Chapter 22

Andy and Sam had returned from their honeymoon. Sam had been made a detective by Best. It was announced officially after the wedding at the beginning of the month. Andy was still working and had been paired with Shaw because Sam knew he would look out for her on the street. Andy and Sam had announced during parade that they were going to host a New Years Eve Party at their house.

Andy convinced Sam that they had to decorate their house for Christmas and New Year's. She was able to convince him to buy a huge tree for the living room and hang up lights all around the inside of the house and outside. She had offered to help but Sam wouldn't allow her to exert herself.

Christmas was quiet and just the two of them. This was their first Christmas as a couple, as husband and wife and it would be their last Christmas without little ones. Andy woke up early and woke Sam up. She couldn't sleep in and they had to start opening their presents at the crack of dawn.

"Andy, you are worse than a kid. Waking me up first thing in the morning to open gifts" Sam said.

Andy grinned as she got out the gifts from under the tree. They had decided on a small Christmas this year since they were preparing for the twins. Sam got Andy a set of diamond earrings and a spa package for expectant mothers. Andy got Sam tickets to the hockey games for him and the boys to go. Andy also got same a new watch that had Forever & Always engraved on the back.

New Years Eve was quickly approaching. Andy had taken the day before off to finish preparing for the party. Andy had convinced Sam to work and that she could handle this by herself. She had some light cleaning to do and errands to run. She went to the store and bought all the food for the party and bought some additional decorations. She went by the beverage store and bought some Champagne and liquor for the party. She returned home and unloaded Sam's truck. She would go pick him up from work in an hour. She had already convinced him to stop at the diner after she picked him up. She was craving chili cheese fries with ranch dressing. She couldn't get enough of homemade ranch dressing. She could drink it like water but knew she would look funny doing that. She even loved dipping her pickles in ranch.

Andy drove to the station and waited for Sam to come out. He was running a few minutes behind. She saw him walking out with his bag talking with Jerry. Andy got out and got in the passenger seat. She knew Sam like to drive. Sam got in kissed Andy and started the truck.

"So, just a heads up. Jerry is planning to propose to Tracie at some point." Sam said. "He showed me the ring today".

"Oh! Tracie is going to be so happy she has been waiting forever." Andy said.

Sam looked in the backseat of the truck and didn't see any bags.

"" I thought you went shopping today." Sam said looking at Andy.

"I did. I brought it in the house" Andy replied.

"I told you to leave what you could in the truck and I would get it when I get home. You do not need to overdo yourself" Sam said sternly.

"I can carry groceries Sam. I am pregnant Sam nothing more." She replied angrily

They went to the diner as Andy had asked. Sam tried to appease Andy as much as possible. She would go so long without eating anything because she was nauseous so when she wanted to eat he would drive wherever he needed to for her. They ate their dinner in peace. Sam just watched Andy as she ate her chili cheese fries smothered in ranch. It looked disgusting to him, but she loved them. She got a strawberry milk shake to go and they headed home. Sam helped her into the truck making sure she didn't drop her milk shake in his very clean truck.

"Sam I am not that big. I can get in the truck by myself with no issue" Andy said when he had gotten into the driver's seat.

"Not yet anyways" Sam said without really thinking. He realized what he just said and looked over. Andy had tears running down her face. "Andy, I was just kidding. You are beautiful and the more you grow the more beautiful you are to me. You are so strong growing our two little babies."

Andy was still crying but she reached over and kissed Sam on his cheek.

"Take me home, husband" Andy stated.

They started the very short drive home. Sam had his hand on Andy's thigh the entire ride. The pulled the truck in front of the house and Andy opened the door and started throwing up. Sam just shook his head, he shifted to hold her hair and rub her back as she was throwing up. When she was done she looked at him with the apologetic eyes. Sam turned the truck on and moved it up a few feet and got out of the truck and walked to the other side to help Andy out.

"I need to get the hose and rinse that off." Andy said as she was heading toward the house.

"Andy, I can handle that. Let's just get you inside". Sam said.

Sam walked her in the house. He saw all the groceries, decorations and bottles of champagne.

"Seriously Andy you should have waited for me to get home to carry that in. That stuff would have been fine to sit in the truck for a few hours." Sam said.

Andy didn't even reply. She headed for the bathroom to take a shower. She had somehow gotten vomit on her and it was making her nauseous again. Sam went out side and cleaned off the driveway where she had thrown up her dinner. By the time he came back in she was out of the shower and half asleep on the couch. It didn't take her much to fall asleep anymore. He nudged her awake and got her in bed. She was asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow. Sam went back out in the kitchen and put up all the groceries. Put up the decorations and set up the bar with all the alcohol. He had to work a few hours on New Years Eve and was trying to do as much as he could to help Andy.

Andy woke up around 3AM and she was starved. She got up and went in the kitchen. She had stocked up on ranch dressing when she was out and had bought some veggies to slice for a veggie tray. She had baby carrots and started with eating them but decided that she wanted some celery as well. She pulled out the thing of celery, grabbed a cutting board and a knife. The light was on above the stove and she was trying her best not to wake Sam. She broke off two stalks of celery and put the rest back in the fridge. When she was cutting the celery stalks the knife slipped and she cut into her finger.

"Shit" she screamed without even thinking about Sam sleeping. She put the knife down and went toward the kitchen sink.

"What the hell, Andy? Are you okay?" Sam asked as he ran toward her. She had gotten her finger pretty good and blood was running down her hand and dripping into the sink.

"I'm so sorry, Sam. I was hungry." She said as she ran her hand under the water. Sam grabbed a towel and held pressure on her finger. He had her continue to hold pressure and he got the first aid kit. They removed the towel and noticed that it had stopped bleeding on its own. She had cut into the side of her finger but didn't seem to be big enough to worry about stitches. He bandaged her finger up and made her sit on the barstool while he cleaned up the mess and finished slicing her celery.

"Mrs. Swarek. You seem to be accident prone, so I will ask that you not use sharp objects without supervision" Sam said as he smiled at her.

Andy was munching on her carrots and looked up at Sam and just smiled. Sam sat with her until she finished eating and had her go back to bed with him. Andy finally fell back asleep and woke to Sam kissing her on the forehead. He was leaving for work.

"Don't worry about me today." Andy said. "Tracie is coming over this morning to go shopping for a dress for tonight. I can't seem to fit in the ones I have."

"Really?!" Sam said as he smirked. Without missing a beat, she threw a pillow hitting him in the head.

"Love you Sam" she said.

Andy got up and got dressed. She was ready when Tracie texted that she was outside. Andy went out the door, locked it behind her and got in the car with Tracie.

They went to the mall and Andy tried on several dresses at different stores, but she couldn't find any that she liked. Tracie suggested that the try the Maternity store since her belly is growing. Andy tried on a few dresses, but she tried on a burgundy colored bandage style dress. She walked out of the dressing room and Tracie's eyes got huge.

"Andy, you look amazing in that. Look at your belly" Tracie said as she reached out and touched her belly. Andy's stomach had popped out a little and she hadn't really noticed besides her clothes being tight. "And your boobs are huge". Tracie joked. "Sam is going to love this".

Andy giggled and turned to see herself in the mirror. She saw that she did have a bump and her boobs were spilling out the top of the dress. Even though the dress looked tight it was very comfortable.

Andy went in the store planning to by just a dress but ended up buying almost two hundred dollars' worth of clothes. She got maternity bras, panties, pants some tops and a bandage-style dress for New Years.

"Sam is going to kill me for spending that much money on clothes" Andy said.

"He is going to understand. When he sees you in that dress, he won't remember anything else" Tracie said.

Andy and Tracie returned to her house and started getting ready for New Years. Tracie helped do the finishing touches in the house and got ready with Andy. Sam got home about an hour before the party was set to start. Tracie was heading out to the car to get something out. Sam walked in and saw Andy, in her burgundy dress bent down picking something up. Sam snuck up behind her and hugged her from behind kissing her neck.

"That dress makes your ass look soo good" He whispered in her ear.

"You should see what it does to other areas" She said as she turned around. Sam looked down and saw her breasts. They looked massive in this specific dress. She took a step back and he saw her belly, just very slightly protruding. He fell to his knees and hugged up to her kissing on her belly.

Tracie walked in "Sorry for interrupting but looks like you have some early guests".

Sam got up. Kissed Andy on the forehead and made his way into the bedroom to shower and quickly change.

Andy was so happy to have everyone in her home that she cared for. 15 division was her family. Her dad was in a rehab facility for alcohol. She had put her foot down about being sober with his grandchildren.

The night was amazing. Everybody kept touching her belly not that it was starting to show. Sam kept walking up behind her, reaching around her and caressing her belly. She loved this feeling, she felt so loved and safe. She decided to get back at him a little bit. When he came back over after walking downstairs with Jerry. She stuck her butt out as much as she could and swayed back and forth against Sam. She could feel his penis starting to get hard.

"You better stop it now before I throw you over my shoulder and bring you into the bedroom" he whispered in her ear.

Andy spun around and kissed him whispering "I dare you".

Sam went to go pick her up, but Jerry was trying to get everybody's attention.

"I will get you later, that's a promise" Sam said to Andy while they both turned toward Jerry.

"I just wanted to make a toast before midnight." Jerry began "Thanks to the Swareks for opening their home and allowing us to be here to celebrate New Year's. I will make this quick since its only a few minutes to Midnight."

Jerry grabbed Tracie's hand and had her face him. "Tracie, I love you and I am tired of this." he said. Watching her face drop. Jerry then got down on one knee holding out a ring box "I am tired of only being your boyfriend. Will you marry me and promote me to husband?" he said. Tracie was shocked.

"Yes, Jerry" Tracie said as she leaned down and kissed him. Everybody was happy, congratulating the happy couple.

The Countdown came on the speakers. 10….9….8…7…6…...5…...4…3…2…1. "HAPPY NEW YEAR" everybody yelled.

Andy and Sam kissed and snuggled into each other. Andy looked around the room watching Tracie and Jerry kiss and whisper to each other. She was so happy with everything that was happening. She had a hard year last year, but things had ended well. This year was going to be even better. She was going to meet her twins. She put her hands overtop Sam's on her belly and smiled. She felt a rush and had butterflies in her belly. It was just a little too much and she ran to the bathroom again, throwing up again.