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A.N. I'm back! Thanks again to everyone who reviewed/favorite-ed/alerted.

Just a note about my other story: Betting on Us – for now it is a one-shot because if I continue it I want to make it REALLY good and right now I just can't think beyond what I already wrote.

Just a quick thing – for my purposes, in this story, the rookies are still rookies…

Italics = thoughts

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She had not been sleeping for long when a nurse walked in. "Excuse me sir, would you be able to step out for a minute so I can check Ms. McNally's wounds and change her bandages?"

Sam was about to reply that he had seen her stomach and back before when he thought the better of it. He nodded and stood. He placed a soft kiss on Andy's forehead and left the room.

He was surprised to see that there was someone waiting for him outside of the room. "Well, well, well, you look so happy to see me Sammy."

"Noelle, what are you doing here? How'd you get in?" It was not even light yet outside and she normally wasn't up at this hour. (Although, he should have realized that no one in the department would sleep well, considering one of their comrades was lying in the hospital fighting for her life.)

"Coming to check on Andy and to see how you are doing. I just showed them my badge, works like a charm."

He glared at her and then sat down next to her. He was still puzzled about her comment from yesterday. "How long have you known about me and Andy?"

"Since before you two actually got together." When he glanced at her in confusion, she elaborated. "Since retraining day to be exact. You brought her coffee, didn't you? And then you went after Callaghan on the mat. You are just lucky that Frank was so into making sure everything went smoothly on his first day and Oliver wasn't there or they would have both been on your case."

"So why weren't you?"

"Biding my time. Besides, as I said yesterday, you've kept my secrets. To be honest, I think that Jerry and Oliver already suspect."

"Why do you think that?"

"Oliver already gave you the rookie speech; he told me the night he did it. Jerry called me last night."

Sam looked at her, confused. "Why?"

"He said you were hiding something but he didn't want to call you out in front of the rookies. I think he has been with Traci since the phone call or he would have called you already." She watched his expression carefully.

"I don't want people to know."

"That bad?"

"She doesn't remember it and yeah."

"Spill Sammy."

He would not have told Jerry about this (because Jerry was likely to tell Traci) but he knew Noelle would not tell anyone. "Last night she had a reaction of some sort. She was screaming my name and the nurses couldn't restrain her. I ran in and she didn't even notice me. She stopped screaming when I kissed her and then the nurses were able to give her sedatives."

Noelle whistled softly. "I see why you don't want people to know. You said she didn't remember. You spoke to her?"

Sam nodded. "She woke up a little while ago and told me her side of the story. She walked into the alley and was ambushed. There were two in front of her and she said there were at least two behind her." He stopped.

"And she knows that because…"

"One shot at her and one stopped to try to help her, only to be pulled away."

Noelle looked at him. "Then the kid was telling the truth."

He looked at her. "How about you tell me how your interviews went yesterday when I left the barn."

She quickly filled him in on the interviewing of the four men. She gauged his reaction and was glad that he was not at the station during the interviews because there was no telling what he would have done. They sat in silence for a minute and then she spoke again. "Frank's livid."

Sam glanced at her. "Why?"

"No one called him. With everything going on, we all forgot. He's returning today and has this to deal with now."

Sam sighed. "I'll go in and talk to him later."

Noelle shook her head. "He doesn't blame you. For all purposes she is your rookie and he saw that Boyko ordered you to stay and is giving you the day off. The rest of us however…" she trailed off.

"That's why I'll go talk to him. I'll remind him of what goes on when something like this occurs and how it affects everyone. I've got your back."

Noelle smiled. "Thanks Sam."

He looked at her. "You still have a few hours before shift starts. Andy's asleep. Go home and try to get some rest."

Noelle stood. "Sammy, you need to sleep too."

"I know." He made a shooing motion and watched her retreating figure until she stepped into the elevator.

When she was gone, he returned to Andy's side. He knew the nurse was finished because he had seen her walk out while he was talking with Noelle.

Suddenly exhausted, Sam fell asleep and woke up two hours later, feeling refreshed. He poured a cup of water, knowing Andy would probably wake up soon, as the doctor walked in.

The doctor removed the IV tube and looked at Sam. "Everything looks good. I want to keep her off her feet for a few days and then she can start physical therapy. Just try to keep her movements to the minimum. I don't want her to rip out her stitches again." He nodded to Sam and then left.

Up next: Possible trouble in paradise?

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