Sharon Raydor woke up to a loud yelling. As she stood up from the bed, she realized it was coming from Rusty's room. She ran to the door to see him laying in the bed screaming and crying. She sat next to him and carefully woke him up. As he did, she opened her arms for him. As he relaxed into her embrace, seh quietly hushed his crying. This was the 5th night in a row he had done this. It was what her doctor described as extremely lifelike nightmares. He was having a very hard time with everything that had happened in the past few weeks. After recieving threats about him, , and Flynn, he was paranoid. As Sharon sat there with him in her arms she thought about everything going on in their lives. There was a soft noise in her ear, "What dear?" she said to Rusty. "Thank you" As she listened to the words she felt her heart relax. Rusty let go and stood up. She looked into his eyes, and saw how innocent he looked. She knew he was still just a child, dealing with things most adults didn't want to. "I think i'm going to just go watch some TV for a while, I don't think i'll be able to fall asleep anyways." He said. "Well, do you want me to stay up with you?" she said, looking at him. "No, that's not good for you to be staying up, in your condition you need sleep." He said. "Well, ok I guess you're right. But please, come and find me if you need anything, ok?" She said. She walked over to him, and gave him another hug before leaving. As she did, she felt a soft nudge. "You're sister is saying good night too" She said with a smile. Rusty smiled slightly and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "Thanks mom" He said. Sharon's mouth twisted up in a sweet smile at hearing this unusual title. She walked back into the bedroom and sat on the side of the bed. She looked at her phone, feeling a comforting hand on her shoulder. "What are you doing up babe?" Andy said, still groggy. "Rusty was having another dream, he's out on the couch now." she said, leaning back into his arms. She laid her head on his chest, feeling drowsiness come over her. She felt comfortable in his arms, something she hadn't felt since Jack was around. As they slowly fell asleep, she felt the calm of the night.
The next morning Rusty walked into the kitchen to find Andy staring blankly at a piece of paper. As he walked over, Andy's mouth opened wide. "What's going on?" Rusty was nervous now. "You got into the california state university!" he said, a huge smile on his face. Rusty and him burst into dance and celebrated together. "Oh my god!" Andy said. "Where's Sharon, she has to be here!" Andy quickly ran into the bedroom looking for her. He expected to find her in the bed, but no. he checked the bathroom, the living room, even the guest bedroom. He suddenly panicked. "Sharon?" he yelled throughout the house. He pulled out his cell phone and dialed her number. It rang, and went straight to voicemail. "Sharon where are you? I'm really worried right now, please call me and let me know where you are" He hung up the phone and put his jacket on, grabbing the car keys. As he went to open the door his phone rang. He felt relief until he saw that it was work. "Provenza have you seen Sharon?" "no, why is everything ok?" "no, I can't find her anywhere and her phone went straight to voicemail" "oh god, ok we'll start looking, and do everything we can" "thank you" He hung up and started the car, his heart racing...