A/N: WOW! Thank you so much for all the reviews, follows, and favorites! I am completely blown away by all the support. This will have a few more of the characters in it and a little of their interaction. I just couldn't leave everybody out. Also, for my sake and story Oliver was never kidnapped. Here is chapter 3! Enjoy!
Nick just sits there. What do I say? He saw it written all over her face at the station. She never stopped loving Swarek and she never would. "Nick, I'm sorry." "Andy, please don't apologize. I always knew this was a possibility. I started falling for you when we were under and I just had to give us a chance; a chance to see if we could be more than friends."
Andy just nods. She doesn't know what to say back to that. "Nick, can we still be friends?" "Always, Andy, always." Andy nods again, picking her next words carefully. "Gail still loves you, you know." "I know. We just need to work it out, same for you and Swarek." Andy smiles for the first time since Sam was shot.
A nurse walks in just then. "Ms. Andrea McNally?" Andy stands and walks towards her. "Ms. McNally, Officer Swarek is in a room. You can go in now." Andy nods and looks back at her friends. They all nod letting her know they would still be there when she got done. Andy follows the nurse to Sam's room. The nurse pushes the door open. Andy just stands there, frozen in place. The nurse nods in understanding. This isn't the first time family and friends are shocked by what they see.
Andy doesn't hear Traci walk up. Traci puts her hand on Andy's shoulder. "Trace what do I say? What do I do?" "Just sit with him. Say whatever comes to mind or don't say anything at all. The most important thing right now is that he knows you're here, even if he isn't awake yet." Andy nods and walks in.
Traci smiles a little at her friend. Andy and Sam will be ok after all. Traci closes the door and leans against the wall. This has been an emotionally draining day. It's brought up so many memories for her. It's hard to process all of it at once and it's slowly starting to catch up to her. She can hear Andy sobbing behind the closed door, but she knows it's what her friend needs right now. "Nash!" She looks up and she hears somebody yell her name. Steve is running down the hallway towards her. She falls into his open arms and he just holds her while she sobs. He slowly sits down in the floor with her knowing she wouldn't want to break down in front of her friends. He holds her until she's cried it all out. Finally she begins to tell him everything, from the day Jerry died until now.
Steve sees his sister walking towards them with a black duffle bag. Before Traci can see her he shakes his head at Gail. Gail nods with understanding and then points to the waiting room. Steve smiles and nods. He realizes that 15 is a tight knit group and he's glad his sister, Traci and Andy have all this support. Once Traci had settled down he leads her back to the waiting room. Noelle immediately wraps her in a hug and Steve goes to check on his sister. He sees her and Nick talking and decides they need this time more than he needs to see Gail so he walks back to Traci.
Back in Sam's room:
Andy is sitting beside Sam's bed holding his hand. She hasn't said one word since she walked in. She knows their friends want to see him too, but she just can't get herself to leave him. When the doctor comes to check on Sam she asks if her friends can come see him even if she stays in the room. The doctor nods and smiles. He understands and says he would let their friends know. Andy thanks him and he leaves. For the next two hours their friends come one at a time to see them. They give encouragement and tell Andy to call if she needs anything at all. Andy nods each and every time.
An hour later their friends begin to leave. Oliver was the only one who wouldn't leave. Everytime the doctor checked on Sammy, Oliver would ask how they were. They had been at the hospital for six hours when the doctor pills him away from Sammy's door. Oliver has a confused look on his face. "They are both still fine," the doctor reassures Oliver after seeing the look on his face. Oliver breathes a sigh of relief. "However," Oliver holds his breath again, afraid of what the doctor was going to say. "Officer McNally is showing severe signs of exhaustion, but she refuses to leave or sleep. I want to give her a sleeping pill but I know she will refuse. Can I count on you to help me?" Oliver smiles and nods. McNally will kill him when she finds out but it's for her own good. "If you will get her a drink, I will put the pill in it and you can go in and give it to her." Oliver leaves to get the drink.
About an hour after Oliver gave Andy the hot chocolate, she felt her eyes get really heavy. She knew she needed sleep, but she couldn't leave Sam like that. However, she fell fast asleep without meaning too. The doctor happily reported to Ollie that she was asleep and they would both be fine. Oliver decided it's safe to go home and get some sleep. They were gonna wait until it had been fifteen hours since he had been shot, and then they were going to wake him. Oliver had about seven hours before he needed to be back. He sent Traci a text letting her know the good news, and she forwarded to the others.
A/N: This chapter ended up being longer than I had originally thought, so I decided to break it into two chapters. Since it is already written, it will be posted soon. Thanks again for all the support!