Only Man Worth Bothering With

Rating: T

Disclaimer: I own nothing except maybe the errors, haha

Summary: Sharon and Andy go out for dinner but ending going for some batting practice

-SHANDY-

Sharon O'Dwyer stood nervously outside Jonesy's Dinner, Flynn had called her and they ended up talking for a while before her father had told her to go to bed. So here she was at the local dinner waiting for him, she hadn't wanted to dress up but she still wanted to look nice, she had chosen a pair of red high-waisted shorts, white sandshoes, a 'Dodger' blue top. Her hair was tied up with a red and white scarf. She had been waiting for 10 minutes but that was because she had turned up early.

Andy Flynn had waited in his dad's borrowed car for 10 minutes watching O'Dwyer, Sharon, wait he had turned up 20 minutes before hand but lost his confidence so decided to wait and see if she'd turn up first. She looked gorgeous, a vision, he was a lucky guy. Taking a deep breath he opened the door and walked across the road.

"Hi." She smiled shyly as he approached her.

"Hi, you look lovely" he complemented her awkwardly. They smiled at each other "Do you wanna go in? Not that I mind staring at such a beautiful lady." She laughed.

"Is there a store where you get your cheesy pick-up lines?" she teased as he opened the door for her his hand floating over her the small of her back. She froze, pushing Andy back out the door. She ran over the road and Andy followed her catching her as she passed his car. She turned and he could feel that she was crying.

"What Happened?" he asked once he had helped her into the car. She wiped her eyes with the handkerchief he had given her.

"Jack, I saw Jack." She revealed

"Sharon was he kissing someone else?" he asked resting a hand on her shoulder, his other hand balling into a fist.

"My cousin, Tara, she was always the pretty one of the family, well her and her sisters really…my sister's well not…she swings for the other team" she fiddled with the handkerchief as she used a baseball reference. "I was the slugger, one of the guys." She explained

"That's stupid, you're wonderful, you're beautiful, funny, and sporty, I can't imagine any guy who would treat you like that. Jack is a grade A, a..Jackass" he smiled, as she started giggling at his pun. They sat in silence until Sharon saw Jack and Tara exited, although they couldn't hear, it was very clear he was inviting her back to his by the way his hand was reaching her behind. Andy took a glance at Sharon and he could very clearly see her tear swelling in her eyes, he fished his keys out his pocket and started the car. Sharon looked at him but he smiled and took her hand as they drove off. Just as they were passing Jack Andy caught his eye and shot him a dirty look, that SOB didn't deserve a girl like Sharon anyway.

-SHANDY-

When Andy parked the car he looked at Sharon, she had asked where they were going but he had just smiled and said: "You'll see" and continued to drive. Now that the car was parked he turned to her and said : "We are going to relieve you of your anger for that dirtbag, c'mon" he wen into the trunk where his father always kept a spare baseball bat and some gloves, picking them up and walking her down to the pitch.

"Can we use this place?" she asked as the jogged down the steps. He took her hand and pulled her over to the store closet. Taking his keys out he opened the door.

"I thought I told you I wasn't easy…" she began as he walked in calling for her to help "I'm not going to release my anger by getting on with you" she protested as his hand caught hers dragging her in. She felt a cool metal touch her hand when he let go, it was dark so she didn't know what she was touching but when she felt it move it clicked.

"You, Sharron O'Dwyer are going to hit some balls, this should be loaded" Sharon laughed as they backed out the closet and she realised it was just a pitching machine. They quickly made their way to the centre of the field.

She started off slow, distracted by her anger.

"Not such a brilliant batter now are we, O'Dwyer." He teased as she missed the ball for the third time in a row. "Picture that scumbag's head coming towards you and hit it out the park" his words of encouragement hit her and she hit three out of the park.

"Alright, enough of this easy stuff increase the speed, how fast does this thing go?" she asked, leaning against the bat slightly as he squatted by the controls.

"Well, Provenza said its top speed is about 90mph but I don't believe that for a second, probably something like 60, maybe 70" he smiled.

They took turns batting the balls and it got very competitive very quickly. Each trying to catch the balls, unless it went out of the park.

"We better make this the last round, I don't want you getting back too late." He very graciously said as he tapped his bat on the ground then positioning himself. She looked at him a mischievous glint in her eye as she crouched beside the machine and cranked it to its highest pitching speed, which was in fact 75mph, her hand neared the hole she placed the ball in and…

"Wham!" the ball shot out and hit Andy in the chest knocking him to the floor groaning she squealed rushing over to him taking off her cardigan and placing it under his head. It took a few moments but he was able to breath with a dull pain in his chest.

"Was that payback?" he slowly sat up smirking when she blushed.

"No, maybe a little, but I know you now, you're not so bad" she sat back her head falling back looking up at the sky that was dark and filled with stars. "Have you ever wondered what it's like up there, among the stars?" she asked.

"I imagine kinda bright, maybe cold" he answered, she bumped his shoulder with hers "Alright then, I think it's probably quite magnificent" they lay back, her head cautiously on his shoulder.

"C'mon it's nearly nine, let's get you home" they walked wearily up the steps, having put away the pitching machine she was pretty cold so along with her own cardigan she wore Andy's leather jacket too.

-SHANDY-

Sharon walked through her home's front door. She walked past the living room and into the kitchen, although they had arranged to go for foo they'd ended up skipping it altogether. She pushed open her door to find her Aunt, momma and father.

"Where have you been?" her mother got up hugging her only to jump back "Is this jack's Jacket?" she teased.

"No. it's Andy's" she replied going over to the fridge to grab some yogurt then over to the cupboard for fruit.

"Whose Andy?" her father asked, his eyebrow raising.

"The young man I was just with for 3 hours and the same young man I was talking to on the phone last night." She explained mixing the fruit and yogurt together.

"Is it wise to be going out with more than one young man" her aunt, who was in fact Tara's mother.

"I'm not. Jack and I are over" she said casually

"Why?" the two women sat in her father scoffed getting a beer from the fridge. Sharon sat quietly wondering how to answer, she wanted to give a sarcastic answer but knew it would get her trouble. She also wanted to get revenge back on cousin, she had liked Jack and Tara had fluttered her eyelashes and taken him. She nodded to herself. She played with her fruit and yogurt mix the colours lowly marbling. She wasn't feeling very hungry after all.

"Ask Tara, she was the one with her tongue down his throat" She smiled sarcastically, putting the food in the fridge for later and walking out.

-SHANDY-

Author's Note: I'm not sure where to go with this so…if you have a prompt/request I'd love to hear it haha. Anyhow I hope this wasn't too bad, please leave a review on your way back.

That-Geek