AN: This is a cute chapter that I hope you all enjoy! Here we see Sarah, Joseph and Liam with Andy and Sam! Presenting chapter 37!

Chapter 37

"Do you think she's going to be surprised?" Andy asked as she settled into the front seat of Sam's truck.

"Of course," Sam chuckled, "We're bringing her a new flat screen TV. If she's not surprised…" he trailed off.

Andy laughed and looked over at him. "Will she mind us just showing up?" Andy asked.

"She always says come by any time," Sam shrugged, "So we are." He glanced sideways at her and grinned. "Besides, I think we both needed some time off of work," Sam said.

"I can't believe Boyd is still all over you for that undercover stint," Andy said, shaking her head, "I'm pretty sure no means no."

"Since when have you ever listened to the word no?" Sam asked, his tone teasing.

Andy stuck her tongue out at him and reached over to squeeze just above his knee. "It's different," she said.

"Oh right," Sam chuckled.

"Right," Andy insisted, "Besides, I'm usually nice. He's an asshole 24/7. What did he say when we got back to the station after I got shot over at St. Andrew's?"

"McNally sticking her foot in it again," Sam said with a frown.

"Exactly. He's an asshole," Andy said with a nod.

Sam grimaced as he drove.

"But let's not talk about Boyd," Andy said, massaging his thigh with her fingers, "Let's talk about us taking our first weekend away together. And seeing Sarah and the boys again."

Sam glanced sideways at Andy with a smile. "She's going to be shocked when we share the guest bedroom," he said.

"Hm?" Andy asked as she sipped her water bottle.

"Last time she saw us, you were with Nash's cousin and I had just finished things with Cruz," Sam said.

"She's a smart woman Sam," Andy said, "I'm sure she saw this coming."

"I think everyone did," Sam said with a chuckle, "Oliver, Noelle and Frank were betting on us."

"Get out of here!" Andy exclaimed, "How do you know?"

"That night you showed up to the Penny with Peck and you'd just been cleared for full duty," Sam said, "Frank came in when you were in the bathroom and handed Oliver about 50 bucks."

Andy laughed and folded her legs up under her body. "I guess we had it coming," she said.

"Oh?" Sam asked.

"We've been dancing around each other since I first started this job," Andy said with an impish grin, "It's been years."

"And neither of us is getting any younger?" Sam asked.

"Well you are almost 40," Andy said with a faux grimace.

"I've still got 4 more years McNally. Don't you forget it," he chuckled.

Andy stuck out her tongue at him and leaned forward to fiddle with the radio.

Sam was silent.

She looked over to see him smiling as he drove.

"What?" Andy asked.

He glanced sideways at her. "I'm happy," he said.

"Me too," Andy said, reaching over to grab his hand.

Just over an hour later, Sam pulled up in front of a small two storey house with light blue siding and a chain-link fence surrounding the green front lawn. He got out of his truck and walked around it to open Andy's door before leading the way to the gate on the fence. He opened it and grasped her hand before leading her up the short pathway to the front door. He reached out and pressed on the doorbell.

They waited in silence, hearing footfalls and a shout from inside before the lock clicked and the door opened to reveal Sarah dressed in denim cut-offs and a grey t-shirt.

"Sam, Andy! Oh my gosh!" she gasped out, "Why are you here?" She threw her arms around her brother and then around Andy.

"Joseph called," Andy said with a smile as she hugged Sarah back easily, "Said something about your birthday."

"Joey! Liam!" Sarah called into the house, "Come here!"

"Where's here?" cam Liam's response.

"The front door, smarty-pants," Sarah replied, looking back at Sam and Andy, "It's so good to have you two here. I wish you'd called first. I look like crap!"

"It's okay," Andy said, wrapping arm around Sam's waist with a smile, "So does Sam."

"Funny," Sam said, leaning to press his lips to the top of Andy's head.

"This is new," Sarah said, a bright smile crossing her face, "Are you two together?"

Sam nodded as Andy glanced up at him with a smile.

The boys came around the corner and they both grinned as they ran forward to hug Andy and Sam. "Happy birthday mom," Joseph said, turning to hug his mother.

"Thanks baby," Sarah said, wrapping her arms around her son, "I love you guys so much. Thanks for doing this."

A few hours later after a trip to the grocery store, Andy stood in Sarah's kitchen with Joseph and Liam. They were working together to prepare a birthday dinner for Sarah as she and Sam made the bed in the guest bedroom and put in the new TV.

"Okay," Andy said, "Joe, you're in charge of the Rice Krispy squares, okay?"

"Okay," he nodded.

"Liam buddy, you and I are going to work together carefully to make the spaghetti, okay?" Andy asked him.

"Okay," Liam replied, going to the pantry and bringing out a step stool so that he was tall enough to reach the stovetop.

"Ready to make your mom the best birthday dinner ever?" Andy asked.

"Ready," Liam laughed as Joseph nodded.

"Alright," she said, spinning around, flipping on the radio that Sarah kept in the corner of the kitchen and looking at the boys. "Then let's do this thing!"

Fifteen minutes later, Andy was dancing around the kitchen with Joseph to a song on the radio when she heard a laugh from behind her.

Andy glanced over to see Sarah leaning on the doorframe, a wide smile on her face. Sam was standing just behind her, hands on her shoulders.

"Whatcha guys doing?" Sarah asked with a grin.

"Making you a special dinner mommy," Liam said, looking up at her with an innocent grin as he carefully stirred the spaghetti sauce on the stovetop, "Auntie Andy is helping us."

"But it's supposed to be a surprise, so you can't look," Joe insisted, slightly out of breath, hurrying around the counter to cover up his pan of Rice Krispy squares with his arms.

"Okay baby," Sarah said, chewing on her bottom lip.

"Come on Sar," Sam said, "I'll show you how to hook up your old VCR to the new TV."

Sarah nodded and turned to walk back towards the living room leaving Sam looking at Andy. 'Thank you,' he mouthed with a nod before turning and following his sister into the other room.

Another fifteen minutes later, Andy poured two glasses of red wine and pulled a bottle of beer from the fridge. She was carrying out a glass of wine and a beer to Sarah and Sam but stopped dead as she heard them talking in the living room.

"You're really serious about her," Sarah said, "I know."

Andy poked her head around the corner to see Sam and Sarah sitting on the couch. His arm was resting casually around her shoulders as they sat side by side as the Lion King played on the TV screen.

"She's amazing with the boys," Sarah said with a shrug, "And she's amazing with you. You'd be a fool if you let that go."

"I'm worried," Sam admitted and Andy's heart leapt into her throat as she strained to listen to them.

"What about?" Sarah asked, turning to look at her brother.

"Her," Sam said, shaking his head, "Always. At her house, at work, at the grocery store," Sam shook his head again, "She got shot a few weeks ago-"

"Oh my God," Sarah gasped out, "Was she alright? What happened?"

"She was taking down a suspect and somehow he took her hostage, held a gun to her head. She managed to get away with just a flesh wound on her arm, but I- shit," Sam said, running his hand over his face, "I heard everything go down over the radios. Calls for back up, shots fired, officer down. I thought…" Sam trailed off.

"But she's okay," Sarah said, rubbing him on the back, "You know how I know? Because she was just dancing with my son in the kitchen to George Michael and teaching my boys how to cook their mom dinner once in a while," Sarah let out a laugh, "You need to marry that woman in there," she said, "Or else I will."

Sam looked at his sister, his face amused. "Really Sar?" he asked.

"What?" she asked, "She's pretty, smart, funny, brave, strong and everything that you need in your life."

Sam was silent.

"Think about it, little brother," Sarah said, wrapping her arms around him and pulling him into a hug, "But don't screw things up with her again, because you don't need to go through that again. And most of all, she doesn't deserve that again."

Andy swallowed hard and turned to walk back into the kitchen.

"Are you okay?" Joseph asked her from where he was pushing candles into his Rice Krispies.

"Yeah," Andy said, sucking in a deep breath, "Yeah," she nodded, "You guys ready?" She turned and walked back into the living room, Joe and Liam just behind her. "Hey guys," she said, her voice upbeat, "Hope I'm not interrupting anything," she said, "I brought you guys drinks," she said, offering the wine to Sarah and the beer to Sam.

"And dinner is served," Joseph said, bending at the waist to bow neatly. Liam joined him, laughing and Andy shrugged and looked at Sarah with a grin.

"I hope you're hungry," Andy said as Sam and Sarah got up from the couch, "Because Liam and I made a killer spaghetti and Joseph made the dessert and it's all going to be amazing, right boys?"

A few hours later, Andy stepped out of the guest bathroom in her pyjamas, a small bag of toiletries in hand.

"You're incredible, you know," Sam said from where he lay in the bed.

Andy dropped her toiletries into her weekend bag and looked at Sam with a grin. "What?" she asked him.

"What you did for Sarah tonight," Sam said, propping himself up on his elbows to look at her, "It was an amazing thing for you to do."

"It was the boys' idea to make dinner," Andy shrugged, "I just wanted to make sure they didn't get hurt or poison us or anything," Andy chuckled.

"Well Sarah really appreciated it," Sam said, "And it was delicious."

"I'm glad you thought so," Andy said, sitting on the edge of the bed. She picked up her tube of hand cream from the bedside table and squeezed some onto her hands. She massaged it in as she thought. "It's good to see her again," Andy said, "Plus, you only turn 41 once, right?"

"I love you, you know?" Sam asked, his voice hesitant from behind her.

Andy's heart leapt into her throat and she slowly turned her head to look at him. "Sam?" she asked breathlessly, "I do-"

"It's okay if you can't say it back yet," Sam said, holding up his hands in surrender, "I'm not expecting anything back for a while. I know I blew it last time, but I just thought-"

"Sam, shut up," Andy said, cutting him off as she shook her head.

"Andy…" he trailed off nervously. He anxiously ran a hand through his hair as Andy chewed on her bottom lip.

"I love you too Sam," Andy said, tilting her head to the side and reaching out to push his hair back from his face affectionately, "More than anything."

He let out a sigh of relief, bringing his hand up to grasp onto hers. He pressed a kiss to her palm and was silent as he looked up at her.

Andy let out a breathy laugh and then leaned over to press her lips down to his.

His arms wrapped around her torso easily he pulled her close and she rest her head in the crook of his neck and shoulder. She let out a sigh.

"Are you okay?" Sam asked her, his tone concerned as she curled into his side.

She glanced up at him and her face split into a smile. "I'm perfect."

AN: Awwww! If only season 4 went this way too... I'm not sure if Sam and Andy will manage to figure themselves out until late in the season, if at all... Don't worry though. I will do my part to tide all you wonderful readers over until it really happens with cute chapters like this one.

Also, you will all be proud of me. I recruited a new Rookie Blue fan the other day! I was watching a couple of episodes in the afternoon and my sister came over and we ended up sitting on the couch watching a few more episodes and by the end, my sister was moaning and groaning about how 'hunky' Sam Swarek is, how pretty Andy is and how they just need to get together already. I agree!

Let me know what you thought of the chapter, and have a fantastic day!