AN: Hey guys! So I am still hula-ing and drinking Blue Hawaii's, but I wanted to post a chapter for you wonderful people. I'm typing this on my iPad, so as you can imagine, the auto corrects will be outstanding... I'll try to catch as many as I can, if not all of them! The formatting may also suck, so I'm very sorry in advance! I hope you enjoy!
Chapter 54
"Good morning," Sam said with a laugh as Andy slid wearily into the passenger seat of his truck.
"Is it?" Andy asked, rubbing her temples, "Is it really?"
Sam chuckled. You really hit the tequila hard last night, didn't you?" he asked, handing her a coffee.
"Please don't remind me," Andy said, gratefully accepting the coffee from him and taking a sip, "It's all Chloe's fault anyways," Andy insisted, "She can pack away those shots."
"Blame the rookie," Sam said with a knowing smirk as he pulled away from the curb, "I see what you're doing."
Andy rolled her eyes and pinched the bridge of her nose between her thumb and forefinger. "My head hurts," she whined.
"Lucky you don't have to work a twelve hour shift today, hey?" Sam asked with a grin.
Andy groaned. "This is going to suck."
The rest of the drive to the station was quiet, the only sound being the boppy tune on the radio that made Andy's eye twitch.
Sam parked easily in his usual spot and they both got out of the vehicle, falling into step with each other as they walked across the parking lot.
"Hey, you know that Sarah and the boys are going back to St. Catharines the day after tomorrow, right?" Sam asked, his fingers lacing through Andy's.
"What?" Andy asked, "Really?"
"Really," Sam said, "Sarah needs to get back to work if she wants a job to go back to," he said, "And the boys miss their friends. And sleeping on a pull out mattress every night probably sucks."
"I would have put the boys on the pullout," Andy laughed, "Kids are young and resilient, right?"
Sam laughed. "Right," he agreed, "But, she was also talking about moving."
"Sarah?" Andy asked, surprised.
"Yeah," Sam said, "She wants to move to Toronto."
"I thought she didn't like the city?" Andy asked.
Sam shrugged. "I guess it doesn't matter anymore," he pulled open the door and he and Andy entered the building, "But since we have tomorrow off, I was thinking we might bring her out to a few open houses. So she can get a feel for the price range for what she needs. You're invited too, if you'd like to join us," Sam said.
"Maybe," Andy nodded, "What are the boys doing?"
"Coming too, I guess," Sam said.
"Well how about I take them?" Andy asked, "We could go to the zoo or something. It would be fun to spend more time with them before they leave. Besides, I think shopping for houses is easier minus two crazy kids."
Sam looked at her dubiously. "Do you want to?" he asked.
"Sure," Andy shrugged, "I think Traci has tomorrow off anyhow. I'll just invite her and Leo to come along. It'll be fun."
"You really like them, don't you?" Sam asked.
"I really do," Andy said, sipping her coffee.
"I'm glad," Sam said, leaning to kiss her temple, "I'll call Sarah later to let her know."
"Sounds good," Andy said, coming to a stop at the women's locker room door, "See you in parade," she said with a smile before entering the locker room.
She was halfway through changing when Traci came into the locker room, looking exhausted. "Hey," she said to Andy as she opened her locker.
"Hey yourself," Andy said, "How do you feel after last night?"
"Confused," Traci said.
"Huh?" Andy asked, glancing over at her best friend.
She hesitated. "You know Nick's best man?" Traci asked after a moment.
"Max?" Andy asked, "Yeah. You two seemed pretty chummy last night." She looked at Traci closely, "Did he do something to you?" Andy asked, studying Traci's facial expression carefully.
"No," Traci exclaimed, "No, of course not."
"Well what happened?" Andy asked, buttoning up her uniform shirt.
"We were talking," Traci said, "About Jerry. And his wife. Well, ex-wife? I actually don't know what she is now. She died a few years ago."
"Yeah, he mentioned her. Sydney, right?" Andy asked.
"Yeah," Traci said, "Sydney."
"So why are you confused?" Andy asked.
Traci heaved a sigh as she combed her fingers through her hair. "Well we were both drunk. And both upset..." Traci said, trailing off gently.
"Did you sleep together?" Andy asked in a hushed whisper.
"No!" Traci exclaimed, "No, we didn't sleep together."
"What happened?" Andy asked.
Traci sighed and sat down heavily on the bench. "I kinda wanted to sleep with him," she admitted in a whisper, glancing around to make sure that nobody heard, "I mean, I was upset and so was he and we were consoling each other and he kissed me," she shook her head, "And it was innocent and only meant to be comforting but it was nice. It felt nice," she shrugged, "But I sort of froze up and he backed right off." Traci looked up at Andy.
"Wow," Andy said.
Traci shook her head. "I'm sure Jerry's up there somewhere wondering how the hell I got so-"
"So what, Trace?" Andy asked, "It's been over a year. You have every right to start moving forward with your life. If you want to date, kiss or even sleep with somebody, you are more than allowed," Andy crouched in front of her friend, "I know you think that Jerry is up there steaming mad that some other guy kissed you, but all he would ever want is for you to be down here, living your life, happy. And if kissing Max makes you happy," Andy shrugged, "Then Jerry's probably happy too."
Traci let out a laugh. "This conversation got way too deep for my hangover to handle."
"I'm glad you said something," Andy said, shaking her head, "Do you have Advil? I ran out."
"Yeah," Traci said, getting to her feet and reaching into her locker, "He's cute though, right?" Traci asked.
"Max?" Andy asked as Traci placed an Extra Strength Advil in Andy's palm, "Yeah, he's pretty cute. In the badass, I was on three tours in Afghanistan type of way."
"I got his number," Traci said with a small smile.
"You going to call him?" Andy asked after she swallowed the pill.
"I think I might," Traci said.
"Good for you," Andy said with a smile, "Hey, you have tomorrow off, right?"
"I do," Traci said, "I've got Leo too. Why?"
"I'm thinking of taking Liam and Joe to the zoo tomorrow before they leave to go home," Andy said as she shut her locker firmly, "It would be cool if you two came along as well," Andy said with a sideways glance at her friend.
"That would be great," Traci said, "I'll talk to Leo and get back to you," she said, "But he's always loved the zoo so he'll be all for it," she glanced at her watch, "Come on. You're late for parade."
A few hours later, Andy was sitting at the reception desk, her head pounding as she answered phones and filed papers. She almost wished she was out on the street. Almost.
The phone rang.
"15 Division, Officer McNally speaking," Andy answered.
"There was something on the news about a bank robber. We were supposed to call the police if we had any tips?" asked a male voice.
"Yes sir," Andy replied, "Did you see anything sir?"
"Well yes and no," said the man, "I think I did."
Andy massaged her temples. "And what do you think you saw?" she asked, glancing at her empty coffee cup and wishing it was full again.
"Well, I didn't really see anything," he said, "But my son in law stole something!"
"What did your son in law steal sir?" Andy asked.
"My daughter," he said, "Didn't even ask for her hand. Just proposed. And they eloped. And now she's living in Ottawa and I barely talk to her."
"I'm sorry sir, what was the point of your call?" Andy asked, looking up to see Chris walking towards her. She smiled and he stopped at the counter and leaned on it as Andy held up a single finger to symbolize 'just a moment'.
"I want to report my daughter as stolen," he said.
Andy sucked in a deep breath. "You mean as missing?" Andy asked.
"Yes," he said, "As missing."
"When was the last time you spoke to your daughter sir?" Andy asked.
"10:30 this morning. She called from work," he said.
"Sir, an individual has to be actually missing for 24 hours in order for them to be considered missing," Andy said, "Not simply out of contact."
"Can I press charges then?" He asked, "Against my son in law. For taking her?"
"If your daughter willingly agreed to elope and marry your son in law, no, I'm afraid you cannot press charges for him marrying her," Andy said, glaring at Chris who was chuckling from where he stood, "But if you wish to look into this more, I recommend calling a police station in Ottawa where they are living," Andy said, "Have a good day sir." She hung up easily and looked up at Chris.
"Still getting too many stupid calls," he chuckled.
"There's still too many stupid people I'm afraid," Andy said, shaking her head, walking to the counter, "What's up?"
"Not much," Chris said, "I just woke up. Dov's girlfriend, Chloe? She's a party animal. I don't think I've been so drunk since, well, since we were rookies."
"My head hurts," Andy frowned.
"You too, huh?" Chris chuckled.
"I think everybody was happy to see you," Andy said.
"I was happy to see everyone too," Chris said, looking around, "I think I actually miss this place. Stupid phone calls and all."
"I'm sure you get stupid calls in Timmins too," Andy said, "But imagine that. Missing all of your friends," she stuck out her tongue at him, "But you're sticking around for a few days, so you'll get your 15 Division fix," Andy grinned, "Maybe you'll even stay?" she suggested, her eyebrows raised.
Chris nodded. "You know, maybe I will."
AN: Again, I'm really sorry for any typos that's I didn't manage to catch, as well as the stupid formatting that just wasn't going right... I hope you enjoyed the chapter. If this works out, I think I may be posting another one soon!
Have a great day! Aloha!
