Chapter 20

It has been 52 weeks since I had given birth to Jackson. We celebrated his first birthday. Life has pretty much settled down into a comfortable routine. Jackson has said his first word which was poop which caused us to laugh we would so be teasing him when he was older. But then after that he said dad which made Sam have the biggest smile on his face. He walked his first steps and laughed for the first time. He has even started to walk on his own but he can only do a couple steps before he falls onto hit butt, when he learned to crawl he was everywhere at the same time, it was hard to keep up with him.

Sam asked me to move in with him last month and now we live as a family in a new three bedroom apartment. We share the master bedroom while one was converted into a study for the both of us and one was Jackson's room. I couldn't imagine my life without my two boys.

Next week I am starting up at the Academy for 3 months. Sam has taken night shifts so that he can be with Jackson during the day and I could be with him during the night. These next few months were going to be really hard. I have spent the last couple months getting back into shape; I can now say that I weigh less than I did from before I was pregnant. If you look at me you would never be able to tell I had a child less than a year ago.

At the Police Academy, I became really good friends with a couple of people; Traci Nash, Chris Diaz and Dov Epstein. We were all pretty close. It was funny because Jerry Barber was one of our instructors. One of the exercises was exactly like the retraining one where the bed guy dresses up in a suit and you have to beat them down with a night stick. Jerry picked me to demonstrate so he got in the suit and I beat him. I think he was surprised but Sam was teaching me things.

At the monthly poker game that Sam holds at our house with Frank, Jerry and Oliver when they all talk about their jobs and life. I was with Jackson in his nursery putting him to bed. I came out and heard them talking about the new batch of rookies. I was interested in what they had to say.

"I think these rookies can go either way, there is this one kid who follows every single rule, he's like you were Sam." Jerry commented.

"Oh ha ha." Sam replied. "I play by my book now. I learned that is the way to do it, you got to have a little criminal in you in order to be a good cop."

"Well then I must be perfect for this job." I make myself known and sit go to sit on Sam's lap.

"I think Sam is a great cop, Diaz is probably going to need a couple of ass whooping from Frank and then he will realize that you can't do everything by the book." I smirk at Frank and grab a sip of beer from Sam's bottle. Oliver laughed at Frank. "You know I am psychic, I can just tell that Dov and Oliver will be perfect for each other, ehh Jerry."

"I actually agree with you there." Jerry said.

"I think you and Traci would be good partners." I say to Jerry and I can see his blush. I know that they have a fling going on but I promised Traci I wouldn't tell anyone. "Too bad you're going to be a detective." I notice the baby monitor in my hand and I lean forward to kiss Sam. The guys whistle.

"Are we going to play poker or watch our future rookie and Sam get it on?" Oliver commented.

"I'm all for the second one." Sam comments.

"Save it for when they leave," I whisper into his ear and get up to leave. "I'm going to head in for the night guy." I announce.

"0600 hours McNally." Jerry Barber orders.

"Yes Sir." I mock salute back at him. The guys go back to playing poker and drinking their beers. I flop face first on to the bed and fall asleep. I wake up hours later to the feel of someone kissing my neck. I twist my body around so I am lying on my back and I see Sam hovering right above me. We stare into each other's eyes and I know this is the right time. I lean up closer to him and capture his lips into a heated kiss. I push Sam up so that he is standing right beside the edge of the bed and I kneel on the bed so we are the same height. I grab him shirt and pull it over his head, our lips only detaching when the shirt comes between up. He does the same to me. I stand up on the bed and wrap my legs around him. He walks us over to the wall and pushes me up against it.

"Are you sure about this Andy?" he asks me and kissed my necks. I was going to have a hicky there tomorrow.

"Uh huh." I reply in a breathy moan, he moves us back over to the bed where we make love for the first time in almost 2 years. I have never felt more complete.