AN: Sorry this took so long to get up! I feel like I'm apologizing every chapter for the delay but I just have a lot going on at the moment, I'm really sorry. I've struggled with writer's block for a bit but I'm really proud of this chapter and I think it's the best one yet, I hope you all feel the same! Let me know in a review, nothing I love more than feed back

The rest of Andy's shift went by without a hitch; it was excruciating slow but completely necessary to get back in the route of being an officer on the streets again. Andy had not seen much of anyone that day except for Traci and Nick that dropped by briefly, Jay had been busy introducing himself and catching up on all current major cases, and Sam was nowhere to be found.

"Penny for drinks?" Traci asked as they walked to the change room together. Traci hadn't been out much since Jerry had died but her best friend just came back from a 6 month assignment and she was ready to start trying to move forward in her life.

"Rain check? Tommy has an AA meeting tonight and I have to pick him up, just to make sure he's doing okay since I've been gone so long, you know?" replied Andy. She genuinely wanted to go and have drinks with her closest friends but Andy also didn't want to be picking her dad off the floor every night. Tommy had made him a promise that he would stay on the wagon but nothing was for certain.

"Oh, of course Andy! But you don't have a car," Traci knew this was leading somewhere.

"You're right Traci I don't, but fortunately I have an absolutely stunning and generous best friend who does," Andy replied with full on puppy dog face.

With a laugh Traci reluctantly handed Andy over the keys and said she would get a ride home from Chris.

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"Hey kiddo!" Tommy yelled across the parking lot of the community center.

"Hey dad," Andy had the widest smile on her face as a relief was taken off her shoulders knowing her dad was still sober and very much on the wagon.

"You have to tell me all about working with Jacob Blackstone! And let me tell you I have not forgotten that you left with not so much as a note,"

"I'm sorry Dad, I really am. But you know this job more than I do," There was a mutual respect amongst them, not only as father and daughter but as officers. Tommy knew Andy didn't have a choice, being an officer first and foremost was in McNally blood and he couldn't keep that against her.

As Andy drove from the community center back to Tommy's house which was a good hour away, she caught him up on all the details and specifics; from what Jay liked to eat for breakfast to the first words she ever said as an undercover officer.

"You look good dad," Andy said when even she got tired of hearing the stories of the last 6 months.

"I am sweetheart. I've remained sober since you left, thought I should make you proud of me for once in your life," Tommy said with a smile but Andy could feel the sadness in his voice regarding his shortcomings as a father. Andy just smiled back. She didn't have the easiest childhood but it made it who she is today and although it took some time, she was proud of who she was.

"Where's Sammy tonight? I thought he would come with you, he hasn't missed a meeting since you left,"

"What? What do you mean he hasn't missed a meeting since?" Andy was perplexed with the concept of Sam Swarek attending AA.

"Sweetheart that's a red!" Tommy yelled as Andy slammed on the breaks and the car leached forwards. Thankfully they were the only ones on the road.

"I'm guessing by your sudden inability to drive, he didn't tell you,"

"Didn't tell me what? Dad!" Andy was growing impatient incredibly quickly.

With a laugh Tommy said, "Relax honey, Sammy would drive me to and from AA meetings ever since you left on that undercover assignment, he said you asked him to. Guessing you didn't though?"

Gripping the steering wheel tight enough for her knuckles to turn white and Andy replied with a simple no and they drove the rest of the 30 minutes to Tommy's house in silence. Andy walked Tommy to the door, made plans for next week, and hugged goodnight. Andy was excited to see her father, she just wanted to catch up with him for hours but she was completely preoccupied at what Sam had done for her. Tommy and Sam never had a relationship outside a few run-ins when she was dating Sam. She never though Sam would go through all this trouble after she walked away from him when she got tired of waiting. She knew at that precise moment what a colossal mistake she had made when she chose not to go to the penny 6 months ago. Andy was pondering her relationship or her now nonexistent relationship with Sam Swarek when she got a call.

She figured it was Traci calling about her car as she fidgeted through her pockets to find the phone she was constantly misplacing. But when she looked at the screen it read Sam Swarek.

AN: I'm already working on the next chapter so I promise it won't be too long of a wait but reviews always help with encouragement ;)