It's all worth it n the end
Chapter 22
A: N: Disclaimer: I do not own rookie blue I only own the story I am writing
Two months and half months later
Sam sighed when he got out of the truck and went to go inside the house.
He was late again home, which was happening a lot again lately and he didn't like it one bit.
He wasn't as late tonight, but he was still late.
He smiled as he got inside the house and the kids ran up to him.
He picked up Gracie and hugged her and kissed her forehead and he put her down and picked up Daniel and ruffled his hair and kissed his forehead and put him down.
He walked over to the TV and put some cartoons on so the kids could be entertained for a bit.
He walked into the kitchen and saw Andy cooking dinner and closed his eyes and sighed.
He walked up to her and wrapped his arms around her tightly.
Andy sighed and leaned against him.
"I'm sorry", he whispered into her ear.
Andy turned around and put her arms around his neck and shook her head, which made Sam confused.
"Don't say sorry, work is busy, I understand", Andy said softly to him as she kissed him on his lips.
Sam shook his head at her.
This girl
Sam rested his head against hers and let out a breath.
"How is the case going?" Andy asked him as she took his hand and walked them over the fridge to get Sam a beer.
Sam shook his head and took the beer off her.
Andy leaned against the kitchen bench waiting for Sam to start talking.
Sam looked over at the kids watching TV and sighed.
It was 6 pm so he wasn't too late home but he did still feel bad.
He kissed Andy one more time and went to get the kids ready for their baths.
Sam picked up Gracie and took 'Daniel's h and walked them into the bathroom.
Sam got the bath running, and turned around and started the shower for Daniel.
Daniel preferred showers these days for some reason, so they just went with that for now. He was never left alone in the bathroom while he was in the shower though; Andy and Sam knew he was still too young for that.
Sam put grace in the bath first, and smirked at her when she started playing with the bubbles.
Daniel was trying to take his shirt off, and Sam walked over and rolled his eyes at him.
Sam finished washing Daniel and dried him and put a towel around him.
Daniel waited for Sam to get Gracie out of the bath and they all walked into Gracie's room.
Daniel still had clothes in Gracie's room so Sam got some pj's out for the both of them and put the nappies on the two of them and got Gracie changed first and then Daniel.
Daniel was fully toilet trained now, which made both Sam and Andy proud of him.
They walked downstairs together and by the time they went downstairs dinner was served.
Sam smirked and shook his head at what was for dinner for the kids.
Fish chips and nuggets.
Sam couldn't help but laugh.
Andy wrapped her arms around his neck and grinned at him, which made Sam raise an eyebrow at her.
"You aren't the only one who was late home", she said quietly as she kissed him softly on the lips.
Sam closed his eyes and nodded his head and went and got the kids plates and brought them to the table.
Sam smirked at Gracie who was clapping her hands as Sam was cutting her dinner up.
Sam and Andy were having left over's from the night before for dinner, which was pasta bake, with bits of salmon in it.
Sam rolled his eyes at Gracie, who threw chips on the floor because she didn't like them.
He shook his head and went over to her with some pasta bake and smirked at her when she tried to take she spoon off him.
Andy rolled her eyes and got some pasta bake and heated it up and passed it to Sam. Sam took the bowl and replaced the fish and chips and nuggets and gave Gracie the pasta bake.
Dinner was done and Sam and Andy were putting the kids to bed.
Sam rolled his eyes at Gracie, who was fighting to go to sleep.
He leaned over her in the bed, and kissed her forehead.
"Sleep time sweetie", he mumbled to her.
Sam shook his head and grinned at his daughter because she was shaking her head at him.
"Not even two and your back chatting", he mumbled as he tickled her one more time.
Gracie closed her eyes and went on her side which made Sam smile.
"Goodnight sweetie", he mumbled to his daughter one more time.
Sam closed the door halfway and went to check on Daniel, who he put in his bedroom before taking grace to bed.
Sam smiled as he saw Daniel asleep holding onto boo.
He walked in quietly and put the blankets over Daniel and kissed his forehead.
"Night buddy", he whispered to his son as he put the bed light on and turned off the bedroom light and closed the door halfway.
Sam walked into his bedroom and leaned against the door frame looking at Andy who was trying not to fall asleep.
It was only 8:30 but they both of them had really busy days, so they were both really tired already.
Sam sighed and went to his side of the bed and turned around to face Andy.
Andy turned around and looked at Sam and sighed.
"Its okay, your busy at work, I'm busy at work, its okay", she said in a quiet voice.
Sam closed his eyes and shook his head.
"It's not okay", Sam said closing his eyes for a moment.
Andy sighed and got up and sat up and went on top of Sam for a moment.
Sam brought her face over to his and moved some hair out of her face.
"What is it?" Sam asked Andy quietly.
Andy shook her head and took a deep breath and hopped off him for a moment.
"Mum", she said closing her eyes.
Sam brought her up to him again and made her sit on him again.
"What did she say this time", he said carefully.
Andy rolled her eyes.
"She's leaving", she said.
Sam watched Andy shake her head and let some tears come out.
Sam wiped away some tears and waited for Andy to continue.
Andy took a deep breath and sat on Sam's legs silent for a moment.
"I don't get it, not at all, she wants to be part of my life, the kids, everything, yet she's leaving", Andy said sighing.
Andy got off Sam again and sat up and took a deep breath.
Sam sat up and rubbed Andy's back, waiting for her to continue.
"If she had a good enough reason to leave, I'd understand I would", Andy continued.
Sam nodded, and continued to rub her back, waiting for Andy to keep talking.
"I guess wanting her in my life full time is a big asks", Andy said sighing and looking over at Sam, letting tears come out of her eyes.
Sam closed his eyes and brought her over to him and lay down with her just rubbing her back, until they both fell asleep.
Sam got woken up at 1 am at Gracie crying. Sam closed his eyes for a moment and got up.
He slowly walked into his daughter's room, to see that she had fallen out of her bed, and seeing her on the floor crying.
Sam shook his head and went up to her and picked her up and carried her around for a bit.
Gracie calmed down and Sam put her back in her bed.
"Your okay sweetie", he mumbled and kissed her head.
Sam went back into the room and saw that Andy was awake.
He went to his side of the bed and brought her over to his side.
"Don't", he said to her.
Andy looked at him confused for a few moments.
"It's got nothing t o do with you, why she is leaving, don't blame yourself", he said to her quietly.
Andy closed her eyes and nodded her head.
It was 8 am when everyone woke up, which was fine because both Sam and Andy were on after noon shift starting at 12 and finishing at 6.
Sam smiled as he saw Daniel come into the bedroom holding boo.
He smirked when he saw Gracie come in as well.
Andy smiled and picked Gracie up and put her on the bed.
Daniel climbed up on the bed by himself.
Sam looked over at Andy, and he knew she was still upset.
"Daddy, Grandpa", Daniel said excitedly.
Sam rolled his eyes at his son.
The kids were spending the day with Tommy for the night so Andy and Sam could go and see Claire and talk to her.
It's not that they didn't want the kids around to say goodbye, it was just Sam didn't want them around if it had turned into an argument, he didn't want his kids around that.
Sam got out of bed and went and took Daniel off the bed and walked him into his bedroom.
Daniel ran and looked around the room, confused.
Sam shook his head for a minute.
Sam went and got some clothes out of the draw and put them in a bag and handed the bag to Daniel.
"Go on go downstairs buddy, daddy will be down soon", Sam said nodding to his son.
Daniel nodded and ran up to Sam and hugged his legs.
Sam picked up Daniel and hugged him tightly.
Sam put him down and nodded towards the stairs and Daniel started walking downstairs.
"Dada", he heard Gracie say.
Sam shook his head and turned around and saw Gracie walking slowly to him.
He picked her up and kissed her forehead.
"Come on sweetie, let's go get your things ready for grandpa's ", he said mumbling to his daughter.
Sam got both of the kids things ready and they dropped them over to Tommy's place.
Shift went very slow for the both of them.
Andy was dreading the farewell dinner with her mum but was thankful that Sam was going with her.
They went home and got changed.
They got to Claire's house and Sam parked the truck and looked over at Andy.
Sam brushed some hair out of her face and sighed at her sad look at her face.
He got out of the truck and waited for Andy to hop out and they both went into the house together.
Dinner was quiet no one was talking.
Claire went to get some desert out of the kitchen and Andy went in and helped her.
"Andy, I don't like the fact I am leaving, but it's time for me to go", Claire said to her daughter.
Andy shook her head, not trusting the words that would come out of her mouth.
"Say it Andy", Claire said to her.
Andy took a deep breath and looked at her m um for a moment.
But Andy kept quiet, not trusting her words.
Andy knew that the way she was looking at her mum, that claries would get the point.
Andy decided she wanted to leave so she got her things and nodded to Sam who nodded back to her.
Sam looked at Andy leave and turned around and looked at Claire for a moment.
"I don't know why you are going, it's not really my business, but Andy is my bossiness, and you can't keep walking in and out of her life", Sam said to her.
Claire shook her head, not believing what she was hearing.
"I know I left her once", Sam said to Claire.
"But I fought for her, asked for a second chance, I did everything in my power to prove how much she meant to be", Sam said looking at Claire.
Claire just looked at Sam for a moment shocked.
" I made a mistake by leaving her, breaking her heart, I was hurting at the time and I really thought I was doing the right thing, turns out I wasn't ", Sam said shaking his head.
"How could you think leaving her, breaking her heart, would be the right thing to do", Claire snapped back.
Sam closed his eyes and sighed.
"my best friend died, and as heartbreaking as that was for me, the fear of losing Andy, in that way, I lost my best friend, I couldn't take that chance", Sam said shaking his head.
Andy came in slowly into the house to see what was taking Sam so long, and when she heard him say that, tears started to fall down her face.
"It broke her heart Sam, tore her to bits", Claire said defending her daughter.
Sam nodded his head, knowing this was true.
"You don't think it broke my heart too? leaving her like that, you don't think that it affected me as well?", Sam snapped back.
Claire shook her head just staring at him for a moment.
"It's different Sam, my relationship with her is different", Claire said shaking her head.
"Of course it is different, it should be different, you're her mother", Sam snapped back.
Andy walked in slowly when she heard Sam say that.
Sam turned around and saw her and sighed and shook his head.
"Sam", she said quietly.
Sam went over to her and took her in his arms and held onto her tightly.
Andy let go of him for a moment and looked at him for just a minute.
She walked over near her mum and stopped and took a breath and looked at Sam for a moment, who nodded at her, encouraging her the way that she needed it.
Andy nodded and took a breath and looked over at Claire and shook her head.
"Do not compare my relationship with Sam to yours, you don't get to do that", Andy said shaking her head.
"You left when I was nine, a kid mum", Andy said shaking her head.
Claire just nodded her head waiting for her to continue.
"Sam hurt me yes, he hurt me really bad", she said quietly.
Sam closed his eyes and sighed.
"But you leaving my life and then coming back into my life, and then deciding to leave again", Andy said shaking her head.
Claire sighed; she didn't know how to explain this at all.
"Andréa", claries tried but Andy shook her head, letting tears come out of her face.
"It's been a tough year for us", looking over at Sam, who was nodding his head at her.
"If you gave me a reason to why you were leaving, I would understand, but you won't do that", she said shaking her head.
Claire sighed.
"It's not easy for me to explain things Andy", Claire tried.
Andy just shook her head.
"It's not just me you are leaving, don't you get that, if it was just me, I'd be okay but the kids, Daniel adores you", Andy said shaking her head.
Sam went up beside Andy and rubbed her back up and down.
Claire went and sat in the lounge, upset.
"My job takes my places Andy, I never stay in the same place for a long time, I have been here longer then I was meant to", Claire said to her.
Andy nodded her head and sat opposite Claire in the lounge room, taking Sam with her.
"Just come and visit, if not for me, do it for the kids, do it for Daniel", she said softly.
Claire closed her eyes and nodded her head.
Sam looked between Andy and her mum and sighed.
Andy looked at the time, and looked over at Sam, who nodded his head.
It was time for them to go.
They got into the truck without Andy saying a word and Sam sighed.
"Sam", she said quietly to him.
He looked over at her and winked at her, knowing what she was going to say.
He got to Tommy's and she got out of the truck and went straight into her dad's and picked up Gracie.
Sam sighed and followed her inside and smirked at Daniel, who was fighting to go to bed.
Tommy looked in-between Andy and Sam and shook his head and nodded to Sam to follow him into the kitchen and Sam nodded his head and went into the kitchen.
Daniel followed Sam which boo in his hands and Sam rolled his eyes and picked his son up.
Daniel laid his head on Sam's shoulder and Sam rubbed his back with his hands up and down.
"Did she give a reason?" Tommy asked and same closed his eyes and nodded his head and kept rubbing his hands up and down Daniel's back.
"Work", Sam said looking at Tommy.
Tommy took a deep breath and nodded his head.
Sam put the kids went to bed and Andy sat down and talked to her dad for a bit.
Andy eventually settled down and Sam took her home.
When they got into their house, Andy jumped on Sam and held onto him tight.
"Never leave me", She wisp eared to him.
Sam closed his eyes and nodded his head, rubbing his hand up and down her back.
"Never", he whispered to her.