Let me go ahead and apologize for this chapter, I usually like to end things all happy happy but this story just flowed better not happy ending. I totally cried writing it Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Chapter 7

They had been waiting for about 45 minutes when a very tired looking man came from the doors with scrubs covered in blood. He asked for the family of Shawn Spencer and the four of them stood up so fast it almost scared the poor man.

He pulled up a chair and tried to take a minute to gather the right words to say, "I am so sorry but Shawn's heart stopped again once he arrived and we were not able to restart his heart. He passed away about five minutes ago."

They were all in a stunned silence. The doctor offered to take them in to see Shawn to tell him goodbye. They all just shook their heads and followed the doctor. They came to Shawn's room and no one wanted to go first so Gus decided he would be first.

Gus walked into the room and shut the door behind him. It was starting to sink in Shawn was really gone. He could see Shawn's body lying in the bed but his spirit was long gone. He walked to the side of the bed and said, "You were the best friend a guy could ever ask for. Thank you for being my best friend. I will never forget you EVER."

Next in the room was Lassiter, "Sir it was a pleasure serving and protecting with you. You will be sorely missed."

Then it was Juliet's turn she walked into the room slowly and cautiously she wanted to see him and tell him good bye but some part of her thought if she could avoid seeing him maybe he would jump out of the door and yell April Fools.

She walked into the room and sat down next to the man she had hoped to spend the rest of her life with, "Oh Shawn, I am so sorry this happened to you. You are so loved and I don't know if any of us will ever recover from the hole in our hearts from loosing you. I love you sweet man." She sat for a minute cradling his cold hand. She got up after a few minutes to allow Henry a moment alone with his son.

When Juliet came out Henry just stood looking at the door at that moment his legs were concrete and he couldn't force himself to go into that room and see his son's dead body. His eyes reddened and started to leak, everyone around him gathered around him to give him the strength to go and say goodbye.

Eventually with the support of his fellow grievers he opened the door to the room slowly. Lying in the bed was a perfectly still and lifeless Shawn. He knew then that his son was gone, yeah it was Shawn's body in the bed but everything that made Shawn, well Shawn was gone like someone turned off some cosmic light switch. He closed his eyes and said to the air, I will miss you son, I love you so much (starting to openly cry) I am not sure how I am going to go one without you. Oh God why did you have to take my boy from me, Oh God (fell to his knees crying).

The rest of the group heard the cries of a father's heart shattering into a million pieces. Juliet was the one who was brave enough to go back into that room she knelt down next to Henry and didn't say a word but they embraced and they cried together. The two people in the world that loved Shawn more than anyone else, for a moment finding solace in the simple act of sharing their grief with each other.

Lassiter drove Henry back home the body of Johns was cleared and cleaned up and they cleaned up all the blood. It looked like nothing had ever happened in there. Lassiter waited for a minute asking if Henry needed anything else. Henry thanked the Detective and told him no and he would see him tomorrow.

Lassiter left and Henry took the comforter that Shawn was laying on and had wrapped around him when he went outside. Henry wrapped it around his shoulders and he buried his face in the fabric of the blanket because it smelled like Shawn.

Four long days latter it was time to remember the Life of Shawn Henry Spencer. Henry was sitting at the front of the stately church dressed in a black suit he was flanked by Gus and Juliet sitting directly behind him was Chief Vick but not Lassiter. Henry looked at Juliet Puzzled, "Did Lassiter not come to the service?" Juliet gave him a knowing smile, "Oh he is here you will see him soon."

The church was big but it was filling fast with past clients and friends from well everywhere. Shawn never met a stranger and it showed with the people that came to say goodbye. Henry was beginning to get a little annoyed he did not see anyone else from the force there to say their goodbyes.

The Chief went to the podium to begin the service, she thanked everyone for being here then she began to remind the crowed that Shawn Spencer was a very unusual soul. The SBPD actually created a job title just for him. Head Psychic was his title, he could walk into a crime scene and quicker than I thought was even humanly possible he could solve a crime. The seven years he worked for the SBPD he closed an unprecedented 275 cases.

As she spoke all but the few officers that needed to stay on duty quietly came in and lined the walls of the church, they were all in their dress uniforms and they all wore a black sash around their badges. Head detective Lassiter led them in. He stood at attention by Shawn's casket while Vick finished her speech. When she was done Gus and Juliet both came and gave Eulogies for Shawn. The whole time Lassiter stood at attention beside the flag draped coffin of his fallen friend.

After everyone was finished speaking Lassiter left his post to go up on stage. His eyes were wide and blank as he spoke, "Shawn Henry Spencer was an incredible man and an incredible friend. The night he died he came to me as I stood guard duty at his home. He told me that one of the men that was trying to kill him told him that he was not considered a colleague by him or anyone else on the force and that he was considering quitting because of what the man said. Shawn where ever you are I hope you can look at the men and women that line this building to say goodbye to a fallen colleague and friend. You sir will be so very missed by so many (his eyes started to get very red and random tears made their escape down his face). You may not have carried a badge but you swore to protect and serve like the rest of us, and you did it with distinction.

He nodded to the young man that took his place at the head of the coffin. The young man held the bugle that he held at attention on his side and began to slowly play taps. After Lassiter's speech and Taps there was not a dry eye left in the place.

Two other officers took the flag off the coffin and they dutifully folded it up. Lassiter stood at the attention with his right and left hand holding a second all ready folded flag. When they were done folding the flag that draped the coffin, Lassiter knelt down before Juliet and handed her the flag in his hands.

He was openly weeping now that he saw the face of his partner. He gave her the flag and told her to keep it to give to the baby when it's born. Juliet looked shocked, she only found out herself a week ago. She nodded and thanked her partner.

Lassiter stood and retrieved the flag that had draped the coffin and knelt in front of Henry. He had to pause to regain his composure when he saw the red tear stained face of a grieving father. He began, "Shawn was the best I had ever seen at anything that had to do with Police work, I learned so much from your son and I will be a better cop and a better man for knowing him. You did a good job with him you should be so very proud of the man he became. He stood and saluted Henry.

He then stood and regained his position at the coffin. It was time for the coffin to be brought out of the church. Lassiter and Gus were at the front handles, Uncle Jack was behind Gus and Buzz was behind Lassiter. Two other friends took the place at the last handle. Everyone stood as the coffin was slowly brought to the waiting Hearse the officers that lined the Church snapped to attention and saluted the retreating coffin. The graveside service was short and for family only.

Eight months latter Henry was back in the hospital waiting room but this time he was waiting for happy news. Juliet was in labor about to give birth to his first and only grand baby.

Henry Shawn Spencer (they changed the order of the names because they didn't want to call him Shawn) was born at 7:18 pm he was 9 pounds and 3 ounces and had piercing green eyes. When Henry came into the room to see Juliet and Baby Henry they both busted out into tears. They had lost so much the last year and the birth of this precious little boy was like God was giving them a piece of Shawn back to them.

Grandpa held Baby Henry in his arms and couldn't stop smiling he told the wide-awake squirming newborn all the fun things he was going to do with him one day. He also said I cant wait to tell you about your Daddy, he would have been head over heels in love with you and I think you would have liked him too.