Disclaimer: Don't own Rookie Blue

A.N. Thank you to everyone who has reviewed/favorited/alerted this story and my other stories. This week has been a living nightmare for me and I honestly think that my writing is the only reason I got through it so thank you for encouraging me to continue writing.

This chapter is a little shorter than most of my chapters but I hope the next chapter will be up by the end of the weekend, if not more than one chapter (chapters 10,11, and 12 are all being edited now).

Enjoy!

An hour later, a knock sounded and four women walked in. Sam realized right away that they were nurses. They asked him to leave the room so they could move Andy. Sam lifted his hand from her hair, softly kissed her forehead, and then walked out.

Andy woke when the door shut. She realized that Sam was not with her and began to panic. She was still hooked up to the heart monitor and the monitor began beeping incessantly.

Sam was standing right outside the room (since he was supposed to be the uniform assigned to guard her). As soon as he heard the beeping, he rushed back inside. The nurses were trying to calm Andy; to no avail.

Sam touched the arm of the nurse near Andy's head. She stepped out of the way and Sam placed his hand on Andy's cheek. He bent down and whispered "sweetheart, you need to calm down". His other hand found Andy's hand and she squeezed it.

Andy's eyes found Sam's and she immediately began to calm down. By the time the doctor ran in, the monitor was beeping at the normal rate.

Dr. Blaque looked at the chart and his eyebrows shot up. "What happened?"

The nurses glanced at each other. Finally one of them spoke. "We came in, as you ordered, to move the patient. She began to panic."

Dr. Blaque looked at Andy. "What happened?"

"Sam was gone." Her simple statement told Sam that she had had a nightmare about yesterday's events. When she had woken up, she acted just like she had when they first found her. There had to be a connection. He really needed to get her statement and find out what the nightmare was about. He couldn't help her overcome her fears until he knew why she was afraid. All he knew now was that he couldn't leave her. She had an emotional trauma on top of her physical trauma and he was pretty sure the emotional trauma was somehow connected to him/his well-being.

Sam motioned to the doctor. The doctor nodded and Sam turned to Andy. "I'll be right outside. The nurses are going to move you out of the ICU." He gave her a soft kiss and whispered "I love you" before following the doctor out of the room.

The nurses moved Andy while Sam spoke to the doctor. He wanted the doctor to know about the possible nightmares. He told the doctor he would try to find out what the nightmares were about.

The doctor thanked Sam for alerting him and added it to Andy's file. As he was finishing, his pager went off. He excused himself to tend to another patient while Sam returned to Andy's side.

Sam stopped in the doorway. Andy looked so peaceful. The nurses had removed everything except for the IV. Andy must have asked them to remove the bandage on her cheek because her cheek was bare. Still, there was an inherent beauty about her, even with the long cut on her cheek.

He was brought back to earth when a soft voice asked "see something you like officer?"

Sam's eyes met Andy's. He smiled. His dimples appeared and caused Andy to smile too as she beckoned for him to come closer.

Sam approached the bed and Andy shifted, patting the spot she created next to her.

Sam shook his head. "Andy…" he didn't know how smart it was.

She looked into his eyes and he saw the tears forming. "Please Sam. I just need you to hold me."

Sam was putty in her hands, especially once he saw the tears. He realized that she was positioned in a way that he would not harm her. He sighed and pulled off his utility belt and laid it on the chair next to the bed along with his TPS jacket. He placed his gun on the bedside table (within easy reach) and sat down on the bed, pulling her close. "Sleep." If holding her would hold off the nightmares, and she didn't think it would hurt her, he would gladly do it.

Andy yawned. "Why does everyone tell me that?"

"Everyone?"

"The doctor, the nurses, you…"

"Because you lost a lot of blood. Sleep helps your body heal itself." He knew that she was fighting sleep. With the amount of morphine in her, she should have been asleep already. He wondered why she was fighting the inevitable.

"Fine. But promise you will stay."

Bingo. She's afraid of me leaving. Sam kissed her forehead. "I wouldn't dream of leaving. Now sleep!" It was a mock order but there was an underlying tone of seriousness.

Andy buried her head in his chest and closed her eyes, letting the drugs cloud her mind as she drifted off.

A.N. I've always had this picture in my head of Andy hooked up to a heart monitor and her heart beating faster when Sam's around. This was my way of partially fulfilling the picture in my head.

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