Chapter 3

Two weeks ago Sam and Oliver captured two drug dealers Rob and David, who were selling drugs in a school district. When one of them pulled a knife and tried to kill Oliver, Sam had no other choice to shoot him. Rob died later in the hospital and David went to jail on possession and dealing. Thankfully David lead them to a storage unit full of drugs. It was the biggest drug bust this year. They thought that Rob was the guy in charge, but they were wrong. His brother Alex was, who after receiving the news promised to kill Sam Swarek, if it's the last thing he does.

Andy was tied to a chair right in front of Sam. Alex walked to Sam and pointed a gun at Andy.

„Sammy, you are going to tell me where all my drugs are stored or your sexy partner right here, will get a bullet in her chest" he grinned "Or do you prefer another shot in the leg?" he pointed on his the bleeding left thigh.

Andy gasped silently. He's been shot? She tried to move a bit to the right to see his wound.

Sam was stalling „Even if I tell you, how will you get them?"

„I have my ways"

„They are probably very heavily guarded, you really want to lose so many men over this?"

„You have no fucking idea how much has this shit cost me already" he lowered himself and placed his gun on his bullet wound.

„I don't know where your drugs are" Sam grinned „You should ask your brother"

Alex pushed his gun into his wound and Sam groaned in pain.

„Wrong answer" he snarled „But let's try again"

„Where are my drugs?"

„I don't know"

„Carlos, hit her" and Carlos punched Andy in the face.

Sam felt anger go through his body. His grip tightened on the chair and he stood up, almost getting his hands free. But one of the bodyguards pushed him back down. Sam winced in pain, but was glad the attention was back on him. His hands were almost free.

„Take it easy Sammy" Alex laughed „ It's just a punch, she can take it"

Andy was pissed off. She stared at Alex thinking different ways to take him down. Her eyes turned softer when she turned to Sam. She tried to show him that it's okay. She is okay.

Sam understood, but it didn't make things okay.

Alex bent down to his level. „Sammy, watch this" he said laughing and he motioned Carlos to hit her again. When he did, Sam pulled one arm free and punched Alex.

That was followed by two bodyguards beating Sam.

She couldn't stop staring him. He is in so much pain. I have to get him out of here. He has always been there for me, it's my time to be there for him. She remembered that she already made that promise two weeks ago.

It was early in the morning and Andy just walked out of the door to get to work. She yawned and then stood still, eyes wide. Sam was standing in front of his truck holding a cup of coffee.

„Need a ride?" he grinned.

„Yeah, sure" she walked slowly to Sam „Thanks"

Sam handed the coffee to her and opened the door for her.

When he sat next to her and started the car he felt her eyes on him.

„What?"

„Sam..." she smiled but then her eyes turned sad remembering what Gail, Dov and Chris said about him being hopelessly in love with her. Even if it was true it was still too early to say something. Andy hoped that the right time will come soon and he will say something, because she doesn't know what to do or say. Andy wanted his advice so bad, but how do you ask him without letting him know what's going on. She was still sleepy so she pretended that this problem doesn't exist.

„McNally?" when she didn't respond he continued „ Sorry for asking again but is everything okay"

„Yeah" she lied.

„Please don't lie to me Andy"

„Sorry" she sighed „It will be okay, I promise"

„You know you can talk to me, right?" he looked softly.

„I know, thank you" she took a sip of her coffee.

When Sam saw her reaction he smiled.

„Is this..?" she looked at him.

He finished for her „from your favorite cafe shop? Yes it is."

She smiled widely. „It's really good, thank you"

Sam cleared his throat „Hey, there is a little party in the Penny after shift, are you coming?"

„I don't know"

„You have been a little off for awhile, maybe this will cheer you up a little"

Andy thought he was pretty good at hiding her problems. Nobody else had noticed. But then again it was Sam.

„Can you pull over for a second" She had to say or do something to Sam or he will annoy her to death with this.

He frowned, but when he saw her face he pulled over.

When the car stopped she took off her seatbelt and hugged Sam.

He was so surprised that he didn't know what to do with his hands. Finally he put his hands around her and held her tight. He was a bit mad that his seatbelt was on the way.

She let go and sat back, body turned to face him.

She pulled her hand through her hair „I have a problem, not even a problem, more like stuff to think about and... I can't really talk... I just have to deal with it myself you know... Have to find out how to react to this small thing that keeps bothering me. Actually it's a big thing, a really big thing that can be really good or very very bad." she sighed and smiled a sad smile „I'm fine"

She put his seatbelt back on „So you can stop being so nice to me. If I need help I'll come to you, I have done that before and I always will"

Sam was shocked but the last sentence made him so happy that he left the issue and started the car.

„Okay" he smiled.

„Can we go back to the cafe shop?"

„You can have my coffee if you want more..."

„No, you didn't buy chocolate cookies" she looked disappointed.

Sam rolled his eyes „Seriously?"

Andy laughed at his reaction „They are so good. We have to go"

„No" he grinned and put the radio on.

„Your shitty music will not change my mind. Let's go"

„This music is not shitty, McNally. Your taste in music? Probably." he grinned again. She actually loves that song but still made a face at him. He laughed.

„If we go get the cookies, we can go to that weird pizza place for lunch"

„McNally you hate that place, I think you exact words were I will rather do 3 weeks of desk duty with Gail than go there again"

„So I maybe overreacted a little bit?" she played with her hair.

„A little bit?" he laughed „You took one bite and after that just drank water"

„Actually I didn't swallow that one bite either." she looked sheepishly.

Sam laughed again and Andy joined him.

„I know you love that place so... deal?" she looked him with big eyes and a huge smile.

Sam sighed still smiling „Fine, let's get your cookies, McNally"

At lunch when they stepped into the pizza place his eyes lit up like a christmas tree. Andy even took a couple of slices. Seeing Sam like that made Andy smile. She then made a promise to be there for him as much as she can. No matter how small the favor, she will do it. Because it's for Sam. Her knight in shining armor.

„So..." Alex touched Andy's face „What's your first name, McNally?

Andy pulled away in disgust and didn't say anything.

„Oh honey, Sammy already played this game and as you can see it didn't turn out so good"

He pulled his gun.

„Now let's try again, what's ..."

Sam knew he had to get the attention back to him, so they would leave Andy alone. He chuckled. Everybody turned to Sam.

He looked at Alex with a grin on his face. „I played that game with your brother too, I can't really remember how it turned out for him though"

Alex was furious, he walked over him and hit Sam while everybody else kept a distance. Blood was flying and Sam's face started to swollen.

„Do. Not. Mention. My. Brother." he lifted Sam's face up with his gun so he could look into his eyes „Understand?"

Sam couldn't focus and was about to pass out.

„Keep Sammy here awake, when I talk to her girlfriend" he said and walked over to her.

Andy was angry. You are going to jail for kidnapping us and I'm gonna hurt you for hurting Sam. She looked at Alex

„My name is Andy, not honey or „pretty thing" and I'm not his girlfriend" she tried to say it as firmly as possible so he could see that beating Sam had no effect on her.

„Ouch, Sammy did you hear that?" he laughed „Seems like your girl here hates you"

Sam heard that and even though she wasn't his and he knows she doesn't hate him, it still hurt a bit to hear these words from her.

Alex laughed and watched Andy. She was looking at Sam with a straight face, but her eyes were on fire.

„Carlos check this out, doesn't she look like your bitch Sarah?"

Carlos smiled „I'm not sure boss, I should look under her uniform to find out"

Alex walked over to Sam and stared him.

„Let's do that, or do you have a problem with that Sammy?"

Sam knew he shouldn't act on that. He tried to keep his breathing slow and face serious but Alex saw his anger. When he signaled Carlos to untie her, he could hear the chair crack under Sam's arms, because of his tight grip.

Alex bent down to look into his eyes. „Sammy, take it easy, this is nothing. Nothing compared to the death of my brother"

Sam couldn't belive what was happening. The last thing he wanted is to Andy get hurt, but now everything was fucked up. He wasn't sure if he could stand up because of his leg. There was nothing to say or do to keep them permanently away from her. Sam was now scared, not for himself though. For Andy. He saw Andy standing there, when Carlos untied her. She is over thinking it. Andy looked at him with determination in her eyes. Then he realized. Shit, and trying to save me. Why Andy? Do you really don't know me? Just get the fuck out of here. He tried to send the message by looking at her, but knew that it was useless.

Carlos had untied her and ordered her to remove her uniform. Andy raised an eyebrow and stared at him.

„What? You wanna sweet talk first chica?" Carlos snickered.

„No." Andy said shortly and started to take off her shirt. She was staring at Carlos with a look that made him take a step back. She glanced at Sam for a second and then back to Carlos.

Sam knew how angry she was and nobody was funnier than pissed off Andy. He chuckled, realizing where Andy was going to go with this.

„Good luck with that!" Sam said laughing

Andy threw her uniform on the ground and yelled at Sam „Excuse me? Are you laughing at me right now?"

„That depends, are you going to handle him, like you did with me on the blackout?" Sam showed the biggest grin possible. „You know... talk"

„You ..." Andy charged at Sam, but Alex caught her halfway there.

Alex laughed while holding Andy „Wow, I think I'll have her myself" He was struggling holding Andy but when he thought he got a good grip, she pushed him away.

Andy took his gun and pointed it at him „Have this, asshole!" and shot Alex.