"Ahh, look, if it isn't the physical therapy pen pals," Rusty grinned as he walked into the living room where Sharon and Andy were now sitting on the couch together talking. Sharon had only been home a few minutes, but Rusty had known better than to greet her while she was greeting Andy. The two looked up and smiled at Rusty.

"I want to know when you two became such co-conspirators," Sharon smiled at Rusty and then turned back to Andy. "You are ganging up on me."

"You want us to get along," Rusty pointed out as he walked into the living room area and flopped in the chair across from Sharon and Andy. He shrugged his shoulders. "Andy, you're here just in time to help us decorate for Christmas."

"I figured," he nodded. "One of my bags is packed with some Christmas decorations."

Sharon turned to him and smiled, "You brought more of my decorations?"

"I did," he winked. "I knew it was your favorite holiday. I'll be glad to help set up the tree for Christmas, especially with this injury here," Andy nodded to her hand and reached for it to inspect the cast. "So, you slipped on the ice Monday, huh?"

"She did," Rusty nodded. "Almost left the ER with a date too," he grinned.

Andy raised his eyebrow to Sharon and shook his head. Sharon shrugged back at him, "I wouldn't call it that. He was a very nice, YOUNGER," she emphasized as she glared at Rusty, "doctor who took good care of me. The only thing I regret is the red cast Rusty talked me into getting."

"I kinda like it," he grinned at Sharon. "Very festive."

"See, that's what I said, Andy!" Rusty exclaimed as he smiled triumphantly.

"You two, honestly," Sharon sighed and shook her head.

"Okay, besides checking on Sharon before they have to amputate her arm and indulging her sense of occasion by decorating the tree, what else do you two have planned during your stay?" he grinned as he sat back and crossed his arms.

"Amputate my arm? Rusty, you really do exaggerate things. It's just a small break," she sighed.

Andy continued to laugh, as he ran his hand up and down Sharon's back. He looked to Sharon, "Have you talked to him?"

"No, not yet," she replied. Rusty looked to the two with a questioning gaze.

"Talked to me about what?" he asked.

Sharon reached for Andy's hand and took it in hers. She smiled at him, and the two turned to Rusty, "We would like to get married," she stated as she nodded her head once.

"Married, what?" Rusty asked. "Wait, can you get married? What about Andy? I thought he couldn't live here."

"It's all very complicated, Rusty," Andy told him. "What's not complicated is I love your mother, and she loves me. We have decided not to let a little serial killer issue get in the way of that."

Sharon nodded and she grinned at Andy, "Yes, I can get married, and while I wouldn't call it a little serial killer issue," she rolled her eyes at Andy, "Andy is right. We aren't going to let things get in the way. As far as getting married, they briefed me on that when we were put into the program, that I was legally able to get married. I have to do that under my new name, and Andy and I agreed I can't change my last name. That is too risky. At the time, it was the furthest thing from my mind because I didn't know if I'd see Andy again, let alone get to this point."

"So, on paper at least," Andy sighed as he rolled his eyes at Sharon and then to Rusty, he shook his head, "I'll be married to another Sandra. The name I just can't shake. I get rid of an ex-wife with that name and oh, the irony, I'll legally be married again to another Sandra," he chuckled.

"Oh yeah," Rusty nodded. "I hadn't thought about that."

"Believe me," Andy grumbled and continued, "I think about it every time we are in public, and I have to call her Sandra." He made a face at Sharon, and she started to laugh.

"I'm sorry about the name. I begged them for a different one, and they'd already started working on our new identities, so they couldn't change it."

"Yeah, yeah," he waved at her and turned his attention back to Rusty and his questions.

"Rusty, you asked a few good questions. No, I won't be able to live here with you and Sharon. For now, at least, I'll keep going back and forth, visiting when I can. If I were to move here, it would be under the assumption I, too, would leave the kids. That's not something Sharon nor I want. We have four other kids to consider, and we both want to put them first, at least ahead of our marriage for now because we don't have another choice. That doesn't make our marriage any less important. We want to be married because we love each other," Andy explained.

Sharon nodded, "It's still very complicated," she added. "With my new identity, I could remarry in the Catholic Church, but I wouldn't feel right about it. I'm living this lie, which I understand is for our safety, but I never did get my marriage to Jack annulled. Yes, I'm divorced, but the Catholic Church won't allow me to remarry within the church unless it is annulled. I've come to terms with that and am okay with it. It's a delicate situation, that if things were perfect, yes, I would get the annulment. This is not a perfect situation."

"And for me," Andy changed his position and put his arm around Sharon as he pulled her to his side, "I would be okay with getting an annulment too, but my problem is different. If I start asking questions about that to Sandra," he glanced to Sharon and frowned while he turned back to Rusty, "my ex-wife, just to clarify," he threw a fake smile at Sharon, "that would raise red flags. She would ask about it, and eventually, she'd tell the kids. I can't have Nicole asking why I suddenly want an annulment."

Rusty nodded as he listened, "So, this sounds like something you've discussed for awhile, right? I know you aren't talking on the phone much, so when was this all decided?"

Sharon pursed her lips as she looked to Andy and then back to Rusty to answer, "Well, we have been talking about it. We discussed it on Andy's last visit here, and not that his injury made the decision, but that certainly put life into perspective, at least for me," she nodded. "Rusty, we discussed it much more in depth when I went to see Andy in the hospital. Neither of us want to walk away from this, and we hope you are okay with all this. I know I should have said something sooner, but I wanted to wait so Andy and I could speak to you together."

Rusty just nodded again, "Yeah, I'm okay with it. I mean, you've had other prospects circling, Sharon," he grinned. "There's your friend from work, this random doctor, and who knows who else from church might be interested. Andy, you can marry Sharon. I like you better than her other prospects."

"Gee, thanks," Andy said as he rolled his eyes. Sharon burst out laughing, and soon the whole room was laughing.

"What? It's true," Rusty shrugged. "Oh, wait until Lieutenant Provenza hears. He'll flip out."

"Oh, well, we aren't going to tell him," Andy frowned. "I hate keeping this a secret, but we need to, at least from anyone back home. Your friends here can know, but the fewer the people who know, the better. I don't want to put Provenza into a situation where it would slip. I trust him completely, but it's not fair to ask him to keep even more of our secret. When Stroh is caught, we can tell him."

"If," Sharon corrected Andy. "If," she said again and looked at Andy. He sighed and shook his head as he looked away. "Rusty, we have to be prepared this could the situation for the rest of our lives. Eventually, you will have a family of your own. We'll figure out how to deal with all this when that time comes."

"Okay," Rusty said slowly as he processed everything. "So, you've talked this through; I get it. When are you planning on this big event?"

"Well, first of all," Sharon moved even closer to Andy and squeezed his knee, "we do not want any sort of big event. This is a small affair, very small. Obviously, we can't have family there, but we talked about inviting a few friends from church."

"We're also planning to get married at the courthouse, nothing grand. We don't want to draw attention to ourselves, for one thing," Andy added.

Sharon nodded, "Yes, and while we haven't discussed this part yet," Sharon looked to Andy, "I'd like to get married while Andy is here this trip. When he was in the hospital, we discussed getting married on his next visit. We just didn't know when that would be, and while I certainly did not expect it to be this soon, I am hoping he hasn't changed his mind and would still consider getting married this week?"