Strange Dreams: Chapter Eleven

Sharon had barely gotten settled in her office on Monday morning when the door flew open and Interim Chief Will Pope barged in. The door closed just a little too loudly, and he quickly apologized, but just as quickly got down to business.

"Why am I getting anonymous phone messages from concerned citizens about you and Andy Flynn?" He demanded. Sharon's jaw dropped and she immediately thought of Jim.

"Tell me this is all some big joke…please." Sharon removed her glasses and placed them on the desk in front of her. She covered her face with both hands before running her fingers through her hair. She took a few deep breaths.

"Say something…Please!" Will dropped into the chair facing her.

"The calls were most likely from my ex-husband, Jim." She explained slowly and calmly. Will looked relieved.

"So it's not true?" He asked hopefully. Sharon shrugged and rolled her eyes.

"No, it is true." She admitted. Will angrily jumped to his feet and began pacing, making Sharon nervous.

"How long has this been going on?"

"Just a week."

"JUST A WEEK!" He repeated loudly.

"Listen Chief, can we lower the volume a little bit please? Andy and I are going to work this out before he is released to come back to work."

"What's to work out? You can't become involved with him. You're Internal Affairs." He stopped pacing and put his hands on his hips.

"Well…technically you're right about that." Sharon tried to joke about the play on words, but Will was not amused.

"What are you thinking? Do you think you can just have a little fling and then go on about your business without it affecting your job…or his?" Sharon considered this a moment before answering.

"How IS Deputy Chief Johnson?" She asked sarcastically. Will simply stared at her, appalled that she would bring up his previous affair with Brenda.

"That is uncalled for." He said finally. "That was in the past…"

"It is no different except that neither of us is married, and we don't technically work together." She held back nothing.

"You need to handle this!" Will leaned across the desk and got up in her face. "Fuck him, get it out of your system and get back to your job Captain! He won't even sit behind a desk at Parker Center until this is finished. Do you understand?" He growled.

"Yes Sir" Sharon responded through clenched teeth. Will straightened and stomped out of her office, closing the door behind him. After several seconds, Sharon sat back down and rested her head in her hands.

"Oh shit!" she muttered under her breath. Things couldn't possibly get much worse.

Andy answered the phone on the third ring. He smiled when he saw the number on the caller ID.

"Good morning, beautiful! I sure missed you last night."

"Do you answer all of your calls this way?"

" Oh Sharon. It's you." He sounded disappointed.

"What?"

"Hey! Just kidding. I knew it was you…caller ID." He laughed.

"Oh."

"What's up? You sound like you are having a horrible day." He wore a look of concern on his face as he took the phone back to the table where his morning coffee was steaming in the mug.

"I'm sorry, I just wanted to let you know that Pope knows about us." He could hear the stress in her voice.

"You told him?" Andy was surprised.

"He told me. He got an anonymous tip from a concerned citizen." She said sarcastically.

"Your ex? Do you think it was Jim?"

"That was my guess. Anyway, I thought you should know. I didn't want you to be caught off guard."

"I'm sorry that you have to deal with it alone."

"I'm not ashamed, damn it!" She insisted.

"I'm glad." Andy chuckled. "Neither am I."

"It's just that I miss you." Her voice softened.

"That's more like it." He smiled. "Come over for lunch. I'll make you forget your troubles for a little while." The line was silent so long that he thought they had been disconnected.

"12:30?" She asked suddenly.

"I'll be right here waiting." He promised. "Do you know where I am?"

"I know how to find you."

"I know you do." He smiled and sipped his hot coffee.

"Do you need me to bring you anything?" She asked.

"Just bring me you."

"I'll see you later then." They said goodbye and hung up the phone.

It took forever for noon to come, but as soon as it did, Sharon quickly made her way to the elevator, shouting out to Lieutenant Elliot that she had her cell phone and would be returning in about two hours.

Thirty minutes later, she was ringing Andy's bell. He opened the door and pulled her inside. He took her in his arms and pressed her up against the back of the door. He kissed her firmly on her mouth and then moved to her neck. She groaned as he slipped his tongue into her ear.

"Andy" she sighed into his neck.

Andy began ushering her back to his bedroom without a word. He didn't want to waste a moment with her. She fell backwards onto his bed and he was on her. He pushed her skirt up around her waist and had her panties off so fast it made her dizzy with desire. He buried his face between her thighs and she wrapped her legs around his head, moaning and writhing beneath him. He drove her insane with his tongue. Knowing that he had the power to make Sharon Raydor loose her composure excited him like nothing else. The blood throbbed in his ears as he lost himself in the taste of her sex.

"OH GOD!" He heard her scream again and again as she spilled rivers into his hungry mouth.

He wanted desperately to bury himself inside her. He rose above her, positioning himself.

"Fuck me!" she demanded in a deep voice, thick with passion. She pulled him to her, making him want her more than he could bear. He let out a primal roar as he disappeared inside her. Sharon gasped for air as she nearly passed out from the intense passion that consumed her. They were oblivious to the sound of Andy's headboard beating against the wall, or the loud squeeking of the mattress beneath the force of their lovemaking. They paid no heed to the lamp that flew off the nightstand. They were lost and out of control.

"FUCK Yes!" Andy screamed as he struck gold. Sharon came again as he collapsed on top of her, spent. He held her trembling body beneath him.

"This." He whispered softly, trying to catch his breath. "I love this." He lovingly stroked her hair and her cheek. "I love you. I'm not giving this up." she stroked his back with a light touch of her fingertips

"I'm not giving you up. Whatever I have to do to keep this, I'll do it." He promised. She kissed his scratchy neck, unshaved, and moist from the sweat of his exertion.

"I love you Andy." She said before he covered her mouth with his.

Sharon checked herself in the mirror before stepping out of the ladies room in the lobby of Parker Center before getting on the elevator to ride back up to her office. She debated whether or not to call Jim and give him a piece of her mind, but in the end she knew he wasn't worth it. Her relationship with Andy was something that they would have eventually had to deal with. Jim just sped up the process. It was clear to both Sharon and Andy that whatever they felt for each other, it was there to stay. It was more than a roll in the hay. It was definitely worth fighting to keep it, but just how much would they be willing to sacrifice to be together?