Title: Feel It Now

Rating: T

Disclaimer: I do not own any part of Rookie Blue. This is for entertainment only (and something I would love to see happen).

Pairing: Andy/Sam

Summary: With Sam gone to Guns and Gangs will Andy cope on her own?

Notes: This is my first Rookie Blue fic and it was set after 'In Plain View'. I have changed the opening a few times to fit with what was happening and I was going to change it again but I will never post it if I keep doing that. It still fits well with what is currently happening.

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Andy almost felt abandoned as she watched the taillights of Sam's car disappear. He'd dropped her back on the same corner that he'd picked her up from. In one hand she held her earpiece and the other the box containing the phone; she needed to hide the box before anyone from Vice or Oliver saw it. Andy quickly pulled her light black jacket off and wrapped it around the box.

'God it's cold!' She thought as she skipped as best she could in boots across the street to the surveillance van.

"Better now?" Oliver asked as he opened the door to the van jumping out and closing the door behind him.

"Hum. What?" Andy looked up him confused, still unable to hide the smile.

"Thought so." Oliver said as he pushed her toward the squad car; concern still clearly showing on his face. "Sammy good then?" He said a little sarcastically.

Andy just smiled and cradled the wrapped package firmly in her lap; something she knew he'd notice and wasn't sure how she was going to explain.

"Did he give you something?"

"No!" Andy knew that she answered too quickly.

"McNally." Oliver put the emphasis into her name in a low tone. "You know this was a one time thing?"

"I know." She could feel his eyes on her as he continued.

"Sam is good cop. One of the best I know, he's a dream for Guns and Gangs … he's focused, quick on his feet, reads the situation and he can take care of himself." Oliver paused for a moment. "Problem is when it comes to you he doesn't think." Oliver's eyes were flicking from the street ahead and back to Andy. "You can't see him again, and if he's been stupid enough to give you contact details or tell you where he is-"

"I know." Andy cut him off with a resigned tone realising that he was right. She was sure that Sam knew all this better than Oliver did. She also knew that she couldn't use the phone he'd given her.

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Wednesday 1:20am

Sam was careful to kept his eyes trained to the right of himself as he closed the door to his car. He wasn't sure but he thought the headlights picked someone up in the shadows as he pulled back into the ally. "Hey." Sam spoke not really knowing if anyone was there and if they were who it was.

A man a little taller than Sam but not that well built stepped out of the shadows. "Hey Nate." He said as he focused on Sam.

"Johnny." Sam said in reply. "Did we have a meeting?"

He stepped forward letting himself rest on the hood of Sam's car. "I was waiting for you to come back. I wanted to discuss a new business opportunity." Johnny explained.

Sam pushed his keys into his jeans pocket and let himself lean back on the drivers door; he wanted the time to think as he replayed Johnny's words over. 'Waiting for you to come back.' Was he here when he had Andy in the car? Or was he just waiting? What had he seen, 'nothing to see' Sam said to himself. "You should have called. It would have saved you standing around in the cold."

"I like to get a feel of how a man lives; it gives me a better sense of him … I like to see how he … comes and goes." Johnny paused flicking his eyes up to focus solely on Sam. "Who he comes and goes with."

'He'd seen Andy.' Sam pushed himself off the door of his car. "Come on up; we can talk over a beer." Sam knew that someone would have been watching him he just didn't think it would be Johnny himself. Then it hit him, what if he's seen him with Oliver? He hadn't been thinking very clearly when he'd left to meet Shaw.

The apartment wasn't much but it was better than the last one they had put him in. As far as the criminal world went he was doing ok for himself; wasn't so low down the pole this time. "Here." Sam said as he handed him a beer and dropped into the chair opposite.

"You know if you were after a bit I could have lined one up for you." Johnny took a pull of his beer before continuing. "Don't have to pick'em up off the street."

"What?" Sam let the question hang in the air to see where he would take it.

"The hooker in your car; the one you brought back here?"

"Ally looks after the new girls." Sam relaxed a little in his chair. "When I bring a new lot in it helps to have someone around that can keep them calm. Ally's good at talkin', and the more she talks the less fuss they put up."

"Less fuss?"

"Calm girls are easier to handle."

"Yeah." Johnny stood leaving his half finished beer on the small coffee table. "I find if you make an example of one … the others don't give you any problems." Johnny stopped at the door; "I'll see you at the club tomorrow at four and we can discuss that opportunity."

As the door closed behind Johnny Sam dropped his head, "Damn!" He ran his hand over his face and through his hair; he sat for a moment with his hands in his hair. Sam grabbed his beer bottle and threw it against the wall in frustration. He wanted to protect her; check that she was safe and he thought it was a good idea to bring her back here. Put her in front of people like Johnny Hail.

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The Barn – 6:10pm

"Thank god that's over." Traci looked over at Andy. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah. Just can not wait to go home and get some sleep." Andy replied as she pulled her bag from her locker.

"How did last night go?" Traci didn't know what happened last night but she knew that Oliver had spoken to Jerry and that they were both concerned. She had started to ask Jerry why everyone was so worried about a John sweep when they had both gotten distracted.

"It was fine …"

It wasn't the lack of detail in her answer although Traci did find that odd. She had been late to parade and generally quiet and nervous all day. "Andy." Traci sat on the bench next her, "Has something happened?"

"I saw Sam last night."

"What! Andy how? I mean you know you shouldn't be going anywhere near him."

"Boyd arranged it … but Traci now it worse." Andy picked up her bag and looked down at Traci. "I don't know Traci I think I am just tried and over thinking it."

"Come to the Penny; listen to Dov moan about his life … I promise it will make you feel better."

"Maybe tomorrow."

"Come on Andy, one drink then you can go hide at home."

"I'm not hiding."

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The Penny

Both Traci and Andy were laughing as Dov tried to explain how he'd ended up locked in the back of his own squad car. "What do you want?" Traci said as she got up to go to the bar.

"I'm going." Andy replied as she glanced over her shoulder at the table in the other corner. "I need sleep."

"They're here every night." Dov said as Traci left them. "Have been for almost 2 weeks now." He tipped his all but empty glass at Luke and Gail sitting in the corner together.

"Yeah well he is free to do what he wants." Andy picked up her coat and wrapped it around herself. "Turns out he did that when we lived together."

It only took a few minutes for the cab to get her from the Penny to the motel. The old brick building looked as depressed as she felt. In the last 12 months she had managed to somehow pass every test to get the job she had always wanted, find a man that she thought was safe and reliable. The reversal of fortune in the last two months had been soul crushing. Luke had turned her life on its head; he'd never meant to marry her, he couldn't be trusted and as a result she'd lost their house, her apartment and end up here in a cheap hotel room.

Andy pushed the key into the door and the light from the car park hit the small desk at the entrance to the room. The light seemed to bounce off the white box that held the phone. The phone that she knew she couldn't use, and because of that Andy thought it was best that it stay in the box where she wouldn't be temped.

Still the phone seemed to staring at her. "Screw it." Andy picked up the box and tipped out the phone. She waited a minute before holding the button down to turn it, and almost dropped as it beeped instantly and new message flashed on the screen.

Use the keys. Move out of the motel

The message was short but somehow he knew that she wouldn't take his offer without being pushed. Andy scanned the room and reached into the pocket and pulled out his keys. He also knew that she would have his keys.

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Just a short one and I should have the next on up tomorrow. I also think that they are heading for trouble; still working out who is going to be the one in trouble!