It's all worth it in the end
A: N Disclaimer: I do not own Rookie Blue I only own the story I am writing.
FOUR DAY S LATER.
Its all worth it in the end
A:N: Disclaimer: I do not own Rookie Blue I only own the story I am writing.
Four days later.
Things had been going good with the McNally- Sweark family.
Gracie was settling down in the nursery and Daniel was having a ball there, like always.
Sam and Andy were busy with looking after the kids, and working.
Sam's hours the last three days were long and he hardly made it for dinner.
But Andy knew that he was working on a big case, so she understood.
Andy was making dinner for her family when Daniel came running into the kitchen.
"Mummy, is daddy going to be home soon?" Daniel asked his mum.
Andy smiled and crouched down to her son and picked him up.
"Daddy is very busy at the moment sweetie, lots of things are happening at work right now, if he can make it for dinner, he will be here, but I promise you he will be here to read to you before bed", Andy said placing her son on the kitchen bench.
"Okay mummy", Daniel said to her nodding his head.
Just then, Gracie started to cry. Andy put Daniel on the floor and took hold of his hand.
"Come on buddy, let's go see your sister for a minute", she said to her son.
They went into Gracie's room together, hand in hand.
As soon as they walked in, Andy saw Gracie standing up and banging her hands on the rail of the cot.
She walked up and picked her daughter up and kissed her on the forehead.
"MA", Gracie said. Andy's eyes lit up.
"That's right sweetie, MA", Andy said kissing her daughter's forehead.
She looked over at Daniel, who was shaking his head.
"Mummy Gracie, not Ma", he said shaking his head.
Andy couldn't help but laugh.
Just when they were walking down stairs, they heard the front door open.
"Daddy!" Daniel yelled and started walking to the door.
Sam crouched down and picked up his son again, like every other night.
Oliver came in and closed the front door.
"Uncle Ollie!" Daniel said reaching for Oliver.
Sam laughed and put Daniel down so he could go to Oliver. Andy came into the lounge room and saw Oliver and Sam and smiled.
Sam noticed her and winked at her.
"Hey dude stop growing so quickly", Oliver said while tickling Daniel.
Sam walked over to Andy and Gracie and took Gracie out of Andy's hands.
"Hey sweetie", he said kissing his daughters head.
"Da", Gracie said which made Oliver look up eyes wide.
Oliver walked up and took Gracie off Sam.
"Not you two, your way too cute too start talking yet", Oliver said while he was tickling Gracie.
"Hey you", Sam said while leaning in to kiss Andy.
Andy smiled and kissed him back.
Andy walked over to the kitchen to the fridge to grab some beers for Oliver and Sam.
Sam walked in behind her and wrapped his arms around her.
"sorry, case were working on really got to him and he isn't ready to go home yet, I think Dizzy is causing some more trouble', Sam said shaking his head.
"It's fine Sam, he's part of our family", she said handing Sam a beer.
Sam grinned at her and kissed her one more time.
"Is there enough dinner for him?" Sam asked nodding over to the food.
Andy smiled and nodded.
"I'm not hungry, thought I was, but I'm not", she said shrugging.
Sam looked at his wife for a moment.
She just shrugged.
"I ate at 5 so I'm fine", she said nodding.
Sam walked over slowly back to her.
"You ate a sandwich, and an orange, you're eating dinner", Sam said sternly to her. Andy rolled her eyes.
Sam shook his head and went over and checked on dinner.
It smelled great.
Sam started to get dinner sorted while Andy took Daniel to get ready for dinner.
Sam got Gracie and put her in her high chair.
"DADA!" Gracie said out loud.
Sam stood back for a moment, just looking at his daughter.
Oliver sat down smiling at Gracie.
Andy walked in and saw Sam just standing in the one spot just looking at Gracie.
"DADA", she said again.
Once again, Sam jumped back and stared at Andy with his eyes wide open.
Andy smiled at her daughter.
She sat Daniel on his seat and went over and kissed her daughter.
"MA", Gracie said.
This made Sam jump more.
Andy grinned at Gracie and picked her up and kissed her forehead.
"You're getting very clever sweetie", Andy said kissing her daughters face.
"DADDA, MA", Gracie said once again.
Sam shook his head and walked over to his daughter and took her from Andy's hands.
"You surprise me every day sweetie", he said softly as he kissed her forehead.
Oliver sat back and enjoyed the scene in front of him.
Oliver shook his head grinning.
"Sammy a family man, w ho would of thought", he said grinning.
Sam just grinned and shook his head at Oliver and kissed Gracie's head one more time.
Sam put Gracie back in the high chair and helped serve dinner.
Everyone ate quietly and soon it was time for bed for the kids.
Gracie was already asleep, so Sam picked her up got her changed and put her in her cot.
Daniel however was a different story he wanted to stay up because Oliver was over.
"No no bed yet", Daniel said shaking his head.
Sam picked him up and kissed his forehead.
"Buddy, uncle Ollie will be here when you wake up, he's staying over", Sam said to Daniel.
Daniel bought out a huge smile and yawned.
Sam laughed.
"Come on buddy, time for bed", Sam said kissing his forehead and taking Daniel upstairs.
Daniel fell asleep as soon as Sam put him in his bed.
When he went downstairs, he heard Oliver and Andy talking.
"I don't know what to do Andy, I thought she was over this stage", Oliver said shaking his head.
"Oliver she's a teenage girl, we all go through this", Andy said trying to reassure her friend.
"Are you sure your okay with me staying over, I mean I can just go to a hotel", Oliver started to say.
"You are not staying at a hotel when we have a spare room", she said as she started walking up the stairs to make the spare bedroom up.
Sam walked into the lounge room and smirked at his best friend.
"We got a four bedroom house for a reason brother", Sam said as he took another beer out and sat down opposite his best friend.
Oliver smiled softly at his best friend.
"One night is all I need", Oliver said yawning.
"Stay here as long as you want", Sammy said patting his friend on the back.
Oliver smiled softly and got up.
Sam made his way to the bedroom and smiled when he saw Andy sleeping away.
He got into bed and slept straight away.
The next morning, Sam was woken by Gracie talking to herself in her room. Sam smiled at what he was hearing. It wasn't really talking, but Gracie was getting better at her words, slowly.
Bang, is all he heard downstairs?
Sam got up straight away and ran down the stairs. He found Daniel on the floor of the kitchen with a cup of milk in his hands, and a carton of milk spilled on the floor.
"Sorry Daddy, Daniel wanted drink", Daniel said trying not to cry.
Sam laughed and shook his head. He slowly walked over to Daniel, but for some reason Daniel took a step back, looking scared.
"Buddy, what's wrong?" Sam asked Daniel carefully.
"NO Daddy smacking", Daniel said shaking his head.
Sam's eyes went wide.
He had no idea where this was coming from.
Why would Daniel think he would smack him?
He never did that.
Not once.
Sam knew something was up, but while Daniel was so scared, he knew that there was no pushing him.
So Sam took a step back and went to the sink and got a cloth and started cleaning the mess.
Daniel stayed away from him most of that morning, which was really worrying Sam.
He never saw Daniel like this, ever.
Andy woke up and went to check on Gracie who was blabbering on in her own talk.
Andy shook her head and picked up the little girl and walked downstairs.
When she reached downstairs, Daniel was playing in the corner and Sam was watching him carefully from the kitchen table.
Andy put Gracie down and went to kiss Daniel's head, but Daniel moved away.
"No smacking mummy", Daniel said shaking his head.
Andy looked at her son, then to Sam shocked.
Sam looked at her with a serious face.
Andy knew something was up.
So she walked over into the kitchen and made a coffee for herself and Sam.
Sam followed her.
Andy looked at Sam's face, and straight away she knew he was upset.
"Sam", she said shaking her head.
"I have never hit him Andy", Sam said in a serious tone.
"I know that Sam", Andy said back quietly.
"Why is he so scared right now, where did this come from", Sam said walking up and down the kitchen.
Andy sighed.
"No smacking Uncle Ollie", they heard Daniel say to Oliver.
Oliver walked into the kitchen, looking between Sam and Andy. Oliver sighed.
He got a cup and poured a cup of coffee.
"Who is he hanging out with at the nursery?" Oliver asked.
Sam and Andy looked at each other.
"Oliver he's in a room with two year olds!' Sam snapped at his friend.
Oliver sighed. Sam threw his arms up and grabbed his jacket and left the house.
Sam closed the door and let it bang.
Andy closed her eyes when she heard the bang.
Oliver sighed.
"I'll go after him", Oliver said as he grabbed his jacket.
Daniel came running in the kitchen as Gracie started to cry.
Andy closed her eyes again.
"Mummy", Daniel said as he went closer to Andy.
Andy smiled and crouched down.
"Come here sweetie", she said to him.
But Daniel shook his head.
Oliver crouched down to Daniel's level.
"Buddy, what's going on?" Oliver asked Daniel.
Daniel shook his head once again and Gracie started to cry more.
The front door opened again and closed with a bang again.
Sam walked into the lounge room and picked up Gracie.
"Its okay sweetie, daddy's sorry", he said as he bounced her up and down trying to calm her down.
Gracie eventually calmed down.
Daniel went into the lounge room and went close to Sam and Gracie.
Sam smiled at his son.
"Sorry daddy", Daniel said starting to cry.
Sam closed his eyes. He hated seeing his kids upset.
Sam bent down and motioned for Daniel to come closer to him.
Daniel shook his head at first but then went closer to Sam.
"What's going on buddy"? Sam asked Daniel.
"Nurse said hitting is wrong", Daniel said.
Sam looked confused.
Andy and Oliver came into the lounge room.
"What nurse buddy?" Same asked Daniel.
"Nurse at school", Daniel said.
Sam looked up to Andy and she just shrugged her shoulders.
"Nurse Monica said hitting is bad", Daniel said.
Sam looked up and Andy with his eyes wide open.
It couldn't be the same Monica.
It couldn't be his ex girlfriend working at the nursery.
Could it?