"Are you sure this is OK?" Andy asked as she stepped in to the small house. "It really is no problem. Finn and Leo are about the same age so it will be perfect. My mom will watch Finn with Leo while we are in class." Tracy answered while grabbing Andy's bag from her. Andy surveyed the house. She was finally out of her father's house. Not as soon as she'd hoped but when she found out she was pregnant she knew she had to make a change. Nicholas Finn Collins was passed out in her arms. He was four and a half months old and everything in the world to her. She laid him down on the bed while she set up his play crib. Moving him into it she sat on the edge of the bed watching him as he slept. Her thoughts wandered to when she told her father she was pregnant.
"Dad, we need to talk." Andy said as she set his plate on the table. She'd been home more than normal as her morning sickness and overall unsteadiness where wearing her down. Nick had been gone for six months and Andy was now six months pregnant. She was getting to where she couldn't hide it anymore; she was starting to show, before because of her athletic build the baby looked more like she'd had a few too many beers. She and her father had grown closer with Nick's absence. Tommy McNally had been sober for six months; he hadn't had a drink after their big blowup when Nick left. Andy sat down and bowed her head for grace. They held hands and said Amen. Andy stared at her plate hoping somewhere in the potatoes she'd find some courage. "Can you pass a roll?" Tommy asked. "Dad, listen to me! I'm… pregnant." She blurted out. Tommy set his fork. "It's his isn't it?" he asked, his eyes never leaving his plate. "It is a boy, and yes it's Nick's." Andy replied softly. "What I say won't matter Andy, you know that and I know you will do everything in your power to not be like me, just know that you will never be like me as a parent. You will always be better, you've already shown that in how you take care of me." Tommy reached across the table and gave her hand a soft squeeze. "Have you told him?" he asked. "I…I haven't heard from him since he left. He just vanished." The words came out barely above a whisper and she could feel her dinner sitting in the back of her throat. "We can do this, you are a strong enough person for anyone!" Tommy said comforting her as he pulled her in to a hug.
The further along Andy got the more she realized bartending wasn't going to cut it and through the last few months she'd grown a new found respect for her father. Andy decided that the best she could do for her and Finn was to join the police force and follow in her father's footsteps. Despite their differences she wanted him to be proud of her and she knew if she managed to get to 15 Division he would be.
"We are Rookies tomorrow!" Tracy said into Andy's room as she caught site of her watching Finn sleep.
Tracy and Andy met at work, Andy had to give up bartending when Finn was born and was working in a small diner. They had a lot in common mostly their kids. Tracy had had Leo when she was in high school and he was going on two years old now. She put herself through school with the help of her mother who would watch Leo while she worked or was in school. Despite becoming closer to her father Andy felt she needed to be on her own, she needed distance between her and her father. Tracy had an empty room and offered it to Andy, it helped because it was closer to the station and she knew Finn would be with someone she could trust.
Feels like a filler chapter and I'm sorry:( Should be moving along better after this.
