The Rookie

Summary: Here's the thing. Andy McNally had something to prove. She was a McNally after all. What she did not plan is to sleep with her Staff Sergeant the night before her first day of work. Awkward. Sam Swarek/Andy McNally AU.

Word Count: 2,728

Couple: Sam Swarek and Andy McNally

Rating: T

WARNING: This chapter may contain subjects that not everyone is comfortable with. (i.e drugs.)

Chapter 5: December Days

"Epstien and McNally, riding together." Dov looks to Andy in the passenger seat.

She takes a sip of her coffee, "Yep."

"Does it still give you a rush?"

And she thought she was a talker, but Dov took the cake according to Noelle.

"How's Luke by the way?" He turns his right signal on turning onto 4th and Queen.

She shakes her head. She's not sure where the rumor of them started, but there was no Luke in her life. They worked together, that was it.

"Nothing's going on."

He 'ahhs' before saying, "What about Swarek?"

She eyes him, "What do you mean?"

He takes a bite of his donut, "I saw you and him walk out of the division together."

She laughs, well a nervous laugh. "That was like four months ago. And we were just talking." Lies.

"And got into his truck."

She waves him off, "He's a friend" she pauses before thinking, "Of my dads."

And that's enough to get Dov to back off, which thank the lord.

They see a car parked on the side of the road, which it's a busy street, so, that's odd.

He looks over to her and she's thinking the same thing. They turn the sirens on.

They get out of the car; look at each other over the hood before making their way to the stalled car. They're each on opposites side of the car when Dov gives her a signal.

One person in the car; on his side, she sees the woman. Dark hair and a young face.

"Ma'am please step out of the car."

He has his gun drawn because from what Andy can tell she's about to do heroin, needle in hand about to shoot up her arm.

"Back up needed on 4th and Queen." She says into her radio.

That's when things turn south. The woman clearly sketched, manages to open her door and send Dov flying onto the ground. The woman quickly recognizes that there is another cop and manages to run farther down the street.

Andy quickly catches up though, mostly because the woman is half already out of it on drugs. She tackles the woman on the ground pressing her knee into the suspects back. Not hard, but enough to send her point across.

The woman speaks though, "Just call him."

Andy turns the woman around, while lifting her up into a walking stance. "Call who?"

"Him. He can help."

Andy rolls her eyes, "Yea, we'll get right on that."

She notices that Oliver and Traci are now on the scene. Traci making sure Dov is alright, while Oliver looks over to her and then the woman in cuffs. Andy notices the woman become less tense when seeing Oliver.

Oliver takes the woman from her. "Good work."

"She keeps saying she wants to see him. Who's him?"

Andy looks to Jo who's eying the witness as well.

She'd been working with Jo a lot lately, much to her displeasure. Jo was a good detective, but was hard to read when it came to where you stood with her. She was thankful for the break from Callaghan, though. She'd worked with him far too many days.

Jo sighs, "Sam. She means Sam."

She tenses. Why would this girl want to see Sam? She bites her lip, "Why does she want to see Sam?"

Jo looks over to her, "That's Sarah."

Andy shakes her head trying to figure out where Jo was going with this, "And that is?"

"His sister."

Andy looks to the woman in the interrogation room. The woman clearly had some problems. They'd picked her up on doing drugs. She wondered if Sam knew what she was doing or even spoke to his sister.

"Oh," regains composure, "Does he know?" Clearly implying to her drug problem.

Jo nods, "Yea," walks over to the door, about to open it, "Never this bad though."

"What do we do? Shouldn't we notify him or something?"

Jo shakes her head, "Sammy needs to stay on track."

And months later no one had said anything about the job Sam was really on.

Andy leans on the window, "I'd want to know if a family member was in trouble."

Jo agrees, "I would to unless I was on a job that'll help her."

Jo gives her a significant look before exiting for good.

She enters Luke's office to find him working on a case, per usual. Could never get a word in with the guy. About a month into working with him, he'd asked her out. She politely declined because this was her job and she needed to stay focus. Traci had wondered why she hadn't gone out with 'homicide Luke' and she had her reasons.

She knocks on the side of the door before closing it, "Luke?"

And luckily he hadn't taken her no to dinner very hard because she'd become pretty good friends with the detective.

He turns around from looking at some papers, "Andy, hey."

She gives him a smile, "Can I talk to you?"

He nods, "Yea, sure."

He eyes her as he sits down in his chair.

"So," she looks around at his office, a lot of pictures of corpses, "Sarah Swarek is in interview one."

He leans back in his chair, "Really?"

She taps her finger on her knee, "Really."

"What for?"

"Dov and I pulled her over for possession. She was about to shoot up heroin." She notices how he doesn't even blink when drugs are mentioned.

"Had some rough times."

And that apparently was everyone's answer to Sarah Swarek's problems.

"Don't you think Sam will want to know?"

And she'd want to know is all she's getting it at. And he's their boss.

"He's got a lot on his plate right now." Luke shrugs.

She rolls her eyes, "That's what I keep hearing, but don't you think he'll be even more upset that when he gets back his sister could be in jail?"

Flashes of confusion cloud his eyes, "We won't keep her."

And that's interesting. "What do you mean? She was not only on drugs when we picked her up, but it was all in her car."

Luke brings his hands up into the air, "That's the way it works sometimes. Sam would do the same for any of us."

She stands up, "Yea, I guess."

He stands up as well, "Andy, just don't get involved."

And she got it she was a rookie stepping on people's toes, but it was just that fact that she thought her boss should know. Sam should know.

"I won't."

She exits before she can hear him say anything else.

She walks into her father's apartment, hoping he isn't too far gone for the evening. Since her mother had left them, her father had made friends with Jack, Jose, and her favorite the captain. Those were always the most interesting nights.

She didn't normally go to her father for advice, but this she needed. She needed to talk to someone who would give her a straight answer to her question.

She looks around the living room to notice the kitchen light on. She enters the small kitchen where she grew up to find her dad eating dinner with water. A small smile spreads across her face.

"Hey," she walks over to join him at the dinner table.

"Andy, hey." And he looks truly happy to see her.

She looks at her dad. The years of being a cop had certainly grown on him. She knew he still lay awake wishing he was sometimes still a cop. She secretly hoped she'd never become her father.

"I have a question." She almost whispers.

He wipes his mouth with his napkin, "Sure."

And they were never a close father daughter unit. When it mattered though her dad had always come through for her. She was hoping he'd come through now.

"What do you know about Sam Swarek?"

And she promised herself a long time ago she would never think about her boss again. But she was a cop, it was in her mold to ask questions and find out about people. She'd tell herself this for a long time.

Tommy raises his eyebrows, "Good guy."

And that is not what she wanted to here from her dad of all people.

"Dad." She looks at him and he gets it.

"Uhh, good cop," he ponders on the question, "Used to do a lot of undercover work before he became Staff Sergeant-"

She stops him, "He's back under."

He looks at her, "Know the case?"

And she doesn't, but wishes she did. "No."

"Probably something big then."

She agrees, "Probably," she takes his fork across the table to get a bite of his lasagna, "What abut his sister?"

He watches her, "Sarah?"

She nods, "I pulled her over today on possession."

"Been messed up for awhile."

And it's what Luke told her as well. "Just with drugs?"

He looks at her like maybe he shouldn't be saying what he's about to say. "Anton hill."

And it doesn't ring a bell. "Who's that?"

He gets up from the table to put his glass and plate in the sink, "Runs one of the biggest prostitution rings in Toronto. She was his accountant."

Andy nods, "And what does that have to do with anything?" She's a little confused.

He looks at her, "Word around the division was that she might of also did other things on the side for him."

She put the pieces together.

She stands up from the table, "Know anything about the Alpine Inn?"

He eyes her, "Dive bar." Like nothing else needs to be said.

She looks at him, "And the address?"

And she knows after this he'll be getting out his glass, but lucky for her he tells her, "9th and Danforth."

"Thanks Dad."

She walks into the Alpine Inn. A cold air hits her in the face as she looks around. She's not sure if he'll actually be here, but she'd heard Jo talk about this place. She was in her office, while she was on the phone with some man named Boyd. What she got out of the conversation anyways.

She looks around the bar, a pool table to the side with a game going on. A full house of people trying to get away from their daily lives. It sickened her.

She walks over to the bar, though. Wants to look like she knows why she's here.

"Can I get a scotch?" She asks the bartender who nods.

She looks to her right, back to the pool tables. She sees a possibility of what could be him, but isn't sure. She stares back to a bar full of alcohol, kinda of wishing she could drink away her sorrows.

She doesn't have much time to think though before she feels a hand on her shoulder. She feels the hand leave and looks to the guy who sits down next to her.

It's Sam.

He looks straight ahead, "McNally."

It's barely audible because he's undercover. And she's not. She's here in the open.

And alright. This was wrong. She gets that, but it was hard to let all of the information of the day slip. Plus, she hadn't seen him in four months. She wasn't sure of where they stood. Not that they stood anywhere, but she was pretty sure this was not something he'd be completely happy about. So, there was that.

She doesn't say his name because she's guessing he's being watched. "Sarah was taken in today for possession."

He doesn't even show emotion, "Oh yeah?"

She looks over to him, "Yea."

He nods, "Gets into trouble every now and then."

She takes a pull of her scotch, "She asked for you."

He tenses, "Just wanted me to help her out."

"Yea," she nods like she has more confidence.

He looks over to her for the first time in a long time, "Did you really come here to give me information about my sister?"

Of course she did, "Yes."

He whispers, "Rosati told me."

And of course she did, so now she looks like a bigger idiot. "Oh."

He turns on his stool, "You should probably get going."

And that is definitely his boss voice, "Yea."

Before she can put money down for her scotch he has the money out.

She leans down so only he can hear, "Happy birthday by the way."

She leaves before she can see the smile spread his face.

A minute later he's in the presence of Anton Hill. Trying to be friends with the guy was one of the hardest assignments he's had to do.

Hill sits next to him, "Going to let a pretty thing like that just walk out?"

He must of seen Andy, which really doesn't settle well with him. "Boss." It's all he responds.

Hill shrugs, "Go. You're off for the evening."

And he's a little shocked. He looks over to see Hill only asking the bartender for another drink.

He certainly had a decision to make.

Author's Note: Hope everyone enjoyed this chapter. And I know some were worried about Luke, but my Andy and Luke have more friendly vibes at this point. So no need to worry. And will Sam go after her or not?Hmmm... Now, I have a crazy idea for a new story, like crazy crazy...so you might want to be on the look out for that in the coming days. If you keep up with my other story, Two's A Charm it should be updated sometime this week as well. And on a note of this story, it's different. It's not a cookie cutter story, I'm really trying to try something new. Doesn't mean this won't have a happy ending, but I'm trying to do something new. But, I hope everyone has a wonderful week. Also, review! I love to hear your feedback. It means so much to me if you click that button and send me some kind words. Inspires more than anything! :)