A/N: I was debating calling this chapter "The Front Door", but I wasn't quite sure where I was going to go with it. Thanks for those of you who reviewed.
As they neared Randy's door he was getting a little bit nervous because having her offer to walk with him was the last thing he had expected to happen. When they arrived at the door he was about to say something when Sharona told him, "I'm glad you came tonight, Randy." He smiled when he heard this and it helped him to lose his nervousness, which always seemed to make him embarrass himself in front of her. "I'm glad you let me come." he replied. He noticed she was almost stalling for time and wasn't quite looking him in the eye. When he noticed, he thought to himself, "Wow! That's how I get whenever I see her around the office..." Coincidently, Sharona was thinking, "Oh no, now I look like he does whenever he sees me."
Randy then said, "Sharona, I was........" He was interrupted by Sharona rising to her tiptoes and kissing him. He was stunned for a moment, but then quickly started to kiss her back. After a long moment where both of them become tangled up they reluctantly pull apart. It's only then that they notice her hands in his hair and his around her waist holding her close to him. It's only then, after he catches his breath that he finishes his earlier sentence. "Sharona, I was wondering if you wanted to go out again sometime, on a real date." As he waited anxiously for an answer, she just kissed him again. "Is that a yes?" he asked. "Yes, that's a yes." she told him.
"Do you want to come in?" Randy asked. "I don't know..." she started. He bent down and kissed her again. That seemed to convince her, "Just for a few minutes." With that he found his keys and let them into the apartment. Sharona had never been to Randy's before. Monk's apartment of course, even the Captain's house, but never Randy's. As they entered he flipped the lights on and said, "Let me give you the grand tour." He led her around his apartment pointing out...living room, bathroom, bedroom, and kitchen. They ended the tour back in his living room, on the couch to be exact.
They were both nervous after their earlier encounter outside and were sitting almost as far away from each other as possible. Randy figured that she was thinking of a way to tell him it was a mistake and let him down easy and told her, "Look, Sharona, if you're rethinking earlier, that's...that's fine. I know you probably think it was a mistake." At this she was startled out of her thoughts and turned towards him. "Randy," she said, "I don't think it was a mistake. Do you want to know why I always make fun of you?" Randy looked thoughtful for a second and said, "Well I always figured you just didn't like me. But I don't think that's it, so sure."
Sharona sat there for a second before responding, but then she told him something that shocked him. "Randy," she said, "Over the years I think that I always thought you would be a perfect guy and I guess that scared me. So I tried to not think about it and started to tease you instead." Randy had a stunned look on his face by the time she was done talking. "I always wondered why there was sadness in your eyes when you teased me. I figured it was because you felt sorry for me or something like that." he said. "I'm sorry Randy, I just..." Sharona started, but didn't quite finish because Randy had taken a leaf out of her book and kissed her right in the middle of her sentence.
After a few minutes of kissing Sharona pulled back and said, "I should get going." Randy nodded and got up to walk her to the door. At the door Sharona turned to him gave him a quick kiss and said, "Goodnight Randy." He just smiled and said, "Sweet dreams." He them went to his window that overlooked the road and watched as she drove away.
A/N: All right guys, what do you think? I think next I'm going to try and get back into the case. Do you want to see more with Randy's older brother?
