AN: This is what I think happened after Thursday night's episode. I own nothing.

She ran out of the hospital to her car and sped over to Sam's apartment. She was so angry, upset and on the verge of tears. 'I can't believe that I'm so stupid sometimes. Why didn't I see it before?' she thought as she banged on his door. "Sam…please open up if you're there." She said loudly as her voice cracked.

Sam was sitting on the couch watching TV when he heard banging on his door then he heard her voice. He could hear that she was upset and possibly crying. He quickly got up and opened the door and the look on her face broke his heart. It was the look of pain and hurt and her tears were now flowing freely down her face; he didn't say anything but he just pulled her into a hug and closed the door.

They went over to the couch and sat down all the while he continued to hold her in a tight embrace. Then she spoke, "When I went up there, he and Jo were popping balloons, throwing away the flowers and she was eating the chocolate. They were laughing and flirting with each other. Why didn't I see it earlier? There were warning signs but I stupidly ignored my gut. When I asked him if he still loved her he didn't say anything for a minute—that should've tipped me off right there—then he's been working late on a case—yeah right—and then I found that ring in the gun compartment no less and I'm just sure it was hers because frankly it's a little big on me and it just doesn't look like something I would like. But it was the look on his face when he looked at her; he's never looked at me that way. Lets face it Sam, this was never supposed to go this far; I mean keeping a ring in gun compartment, come on, who would do that? I've thought about this and I'm going to break up with him tomorrow and don't try to stop me because I've made up my mind. I was just trying to fool myself into thinking that I was happy with him but I wasn't. I'm happiest when I'm with you, Sam." She angrily wiped away the tears.

"No Andy, don't go blaming you for his stupid mistake. Ok yeah sure you didn't see the signs but that's in the past. And now you can move forward. And if doesn't see just how great of person you are and not just some beautiful rookie then that's his problem; just know that I will always be here for you."

When she looked up into his eyes for the first time she felt like she was going to be ok and then what she saw in his eyes was love. She wasn't sure as to how to respond to that but she decided she was listening to her gut this time. "Sam…how long have you felt this way about me?"

"From the first moment we met then I got to know you and I just couldn't stop myself from falling very hard in love with you."

"I…I don't know what to say. To tell you the truth I've felt the same way but I was afraid of getting hurt again and now look where that got me. I went with what I thought was the safe choice and I got hurt."

"You're doing it again, now stop it like I said I will always be for you. Look I'm not very good at expressing my feelings so I have a song that says everything I feel about you."

He turns to the radio/CD player and hits play. It's Bon Jovi, 'I'll be there for you' he held out his hand, "Dance with me." "Sam I don't know…" "Yes you do, you've been doing it with me for almost a whole year and just listen to the music, let it flow through you."

She grabbed his hand and he pulled up to him. His hand in hers, her arm around his waist, his arm around hers and they started rocking back in forth in time to the beat. Then he twirled her around and dipped her. The whole time she was surprised that he could dance like this and yet she felt so safe and it felt so right to have him in her arms. She moved closer to him and looked into his eyes; she leaned up and he leaned down; their lips crashing together. They both put everything they had into the kiss. It was slow and passionate like a smoldering flame. He was the first one to pull back and she looked at him confused then he said, "I don't want to be the other man again, I can't…this can't be a repeat of the blackout. I've waited for you this long; one day isn't going to kill me."

"Alright Sam then just hold me."

"Ok"

They went into the bedroom and she took off her shoes and got into bed. He took off his shirt and just left his boxers on and got into bed then he put his arm around her and she laid her head down over his heart. She loved listening to the sound of his heartbeat, it was strong and steady and it calmed her down and soon she was asleep.

He loved having her in his arms; he felt like he needed to protect her from everything. He looked down at her and she was sleeping peacefully with a small smile on her lips; he gently kissed the top of her head and whispered, "I love you Andrea McNally."

The next day came and she was on her way to the hospital to break it off and when she walked into the room she wasn't surprised to see them all wrapped up in each other and surprisingly she wasn't upset because she knew that he was really happy with Jo. She woke him up and he jumped trying to convince her that they were just sleeping. She just simply stated, "Luke its ok, I'm not staying long, Jo don't leave you stay this won't take long. I just came here to tell it's over and don't try to talk me out of it. Look I saw what ya'll were doing last night and you looked way happier than I've ever seen you with me. No don't try to say anything, let's face it; it would've never worked out between us Luke. You've got somebody to make you really happy and love you and I've got that too, I just didn't see it at first."

"Sam?"

"Yeah and here Jo, take this, it was meant for you anyway. Take good care of him and never let him go."

"Um yeah thanks Andy. Umm why are you doing this?"

"Because we've all got to realize that sometimes what you think is the right thing to do turns out to be the wrong one."

"Oh, well alright if that's the way you feel."

"Yes it is Luke. Look you and I both know it was never going to work; we were just too stubborn to admit our true feelings; I've got to go, I'm going to be late to parade. Goodbye."

A few minutes later she pulled up to the station with a big smile on her face, today was going to be new beginning for her and Sam; she just hopes she wouldn't screw it up.

She ran in, got changed and made into parade before Best came in. While she was waiting Sam came in and gave her a coffee. She stood up, wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him one hell of kiss; he thought he was going to loose his mind right there. Then she pulled back and sat down. He just stood there dumbfounded until he heard Best's voice and then he went and stood over by Oliver. Ollie was like, "What was that all about?" he had seen the whole thing. "I have no idea but I'm going to find out."

Afterwards when she was gathering her things Traci came up and she noticed that she didn't have her ring, "Hey Andy how are you? Where's your ring?"

She turned around with a huge smile on her face, "I'm great and we broke up."

"What happened?"

She told her the story and Traci just couldn't help herself, "So have you've gotten some McLoving?"

She blushed big time, "Traci, no we haven't done anything like that. We want to take slow and not mess things up. We've both been hurt and we don't want to get hurt again. He did dedicate a song to me last night and it was so perfect, it fits him. Oh and did you know he could dance?"

"No I didn't figure him for a dancing type."

"Yeah I didn't either till we started dancing and he dipped me twice. Oh my god that man feels so good when I'm in his arms."

"And don't forget that Swarek dimple smile."

They both just laughed.

AN: What do you think? Should I continue? Please give me feedback. Shirtless Swarek for everyone.