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A Change of Scenery

Staring in awe at the shocked face in front of her, Mikaela felt the pistol release completely into her own hands. She backed up against the wall, unable to take her eyes off the man that had recently been shot. But, ironically it hadn't been her who had shot him. In fact, she soon found that the bullet didn't come from her dad's pistol at all. As Matt fell to his knees, wide-eyed and blinking, the smoking barrel of an outstretched pistol was revealed to her. A cop, by the looks of him a rookie, had just saved her life.

This rookie cop's name was Adam Gannon, and he was indeed more than a little uneasy about using his gun for the first time on a real person. The department had been unusually busy that night, otherwise he would not have been sent to the house, and since he was the first to arrive, he was the first to act. He shot the suspect, who was obviously attacking this girl, in the left butt cheek. A classic way to disable someone. The girl looked horrified, so he thought he might explain what was going on. "I'm Officer Gannon." he said, but before he could finish, his fellow Officers came in and took it from there. "We're going to get this man into custody." one said, before another one added, "You might need to attend a trial for him." Gannon was pushed aside as the others took care of the man, and started questioning the girl. He was left to twiddle his thumbs. A good ways to the side, though, he noticed a boy who was at first glance unconscious. He knelt down to him and checked his breathing, affirmative! The boy's eyes were slightly open, and he seemed to be trying to look around, trying to wake up. "I think this one might be drugged." Gannon said to the others, who briefly glanced over at the boy. "You should take him to the hospital." the senior officer said after a second of silence. And with that, Officer Gannon scooped up the boy and headed out the door.

Being only 21 years old, Adam had never really been in a situation like this. He was pretty new to the force, and this was actually the first time he had seen any 'action'. He usually stayed at the Police Department. Adam placed the boy in the passenger seat of the car, then walked around to the driver's side. Then, after starting up the car, he pulled out of the driveway and headed towards the hospital. It wasn't that far away. Maybe thirty minutes if he drove the speed limit. Of course, he could turn his siren on. Then he'd be there in twenty. But to his surprise, the boy actually woke up, bot five minutes after he'd left the house.

"Where am I?" Sam said looking around and slowly becoming coherent. He realized, before being told, that he was in a car. "You're safe." a firm but gentle voice beside him informed, "I'm taking you to the hospital. What is your name?" Sam glanced over to the figure beside him, and immediately felt safe. It was a police man, maybe in his early twenties, and by the look of it Sam thought he must work out. The officer had two strong arms, with his hands planted firmly on the steering wheel. He wore a rather tight uniform that really showed off his body. There was no denying that this guy was hot! "Uh, I'm Sam Witwicky." he stammered out, "Who are you?" The man glanced over at him very quickly before saying, "My name is Adam Gannon." Sam thought this was just a little weird. Most policemen would introduce themselves as Officer whatever, right? They usually didn't give their first name. But aside from that, Sam was beginning to wonder how he got here in the first place. And wait, what had happened with Matt? Who had called the cops? "So what happened?" Sam said after a long and uncomfortable pause.

Adam looked again at the stunningly attractive teenager beside him. He hoped he didn't sound weird by giving his full name instead of the officer crap. He never really liked being called Officer Gannon. It just seemed a little too formal. And for some reason he wanted this kid to call him by his first name. The sight of who he now knew to be Sam Witwicky had caught him off guard. There was just something in his eyes that took his breath away. It wasn't exactly love at first sight, more like love at first conversation. But he was getting ahead of himself. What were the odds that Sam was gay too?

"Well, we caught the man who was in your house." he responded, shaking the daydream out of his head. "He was wrestling a gun from the girl." Sam's head jerked over and he seemed very surprised, "What girl?" he said thinking of all the girls that could have gone into the house. "What did she look like?" Adam gave a little laugh at Sam's reaction, not allowing himself a full laugh because in situations like these, laughing was mostly unofficially prohibited. "Umm, she had long dark hair-" he started but was interrupted, "What was Mikaela doing in my house?" the boy next to him was intently staring at him. "Hey, come to think of it I think I heard her say that Mikaela was her name." Sam seemed to work things out in his head before saying, "She must have called the cops, Matt was trying to-" he stopped short. Adam knew it must have been hard for him to say. "Trying to what?" he said, coaxing the information out of him.

"He was trying to have sex with me." Sam mumbled, albeit loud enough for Adam to hear. "Oh, well you have nothing to be embarrassed about. It wasn't your fault." Adam wanted Sam to feel comfortable around him, and he did seem to open up after that. "Hes been kinda stalking me for the past couple days." Sam was talking normally, comfortably, "Tonight he held me down and made me drink something. It made me dizzy and I fell down the stairs trying to get away." Adam felt so sorry for Sam, but he could understand why Sam would attract a stalker. There was just something about Sam that drove him crazy. He said the only thing that came to mind, "Well, he's gone. You're safe with me."

That last bit drove everything home. Sam wasn't quite sure why Adam had said it, but it made him feel safer than ever. Almost like the man planned on being with him for a while, and Sam had to admit, he could really get used to being around this guy. He was nice, good looking, young, and had a great body. He was almost like Matt, except without all the crazy. Sam had thought, on more than one occasion, that maybe if Matt hadn't come on so strongly, he might have liked him. But here was a new guy, and if Sam wasn't mistaken, the guy was dropping subtle hints. He may not have been doing so on purpose, but he definitely seemed to want more than an hour's acquaintance with Sam, and this time, Sam was more than flattered.

After another minute of driving in silence, the pulled into the parking lot of the hospital. Adam shut off the car and opened his door, walking around to the other side of the car. But Sam had already opened his door and was losing his balance while trying to get out. "I gotcha!" Adam said running around and reaching him just in time. Sam wrapped his arms around Adam's shoulders while Adam hooked his forearms under Sam's arms. Sam gazed up into Adam's eyes, realizing that Adam was pretty tall too. Maybe like six foot three or so. They stood for a couple moments, neither of them willing to look away, and then, though neither of them knew why, Sam brought his head up just enough for Adam to seal the deal. In one of the most confusing and passionate moments in Sam's life, Adam pressed their lips together. In that moment, all the aches, pains, and stresses of their lives just didn't seem to matter.