INTO THE WILD

Hey this is my first attempt at a fanfic. I have really been inspired by all of yours so I really hope you enjoy it, have fun! Feed back is appreciated. Also, if there are any mistakes that I missed do tell.

Disclaimer: As much as I would like to, I do not own Rookie Blue.

Chapter 1: The Announcement

It had now been over a month since her breakup. Cheating bastard she muttered at the thought of his name, but she was completely and without a doubt over him. She was headed towards a brighter future. In fact, Andy McNally was so over cops.

"McNally", Sam greeted her with a dimpled grin.

"Hey", she replied. What had she just said about being over cops? "You coming to the Penny tonight", she asked hopefully.

"Nope", he answered, popping the 'P'.

"More boxing plans?" she arched and eyebrow, demanding answers.

"Not quite but I'm sure I'll see you around", Sam smirked as he headed for the locker room. Before he could turn away Andy caught the look in his eye; excitement, with a hint of dread? Whatever it was, he did a good job hiding it.

She sighed in relief when her uniform was finally discarded for the weekend and folded into her bag. Nothing like a whole shift on desk duty, with Gail. Speak of the Devil, she thought as the blonde walked in.

"Hey", she said as she made her way to her locker.

"Hey", Andy answered without looking up.

"So..., Gail hesitated, have any plans for the weekend?" She tried to hide a smile as she asked.

"Um, no, not really. I'm just waiting for Traci", she replied as she put on her strappy shoes.

At that moment, Traci poked her head through the door and quickly smiled before she disappeared again. Andy heard her whispering by the door and Gail suddenly became very distracted with something in her locker.

Seconds later, Traci walked in followed by Dov, Chris, Oliver, Jerry and Sam. Andy eyed them all suspiciously as they all made their way over to her. The gang smiled widely, including Gail.

"What's up?" Andy asked, narrowing her eyes at them.

"Here's the thing Andy, we know you've been through a lot lately so we thought that it would be fun to do something, you know all of us together, just like back at the academy except this time we're going to bring all the old guys with us", she explained as her grin stretched out with each sentence.

"Hey! Who are you calling old?" Jerry demanded impatiently while the two other TOs feigned hurt.

Traci pet him on the shoulder before she continued excitedly. "Anyway, as I was saying, she threw Jerry a stern look before continuing, we tried to figure out the best way to spend the weekend until you partner here, she pointed Sam who was rubbing an invisible smudge on the floor with his shoe, told us how much you love camping!"

As the pieces fit together a wide smiled spread across Andy's face.

Motivated by Andy's reaction, Traci continued. "So the minute we are all ready, we're heading to a new campsite about an hour and a half away where we will spend two nights doing whatever it is we do there, three days away from the job!" She practically squealed with delight by the end. Andy also had to contain herself from jumping up and down. Then it hit her. Her eyes zeroed in on Sam: "You're going camping?" she asked, eyes widened in shock.

"Well the last time I tried something new, like being friends with a women, he winked, it turned out ok so I thought i would be pretty awesome at this too", he answered with the usual Swarek cockiness as he put the dimples on full force.

Andy shrugged before she smiled again. Damn dimples, she thought.

As the others watched the interactions between the two partners, they rolled their eyes. Nothing was holding them back anymore yet they still stubbornly avoided what was obviously there. The heated looks they gave each other almost made their friends uncomfortable but if this little weekend getaway is all it took for the two to think clearly they could get over it. Besides, Sam had made it a little more than obvious over the last year and they could see that Andy felt the same way.

When the group looked back their way, they noticed that neither Sam nor Andy had broken eye contact.

"Great, we haven't even left yet and they're already undressing each other with their eyes", Gail said with an annoyed tone but her smiled let everyone know that she was kidding. Traci elbowed her in the ribs to stop her giggling.

"Yeah Sammy, Oliver chimed in, maybe you should ride in separate cars".

Sam then turned to Oliver and shot him a menacing look. "Me and McNally ride together all the time you know".

"So that's why you two never get any 'work' done", Jerry said with a smirk. Both Sam and Andy's eyebrows shot up.

"Maybe I won't come after all", Sam said as he glared at his grinning friends.

"Ok you two, Traci intervened before they got carried away, stop acting like you're in high school and go get ready, all of you she added, looking up at Chris, Dov and Sam.

The four smirking men left followed by and unhappy Sam. Once the door was shut the women jumped up and down excitedly, chatting animatedly about the great weekend to come.

More coming soon! I hoped you enjoyed it. Thank you for your time. RR