DISCLAIMER: I do not own these characters, except for Matthew and Moxie. The rest of them belong to James Duff and the Major Crimes franchise.

A/N: Here is the next story following "Carnival Calamity". Hope you all enjoy it! For those of you who enjoy the Matthew and Moxie story line I've created, they are still here!

Chapter 1

It was Friday morning in the Flynn household. Matthew was already up and dressed for school and Sharon was in the kitchen making him breakfast. Andy came downstairs and joined them after a couple of minutes. He walked over to Sharon and gave her a kiss. "Good Morning" he said to her. "Hmm, good morning" Sharon said to Andy as they pulled away. Andy then brought the plates over to the table and sat down next to Matthew. "So, Matthew I was thinking if your mom and I don't catch any bad guys today, perhaps I could set up that pitching machine in the backyard tonight" Andy said to Matthew and Matthew's eyes lit up and he smiled. "What do you think?" Andy added as he watched Matthew. "Could we? Please?!" Matthew said excitedly to Andy. Sharon turned around and brought the pan of scrambled egg whites to the table. "As long as your homework is done beforehand" Sharon said to Matthew and Matthew nodded. Sharon looked at her boys and smiled, she then turned back to grab the toast. Matthew gave Andy a high five and then Andy stood up to grab the fruit bowl that Sharon prepared. They all sat down for breakfast.

After they were done, they drove Matthew to school. Sharon stepped out of the car with Matthew and Matthew stood in front of Sharon facing her. "Have a good day today. Be safe" Sharon said to him as she pulled him in for a hug. "I will, bye Mom" Matthew said to her. Matthew then turned to the window that was rolled down. "Bye Dad" he said as he waved to Andy. Moxie stuck his head out the window and panted. "Bye Moxie" Matthew said to Moxie. Matthew then walked over to where the other children were lining up to walk into school. Sharon saw that he was talking to another kid who was behind him in line and then the school bell rang and the children walked inside, Matthew included. Sharon then turned around and got back into the car.

Andy looked over at her as she put her seatbelt back on. "You okay?" Andy asked her. Sharon looked at him and smiled. "Yes" she answered him. Andy then drove to the doggie day care place and took Moxie inside. Andy walked back out to the car, carrying a piece of paper in his hand. "They're having a spring break special, if you board your dog with them for spring break" Andy said as he handed the flyer to Sharon. Sharon looked it over. "Hmm, unfortunately this is not when Matthew's spring break is from school" she said to him as she folded the paper and slipped it inside her purse. "Speaking of spring break" Andy said as he pulled out of the lot and headed towards the PAB. "I know we haven't gone anywhere since Matthew came into our lives last November" Andy said as Sharon smiled thinking about where Andy was headed with this. "But" she said leading him further. Andy smiled. "But, I was wondering if you wanted to go somewhere with Matthew, we could bring the dog with too, if you wanted that is" Andy said to her as they approached the 101 to head towards work.

Sharon looked out her window. "Let me think about it and I'll let you know" she said to him. "Oh, um" Andy said which made Sharon turn her head and look at him. "Did you already plan something, Andy?" Sharon asked him. "No, no I didn't" Andy said. "But, I may have already inquired to Provenza if I could get that time off" Andy said to her. Sharon sighed and took a deep breath. "Why didn't you ask me first?" Sharon asked him. "Well, because we were busy with that carnival case and in dealing with the aftermath of it, you seemed a little distant, so I thought I would see if I could get that time off, and then, of course you would get that time off, and maybe we could go somewhere as a family, you know, get away from all this" Andy said as he pointed to the downtown buildings of LA.

Sharon thought about what Andy had said. She did have a difficult time reconciling with their last case. She hated that Mark Wallace had no other choice but to kill himself. And she had to agree with Andy saying that she had been a little distant. She was worried about Andy and also worried about Matthew since he had the stomach flu. Matthew seemed to bounce back the next day with no lingering issues. After Andy made an appointment with his cardiologist and Sharon went with him to the appointment, she felt better at ease with Andy's health. She had been worrying about him a lot lately. Andy kept glancing at her every couple of seconds wondering if he might have overstepped somehow. He was getting worried when she didn't answer him at first. "Fine" she said to him. He glanced over at her and smiled, still driving in. "I'll put in a leave request too and we'll see where we can go for those days" Sharon said to him. Andy nodded as they pulled into the parking garage at the PAB.

They arrived in the Murder Room and everyone else was there already. "Morning Captain, Flynn" Provenza said to Sharon and Andy as they walked inside. "Morning Lieutenant" Sharon said to Provenza as she glanced over at him. Provenza was sitting at his desk, with his feet up, working on a crossword puzzle. Sharon continued to her office. Andy went over to Provenza. "So there's nothing going on this morning?" Andy asked him. "Nope, no murders to be solved or idiots to be arrested" Provenza answered without looking up at Andy. Andy continued to walk to his desk and sat down in his chair. He pulled out a sheet of paper that had all of Matthew's days off from school and looked at the calendar that was on his desk. He really wanted to get away with Sharon and Matthew sooner and was hoping for a long weekend somewhere. He read the paper and saw that Matthew's school was having a teacher's in-service day next Monday, which meant that they could turn next weekend into a long weekend. He looked up and glanced at everyone in the room as he tapped his pen on his desk.

Sharon sat down in her office and gathered all of the papers that were on her desk, shifting them into a neat pile. She needed to tackle those today. She was then thinking about what Andy said on their drive over to work. She would like to go away for Spring Break somewhere, but as she pulled out her calendar, the week after Easter seemed pretty far away. She looked through her weekly planner and saw that next Monday, Matthew would be off for a teacher's in-service. 'Hmm, we could go away somewhere for a long weekend' she thought to herself. Then if they still wanted to go somewhere during Spring Break, they could do so. The Major Crimes team was on call this weekend, and they would have the next weekend off so it would work out perfectly for them to get away.

Sharon placed her weekly planner back in her purse and pulled out a vacation request sheet from her desk drawer. Andy leaned back into his chair and thought about it for a second. He then turned his chair around to see what Sharon was doing in her office. He saw her writing something down at her desk. He decided that he would run his idea by her first, before requesting that day off. He stood up and walked over to her office door, knocking on it once and then entering.

"Hi" he said to her as he came inside her office, closing the door behind him. He took a seat in front of her desk. "I was thinking that Spring Break is pretty far away and that I would like to get away with you and Matthew sooner than that. I mean, it's the end of February, right? And we'd have to wait for the whole month of March to come and then two weeks in April before he's off, that's too far away" Andy rambled on and Sharon watched him as he did so. He was so cute when he did that. Andy caught Sharon staring at him, smiling as he was talking to her. "What?" he said interrupting her thoughts. "I'm just listening to you" she said as she continued to smile at him. He chuckled and smiled at her, feeling a little embarrassed at that moment. "Andy, I was thinking the same exact thing. His Spring Break is in the middle of April and who knows what will happen between now and then. I don't want to wait either to go away. So, I was looking at the calendar, and it looks like he's off next Monday" Sharon said to Andy. He watched her speak and smiled as well.

"Okay, I can send a request through Provenza to have that Monday off. I'm sure the division won't miss us for one day" Andy said to Sharon as he leaned forward in his chair and placed his hands on her desk. "Good" Sharon said to him. "So I was thinking about a couple of places we could go" Andy said as he played with her nameplate on her desk. Sharon shook her head slightly at Andy fidgeting where he sat. "Okay, where were you thinking?" Sharon asked him. "Well, we could go to Spring Training and see the Dodgers play a game or two there. I've been looking at their schedule and they have a game that Saturday and Sunday that we would be off" Andy said to her as she shifted in her chair. "Hmm, Spring Training, well he is interested in baseball" Sharon said to him. "We could drive there, it's only about five hours in the car to Glendale, Arizona from here" Andy added.

Sharon thought about what Andy said about taking Matthew to Spring Training. "We could buy the game tickets there at the stadium, all we would need to do is book a hotel now" Andy said to her. "Okay, let me finish up some of this paperwork here and then I have a meeting at 1 o'clock with Chief Howard. Hopefully we have an easy day the rest of the day" Sharon said to Andy. Andy nodded and stood up from his chair. "Great Sharon! I'll start looking at hotels there" Andy said excitedly and then walked out of her office back to his desk.

Andy pulled out his vacation request form and filled it out. He then brought it over to Provenza who was still working on his crossword puzzle. Andy handed him the form. "What's this?" Provenza asked him. "It's a vacation request" Andy said to him. "You want next Monday off, Flynn?" Provenza said as he looked over the form that Andy had handed to him. "Yes, Matthew is off of school and we are not on call that weekend so I am taking Sharon and Matthew on a trip" Andy said to him. Provenza listened to his friend and rolled his eyes. "Ye gods, I don't want to know where you are planning on taking them Flynn" Provenza said to him as he signed the form. "Spring Training" Andy said to him. "Spring Training?" Provenza said as he finished signing the form. He looked up at Andy who was standing by his desk. "Wait just a minute here, you're taking them to Spring Training, without me?" Provenza said looking hurt at Andy.

Andy looked back at Provenza. "Yes, Sharon and I just discussed it and since Matthew is into baseball right now, she thinks it will be the perfect opportunity to show Matthew a game or two" Andy said to him as he folded his arms in front of his chest. Provenza seemed to be getting jealous. "Just because we are not on call, doesn't mean we won't get called" Provenza said to Andy. "Listen, Sharon really needs this getaway. She's been worried about me, and I've been worried about her, especially with our last case with Mark Wallace killing himself" Andy said as he looked over at Sharon in her office. "She's been a little distant lately, and I want to take her on a little trip, and we can't wait for Matthew's Spring Break to come in April. So" Andy said to Provenza. "So, you want to go as soon as the both of you can, with Matthew" Provenza finished his sentence for him. "Exactly!" Andy said to him. "Alright, Flynn, if we get called out on a case next weekend, I'll run things until you and her get back" Provenza said to him as he shifted in his chair. "Thank you" Andy said to him and then returned to his desk, smiling from ear to ear. He couldn't wait.

The rest of the day went by quickly. They didn't catch anything yet, and Sharon came back from her meeting with Chief Howard, a little flustered. "Everything okay?" Andy asked her as she walked back into her office two hours later. Andy closed the door behind them as he followed her inside. "Winnie Davis is apparently in the running to replace Taylor's position as well" Sharon said as she sat down. "I thought you weren't going to put in for that?" Andy asked her cautiously. "I wasn't, but I don't like that woman" Sharon said as she looked at Andy. Andy chuckled and smiled at her. "You know who you sound like?" Andy said as Sharon sat there shaking her head. "Chief Johnson when she was here" Andy said. "Brenda?" Sharon said and Andy shook his head. "She would constantly be saying that about you whenever you would poke in to our investigations when you were in IA" Andy said, knowing he needed to tread lightly here if he didn't want to sleep on the couch tonight.

Sharon was lost in thought. Andy watched her for a minute before breaking her concentration by touching her hand as she sat in her office. "Sharon?" he said as she looked up at him. "Let's go pick up Matthew, and head home. It's already 3:30, there's nothing going on here. Provenza's ready to poke his eyes out if he does anymore crossword puzzles today" Andy said trying to get her to agree to send everyone home now. Sharon nodded her head. "Okay" she said to him and then she stood up and walked out of her office. "Everyone, since there doesn't seem to be anything else today, why don't you enjoy the rest of the day" Sharon said to her team as they gathered around. "Thank you Captain" Mike said as he walked over to his desk and gathered his things. Julio and Amy did the same and they left right away. Provenza looked at Andy as he placed his crossword puzzle back in his desk drawer and locked it. "Night Flynn" Provenza said as he walked out of the office. They would be on call if anything popped up, but they were glad that they were leaving a little earlier than usual.

Andy then turned around and watched Sharon, who was sitting behind her desk again. He decided to walk back in to her office to try to get her to leave as well. "So, since everyone else left already, are you ready to head out?" Andy asked her. Sharon was writing down a couple of things. "Yes, I'm just writing down somethings here and I'll be ready in two minutes" Sharon said to him. "Okay" Andy said to her as he nodded his head. Sharon picked up her phone and dialed a number. "Chief, I just wanted to let you know that I let my division leave a couple of minutes ago. Everything is caught up. Thank you Chief" Sharon said as she hung up the phone. She looked at Andy who was waiting patiently for her to be finished, and she smiled at him. She then stood up from her desk and gathered her things. She met him by her office door. "Ready?" he asked. Sharon leaned up and kissed his cheek. "Ready" she whispered to him and they walked out of the office together.

As the elevator doors opened, Sharon and Andy stepped inside the empty elevator and Andy pressed the button for the parking garage. Sharon held Andy's hand and stayed close to him. The elevator stopped on the third floor and when the doors opened, Winnie Davis stepped inside. Sharon squeezed Andy's hand. "Captain" Winnie Davis said to Sharon as she pressed the button for the first floor. "Chief Davis" Sharon said to her politely. Winnie Davis glanced briefly at the two of them holding hands and then looked at the elevator doors. Andy watched Sharon as they rode down the elevator. The ride was silent. As the elevator stopped on the first floor, Winnie Davis stepped out without saying anything else to Sharon or Andy and the doors closed again. Sharon let out the breath she was holding and Andy caressed his thumb over her hand he was holding. The doors opened to the parking garage and they stepped out. "Come on, you can take a nice relaxing bath when we get home while I set up the pitching machine in the yard for Matthew" Andy said as they walked to their car.

Andy held the passenger door open for Sharon as she climbed in and then closed the door for her. He then climbed into the driver's seat and they drove to pick Matthew up from school. "Did you see the way she glanced at us when she walked in the elevator?" Sharon said, breaking the silence as they drove. "Don't let her bother you, Sharon. Besides, holding hands with your husband isn't against the rules" Andy said to her. They drove for a little bit until Andy pulled into the parking lot of Matthew's school and parked the car.

They both walked in to pick Matthew up and as they walked inside the school, there was a commotion going on by the Principal's office. Andy looked at Sharon. "Go pick up Matthew, and I'll see what's happening over there" Andy said to Sharon as he walked towards where the Principal and another parent were arguing. Sharon reluctantly let Andy walk towards the argument while she turned to pick up Matthew at the after school care. As Andy approached the Principal and a man, he waited off to the side. The man looked over at Andy who was standing against the wall. "You got a problem?" the man said to Andy. Andy shook his head at him. "No, I just heard arguing coming from over here and I wanted to make sure that Principal Gottardo was okay" Andy said as he stared at the man. "Mr. Collins, be assured that we are addressing the matter that occurred today" Principal Gottardo said to the man and then the man left with his child.

"Thank you Lieutenant, sorry that occurred but we had an incident happen at the school today" Principal Gottardo explained to Andy as he waited for Sharon to come back with Matthew. "What happened, if you don't mind me asking" Andy said to her. "We had a bullying incident with Jimmy Collins. He was bullied by an older school boy and we are addressing that matter" Principal Gottardo said to him. Andy turned his head to see Sharon and Matthew walking towards him. "Matthew here actually stepped up when the bullying occurred on the playground. You both should be very proud of him as he did the right thing" Principal Gottardo said to Andy. Then the Principal walked back in to her office.

Sharon and Matthew met up with Andy. "What was that all about?" Sharon asked him as they walked outside to their car. "A bullying occurred on the playground" Andy said as he opened the car door. Matthew climbed in the back seat and put his seat belt on. He shut the door and turned to Sharon. "The Principal said that Matthew stepped up when the bullying occurred. The kid is in an older class and was bullying a kid from Matthew's class, according to the Principal" Andy explained to Sharon as they stood outside. "Matthew didn't mention anything like that to me" Sharon said to him. "We can discuss it with him when we get home" Andy said as he held her door open and she climbed back inside the car. They then drove to pick up Moxie from doggie day care and headed home.

TBC