Hello Again! Here's the next chapter!

Thanks for all the encouraging comments and .Naxen thanks for answering my question, I thought Zoey was her name, but wasn't sure

Disclaimer: I don't own Rookie Blue, no matter how much I wish I did. Lol.

It was a quiet day. He would never say it out loud for fear of jinxing himself, but it was. However, it was almost too quiet. McNally was paired with him today and she wasn't saying much of anything, and being that it was Andy, Oliver was growing concerned.

Andy was aware of the curious glances coming from the driver side of the squad car, but she ignored them and continued to stare out the window. Other thoughts were preoccupying her mind, and small talk with Shaw wasn't one of them.

"I was thinking we should head somewhere for lunch?" He looked at her while saying it hoping for a response.

"Hmm." She said agreeing with as little effort as possible.

"Okay." Oliver said more to himself then Andy.

Oliver was well aware of the rumors going around the station, but he had no idea that it would be something that would affect her the way it was. He was pretty sure it wasn't all completely true, but he was also well aware of Sam and Andy's relationship, or lack thereof, so he wasn't sure exactly which parts those were.

They pulled into a little diner which was an unusual occurrence. Most of the time they ate on the go, but today he felt Andy needed a little R& R. Once they got their food and sat down Oliver was greeted with more silence.

"So you know I'm beginning to think that I did something wrong." Shaw said looking up at Andy as he chewed on his hamburger.

"Yeah I know" She said pushing her food away from her "I'm sorry." She flopped back in her chair looking at her hands. Oliver observed her for a moment and then put down the napkin he had in his hand.

"Listen, I'm going to deny we ever had this conversation, so don't go repeating this to any of the other rookies. Clear?" She nodded her head hesitantly.

" I don't know the whole story, but hypothetically speaking if people are being talked about by their co-workers and there is no truth to the matter then it usually just blows over." He leaned back in his chair and crossed his arms.

Andy blinked at him and waited a few moments before responding. "Hypothetically speaking what if all of it isn't necessarily untrue?"

"Depends on the untrue parts." He responded quicker than she expected.

"I was afraid you would say that."

"People are always going to find something talk about. Next week it will be about Diaz and Peck or how Epstein decided to lock himself out of his apartment. It's just part of the territory."

"Yeah , I know." She shrugged her shoulders "the rumors don't really bother me." and went silent again.

Shaw leaned forward in his chair hesitant about what he was going to say next. He didn't want to cross the line, but then again the poor kid in front of him just couldn't catch a break.

"In my experience women's intuition is always right."

Andy looked up at him confusion written all over her face. "What?"

"It's always right. If say, a girl thinks that breaking up with one guy is the right thing to do then hypothetically it probably was the best route to take." He started eating again and continued. "We don't like to admit it, but for the most part, and again if you repeat this I'll have you do paperwork till you retire, the female species is usually right about anything having to do with premonition or intuition, and such." He gestured with one hand into the air to emphasize the 'such' part. " It's why we get pissed off about the whole not stopping for directions thing. You guys come to a quicker solution then us."

"O-Okay." Andy continued to eat again as well, stealing glances at Shaw not knowing what to say in response.

"What I'm saying is that what you did was the right thing for you to do. Luke will move on, the division will move on. All that matters is that you do the right thing for you." Andy smiled a little touched by his words. Shaw smiled back and then took a bite of his burger.

They fell into a comfortable silence, but Shaw was contemplating his next words carefully.

"I can't believe I'm going to say this."He said to the heavens and then looked at her straight in the eyes pausing for a few beats.

"Sam is an idiot."

"What?" Andy said laughing in disbelief. This was the last thing she expected from Oliver Shaw.

"He is. I mean we all are, but Sam in particular is a moron. I've known him a long time and he's a great guy, but if I were…" He searched for the words "his partner, I'd be extremely…frustrated."

"Hypothetically of course?" Andy said looking at her food then back up at him.

"Of course."

"He needs to be pushed. And hypothetically speaking as an outsider looking in, and well aware of the fact that certain things may or may not have went down between two certain people at the division, when possibly they shouldn't have." Andy blushed as he said it "I would encourage the non- bone headed one to take it one step at a time, but give him a little push. Don't worry about past boyfriends or the collective minds of co-workers."

He looked at her pointedly " That is if that's what she wants."

Andy had been staring at him the whole time as he spoke. "She probably doesn't know what she wants." She rushed to add in "Hypothetically."

"Then if it was one of my daughters I would tell her to take her time. Chances are the right one isn't going anywhere."

Shaw crumpled up his napkins to throw away and stood up. Andy followed suit.

"Ready?"

"Hypothetically or real ready?"

"Both" He said throwing his garbage in the nearest trash can. Andy contemplated a minute.

"Yeah I think so."

"Good." He smiled at Tommy McNally's daughter and held his arm out for her to go first.