Disclaimer: See Prologue.

A.N. Very short chapter without McSwarek at all but I felt it was necessary. Also, Deena mentioned in last chapter was from 2.06 - thank you to dcj for pointing it out, sometimes I pull things from other episodes and don't think to explain myself.

I don't particularly like this chapter which is why it is going up tonight (even though I said probably Sunday) and hopefully I will have another chapter posted at some point tomorrow.

Enjoy!

Day Two – Frank and Noelle:

Frank was climbing into the passenger seat of the car when his phone rang. After Noelle's transfer to Twenty-Second Division and their marriage, they decided it would save money if they only had one car. Once at work, they both drove cruisers anyway.

Since their house was within Fifteenth's lines, Noelle normally dropped him off and picked him up.

"It's the hospital" he said to her as he closed the door and answered "Best".

"Sergeant, its Doctor Langser."

Frank recognized the name as a night shift doctor assigned to Sam. "Is Sam okay?"

The doctor sighed. "He looks fine. I'm just concerned because I keep all the rooms a specific way and a chair was moved in Officer Swarek's room. I don't want to go in if you think it is a problem but I also didn't want to contact hospital security until I reached you."

Frank cursed. "Don't contact security. I'll be there soon. You did the right thing by calling me. Just have everyone stay out of the room." He hung up.

"Is Sam okay?"

"I think so. Someone snuck into his room."

"Bet it was Andy."

"You won't find me betting against you. Do you want to stop at home and then I'll go or you coming with?"

Noelle turned left, towards the hospital. "With, Sam's a friend." She drove in silence for a minute and then said "can you call your sister and tell her we'll be late?" Frank's sister was living by them while she attended college and the deal was she watched their little girl most nights while Frank and Noelle finished shift. It was only because it was Sam and the odds were very high that her daughter was asleep that she agreed to go but she would never tell her husband that.

When they got to the hospital, they flashed their badges and were waved through security. They took the elevator to the I.C.U.

Doctor Langser met them outside Sam's room. "See the chair?" He pointed to it. "I always have the nurses move it to the corner at night because sometimes interns come in to shadow me and I like to give them room to move around."

Frank and Noelle nodded and then Frank said "give us a minute?"

The doctor nodded. "I'll be back in five and I'd like to check his vitals and know if I should be calling security."

Noelle entered first. As she approached Sam's bed she sniffed and said "I was right."

Frank rolled his eyes. "How can you know already?"

Noelle smiled. "Stop and smell."

Sure enough, Frank recognized the scent of Andy's perfume. He followed his wife to Sam's side.

"Look Frank" Noelle whispered, pointing to Sam's face. He saw the tearstains. "It couldn't have come from Sam. She tried to brush them off so the doctor wouldn't notice."

Frank nodded. "What do I say?" he asked, trying to think of how to explain the situation to the doctor.

"The bare bones of the truth."

The doctor knocked and entered. "Well?"

Frank glared at his wife and then sighed. "It is nothing to worry about. Sam's partner is undercover and came to visit."

The doctor nodded thoughtfully which make both of them realize that someone in his family was obviously part of the force. "Should this happen again…" he trailed off.

"Call me" Frank said. "I'm sorry but we'll have to check each time. Hopefully we can try to find out the dates so we have warning but you never know." If Jim knew Andy was coming, he could call Noelle or Frank and warn them.

He was ready to leave but Noelle placed a hand on his arm to stop him. "How is Sam Doctor?"

Doctor Langser examined the charts. "The first 48 hours are critical. I'm hoping he will wake up soon but some people take longer than others. It says here that he has a sister - is there any other family? Sometimes having someone sit with the patient can speed up the timetable."

Noelle and Frank looked at each other. They had already had this argument with Sarah. Frank sighed. "I know the rule is family but what about close friends. His sister has three children at home in St. Catharines." As soon as Sam was out of surgery, Sarah had gone into his room. She came out half an hour later and after their angry discussion, she told them not to contact her, she would call the doctors herself, until Andy returned. She wanted Andy pulled from the case but lost the argument. The detective from Drug Squad had informed Sarah that neither Sam nor Andy would want the case to be incomplete - they still kicked themselves for the fact that Andy had blown Sam's cover and Anton Hill was still on the loose.

Doctor Langser made a note on Sam's chart. "I'll talk to the other doctors and we'll see what we can do." As much as there were rules, this was law enforcement.

Frank and Noelle realized the conversation was over so they said goodnight to the doctor and headed home. If the answer came back as "yes", Frank knew that Jerry and Oliver would both agree to spend time with Sam.

End of Day Two...onto Day Three - I included this part to show Andy's visit didn't go unnoticed and someone will comment on it later on.

I had to add in a line about Frank and Noelle actually having a little girl after the 2.11 episode.

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