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"That was awful." Sykes says.

"Were we able to reach Emma?" Sharon comes out feeling heavy.

"She's on a trip with her family Captain." Sanchez says.

"Well we can put him in holding till she comes back." They all agree.

The team is tired, devastated. The father of Monica had abused his girls as children she was afraid her father would do the same to her the security of her husband she ran. Her mother was distraught. The father had tracked Monica down and hired someone to kill her. Lisa the owner of the poetry pub had agreed with the mother to go out and find her other daughter and grandson.

"Dinner is ready?" They all turn around and Rusty is looking out of the conference turns to the others, they all smile and slowly get up one by one.

"Does anyone know where Andy is?" Sharon looks around.

Bathroom Captain." Buzz says, she walks towards the restroom.

"Andy?" She knocks on the door, no answer. She pushes in. "Andy. Are you alright?" She didn't even worry about the fact that she was entering the men's room.

"I didn't think you'd ever sneak in here."He says with a smile as he washes his hand.

"I just got worried," things finally dawning on her. "I'll wait for you outside." She says a little embarrassed.

"No, no." She can hear him short of breath. "I need your help." He leans onto the sink slightly.

"You're over doing it." She reaches for his hand, but stops. All she had in mind was continuing what Provenza had interrupted. Just one kiss.

"About earlier." He sees her hesitation.

"It never happened." She says quickly stepping back.

He frowns. "But it did."

"Yes, it did but," she closes her eyes. "Not right now Andy." She opens her eyes and doesn't see anger but understanding coming from Andy's eyes.

He gestures her to go ahead, she smiles. Sharon lets her hand go behind Andy's back and he feels a sensation run through him, he rest a hand along her shoulders for support. She helps him out. They make it to the conference room, everyone sitting around. She sits him at the closest chair. He whispers a thank you in her ear that makes her swallow deep in her is slow conversation at first, a few things said mostly complementing the food.

"This beats my last Thanksgiving." Rusty says through a heap of food scooped into his frowns at Rusty, Provenza laughs a little.

"Sorry Sharon, just glad to have food." They all go quiet. Sharon looks even more devastated now.

"Yes, how about we all say what we are thankful for?" They all groan at Sykes, Sharon smiles. "I'll start. For having this job and getting to work with all of you." Sykes says smiling.

"For my family, who is safe," Tao says.

"For having this dinner, or else I'd be eating leftovers at home." Buzz shrugs.

"I'd be at a bar." Sanchez says, they all smile.

"For having the entire team together." Provenza says, looking at Andy.

They all look his way. "To the Captain for preparing this dinner." Andy lets out. They all mutter in agreement. She meets his eyes and then looks at her plate. Everyone is silent, she looks up.

"Oh it's my turn." She turns to Rusty and smiles. "To have Rusty with me this Thanksgiving." She smiles at him. "For having Lieutenant Flynn with us." She looks at Andy he smiles the others do too.

Rusty speaks again. "And for fighting for me to stay with you." Sharon is taken aback and smiles at him, she takes his hand only for a moment then lets it go. He smiles.

They look at the others smiling at them. "Thank you all for the work you do day in and day out and for joining me and Rusty for dinner, we'd have a beautiful set table but he'd be bored out if his mind only with me." They all welcome her and thank her again. The conversations gets a little lighter. Sharon's phone buzzes. They all look at her, Rusty glances at the screen it was Jack. No not again, everything is getting better. She looks at it then at Rusty then towards Andy. He's watching her carefully. Don't answer it.

"I need to take this." Rusty returns to his food immediately. She doesn't go to her office she leaves the room and comes back minutes later to all of them joking.

"Detective Sanchez." She calls from the door they all look up, Andy's back towards her.

"Yes Captain." He looks up at Sharon quickly.

"You worked with Detective Richard Sheen before?" She sounds overwhelmed.

"Yes Captain, is everything alright?" He sees her heavy expression and stands up.

"I need a favor from you." She frowns at her own words. Andy doesn't turn around but keeps an eye on Rusty who is stuffing himself vigorously he knew something was wrong.

"Of course," he walks over and leaves his plate. They stand outside but everyone can hear.

"Jack, was arrested by this officer, for god knows what." They all look at Andy, he keeps his eyes on Rusty who finally looks at him. "I don't want to pull rank but I want to see what happened." Sharon says tired. Andy looks at his plate, a piece of him shattering.

"Yes Captain, I'll call him." Sanchez walks away.

"Thank you." She stands at the entrance wiping her forehead. Then walks back inside. "And I'm thankful to not be with that man anymore." She breathes out as she walks in. They all snort out a laugh but stop themselves. "No go ahead and laugh." They stays quiet, Rusty too, she shakes her head and doesn't sit and paces until Sanchez is back.

"Captain?" Sanchez returns and looks at the others.

"It's fine they all heard." She says throwing up a hand.

"He started a fight at a bar." Sanchez starts quickly.

Sharon lets out of sigh of disbelief. "Was he drunk?" They can hear the pain in her voice. Andy fidgets on his seat.

"No Captain." A sigh of relief comes from her. "He was playing." Sanchez sounds embarrassed.

"He-was-gambling-lost-all-his-money-got-upset-and-broke-a-fight." She lets out all through one breath, this was normal she knew this all too well.

"Yes pretty much Captain." Sanchez says relieved. "I can call and get him out Captain."

She looks around, then at Rusty. "Yes Detective, please. I hate to ask you this kind of favor."

"Then don't." Andy says roughly. Something drops in her stomach, she ignores him and everything telling her to leave Jack behind.

"But.." Her voice shaky, she clears her throat. "..I can't have him in jail on Thanksgiving." You just lost him again.

"It's not a problem Captain." Sanchez walks away.

"Thank you." She stays put, then turns around and sees Rusty gone, she frowns and looks around.

"In your office, Captain." Provenza says.

"Alright." She walks to it.

But Sanchez returns quickly. "Captain, they're letting him go." She nods a relief in her face.

"Thank you Detective." She looks and says it sincerely.

"Only assures that he'll be at your door tonight." Provenza says thickly. This struck Sharon like pins and needles. Now he is upset too?

"Would you like to send an officer in case he tries going in or waits for you Captain?" Sanchez asks her.

"He has a key." Andy says taking a bite from his food.

"No, to all of the suggestions. And no he doesn't have a key." Andy finally looks at her. "Hasn't had one since I changed the lock." She speaks only to Andy. "Now I thank you again Detective, I need to see Rusty." She turns on her heels.

"No I'm right here." She lets out a heavy sigh as he appears behind her, she was afraid he was upset too. "Let's continue to eat, please." He says calmly.

"You're not going after him Captain." Sykes says. They all look at her annoyed.

"No Detective." Sharon says simply. She stays grounded as the others resume eating. Fix this Sharon, he can't get upset again.

Sharon walks over to where Andy is and puts a hand on his back. He looks up at her and she smiles. They were in front of everyone but she couldn't risk them taking steps back, they were finally alright. He grabs her hand and squeezes it until she walks over to her seat again. She knew they'd be alright. The others ignore them talking amongst each other, trying not make a big deal of the two. They want them to get better. They resume their dinner with all of them joining in the conversation, Provenza making everyone laugh. Sharon makes little or no input as they celebrate, just watching everyone interact. She keeps her eyes on Andy, how he's enjoying himself but looking tired. She gets up, the others don't make too much of it but Andy and Rusty watch her disappear to her office. She comes back quickly and walks over to Andy and gives him pain medicine and a water bottle.

"Thank you," he says softly.

"You're over doing it." He shakes his head as he swallows the pill.

"Captain?" She turns away from Andy and looks at the others.

"Thank you for dinner. We would have all been alone, it's nice to be with family." Tao says.

"Yes, it certainly is." She says smiling and honestly. "Please take as much as you want and I'll clean up here, Happy Thanksgiving to all of you." She walks to her office leaving the door open she sits down in front of Andy's case. She looks out and sees Andy. She closes the file. Just for today I'm not going to worry.She watches as they all slowly whittle out, just popping in to say goodbye quickly. Rusty decides to go with Tao and make him company.

"Ready Flynn?" Provenza asks him.

"I'll take a taxi." Provenza nods looking at Sharon sitting at her desk. He understood that he wanted to be alone with her.

"Happy Thanksgiving, it is good having you back." Provenza gently pats his back.

"Thanks Louie."

Provenza disappears and Andy stands up slowly and walks to Sharon's office and taps at her looks up and then around them. "I'm taking a taxi home, didn't want you to stay alone." She smiles and relaxes herself, she thought Provenza had forgotten him.

"Sit down please, I'm just signing some papers." He sits down almost grunting. She signs the papers and flips through another folder.

"Thank you for dinner." He says trying to get her attention.

"Not a problem, I'm glad the team had to have some. It really was too much." She doesn't look at him, still reading through the papers.

"I'm sorry about the comment earlier, with Provenza and everyone over hearing." He needed to have Sharon back.

"Andy, please stop apologizing." She finally looks up, capping her pen.

"I'm sorry." He says and rolls his eyes. They both laugh.

"I'm about finished here and then..she looks at him. No I don't want to go home, I want to stay with him. "Would you like a tea?" She raises an eyebrow.

"Yeah I'd love that." He was ready for a goodbye, but was happy to hear these words.

"I'll be right back." She walks to the break room and is back with two cups of tea just moments later.

"I missed your tea." He says taking another sip.

"Hmm, you hated them at first." She takes a seat, smiling.

"The case?" Andy says looking at Sharon pick up his case folder from her desk.

She slips it into her purse. "Oh not right now please." She looks mournful.

"Alright," He shrugs. "What should we talk about then?" He smiles.

"How about how much Provenza doesn't stop talking." He laughs. "I mean at least he makes us all laugh." Andy grins.

"He's saved me many times, with those jokes." Andy drifts as if floating through memories. She smiles weakly.

"Strange that we never had these moments before everything, it took well everything we went through to get here." He watches her softly."It's not enough." He puts his tea down and grunts as he tries to stand and almost falls back.

Sharon's jump was quick, she was on the other side of her desk before he knew it.

"Andy you shouldn't be on your feet for so long?" Her hands wrapped around his waist only enough to help steady himself, Andy grunts as she keeps hold of his waist and helps him sit down.

He has his eyes closed, she moves her hands from his waist to the arm chair when she realizes their proximity but doesn't pull away.

"What can I get for you?" She whispers.

He opens his eyes when he feels and hears her so close. Their eyes meet. A flutter runs through them. Sharon is pulling up when she feels his hands on hers. She trembles, closing her eyes. Oh his touch. She felt a warmth run through her skin.

"Thank you." He says softly. She opens her eyes as she hear his words. And almost as in a swoop Andy grabs her hands into his and pulls her onto his lap, Sharon lets out a gasp.

She tries pushing herself up immediately but he holds her with his hands behind her back. Sharon's eyes close, her hands on Andy's arm around the elbow, sitting tense and straight. She was on him. Oh it feels so perfect. He was finally holding her.

"Open your eyes." He whispers, he presses his forehead against her cheek. She lets out a breath she doesn't even know she is holding.

Her voice is deep and shallow. "Andy I'm going to hurt you." She tenses trying to push up. He keeps hold of her tight. He smells her neck, she trembles with his breathing on her. Please don't stop. He pulls away and her eyes are closed still.

"Open your eyes," he whispers again. She does, her eyes tearful. "Please don't get up, you're not hurting me." She feels his hold loosen and he runs them gently to rest on her hips, his fingertips lightly caressing her skin between her jeans and her blouse. She swallows at feeling him so close to her. Why can he make me melt this way? He was desperate to keep her close.

She pushes to stand up. He closes his eyes, she stops and sits down on him lightly again. She feels the pain of her almost rising by his hands grabbing tight of her waist, his breath shattered, his eyes opening and tearful too. Her hand unconsciously runs to his face and wipes the tear that runs down his cheek. He knew that if she got up in that moment there was no fixing anything.

"I'm going to get up, but only for a second alright?" She whispers. She finishes wiping his face and she gets up and locks her office doors and returns with a bottled water. She slowly sits back down. He lets out a long breath almost as if he didn't believe she would return. She understands and feels guilty. "Drink some of this, please." She opens the bottle and puts it to his mouth, she pulls it away.

"Thank you." He says, his hand that's casted on the outer part of her thigh. The other around her back, on the lower back caressing her. She caps the water in her lap, not looking at him, her hands staying on the bottle. She was afraid of facing him, she might not be able to contain herself. It feels perfect just to be in his arms.

"This is painful for you. You can get up." She looks up at him when he says this. "Don't feel forced to stay here." She frowns.

"No stop," her eyes are on his. He feels her hand run through his hair, sending nothing but satisfaction and joy through him. Sharon fingertips slowly go down his neck and landing on the collar of his shirt. "You need to stop hurting yourself this way. You didn't break anything. This isn't like your past. You didn't disappoint me, I'm here with you. You are still with me, you haven't left." They look into each other's eyes. She smiles weakly, she needed him to know, to understand. "You never broke your promise." She says the biggest truth out loud.

He lets out a heavy breath. He was letting go a multitude of heaviness. She lets go of the bottle and shifts herself her hands both going behind his neck, holding him. He grabs hold of her tighter, his hand on her thigh pushing her up a little, his hand on her back moving lower. She trembles.

"Sharon, I've been wanting to hear those words." He says deeply, he closes his eyes, letting his head fall a little.

Sharon, you're breaking him. She swallows deep in her throat. "Andy." Her voice barley a whisper. She waits for him to look up. Just look at me. "My love." This sends a chill through both of them. He meets her eyes. "I love you, with all my heart." Her voice breaks. "Nothing will break that." She can see the longing creep within both of them.

Andy's hand moves up from her back and to her neck slowly moving her into him. The gap is closed, their lips slightly brushing each other. "I love you too, Beautiful." These words make his lips gently run against hers, she whimpers.

They moan into the kiss. Only gently touching their lips, not moving until she gently trembles her lip to part his. He accepts, holding her tighter. Their lips intact, it was as if life was restored to their bodies. Andy's tongue hesitantly moves into her mouth, Sharon takes him excitedly, letting out small whimpers, bringing their bodies closer too by shifting on his lap. He feels a tear of hers land on their lips, the sweetness of her mouth and the saltiness bring him to press forward. They kiss for several minutes until almost in unison they pull apart. Their foreheads resting on each other, both of them breathing heavily. Her tears still running. She thought she'd never do that again, she needed it again. Andy wipes her tears and tilts his head only a little kissing her again, she responds. Yes, don't let me go. Andy kisses her jaw and her neck. She lets the weight of her body rest onto him. His lips kiss her neck, making her lose herself, he wanted to remain in her skin in her scent. Her hand pulls Andy's face up to meet hers again. They look at each other in their eyes. It was nothing but longing and love. Sharon kisses him again, he doesn't hesitate. They continue until both of them are having trouble breathing again. It has been too long. They rest their foreheads against each other, their eyes closed. Her hands around his neck, her legs hung over him his hand around her waist the other trailing her legs.

"Every time you said my name, it broke me." She says after she has regained some of her breathing. He frowns and opens his eyes and sees her green eyes looking at him gently. She moves one of her hands away from his neck and runs it along his face. "It was becoming stiffer and stiffer; farther away from you calling me Beautiful." Her voice close to breaking.

"No, now I ask you to stop." He pulls away from her forehead, she whimpers wanting all the contact they can have. "No matter what happens, whatever idiotic choices I make or the world makes against us. I will always love you." His hands caress her, holding her tighter. "This right here, holding you like this that's all I want to do for the rest of my life. I don't care about anything else." He kisses her, she pulls him closer desperate. They kiss until they are breathing hard again. Why is he so perfect?

Sharon pulls out resting her head on his shoulder, her nose in his neck smelling him in. He closes his eyes at the feel of her gentle breathing on him. She moves her hand on his chest. His up and down her arm. They stay quiet just listening to each other breathing. She hers the beating of his heart, slow down as they sit there.

"Andy." She whispers after several minutes.

He closes his eyes. "You're waking us up from this dream, aren't you?" She kisses his neck, leaving her lips lingering before she pulls away.

"If you're not ready, I'll wait." She whispers.

"I won't be ready now, I won't be ready later." He says taking her hand from his chest and kissing it, than intertwining their fingers, both of them holding their hand up, watching their fingers rejoin. It falls onto their laps. "I missed you and now that I have you in my arms again, I don't want to let you go again." They both wish they could stay so close, for the first time in a long time they don't care about the world outside those doors. He grips her hand tighter.

Sharon pulls out and shakes her head, "me either." She kisses him gently. And slowly moves off of his body until she is only sitting straight. They are both already missing each other. She swallows deep and looks into his eyes as she rises from his lap. Why? Oh, why?

A cold draft hits both of them. "And the cold air of a lonely reality returns." He says, still holding her hand and finally letting go. He moves to stand up. She stops him by crouching and her hands on his lap as she is picking up the water bottle that fell off her lap at some point and opens it for him. He is surprised but takes it. She pulls the chair beside him closer and sits down.

"You over did yourself today." She says softly.

"How's Rusty? I really miss him, I send him a message every day. He didn't talk to me through the drive or dinner." He looks saddened.

"Yes at nine o'clock every night, his phone buzzes he picks it up, smiles and sets it down." She says smiling at him, resting a hand on his knee.

"He told you?" He smiles and grabs her hand.

"No but I knew." She smiles. "He misses you, but he's scared." He plays with her palm running his fingers in it.

"He's angry." He looks up at her, just holding her hand now.

"No, we've talked about it, he doesn't tell me he's scared but I can see it in his eyes. He isn't scared of you abandoning him, you've proved that you will not do that. He's scared that he'll disappoint you." He says watching him closely. Andy frowns, she nods taking the bottle from him and taking a drink.

"How? He would never disappoint me." Andy lets go of her hand, she wants to argue but stays calm.

"He feels like he has. By ignoring you and not being there to help you through this." She hands him the water. He takes it and her hand, she smiles. He takes the bottle into his other hand and plays with her hand again.

"I'll talk to him tomorrow, I didn't want to push thinking he was still angry at me." He watches their hands, she watches him.

"Ask him for help. Even if you don't need it." He looks at her, questioning her. "I mean carrying something or to bring you a water, because your out of breath. Something that'll help you not a case or something." He nods understanding her. "It will make him know you're not mad at him first and second that you can still count on him. The rest will fall in place." Her words sweet.

"And us, will we fall in place?" He says quickly. She lets out a deep breath.

"I'm not sure we ever fell out of place Andy, maybe it was supposed to happen this way. Maybe we were supposed to go through all of this." She's sitting much straighter.

"You don't believe that." He sounds offended. "Our love is too strong, to be lived like this." He gestures to the space that divides them.

She stands up letting go of his hand. He expects her to walk away, to start packing, to call someone but instead she moves back onto his lap.

"I do believe it and our love is being lived out every day, because even apart it's still intact. The question is, where do we go from here?" She runs a hand through his hair.

"Rusty, first." He responds quickly, Sharon nods smiling.

"I can't wait to have you kiss me." She kisses him. "And hold me, everyday again. But for that to happen I need Rusty to be okay first. The last time I started this, he had no choice but to accept it because I pushed it upon him." She starts getting up, Andy holds her down and kisses her. He devours her, she pulls away panting biting his bottom lip and dragging it out. He groans. "Oh how I missed, that, I missed you." She kisses him again, then pulls away biting her own lip. "I don't want to stop." She runs her fingertips over his lips. She kisses him again. His heart flutters, his hope of having her like this was slowly drifting away, but now it was pure bliss.

Many minutes later, she sits up playing with his face and hair. "I was thinking about Vegas." Andy says, she looks at him and smiles. "And I regret one thing." She frowns, she expected to hear a happy memory.

"You regret one thing?" She asks confused. He nods.

"Not telling you the complete truth to why I talked to you about Lou?" She frowns, he pulls her up, she shifts and rests close to his neck again, her hand still on his cheek.

"What was it?" She lets her hand run down to his neck.

"That emerald ring, the one Lou bought Sarah?" She nods, Andy swallows deep in his throat.

"At my talk with Lou a couple months ago, he gave me a satin bag and said it belonged to me." Sharon sits up straighter, knowing where this is going. Don't say it. "I opened it and the ring was inside." He doesn't break he doesn't want to stop himself from saying it.

Sharon looks at him, then slowly moves off of him. She runs her hands through her hair. She walks around her desk. Andy watches her. He tries to stand up and groans as he does, she moves quickly to him.

"I hurt you, you see. Your body is so tired." She helps him stand straight. "Should I go down and get a wheel chair from the lobby?" He giggles.

"No. I'm okay. I needed to stretch out that's all." His hand goes to her chin, pulling it up. "You didn't hurt me." He lets her go. "I'm going to go." He turns around, she frowns.

"Andy." She calls his name almost as if a child, calling a parent. He turns back to her.

"Yes, Beautiful." He looks at her lovingly but look like he's in pain.

"The ring?" She looks at him desperately, running her hand through her hair. "That's why you asked if I'd marry you?" She needs to know.

He walks around her, leaning onto her desk almost as if sitting on it. "Ever since he gave it to me I carried it with me. I had it on that trip to Vegas. I don't have it now because it got lost in this car accident." He looks heartbroken.

Sharon's eyes are full of tears. "I'm sorry, we will find it." She was crying for all it entailed; Lou, Sarah, their moment in the lilies, Andy actually caring that ring with him. What did that mean?

"No, it's gone. I've tried." He smiles softly.

"What about Lou?" She couldn't ask him the other question.

"He said to take care of it and I didn't, that will be on me because knowing the kind of man he is, he'll never bring it up again for the fear that I will think he wants it back." Tears run down Sharon's face. "Better if I don't break his heart, right?" Andy's voice breaking, he extends his hand and grabs her wrist pulling her closer. "I regret not putting it on your finger," he grabs hold of her hand, "when you said you'd marry me." He kisses he ring finger and then wipes her tears.

She stays quiet, he lets her be, running his hands through her hair. She finally looks up to him. "Andy." Her voice weak.

"You don't have to say anything. That's not what I'm waiting for, I'm waiting for you to feel better." He smiles, she does too through her tears.

"Can I?" She asks tapping his chest still crying.

"Oh, Beautiful," his voice in disbelief he grabs her chin and pushes her hair behind her ear. "Please never ask to hold me or touch me again. You will never hurt me. It shatters me to pieces to see you hesitate." He pulls her in and she cries onto his chest.

Her hand holding him tight, his hands running up and down her back. He kisses her head and rests his on hers. They stand that way until he can feel her body stop crying and she loosens her grip, bringing them down to hold around his back, his hands runs up her back one more time. She pulls off his chest giving him a gentle kiss on his chest, one of his hand rise to the back of her neck. He gives her a gentle kiss.

"I would have said yes." She says softly. He nods, he didn't need to say anything else and neither did she. He smiles kissing her nose. It scrunches as a reflex and he runs his finger through it relieving its tension, gently kissing it again. I would still say yes.

"I'm extremely tired." He smiles weakly. "I'll call you tomorrow." He runs his hand along her cheek.

"Can I drive you home, Rusty is with Lieutenant Tao till tomorrow?" She moves away from him and behind her desk.

"I can get a taxi." Andy says quickly.

"Yes, right here." She taps her chest. "I'm your taxi." He smiles. "Please. I just need to make sure you get home safely and are in bed asleep." She looks at him hopelessly from behind her desk.

"If you'll make me a tea before you go." He couldn't refuse.

Sharon smiles and nods, she finishes gathering her stuff and comes around putting a hand behind Andy so he could support himself, they walk out of the office arms around each other, leaving a load behind and a load ahead. They weren't sure what happened next but the moments they had just shared were too perfect to question.