AN: First off, holy crapola. There are now over 400 reviews for this story alone. I'm blown away that so many of you take the time out of your day to read what I'm writing and then to let me know what you think. I appreciate it so so so much. Secondly, here is the next chapter! We've fast forwarded a few weeks past the internal affairs shenanigans and when all the cops got cleared for the shooting, so enjoy!

Chapter 36

"Desk duty sucks," Gail said as she leaned back on Andy's couch a few weeks later.

"Well it's a lot safer than being out on the streets running after bad guys," Traci shrugged, "Especially with the baby and all."

"Plus, it should give you a lot more time to plan your wedding," Andy shrugged, "I mean, you guys are going to have to do it soon if you don't want to be showing for the wedding."

"Or we could just not get married yet," Gail said, "Wait until I'm back in shape after I have this kid and then I'll be a MILF or something."

Traci let out a snort. "Trust me Gail, once you have a kid, your whole perspective is going to change," she said, sipping her wine easily.

Gail shuddered and grabbed a bridal magazine from Andy's coffee table. "Why do you have these anyways?" she asked her.

"I kept them for when you and Nick got married," Andy said, "I'm a psychic, didn't you know?" she sipped her wine and crossed her legs under her body.

Gail snorted.

"Besides," Andy said, "You can't afford to be spending your money on bridal magazines. Babies are expensive."

"Don't remind me," Gail said, "The last thing I want to do is go broke and need to move Nick and I into my mom's basement."

"Oh riiight," Traci said, drawing out the word, "Has Nick had the honor of meeting Superintendent Elaine Peck?"

"He has," Gail said.

"And?" Traci asked, "Does she like him? Remember when she hated Chris?" She let out a laugh.

"She likes him fine," Gail shrugged, "But not enough to have him live in her basement."

"I don't think he would want to be there either," Traci said as she thumbed through pages of bridal gowns.

Gail shuddered again.

"Hey, this is pretty," Andy said, holding up a magazine to an open page.

"Yawn," Gail said, "I mean, it's pretty for you, I guess."

Andy rolled her eyes and put the magazine back on her lap.

"What?" Gail asked, "You can get that dress when you marry Swarek."

"Speaking of which," Traci said, "What's going on with that?"

"Hm?" Andy asked, looking up at her best friend with a casual sip of wine.

"You guys doing the nasty now?" Gail asked.

"Well it isn't exactly nasty," Andy laughed, "But yes, we are."

"Good," Traci exclaimed, "Thank God."

Andy stuck out her tongue at her friend.

"But you're managing to work things out?" Traci asked.

Andy nodded. "Finally figuring out what we both want," she said, "And we're both happy with what we have."

"Finally," Gail sighed, "It's about time."

"Says you," Andy replied. Her phone rang and Andy leaned across the coffee table, reaching for her cell phone.

"Is it lover boy?" Traci asked with a grin.

"Nope," Andy said before answering the call, "Hello?"

"Auntie Andy?" came a small voice.

"Joseph, is that you?" Andy asked, pushing herself to her feet and stepping out from behind the coffee table. She set down her wine glass and walked towards her bedroom.

"Yeah," he said.

"Is everything okay?" Andy asked him, shutting the bedroom door behind her, "Is your mom okay? Your brother?"

"We're okay," he said, "I tried to call Uncle Sammy but he didn't answer."

"He's at work tonight buddy," Andy said, "Can I help you with something?"

"Yeah," he said, "Sure."

"What's up?" Andy asked, sitting on the end of her bed, toying with a loose thread of the bedspread.

"It's mom's birthday in a couple weeks," he said, "And me and Liam, we wanted to surprise her."

"Good idea buddy," Andy said with a smile, "Any ideas?"

"Well she said she doesn't want anything big. Just the family," he said, "But you and Uncle Sammy are part of the family, right? And Uncle Sammy doesn't visit us very often. Plus you've never been here! You could see our house!"

Andy let out a laugh at his enthusiasm. "You're right," Andy said, "So what was your plan?"

"Maybe you and Uncle Sammy could drive down here. You could stay in the guest room or something," he said, "I don't know. But I know mom wants to see you again. And Uncle Sammy."

"Of course," Andy said, "Well I think that's a great idea Joe."

"Yeah?" he asked, "Will mom like it?"

"She'll love it," Andy said, "She's going to be so surprised."

"Will you talk to Uncle Sammy when he's done work?" Joseph asked.

"Yeah for sure," Andy said, nodding although he couldn't see her, "How are we going to plan this?" she asked, "I don't want to call you, because what if your mom picks up?"

"I'll call you tomorrow," he said, "When she's taking a shower when she gets home from work?"

"Sounds good," Andy said, "I'll be waiting to hear from you."

"Okay," Joseph said.

"Okay," Andy replied, "So I'll talk to you tomorrow?"

"Mhm," he replied.

"Okay great. Have a good night Joe," Andy said, "Sleep well, okay?"

"Okay," he said, "Goodnight Auntie Andy. I love you!"

Andy froze for a moment, heart pounding in her chest. "I love you too kiddo," she replied gently, "Goodnight." She slid the phone from her ear and ended the call. She chewed on her bottom lip, eyes on the screen of her phone until it faded to black.

There was a knock on her bedroom door. "Andy?" Traci asked, "Are you okay in there?"

Andy cleared her throat. "Yeah I'm good," Andy said, "I'll be right out. I just need to make a quick call."

"Alright," Traci said, her tone cautious.

Andy waited until she heard footfalls heading away from her door before she dialled Sam's number.

"You've got Swarek," he said after the third ring.

"Hey you," Andy said.

"Hey yourself," Sam said, "What's up?"

"How's shift?" Andy asked.

"It's alright," Sam said, "Just finished up at a call. What's going on?"

"I got a phone call from Joseph," Andy said.

"You too?" Sam asked, "Is he okay? He called me too but I couldn't pick up."

"He's good," Andy said, nodding although Sam couldn't see it, "Trying to surprise Sarah for her birthday."

"Oh yeah?" Sam asked.

"He wants us to go down," Andy said, "And I was hoping you wanted to."

"Do you?" came Sam's response.

"I think it would be fun to see them again," Andy said hesitantly.

"Then let's do it," Sam said, "It'll be a quick weekend getaway. Why not?"

"Okay great," Andy said with a smile.

"Good. How's the girls night going?" he asked, his tone jovial.

"I haven't had quite enough wine yet," Andy laughed, pushing herself to her feet, "I'll let you get back to work though."

"Okay," Sam said, "I'll talk to you in the morning?"

"Yeah," Andy said, "Sam, I-" She trailed off hesitantly. It was too early to say that again. Especially after last time.

"Yeah?" he asked.

"Nothing," Andy said, biting her tongue sharply, "Have a good rest of shift."

AN: I hope you liked it! In case you weren't sure, Andy was holding back on saying 'I love you' to Sam at the end. I thought her little exchange with Joseph was suuuper cute and I hope you thought so too! Let me know what you thought. =)

Also, I have been wasting even more time, rewatching the last three seasons before Thursdays premiere. Nobody judge me, because I'm sure many of you are as well! Hahaha. This morning, I was watching Season 3, Episode 13 when Katie Spalding got abducted and one part stuck out to me. When Gail walked into the D's office and talked to Traci about Katie Spalding's parents, their names were Jake and MARLO! Fun fact that I'm wondering if anybody else picked up on! =P I guess the writer really enjoys that name... I've also been perusing the internet for as many Rookie Blue Season 4 promos and clips as possible and I came across some actual scenes from the upcoming season and HOLY ROOKIE BLUE BATMAN! It looks phenomenal, that's all I have to say.

If you can't tell, I'm so so so excited. Hahaha.

Have a great day!