Okay, here's round two, I hope you like it!
Chapter 2
At the end of the retraining session, as everyone was cleaning up, Andy McNally stood outside of the station, waiting for Luke Callaghan to emerge from the building. A while passed, and just as her impatience got to her, and she made the decision to leave, out came Callaghan, holding a bloody tissue against his nose. When he saw Andy, he sighed loudly, and made his way over to her.
"Andy, don't worry I'm fine-" he started, but was cut off.
"What were you thinking, Luke?" Andy went off.
"I don't understand why you felt you needed to prove something to me this way…" she said, shaking her head in disbelief. "Do you have any idea how stupid that was of you?" she asked.
"Stupid enough to try to take your eyes off of Swarek for once?" he asked, and as Andy looked into his eyes she could sense his deep hurt. She also couldn't help but notice the way he had spat Swarek's name, as though he was absolutely disgusted.
"What are you talking about?" Andy asked, as she was utterly confused.
"Oh come on, I've seen the way you look at him…one word from him, and you're ready to do just about anything…you treat him like some kind of god, I mean it doesn't even make sense…he treated you like crap after you blew his cover, and now you follow him around everywhere!" he yelled.
"I have to, because he's my training officer Luke, and I can't believe you're being so immature about this!" Andy shouted, as she swiveled around and stormed back into the station, leaving Luke outside.
The emotions came flooding in all at once. She was angry, and confused, and yet she knew Luke was right, which was what hurt the most. Andy couldn't lie to herself by saying that she wasn't attracted to Sam, but she wouldn't admit it either. She walked through the station halls for a while, before deciding to go home.
"Need a ride?" someone asked, and Andy didn't even need to turn around to know who it was.
"No thank you sir, I'll be walking home tonight," she said, as she rolled her eyes, and continued walking forward.
"McNally, wait," Sam said as he jogged to catch up with her. "What's wrong?" he asked.
"What's wrong!" she exclaimed in utter disbelief. "What's wrong is that you intentionally gave my boyfriend a bloody nose today!" she yelled.
Sam chuckled, which made Andy's blood pressure rise even more.
"Well, I couldn't exactly go easy on him Andy, it was a retraining session…" Sam said.
"You knew he wouldn't be able to hold out and you took advantage of that," Andy hissed.
"Well I never asked the guy to volunteer in the first place," he said, looking amused.
"This isn't funny…you could have seriously hurt him" said Andy, even though she knew Sam was right in the end. Luke had volunteered, knowing what he was getting himself into. He made the choice. Yet Andy was reluctant to admit that all of this had happened because of her. Luke had only been trying to win Andy's attention back.
"Let me give you a ride home," Sam said softly, sensing Andy's sudden change in mood.
Andy, who was too tired to argue, took Sam's offer without any dispute. In the car neither of them said a word, and soon enough, Sam parked outside of Andy's apartment. "I'll walk you up," Sam said, as he opened the door, and stepped out to accompany Andy. As they reached the top of the steps, both stopped, as Andy fiddled with her keys.
"Look, I'm sorry about Luke…maybe I could've gone easier on him…" Sam said.
"No…this was my fault…if Luke hadn't been jealous in the first place, his nose would probably still be intact," Andy said, as the two of them lightly chuckled.
"Well…I guess I might've tried to make him a bit jealous…"Sam mused, as he stepped in closer towards Andy. They were only inches away now, and Andy could hear her hear pounding ten times faster now. Sam carefully reached for her wrist with one hand, and then gently cupped his other hand around her cheek, slowly drawing her close. Andy was in complete shock as his lips softly pressed against hers. The kiss only lasted a couple of seconds, but it was sweet, yet powerful. They both looked into each other's eyes afterwards, and all of a sudden, Andy knew this was right. Sam was the one. After the two had said goodbye, and Sam had driven away, Andy closed to door, allowing herself to slide against the wall and to the ground, squealing with joy. What a day it had been…she didn't know where these roads would lead…but she couldn't wait to find out.
