Again, thank you for all of the reviews, they are such fun to read. I know that you are all exasperated with Andy right now, but she just feels that she has to try after all Luke is a good guy isn't he?
The next day in the car, Sam was unusually silent. He had a myriad of thoughts racing through his head and they all centred on Jo, Luke and Andy. He kept picturing how those two looked at each other especially when they thought no one was looking and he would bet anything that if nothing was going on now then it would be soon. He made a mental note to ask Jerry about the couple soon.
Andy was a little concerned that Sam was not talking to her and she thought that maybe because she was trying to make things work with Luke that Sam was unhappy.
Meanwhile Jo was looking at Luke across the desk and when he looked back they engaged in a silent staring contest. She was thinking that it was time to bring out the big guns to get Luke to notice her. She returned from the washroom with a further two buttons unfastened on her shirt. She noticed Luke noticing this and smiled victoriously.
Luke took a deep breath as he was working closely with Jo. She looked breathtaking in a pale blue shirt that mirrored the blue of her eyes. There was just enough skin showing to get him hot under the collar, every time he glanced at her he tried his hardest to look away but time and time again his eyes were magnetically pulled back to her. He thought before that his heart used to race when he was close to her but now his heart felt as though it was going to jump out of his chest. He wanted nothing more than to drag her off to a private room somewhere so that he could make love to her.
The call came in that a Jane Doe had been found near the lake and Jo and Luke headed out to the scene. When they got there they ascertained that the young female was approximately 14 years old and had been sexually assaulted and strangled. Jo tightened her lips; she hated these cases and always felt that she had to catch the perp personally. They got what they could from the scene and left to follow up a few leads. They identified her within the hour and then broke the news to a distraught mother that her child was never coming home. Jo managed to hold it together until they got back to the car and then she broke down, tears blinding her as she cried for the young girl and her family.
Luke took her in his arms right away and softly brushed the hair back from her face and wiped her eyes. He stroked her hair as she put her head against his chest. She could feel his heart thundering against her cheek. He bent down and kissed her on top of her head and when she looked up at him with tear filled eyes and a vulnerable look on her face he couldn't stop himself from bending his head down closer and kissing her. It started out as a comforting, gentle kiss and slowly began to get more heated as Jo returned his caresses. Luke said nothing as he put the car into gear and drove away. They drove in complete silence to Luke's house that he shared with Andy and with silent agreement they made their way into the bedroom, shedding clothes along the way. The passion they felt together was incredible and Luke was kissing Jo as though each kiss was the last he would ever be able to give her. Jo reciprocated with everything she had. She had to make him see that she was right for him and Andy was all wrong. After they lay spent in each others arms, Luke was silent as he ran his fingers lightly along Jo's arm causing her to shiver in delight as well as giggle at the sensations he was arousing in her. She took one look at Luke's face and realised at once that he was thinking of Andy as the guilt flashed along his features.
"Luke, we are going to have to deal with this. Does she make you feel the way that I do?" questioned Jo.
"No, she doesn't but we would have a good life together, a nice life, and a safe life with no drama or uncertainties Jo."
"Well that sounds like no life; it sounds dull, boring, predictable and mind numbing. Why are you doing this to yourself? I know that I am high maintenance and that we have high drama from time to time but that is who I am and the passion you have to agree is incredible."
"I don't know, before you came along my life was set and I was going down the road I thought I wanted. Why have you come back Jo? Is this what you want? Or is this because I am happy with someone else and you want to put a stop to that."
"I don't know, I do know that I saw you with her and I flipped, she is all wrong for you, my God you look like brother and sister together instead of lovers! I want you back in my life Luke, we can make this work. I mean it I am back to stay this time."
"Let me think about it for a while, I did not expect this to happen and I have to look at the big picture."
Jo sighed and began dressing. "Fine Luke but don't take too long to think about it, c'mon we better get back to work before someone misses us.
Just as they got to the front door Luke pulled her in for a slow lingering kiss and they quickly left to head back to the station.
Andy and Sam had finally broken through the silence that had been permeating throughout the car when Sam got a text. He glanced at it quickly before sending off a quick reply.
"Who was it?" Andy enquired nosily.
"Monica she wants to meet later for a drink." Sam grunted.
Andy's heart plummeted to her toes. She argued with herself that she had no right to feel this way. She was with Luke that was what she wanted right?
She glanced over at Sam and her heart flipped over, she knew that faking it wasn't working anymore and she couldn't stand the thought of Sam being with anyone else. She didn't want him kissing or anyone else especially Monica touching her Sam. She stiffened her resolve and knew that she and Luke had another talk coming and she was determined it was going to be tonight.
"Great, McNally another shift over, I am dying to go for a drink all in all its been quite the day." Sam was desperate to get to the Penny to observe Luke and Jo in action and if he thought Luke was stepping out on Andy there was going to be trouble.
"So, will I see you at the Penny later?" Andy enquired
"Sure" Sam replied and they both headed off to get changed.
Andy met up with the other rookies and sat down after quickly glancing over to check that Sam was in his usual spot. She always felt safe when he was around not to mention the way he made every nerve end on her body tingle just to be near him. She felt free now that she had made her mind up she couldn't wait to see Luke to tell him.
Luke did not show up at the Penny so Andy headed home. When she got there, she felt that something was off; she looked around and couldn't quite put her finger on it.
"What was that strange odour?" It certainly wasn't Luke's cologne or her perfume but it definitely was perfume of some kind. She thought she recognised it as Jo's. She went into the bedroom and noticed right away that the bed was unmade and she had made it herself that morning. On closer inspection she noticed a few long blonde hairs on her side of the bed. Feeling sick to her stomach she waited on Luke to come home to confront him. While she was waiting she packed her suitcases and looked out her old apartment key, she was paid up until next month when she was just going to let her lease expire. She was glad now because she had a place to stay. There was no way she was sleeping in THAT bed tonight. She ended up sleeping on the couch and Luke did not come home that night, he did phone however and said that he had caught a break on the case and he was working all night to see it through. Andy heard the feminine giggle in the back ground and clenched her teeth.
"That's alright honey, just you take your time." She said sweetly before hanging up. She took her bags, called a taxi and was back in her apartment before 3.30a.m. She hurried into work the next morning nearly knocking Sam over in her rush.
"Hey, McNally, where's the fire?" Sam joked.
Andy smiled grimly at him and waited until the end of parade before walking past Luke when he smiled uncertainly at her. He put out a hand to stop her but Andy walked determinedly on.
"Lets get this show on the road Swarek." She called.
Sitting in the patrol car Sam was giving her extremely concerned looks as he had never seen her with this stone faced expression on her face before and she certainly wasn't talking. His face tightened at the implications and he was thinking of 1001 ways to torture Luke slowly.
Andy was thinking that there was more than one way to skin a cat and Luke was not going to know what hit him by the time that she was finished.
A/n If anyone has any good suggestions about dealing with Luke I would love to hear them