing…I wanna stay at Jerry's but I didn't want to hurt you, I know how excited you were about moving in together."
Andy waved her hand and smiled although all she wanted to do was cry and scream at her "I'll be fine I'll see you every day and I'll still pick up and mind Leo when you need me to-we'll still have girls nights sleepovers and dinners. Apart from going to bed in different houses nothing will change, we'll still see a lot of each other…time to grow up Trac," she chuckled to lighten the mood.
Traci stood up and pulled her into a hug "Andy you have no idea how relieved I am that you're okay with this."
Andy hugged her back and dropped her smile when she couldn't see "whatever makes you happy Trac you do it, and Jerry seems to be doing a great job at it," she said and pulled back. "I gotta go meet Caitlin but we're good don't worry and I'll talk to you later," she said and grabbed her bag "bye," she smiled again and walked off.
"Andy?" Traci called "what were you and Jerry talking about before I walked up?"
Andy turned back to her "we said hello and he asked me was I okay because my eyes were all red and puffy….bye" she said again and hurried on.
A while later Sam walked over to Traci "is Andy gone?" he asked.
"Yeah she had to go meet Caitlin," Traci replied "why?" she asked and looked up at him.
"She didn't say bye," he said "is everything okay with her?"
"Yeah…maybe she was running late she did say she had to hurry," Traci replied.
"Maybe," Sam said and walked back to his desk it was very unusual for Andy to just go without seeing him.
When Sam arrived home that evening he let himself in and followed the light to the living room, he found Andy tucked up on the sofa watching tv "hey babe," he said and dropped a kiss on her forehead.
"Hey," she said quietly "your dinner is in the oven I wasn't sure what time you'd be home at."
He knew something was wrong she was being quiet now, he moved around and sat in front of her "you took off without saying goodbye…everything okay?" he asked.
Andy nodded "yeah I was late to meet Caitlin."
"Is that all it was?" he asked he knew there was defiantly something wrong.
Andy nodded again "I'm fine," she said and looked back to the tv.
Sam stood up "if you wanna tell me what's really bothering you I'll be in the kitchen," he said and walked out of the room.
Andy sighed and looked up at the ceiling "you're not meant to be sad Andy you're meant to be happy for her," she muttered to herself.
A while later Sam had finished his dinner but decided to stay in the kitchen, he now sat drinking a beer and reading the paper.
"Traci's is staying at Jerry's."
He looked up to see a sad Andy standing in the doorway "ah," he said an placed the paper down.
"You knew?" Andy asked.
"No I didn't know," Sam replied and turned on his stool "Jerry started babbling that he let something slip he mentioned you and started babbling again, I got called away and never got a chance to go back to him."
Andy nodded and walked to the bench "he started talking about how great the news was and he was excited, and I thought he was talking abut the house the woman called us back to say we got it if we still wanted it."
"Aww baby," Sam said and pulled her around to him "you know Jerry can't keep anything to himself," he said and pulled her onto his lap.
Andy sighed and leaned back into him "he thought I knew already…and don't call me baby that's for teenagers."
Sam wrapped his arms around her "you're my baby…I'm sorry," he said and rested his chin on her shoulder "what are you gonna do now?" he asked.
Andy shrugged "get an apartment by myself I guess, my dads is gone, I'd be cramping Deano and Caitlin and I can't expect Dov to sleep on the sofa forever…I wouldn't ask any one else."
"Not even me?" he asked.
Andy turned her head to him "figured you'd want your house back at some point."
Sam shook his head "we're serious about each other right?" Andy nodded "we love each other?" Andy nodded again. "Why don't you just stay here then?"
Andy stared back at him, she opened and closed her mouth a few times but nothing came out.
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"Move in here?" she finally asked "like for good?"
"If you want to get an apartment by yourself then that's fine Andy I'm not saying for good if you don't want that, all I'm saying is you're more than welcome to stay here for as long as you want," Sam said and kissed her shoulder. "I've loved having you here I love coming home knowing you're here-waking up with you-going to bed with you, but," he sighed "if you wanna live on your own I understand that too."
Andy leaned back further into him and thought about what he said "you won't get sick of me?" she asked a few minutes later.
"No," he chuckled and kissed her neck "if things keep going the way I hope they would we'd be moving in together at some stage anyway."
Andy turned her head again "what about paying rent?" she asked "we'll have to split it."
Sam leaned in and kissed her "that's the best part," he chuckled "this place is mine-no rent."
"Mortgage then?" she asked.
"No, nothing Andy, this house is mine it's all been paid for," he said.
Andy nodded and thought about it "okay," she said and turned back to him "but we have to settle a few things."
Sam nodded "like what?"
"Like I have to pay my way somehow," she replied "bills-I'll be paying the bills."
"No you won't," he chuckled.
"Yes Sam I will be I have to pay for something," she said and stood up "I can't expect to live here scott free."
"You have been for the last two weeks," he chuckled.
"I have not!" she yelled "I bought groceries everyday!"
Sam chuckled again and stood up "that's your job then," he said and slid his arms around her waist "you can do the shopping every week."
"So I'm moving in permanently?" she asked.
"Yes babe," he said and lowered his head "you're moving in permanently," he said and kissed her deeply.
Andy pulled him closer and started to lead him towards the stairs "you know," he said and pulled her into the living room "we don't always have to go to the bedroom in our own home," he said sitting on the arm of the sofa, he dropped onto it and pulled her down on top of him.
"Sam," she giggled "anyone could walk in."
Sam nipped at her neck and slid his hands up under her shirt "it's our house Andy who'll be walking in?" he mumbled against her neck.
"Uh how about Jerry or Ollie you know the spare key holders?" she asked.
Sam chuckled and pulled back "Ollie is on a date with Celery-and somehow I don't see him bringing her back here, and I'm pretty sure Jerry is at home doing the exact came thing with Nash-celebrating," he said and pulled her back to him.
Andy finally gave in and pulled her shirt off "fine, let's go christen our house," she giggled and kissed him.
A/N I'm too easily persuaded (lol) so, four more chapters left-and I am calling it quits then. Next chapter will be the weekend away and a few surprises(one major surprise)but it doesn't drag out too long. After that we still have Andy on the streets followed by a small time jump to her back in the D's office…not sure about the last chapter yet-idea's welcome J
