Just Like Fire

If she drinks beer, she's a keeper

"Are you seriously telling me that you made a bet out of my love life?" – that's when they all jumped.

"Hum... Sir, sorry... I..." - Andy wanted to laugh, she had never seen Vic so embarrassed. But there she was, looking at her battalion chief and her lieutenant and friend, holding hands, next to the fire truck.

There was no way around right now. They had this talk before, about telling their team about their relationship, and keep the marriage just for themselves for a while. They never counted that most of the team already knew or suspected at least.

"Vic... he's just messing with you" - Andy said in her soft tone, and then moved closer to her, sitting on the firetruck stairs. "So, you know?"

"We all had our suspicions. You're different around each other, more carefree. Which is great to all of us.

They kept talking, for almost an hour, it was just her team talking, and Andy never felt so happy, at least not in a long time. She had her family there with her, supporting her. And her husband kept looking at her, making her smile. Of course, that every time that happened someone would make a funny comment.

The rest of the call passed fast, Andy and Jack got called for 2 small car accidents, a broken arm and what they thought could be an appendicitis. At the end of the shift Herrera felt like she had been run over by a truck, not that it had been a hard one, she had worst in her life. It was the emotions that made her tired, and the fact that she hadn't been at work for two weeks.

They all agreed that they needed a couple of beers at the end of the sift, even Sullivan said yes without thinking twice. And that's what they were doing right now. While they were all at the pool table, Andy and Ben were sitting at a booth, drinking.

"Thank you for understanding and waiting, really!" - Andy said honestly, she was so scared when she walked in that office. Warren knew what Robert did, he was ready to report it, but when he realized that she knew, and that she was helping Sullivan go through it, getting help, he changed his mind.

"I thought he was in this alone. He's always so closed, for everyone. I would have never imagined that he told someone." - Andy just smiled at that, she was so glad he did. And she was glad that her friend was so committed to help her husband, during their talk at the office, Ben gave all kinds of advice to Sullivan, since good doctors, to a few exercises he could do at home. He even talked about some alternative medicine.

"He isn't. Closed, I mean. He talks a lot, at home... And he jokes and he is one of the sweetest people I've ever met in my life. I know you don't see that side of him, but it exists."

"We see that side of him." - She looked at him like he was an alien, and Warren felt the need to explain himself - "We see that side of him when he is with you, even his voice sounds different. It's almost like you are he's whole world, and he is scared to damage it. And you do the same with him, you might not notice, but you do."

Andy looked at her husband, from distance, and he looked at her, both smiling. It was incredible how just a smile from him made her world turn.

"You better be prepared, you know? Cause, I think it's only a matter of time before that man proposes to you." - It must've been Andy's reaction, or maybe the blush on her face, but Warren suddenly looked shocked - "Oh my God! He already did, didn't he?"

Andy needed a hole on the floor, and at the same time she just thanked her lucky stars that Ben was the only one sitting at the table.

"We got married... Please don't judge, we have been together for a long-time and..."

"Andy, you don't need to explain it to me. You are a grown woman, and if you are happy with each other, no one has the right to judge you"

She thanked him and felt so happy about another one of her friends knowing. When the game ended, Warren decided to join the rest of the team, while Sullivan, Maya and Vic went to the tabled, Robert sitting next to his wife, while her friends sat across the table. They talked the whole night, never mentioning the wedding. Andy couldn't help but want to tell them in a better way, not at a bar while drinking beers at the hospitals bar.