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"Chief Ross."
"Herrera? What happened?"
"I lost a life. A life that could have been saved if the PRT hadn't been shut down by people without a vision, who prioritized protocols and avoided lawsuits over human life. Captain Aquino is expected to return in a month or so and after some careful thought. I'm…"
"You feel like you should be made captain of 23 permanently."
"No. The team my father put together has spearheaded programs that are saving taxpayers thousands of dollars a year and are changing this city for the better, Crisis One, the clinic, PRT, which I want to fight for. I want to fight for the PRT, but it's not my place, 'cause 19's not my house, but it should be. I was able to make some changes during my time as captain at 23, but the problems at that house go deeper than hazing and sex jokes. I- I want to be at 19. 19's my home." Andy looked up at Chief Ross, passion and determination shown through her eyes.
"You just solved a big problem for me." Andy lets out a small exhale of breath with a smile. "Yeah, I finally worked my way through McCallister's desk, and what I found was a massive budget issue, bigger than I thought" Andy is looking at Ross as they start to walk with a frown on her face "I have to find $14 million or SFD has to declare bankruptcy, so all week, I've been trying to figure out which station to shut down, and after the way that you just spoke about 23, that's an easy decision."
"No, no, no. I'm- I-I didn't mean to-"
"I know. I know you didn't. Thank you for your transparency. Let's get dinner next week, and we'll figure out how to get you home, okay?" Ross patted Andy on the shoulder and walked away.
Andy was thinking about that conversation over and over and over again. She felt guilty as hell that she got 23 shut down and that guilt only got worse at Joe's when she let it slip that she talked to Ross.
"So, you wanting to go back to your precious 19 is the reason 23 got shut down?" Theo asked.
Duval ended up hearing "What?"
Andy went on to tell the rest of the team that she asked Chief Ross to be transferred back to 19
"You know. You constantly preach that we are a team." Duval started and Andy tries to interrupt.
"That-"
Duval "We have each other's backs, right? But the first chance you get, you just stab us in ours."
"Some freaking captain you are," Maddox commented. "Hey, 23, let's go somewhere else." He asks Jeremy if he's coming or not and Jeremy tries to defend her.
"Dude, she just said she tried to protect you all. Do you think an interim captain really has the power to shut down an entire station? I'm gonna finish my beer man."
Andy saw that Theo was starting to get up, but she quickly stopped him, asking him to stay. He decided to stay because he didn't want to go anywhere else, plus he wanted to see Vic.
It was a couple hours later, a few beet, multiple shots later that Jeremy and Andy decided to leave. Theo was playing darts with Travis, who had come from the dinner at Dixon's house, so he didn't notice her leaving with Jeremy.
Andy and Jeremy are leaving the bar hours later, Andy trips, and Jeremy catches her and holds hands.
"Okay, I definitely cannot drive."
"No, I'll get you an Uber."
"No, it's okay. I-I can get my own."
"Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa." turns Andy to face him "Or - Or we could share one."
Andy throws her head back and laughs.
"What?"
"Okay, I- I have a pact." Andy tried to tell him.
"Oh, yeah? Like a pinky promise?"
"Mm-hmm" Jeremy kisses her "Ooh! Um yeah. A-A pinky promise to a friend that I won't sleep with anyone."
"Well, Is this friend a boyfriend?"
"No, just a friend who has my back. And... And we - we've decided to try celibacy." Jeremy kisses Andy's neck "Hoo!"
"Okay, well, then you really shouldn't be kissing me in a parking lot."
Jeremy leaned in and kissed her again, Andy kissed back but pulled back after a couple of seconds. "Okay, sorry. No. I'm gonna - I'm gonna stay strong" Andy said, raising her arms. "As cute as you are. But if you give me you're number, I mean, we- when the pact is over, I, you know-"
"Okay, Why - Why - Why would you kiss me in a parking lot" Jeremy started while grabbing Andy's hand and moved her further away from the bars' door. "If you have this- this "pact"?"
"Well, um. Because you're hot. And I like you and you forced me to have fun when I was having a really crappy night. But, um, now I got to get home. So" - Andy tries to back away from him.
"Wow. Okay."
"Yeah, alright. It was fun hanging out."
Jeremy moved closer to Andy "Come on, Andy. We were having a good time." Jeremy grabs her waist and pulls her into him.
"And now it's time to go home."
Jeremy, still holding Andy "Why are you being such a bitch?"
Andy tries to pull away from him "Why are you being such an ass?" Andy tries to fight him off, but he won't let go.
"Come on, you can stop the game." Jeremy got more physical.
"What are you doing?" Andy was a couple of feet in front of him when he grabbed her by her arm and hair. He forced her up against the brick wall and slammed her head into it, she got free for a second before he grabbed her and pushed her into the wall again, hitting her head. He tried to cover her mouth, but she ended up biting his hand.
Theo and Travis come out of the bar five minutes later and see that Jeremy still has Andy pinned against the wall. The two rush over to help but not before Jeremy punches her in the face.
Andy doubled over and Jeremy kneed her hard enough that it sounded like a rib possibly cracked and she screamed. Theo pulled Jeremy away from Andy, punched him once and then laid him on the ground and then called the cops.
It was three minutes later when cops arrived and arrested Jeremy, took Andy's statement, and then sent Andy over to the hospital, Theo and Travis fought to stay with her the whole time until they had to take Andy for scans and bloodwork.
They were in the waiting room for close to two hours when Miranda walked by and saw them. She furrowed her eyebrows.
"Travis? Ruiz? What are you two doing here?"
The two men look at each other and then back to Bailey.
"I- um." Theo hesitated.
"We were at Joe's bar tonight and something happened…"
Before Travis could continue, Miranda interrupted. "To whom?"
"To me," Andy said, coming into the room, Meredith behind her, a hand on her back. Miranda turned around and was taken aback by Andy's appearance. Andy's hair was frazzled, she saw the bruise forming around her left eye, had cuts on both sides of her face and one of her arms wrapped around her stomach. Saw that her hand was all cut up.
"Oh, my God. Who did that?" Miranda asked, shocked.
Andy looked down and sighed. "I was drinking at Joe's with a guy I had just met. He walked me out and when I was trying to walk away he started to get physical. Long story short, this is the outcome." Andy told her. "I'm going to head to the station, I don't feel like being alone at my apartment," Andy told Theo and Travis.
"Do you want us to come with you, Andy?" Travis asked, wanting to wrap Andy in a hug but knowing he may be overstepping.
Andy shook her head. "It's okay. Meredith is going to drive me over." Andy told them. "Sorry, guys. I know you helped me out tonight and you have no idea how much I appreciate it."
Theo and Travis give her small smiles in understanding. "It's okay. We get it." Theo said.
Meredith and Andy began to walk out of the hospital when Andy turned back around. "Thank you for staying despite what happened, Theo. Who knows what could have happened if you hadn't been there."
"I'm still mad at you but there was no way I was going to leave you alone in a bar when you're drunk with a guy you just met," Theo told her.
Andy nodded her head. "Thank you."