Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters or M/C, but if I did, this is what would happen. A/N: The title of this story was inspired by Andy and Sharon's old fashioned dating and her insistence in 4x8, when reporting their change in relationship status to Chief Taylor, that they were dating in "the old fashioned sense of the word." The chapter title was of course inspired by Sharon's response to Andy asking her out on a date to Serve, which is where part of this chapter takes place.

Chapter 1: Fine

Sharon had told Rusty that she was going to dinner with Andy tonight. Rusty didn't miss the fact that she had called him Andy when she had told him that either. Sharon insisted that it was only dinner, which wasn't entirely a lie. They were going to dinner. It was just the fact that it was a dinner date that she didn't mention. Rusty knew though, but decided not to pry because he knew Sharon was a very private person and that she would talk to him about it when she was ready to. The fact that she had been in her room getting ready for around an hour and a half now was a dead giveaway though. People who were just friends didn't spend nearly two hours getting ready to go to dinner together.

Meanwhile, back in her bedroom, Sharon had only recently just settled on an outfit. She had been having a difficult time choosing one. She wanted this to feel like a date, not a dinner between coworkers or friends. She was adamant about that. She wore dresses to work sometimes, but they were always very conservative and even when she would hang out with Andy outside of work, she had usually kept it low key and pretty casual. Tonight was not the time for casual or very conservative. She would keep it classy, but she also wanted it to be apparent that she was dressing for a date. Which is how she ended up choosing a dark purple, sleeveless, lace sheath dress that came to just above her knees and had a sheer lace panel at the top of it. She had put it on and was currently putting the finishing touches on her makeup before she did her hair. She had turned the curling iron on to heat up while she was putting on her makeup. She was planning to keep her hair fairly simple by just curling the ends into waves and finishing it with hairspray.

Andy would be there in about 30 minutes to pick her up. She had requested that he text her when he got there and that she would meet him down in the parking garage. It wasn't that she was ashamed or embarrassed to be dating Andy Flynn. Quite the opposite actually. They had talked about it and agreed that it might be best to gradually ease Rusty into the whole idea of her and Andy dating. Plus, it would be kind of nice to have her and Andy be the only ones who knew they were dating for a while before they let people know about it.

So, as Sharon was putting the finishing touches on her hair about 20 minutes later, she heard her phone ding signaling that she had a text message. She unlocked her phone and saw that Andy had sent her a text letting her know that he was there and to take her time if she needed to because he knew he was a little early. She smiled at the message and quickly texted him back, letting him know that she would be down in about five minutes or so. She went about slipping her black heels on and grabbing her metallic black clutch purse before exiting her bedroom and walking down the hall to find Rusty and let him know that she was leaving. She found him on the couch in the living room watching TV.

"Okay. I'm leaving now. Did you eat?" Sharon asked him.

"Yeah. I grabbed some leftovers out of the fridge about an hour ago," Rusty replied.

"Okay. I shouldn't be too late. Are you sure you're going to be okay here by yourself?" Sharon asked.

"I'll be fine, Sharon. Now, go. Have fun and stop worrying. After all, it's just dinner," Rusty replied.

He knew Sharon would clue him in on the fact that she and Andy were dating when she was ready, but that didn't mean he wouldn't have a little fun with it in the meantime.

"Okay. I'll see you later. Rusty?" said Sharon.

"Yeah?" he asked.

"I love you," said Sharon.

"Love you, too. Now, go," Rusty told her.

"Okay. I'm going," Sharon told him as she headed out the door and shut and locked it behind her before she headed for the elevator.

Meanwhile, down in the parking garage, Andy was waiting for Sharon in front of the elevator. He supposed that he could've just waited outside of his car, but he thought it would be more chivalrous if he met her at the elevator. A couple minutes later, he heard the ding of the elevator as the doors opened to reveal a stunning Sharon Raydor as she stepped out of the elevator towards him. He wasn't sure how long it was before he spoke, but he hoped it wasn't too long. He was just in awe of how beautiful she looked. It was her chuckle that snapped him out of his reverie.

"What? Do I have something on my shirt?" He asked her.

"No. I was just laughing about how we randomly seem to match without knowing what the other person is going to be wearing. It's happened on more than one occasion. It's cute though," Sharon said as she patted the dark purple tie he was wearing with his white dress shirt and charcoal gray suit.

"Oh my god, you're right. You look stunning, by the way," Andy told her as he noticed their matching outfits.

"Thank you. You don't clean up half bad yourself," she told him.

"Thanks. I do my best. Are you ready to go?" Andy asked her.

"Yeah. Let's go," Sharon told him as they walked towards his car and then headed for the restaurant.

Serve was a traditional French restaurant and he was right when he had said it was one of the most romantic places in Los Angeles. He had definitely pulled out all of the stops on this one. They were seated at a candlelit table near the back, which afforded them a bit of seclusion from the other diners and a great view of downtown LA from the window. After they were given their menus and had placed their order with the waiter, it finally gave them a chance to talk.

"You did good, Andy. This place is amazing," Sharon told him.

Andy smiled at her before he said, "Yeah, it is. I kept seeing it on my way to work in the morning and then recently, I actually looked it up to see what it was all about. I thought you'd enjoy it."

Sharon smiled at him before she said jokingly," So, tell me about yourself."

"Did you really just pull that card out?" Andy asked her.

"Hey! I haven't been on an actual date in almost 25 years. Give me a break. Plus, no offence, but I'm sure you're much better at this sort of thing than I am," she told him.

"Well, apparently I do pretty well in that department because I somehow got you to go on a date with me," Andy told her.

"Well, it didn't take much convincing to get me to say yes," Sharon told him.

"Sharon Raydor, are you flirting with me?" Andy asked her lightheartedly.

"Isn't that what people do on dates?" She asked teasingly.

"See. You're not so bad at this whole dating thing after all," Andy told her.

"I try. So, tell me something I don't know about you," said Sharon.

"Hmm. You might be shocked to know this, but believe it or not, I'm a pretty good cook," Andy told her.

"Really? A man that can cook. Well, we might just have to test out those skills at some point," Sharon told him.

"Anytime. So, how about you? Tell me something I don't already know about you," said Andy.

"Hmm. Whenever a song I really like comes on in the car or at home, I will shamelessly dance to it. It may not be good dancing, but it's dancing nonetheless," Sharon told him.

Andy smiled at her before saying, "I'm sure it's not that bad."

"I don't know…you might have to ask my kids on that one," Sharon replied.

"Or maybe witness it for myself," said Andy.

"Hmm…maybe. Look who's flirting now," said Sharon.

"It's not difficult to do, especially when I'm with you," Andy admitted.

Sharon smiled at that before saying, "I have to admit, this is a lot easier than I thought it would be."

"What?" Andy asked.

"This whole transition from friends to dating," Sharon replied.

"Well, I think we've been moving towards it for a while now. We just didn't know it," said Andy.

"Yeah. We were kind of slow to figure that one out, weren't we?" Sharon replied.

"Maybe. Or maybe neither of us were ready before," Andy replied.

"And now we are?" Sharon asked.

"I don't know about you, but I'm in if you are," Andy replied.

"I'm totally in," Sharon replied.

It was then that the waiter brought them their food. They continued to talk and flirt throughout dinner and long after it.

After a couple hours, the waiter approached their table and said, "I'm sorry to interrupt, but we're about to close for the night. So, I'm going to need to cash you out."

"Of course. Here you go," said Andy as he handed the waiter his debit card.

"Thank you. I'll get this right back to you, sir," the waiter replied.

"Thanks," Andy replied as he turned his attention back to Sharon.

"I can't believe we closed down the restaurant," Sharon said as she chuckled.

"I can. Like you said, us transitioning into dating was easy," said Andy.

"And as you pointed out, we don't have any problems in the flirting department," Sharon replied.

"Definitely not. And with all of that considered, I'm thinking we should do this whole dating thing again some time," said Andy.

"I agree. As long as you let me plan this one. You've really outdone yourself with this one. Now, it's my turn," said Sharon.

"Deal," Andy replied.

"Okay. How about Saturday?" Sharon asked.

"Saturday sounds great," Andy replied.

"Great," Sharon said.

Just then, the waiter came back with Andy's debit card.

"Thank you very much for your business. Have a good night," the waiter told them.

"You too," both Sharon and Andy said to him at the same time before he walked away from the table.

"Ready to go?" Andy asked.

"Yeah. Let's go," Sharon replied as they both got up from the table and began heading for the exit of the restaurant. It was then that Andy decided to make a bold move and grabbed Sharon's hand to hold it. Sharon hadn't been expecting it, but didn't seem to mind it either.

"Is this okay? Cause if not, I can let go," he told her.

"Don't. Let go, I mean. Don't let go," she told him as they arrived at Andy's car.

"Well, I'm going to have to let go for a second to walk over to the driver's side, but then my hand is all yours for the whole drive back to your place," Andy said as he opened the passenger door for Sharon.

"Good to know," Sharon replied as Andy momentarily let go of her hand to close the door and make his way over to the driver's side to get in the car, where, after he started the car and backed out of the parking space, their hands rejoined, as Andy made his way towards Sharon's condo.

Once they arrived in the parking garage of Sharon's condo building, Andy killed the engine, as they continued to hold hands.

Sharon rubbed circles across Andy's palm for a minute before she spoke.

"You wanna walk me upstairs to my floor?" Sharon asked him.

"Sure," Andy replied as he smiled at her and they both got out of the car, letting go of each other's hands for only a moment before rejoining them in front of Andy's car as they made their way to the elevator and took it to the floor Sharon lived on.

Once they stepped just outside the elevator, Sharon said, "Again, Andy, thank you. I had a great time tonight. I'm very much looking forward to our date on Saturday."

"Me too," Andy said as he moved slightly closer to her. "Now, I'd like to kiss you, but I'm not sure if that's breaking some kind of rule or something," Andy said to her.

"When I was talking about having an old-fashioned relationship earlier, I didn't mean that I was dead," Sharon replied as she inched her face closer to Andy's.

It was then that he closed the gap between them and pressed his lips to hers as he put his hand on her cheek and she put her hand on his chest, over his heart. It was Sharon that broke the kiss a few moments later and smiled at Andy, as she caught him doing the same.

"We can't have that blood pressure of yours getting high too quickly," Sharon teased as her hand continued to rest over his heart.

Andy grabbed her hand and continued resting it against his chest as he said, "No, but there's medication for that. Medication that I happen to be taking."

"Huh. I'll have to keep that in mind," Sharon replied as she slowly let go of his hand and began walking backwards slowly toward her condo.

"You're such a tease. You're doing this on purpose, aren't you?" Andy asked her.

"Again, I'll remind you, I'm old fashioned, not dead. Goodnight, Andy," Sharon said as she smiled back at him.

Andy smiled back at her as he said, "Goodnight, Sharon."

It was there that their first official date ended and a successful date at that. After Sharon made her way towards the door to her condo and went inside, Andy Flynn couldn't help but think that he could get used to this old fashioned dating thing, as he made his way back towards the elevator.

Meanwhile, after Sharon closed the door to her condo, she leaned her back against the door and smiled as she ran her fingers across her lips.

It was Rusty's voice coming from the kitchen that shook her out of her daze.

"Dinner must have gone pretty well, huh?" Rusty asked teasingly.

"Rusty…" Sharon said warningly.

"Save it, Sharon. It's pretty obvious what's going on between you and Lieutenant Flynn," Rusty replied.

"What do you mean?" Sharon asked.

"Well, besides the fact that you took almost two hours to get ready to go to dinner with him tonight, I saw the look on your face when you walked in here. It's so obvious that the two of you are dating," Rusty replied.

"And if Andy and I were dating…how would you feel about that?" Sharon asked him.

"It's your life, Sharon. I'm not 100% sure how I feel about it yet, but what I will say is that I'm happy that you're happy. Oh, and next time, don't make the poor guy wait downstairs, which is what I assume happened tonight. Tell him I won't kill him if he comes to the door, now an interrogation maybe, but…." Rusty trailed off.

"Rusty…" Sharon warned him.

"What? Somebody's got to be here to do it," Rusty replied.

"Just don't be too hard on him, that's all I ask. I swear, you've been hanging around cops for way too long," said Sharon.

"Well, that tends to happen when your mother is a police Captain," Rusty replied.

"Goodnight, Rusty," Sharon told him as she began to make the trek down the hall to her bedroom.

"Goodnight, Sharon," Rusty replied as he turned and made his way towards the fridge for a midnight snack.

Meanwhile, as Sharon made her way into her bedroom, she pulled her phone out to text Andy about what had just happened.

So, I guess the cat's out of the bag. At least as far as Rusty is concerned.

A minute later, her phone dinged, signaling he had replied.

He's a perceptive kid. So, how did he respond?

After reading it, she replied:

Yes he is. He seemed to be alright with it. Maybe not 100% sure of it all yet, but I'm sure he'll get there eventually. Oh, and apparently you've been upgraded to door status. He said not to make you wait downstairs again. Although, I'll warn you, you do it at your own risk. He was threatening an interrogation earlier. I think you and Provenza have been rubbing off on him.

She hit send. A minute later he replied back with:

I'll take my chances.

She replied with a smiley face and then wrote:

Sweet dreams, Andy.

A minute later, Andy responded with:

You're such a flirt.

Sharon replied:

What can I say, I've got talent.

Andy replied with a smiley face and:

Goodnight, Sharon.

Sharon quickly texted back:

Goodnight, Andy.

It was there that their conversation ended for the night and there was no doubt that both of them went to sleep smiling that night after such a triumphant first date. They knew there might be bumps along the way, but as long as they had each other, they were both ready to jump in head first into this adventure that people called dating.

A/N: Feel free to leave me a review. This is only the second fanfic that I've ever posted and I'm always open to constructive criticism. So, feel free to let me know if you've enjoyed reading this so far or not.