Walking out of the changing room Andy made her way to the D's office. She groaned internally when she saw who was sitting at Sam's desk. For a second she thought of walking off but she really did need to talk to Sam. "Boyd what are you doing here?"

Hearing her voice Boyd looked up from the papers he was going through. Because of Sam he had to spend more time at 15th then he wanted to so he might as well make the most of it. "McNally! Is that the way you greet an old friend?" he smirked knowing that it would wind her up.

He got the bite he wanted straight away. "It's Swarek now." She had chosen to change her name when they got married. There had been a few times it had been confusing at the barn but since they didn't normally work together it wasn't a problem. "And we aren't friends. Have you seen my husband?"

"Sammy? Yea might have seen him round" Boyd tapped his pen on the desk looking up at her. Many things might have changed over the last few years but Boyd's hate for Andy hadn't. After Sam's cover was blown Boyd had been held responsible and stripped of all his responsibilities. It was only his seniority that had kept him on the force and it taken him a long time to get back to where he had been.

"Forget it" she left the room. Taking her seat at the back of the parade room she pulled out her phone. Don't forget you're having dinner tonight with your kids tonight sending the message to Sam she put her phone back in her pocket.

"Ready for another day on the streets Swarek?" asked Oliver coming in and sitting down next to her. When they weren't training Rookies she and Oliver were partners.

"You know it" she replied forcing herself to smile. There had been a lot of changes at the station but Oliver had chosen to stay on the streets. He had worked hard to get his marriage back on track and move back in with his family. About 3 months later they had surprised everyone by announcing Zoe was pregnant. Oliver Shaw Junior, known as Ollie, was born later that year finally completing their family. "Have you seen Sam today?"

"Nup haven't been here long though. Is there a problem?"

Andy shook her head. "Just want to remind him that he promised the kids he would be home for dinner tonight."

"Don't worry I'm sure he will remember."

"I hope so because otherwise there is going to be one sad little boy." The last bit was little more of a whisper as Frank took his place at the front of the parade room. Oliver put his hand on her back unable to say anything more. This wasn't the first time they had a discussion and he knew it wouldn't be the last. Oliver knew that Sam was a good guy but lately work had been getting in the way more and more. He had tried talking to him about him but Sam didn't really see it. Oliver sighed as finally started listening to the shifts assignments.

Pulling into the driveway Andy felt her anger grow inside her when she didn't see Sam's car. It had been a busy shift so even though she hadn't had a reply to her message she hadn't had time to call him. When she arrived back at the station, 30 minutes after she was meant to, she had taken it as a good sign that he wasn't there. Pulling out her phone she saw that she still didn't have an messages from Sam. Before opening the door she took a deep breath to control herself.

Quietly making her way into the house Andy saw that Izzy was barely awake sitting on the couch watching TV. "Hi Andy" said a very sleepy Izzy.

"Hey Iz" replied Andy sitting down on the couch, glad to finally be off her feet. "Did he come home at all?"

"No. I hope you don't mind but I gave the kids an ice-cream after dinner."

Andy sighed, she wasn't surprised but more pissed off. She had lost couple of how many promises Sam had made to the kids in the couple of months. "No it's ok, at least it would take their little minds off the fact that their Dad wasn't home. I'm sorry you had to deal with that."

Moving herself to get comfortable she looked over at Andy. "It's ok. Is everything ok with you?"

Before Andy could answer the front door opened and in walked Sam. "Hi Izzy" he said before bending down and kissing Andy. "How was your shift babe?"

"Long. I have to take Izzy home" Andy got up picking up her keys before heading out the door. Sam looked at Izzy who shrugged before following Andy. Getting into the car she looked over at Andy. "My dad could have picked me up."

Starting the car Andy shook her head. "It's ok Iz. He had a long shift."

"So did you." Silence filled the car as Izzy waited for Andy to say something. Even though she didn't say it she knew that Andy had offered to take her home because she didn't want to deal with Sam. "Is everything ok with you and Sam?"

"Not really" whispered Andy as a single tear fell down her cheek. It was the first time that she had actually said it out loud and the words stung. Since her mother walked out all she had wanted was a real family. Now that she had it, everything was falling apart around her.

"Do you want to talk to about it?" Izzy asked softly.

"Not really." Andy pulled in the Shaw's driveway, stopping the car before turning to look at Izzy. "Were the kids upset he didn't show up for dinner?"

"Yes" she replied honestly before adding "but it didn't last long when I told them they could have ice-cream."

Rubbing her hands around the steering Andy let out a sigh. "I hate that this affecting them. When I found out I was pregnant with Sasha I promised myself that my kids would never have to deal with their parents problems. I had to do it and it wasn't fair..."

"Everyone knows you are a good Mom Andy but you need to think about yourself. You owe it to your kids to be happy."

"But I have to put my kids first. You remember how it felt when your dad left..."

"Your thinking of leaving him?" interrupted Izzy. She knew things were bad but she had no idea they were that bad.

Andy shrugged as she stared blankly out of the windscreen. "I don't know. Honestly I have no idea what I'm going to do." She paused before looking back at Izzy.

"Sorry I shouldn't be dumping all this on you. Thank you for tonight."

"I'm here if you need to talk." She gave Andy a little smile before getting out of the car.