Chapter 12

Andy walked out of the door. Sam stood in the room alone. Shit! Her walking out made everything clearer. He thought what he had just said, what she said. Fuck! He threw his glass against the wall. Shattering it everywhere. Why do keep letting her go? Sam put his shoes on and ran after her.

She stopped a the road looking right and left. He spotted her two blocks away walking towards him. He raised an eyebrow. She was coming back. He sighed in relief and walked to her.

Andy's breath quickened, as did her pace. Last few steps she jogged and threw her arms around him.

„I'm sorry"

„No I'm sorry" he held her tightly „I almost let you go again, I can't believe I let that happen"

They stayed there for a minute.

Andy pulled away „I don't know why I got angry?"

„Andy, I accused you of being with Luke" he shook his head „I'm sorry..."

„No Sam. I know that you are over protective and jealous..." he looked down but Andy smiled „and I love it. I really do."

He studied her face „This is bad... I can't think clearly when I'm with you."

„Did you really think I wanted to be with Luke?"

„Yeah, I never got why you weren't angry at him anymore, you took the whole situation so easily. And I didn't ask what happened after your phone call with him." he sighed „The kiss and the flowers just confirmed, what was at the back of my mind."

„I wasn't angry anymore because I didn't care. I had other things to think about"

Sam looked confused.

Andy smiled realizing something „I haven't told you yet. What else could you think?"

„You haven't told me what?"

She rested her hand on his chest, looked into his eyes „I love you."

Sam smiled widely „You do?" pulling her closer.

„Yes, I do." she leaned in and they kissed softly.

„Let's go inside" Sam parted from her leaving one hand on her waist.

„Why? It's a beautiful night" she was confused.

„You are cold Andy. We can sit in the backyard, if we can find you a blanket"

They started to walk „How do we do that?"

„You mean knowing what what the other is thinking before we say it?"

She smiled „Yeah"

„For me.. Your face is easy to read... and I like to think that I know you pretty well" he grinned.

„Oh yeah" she stopped turning to him „I have a question for you, Officer Swarek" she grinned back.

„Go ahead, McNally"

„Who do I love?"

He smiled and leaned forward to kiss „Me"

They were sitting in the backyard. Andy was wrapped in a blanket, her legs on his lap. It was a beautiful night with moon shining through the tree. Light from the window was enough to see each other but not bright enough to over power the moonlight.

„Hope you didn't take your meds with that." she watched him drink his beer.

„No, I stopped taking them"

„Why?"

„When I'm with you I forget the pain, so as long as I have you, I'm good."

Andy blushed a bit. „Can I ask you a question?"

He chuckled „Andy, you can ask me anything, anytime."

„Good, now remember that when I ask the question" she pointed out.

„Why did you let me go on the night of the blackout?" she asked silently.

He though for a second „You were emotional and to be honest I thought... or I liked the idea that you couldn't go with it because of Luke."

Andy raised an eyebrow but then she turned sad „You thought that I might leave him"

„I was thinking about it all the time, and some how this seemed the perfect reason why you left" he smiled sadly „Why did you leave?"

„I had a horrible day, feeling alone, I was making out with my training officer, Luke called..." she sighed „I felt guilty and stupid and embarrassed... Afraid what you would think of me. But after, I did question my relationship with Luke. That's why I wanted to go to his cabin, to talk things through, to think..."

„Oh..." he thought of that day

„What the fuck was the It was what it was?" she remembered angrily.

He felt bad now „I thought I made you a favor of letting you off the hook. Luke came before you, making sure I would let you go before the shift ended, so you had time to get ready. He also had the decency to tell me, how busy you were going to be there." he finished his beer „So I was pissed at him, for being alive. When it influenced our work, I dropped it and promised to be there for you."

„I'm sorry"

„For what?" he looked confused

„When I came to talk to you I wanted a reason not to go to the cabin...but I chickened out."

„I pushed you out, because I was mad. If I had called you earlier like I wanted to ..."

„I was looking at my phone all the time, hoping you would call or text or something. I was too embarrassed to do it myself." she chuckled „We make an excellent couple"

„Is that what we are now?" Sam grinned.

„It's weird to call you my boyfriend, you are so much more that that."

„I'm your partner" he leaned to her.

„And I am yours" they kissed. Sam deepened the kiss, but Andy pulled away.

„Speaking of that..." she made a smart face

Sam groaned knowing this was going to take some time.

„When I told you that I love how protective you are"

„I am working on that" Sam quickly admitted.

„Don't, I really love it"

He raised his eyebrow „Even I know it is annoying"

„You know when you see a happy couple together and you can tell, how much he loves her"

„Yeah"

„With you it's like that all the time. You have my back all the time." she smiled thinking about it „Even when I'm alone. Best part of it is that everybody notices it immediately. You remember at the Penny? Were this drunk guy started to talk to me. You were few feet away from me talking to Oliver but just one look from you and he got it. And that time we weren't even together. I love the feeling that I belong to you"

He thought that Andy didn't know that, but like always, she found a way to surprise him.

„Thank you" he smiled „Cause I wasn't working on that, it's impossible."

Andy laughed.

„Do you know what I love about you?"

„Besides everything" she grinned.

„The way you trust me... there is no safe net" he held her hand „I noticed it a long time ago, it was part of the reason why I fell in love with you. Remember that insane asshole at work, who pulled a gun at everybody."

Guy at the front desk was getting nervous and angry, because Chris wasn't paying any attention to him. He pulled a gun out and held it to a civilian's head.

„Everybody shut up! And you" pointing to Chris „Listen to me"

Andy was behind her desk and moved to get a clear view. Everybody stayed still.

„Okay, just calm down. I'll help you." said Chris

„Good...everybody stay where you are or I'll shoot" he pointed the gun at everyone, also looking behind him and he stopped when he saw Oliver walking towards him.

„You can but the gun down now" Oliver said gently.

„No! I can't, they will take my Billy away?"

„We can't let that happen" Oliver was trying to reason with him, but it turned out that Billy was his pigeon.

„I will shoot these bastards who took him, I will shoot everybody who moves" looking around.

Oliver continued to calm him, but he got more and more angry.

Andy saw Sam walk in the room. He was behind him looking how Oliver tried to talk to him. Sam searched for Andy and when their eyes locked Andy stood on the chair.

She yelled „Hey! I took your Billy!"

He turned to her „You!"

The moment he pointed his gun at Andy, Sam took him down. Everybody else moved to help Sam.

Moment later Traci came to Andy „Are you insane?" Andy stepped down from the chair.

„What?" she asked confused.

„When did you have the time to call Swarek?"

„I didn't"

„So you two thought of this just by looking each other for a second"

„I knew he would take him down"

„How?"

„Because... „ she thought about it, not understanding why she had to explain, it seemed easy, but she couldn't really explain it when she tried.

„What's the other part? Why you fell in love with me..."

„Our little fights in the car" he laughed and she joined.

„Oh..." she remembered „Sarah, told me that you loved how competitive I am?"

„Yeah I do. You do this face." he smiled remembering „It's adorable"

„What? My competitive face is scary and intimidating" Andy disagreed.

„If you say so. But for me it's adorable." he pulled her closer an kissed her forehead.

„Actually, we should go to bed soon. You have work tomorrow."

Andy sighed annoyed.

„But first tell me." he looked serious with a little hint of worry.

„Tell you what?"

„You are keeping something from me"

„How do you know?"

„You are waiting for the right time to tell me. This is it."

„Okay, but please don't get mad at me or laugh. I'm not sure how you are going to react."

He was now amused „I'll stay neutral."

She took one breath and spoke quickly „I made Traci talk to Jerry, when Oliver was listening, that I needed to place to stay. So Oliver would tell you and you would ask me to stay with you. Because everything was moving so slowly and I was getting really tired of running between houses."

„I know"

„What? How?" she was surprised.

„I wanted to do the same thing. Not like you did it, but the same. I saw how tired you were getting so I made some phone calls, but found out you had a six moth contract. Finally I decided to ask you anyway, but Oliver barged in and told me everything and I knew you had to be behind that." he chuckled „It was a really nice plan by the way"

„Thank you" she laughed

„Talking about Jerry and Oliver... We should let them know who won the bet"

„Oh, yeah. I can deliver the good news to Jerry" she adjusted herself looking for her phone.

„You mean bad news"

„No, he bet that I would be the first to say it"

„But I was first"

„No you wasn't." she laughed „It doesn't count if you say it in a form of a question"

„The fuck it does"

„No way"

„You understood what I meant with that"

She made a face „Maybe I didn't. In that case you haven't said anything to me"

„Are kidding me? I can't let Oliver lose this bet. It's humiliating, he has been mocking me since the day I met you, that I should say something to you." he looked already annoyed thinking how Oliver was going to joke about it.

She thought for a second „Fine. But give the money you win to Jerry, he worked really hard on this"

Sam chuckled „How did you know I bet money."

„I have my ways." she snuggled closer to him.

He but his arm around her.

„So from the day we met... Sarah was right."

„She told you?" he rolled his eyes, making a mental note to tell some of her secrets.

„Yeah, at first I was really sad about it but now..." she took off her blanket and jacket. Sat on his lap facing him.

„It makes me want you more" she started to unbutton her shirt slowly, moving closer to him.

Sam have never wanted her more. They came closer wrapping their hands around each other.

„Maybe we should go inside" he suggested.

Andy pulled back and started to button her shirt. „If you don't want make out, you can just say so" she said jokingly, but stood up and walked to the back door.

Sam walked behind her, turned her around kissed her moving forward, until she was against the wall. He grabbed her shirt and pulled it open, buttons falling everywhere. He kissed her passionately, moving his hands on her soft skin. After a minute he pulled apart for a second to look into her eyes.

„I love you!"

She smiled and kissed him with everything she had. He moved his face to her neck and moved lower. He picked her up and Andy held her legs tightly around him. Sam kissed her trying to move to the bedroom, but made a small stop at the kitchen. He put her on the kitchen counter.

Andy took his shirt off and their bodies collided again. He kissed her neck again to catch their breath. Andy spoke softly.

„Why do I get the feeling that we will never make it to bed"

Sam chuckled and started to remove Andy's pants. They looked at each other and Sam kissed her.

„We will make it there... eventually" she laughed and kissed him again. When they deepened the kiss and Andy removed Sam's belt buckle they heard somebody knocking on the door.

"Are you fucking kidding me?" Sam yelled frustrated.

Andy chuckled at his response so Sam asked her "Are you waiting someone?"

Andy shook her head, and pulled him closer, leaning in to kiss him. There was another knock on the door.

They both stopped and looked at each other. Sam sighed pissed off.

"I am going to kill that person"

Andy was in her underwear so Sam moved her down from the counter and pointed to his room. She picked up her clothes and threw Sam his shirt as he was moving on the front door.

He opened it and couldn't believe, who was standing there.