Guys, thank you so much for all the lovely reviews so far. I can't believe how many I got for the first chapter. I'm with you all, I do have a soft spot for baby fics. Sweetbutterfly11, you're just to clever missy…lol.
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Chapter 2
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Rusty was lying in bed the next morning when he heard Sharon in the bathroom, he got up and stood outside the door…tapping lightly in the door.
"Sharon, are you okay in there?"
"Everything's fine Rusty, I'll be out in a minute."
"Are you ill or something?"
"Rusty please, go and get dressed. I'll be out shortly."
Rusty did as he was told and went back to his room, Sharon heard his bedroom door close behind him as she stood up slowly from the bathroom floor. She walked slowly over to the sink and splashed some cold water on her face before taking a sip of water. She stood staring at her reflection in the mirror as she thought about her situation; she kept replaying over and over in her mind what she would say to Andy. What if he wouldn't be happy about the news, what if he left her? The more she thought about it, the more worried she became. When Rusty finally emerged from his room, he headed to the kitchen to find Sharon making him some cereal. He sat down at the table and watched her as she poured herself a cup of tea and brought over his cereal.
"Erm Sharon, can I ask you something?"
"Of course you can, what's on your mind?"
"Are you like ill or something, like seriously ill?"
"Oh Rusty no, I'm perfectly alright."
"But that's not true is it?"
"Excuse me."
"I'm not stupid Sharon, I heard you in the bathroom…you were being sick, I've heard you a few times and you barely eat anything these days."
Sharon took a sip of her tea before placing it to the side and rested her arms on the kitchen table.
"I just don't think I should be troubling you with my problems right now, you're finally over your own and this is your time to enjoy your life."
"Sharon, you're my guardian…hell you've been more of a Mother to me than my own Mother. If there's something wrong then I want to know, please."
Sharon could see the hurt and concern in Rusty's eyes as he pleaded with her to tell him what was going on with her. She reached across the table and took hold of his hand in hers.
"Rusty, I'm just not certain if I should tell you before I tell Andy….he should really know first."
"Know what, oh god you're not pregnant or something are you?"
A smile crept on Sharon's face as soon as he said it and all he could do was stare at her, his mouth hanging open.
"Holy shit…"
"Rusty….language please."
"Oh, sorry. So….you're really pregnant?"
"I am." She smiled.
"Wow, so this is pretty big then. Is that why you haven't been eating lately?"
"A little…look Rusty, I know it's a bit of a shock. I'm still getting used to the idea of a child myself but I need to know you're alright with this."
"It's nothing to do with me."
"Hunni, you're family now. You're as much a part of this as anyone, this baby….it will change things. Andy will be here a lot more."
"You mean more than he is already." He joked.
"Rusty I'm serious."
"Yeah I know, look Sharon…I'm happy for you, really. I think it's great and even better now I know you're not dying and stuff."
"Really, you're okay with it."
"Sure." He smiled.
"You're a good boy Rusty, thank you."
"I should get to school, how are you getting in today? Didn't Andrea drive you home last night?"
"It's okay, the cab office is just around the corner. I'll go round and get one."
"You'll be okay?"
"Rusty I'm a Captain with the LAPD, I think I can manage to make my own way to work. Off you go." She smiled.
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Sharon was just grabbing her bag when her mobile started ringing, she saw that it was Andrea and decided to answer.
"Andrea, good morning. What can I do for you?"
"I know it's early, I just wanted to check on you."
"Oh, well that's very nice of you."
"So, how are you. Are you feeling any better?"
"Much better, our talk last night helped a lot…thank you."
"Good, so I was thinking that perhaps I'd drop by the precinct later…perhaps offer you some moral support."
"That really isn't necessary."
"I want too and maybe after you tell him we could go out for lunch."
"Is this you making sure that I eat today?"
"I just worry, you're a good friend."
"I know you do and thank you, you're a good friend too. Lunch sounds lovely, I'll call you before hand. Check you're okay…I'll see you later."
"Alright, bye Andrea."
Sharon hung up and put on her jacket before heading out the door, she made her way to the elevator to find an out of order sign on the door. Typical, she muttered to herself and she took the fire exit instead. The last thing she'd wanted first thing in the morning was this much exercise, she was on the 3rd floor when she heard a noise coming from the bottom. She didn't think anything of it considering the elevator was broken so continued down the stairs. She was just about near the bottom when a dark figure came to stand in front of her.
"Hello Sharon."
The voice was low and gravely as she tried to make out his face, the stair well was dimly lit and the man standing in front of her had a lot of dark clothing on, the hood of his jacket was covering most of his face as Sharon tried to get a look at him.
"Who are you? I should warn you now…I'm a LAPD Officer and I….."
"Oh I know exactly who you are, don't you recognise me."
Sharon backed up as he moved closer and pulled back his hood, revealing his face. Sharon let out a small gasp as she was confronted with the stranger."
"Krause, you…you shouldn't be here."
"Oh I should be here, in fact there's nowhere else I'd rather be right now." He said, glaring at her.
Sharon was trying to feel for her gun which was inside her jacket, she tried slowly moving her hand to retrieve it but he was to quick for her and grabbed her hand, throwing her against the wall. She quickly recovered and tried to run back up the stairs away from him but her grabbed her from behind.
"GET OFF ME, YOU WON'T GET AWAY WITH THIS…GET OF…."
Sharon didn't have time to finish as he covered her mouth with some sort of drug and everything went dark. He grabbed her belongings, her mobile falling out and smashing on the ground, he quickly picked her up and out into the parking garage where he was parked and placed her in the back seat of his pickup truck and quickly drove off.
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Everyone was in the office waiting for their Captain's arrival, Provenza was busy doing a crossword puzzle. Buzz and Mike were looking over some computer footage of their current victims. Andy looked up at the clock, it wasn't like Sharon to be late. Amy Sykes came walking in with Starbucks for everyone, smiling as she entered.
"What took you so long?" Julio asked.
"Hey, there was a queue. The Captain not in yet?"
"Not yet."
"I got the court order this morning to acquire the DNA sample from Kause, he should have been informed this morning."
"That's a great morning call." Provenza joked."
"Yeah, I thought that." Sykes laughed.
"Will you lot keep it down." Andy asked, anger in his voice.
Provenza got up and came over to Andy's desk, sitting down one of the coffee's for him.
"Here, drink that…it might cheer you up."
"I already told you before, I don't drink that stuff anymore. Sharon got me into that camomile tea and…."
"Oh for gods sake, that woman's got you wrapped tighter than a baby's bottom."
"Lay off will ya'."
"What's up with your miserable face today anyway, I thought we got everything talked out last night."
"Yeah we did."
"So…."
"It's nearly 10:30am…."
"And….."
"Sharon should be here by now, it's not like her not to turn up. If she was gonna be late, she'd have called. I told you she wasn't herself last night, what if she's ill."
"If she was ill, Rusty would have let us know. She's probably caught up in traffic, you know what the road works were like this morning getting here."
Everyone looked up when Andrea Hobbs came walking into the department, Andy could see by her face that she looked worried.
"DDA Hobbs, what brings you by so early?" Provenza asked.
"Oh, I was eh…looking for Captain Raydor?"
"She's not in yet."
"She's not, oh I see."
"What's going on Andrea?" Andy asked.
"I called her early this morning to say I'd be by around 11am, we were going to lunch."
"At 11am." Sykes asked.
"Well brunch then, anyway she was on her way here when I called her. I've been trying to call her for the last hour but her phones switched off."
"Her phone's off, that's not like her." Julio said.
"That's what I thought, that's why I came down early…too make sure she was okay."
"Why wouldn't she be okay?" Andy asked.
Everyone looked as Andy then to Andrea as she locked eyes with him.
"She just had some things to discuss last night with me that's all."
"Is this to do with why she was acting so strangely last night?"
"Look, I don't think we should discuss that right now. I'm worried something's happened to her."
"Okay everyone, we should get around to the Captain's place now….see what's going on."
"I'm coming with you." Andrea said.
"Do what you like". Andy said, walking away.
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To Be Continued…
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If you're very good, I might even do another Chapter later today xxx
