Here is chapter 2...let me know what you think.
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Andy quickly found Luke, she handed him his beer and said she had one more hostess duty to perform and she would be back in a minute. He said he would mingle in her absent. Yeah, I bet you will. She thought walking away.
She wasn't about to leave here without trying to talk to him again. She looked all over the house. She didn't want anyone to know she was looking for him, so she did not ask anyone if they had seen him.
After checking every room she finally found herself back by the door to the garage. She peeked in, the light was off she didn't see anyone at first. She heard a scraping sound. She stepped down the stairs and there was Sam, standing in the doorway of the exit to the backyard. She would have missed him if she simply just looked in the garage.
She approached him, "What do you want, McNally?" she missed a step. How did he know it was her? She thought.
"I can't leave like this," she said. "I need to tell you something and I need you to be my friend right now."
She sounded like she was on the verge of tears. Here we go again, he thought. Damn! "What's wrong, McNally?" he asked.
"Something really terrible just happened and I don't know what to do…"
"Don't put more into it than that, it was just a kiss." He said.
"That's not what I meant!" It was pretty obvious he wasn't going to be any help to her now. "God I hate it when you get like this. You make it impossible to talk to you!" She was standing just behind him; he wouldn't look at her.
"Well McNally, why do I get like this, don't you ever wonder?" He looked back at her, "I am sick of being yanked around by you; you want to be my friend right now? Then just get the hell out of here and take him with you, before I do something I'll regret."
"Oh?" she asked daringly, "like what? What are you going to do to me Sam?" She stood her ground, he would never hurt her, she knew that much. This was more important than Luke and his cheating; that could wait. She wasn't going to let this go, she spent way too much time in the past letting what they had between them go.
"Don't push me." He growled at her, every inch of his body stiff with tension.
"Why? What are you going to do?" She hoped, wished he would reach out and grab her, kiss her, anything. When he didn't; she continued on. "I see, well when this is all said and done I'm coming after you and I will push and push you." She said pointing her finger at him. "You will tell me what I need to know then, that I promise you." She turned on her heel and walked away.
His mouth dropped open, for the first time he couldn't think of anything to say. What the hell was she talking about? He closed his eyes and groaned in frustration. Damn that woman, he thought as he started to follow her.
Staying a distance behind, he watched her walk into the living room; he stayed back in the doorway. She talked to Luke for less than a moment and he rubbed her arm and walked out.
She turned, somehow knowing Sam was standing there. She looked at him for a moment, she held his gaze for what seemed forever before she turned and left.
Sam just stood there, she was screwing him up so bad he just couldn't think straight anymore. The way she looked at him almost made him follow her out the door. He went into the kitchen instead and poured himself a shot. It may be after midnight but this party didn't look like it was over yet.
Andy left Sam in the garage. He wasn't in any frame of mind right now to listen to her. Could she really blame him? Not more than twenty minutes ago she was all over him. She was disgusted with herself, trying to push him into grabbing her and kissing her just now.
Am I crazy? I just find out that my boyfriend is cheating on me and I'm more worried about how Sam is feeling? Then I'm standing there practically begging him to kiss me? Why did I run to him as soon as I found out about Luke? Why didn't I tell him about Luke? I went there to ask for advice, or something, I just don't know. Maybe this was catalyst I needed, maybe Luke was never right for me?
She was shocked when she first heard about Luke but now after what Sam had said, what she felt standing there. How desperate she realized she was for him, Luke's apparent disloyalty just felt like…what? Did she deserve it? Had she already given up on the situation and this was just the last act in their relationship?
What relationship, she thought. We have been roommates for months now. Sam was the one who has been there, he always there. Well until now, now it seems like he's given up.
Not wanting to cause a scene at Sam's house and certainly not wanting to air her dirty laundry in public she smiled when she reached Luke. "I'm so tired," she said, "I know you just got here but do you mind if we leave?"
"Sure," he said rubbing her arm, "you look beat, lets go." Luke started to move through the crown on his way out.
Andy knew he was there, she always knew when he was there. Maybe that's why he knew she was in the garage, because he always felt her presence too. She turned; he stood in the doorway looking at her. She stood for a moment, trying to tell him with her eyes what she couldn't tell him with her lips. She still wanted him, only him.
She turned and left. She caught up with Luke at his car. He opened the door for her; she got in. He walked around the car and got in himself. He went to put the keys in the ignition but stopped and looked at her, "You alright?" he asked.
"Yes, I'm fine." She said. She needed time to think before she laid out all the information she recently heard. She also needed more time to think about Sam. She wanted to be back there right now she much she just wanted to scream his name.
She didn't know what to do once they got home. She could call Traci or her father. Her father would come and get her but she didn't want to involve him. Traci was with Jerry tonight; at least that's what it looked like. And she felt uncomfortable with Jerry knowing her personal problems.
That's when she decided that she would wait until morning.
They got back to their house, his house. She was so glad when they walked in and he said he had work to do. When they moved in he took the downstairs den and turned it into a home office. That was his domain; she never interfered when he was in there. Now she wondered about all that time he spent in there.
She said okay, she was tired and going to bed. She went up the stairs and left him to his work. She changed into her night clothes and waited for a few minutes before sneaking back down again. Quietly she stepped closer to the door, she could hear him speaking softly.
"No I didn't get a chance, she was tired and went to bed." He whispered.
"I know what I said, I just haven't found the right time yet."
"Of course I care about you, I told you that already…yes, yes I know. Look Viv you've got to be patient all right? I have to be fair to her…"
"Don't say that…"
"Don't threaten me, if you say anything to her and hurt her I'll…"
"Look I told you, I love you, okay? Just give me some more time."
"I know, okay, I love you. Bye."
Andy walked into the den; she didn't doubt what she heard earlier. Things had already started to fall into place. But now? There was no other conclusion.
Luke jumped when she entered the room. "Andy, you're still up? I thought you went to bed."
"Obviously." She said.
"Wha…what do you mean?" he asked looking so guilty.
"Luke I heard your conversation, well at least your end of the conversation." She said quietly.
"Then why aren't you screaming at me?" His face had turned red.
"Why? What good would it do? You have found somebody else…I already heard about Vivian at the party tonight, who is she?"
"Who told you?" she remained quiet. "Andy? Please understand…"
"Luke who is she?" she was insistent.
"She's a detective out of the 12, we've known each other since we were rookies together." Luke couldn't quite grasp Andy's mood. She was so calm, he couldn't quite figure out why…until.
"Oh I get it, its Swarek." He said.
"What are you talking about?" she questioned.
"I couldn't figure out why you are handling this so mildly, now I know. It's Sam isn't it? Finally ready to admit you have feelings for him?" This discussion was not how each other had imagined.
"Don't bring Sam into this Luke, I didn't cheat with him, you did cheat with her." Ok so I thought about it, was going to…he doesn't need to know that.
"So what now, Andy?" he asked.
"Well you can call her back and tell her that in the morning I'll be packing up my stuff and leaving. She can have you." She said numbly.
"Should I call Sam too?" Luke said getting aggravated at her calm.
"Luke lets be reasonable about this, I just caught you cheating on me. Don't throw Sam in my face and for your good, I wouldn't approach him any time soon either. Tomorrow morning I'll call Traci so I would appreciate if you were not here when she gets here." She turned and walked back up the stairs. She almost wished she could cry about this, instead she felt free.
This was a very hard chapter to write. I know that Luke was cheating...but wasn't Andy going to too? In my mind they had already given up on each other. Let me know what you think.