Sam and Andy were laying bed having been at home for 30 minutes after being at Oliver's house.
"So you like izzy's boyfriend then?" Andy asked.
"Well all seems well, I'm gonna have to keep my eye on him but I can tell he cares about her very much" Sam said kissing the back of Andy's head.
"Yeah she likes him very much too" Andy said.
"I'm glad she likes to confide in you, Zoe never really liked me so I never got to spend to much time with them alone, always with Oliver there" Sam said.
"Yeah I got that impression the night of that rave, she was definitely not a fan, but I love Oliver and I really like celery and it's great to see Oliver happy especially after he went to great lengths to sort our love life out"
"Yeah he's a great friend, although we have ourselves to thank for our love life, sex was never an issue it was always the rest of the stuff and now we've worked it all out and here we are" he kissed her deeply "right time for sleep, we got the early shift remember" he snuggled up behind her and they both fell asleep almost instantly.
Saturday, they were in parade, Andy sat at the front with Chris and Sam stood at the back with the rest of the D's. Frank started off the pairing and made the announcement about him moving to headquarters for good and Oliver taking over as staff sergeant permanently at the end of the month. Sam jogged to the front, and whispered to frank and frank stood back to pave way for Sam.
"Right coppers, my lovely wife has decided that we should host a New Year's Eve party to see the new year in our new house and you are all invited. All we ask is you bring a bottle and have a great time" Oliver started cheering and Sam laughed whilst he headed to the back, "McNally what are you doing to Sammy, he's being sociable, nice... It's almost like he's a new man, oh actually it's because he's a married man" Oliver shouts causing the room to erupt in laughter.
"Okay okay, that's enough laughing at Swarek's expense he might Uninvite you, especially Oliver, now get out there, serve, protect and keep safe" frank finished.
"No chance, I'm his best friend it's in the contract he has to put up with Me" Oliver shouted as the crowd dispersed.
Sam started laughing and headed out towards the D's office, when he realised Andy was still sitting down,
"Care to join us McNally" he shouted.
She turned around and gave him a tight smile, he knew something was up, she was ok this morning. She was working with the D's today on the rape case. He walked up to her a leant down in front of her.
"Andy what's up?" He asked putting his hand over hers.
"Nothing, I just wanna catch the guys that did this, for her, for her parents and for you" he knew then what the problem was.
"Andy listen, I'm ok especially now I've talked to you about my concerns, funnily enough it actually helps to talk, we will do everything we can to bring justice to the people that did this but right now I need you to help me get them"
She nodded and stood up and they both walked to the D's office, just as they got there Jo was just getting off the phone.
"Right, we have 2 leads me and Nash will take one, Swarek you take Price and check out the other, I don't think McNally should go, McNally I need you to cross check the profile of the victim to any other similar crimes, call me if you need me" Andy wanted to go with Sam but knew if Jo said not to that it maybe slightly dangerous, Sam kissed her head and headed out and Andy went to Sam's desk and started her assignment.
The leads that the D's were following up on turned out to be dead ends so effectively they were back to the beginning. The higher ups demanded they used less man power unless they had a solid good lead and that it was put to the backburner for now, Sam wasn't happy, neither were Rosati or Nash, but they had no choice. After work Andy headed to the penny with Chris as Sam said he would follow shortly after. He did and they stayed for an hour before grabbing some food and going home.
"We have Leo's game tomorrow, then can you believe it's just under 2 weeks till Christmas" Andy said.
"Yeah I can't wait for Leo's game, he's gonna have the loudest fans" Sam said seriously.
Andy couldn't believe how Sam had took to Leo, she had never really seen him with kids apart from a few cases but his interaction with Leo had melted her heart. When Traci had first started training to be a detective, Sam had been skeptical that she could manage, Sam and Traci never really had to many opportunitys to work together in the early days but since they had become partners they were a lot closer, this made Andy's life easier but it only pained her heart that she never had a similar chance with Jerry.
"Yep he sure will, he says he has this new move, a triple deek, I think that's what he said, couldn't wait for you to see it" Andy said with a confused expression. Sam started laughing and Andy shot him a questioning look.
"A triple deek is a move he saw in the movie 'the mighty ducks' and he vowed he was gonna nail it"
"Oh, ok well he's super excited we are coming. I think after the game, especially if he wins we should take him for a meal if trace is ok with it"
"sounds good" Sam nodded.
They arrived home, ate and headed up stairs. Andy sat on the bed and Sam crawled up behind her, he wound his arms around her shoulders so they were cheek to cheek.
"Sam I hate to be a buzzkill but I'm not really in the mood, I just wanna cuddle up, watch some tv in bed and fall asleep"
"Sounds great" he said as he kissed her neck "let's have a bath together first though" he whispered in her ear.
"Ok, you run it and I'm just gonna check my emails and I'll be in shortly" she said twisting her head and kissing his cheek.
He nodded and turned to get off the bed.
30 minutes later they were both in the bath, Andy was sitting in front of Sam leaning against his chest and he rested his hands on her stomach and his chin resting on her shoulders.
"What's on your mind McNally" he asked as he moved her hair from her face.
"I feel like I'm gonna explode into a million pieces" she answered with a massive smile.
"I think that's called joy" he answered as he kissed her neck.
"Sam..." She trailed off
"Relax, I'm not expecting anything" he murmured as he kissed her collarbone.
"You know, I have evidence to prove otherwise, it's currently digging into my back" she said turning her head to see him.
"Oh yeah that's just my cell" he winked.
"Really Sam, really your gonna try that"
"Hey what, it's a new waterproof version, figured I should bring it with me incase of an emergency" he smiled as he started kissing her other shoulder.
"Oh well in that case I'll have to inspect this new gadget you seemed to have acquired"
"Oh that can certainly be arranged"
Andy liked this Sam, playful Sam he didn't come out that often, although in the last 6 months had made more appearances but she decided to play along, even though it was more for his benefit , she was quite enjoying herself.
"Oh really, in that case I'd like to book an appointment for 2 weeks time" she laughed.
"I'm sorry the only appointment available is in 5 minutes" he shot back
"I'm not sure I'll be ready" Andy deadpanned.
"Oh well that can be rectified, I'll get straight on it" and he trailed more kisses up and down her neck, he felt her breathing pick up and he knew he had her where he wanted her, he loved having this effect on her, it was almost payback for the effect she had on him and he had to hold back for 3 years while she was with Callaghan and then while he was with Marlo.
Around 1 hour later they were watching tv in the bed and Andy was watching Sam. He had a smile plastered over his face.
"You know I have worries too" she randomly said.
"Okay, you need to be more specific, your kind of a worrier?" Sam said resulting in light punch in his ribs.
"I am not, but I worry I'm gonna do something stupid, like with Christian"
"Andy, Christian was not your fault, and anyway you helped find him"
"Really because if I remember rightly that was another occasion you were a complete jackass" she said raising an eyebrow.
"To be honest that was more to do with seeing you and Nick together outside of work, you looked like a real couple and I struggled to accept that"
"Oh really" she paused for a second "can I tell you a secret" she said
"Of course" he nodded listening intently.
"Well when I was waiting for Nick at the park with Christian, even though me and nick were kind of sorting our feelings out and you were with Marlo, when I was pushing Christian on the swings I imagined doing that with our kids, little brown haired swareks and for a while I never thought it would ever happen, but we got a second chance and I'm never gonna screw it up, my life is almost perfect and I'm so grateful for that" she said leaning up to kiss him and he returned it with much passion.
The next day, the station was actually quiet and Oliver, Sam and Andy were grateful because they wanted to get to Leo's game on time. Andy was on front desk again and Sam was reviewing a case he had to attend court for next week. At the end of shift Andy met Sam at his truck and they headed to Leo's hockey match. Oliver pulled in next to him and they headed inside to find Traci. They spotted her with Steve, they were glad Leo had loads of support, frank couldn't make it but sent his apologies.
"Hey trace, how was he when you dropped him off?"
"He's nervous, but I know he'll be fine"
Sam got up and informed the others he needed the loo but Andy had a pretty good idea where he was really going. Andy and Traci started talking about other stuff while Oliver and Steve made conversation about Oliver's promotion.
Sam walked towards the locker room and heard plenty of noise, when he walked in the boys were all gearing up and he saw Leo talking to one of his team mates. Leo saw him almost instantly and ran over.
"Uncle Sammy" and he gave him a high five.
"Hey buddy, you ready" Sam asked bending down slightly so he was similar height as Leo.
"Yeah I think so, the bears are the best in the division, but I think we can do it" and he winked at Sam.
"That's the spirit bud, but remember whatever happens we are all proud of you, remember some of the tricks I taught you and i think you'll nail it"
"Yeah I'm gonna try the triple deek, I've been practicing"
"Good man, see you after" and Sam patted his shoulder. And Sam headed back to the others.
The game was very intense and Leo managed to score 2, resulting in deafening cheers from Steve, his mum, Oliver, Sam and Andy. There was one minute to go and it was all tied 3-3, Leo had possession, Sam started shouting louder than the cheers
"Leo, the triple deek" Leo suddenly went for it and he performed the move he'd been waiting to play, the puck hit the back of the net just as the buzzer went, and the crowd erupted into cheers, mainly coming from Sam and the others. Leo's teammates raced to the ice and crowded him.
It was 20 minutes later and Leo finally came out.
"Uncle Sammy, I did it, I done the triple deek"
"I saw buddy, it was awesome, Leo Nash future NHL hockey player for the leafs"
"Leo, we're so proud of you, dude you were amazing" Andy said giving him a hug.
"Thanks aunt Andy, when the twins are born im gonna teach them how to be awesome hockey players"
Andy laughed " listen trace are you guys going anywhere because we wanna take Leo and you guys out for a celebratory meal"
"Andy are you sure"
"Please mum, I haven't seen uncle Sammy and aunt Andy for like a week"
They all started laughing and Traci agreed, Oliver excused himself stating he had plans with celery.
The rest of the week went by fast, Saturday came and Sam managed to pick up Andy's present himself, luckily the sales assistant he dealt with wasn't there so he felt a lot more comfortable. Work was steady up until the 23rd, but Andy was starting to feel the effects of a 10 hour shift when your 7 months pregnant with twins. She had Christmas Eve off but Sam had to work. He was working early so that gave her a head start on preparations for the evening. She would be giving him one of his presents tonight and Chris and dov were coming over to put it together and Chloe was coming over to help her with the food.
"Happy Christmas Eve" Sam whispered as he got up for work.
"You too, I can't wait, our first Christmas as a married couple" Andy said as she turned around to kiss him.
"Well I'll be home around 5 so I can help you with some stuff when I get home, what time are we expecting everyone?" He asked.
"Well I said for everyone to come by around 6.30, I should have everything done by then, I have Chloe coming by to help me so should be ok"
"Okay, well I'll call you sometime later, you go back to sleep for a while" and he kissed her forehead and went to the bathroom.
Andy fell back to sleep and her alarm woke her at , she had told Chris, dov and Chloe to come by at 9am and she would make them breakfast for thier help. She got up and got dressed in her sweatpants and jumper. She headed downstairs and turned on the coffee pot, she smiled to herself because she had brought Sam a new modern one, even though once she had the babies she would use it too. She tidied up a bit and the. Started to get ready some mixture for pancakes. Just as she finished mixing the doorbell went. She walked to the door and opened and saw Chris, Dov and Chloe. They all gave her a hug.
"Sorry we can't make it tonight Andy, Chloe's parents insisted we spent Christmas Eve with them, but we will definitely be coming here for New Years"
"It's ok dov, really I'm grateful for you guys helping me"
"So what's for breakfast" chris interjected.
"Pancakes, bacon and eggs"
"Sounds good" Chloe said.
They all headed to the kitchen and Andy fixed them breakfast.
"Right so me and dov are gonna unload the stuff and crack on, but I gotta say I'm expecting an invite to poker night after all this"
"Yeah don't worry Chris, I'll get you an invite" Andy laughed.
It was around noon and the girls had been having a chat while they prepped for the evening and Chris and dov had been working down in the basement to fit Sam's Christmas present in.
Andy's phone started to ring.
Sam
"Hey babe" she answered.
"Hey, you ok? just checking in and I miss you" Sam said.
"Everything is fine, just cracking on with the preparations so I can actually have fun later, I miss you too. How's work?"
"Yeah, caught an armed robbery the minute I walked in this morning, so been busy trying to solve it so I can make it home to my gorgeous wife before our guests arrive"
"Oh really, well fingers crossed you solve it then" just then dov entered the kitchen
"Hey Andy you need to come check this out"
Andy motioned for dov to be quiet.
"Who was that" Sam asked curiously.
"Oh just dov, he came with Chloe, apparently they are joined at the hip and also wanted to see me as they can't make it later" she said hoping he brought it.
"Ok, well what's he doing why you girls are cooking?"
"Playing on your PlayStation and watching tv"
"Oh okay, well I'll let you go, make sure you don't tire yourself out too much" he smirked and Andy could practically hear him smirk.
"Ok, love you and see you in about 5 hours"
"Ok bye, love you too" and he hung up.
"That was close" Andy said thanking god it was dov that came up and not Chris, he wouldn't have been able to explain why Diaz was there.
"We've almost finished" dov said.
"Ok cool, let me know when you've finished and I'll come down and stock it with the necessary things. Also I need you guys to carry up the alcohol so Sam doesn't have any reason to Come down here before I show him"
Around 1 hour later Chris and Dov called Andy downstairs to the basement to show her the finished product.
"Oh my god this looks awesome"
"Yep Swarek is gonna love you forever" dov said.
"Well I think that was the point of them getting married" Chloe said.
"Thank you guys so much, let me make you some lunch and then you boys can play some PlayStation"
"Sounds like a plan" Chris said.
Around 3 Chloe and Andy had finished everything they could do right then, so dov, Chris and Chloe went home. Andy decided to sit down till Sam made it home. Next thing she knew Sam was waking her up.
"Andy, wake up" he said kissing the side of her head.
"Oh crap what time is it" Andy said as she started to sit up.
"It's only 4.30, I got out early" he said kissing her lips softly.
"So put me to work, what we need to do"
"Just some last minute cooking I couldn't do earlier" Andy said.
"Ok well we can do that together" Sam said "but I'm just gonna head down to the basement to bring up the alcohol for tonight"
"No need, I put dov to work earlier, it's all in the beer fridge in the utility room"
"Okay, glad Epstein didn't just sit on his ass"
Sam joked.
"Well as Epstein has saved me some time looks like I have spare time for other things" he said wiggling his eyebrows.
"Nope, not now, maybe later" she winked.
"We need to wrap some of the gifts" Andy said.
"Okay, we are exchanging gifts with each other tomorrow though right" Sam said walking towards the kitchen, Andy following.
"Yeah but we are gonna give Leo his tonight"
"Yeah well if we are exchanging gifts with everyone else we can't really not do his"
"I know that's why I suggested it" Andy said with a smirk.
It was around 6.30 and Andy just made it down stairs when the doorbell went, it was Oliver and celery.
"Love the decorations Swarek's" Oliver said as Andy let them in.
"Thanks Oliver, Sam done a great job, he's in the kitchen" Oliver made his way to Sam
" thanks for inviting us Andy" celery said.
"You guys are family" Andy said giving celery a hug.
Next to arrive were Chris and Gail, then jo and then Traci, Steve and Leo.
1 hour After everyone had arrived, Andy announced that food was ready, it was buffet style and of course first person to get there was Oliver. They all talked and ate and laughed. Leo was playing the PlayStation taking it in turns to play Sam, Chris or Steve.
"Right present time" Andy said.
They all exchanged presents and Sam gave Leo his. He opened it cautiously the hockey shirt they had got him caught his attention straight away as he opened it a ticket fell out on the floor, Leo picked up the ticket and realised it was a leafs ticket, front seats with a meet and greet after. He looks at the shirt which had Nash and the number 27 printed on the back which was his number on his team.
"Uncle Sammy, aunt Andy, this is the best present ever, you guys are the best" and he launched himself at them, Sam took most of the weight and they hugged him back"
"You guys, really you didn't have to get him this much"
"We wanted to Nash, he's been a real help the last couple of months and also I needed a wingman" Sam said giving her a hug after she hugged Andy.
"I'm wounded Sammy, I thought I was your wingman" Oliver piped up.
"Well it's a good job I got 3 tickets then isn't it and Sam pulled a ticket from his back pocket to give to Oliver"
"Thanks man" Oliver have him a man hug.
"Right Sam, I know we are exchanging presents tomorrow, but I need to give you one of yours tonight, it's beneficial to Oliver aswell" Oliver and Sam looked at each other and Andy covered Sam's eyes and walked him to the basement stairs, warning that he was going downstairs. When she got down there, the others following she removed her hands.
Sam stood there in shock. He looked back and forward between Andy and his man set up. He took one step closer and grabbed her cheeks either side and kissed her right there in front of everyone.
"Andy this is awesome"