~Really Not Fine At All~

Hope everyone had Happy Holidays! Happy New Year to all!


Andy's POV

It ended up being a crazy week. They caught a case of a double homicide and a kidnapping. After working the scene for hours, the team headed back to the Murder Room to start working with what they had. After endless hours and long nights, they were finally getting somewhere. Andy noticed that Sharon was in complete Captain mode, there was no sign of Sharon, which was probably good for a case like this. It was affecting everyone on the team, but more so with their Captain though. He didn't know if it was the case or whatever was going on between them.

The Sharon they all come to know over the years was gone. She had hidden that side of her again, she seemed to have shut down, no longer talking to any of them too much except about work. He could see her guard was back up, going back to her old IA ways. Here for work and that was it. It seemed to help her get through things, she didn't want the others to see her human-side sometimes. Andy had thought they had all been passed that. It was as if they hadn't been a great team for three years. As if they weren't close friends. Fine, he'd let her have that for now but once this case was done they were going to talk. He had thought she was happy with this new guy she was dating but now he wasn't so sure.

Sharon had asked him to talk to the parents. They had been in an interview room not wanting to go home. After being cleared as suspects they didn't want to leave without their little girl. Andy had driven them to a hotel after the second night, they couldn't stay at the headquarters worrying. At least he talked them into getting out of there, to get something to eat and to try getting some sleep. He explained that when they did find their daughter they needed to be rested and she would need them to be ready to take care of her.

Andy didn't mind helping the parents though he did want to be out there searching but he knew the team was getting close. They had already figured out who and why. Now they just needed to locate the scumbag. Beside he knew it was helpful to Sharon to know the parents were out of the Murder Room, they didn't need to hear or see things that was going around.

When Andy got back he noticed the tension in the air. That's when he saw that Taylor had the Captain in the back of the room. The team couldn't hear exactly what was being said but they all knew it wasn't going well. From years of experience they were all fully aware what a media hog the Asst. Chief was. Andy was sure he was pressing her for information to tell the press. He wanted to laugh but didn't, because Taylor should know from his experiences with Raydor that she wouldn't give him anything if she didn't have too. She for one knew from her own experiences with him she couldn't trust him with any information. Hell, the whole LAPD knew not to trust him with anything that wasn't supposed to be common gossip.

They were all trying to hold back a laugh when the Captain politely and calmly asked Tao to take Taylor in her office to fill him in on what they had so far. That should keep him out of her hair for a while. The team was going over all that they knew and where they thought this idiot Tommy would take the girl. When Taylor threw open her office door, as he passed by their Captain, Andy noticed he was glaring at her. Flynn leaned down and lowly said to Sanchez, "Who does he think he is? He can't out glare Darth Raydor."

Julio smirked and quietly said, "You got that right, Sir."

They all heard the Chief say as he lowered his eyes, "you don't have much time left, Captain." Why Taylor liked to threaten her job constantly was beyond him. Heck, Sharon was the one that turned the whole division around. Even when she ran the Rat Squad and she wasn't liked by the entire LAPD while doing it but she still managed to save the whole department hundreds of millions and from countless of lawsuits. A lot of those lawsuits were filed against the Major Crimes division. They all acted somewhat better behaved now. Andy knew the Asst. Chief needed her expertise and her brilliant mind capable of remembering every rule and law. Raydor probably wrote more laws and regulations then Taylor could ever hope to recall in his lifetime. He just liked being a pompous ass as Provenza would say and he liked to act like he had power over her. Though the they knew better and would back her up if he ever tried to do something about it.

What they all didn't need right now was anymore added stress to the team or her. He could tell Sharon was having a hard time concentrating on the case. She was so wrapped up in solving it as quickly as they could that she was almost too absorbed in it. Andy knew she needed a distraction of sorts to get her mind focused on one thing and get everything else out of her head. He knew her over-thinking was a good and bad thing. He started to figure out a way to distract her but really, she was the one distracting him. His eyes closed to shut out the view in front of him. He slowly opened them to see Sharon still leaning forward against Provenza's desk. Did she have any clue as to how she looked from behind like that? It made her legs look longer. As he took a few quick glances downwards, it got him thinking, he wasn't sure how he felt about the boots she had been wearing lately. Oh, don't get him wrong, he liked them a lot but they hid a lot of her legs. Man, the boots were sexy he just wasn't sure if he liked the heels or the boots better. Then there was her skirt, leaning over like that caused her skirt, to well, her skirt, yes um about that skirt, it caused her skirt to be pulled tighter across her… oh, ok this needs to stop. Trying to focus his wondering mind, he thought, I need to stop, we have a case to solve. So, he walked up behind Sharon and asked, "Captain, can I talk to you in your office?"

It had been tense around them they were there for work and there was no socializing between them either inside the Murder Room or out of it. Andy did like that she wasn't leaving the room when he entered it and he didn't walk away when she stood near him. Without saying anything she straighten and walked to her office. He slowly followed behind her, his intent was to give her time and some space, but he did like to watch her walk though. After they were in the office he shut the door and causally leaned against it. He knew she was not happy and was going to let him have it for interrupting her working. So, he held up a hand before she even turned around. His other was in his pocket because he was a bit nervous that she wouldn't let him talk and help her. "Andy, we don't have time for…" The look on her face when she turned around and saw his hand held up was priceless and worth risking the wrath of Raydor. Well, he hoped it was.

After receiving a glaring from over her glasses she put her hands on her hips. Andy held his breath as she ran her tongue against her lips. He was sure she had no idea she did that, but it affected him. Any lesser man would have made a run for it. When this woman went it to full Darth Raydor mode, it was every person for themselves. That was when Andy thought she was her most beautifulest, yes, he was sure that wasn't even a word but he didn't care. They should create that word just for her to describe Sharon Raydor when she was furious. Maybe he had a death wish but what a way to go. Oh, he could tell she was pissed so he finally decided to try and calm her down. They did have a sensitive timeline to try and find the girl. "Lieutenant, what are you doing?" She questioned him. Then she was rambling on about being out there working but he just held his hand up higher to try and stop her rant at him.

Andy pushed off the door and dared to take a few steps closer to her. "Now, wait a minute Captain, I know you're not happy with me lately for some unknown reason." Feeling a bit nervous again he knew Sharon didn't like to bring up personal stuff at the office but he had to throw that out there. It was for her own good, he needed to shock her mind into stop her over-thinking and focus on one thing and if that one thing was her being mad at him, he'd take that bullet for the greater good. Trying to hid his nerves Andy slid his other hand into his pocket too and leaned back on his heels, debating if he really wanted to continue with this. He started it guess he might as well finish it. "Hell, I'm surprised we've ever gotten along at all, let alone were ever friends with our pasts haunting us, but that's neither here nor there. I only asked you in here to get you to step away for a minute, believe me it will help with the case in the long run."

He watched Sharon run through all kind of emotions and thoughts that were probably running through that pretty little head of hers. He leaned back against the door again to let her have the space she needed to pace and work out the stress that was going through her. Yep, he was definitely appreciating those boots more and more with each pass she took. Sharon was wearing a red shirt with a black jacket and skirt today, yesterday or whatever day it was when this case started she was in blue. Andy always thought she looked good in the darker colors, red and dark purple were his favorites she wore. Though she did look good in anything. Before his mind wonder too far off track Sharon sat down behind her desk, that was a good thing, because it seemed to help her focus more and it sure helped him stop focusing on her. Andy could tell the second it dawned on her what he had said a few minutes ago. "What do you mean were friends?" The sound of her voice and the confusion in it made him feel terrible for saying it. "Andy?" He couldn't look her in the eye and wasn't going to answer her here, it wasn't the time or place for that argument. Her chair squeaked a bit as she sat up then he heard her say, "right." There was a pause then she said stronger, "yes, never mind we are here to find those poor parents little girl."

When he looked back up again he could tell Sharon was gone and she had completely hidden any emotion and was their Captain again. That's what he wanted, that's what he told himself anyways. They needed their Captain fully focused. When she finally spoke again it was in a chilly ice-cold voice, "ok, so we know Tommy could have killed her at the house but didn't. It was a crime of passion and jealously, so we know he wasn't there for the little girl in the first place."

They worked together throwing out ideas running their theories with each other. In Andy's excitement of them coming to a conclusion he slapped the desk, "he's going to drop her off somewhere."

She followed up with, "or he already did. We need to find the route he would take from his house to the bank to out of town. Then search any abandon spots and check any wooded areas. I think that's where she'll be."

He did like to watch her when she started figuring out the case, it was an amazing thing to behold. Too bad she had wasted all that talent on IA for so many years. They could have saved her sooner, the thought made him smile. "That's the Captain I know. Now, let's go get this dirt-bag." They both stood up to join the others in the Murder Room, it was then when Andy happen to look over in the corner of her office and saw the small collection of items that had been delivered to her throughout the week. The smile fell off his face, you didn't have to be a detective to know who was sending them to her. He slowly turned towards the door but paused to say without looking back at her, he made sure his voice was void of emotions, "we work well together, Captain. Friends or not friends, I'll always be here if you need me," then he walked out the door feeling his chest hurting.

By late Thursday night they had wrapped the case. Andy thought the scumbag should have had the death penalty but could understand why DDA Hobbs did what she did. He figured life in prison would be justice enough.

"Good job getting her to focus, we were running out of time. The Captain was losing it for a minute there and we needed her scary rational puzzle solving brain of hers." Provenza said as he slapped Flynn on the back, as they were getting ready to call it a night finally. "I don't know what has that idiot Taylor always on her case. Maybe she turned him down way back when and he can't let it go. Nice work she did with him though. She sure knows how to handle him. Just hope it doesn't come back and bite her… in the well you know where Flynn 'cause you stare at it enough." Andy's faced dropped, then he glared at his partner, "don't give me that look you know it's true. So, you sticking with the plan?"

"I was never going along with your idiotic plan Louie, I was just trying to give Sharon her space to let her figure it out herself. Then that moron started sending her romantic gifts. Who the hell does that in real life anyway?" Andy turned to his partner, "do you think she's falling for it all? Hell, he's probably a series killer just trying to charm her then…"

"You really are an idiot Flynn, if anyone can smell a murderer from a mile away, it's that woman. She has come a long way since we've got a hold of her. We've fixed a lot of wrong in her. We can take credit for turning the Wicked Witch. Now, don't get me wrong she can still be a witch and wicked, she just used her powers on the suspects not us." His friend said almost sounding proud of himself, like he it was all Provenza's doing for the Captain being who she was now.

Andy rolled his eyes at his friend, "oh, now your taking credit for her. You do know Sharon hasn't changed that much, she's just letting us see a different side of her, mostly thanks to Rusty."

"Yeah, yeah, I always take the credit. How do you think I got to be the senior Lieutenant?"

"Because you old...er, that's how." Andy knew he was trying to get his mind off other things by making him laugh and his partner's favorite people to pick on were either Andy or the Captain or both at the same time. Going back to what he was thinking about before Louie started boasting about himself Andy asked, "Then what's his game plan? What's this moron's intentions with all these stupid gifts?"

"Ok, that's enough Flynn, so you gonna buy me a drink or not?" Provenza didn't want to hear any more about the subject.

"Nah, not this time, I'm going to hit a few meetings. I really need one after a case like this, ya know." Andy turned and got his jacket, preparing to leave. It was an exhausting and emotional draining few days for everyone. "Then I'm heading home you know to call if anything comes up."

"Sure, we will all enjoy an actually three-day-weekend off that our Superior Assistant Chief Taylor graced us with, that is if we don't get called in again." Provenza knew just to let him go, probably better that he didn't drag him into a bar anyways.

Andy spent the rest of the night at meetings. Cases like these are the hardest and he found that going to a meeting or two helped, him sort things out. It was hard on them all, at least they found the little girl alive and she was returned to her parents relatively unharmed. Somewhere during his second meeting he felt his phone vibrate, Andy figured it would be Provenza but when it didn't vibrate again he knew it wasn't an emergency. After the AA meeting's he reached for his phone, shocked when he saw it was Sharon that called him and that she left him a message. He held his breath as he it play.

It took listening to it five times for it all to sink in. He knew this case was hardest on her. Andy just assumed she would go to the guy she was dating. He was so memorized by Sharon voice that it took listening to it three times to finally just get passed the sound of it. Then it took him another two times to register what she was actually saying. In the beginning, she sounded distracted, then she sounded sad and a bit down. When she had said, she missed him and missed their friendship Andy smiled. Was it wrong of him to smile and be a happy even though she sounded miserable? She called him and needed him.

He didn't think he could get through talking to her without saying something he shouldn't, so he sent her a quick text to let her know he got her call. He wanted to make sure that she knew they were always friends. He meant it, when he said he would always be there for her. Hoping it wasn't too late and he would wake her up but he wanted her to know. At least she'd see it in the morning when she woke up. Andy sent his reply, miss you, too. Yes, I agree we need to talk.

He wasn't too surprised when he received a quick text back. Figures Sharon would still be awake. Andy didn't know when the woman actually slept. Friends? Making his smile grow.

Always, he sent with no hesitation.

Getting home, Andy decided to just head to bed, maybe read a little to try relax and unwind, but his thoughts kept going back to that sweet little girl. The Captain had sent out Lieutenant Tao, Sykes, Sanchez and him to go search for the child. Mike and Amy were searching the west side of the park while Julio and him were at the east end searching. It was exhilarating and heartbreaking to find the little girl. She was too scared to come to them. It took both Julio and Andy a lot to convince her that they were the good guys. Andy treated her like she was his daughter. He thought of Nicole when she was that little and how horrible it would be to go through something like this. Though Sanchez didn't have kids he was amazing with them, Julio knew how to comfort and calm them. It always hit him hard too when a child was involved. Since it rarely happened that they got to find them alive they were both being extra careful with her, not to make this experience any worse. The team found out later that the idiot Tommy told the already petrified child if she moved or tried to leave he would know and kill her too. Andy really hoped she would someday recover from this horrible tragedy.

Finally putting the book down, he laid back trying to fall asleep. Nothing was working though it wasn't nightmares or dreams keeping him up it was seeing that poor girl scared and alone. It was easier not to sleep. So, he got up and sat in the dark in his favorite chair. Sitting there in the pitch black he started thinking about a certain beautiful stubborn woman, it helped get his mind off other things. Andy was going over everything that had been going wrong for Sharon and him lately. For one, this plan of Provenza's wasn't working. Why did he ever listen to that old man anyways? He wasn't really following what he told him to do but it seemed to look that way. Stupid friend and his plans, he should have known better by now to listen to a man who has been married and divorced 5 times. What did he know about women, especially Sharon? Heck, half the time the guy didn't even like their captain. Andy was starting to think that maybe his so, called friend was setting him up to fail with Sharon not help him out.

The biggest part of this plan of Provenza's was as his partner put it was to stop following her around like a lovesick puppy dog. Though Andy was sure he didn't do that he was just nearby if she needed anything. They worked well together, it's not his fault that they ended up working side by side a lot. Though less lately since she seemed to be avoiding him. The words his grumpy partner had said echoed in his head, "for God sakes stop dressing in matching colors, if that's not showing you're desperate, I don't know what does."

As Andy stretched out in his chair, he thought about Sharon and her wardrobe. She wore darker tones that went well with her hair and her complexion. So, he took to wearing more pastels in likely hood that Sharon would not. She wore yellow or a light blue maybe a light purple once in awhile, so Andy had taken to wearing more pinks and yellows because he knew she didn't wear much of those. He paid attention to the colors she wore the day before and he could always choose that because he knew she wouldn't wear the same color twice. It was all a science to Andy, either matching or not matching with Sharon. He let out a sigh, maybe Provenza was right on this one, maybe he was putting too much work into complementing colors with their Captain.

Another thing was that he could tell he was hurting her and felt horrible. He said he would always be there for her friends or not but he wasn't he was pushing her away when she needed him. It was just hard to set his feelings for her aside but her phone called had helped change is mind. He would be there for her no matter who she was dating even if it wasn't him. Though he knew he was so jealous of this guy Bill that he couldn't see straight. He finally knew this morons name there was no way the team would let their Captain receive these deliveries without investigating who they were from. Most bets were on her ex Jack most of them knew him long enough and well enough to know Jack didn't give up easy if it was something he wanted. It didn't turn out too hard to figure out when he signed his name to the sappy card. Andy was pretty sure it was the new idiot she had meet at the café that day. Though Sharon seemed surprised by the gifts she didn't seem too interested in them maybe it was the stress of the case they were working on. It made him more worried that he had waited too long.

Thinking back to the items in her office he was wondering if she took them home with her tonight. Something like that was definitely not his style. Sure, he'd like to by a girl flowers or even gifts on her birthday but in searching his memory he was absolutely sure he's had never given a girl a teddy bear. And if the guy really knew Sharon he would know that stuffed animals weren't her thing too girly maybe? And chocolates she hardly ever ate chocolate. She'd spurge once in a while but they'll just sit there or she'll offer them to the team or friends. Rusty will probably be the lucky reciprocate of those. The roses well the roses were classic and pretty but she was more a simple kind of girl when it came to flowers she liked irises or a simple sunflower or even a bouquet of wild flowers always lasted longer.

As Andy sat there listening to the outside noises it might not be his style to send romantic gifts and write sappy love notes. He knew exactly what would make Sharon feel better and he had a few secret weapons. Still feeling exhausted but knowing he need to get some sleep so he could get up early to set his plan into action he was ready to try to sleep again. He got up and headed back to bed. He'd call Nicole in the morning about wanting to spend time with his grandkids and how it would help cheer up Sharon after such a hard case. He thought it was a great idea and the more he thought about it helped him relax and fall asleep.

Waking up, showering and calling Nicole she was all for him taking the boys for the day she said she could use a nice quiet break. As he was driving to pick them up he thought back to his dreams that night. He didn't have his usual dreams of Sharon and him that night he dreamt of being at the park with his grandkids and Sharon. It was just seeing her playing with the boys seeing her happy and laughing that meant the world to him. He liked dreams like that. Made you ready to face the day.

Trying to figure out a reason to stop by and surprise her. He had called her that morning "Oh yeah, Sharon I've have a busy day but I was wondering if I could run by and drop off something you had left at the house?" He knew it was a lame excuse but he wanted to surprise her with the boys. She really did leave a scarf here a while ago when they had coffee after one of their friendly non-dates but he had been keeping it to have something of hers around. It still smelled like her he'd hate to part with it but it was a good excuse as any to go see her.

He couldn't hide his excitement when he called her from outside her complex "hey there, I'm parked outside your building. Sorry to ask this but can you run down here I have someone with me and don't want to leave them in the car alone." After he said that the boys giggled in the back seat. He didn't want them to give away their secret so Andy quickly covered the phone with his hand and hushed them "shhh."

It was quiet too quiet on her end of the phone, "Sharon?"

What she said next dampen his mood a little she sounded mad at him. "Andy, if you're so busy don't worry about it. It's not important if I can't even remember what I left just bring it to the office on Monday."

Getting a bit frustrated with her after he thought they were willing to work this out he said "ok, fine, if your insisting that I come up then I will. We'll be up in a few minutes."

"No, no fine I'll come down" Sharon sounded not happy but hey he got what he wanted she was coming down.

Andy went over the plan again with the boys he told them to wait quietly in the car as he talked to Sharon then he would open the door and they would jump out and surprise her. As he got out of the car he was starting to feel really nervous about this she didn't sound happy with him on the phone but they were already there and the boys really wanted to see Sharon. She did have that effect on everyone she knew, love her or hate her you remembered her. Though most everyone he knew loved Sharon now Captain Raydor was sometimes a different story. He thought as he leaned against the car putting his hands in his pockets to try and ease his nerves.

It seem to take a while but when he finally saw Sharon walking through the lobby she looked amazing the closer she walked to him the more beautiful she got. How in the world did she get those jeans on anyway? They looked like they were made just for her. They woman knew how to wear business suit but seeing her in jeans and a t-shirt well now he thought this was his favorite look on her. Just looking at her started a fire in him. He tried to look casual but he was feeling anything but.

She stopped just outside the doorway he could tell she was pissed at him again for some reason he never knew what it was about him that would set her off. In an ice cool tone she asked him "well what is it that I left that was so important that you had to bring it to me now? I have a busy day Andy and…."

Not letting her continue on her rant at him he just leaned over and open the back passenger-side door.

"Surprise!"

The boys did as planned, they jumped out and ran over to hug her. He could tell she wasn't expecting this. She was shocked he got that much from her reacting he just couldn't tell if she was happy or not. He was hoping he didn't mess this up too and that the boys would help cheer her up.

"We missed you. Grandpa Andy said you would love to see us." When Sharon looked up at him he knew he was smiling he did love to hear them call him grandpa. There wasn't a real smile on her face oh she was happy to see the boys but there was something else in her eyes. Something sad and he wasn't sure if he was the one to help it go away.

"Wow it's so great to see the two of you. You'll be taller than me in a months time you are both growing so fast" she was smiling and joking with them. So, that was good he thought. But when she asked "Where are you all off to?" Her voice carried that frigid cold tone.

Andy let the oldest boy explained while he stood back watching her reaction. She seemed more interested in his car for some reason but he could tell she was listening to the young boy tell her that they were going to go shopping for their new mom Nicole's birthday present. The young boy ended with an almost irresistible sweet voice "so will you come and help us Sharon?"

"That's nice of you honey I don't know. I don't want to intrude on your day," he could tell from her voice she was setting up to disappoint them all. "It was so great seeing you two again but I'm sorry boys I would love to spend time with you both but I'm sure she can help pick out something nice for Nicole." Andy couldn't believe what she said as he watched her give them both a quick hug she stood up walked away from them.

"Sharon?" Calling out her name in question was all Andy could seem to do.

He watched her stop at the elevators not looking back at him, her words were so cold they froze him to the bone "whatever you have that I left you can bring it to work on Monday or you know what just keep it better yet, throw it away." They watched her step into the elevator turn as she said "go have fun little ones" he heard her add in a voice that he had know her long enough to know was fake as she waved to the boys, "I'm sure you guys will have a great day." He noticed her eyes never reached his as the door closed.

Andy couldn't bring himself to move through all this saying out loud in a quietly "fine it's fine. She's obviously fine. Ok what do I do now?"

"Grandpa Andy, you said she'd be happy to come with?" It was the innocent voice that pulled Andy out of his shock.

It took a few more seconds for Andy to completely recover from what just happened, did she really just walk off? Then what she said hit him. She? Who the heck was this she that Sharon was talking about? Saying louder in a strong ticked off voice "no, she's really not fine at all" he wasn't going to let her get away with this. "Come on boys" he said as he took their hands and headed into her building.

It was only a few minutes for Andy to come out of his state of shock and only a few minutes for Sharon to take him from happy to a pissed off state. Man, they had a way of doing that to each other he thought in the elevator ride up. When they got to her door he took a deep breath held it then let it out slowly. It didn't help calm him down at all "damn it, Sharon open the door" he somewhat yelled out and banged on her door. When he got nothing. he said louder, "I'll keep banging and we aren't leaving until you open this door" and banged again showing he meant it. He didn't want his grandkids to see this side of him but they were hurt by how she acted too. She had brought out his hotheaded temper he hadn't used it on her since her Rat Squad days or if you count the first day she took over Major Crimes. That's when they realized they worked well together. He was getting ready to bang his fist on her door again when it opened slowly. He noticed right away she had her glasses off and her eyes were red. Had she been crying? Why would she be crying she's the one that walked away from them?

"What do you want, Andy?" Her voice broke his heart but confused him too. Why was she upset? They came to surprise her. She was the one that left them standing there and to his recollection he didn't say or do anything wrong this time.

Taking a few more deep breaths trying to calm himself down then before he could stop it from coming out he heard himself quietly say "you…I...I mean" he let go of one of the boys hands to nervously rubbed the back of his neck. Desperately trying to save himself he said, "I mean I want you to talk to me and go shopping with us." He looked down at the boys hiding behind his legs. Feeling even more terrible now, he was handling this all wrong. He was messing up with Sharon and now he was scaring his grandkids. Provenza was right he was an idiot. Trying to fix it with the boys at least Andy bent down and hugged the boys "I'm sorry if I scared you I only use that voice to try and get through to stubborn, thickheaded and completely infuriating people." He didn't want them scared of him so he tried to lighten the situation by saying "It means Sharon is being silly and we want her to come with us to help pick out something pretty for Nicole, right?" Andy smiled as the two heads nodded a yes and were happy again.

"Is everything alright Sharon I heard banging?" Rusty ask from behind her.

"Rusty!" the two little boys called out together and ran to hug him. Rusty had come with on outings when Andy had the boys and they adored him.

Andy looked at Sharon he knew she wasn't ready to speak at all. So, Andy stood up and said "hey Kid yeah everything fine. You know I'm sure you have some cookies hidden in the kitchen you think Sharon doesn't know about. Do you think you could share a few with these two guys?"

Rusty looked questionably back and forth from Flynn to Sharon. Then rolled his eyes oh geez they're at it again he thought. What was it going to take for Sharon to see that the Lieutenant really cared about her? "Oh, yeah sure come on little rug-rats" with that the boys happily followed Rusty to the kitchen.

He knew that Sharon was just waiting for the boys to be out of eyesight before laying into him. So, as she spun back to Andy in a huff he grabbed Sharon's hand and before she could her yell at him he gave it a gentle yank to pull her out the doorway. He just wanted to talk to her alone for a change, but he must have pulled a little too hard or she was off balance already because it caused her to colliding up against Andy's chest. For just a second it was a nice feeling but she jumped away like she didn't want to be near him. It hurt how fast she disconnected with him. She quickly pulled her hand out of his grip "Andy what are you doing?" He could see her searching his eyes not sure what she was looking for. Maybe she could see the hurt she put in there but probably not. He was trying to act like what she just did didn't affect him. He reached around her and closed the door.

"You said yesterday you wanted to talk well we're going to talk. Now!" Andy said firmly as he pulled out his phone, he was done with this. They were settling it now like it or not whether they ended up as friends or not. He sent Rusty a quick text saying they were going on a walk and asked if he would be ok watching the boys.

"But the boys?" She asked as she looked at the closed door behind her.

"They'll be fine I sent the Kid a text saying we're going on a short walk." Andy started to nudge her along knowing she wouldn't go willingly.

Refusing it budge she countered back with "Andy, I don't even have my glasses."

Man, she was so adorable when she was trying to get out of doing something she didn't want to do. Nope he wasn't letting her out of this "you don't need them to walk and talk. We're not going that far. Now move!" Andy said in a I'm tired of your excuses kind of voice.

"What about her?" Andy could feel the cold coming off the sound of Sharon's words and it gave him a chill.

~TBC~


Sorry that Andy's chapters are getting longer and longer. He seems to have a lot to say about Sharon. :) Well, he does in my head anyways.

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