The next day when Andy realized he had no way finding Sharon again he was upset, he really really liked her and he felt like she could be someone he could love. He walked around in a sour mood for weeks so much that Louie was starting to notice. Louie just assumed he was upset over Sandra, because Andy had never told him about meeting Sharon since Louie didn't want to hear about the party he wasn't invited to. Louie took it upon himself to go to Sandra's apartment and talk some sense into her, deciding that his best friend was an idiot since he wasn't doing anything himself.

When Sandra opened the door, she was very surprised to see it was Louie on the other side, the smile she had on her face dropped and she asked: "so he sent you over here?"

"No, Andy has no idea I am here. I came because I can't stand his moping around all the time, looking like someone kicked his puppy."

"I don't know what to tell you Louie- ", she started to say until he cut her off.

"No you listen to me, that man obviously loves you and is so broken hearted that you left him" she started to interrupt but he just held up his hand to silence her "you need to figure yourself out and tell him that you love him and stop his moping around, I can't stand it anymore." He said the last word with finality and then walked off leaving Sandra at her door with her jaw dropped. Louie felt pretty good about himself now and decided he deserved to celebrate what he hoped would be the end of Andy's moping around, so he headed for the nearest place to pick-up women.

After Louie left, she really started thinking. Sandra realized that if Andy was moping around the way Louie described then maybe she was wrong about him. Maybe she wasn't settling by being with Andy because he really did love her.

She sat in silence for a few more minutes and then got up, she checked herself out in the mirror and decided she looked good. She was wearing a blue fitted t-shirt and jeans; she knew Andy loved the color blue despite what he said about purple. One last fluff to her hair and she grabbed her keys and walked out of the apartment door determined to get Andy back.

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Andrea woke Sharon early the next day by jumping on the bed and asking, "soooooo how did it go with that hot guy last night?"

Sharon looked at the clock and noticed it was barely after 9 am obviously, Andrea didn't have a hangover. Sharon hadn't gone to sleep until well after 2 am and was planning on sleeping in, that is until her lovely roommate woke her up. She rolled over and mumbled under her breath something along the lines of "payback is going to be hell for her".

Even though Sharon said that last bit quietly, Andrea still heard it and just shrugged and poked at Sharon while saying, "sooooooooo, tell me about the hunk!"

That hot guy's name is Andy and nothing happened. He helped me get you home and then left," as Sharon said the last part she looked away with a look on her face that told Andrea there was more to the story. As Sharon started to get out of the bed and walk away from Andrea the latter followed her and continued pestering Sharon with questions.

"uh huh, you are not getting away from me that easily"

"I don't know what you are talking about and you need to call Gavin and apologize to him." Sharon told her as she walked into the kitchen to start a pot of coffee.

"I'll call Gavin later, I'll take him shopping this week and he will be over me puking on his new Armani suit last night" she said with a wink and then "and don't change the subject, tell me what else happened."

"Ok, fine. Once we got you settled I started throwing up and he held my hair up. I asked him if he wanted to stay over-," Andrea cut her off with a squeal, Sharon rolled her eyes and continued, "but he was a good guy and told me to get some rest and then he left."

"Ah, but you like him, don't you?"

Sharon grabbed a cup of coffee and sat on a stool at the island in their kitchen before she smiled a little and then responded sadly, "I do, but I have no way of finding him. I never got his phone number or his last name. Anyway, I'm still waiting to hear from Jack."

"Well as far as I concerned that jerk can stay away. And about Andy, things have a way of working out the way they are supposed to you'll see him again."

"I hope so."

As the weeks passed Sharon gave up on seeing Andy again and fell back into her normal daily routine, he was always at the back of her mind though.

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As Jack stood outside Sharon's apartment he smiled smugly to himself, he had a great couple of weeks partying and having his share of women until he decided he wanted her back. So, he stood here waiting for her to come down so they could go to dinner. He had called her a week ago and begged for forgiveness and she agreed to try again with him.

Sharon walked up to him and reached up to give him a kiss and then whispered against his lips, "Hi, I've missed you." She truly had missed him and with the hope gone that she would see Andy again she felt that she should just move on and Jack had groveled enough that she forgave him.

"Hi, honey are you ready to go," he asked as he gave her another kiss. She smiled and nodded, so he opened her door and helped her into the car. Jack smiled to himself she really was easy to convince to get back together, he had plans for his future and she was going to help him achieve those plans she just didn't know it yet.

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November 1986

It was now almost a year since the party and the last time Andy had seen Sharon, he was currently pacing his apartment. He was nervous. About 3 months after the party Sandra had come to his door begging for forgiveness and after a couple of weeks he gave in. Now Andy was pacing because he was going to propose to Sandra tonight at dinner, he was just waiting for her to be finished getting ready. She had moved in with him about two months ago, right after Louie had married Liz and moved in with her.

She walked out of the bedroom in a tight blue dress that came to right above her knee and had her sandy blonde hair down in ringlets, she looked beautiful. Andy felt his mouth go dry at the sight of her and couldn't bring himself to say anything until she asked him if he was ok.

"Andy, Andy are you ok?" she asked as he came out of his trance. "What, yeah yeah I'm alright you look beautiful," he replied as he kissed her and steered her toward the door. He was excited for the night and he really couldn't wait to move forward and hopefully finally get Sharon out of his mind for good.

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July 1988

Sharon smiled at Jack as they moved across the dance floor. It was their wedding and it had turned out better than she imagined. It was the summer right after she had finally graduated with her Bachelor's degree from UCLA and she was starting the police academy in the fall. It wasn't the original plan but Jack convinced her that they both would not be able to go to law school at the same time. He would go first since he was a year ahead of her and then he would put her through law school after he got settled into a practice. Sharon didn't mind because she wanted to understand both sides of the law; the side that investigated it and the side that prosecuted it, she figured it would give her a leg up down the road.

As Sharon looked around her she spotted Andrea and Gavin off to the side laughing and having a good time. They weren't too fond of her marrying Jack and delaying law school since they were both headed there in the fall, but they were her best friends and would be there for her no matter what. They stood up for her as her bridal party and were going to be helping her and Jack move into the small 3-bedroom house they had just purchased in the Echo Park neighborhood. It was only 10 mins from the LAPD and would be perfect for her.

Jack had already finished his first year of law school and was always so sweet to Sharon. He would go out with his friends on Friday nights and then every Saturday was his date night with Sharon. He had her wrapped around his finger and right where he wanted her, he was getting through law school and she was working to pay for it. He laughed to himself occasionally when he thought about how easy it was to convince her this was the way things would go.

As Sharon and Jack finished their dance he leaned down to kiss her and murmured, "I love you."

"I love you too."

"What do you say we get out of here and enjoy our wedding night, huh?" She blushed furiously at his comment and then nodded her agreement before he whisked her to the waiting guests who had lined up to see them off.

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August 22, 1988

As Andy looked down at his brand-new baby Nicole, he smiled to himself and hugged her closer to his chest as he walked over to Sandra and placed the baby in her waiting arms. She thanked him by giving him a kiss on his lips and then moving over so he could join her in the bed.

"Andy, it seemed like we would never get here." Her pregnancy had been a stressful one and full of complications, but now that the baby was here and everything was healthy they could be happy again. They had gotten married almost a year ago and Nicole was a honeymoon baby, with the complications of the pregnancy and not wanting to bother Sandra with his worry he had been drinking quite a bit lately. Now as he looked at his wife and baby he knew that he would have to get a handle on that, especially now since he had just been made detective and asked to help out with the police academy new recruits in the fall. It was going to provide a bit of a cushion with their finances and allow Sandra to stay home with their new baby.

Andy smiled down at her and responded, "it did, but thankfully we are here and you are both healthy. I can't wait to get you and our little princess home."

"Yeah, it's a good thing we just finished her room, huh?" she replied with a laugh and then continued "when do you have to go back to work?"

"I've got two weeks off; Louie gave me some of his PTO so that I could have extra time with you two. Although at work he is starting to demand that I call him Provenza, he thinks his first name makes he seem soft."

"Oh, that Louie. I can only imagine how that came about. I'll have to get together with Liz and have her fill me in," Sandra said with a yawn.

"Why don't you get some sleep? I'll be here to hold you both up," Andy kissed her head as she snuggled into his side and then leaned his own head back against the bed and turned to look out the window. As he stared at the clouds his mind went back to the woman he still could not get out of his mind, even as he held his wife and daughter. He felt like ten times the heel, but no matter how hard he tried she was always there.

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Ok, so I managed to get this out quicker than I thought I would. I have an engagement party to attend this afternoon but then I am planning on working on another chapter when I get home tonight so stay tuned and thank you for reading!