_ Chapter 10 _
Ten minutes. For the past ten minutes, Lieutenant Provenza sat at his desk, listening to his partner tap his pencil on his desk and bounce his leg, making the stupid chair squeak. he'd just about had enough, whatever was bothering the man, needed to be out.
"Flynn!" He turned his chair and repeated himself. "Hey Flynn, would you cut it out!?"
"Oh, sorry…" He hadn't even noticed he'd been doing it.
The older man could tell there'd been something on his mind lately. Every day was different; one day he'd come in acting all chipper, and then the next it'd be sarcastic comment central. He wasn't about to hand over his grumpy-old-man title willingly. "Look, I know something's going on with you, and I don't know what, but whatever it is, you gotta get over it or at least see someone about it."
He didn't respond, just nodded his head and continued staring at his notepad.
He wouldn't admit it, but Andy was his best friend and even though they'd shared quite a bit with each other, Louie wasn't the type to force any information out of him. If Andy wanted to talk, he'd come to him, otherwise, it obviously wasn't for him to know. He hoped it didn't have anything to do with Virginia. He was really starting to like the woman, and he wasn't sure Andy would ever settle down with anyone else. Plus, the woman makes damn good brownies.
He sighed and rose from his chair, to go get a cup of coffee from the break room.
_ AC _
Hours after the sun had gone down, Andy finally decided it was time to pack up and head home. He hated that he'd have to go home another day, with no answer, having to avoid the huge elephant in the room. They'd been avoiding the topic of having a baby ever since the night they'd first talked about it. Well, she'd talked, he just listened in astonishment. He felt like such a jerk for not giving his girlfriend what she clearly wants pretty badly, but he knew that she'd be pissed if she found out that was his reason for saying yes.
He packed his brief case, and was on his way out the door when he saw Provenza leaving too. "Heading home?" He asked.
His partner nodded his head, and ran his hand through his white hair. "Okay, you gotta tell me what's going on. You've got the whole office worried something's going on between you and Virginia, and I can only fight the rumours for so long."
They stepped into the elevator, and Provenza pressed the ground floor button. "Okay, I'll tell you what's going on, but you can't tell anyone, because I don't even know what's going to happen yet."
He rolled his eyes. "You know I'm not gonna say talk, now spill."
He rubbed his hands nervously before looking up to meet his partner's eyes. "Virginia wants to have a baby."
Provenza let out an exasperated sigh. He should have seen it coming. "Oh boy.."
"Yeah."
How could Andy not have expected this? "Well, you know how things go these days."
He looked over his shoulder confused. "How what goes these days?"
"You marry a younger woman, you give her kids and then ya die."
Now he was just being ridiculous.
The elevator stopped, and Provenza stepped out first. "Wait a second here," Andy followed him out into the parking garage, wanting to hear more of this theory.
"Of course she wants children, you air head. She's very successful, she's never been married, she hasn't had children of her own, and now she's found you." At this point, he was counting off the reasons on his hand.
"That's insane. We're not even married yet, how could I expect this is something she wanted?"
He stopped in his tracks, almost causing Andy to trip. "Married yet?"
He hadn't realized he'd said what he did. Of course he didn't mean anything by it. It was just a careless slip of words. Right?
"You know what I meant!"
Provenza shrugged and kept walking. "All I'm saying is that you've been together for a year, you've already moved in together, maybe she's just decided to skip the marriage step. It is common for women her age to start considering, or reconsidering things like this."
"Oh yeah, and how would you know?"
"I've been married a hundred times, after a while you start taking notes."
Andy stopped at his car, and took out his keys. After waving off his friend, he got into his car and took off.
_ AC _
An older couple sat in their background, drinking lemonade and watching the sun go down. The sound of a gate slamming shut startles them, followed by children's voices. Three children come running across the yard and jump into he older man's lap, giggling and babbling words only they understand. Their parents follow behind them. "What did mommy tell you? Be careful with grandpa." They told him jokes, and he pretended to laugh.
"Why don't you show grandpa some of your new baseball moves."
The three little ones pulled him up out of the chair and handed him a glove. They threw the ball back and forth while the older woman watched, smiling. She liked seeing Andy play with his grandchildren, but she couldn't help but feel left out every time they visited. They treated her well, but she wasn't grandma, or mom. She was just Virginia.
He shook awake, his eyes flying open.
"Andy, calm down, it's just me. I'm leaving for work, but I left you some breakfast on the table. If you need me, just text me. I should be home early."
She bent down and kissed his cheek, rubbing her hand down his arm.
"Love you!" She called, followed by the door shutting.
_ AC _
"Lieutenant, can I see you in my office?"
Andy rose from his chair, and fixed his tie on his way into Chief Johnson office.
"What can I do for you Chief?"
She motioned for him to sit down, before doing so herself.
"Look… If this is about the incident with the suspect the other day in the murder room, I can promise you it isn't gonna happen again."
"Andy, this isn't about the other day. I wanna talk about what's been going on lately."
His brows twisted in confusion.
"You've been actin' very strange lately, and I've been tryin' to let it go, but now it's starting to affect this whole floor."
Provenza had told him some of the ludicrous stories that were going around, over the course of only a few days.
He sighed and rubbed his forehead, like he often did when he was stressed. "Why, what have you heard?"
"Well, the latest is that you're leaving the LAPD to become a nurse."
He couldn't help but laugh at the idea.
"Lieutenant, this isn't funny. It's starting to affect you're work ethic, and I can't tolerate that. Do you need to take time off?"
"No. It's just some personal things going on at home that involve some thinking, and I've just been really caught up in it all."
"Well whatever it is, please, go, leave and figure out whatever it is you need to, I don't wanna have to deal with all this nonsense any longer."
Andy stood from his chair, probably faster than the chief expected. "Yeah, I think I should go and clear all this up."
"I didn't mean right now, but alright."
He headed for the door and stopped on his way out, "and chief? I may need some of that time off in the near future."
He shut the door and she watched him prance down the hallway to the elevator, leaving her totally confused at what had just happened.
_ AC _
She grabbed a pair of clean gloves from her office and began prepping for her next surgery. Six hour surgeries were a breeze to her now.
She met her residents in the hall, and began explaining a few details about the procedure when one of the nurses came up to her. "Dr. Dixon, there's a man in the waiting room saying he needs to speak with you immediately."
She blinked hard and tried to think of any potential patients she could have upset that day. None came to her.
"Did he say his name?"
"No, but he was panting pretty heavily, and when I offered him a drink of water, he just kept asking to see you."
Suddenly growing very anxious, she removed her face mask, and headed down the hall from where the nurse had come. Once she'd turned the corner two arms enveloped her and she nearly screamed.
Once she realized who they belonged to she settled.
"Dr. Dixon, are you alright!? Do you need me to call security?"
"No no, it's fine."
She took a minute to control her breathing, and pulled him down an empty hall. "Andy! What are you doing here!? I have surgery in five minutes!"
He acted like he hadn't heard a word she said, taking a cheek in his hand and kissing her passionately, not caring where they were or who could be watching.
"Andy!"
His hand moved down to her neck, and just as she was about to give in she remembered where they were.
"Andy! We can't do this here. I'm at work!"
Clearly she was upset, but he didn't care. "Virginia, listen…"
"What!?" She began pulling off her gloves. "What could possibly be so important that you had to come all the way here, just to kiss me and say!?"
Her hands were on her hips and she was waiting.
"Yes!"
She stared back at him. He was waiting for a reaction, but she couldn't figure it out.
"Honey, what are you talking about?" Her tone changed. "Have you been drinking? Did you drive here?"
He held his hands up. "No, no. Look, I'm trying to tell you something."
"Well, what is it?"
He took her by the hand, and looked into her eyes. "Virginia, I'm saying that I would love to have a baby with you."
At first she couldn't believe what she'd heard. It was a for sure sign that after three days he'd forgot about it or already decided no. Her eyes began to water and she didn't feel the need to stop what was coming.
"I mean, if you still want to?"
He mentally kicked himself. Leave it to Flynn to ruin a moment.
She nodded her head and pulled him in for a hug. She couldn't believe that he had said yes.
"Absolutely." She said, through tears.
She pulled back, and his hands brushed the hair out of her face. She smiled at him. A smile he hadn't seen so big in a very long time. The kind of smile that wasn't complete without something he saw in her eyes.
She wrapped his arms around her again, not wanting the moment to pass.
"Thank you, Andy," she spoke in nearly a whisper.
"There's no need to thank me. I want it too."
His hands stroked her hair as she nuzzled her nose into the crook of his neck.
"I love you so much, Andrew Flynn."
I have not and will not abandon this story, however I have unfortunately began to stray from watching major crimes, for various reasons. I've started jotting now my next project, which will be my first battlestar galactica fan fiction, which I'm very excited to write. I apologize in advance if you were enjoying this series, or feel i haven't done the ending of this story justice. There will be a few short chapters left, containing mostly fluff, and hopefully i'll have a good head start on my next. This chapter was poorly edited, I'll admit, but I didn't want to take any longer. Thank you so so much for reading, and I really hope it's worth waiting for xoxox -Alison