Faking It

Chapter One

Prompt: After the Jamal incident in season 6 episode 7. I wish they would have gone into more depth about how Andy and Vic were feeling after. All we saw was them breathing a sigh of relief after hugging his mother. So as all my other Station fics are, this is mostly focused on Andy. *important fact, the cops and Dixon pulled out guns, not tasers.*

Chapter One

When Andy and Vic got back to the station they were just hoping to be able to relax the rest of the shift. At least not have any more calls like Jamal's. But instead, they hear that Maya is in the hospital after falling off the treadmill and hitting her head.

Andy and Vic go their separate ways within the house and it's hours later, when shift is over, that Andy ends up meeting Jack's sister. 'Well, that was awkward'. Andy thought. Before Andy could go and get changed she ran into Meredith. "I was just doing my job" and she accepted the cookies she brought for her after putting the fire at her house out.

An hour later Andy was showered and changed and made her way to the hospital before visiting hours were over. Andy sat beside her bed, holding her hand silently.

"I'm sorry, hun." A nurse said walking into the room "But visiting hours are over."

Andy nods and tells Maya she'll be back tomorrow if she can. After she leaves the hospital she got a call from Carina asking her to come to the hotel where she had been staying at. Andy pulls the phone away from her mouth, sighs and then tells Carina that she'll be there in 15 minutes.

When she got to the hotel room she sighed again and composed herself, knowing that she had to be a rock for Carina right now. She knocked and when she saw the mess Carina was she pulled her into a hug. She felt tears fall on her shoulder before she heard Carina break down in tears. She held her tighter and walked into the hotel room, closing the door. She led Carina to the bed and sat her down.

"I'm ordering some food. You need to eat." Andy told Carina, putting up a hand to stop her protests. "You have to eat, Carina. Please?" Andy pleaded.

"Fine," Carina said, mumbling something else under her breath.

Andy goes to the room phone and looks at the menu. "How do fries and mozzarella sticks sound?" Andy asked "It's something easy at least, right?" Andy looks at Carina and sighs when Carina just nods. Andy tells Carina to get changed into some PJs while they wait for the food.

Carina gets changed and a few minutes later the food arrives at the door. She thanks the staff member and gives them a tip before coming back into the room.

"Carina, how much do you want?" Carina doesn't reply so Andy just puts half the fries on a plate for Cariana and two mozzarella sticks and brings it over to her. Carina gave her a quiet "thank you" in response.

Once they had their food they both got comfortable on the bed as they put some random movie on. Carina had eaten half the fried on her plate and both mozzarella sticks so Andy grabbed her plate and put hers aside when they were done with the food. It was 15 minutes later when Andy heard soft snores coming from beside her. Andy smiled slightly at the sight. She slowly got off the bed and grabbed a blanket that was sitting on the couch in the room. She lightly covered Carina, careful not to wake her and then left her a note saying that she was there for her and she could call her whenever. Andy turned the TV off and left the room quietly. She quickly made her way to the elevator and out of the hotel and went to her car.

It was 20 minutes later when she got to her apartment. Andy opened the door and looks at her phone. When she sees that it's already close to midnight she sighs and makes her way to her bedroom. She got changed and lay down in bed. She was drawing in her thoughts about what could have happened tonight and she decided to send an email to Beckett, saying that she wouldn't be in for her next shift.

Andy turned her bedside lamp off and closed her eyes, hoping sleep would come but instead continued to see flashes of events that had happened within the last few years of her life.

She saw Joyce getting shoved into the back of a cop car. Saw Miller trying to run over to help her but got tackled by three cops. She felt a weight on her chest thinking about how she and Robert had raced over to try to help and defend him but she ended up getting pushed down and she saw her ex-husband get three guns pointed at him when he shoved the cop that pushed her down. "That's it!" Andy heard ring through her ears. Andy's mind was going hundreds of miles per hour and her mind flashbacked to seeing Ryan get shot by Milo and him bleeding out and him dying in her arms and she couldn't take it anymore. She opened her eyes and just started sobbing. She felt like she couldn't breathe and grabbed her phone. Sending out an 'SOS' text and is thankful when she gets a fast reply.

It was less than 5 minutes later when she heard a knock on the door. Her breathing was still out of control but called out and said that the person could come in.

"Andy?" she heard the voice call.

"In the…bed-bedroom." Andy choked out.

She listens as footsteps get louder. "Oh, Herrera." she heard Meredith let out. Meredith put her feelings for her friend aside and rushed into doctor mode and to the bed. "Alright, Andy. Looks like I'm going to need to give you some oxygen. You're all sweaty and I can see you're getting pale." Meredith reaches into her bag to grab the oxygen tank she thought Andy might need, knowing that sometimes Andy can get really bad panic attacks and that she had been to Andy's apartment a couple of times before. She knew what Andy would need. "I"m going to put the mask over your mouth and nose now, okay?" Meredith waits until she sees Andy nod. Meredith gets the mask over but Andy continued to panic. Meredith sat down on the bed and pulled Andy into her arms, running a hand through Andy's hair, trying to help her get her breathing slowed.

When Andy's breathing slowed Meredith pulled the mask off of Andy's face and put it back in her bag. When she came back onto the bed she got herself under the covers, turned the light off and wrapped Andy in her arms. Andy took a few more deep breaths, keeping her breathing calm but silent tears still fell from her cheeks.

"Go to sleep, Andy. I'll still be here in the morning. I promise." Meredith told her, hugging her closer to her chest, hating seeing her friend this way.

It was close to seven minutes later when Andy finally fell asleep and Meredith followed suit.

1. Meredith and Andy are just friends.

2. Meredith is still going to be moving to Boston.

3. Amelia and Maggie end up *trying* to look after her after hearing what she's going through from Meredith.

4. I really hope this was a decent chapter to start the story. I've wanted to write about this topic for a while now but obviously, I've had other Station stories I've written. Plus Supergirl & The Fosters.

Thank you for reading.