Hey guys, so I realized that you weren't happy with me leaving off the story like that. So you're getting lucky and I'm posting this chapter now instead of tomorrow. ;) ...Hope this eases your worries :)

The hospital waiting room was crowded with a bunch of uniformed officers, waiting anxiously for any news on what was going on with Andy.

Sam sat with Oliver, exhausted, but not even thinking about sleep until he knew that Andy was going to be okay.

"How'd you know where we were?" Sam asked Oliver.

"Andy called before you guys left, said to be at the pier because you were going to try and take down Lawton by yourself. What were you thinking Sammy?" Oliver reprimanded lightly. He knew his friend was eating himself up about what happened to Andy and he didn't want to make it worse.

"I don't know, I don't know," Sam said, rubbing at his face, frustrated and tired.

"Hey, it's not your fault," Oliver tried to point out, but he knew that Sam wouldn't listen.

"Yes it is, I can't believe I was so stupid," he said, ramming his fist into the wall behind where he was sitting. "She had to be okay. She has to," he whispered, more to himself.

Oliver cleared his throat. "Did Andy tell you she broke off her engagement to Luke?"

Sam nodded. It seemed like a lifetime ago, but it had only been a few month.

"So…?" Oliver prodded.

"So what?" Sam said, though he knew exactly what he meant.

"Did you tell her how you felt?" Oliver said, more impatient.

"Sorry, Ollie, I don't kiss and tell," Sam managed to tease, even though the guilt of getting Andy hurt was crushing down on him.

Sam got up to go ask a doctor for the millionth time when he would be allowed to see Andy, ignoring Oliver's shouts from behind.

Traci watched as Sam stood up and walked away from Oliver's jeers. He went up to the doctor for the umpteenth time.

Traci turned to Gail, Chris, and Dov who were sitting next to her. Chris was a mess; he was good friends with Andy as well as she was.

"Hey," she whispered, leaning in. "I think there's something going on with Andy and Swarek."

"You think?" Gail said in a duh kind of voice as she examined her nails. "You could tell they had a spark as soon as they met each other."

"Yeah, I was totally surprised when she got with Luke," Dov agreed.

"I guess it would make sense. They were undercover and Andy broke off the engagement before she left," Chris pointed out.

"So she could be free to screw whoever she wanted," Gail chuckled. "Got to give her props." Dov lightly punched her on the arm. "What?" she said, feigning to be hurt.

"No, Andy caught Luke macking on Jo before she left, that's why she broke it off," Traci said, wondering if she should have told the rest of them that, if Andy wanted it to be a secret. She guessed it was better than them thinking Andy was a slut.

"You think she really slept with him?" Chris asked, but Traci quickly shushed him when she saw Sam make his way back to his seat and look at them.

Traci spotted Jerry sitting with the rest of the detectives, namely Luke, and Traci gave a small wave, which he returned. Jerry understood why Traci was mad at Luke; he screwed over her best friend, so he knew she wouldn't go over and sit with them.

So, Jerry got up and went to sit with Traci, holding her hand reassuringly. He knew Traci was worried about Andy, just like they all were.

"Come on, Andy, you've got to pull through," Traci whispered. Her eyes met Sam's again. For all our sake, she finished in her head.

"Andy? Andy, can you hear me?"

Andy opened her eyes to find a doctor in a pristine white coat, shining a light in her eyes, checking her reaction time. She heard the steady beep beep beep of the machines was hooked up to.

"She's awake. Reactions are good," the doctor stated and a neighboring nurse jotted something down on a clipboard.

She struggled to keep her eyes open. Her eyelids felt weighted down by something but she fought the darkness to stay conscious.

"Officer Swarek? You're free to come in," she heard the doctor say and Sam stepped eagerly into the room.

Andy began to breathe easier as soon as she locked eyes with Sam. As long as Sam was there, nothing could be that bad.

The doctor and nurse left to give them some privacy, and Andy respected that.

Sam hurried to her side. "Hey," he whispered, kissing her forehead.

"Hey," she whispered back. "What happened?"

He reached behind him and pulled a chair forward to sit down. He brushed the hair back from her pale forehead and stroked the top of her head with is finger. "What do you remember?"

"I was around one of the buildings. I had a perfect sight of you guys. And then…" her forehead scrunched as she tried to remember. "And then someone came up from behind me and brought me to the pier." She gasped. "What did he inject me with Sam?"

"Some sort of drug, but don't worry," Sam said, his voice and his touch instantly soothing her frayed nerves. "The doctor said that they cleared it all out of your system and you'll make a full recovery."

Andy relaxed back into the pillows. She took Sam's other hand in hers, loving the feel of his hand in hers. "That's good."

"They got Lawton back at the station. There will be a trial and with all the evidence, he could be in there 50 to life, if you count Sean's murder."

"It's still not enough," Andy sighed, and Sam smiled.

"You're right," he agreed. He suddenly turned serious, withdrawing from her grasp. "He could have killed you Andy."

"Yeah, but he didn't. I'm fine, you said so yourself." She tried not to be hurt at his sudden recoil.

"You're not listening; I could have gotten you killed!" Sam said, wanting her to see the severity of what happened.

"It's not your fault, Sam," she told him right back. "You couldn't have known that Lawton had figured us out. This isn't your fault." She wanted to go to him, gather him in her arms, but her limbs felt like lead and she couldn't move.

"It is my fault," Sam said quietly, and Andy didn't like where this was going.

"Sam?"

"I'm not putting you in danger again," he told her. "I'm so sorry." He started to walk out.

"I thought you loved me," Andy pleaded, tears in her eyes when he turned back around.

He paused. "I'm doing this because I love you," he said.

He turned and walked away from her, and it was the hardest thing he ever had to do.

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