Author's Note: Thank you all for the reviews. Sorry I haven't updated but I started a new job this week and it's been crazy busy. I was going to work on this story this weekend but I've been sick, but hopefully I'll be able to write again soon. Please let me know what you think.

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"Ricky, what do you want?" Emily asks when she answers the facetime call. She still isn't too happy with the tone her brother took with her during their last conversation when he once again brought up how their father had blurted out Andy's illness in front of the entire Major Crimes division.

"Nice to see you too, sis," Ricky flashes her his best grin. Emily rolls her eyes and sighs. It would be so easy if she could stay angry with him, but once they are face to face, even if it is on a screen, it's a lost cause.

"Seriously Ricky, what's goin' on? I only have a couple of hours before rehearsals and you never FaceTime unless there' something huge going on." Emily raises her brows in a very Sharon-esque manner at that moment there is no denying she is her mother's daughter.

Ricky sits there momentarily with his eyes heavenward leaning his head from side to side. Now that he's told his mother about Leo he isn't so nervous, but even if he was he is going to have fun messing with his sister's head. Besides, Rusty is right there so Ricky has an audience and he needs to show his little brother how to properly torture their sister.

"Ricky," Emily presses, momentarily worried there could be something really wrong. She then notices that twinkle in his eyes and knows he is only messing with her. He has news but isn't bad news. "Oh My God, are Mom and Andy engaged?" Emily asks, her mouth dropping open at the thought.

It isn't that Emily doesn't like Andy, she does. It's just that her mother has only been divorced for a little over a year. She needs way more time than that to heal from their supposed 'marriage' and this would be a huge move. Sharon has told Emily several times that Andy and she are dating in the 'old fashioned' sense of the word. Surely Sharon wouldn't rush into another marriage so soon.

"No," Ricky says stopping all of Emily's worries at once. He knows how protective Emily is over Sharon, he is too, and they have discussed at length her relationship with Andy and how they hope she isn't disappointed once again. However, Ricky isn't above using information about his mother's relationship to tease his siblings and since he has both there, why not? "Andy did spend the night last night!" Ricky knows it might not bother Emily too much but Rusty's reaction is reward enough.

"Dude, seriously stop brining that up. I have to live here!" Rusty groans off camera.

"Rusty's there?" Emily asks, her curiosity piqued. "Ricky, where are you?" Emily studies the background and realizes that her brother is making the call from Rusty's room. He's in LA in their mother's condo. "What's going on?" Emily demands, once again worry seeping its way in.

"Well, about that," Ricky begins to explain but Emily interrupts him.

"Oh God, Dad is marry that French tart, isn't he?" Emily's face is pinched and anger washes over her.

"Em…." Ricky tries to explain.

"How could he? He was a crap husband to Mom and that girl is only two years older than me." Emily continues her rant not bothering to listen to either of her brothers as they try to explain, Rusty now in view. They are still trying to explain to her that it isn't about Jack when Leo begins to wail. The three siblings go silent. "What is that?" Emily asks almost accusingly.

"C'mon buddy, do you have to do that now?" Ricky asks in an exasperated tone.

"Andy told you not to wake him up," Rusty says earning a glare from Ricky.

"Oh My God!" Emily says as Ricky picks up the baby from somewhere off screen. "Oh My God," She says again as Ricky turns the crying infant to face the screen.

"Meet your nephew!" Ricky smiles proudly as a look of utter bewilderment washes over his sister's face.

"Oh My God," Emily squeaks, her hand covering her mouth.

"At least she reacted better than you did," Ricky tells Rusty. Rusty is too busy looking panicked as the baby's cries grow louder to respond to his brother.

"Make him stop," Rusty finally says pointing to the baby like it's a three headed snake.

"Hey, I'm still new at this. He doesn't stop for me. He just does that for Mom and Andy," Ricky says as he drops the phone while trying to soothe the baby.

"Rock him!" Emily's voice demands from the floor.

"Why do you think that'll work?" Rusty asks as he retrieves the phone from the floor.

"Because…." Emily begins but Ricky cuts her off.

"Because she's a girl!" Ricky supplies as he tries rocking the baby.

"That is so sexist. I should tell Mom!" Emily hisses.

"How about you go get Mom?" Ricky says to Rusty, the baby now in full blown meltdown mode. Rusty just stands there holding the phone before both siblings are screaming 'GO' at him. Rusty drops the phone and takes off for the living room.

Sharon and Andy have heard the commotion caused by Sharon's three children and her grandson but Sharon has decided to let Ricky handle his son on his own. She will be there for help but Ricky needs to do this. She has faith in him, he just needs to have faith in himself. Andy hasn't been in complete agreement with this and on two occasions Sharon has had to place her hand on his arm to keep him seated. The baby has only been crying for a couple of minutes and if they go running every time he cries Ricky is never going to become confident in his own parenting abilities. It isn't until Rusty comes running down the hall panicked that Sharon starts to doubt this logic.

"What's wrong?" She asks jumping to her feet.

"The baby…..he's just really red and screaming. Ricky can't get him to stop. They said to get you!" Rusty practically babbles he's so shook up.

Sharon takes a deep breath and nods. It doesn't sound like there is anything wrong with the baby but she would feel better if she checked on him. Andy is bouncing his leg up and down as he debates whether or not to intervene. Sharon pats Andy's arm and steps around him as she heads for Rusty's room. Andy is quickly on his feet and follows her down the hall.

Leo is screaming when they enter the bedroom, Ricky walking around the room swaying the baby from side to side as the phone lies on the bed. Emily is offering suggestions but Ricky either isn't willing to try them or they haven't worked yet. Emily stops offering suggestions when she hears footsteps, unable to see anything but the ceiling.

"Mom, something's wrong with him," Ricky says thrusting the baby into Sharon's arms, a terrified look on his face.

Sharon moves Leo so he is on her shoulder and begins to pat his diapered bottom. She gently sways from side to side as she speaks softly to the baby. Almost instantly Leo's cries grow quieter. Ricky, Rusty and Emily all let out a sigh of relief, none of them realizing they had been holding their breaths. Ricky runs his hands through his hair as he watches Sharon with the baby, almost a bit jealous at how easily she has managed to calm him. Remembering the phone, Ricky reaches down and picks it up off the bed and looks at his sister for a moment. She offers him a sympathetic smile.

"Mom, is he ok?" Emily asks as Ricky turns the phone around so Emily can see Sharon and the baby. She also notices Andy standing off to the side.

"He's all right," Sharon assures her daughter then gives Ricky a reassuring smile. Ricky simply hangs his head.

"What happened?" Ricky asks moving closer to his mother to get a look at Leo.

"Well," Sharon begins as she takes a seat on Rusty's bed, "He did eat about three hours ago so he is probably hungry again. Also, he didn't finish his nap earlier." Sharon is rubbing the baby's back as she speaks, Leo still whimpering.

"But he slept for like an hour," Ricky says with a disbelieving look on his face.

"He's a baby, he needs more sleep than that, doofus," Emily says with a roll of her eyes. Ricky doesn't bother turning the phone around to give Emily a nasty look. Sharon however doesn't have a problem shooting her daughter a warning look.

"What your sister is trying to say," Sharon begins hoping to prevent an argument between her two eldest children, "is that babies need more sleep than that. Sometimes they will sleep only for five minutes, other times they may sleep for two hours."

"But he woke up and wouldn't go back to sleep," Ricky just doesn't understand this.

"You and your brother woke him up. You have to be quiet when a baby is sleeping," Andy finally speaks, his tone soft. He doesn't want to Ricky to feel like he is being lectured but Andy had tried to get the young men to be quiet when they came back from getting breakfast. Ricky simply nods.

Sharon gives Andy an appreciative smile then stands up from the bed. She walks over to Ricky and places her hand on his shoulder and gently squeezes. Ricky just gives her a defeated look. Sharon remembers well how frustrating it was when everyone else seemed to know how to care for Emily as a baby and she was almost clueless. Speaking of her daughter, Sharon takes the phone from Ricky with her free hand and smiles at her daughter.

"Hey honey," She says to Emily.

"Hey Mom," Emily smiles, glad her mother has come and rescued them all from the screaming baby.

"What do you think of your nephew?" Sharon asks as she moves the phone so Emily can see the baby. It isn't the best view since the baby's cheek is resting against Sharon's shoulder, but Emily can't help but smile.

"He's gorgeous. I'm gonna have to come see him." Emily has been turning things over in her mind while she's been on the phone with her brother trying to figure out how to rearrange her schedule.

"We'd love to see you," Sharon brightens at the thought of having all three of her children at home, especially as they all get to know the latest member of their family.

"Here, let me take him so you and Emily can talk," Andy says coming to stand beside Sharon and reaching for the baby.

"Thank you," Sharon smiles at him. Emily watches in amazement as Andy takes the baby and cradles him against his chest, a loving look adorning his face as he looks at Sharon. He then drops a quick kiss to the baby's head as he speaks softly to him.

"Hi, Emily," Andy says looking at the phone.

"Hi, Andy," Emily smiles, glad to get this little glimpse of her mother's relationship with Andy.

While Sharon takes the phone and sits down on the bed, Andy looks over at Ricky and motions with his head for Ricky to follow him. Ricky stuffs his hands in his pockets and follows Andy out the door. Rusty has been standing outside the bedroom but is quickly beside Ricky.

"Is Leo ok?" He asks, his eyes landing on the baby who is still whimpering in Andy's arms.

"Yeah, Mom got him to stop." Ricky tells Rusty as they enter the living room and head for the kitchen.

The three men enter the kitchen, Andy leaning against the counter with the baby as he watches Ricky go to the messenger bag that he left on the counter earlier. Rusty also leans against the counter, watching as his brother gets a bottle and a small Tupperware container that has three partitions, one of the partitions filled with formula. As Ricky fills the bottle and pours the formula into it, Andy bites his tongue. There are a few questions he wants to ask Ricky but he doesn't want the boy to feel like he is criticizing. When Ricky reaches for the baby without heating the bottle, Andy decides it's time to say something.

"Uh, Ricky, I don't want you to get mad," Andy says as Ricky looks at him, "but you need to warm the bottle before you give it to him. He'll get a stomach ache if you don't."

Ricky's eyes widen once again, something that seems to be very common recently. He then drops his head. This is so much harder than he thought it would be. Those first couple of days as they waited for the paternity test results, Khloie had brought Leo by his place a couple of times and Ricky had 'practiced' with the baby. The difference was that Khloie had been there. Even though she didn't seem to be the most maternal person in the world, she did know what she was doing. She'd had two months to get to know the baby, but Ricky has only had a few days and he is feeling more and more like a failure with the passing of each minute.

"I'm gonna ruin this kid," Ricky huffs, slamming the bottle down on the counter. The noise startles the baby and he begins crying again. "Oh God, Leo, I'm sorry," Ricky quickly apologizes, reaching for the baby.

Andy hands him the baby and Ricky puts Leo on his shoulder like he has seen Sharon, and even Khloie, do. He pats the baby's back as he jiggles him up and down, something else he has seen done to the baby, mostly by Andy and Sharon. Thankfully, the baby begins to calm down.

"Ok, so, um, how do I heat it? The microwave?" Ricky asks reaching for the bottle. Andy shakes his head.

"With Nicole we just boiled a pot of water, but with my son we had a bottle warmer. You might wanna invest in one of those," Andy tells Ricky as he grabs a pot from a cabinet and fills it with water. Ricky nods, watching Andy move around the kitchen so comfortably.

"You're gonna have to go shopping," Rusty says from his spot against the counter, so busy taking all of this baby stuff in he isn't sure what to say.

"Yeah." Ricky agrees, his eyes landing on the diaper bag.

"While the bottle warms, how about you make a list of things you'll need for him," Andy suggests as he places the bottle in the pot of water. Ricky nods and with his free hands grabs his phone and starts making a list.

After a quick chat Emily has decided she will be flying out the next morning. Sharon can't wait to see her daughter. Sharon is smiling as she enters the living room a few minutes later. She hasn't had all three of her children together in a while and it will be nice to have them together again. Thoughts of how all three of them will act with the baby are interrupted as she enters the kitchen and sees Ricky sitting at the dining room table feeding the baby, Andy leaning against the counter with a pen and paper in his hand and Rusty watching with an amused look on his face.

"What's going on in here?" Sharon asks carefully, coming to stand beside Andy.

"We're making a list of things Ricky's gonna buy for the baby," Andy answers as he writes something else down.

Sharon loves all three of these of men, there is no questioning that, but she is rather curious as to what they deem necessary for a baby. She remembers all of the 'helpful' advice she had received when shopping for baby items, and just a few years ago when she went shopping for a baby gift for one of Jack's nieces there had been many suggestions as to what a new baby would need. Most of it, as she learned quickly with Emily, isn't needed.

"May I see the list?" She asks sweetly, leaning in close to Andy. Rusty and Ricky both make a face but Sharon ignores them. She wants to see what's on this list. Andy obliges and turns the list to her.

Even with her glasses on Sharon has a hard time reading Andy's handwriting. Even after all these years reading his handwritten reports and notes she still can't always decipher what he has written. She can make out 'bottle warmer', 'diapers', and 'car seat' but the other four items she has no idea what are. She is about to ask what the other items are when her eyes land back on 'car seat'.

"Ricky," Sharon asks in that low, almost sweet tone that only means trouble. Ricky looks up from the baby and gives his mother the most innocent look he can muster. "If you don't have a car seat, how did the baby ride in the taxi here?" Sharon asks with lifted brow. Ricky rolls his eyes at the question.

"You can request a car seat when you use Uber," Ricky tells her. Really, how does she not know things like this? Then again, he didn't know that himself until earlier today.

"Ok," Sharon nods, satisfied with the answer. "What does that say?" Sharon asks Andy pointing to the last four words on the list.

"Formula," Andy reads the first indecipherable word and Sharon nods. "Wipes," Andy points to the second unrecognizable word. Again Sharon nods. "Bassinet and clothes," Andy finishes reading the list and smiles confidently at Sharon. She nods, impressed with how practical they have managed to be. The only problem is there are many things they are not thinking about. Shopping for the baby is going to require some assistance.