A/N: Ok, so here is the final chapter. I have borrowed some lines of genius and altered others just to get the gist from the show. Edie/Andy and Gabe/Sam are the same people but I wrote them as which persona was speaking at the time. Hope that makes sense. I hope you have enjoyed the story. Thank you so much for the reviews and alerts. We all know how good it feels when someone appreciates our work.

Chapter 11 Everything is as it should be

It had been 2 months since the rookies were cut loose. After a crazy beginning, things had started to settle down. Andy enjoyed working with her friends, but always looked forward to her shifts with Sam. They had known each other less than a year, yet he knew her better than she knew herself sometimes. Sam and Andy had continued to be quite private about their relationship. They thought they were hiding it pretty well and if anyone knew differently, they weren't saying a word. Sam met Andy outside the locker room on his way to parade and extended a coffee cup to her with a wink. Andy blushed. She didn't know how he did that to her with just a wink. Who was she kidding? He could walk in the room and her stomach would do flip flops. He had been busy with a case this week so their time together had been spread thin. They tried to maintain a professional relationship at work and they decided on no shop talk right now outside of work. Andy was aware of Dov and Gail's surveillance detail. They never hesitated to bring up the secret work they were doing. It was getting irritating. Chris and Andy were partnered for the day and headed out on patrol. They discussed their lack of being on the inside and tried to fluff it off but they would only admit it to themselves. They were jealous.

It was a half hour into patrol. The streets were quiet. Suddenly, Chris' cell phone was ringing.

"What? Edie, calm down, ….did you call Dov? ….Ok, I am on my way."

Chris explained that Edie was in trouble. Her ex-boyfriend was on her doorstep and would not leave. She called Chris because she didn't want Dov and the ex to get into a fight.

Andy flipped the lights on and they sped to Edie's house.

When they arrived at her house she was in a heated argument with the guy standing on her front step. Chris tried to talk to Edie, while Andy interviewed the suspect. Andy checked out the vehicle. In the back of the SUV was a duffle bag and a money counter. Bingo. Andy and Chris took the man, identified as Gabriel Lessing of Montréal, into custody.

They returned to the barn and began processing their prisoner when they were summoned to Best's office. Aside from Sarge, Shaw, Jerry and Noelle were also present. Andy was nervous all of a sudden and any previous delusions of a possible commendation from headquarters for this bust was quickly dispelled by the look on their Staff Sergeant's face. He asked them to give the details of the call and the subsequent arrest. They recounted the call from Edie, the arrival on the scene, the discovery of the money and counter and finally the arrest of Mr. Lessing.

Jerry was the first to speak, "Did you say Lessing?"

"Yeah." The silence was deafening. "Why does everyone look like we ran over the mayor?" joked Andy

"The less you say right now the better." Noelle whispered as Detective Boyd entered the room.

"That money was going to open the largest pipeline of heroin that Toronto has ever seen…" as he looked over at Andy with contempt, "and you two just blew it."

Andy felt that nauseous feeling again suddenly realizing that this was the big case that everyone had been working on.

Jerry attempted to figure out how this all shook out.

"We got the call for the disturbance, I saw the money in the car and it looked suspicious." Said Andy as Sam strolled in and propped himself on a desk.

"Do you know how many people are involved in this thing? How many people I could have taken off the streets? Bergin! The Landrys!...Hey Barber, how long we been working on this? 6 months, 6 months! Hey, that's longer than you've been on the force isn't it?" yelled Boyd

Sam interjected, "We can still salvage this thing, we still have Lessing."

Andy's defensiveness came out as she looked over at Boyd, "I understand why you would be angry Sir, but I really don't think I made a mistake."

Sam felt his own defensiveness coming out but pursed his lips and shut his mouth. Andy would be furious if he looked like he was protecting her, and it certainly wouldn't help this situation or make any friends with Boyd.

"Ya know, they guy was driving around with over two million dollars in cash and he had a hand gun, so….I think she did what any cop would have done." Thank you Jerry.

Boyd continued to rant and rave. Finally, Sam had had enough. "Hey Boyd, you run your operation in the dark, people are gonna start bumping into each other. How did your team lose track of Lessing in the first place?"

"Lessing wasn't supposed to get in until Monday, how was I supposed to know that he was gonna come in 3 days early?"

"Well if you didn't know, how were Chris and I supposed to?"Andy interjected.

"Ya know what, I don't have time to sit here and explain every little detail to you newbies. I have to go explain to my bosses how you blew the bust of my career." With that Boyd stormed from the room.

Sam ended up interviewing Gabe Lessing. In their brief conversation he was able to flip Gabe into giving up the details of the deal with Bergin's men. Gabe gave full disclosure in a trade for witness protection. The highlight of the interview was when they group realized that Bergin's men had never met Gabe. Immediately Sam's wheels started turning. They used Gabe's phone and got in touch with Angel, who was the point man for Bergin's crew. They renegotiated the meet claiming that Gabe had gotten in town early and wanted to get the deal done. When they questioned his early arrival, quick thinking Andy brought up the fact that Gabe was in town to see his girlfriend, Edie.

A half hour later Sam, Andy, Jerry and Boyd met up in the squad room. It was decided that Sam would go under cover as Gabe and make the buy. Jerry was leery of Sam going under by himself. They figured that an undercover female officer could go under as Gabe's girlfriend. Boyd promised to look into grabbing someone up from UC. Suddenly Andy chimed in.

"I'll do it."

"No thanks." Said Boyd

"Come on, what do I have to do, pretend to be his girlfriend?" Andy was open to smacking herself if she began to smile.

"Sammy, do you think she can do it?" Definitely.

"Yeah, I do."

And that was that. They would meet up in one hour, 7pm, for the deal that was to take place at 9pm.

Andy went to the locker room to put on an appropriate outfit and hopefully get her head together.

Andy, you can do this... you are going undercover as the girlfriend of a drug dealer, who was really Sam, who was her real boyfriend, sort of, kind of, that no one actually knew about. Yikes.

She sat down on the bench in front of her locker and felt her heart start to palpitate. Sam walked in and his presence hardly helped her condition. She really wanted to just hug him so he could stop her from shaking. Instead he sat down next to her and held her hand.

"McNally, you okay?"

"Yeah, fine, good, great."

"Talk to me."

She hesitated, "I sucked at the last undercover, what makes me think I can do this?"

"Andy, you'll do fine. I'm not too disappointed that you were an awful prostitute. I am hoping that it will be a little easier to act like my girlfriend." He laughed.

"No, I know….. it's just that this time it's different. Your life is in my hands. What if I screw up? I can't have anything happen to you. I would never recover from that."

Sam's heart skipped a beat at her admission. He was starting to pray that his own hands weren't shaking. He pulled her up to stand next to him in front of the mirror making any attempt to distract her. She was supposed to be Edie, the girlfriend…yes. The exotic dancer, not sure. "Let's take a look at you Edie….Not bad, but you don't exactly scream cheap thrills."

"What are you talking about? I can look way cheap." She smiled as she tugged her shirt down to reveal more cleavage.

He blushed, "Okay, okay….let's get our stories straight. We've been together a couple of years. How did we meet?"

"Uh, well…. We met at the club. We have been dating a few years."

"How did you feel about me, did you like me right away?"

"Yes!"

"Huh? Yes, you understand?"

"Yes, I liked you right away." She admitted shyly.

"Really?" he smiled and caught himself gazing into those brown eyes which were not leaving his either. "Oh boy, we are getting off track here." He grabbed her by her shoulders and used the most reassuring voice he could find.

"Andy, try to stay calm but have a story prepared and go with it. Try to stay as close to the truth as possible. It's harder to remember the details of something you lie about…..are you ready for this?"

"Let's go."

They met in the squad room to discuss particulars before they headed to the Mermaid Lounge, which was the site of the buy. Noelle, Boyd and Callaghan were the first back up team and various others would be in the surrounding areas.

Sam and Andy jumped in Gabe's SUV and headed to their destination. Andy was very quiet. Sam parked in front of the bar and unhooked his seatbelt as he turned to face tried to loosen the mood and give her a little pep talk.

"Andy, honey, listen to me….you are ready for this. I have been working with you for the last six months, I have seen how far you've come and there is no one I would rather go in there with, than you. I promise. You are gonna be great. You trust me right?"

"With my life."

"Good, because I trust you, to have my back, always. I know we promised to try to be professional while on the job but I just have to tell you that whatever happens,…. I love you…... and I really need to kiss you right now."

Andy laughed and leaned in for a kiss. It was short and sweet and before they knew it, lights flashed from behind them as their backup turned the corner and pulled across the street. Sam and Andy quickly jumped away from each other and out of the car. Sam grabbed the money bag and wrapped his arm around Andy before they disappeared inside the club.

The Mermaid Lounge was never exactly a hot spot but apparently was under renovations. Bergin owned the building and the police were sure that it was a great front for the many illegal activites Bergin was involved in, to take place. They were immediately met by Angel, real name, Simon Torrence and his young sidekick Ricky. Gabe was immediately patted down and relieved of his gun. In all fairness, Simon made Ricky lay his on the table also. How nice, honor among thieves. Angel apologized for having to pat down Edie but Andy hardly believed he was sorry. She felt the glare from her partner as Angel's hands and eyes worked their way down her body.

"Beautiful girl, you're a lucky guy Gabe."

"Don't I know it." Sam gave Andy a wink

"How did you get mixed up with Gabe here?" Angel questioned

"I'm a dancer over at Tassies. A couple of years ago Gabe walked in, Mr. Big shot that he is, working a deal and I was a goner. Everyone tried to warn me that he was trouble but when you find the right one, the one who just gets you, ya know, right?"

"I guess with some people you just do." Angel admitted as he went over to the table to count the money in Gabe's duffle bag. Andy was hoping her story sounded believable, Sam was hoping she wasn't pretending.

"So Angel, I see you, I see Ricky but no sign of Henry Bergin?"

"Well, like you said on the phone Gabe, there's been a change of plans.

Gabe and Edie exchanged glances.

"So Angel, where's my stuff?"

"It's not here."

"What? First no Bergin and now you don't have my product?"

"Relax Gabe, it's all good. I'll take the money and I will be back in twenty minutes with the narcotics."

"No way. Forget it, we're out of here."

"Ok. I guess the Landrys are okay with you blowing a two million dollar deal, they must really like you."

"What they like is their money and what they won't like is me letting it walk out the door with someone I've never met and I've got nothing in my hands." He zipped the bag closed and was ready to walk out. Suddenly, Andy to the rescue.

"How about this? Money stays here, Gabe watches over it, with him." She nodded to Ricky. "You take me to the dope, deals good, I call Gabe and he lets Ricky take the money. Done."

Angel hesitated for a second, "You got a smart girl."

"She has her moments." Sam wanted to strangle Andy right now putting herself in harm's way.

"Well as pretty as she is, I think I'd rather have you come with me." Angel admitted

"Yeah, I think so too." Thank God.

Gabe walked over to Edie and held her face in his hands. Andy whispered "This was my idea you don't have to do this."

"Don't worry about me, you be smart. See you in a bit." He gave her a smile that didn't quite reach his eyes.

Andy noticed it and realized she was seeing something in Sam's eyes that she rarely saw from him, doubt. She put her hands on his waist and looked right into his eyes. "I love you,… truly." And then she kissed him. A searing kiss that hopefully told him everything that she hadn't told him before. Yes, she loved him, would do anything for him and she was so grateful to have him in her life. Most importantly she wanted this whole op to be over with so she could be Andy, he could be Sam and they could just be together and she didn't care who knew it.

Sam was slightly startled by her admission and the smile on his face didn't just represent his enjoyment of that kiss. All he could think was, Please don't be acting.

As Gabe started to follow Angel out of the club, Edie spoke up, "Hey Angel, look, this is my man, and I'm not letting him leave here without his gun."

"Now that's a girl you can count on." He motioned to Ricky to hand Gabe his gun. And then they were gone.

Andy sat and had a silent conversation with herself. She was thankful that Ricky was standing across the room or he may have noticed her heart pulsating out of her chest. She tried to make light conversation with him to pass the time. They had only left minutes ago and yet it seemed like an eternity. Ricky looked young, seemed young and Andy could tell that this was probably his first big job. People were counting on him, he was inexperienced, and fidgeting with nervousness. Welcome to the club.

Edie and Ricky got into what would constitute a pissing match of I know more than you do. Unfortunately, Ricky would win this round. He admitted that he had picked up Landry at the airport just this morning. Andy hoped that Ricky couldn't read the extreme panic in her eyes as she realized that Landry knew Gabe and the second they saw Sam, he was dead. With no real plan in mind, she jumped up from her chair and headed for the door.

"Hey, you can't leave…..that wasn't part of the deal." He raised the gun to aim at her.

"I'm leaving. So either shoot me or let me walk out."

"Don't make me shoot you, I don't want to but I will."

"Let me tell you something Ricky, you are in the middle of the worst day of your life and it is only gonna get worse for you if you continue to point that gun at a cop."

"You're a cop?" he was sweating buckets now.

"Yeah. Right now I am gonna try to save my partner because the second your boss sees that he is not Gabe, they are gonna kill him."

He continued to point the gun but Andy didn't see it. All she saw was Sam's face in her head. She had to get to him, she wouldn't be able to live with herself if something happened to him.

She ran out of the club down the street toward her backup. Luke, Boyd and Noelle jumped out of the car as soon as they saw her. They had seen Sam leave with Angel and were trusting that McNally knew what she was doing. Sam had given the signal that everything was still a go. Everything was on track….. until they saw her… running, in high heel boots like she was a track star. Something was definitely wrong.

They jumped out of the car and ran to her.

"You've got to stop Sam's car. As soon as he gets to Bergin, he's made, they're gonna kill him." She jumped into Boyd's vehicle, as Noelle advised backup at the warehouse where Sam was. Over the scanner they heard shots being fired and complete bedlam. The words "undercover officer is in the building" and "gunshot wound to the chest" were the only things reverberating through her mind the short distance to Bergin's warehouse. Luke kept glancing back at her, sincere caring in his eyes. He tried to calm her, "he'll be okay, Sam knows what he's doing." She appeared calm on the surface but one look in her eyes told the whole story. Luke was a bit shaken that this op had seriously turned for the worst, never did he want one of his brethren in trouble, but more upsetting was McNally's state of being. He had never seen her like this, so upset, and then it hit him. She was in love with Sam. He silently prayed that the night would turn out okay, even if not for the bust, but for her and Sam's sake anyway.

Boyd pulled their SUV into the warehouse parking lot. Andy practically jumped out while it was still moving. She walked hurriedly toward the loading dock, then she saw it….a body covered with a yellow tarp. Oh God No, please not him. She was frozen in place. She couldn't bear to get any closer. Boyd flipped up the tarp and it was Angel's body that was uncovered. Suddenly she felt a hand on her arm, she jumped only to see Luke. "You had his back, Andy." He nodded in the direction of Oliver's squad car with a safe Sam leaning against it. The sight of Sam in one piece, smiling at her, lit her up like a Christmas tree.

"Andy?" Luke called as she walked toward Sam.

"Yeah Luke?" she looked over her shoulder

"You should tell him."

"Huh?"

"Tell him you love him."

"Oh….I don't understand, how did you know?"

"All I know, is that you never looked at me the way you look at him." He hung his head and walked in the direction of Boyd.

Shaw and Noelle were heading for the squad car but saw Andy approaching, and, giving them some privacy went to make themselves scarce.

She took a deep breath and tried her hardest not to cry the tears that were forming in her eyes. "You're okay."

"Thanks to you. You were great in there."

"Thanks." she hesitated for a second "Listen... about that…you know… I meant it. All of it. I love you Sam. I'm sorry that it took me so long to realize it,… to tell you. At first I was afraid to jeopardize our jobs, so that was what I hid behind. It didn't take long before I couldn't get you out of my head but by then I was so afraid of what I felt. Everything about you scared me…and now,…..tonight, the only thing that scared me was the thought of not being able to be with you, always."

The tears that had threatened were flowing freely now. Sam said nothing but wiped the tears from her cheeks, his eyes never leaving hers. "I'm sorry, did you just say you love me?" He smirked.

Andy wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled his face to hers. "Yep. I did….now shut up." Immediately their lips met, she kissed him furiously as if she couldn't get enough, and quite frankly, she didn't think she could. As their tongues dueled for dominance and their bodies melted into each other, neither noticed the small group approaching them.

"Oh, I know you aren't leaning on my car." Shaw called to them, a huge grin on his face.

They pulled away from the car but not from each other, a slight blush on both their faces.

"About time you two got on the same page." Noelle said and winked over at Shaw.

"Same page? I wasn't sure they were reading the same book." He yelled back.

As Jerry, Nash, and Epstein prepared to take their turns at the mocking, Sam put his hand up, "Guys, I just woke up in the best dream of my life and you guys are definitely not in it."

The End.

A/N: Thank you all for reading, reviewing and alerting. I love getting those fan fiction messages in my inbox. Appreciative for all of the support.

Lisa