ABC.
Words: 558
Couple: Andy McNally and Sam Swarek.
TV Show: Rookie Blue.
Disclaimer: All characters you recognize do not belong to me.
AU.
Established Andy/Sam.

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Prompt: Partners

"Can you tell me what happened out there today Officer McNally?"
"Frank-"
"No Detective. I wasn't asking you."

She glanced at him and almost felt her knees buckle beneath her at the thought that this was it. The secret was up.

"Officer McNally?"
"I shouldn't have been in the field today sir."
"Can you elaborate?"
"Detective Swarek was just being over-protective. Doing his job as my training officer, and-"
"But he's no longer your training officer."
"Doesn't mean he'll ever stop teaching me how to do my job sir."

Her palms felt sweaty, and they were slipping in the grip she had behind her back. Looking to her Staff Sergeant she tried her best to ignore the stares that were burning holes into the back of her head from the desks down below. But no matter what happened, right now was a moment that she'd never be able to take back.

"Can you please explain to me why McNally shouldn't have been in the field Detective?"

And it's then that Andy knows it's on the tip of Sam Swarek's tongue. But he knows, and she knows, that as soon as they say it she's on a desk. She's not even ten-feet near the armory, and there's no way in hell Frank Best will let her anywhere near a squad car.

"I'm pregnant," she answered, her eyes glancing back at the man beside her as his eyes flick to her as well, "And today was rushed, and busy, and there was a lot at stake and we got caught up in our jobs and we didn't tell you like we'd planned. But he had my back out there like he always does even from behind a desk."

The moment of silence that follows her confession is the hardest so far. She can hear Sam's breathing and knows that he's just a foot to her left and at any moment she can turn to him and tell him she wants to go. But then she knows that the tapping sound is Frank's fingers against his desk and there's no way she could leave the office now.

"I did my job sir, that's what happened today. And Detective Swarek did what a partner was supposed to do. It got out of hand, but we dealt with it. We did it without letting emotions cloud judgment and we did it by the book. Just like we were both trained."
"McNally, you know that isn't what the issue is now."
"But I do know sir. And that's why you've got us here. Because you thought you knew something was up, and now you know."
"Thought this through?"
"Yes sir."
"Stop with the sir Andy, you're not in trouble."

Her hands go slack and drop to her sides, and she's trying her best to remain calm.

"We've got more than you to worry about Andy, there's another person in play here," Frank explains, "And I know that your partner here isn't the only one who'll be agreeing with the terms I'll be laying down here."

It's that word that has a small smile growing on her lips, because she knows that it didn't matter what context the word was in.

Sam Swarek was her partner, and he was going to forever back her up. That was the story, and that was how it stayed.

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Before I forget. I must put this here because if not, it may be a bit confusing.

So both this chapter and the next chapter toy with the idea of Andy being pregnant – sorry for the spoiler. I think. – and this chapter is actually set after the next chapter. But something comes up in between the morning after the next chapter and them getting around to telling Frank.

And yeah. But I'm not gonna put it as a tag. Because at the same time as that theory they can also be seen as two stand alone things where there is one starting scenario that branches off into two different ones that create completely different story-lines.

Apologies for A) the really OCness here. And B) the ending. Oh and maybe also for how little this actually related to the prompt. But we'll try not to speak about that.

Thank you!

All mistakes are mine.

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Next Prompt: Quiet.
She was allergic to silence, so right now, he was going insane with worry knowing that she was overthinking everything in her head and wasn't going to tell him what it was.