Sharon woke up in the hospital chair, her back killing her. Andy walked over to her, noticing her pain. "I told you to go home and sleep in a bed" He said. She looked up at him, rubbing her back. "I know, but I couldn't leave Rusty." He smiled. "Honey he's fine now, we have to remember that."
That afternoon he was cleared to go back home. They had a very quiet evening, with Rusty sleeping most of it. Sharon sat there in his door frame, thinking about how lucky she was that he was ok. She had never been so scared in her life. A pair of hands came to rest on her shoulders, and she reached up to hold them. "Honey, he's fine. We have to give him his time to rest" Andy said, knowing she was still worried for him. "I know, I just needed to see him, I have to keep reminding myself that he's ok." She said, in a soft whisper. She and andy walked out to the kitchen, sitting down at the table. "So, have you talked to provenza or the team yet?" Andy asked. "No, I am going to, I just haven't been able to think of much else than him." She said, truth in her tone. "What we would have done?" Andy looked at her. "If what?" He asked confused. Sharon took a deep breath. "If he had, well, you know" She said, her heading hanging low. "Hey, honey don't think like that, he's ok and we don't have to think about that." He said, his arm around her. "Yeah, you're right." she said, still wondering.
Later that night Rusty woke up, hearing no noise in the house. He got up to look around, and found Sharon on the balcony. He opened the sliding glass door. "Hey, how was your nap?" She said, trying to sound happy. "Mom, what are you doing out here? Where's Andy?" She inhaled, "he is at the station, he left his phone there." She deliberately didn't answer his other question. He sat down on the chair beside her. "Mom? What are you doing out here?" She became quiet. "Just, thinking." She said in a whisper. "About what?" It took her a minute to answer. "Just, you and you know, everything." He knew what she meant. "Are you scared it's going to happen again?" A tear formed in her eye. "Yeah, I really am." She didn't even try to hide it. "Listen to me mom, nothing else is going to happen, it's ok." He watched as the tear fell. "I know, i'm just always so worried about you, and the baby, and both of those things being so close to being taken from me, it's just hard not to think everything will be taken." Rusty was surprised at how open she was being. "Trust me, nothing else is going to happen, everybody connected has been put away, and we have the team constantly looking out for us." He said, trying to console her. "And I promise, that I will always be there to keep this baby safe, I know I wasn't really excited in the beginning, but now that i've had the chance to see how much it means to you, there is nothing more that I want than this baby happy and healthy." As he said this a tear trickled down his cheek, showing Sharon he really cared. She took his hand and placed it over her bump. "This baby is your sister." She said, correcting him. "And I can tell you right now that you are going to be an amazing brother to her." as she said this Rusty felt a small flutter against his hand, as his sister gently reminded him that she was there. "Mom, I love you" Rusty said, trying to conceal the tear. "I love you too dear."