Forever
Disclaimers: Monk and its characters don't belong to me, that includes Randy, Sharona, Monk, Stottlemeyer, Karen, Benjy. I am only borrowing Joy Robertson from my friend and hope to return her somewhat wiser and more mature. Any other characters mentioned belong to me.
AN: Ok, this is a sequel to the story Randy's Charge. It is a Randy/Sharona pairing. So, do yourself a favor, and me, if you don't like this pairing, don't read it. If you do read it and don't like it, don't bother telling me about it. If you do read it and like it but, see a flaw with it, please feel free to critique but in a constructive way. Any feedback that doesn't meet this criteria may be sent back as undeliverable.
Rating: This will start out rather tame, but may go as high as R.
The events are set six months after Randy's Charge
Chapter 1
Life was good for Randy Disher. These past six months his life had changed. He found the man who murdered his best friend's sister. His relationship with Joy had improved. She was living with a foster family for the past five months. She had come out of her shell, thanks to the continuing therapy with Dr. Amy White. But, most of all, his relationship with Sharona had developed beyond his wildest dreams. In the past six months, Randy and Sharona had gone out as much as possible. Sometimes they wold go out and included Benjy; other times, they would go out alone and most times end back at one or the other's place. For Randy, he knew that he had met the right woman and was ready to settle down. He only hoped that Sharona felt the same way.
Randy was sitting at his desk, when his phone rang.
"Lieutenant Disher," said Randy.
"Well, hello, Lt. Disher," purred a sexy voice, on the line, "and how is my fine boy in blue today?"
Smiling, Randy looked surreptitiously around, before replying, "You ought to know, after last night," the warmth still lingering in his voice.
"Yes, I should. I'm quite pleased with myself," said Sharona, playfully back.
"I was just thinking about you," said Randy.
"Oh? And how were you thinking about me?" teased Sharona.
"Well, I was thinking about how you looked in that little black dress last night," began Randy, "and how you looked out of it."
"Randy!" exclaimed Sharona, a little shocked.
"Hey, before I forget, would you have dinner with me tonight?" asked Randy, beginning to get a little nervous.
"Randy," said Sharona, in her tell-me-what-you-did-and-I-mean-now voice.
"Please, Sharona, it's nothing bad. I promise. Please just wait until tonight," begged Randy, knowing how Sharona can get once she gets a burr under her skin. He remembered how she got when a waiter tried to charge her for extra sauce on her fettuccine alfredo, that he couldn't decide whether to laugh or hide under the table. He felt sorry for anyone who got in the way of Sharona Fleming.
"Randy?" asked Sharona.
"Oh, sorry, Sharona, what did you just say?" asked Randy, sheepishly.
"I said that yes, I would love to have dinner tonight. Is this one where Benjy needs to spend the night with a friend?" asked Sharona, playfully.
"Uhm, no, but I would like to have dinner alone," said Randy.
"Oh, ok, what time?"
"I'll pick you up at 6:00," said Randy, "I've got to go now. See you tonight. Love you, sweetheart."
"Love you, too. Bye," said Sharona.
Randy hung up the phone and concentrated on filing paperwork. He wanted to pick Benjy up from school and have a man-to-man talk.
Sharona sighed as she hung up. She had never really had a man call her sweetheart, except in a derogatory way. Trevor used to call her sweetheart when they first married but, life got harder and Benjy came along and then Trevor started cheating on her. She didn't ever think anyone would call her 'sweetheart' and mean it again. Until she started dating Randy. She couldn't believe how stupid she was. Dating loser man after loser man, while a diamond in the rough was right beneath her nose. She realized that her sarcastic comments to Randy were to fool everyone – including herself – into believing that she had no feelings for Randy Disher. How those feelings were wrong. Only when she thought that she would lose him forever, did she admit the truth. Shaking herself out of her reverie, Sharona glanced at the clock and realized that she needed to go pick Adrian up from his session with Dr. Kroeger.
Later that day…..
Randy stood outside the main doors to Washington Junior High. He waited until he saw Benjy walk out with a group of friends. Randy plotted an intercept course and it wasn't until he was right in front of Benjy did Benjy realize who stood in front of him.
"Hey, Randy," said Benjy, "what brings you here? Mom's ok, isn't she?"
"Yes, your mom is fine. Listen, Benjy, I need to talk to you about something important," said Randy.
"Hey, Benjy, is this the cop you were talking about?" asked a freckled, red-head.
"Yeah, Mike, Randy's a real cop," said Benjy.
"Like, way sweet man," said Mike, "have you ever shot someone?"
Randy rolled his eyes and patiently said, "Yes, but only when it was necessary."
"Sweet!" exclaimed Mike.
"Glad you think so," muttered Randy, under his breath.
"Listen, guys, I gotta go," said Benjy, seeing that Randy was serious about something.
Randy and Benjy walked towards Randy's Ford Taurus. "Listen, Benjy, I wanted to talk to you about your mom and me," began Randy, "you know I love her and would do anything for her."
"Yeah, I haven't seen her so happy in a long time," said Benjy.
"I'd like to make it permanent and plan to ask her tonight," said Randy.
"You mean you want to marry her?" asked Benjy.
"Yes, and I wanted to let you know," said Randy, "can you live with that? I mean, me being your step-dad?"
Benjy thought for a second and finally broke into a grin and said, "I think it would be great."
Randy blew out an air of relief. "Thanks Benjy. You know I will treat her the way she should be." Randy pulled into Sharona's driveway, Benjy opened the car door and turned to Randy, "Good luck."
"Thanks," said Randy, as he backed out of the driveway and headed for home.
