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After he left, she couldn't process what had just happened. Her heart was racing, eyes watering, mind now covered in a fog, she couldn't think straight, what the hell just happened? She thought.
Prior to her opening her front door, she was content with her life. She was going to marry the good guy, the stable one, the detective, as apposed to Sam who was the bad ass, the UC guy, the too-cool-to-talk-about- his feelings, well until tonight when he decided to show up and throw a huge curve ball in her plans, he told her, well almost told her he loved her, before she cut him off.
What worried her the most was that she was feeling all these feelings as he told her, she knew if she was really happy with Luke she would of brushed off Sam's word, but they stuck with her like sand on wet skin, she couldn't get them out of her mind, I couldn't just let you walk down the isle without telling you.
His words echoed in her ears, she realized that there was something there, one his end and hers, it was a sexual tension they felt at first but then it grew into something more, it grew into a comfort, he got comfortable enough to protect her at ever time of need and she got comfortable having his protection, knowing he was and would probably always be there to help her, guide her, keep her safe, even when Luke was around she felt safer with Sam.
After she shot killed that guy, she ran to Sam, not because Luke wasn't there but because he didn't make her feel safe, so, yes she went to Sam's doorstep the night of the blackout, shoved him against the wall and attacked his mouth.
Those moments were filled with so much passion and need, she needed him, she needed him to be close to her, but then the power came back, the lights turned on and she realized that she was still with Luke, and cheating wasn't far to him or Sam, so she left.
She tried to address it the next day, but he seemed so standoffish towards her, like it was awkward now because he got what he wanted from her, well he almost did, almost. Like he said 'it was what it was', she tried to fight him on it but he seemed pretty convinced that it was just a moment in time, a lapse in judgement fueled by high emotions and a blackout.
And now here she was the night before her wedding, questioning the most important decision of her life. I don't know if I can marry him, she thought, this was the first time since the blackout she had doubt her ability to make a choice like this. After the blackout she made a commitment to herself that she was going to put all of her energy into her relationship with Luke, but now she was starting to realize maybe she was only doing that to fight her feelings for Sam.. "I can't marry him." She said quietly under her breath
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She grab her set of keys to Luke's car and walked out the door, she needed to talk to him, let him know what's going on, before she knew it she was at the front desk of the hotel asking for his room number.
Knocking on his door, she thought she'd feel the need to run, get the hell out of there, but she actually felt calm, relaxed. "If it's room service I didn't order anything, you've got the wrong room", he yelled through the door. She knocked again.
He opened the door, repeating himself again, "I didn't order anything," his eyes widened when he saw her, "Andy?! What are you doing here, it's bad luck for the groom to see the bride before the wedding." He backed up, and as she enter the room.
He was happy to see her but he knew something was wrong because she was 99% of the reason he had to get this hotel room.
"Luke, we uhh we need to talk." She said, sitting on the edge of the bed. It was awkward at first, like they each were waiting for the other one to start. "Sam, stopped by and told me some stuff and I just needed to see you and tell you what he said..." She trailed off, and looked down at her feet that dangled over the edge of the bed.
"And what did our buddy, pal Swarek have to say?" He said through his teeth, Sam and Luke never got along and when Andy came into the picture it only got worse, he thought Sam was a cocky beat cop who couldn't make any real relationship work because he was always leaving to go under, and Sam thought Luke was a self righteous prick, who wanted to be the golden boy detective, and please everyone.
"He uhh, he told me that I couldn't marry you, along with other things," she wanted to keep what Sam told her about his feelings, private, just between them.
Luke laughed, "Oh yeah and why is that exactly?" He crossed his arms as he leaned against the wall.
"That's not why I'm here, I'm here because after he said that I started to think, think that maybe we shouldn't, you know get married, I started to question how I felt, and I know that's terrible to say but you need to know, you have a right to know because you don't deserve to go into a marriage with someone who's unsure of their feelings toward you."
For the first time in a long time she decided to forget about what she should do, and decided to follow her heart, and her heart wasn't fully with Luke, but she cared about him enough to not let him go into a marriage with someone who wasn't all in.
"So wait, Swarek showed up at your doorstep this late at night on the night before our wedding, and told you not to marry me for no concrete reason? Just that you shouldn't do it, so then you decided to come here and tell me you can't marry me?!"
She could tell he was more angry than hurt, it was always a weird competition between the two of them quietly battling over anything and everything.
"Are you two sleeping together?!" Luke exclaimed, "Because I choice to believe Swarek when he told me that you shut up the night of the blackout, he said that he tried and you shut him down because you really cared about me, I guess that was just a bunch of ass covering bullshit?!"
Luke was more angry that Sam was ruining his chance at finally getting Andy, he was losing.
"Sam told you what?" She asked, she was so confused why was Sam doing everything in his power to push Luke and her together, taking all the blame for the blackout when it was clearly all her doing, she went to his house, she threw him against the wall, he didn't do anything except turn off all the noise after the lights came back on.
"Well it doesn't really matter what he said to me does it because he won, he got into your head and you don't want to do this, us. You don't want to marry me so maybe you should leave, just run like you always do." Luke had never yelled at her but in this moment he was and Andy knew he had every right to.
It felt like deja vu, Luke was asking her to leave after she was honest with him, just like she did to Sam. "Luke the last thing I ever wanted to do was hurt you, and I know it doesn't really help with what you're feeling but I'm so sorry," She gentle slid the ring off her finger and placed by her on the bed, rose to her feet and left.
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