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Noelle found the room and was about to walk into the room when she saw Gail walk up.
"Noelle, Nick is missing from his room, the guard posted outside his door has no idea what happened."
All Noelle could do was stand there with her mouth open, wondering what is with these two.
Noelle reached for her cell phone and followed Gail back to Nick's room. Nicks room was not far from Andy's, Noelle marched up to the officer in front of the door, opened her cell phone and hit speed dial one.
"Noelle you ok, " said Frank.
"It would seem an officer has lost Nick."
"What? Put him on the phone now."
Noelle hand over the phone and watched the officer's face as Frank chewed him out.
The officer handed back the phone and said, "I am told to stay right here"
Noelle put the phone to her ear, "Frank?"
"I am sending Chris and Dov over and they can help you find out what happened. I will let Traci and Sam know what is going on to."
"Thanks"
Noelle hung up her phone and looked at Gail, "Chris and Dov are on their way." Go to security and ask to see the footage on this floor."
Gail nod and headed down to security.
Noelle went downstairs to meet Chris and Dov at the front entrance. Gail walked up to Noelle just as Chris and Dov walked in the door.
"They do not have security footage on the floors, just elevators, emergency room and front lobby."
Noelle shook her head, "ok, do floor to floor search, keep it low key and keep in touch with each other. We don't know if he wandered off or if someone from the UC took him. "
Chris, Dov and Gail fanned out each taking a floor and Noelle headed to check on Andy.
Noelle walked up to Andy's room and just as she was to walk in a nurse hurried out the door.
"Is everything ok with Andy?"
The nurse looked up, "Hello Officer, she is improving now, when we first got her in the room, her blood pressure went through the roof and she seemed to panic. Her friend heard that she was admitted to the floor and asked about her room,he came in and once he figured out how, he calmed her down and now her blood pressure has started to lower." The nurse turned back into the room and motioned for Noelle to come in.
Noelle followed her into the room and sucked in a breath. The nurse continued to talk, "we usually frown upon this but it seems to be helping her. The closeness seems to help her and at this point, the doctor says she has suffered enough trauma, that if this helps, so be it." The nurse walked over and checked the IV and machines and motioned to the chair at the end of the bed by the window. "Here is the remote for the TV and I will bring you some water, ok?"
Noelle just stood there, how was she going to explain this one to Gail and Sam, "Thank you, water would be great." She continued to look at the bed, then whipped out her phone and send a broadcast text message to everyone: Found Nick. Hard to explain, I am in Andy's room.
Noelle went to sit in the chair, waiting for Gail, Chris and Dov to walk in. Chris walked in first, his eyes went wide, Dov was next, and he almost fell over and then Gail. Gail just stood there.
There on the bed was Andy curled up to Nick. Both fast a sleep.
Gail stormed out of the room and almost ran Traci over at the door.
Traci walked in and just opened her mouth and then shut it.
Noelle quickly got up to go after Gail and motioned all of them to follow her.
Noelle caught Gail at the elevator and dragged her back to the group.
"Alright, listen all of you. When I got up here the nurse said Andy's blood pressure went through the roof and was panicked. She said Nick walked into the room and laid down next to her, her blood pressure started lowering and she calmed down. Both of them are a sleep and the doctor thinks it will help her to be close to someone. Nick and Andy have been each other's crutch for 6 months, they are partners and good friends. We are not going to read into this. Got it?"
All of them shook their heads.
"Gail and Dov, please help take Nick back to his room so he can rest and Gail, you are not to inflict any pain on him. Chris, Traci and I can keep her calm and blood pressure down."
Gail just sighed and walked back into the room.
Dov walked over to the side of the bed and gently shook Nick. Nick opened his eyes and looked around. "What's up guys?"
Chris was on the other side of the bed trying to lean Andy off of Nick and said "We are going to move you back to your room so the doctors don't miss you."
Dov reached his hand out and proceeded to help Nick out of the bed. Gail grabbed the other side of Nick and started to move out of the room as Chris tried to make Andy more comfortable.
Gail and Dov made their way down to Nick's room.
Gail was angry, Nick could tell. "You know she is just a friend to me right."
Gail huffed as she helped him back into bed, "of course, because you would crawl into bed with anyone that is a friend right?" Gail turned on her heal and stormed out of the room.
Nick looked at Dov, "Don't look at me. I am just here to babysit."
Noelle, Traci and Chris sat down in the chairs at the foot of Andy's bed. Traci was rubbing Andy's feet hoping a little contact would help. They had only been sitting for about five minutes in silence when Chris noticed Andy's blood pressure creeping up. Her breathing was becoming labored. The nurse came in with a questioning look and said, "I will go get the doctor. Her blood pressure is going up again." The nurse excited the room.
Noelle moved her chair over to the side of the bed and started to stroke Andy's hand. She noticed it was not helping. Traci took off her coat and shoes; she then climbed into the bed with Andy and held her. "Hey if Nick can do this, why can't I? I am her best friend."
After about five minutes, Andy's breathing slowed down and her blood pressure started to lower.
The nurse and doctor walked in and noticed now Traci was in the bed with Andy.
"Officers. I see we have all learned the trick to calm Ms. McNally down"
Noelle shook her head, "Any ideas why she would need the contact?"
The doctor took a deep breath and said, "She would have to talk to a shrink for us to know the real story, but my guess is all the trauma she suffered has something to do with needing to feel safe. On top of being horribly sick and I don't have to tell you being septic can kill you. So the need to have someone there for her while trying to recover seems to be the key to the recovery."
Traci looked over at Noelle and said, "We will make sure someone is here with her at all times until she is healed."
"Good, glad to hear we are all on the same page."
The nurse checked Andy's IV and monitors, turned and left with the doctor.
Noelle motioned to Chris and Traci that she was going to go make a phone call.
Noelle stepped out of the room and called Frank.
"Hi, any news, "said Frank.
"Yeah, it seems Nick found Andy and crawled into the bed with her."
"What?"
"That sounded so horrible the way I just said it didn't it."
"Yes, care to explain."
"It seems Andy's blood pressure keeps going through the roof. When they first got her up there they were trying everything to lower it. Nick walked into the room and got into the bed to comfort her. Her blood pressure lowered. We found him, after a few minutes we moved him back to his room. But then Andy's blood pressure started to go up. So Traci is now laying with her now. I am going to have the rookies take shifts and hopefully that will help."
"Ok, let me know if you need anything before I bring you dinner, ok?"
"Yeah, talk to you soon."
Noelle came back into the room. Chris stood up, "I will take everyone's weapons back and bring up change of clothes for everyone. "
Noelle nodded, "I will have Frank take my stuff, but get Dov's and Gail's."
Chris left the room.
Traci kept stroking Andy's hair, "Who is going to talk to Nick and Luke about all the injuries?"
Noelle shook her head and let out a deep sigh, "I am not sure but one of them has to clue us in soon. We can't have the case go sideways because we didn't know everything."
Traci's phone rang, "Nash"
Noelle could not tell whom she was talking to but it seemed to be about Leo.
Traci hung up the phone, "I am not going to be able to stay all night, I will ask Chris or Dov to stay with her."
"Sounds like a plan. Are we going to ask Sam to help with this?"
Traci looked at Andy and then at Noelle, "I don't know. I know he wants to fight for her some days and some days he just wants to run away. How is he going to feel if he walks in here and sees Chris, Dov or even Nick laying with her in the bed and goes off? We are trying to do what is best for her right now. We all are and what if that means keeping Sam away, what if he can't handle this?"
"Andy was gone for six months, almost seven, this is hard on everyone, she went through a lot on this UC, no telling what Nick endured and has not shared. If Sam wants to try, let him try."
"What do you suggest Noelle? Let him leave her crying in the rain again? Have Andy run off and do another UC because of it? Yes, she endured a lot on this UC and because what, she felt the need to prove herself and run. I don't want to shut Sam out but he heard what happened to her and hit the road. I am at a loss, I thought you would understand."
"I do understand but I don't believe hiding from a problem either. I will help you guys but once she wakes up and is rational, she gets a say in all this, no influence from any of you and we all have to get out of the picture. We have to let them figure it out."
"Deal"
Chris came back an hour later with everyone's clothes. Chris looked at Noelle, "Frank is in the lobby with the baby."
"Thanks Chris, I will be back in the morning after parade."
Chris looked at Traci, "Are you ok till I get back from Nick's room?"
"Yeah."
Chris walked into Nick's room, Nick was a wake, Chris nodded to him and held up bags for Gail and Dov, each grabbing their bags and going to change.
Chris sat down, "So, it seems Andy and you became really good friends on this operation. Mind telling me why Andy was allowed to continue after all those injuries?"
Nick turned to look at Chris, "Andy was really good at hiding a lot of it. I would piece it together and get her treatment; I did everything I could to keep her away from Tony. I enlisted Christine, a nurse friend in getting Andy treatment at times when it was beyond my capability. I told Luke several times that I thought the guy was a threat to Andy. He kept telling me let it play out, he wanted his guy and I think at our cost. I have it all recorded and my diary, I kept track of what was going on. It would have been in my jacket I was wearing that night in the club."
"I will let Traci know. You realize we all care about Andy right? The end goal is to get her better."
"I do, Chris, she and I became good friends and I want her safe. I want her better. Make no mistake, I love Gail, but Andy is my partner and I will always have her back. We only had each other and went through a lot, but Gail has my heart."
Gail stepped farther into the room when Nick stopped talking, "I may have your heart but it doesn't stop me from being mad at you for leaving me again soldier boy."
Chris took it as his clue to leave.
Chris caught Dov in the hallway and led him to Andy's room explaining that Gail and Nick were talking it out.
Chris and Dov walked into the room.
Chris walked over to Traci, "You need to go get Leo, I will lay with her."
"Thanks Chris, I will call later with a game plan for tomorrow."
Traci walked out the door and Chris got comfortable with Andy snuggled in. He watched the monitor for a while and noticed she was still staying in the normal range. Dov and Chris continued a casual conversation until they heard a knock and Gail followed by Nick came into the room.
"Hey guys, Nick is going to stay with Andy tonight. He has to be here in the hospital and we all haven't slept in a normal bed in days, so I agree with him and he will stay with Andy tonight. "
Chris eyed Nick, "are you sure?" he then looked at Gail.
Gail continued, "I agree with him, its 8 p.m., we can all get a shower, sleep and meet up after parade to decided a game plan for tomorrow." Nick hobbled over to where Chris was laying. He let Chris get up and then climbed in next to Andy. She snuggled in again and Nick started to play with her hair.
Gail walked over to Nick and gave him a kiss on his cheek, "I will see you tomorrow," Gail grabbed Dov's hand and lead him out the door. Chris said good night and headed out the door.
All three stopped in the hallway, Chris looked at Gail, "do you think this is a good idea?"
Gail sighed, "Yes, its for the best and just like Dov and you, he cares about Andy, wants her better, but he is a good friend to her just like you guys. We all need sleep, they are both safe and we will see them tomorrow."
"Ok." Chris, Dov and Gail headed out.
The next morning, all were arriving for parade. Sam noticed not only was Noelle, Oliver was at parade but so were all the rookies. Sam walked over and sat next to Oliver, he turned to look at him and asked "Who stayed with Andy last night?"
Before Oliver could sensor himself, "The rookies decided since Nick had to be at the hospital, that he would stay with Andy. They will take turns all day today until she heals. Sleeping next to her seems to keep her blood pressure down."
Traci sat down next to Sam just as Oliver finished his sentence.
"Sam, it was for the best," Traci said looking over at Noelle.
"Really how is that, Nick ignored how hurt Andy was."
"Not really, Chris talked to Nick about it. He sought her treatment when things were bad, he keep a journal and Luke was fully aware, Nick even asked Luke to pull her out because she was suffering. Andy always down played it and Luke really wanted his guy. Nick says there is a journal in the jacket he wore that night in the club to go with the pictures. I have it now and will go through it."
Sam growled, "I am going to inflict as much pain as Andy endured on Luke."
Oliver grabbed Sam's arm, "No, you're going to let this play out. Just like Boyd, it will work out. Now Boyd is gone and they will deal with Luke. There is never an excuse for what they did or do. But it always works out in the end, Luke will get his."
Sam just glared a head, "Traci when am I suppose to help out with Andy?"
Traci took a look at Noelle and said; "Right now I think it would be best if you leave it to us for now."
Sam just looked at her, Traci knew he figured out they were tightening ranks up around Andy. Sam grew angrier, "So what your telling me is I can't kill Luke and I am not going to be able to help out with Andy, for Christ sakes, I still love her, I won't hurt her. What they hell Traci, you told me yourself you supported me fighting for her"
Traci stood up, "I understand that, but right now this it not about you, it is about her getting better. I don't want you blowing up because Nick has her back, Nick is her partner now and well, I don't see you fighting for her. As soon as you got word from the doctor, you bolted. We all wants best for Andy, do you? Or do you want what's best for yourself?"
With that Traci walked out. Sam looked at Oliver, "Really, our they serious, I thought they were on my side all this time and now as soon as she comes back they pull this."
Oliver and Noelle just looked at him, that is when Oliver spoke up, "You said you would do everything, fight for her, didn't you?"
"Yes"
"Well, you better get your plan of attack in gear because unless you start showing it, they are not going to let you help take care of her. You are going to be a spectator and they will protect her from you. Show you want to fight for her and show her you love her. Do that and you will win them all over. "
"Great, not only do I have to fight for Andy, I have to do it around her over protective friends who just a week ago told me they would help me win her over."
Noelle looked at Sam, "That was before they realized that Luke pulled a Boyd. That Andy and Nick was an end to a means to for a career bust. Now they are protecting her. Her partner has her back, the rookies have her back, I think the question is, what do you have Sam?"
All Sam could think of what did he have, he was not sure but Oliver was right, he needed a plan and to fight for Andy like he said he would.
Frank walked in and started parade. Sam knew then what he was going to do and he was going to talk to Sarah to get some help.