Andy woke at the sound of her alarm and rolled over; Sam was nowhere to be seen. She climbed out of the bed and pulled on his shirt that lay on the floor and walked to the door "Sam?" she called down the stairs.
"In the kitchen babe!" he called back scrambling to put all the notes away he'd taken from his laptop.
Andy walked down the stairs and into the kitchen "hey" she said sitting beside him "you up long?"
"Nope, about half an hour." Sam lied, he hadn't been asleep. He got up and poured them both some coffee.
"Thank you" Andy said and took the cup from him. "I have to pick up Sophie at nine; do you want to come with me?"
"I was thinking about staying here and getting the spare room ready for her."
"You're letting her stay here?" Andy asked impressed.
"Well yeah, you said she was staying with you, you're staying with me, so yeah she's staying here."
"Sam, I didn't mean she was staying here, I can take her to a motel or something. You don't have to do this." Andy replied.
"I don't mind, besides is there any point wasting money on a motel? You'll be sleeping in with me and she can have that spare room, makes sense."
Andy got up and wrapped her arms around his neck. "You really are a great guy, you know that?"
"Of course I do, I'm awesome." Sam replied pulling her closer." I'm just kidding Andy; you guys have nowhere to go with both your houses being on fire and all."
Andy leaned up and kissed him. She giggled as he lifted her up and sat her on the counter-top. She shrieked as her butt touched the cold marble. "Sam! That is freezing."
"Well if you had of put on some clothes we wouldn't be in this situation now would we?" he asked before crashing his lips down on hers.
"We don't have time" Andy mumbled in-between kisses. "Jamie will be here in like twenty minutes."
"I better stop then" Sam mumbled back as he placed kisses on her neck while sliding his hands up along her thighs.
"Yeah you better" Andy sighed. She had closed her eyes and leaned her head back. Sam stopped his movements Andy opened her eyes. He was looking at her with a smirk "what?"
"Nothing" he replied and slipped his fingers inside her.
Andy jerked her head back and moaned. She grabbed a fist full of his shirt and pulled him too her, kissing him hard. She juggled her hips closer to him and wrapped her legs around him. She slipped her hand inside his pants and took his cock in her hand she began to slide her hand up and down. "Take me to the bedroom" she whispered in his ear.
Sam lifted her off the counter and walked with her on his hips to the stairs; he leaned her against the wall and kissed her softly for a minute. He was just about to take the rest of the steps when the buzzer for the door went. He groaned and put her down "I'll kill whoever that is."
Andy giggled "just get rid of them" she said and ran up the stairs.
Sam pulled his door open reminding himself to hid his lower half. "What are you doing here?" he asked the person on the other side.
"I'm here to take Andy to get Sophie." Jamie answered confused "she did say half eight didn't she?" he asked looking at his watch.
"Yes she did, but it's only eight now." Sam replied.
Jamie pulled out his phone and checked the clock on it "eight twenty-five by me."
Sam looked at his own watch then the clock on the wall "so it is, Andy's phone must be wrong. Uh wait in the kitchen, she just got up. Coffees ready help yourself" Sam took the stairs two at a time. "Andy" he growled as he entered the bedroom.
"What?" She asked sitting up.
"It's eight- thirty, your phone is wrong. Your cousin is waiting down stairs for you."
Andy looked at the bedside clock then her watch "oh, I don't know how that happened, actually I do, I dropped it at the hospital yesterday. Guess I didn't set it back properly, sorry" she said quietly.
Sam groaned and sat on the bed beside her. "You better get dressed." He grumbled.
Andy got off the bed and went to the door." Jamie! I'm just going to take a quick shower! I won't be long!" Andy yelled down.
"Okay! Take your time!" He yelled back.
"Now where were we?" Andy smirked and slid back onto the bed.
"Andy, I am not having sex with you while your cousin is waiting downstairs for you." Sam chuckled.
Andy slid over to him and slipped her hand inside his boxers. "You afraid of being caught?" she asked saucily.
"It's my house Andy; I'd bang you on the kitchen table in front of him if I wanted to. Stop that" Sam said but didn't make a move to pull her hand away. He moaned and lay back on the bed.
"Do you still want me to stop?" Andy whispered in his ear.
"Well since you've started" Sam said slipping his hand around her neck, he pulled her down and kissed her, moaning into her mouth as she moved faster. "Fuck Andy, you really know how to start a guy off with a great day." He moaned, he was close. He grabbed her and pulled her in for a kiss just as he came.
Andy sighed into his mouth. Now I really have to go." She gave him a few kisses and began pulling on clothes. Sam sat watching her. When she was dressed and ready she walked back and kissed him again "I'll see you later I was going to take Soph out for something to eat, I'll call when we're on the way."
"Okay babe, have fun." Sam replied as he headed in for a shower.
"Hey" Andy called as she walked into the kitchen." Sorry I'm late my clock was wrong."
"That's okay" Jamie replied from the table "I'm in no hurry; I have the night shift tonight."
"Okay, when you're finished your coffee we can go." Andy smiled and sat beside him.
Jamie smiled and his attention was back out the window where it was before she came down, a maroon SVU had being sitting there since he did a drive by last night to make sure she was okay. "Andy can I use the bathroom before we go?" he asked.
"Yeah sure, second door on the right up the stairs." Andy said not looking up from her phone.
"Be back in a sec." Jamie said, he left the kitchen and hurried up the stairs. "Sam!" He hissed in a whisper "Sam!" He jumped when a door opened and Sam stepped out. "There you are, listen there's a car outside watching the place, I'm guessing its Marcello's guys, just thought I'd let you know in case they try coming in or something."
"What?" Sam walked to his bedroom window and looked down onto the street. He spotted it straight away. "They're here for her." He growled.
Jamie stopped beside him and looked down too. "She'll be fine with me Sam I have my gun."
"Okay" Sam sighed. "Give me your number and I'll call you if they follow you." Jamie quickly typed his number into Sam's phone. "She said she was going to take Sophie out for lunch, you go with them. If she says no stay near her, just don't let them out of your sight. I'll call and check in with you later."
"I better go, I told Andy I was using the bathroom. Don't worry, I got this, she'll be safe."
At the bottom of the stairs Andy had heard everything, she walked back to the kitchen and looked out the window. As Jamie said there was a car sitting with two guys watching the house like hawks. She grabbed her gun from her bag and checked she had bullets in it, noting it was full she put it in the back of her waistband and pulled her jacket over it.
Jamie and Sam had entered the kitchen. Andy put on a smile though her heart was beating faster "Ready?" She asked Jamie.
"When you are" he replied looking over her shoulder at the car.
Andy saw what he was doing and wanted to yell, if he knew Sam knew too. Why were they keeping this from her? It was after all her they wanted. To save and argument she grabbed her purse and walked to Sam. "I'll call you in a while" she leaned up and kissed him quickly. "Bye" she called as she followed Jamie out to his car.
Sam watched from his living room as they pulled out from behind his truck. He hurried to the side window and sure enough two seconds later the other car pulled out from its spot. He pulled out his phone and called Jamie. "You got tail" was all he said and hung up.
Jamie was a block down when he got a call; SS came up on his screen he answered" hey, okay, yeah I know, okay I'll see what I can do." He hung up and placed the phone on the seat beside him.
Andy quickly looked at his phone the light was still on she tilted her head to read the screen 'call ended from SS' was what she got before the keypad locked. She gritted her teeth and looked in the side mirror this has to be about the car. She spotted it straight away. "They're following us" she said calmly.
Jamie looked at her quickly, back to the road, then her again. "How did you know they were following us?"
"You and Sam might think I am, but I am not stupid. That car has being following me for the last week."
"Andy you gotta understand-"
"I don't need to understand anything Jamie; it's me they want, me they are following. I am a cop I can handle myself."
"I know you can."
"Is this why you're really back? Because of all this? Because of Marcello?" Andy asked Angrily.
"No Andy it's not I told you why I was back."
"Don't give me that crap I spoke to Esther last night, she told me you guys broke up three months ago. What the hell is going on Jamie?"
Jamie pulled into the hospital "look now is not the time, when we pick Sophie we'll go for lunch or something and then I'll tell you everything."
Fine Andy huffed and climbed out of the car. She walked quickly through the entrance glancing around. The car had pulled in outside the hospital grounds watching her. She shook it off and went into the elevator. When they got to Sophie's room she was greeted by Officer Jenkins gathering up his stuff. "Where's Sophie?" Andy asked alarmed.
"Oh hey, her sister just left with her." Officer Jenkins replied.
Panic began to set in "she doesn't have a sister!" Andy yelled "how long ago did they leave."
"About two minutes ago, just before you walked in. I'll call it in, I'm sorry she said she was her sister and Ms Dunlop said she was."
Andy darted out of the room, skipping the elevator she took the stairs two at a time. When she got to the ground floor she immediately spotted Sophie. She saw a woman she'd never seen before holding onto her. She pulled her gun and ran after them. "Police! don't move!" she yelled pointing her gun at the woman. Everyone began screaming and running away from them. " Down on the ground!" Andy yelled. The woman didn't move "I said down the ground!" she yelled again moving closer.
The woman whipped round pulling Sophie with her, she had a gun pointed in her back "back off!" she yelled at Andy.
"This is 27-19 requesting back up at St Mike's hospital, we got a hostage situation." Andy turned quickly to see Jenkins and Jamie pointing their guns at the woman.
"I'm sorry Andy" Sophie sobbed.
"It's okay Soph, I'm here and I'm not going anywhere." Andy said calmly taking a step forward.
"I said back off!" the woman screamed and pointed her gun at Andy.
"Okay" Andy held her hands up "let's just all relax" she motioned for Jenkins and Jamie to lower their guns. "We can talk about this."
"No we can't" the woman yelled, her eyes began darting all over the place.
"Why don't you tell me your name?" Andy said.
The woman looked back at Andy "what do you care?" she spat.
"Because I know you don't want to do this." Andy answered.
The woman snorted "how original, what else do you know?" The woman laughed.
"Well, I know you're Donna Marcello, twenty-one, goes to Kempton University. I know your father put you up to this." Andy took a step forward. "Donna, this is not the way to go, would you rather end up behind bars and ruin your life?" Andy asked softly.
Tears welled up in Donna's eyes "my life is already ruined; I have never known my father outside of prison. He missed everything in my life because of this bitch here" she grabbed Sophie and turned the gun back on her. "Her and her two stupid friends put my dad behind bars for life; I know he didn't do something like that."
Andy decided it was no or never she needed Sophie away from her "Donna?" When she looked at Andy she continued. "I'm Andy; I'm one of her friends. I was there that night, I saw him."
Donna turned her gun back on Andy "you were there? You did this to my family?"
"We were kids Donna; he came in and shot four people, two of them our friends. We lost something too that night." Donna's hand fell to her side and she dropped her head. Andy took her chance "Sophie, walk slowly to me."
Jamie had slipped off to call Sam. "You need to get down here fast." He said as soon as he answered
"What's going on?" Sam asked panicked.
"Well when we got here Sophie wasn't in her room. Some girl had told the officer on the door she was he sister and he let her in, now she's waving a gun around, Andy's trying to talk her down."
"What!" Sam yelled "is she crazy? She has no weapon, no vest."
Before Jamie could reply Sam heard a shot "Andy!" Jamie yelled and dropped his phone, the sound of one more shot went off and then silence.
Sam was already in his truck speeding down the street "please let her be okay" he said pushing on the gas to go faster.
A few minutes before.
Andy saw Jamie out of the corner of her moving away and pulling out his phone. She focused on Sophie "that's it nice and slow." When Sophie was in arms reach Andy grabbed her and pulled her behind her. She grabbed her gun again and pointed it at Donna. She motioned for Jenkins to go and cuff her. "Donna Marcello, you are under arrest for attempted kidnapping, possession of a weapon and endangering the lives of civilians and three police officers. You have the right to remain silent; anything you say can be used against you. You have the right to an att-" Andy was cut off.
"No, this is not going down like this." Donna pulled her gun back up quickly and fired at Andy.
Jamie came out of nowhere and fired at Donna hitting her in the arm. Donna fired again and missed him. He took another shot and just missed her, by then Jenkins had wrestled her to the ground and took the gun off her. Jamie turned to find Andy and was met with Sophie crying hysterically shaking her. He ran and dived to his knees, shoving Sophie out of the way "Andy!" He cried "come on Andy, open your eyes." Jamie felt her pulse. "She's breathing; we need some help over here"! He yelled.
Sam came barrelling into the hospital gun at the ready. He froze when he saw Jamie yelling leaning over Andy who was sprawled out lifeless on the floor. "Andy!" He yelled and ran to her. He pulled Jamie off her "Come on baby, wake up, open your eyes for me." Sam sighed in relief when her eyes flew open and she rolled on her side "God damn it Andy you scared the crap out of me" he said and pulled her into him. He began checking to see if the bullet had hit her anywhere.
"Sam stop I'm fine" Andy sat up and pulled her shirt open revealing a vest. "It's stuck in the vest I'm fine."
Sam chuckled "I should have known."
"I'm not that stupid." Andy leaned up and kissed him.
Jamie stood looking at her with disbelief "you could have told me you had that thing on you."
Andy pulled herself up off the ground. "And ruin the fun and I'm sure you" Andy pulled his shirt up revealing another vest "think exactly the same way I do."
Jamie chuckled and pulled her into a hug "I'm glad you're okay."
"I am too, alright let's get Sophie home." Andy stepped away from Jamie and moved to Sophie "I told you I wouldn't let anything happen to you."
"Thank you Andy" Sophie pulled her into a hug. "Where are we staying?"
"Well my house was on fire too so Sam kindly took us both in." Andy smiled and turned to Sam "isn't that right babe?"
Sam walked over and slung his arm around her shoulder. "Yeah sure is, spare room is all ready for you guys."
"Guys? Who else is staying?" Andy asked.
"Me" Amy said from behind them.
"Amy, where have you been?" Andy asked pulling her into a hug.
"That was me." Sam cut in "I called her she was away at a wedding and I told her to come straight to my place when she got back."
"Yeah turns out my house was rigged too."
"So we're all having a sleep over at Sam's" Andy teased. The she turned back to him "rigged?"
Sam's eye widened he had never told her that her house was rigged to blow "Okay, let's get everyone home. Jamie? Can you take the two girls to my house?"
"No problem Sam we'll be right behind you. Ladies" Jamie gestured for them to follow him.
The drive home was in silences Sam kept shooting glances at Andy she was rubbing her chest and pulling faces. "Are you really okay?"
"I'm just a bit sore, I'll be fine." Sam pulled into the side of the road. "Sam, what are you doing?"
"Show me" he said unbuckling her belt.
Andy un- buttoned the first few buttons on her shirt and pulled it back. Her chest supported a dark ugly bruise. "It's not that bad." She said when Sam didn't say anything.
Sam ran his fingers lightly over the mark "it could have been worse" he said shakily. "If you hadn't of worn that vest we wouldn't be here right now."
"Hey" Andy grabbed his hand "I'm here see I'm fine."
Sam ran his fingers along the side of her face "I love you." He said. Andy sat frozen in her seat." I know this is so soon but I thought I'd lost you back there. I know you're not ready for us to get that serious and I'm not trying to freak you out but I do and I can't help."
Andy grabbed his shirt and pulled him to her "you're sexy when you ramble" she whispered before crashing her lips to his. After she pulled back she found herself on his lap, the wheel digging into her back. "I'm not freaked out I love you too Sam, have for a very long time."