DISCLAIMER: I do not own these characters, except for Matthew and Moxie. The rest of them belong to James Duff and the Major Crimes franchise.

A/N: Thank you everyone who has enjoyed this story so far, and for leaving your reviews. I really appreciate it!

Chapter 2

They pulled into the parking lot of the bowling alley and Provenza took a look around. "This place is crowded!" he complained. "It is a Saturday, what were you expecting?" Andy asked him as he pulled the car into a space and parked.

He didn't answer as he unbuckled his seat belt and got out of the car. Matthew got out of the car as well and stood by Provenza as he waited for Andy to come around. "Come on!" Matthew said happily as he walked ahead of them.

"Why is your son so excited about bowling today?" Provenza asked Andy as they stepped inside the bowling alley. "He had a rough morning, I told him we would do something fun today since both Sharon and Emily are out of town," Andy explained to him.

"And, this gives him the chance to just hang out with his dad," Andy added as he came up to the counter where Matthew was waiting. Provenza looked around but he couldn't see any open lanes as Andy spoke to the guy at the counter.

"Okay, we got lane seven," Andy turned around and Matthew followed him while Provenza went to the snack bar. Andy turned around to see where he went and saw Provenza wave his hand, gesturing for him to go. Andy sighed and turned back towards Matthew.

"Why don't you go pick out a ball and I'll get the lane set up," he told Matthew as Matthew took off his jacket, placing it on the seat. Matthew went to the ball carrier behind them in search of a bowling ball that he liked.

Meanwhile, Provenza came up to the lane and placed his food down on the side table. "Did you not eat breakfast?" Andy asked as he saw him place down pretzel bites and a slice of pizza on the table. "I can't help it if I'm hungry!" Provenza quipped back as Andy handed him his bowling shoes.

"Oh, I'm not bowling Flynn," Provenza waved off the shoes and Andy shoved them back to him. "Yes, you are," he told him. "I don't bowl," Provenza stated. "Then why did you come with?" Andy asked. "For entertainment, it gets lonely when Patrice is out of town," Provenza told him. Andy shook his head and handed him the shoes. "Matthew wants to bowl with his Uncle Louie," he told him firmly as Matthew came back with a bowling ball.

Provenza looked at Matthew and sighed. "Fine," he muttered and starting taking his shoes off, placing the bowling shoes on his feet. Matthew looked at the food Provenza had brought over. "Can I have a pretzel bite?" he asked. "Sure Matthew," Provenza told him as he tied his left shoe.

Matthew popped a pretzel bite in his mouth and sat down next to Provenza. He reached over and grabbed his bowling shoes and started putting them on. "Alright, Matthew you're up first," Andy said as he came back with a bowling ball for himself and placed it on the rack.

Provenza glanced over at the rack and only noticed two bowling balls. "Flynn, you didn't get me a bowling ball while you were over there?" he asked him. "Nope," Andy told him as he watched Matthew bowl his first ball.

"Fine, I'll just use yours then," Provenza grumbled as Andy clapped at the pins Matthew knocked down. "Hey, good job buddy!" Andy said as Matthew came back from the bowling lane. Matthew looked up at his score on the overhead TV and saw 7 next to his name. "Your turn Uncle Louie!" Matthew smiled as he sat next to Andy.

Provenza stood up and mumbled something under his breath as he picked up the ball that Andy had brought over and walked to the bowling lane. "Why is Uncle Louie so grumpy here?" Matthew asked Andy as they watched Provenza bowl. "Oh, he misses his wife Patrice, that's all," Andy said as Provenza came back to the seats after hitting a strike.

"Wow Uncle Louie! You're like a professional," Matthew smiled and Provenza smiled at his assessment. "Why thank you Matthew," he told him as he took a seat and ate part of his pizza. Andy stood up as it was his turn to bowl.

"Come on Dad!" Matthew clapped as Andy walked towards the bowling lane after picking up his bowling ball. Andy took his time as he looked down the lane at the pins. Truth was he hadn't been bowling in such a long time, when he and Sharon were not-dating, and he took her after work one evening. He smiled at that memory.

"Let's go Flynn!" Provenza yelled out which brought Andy out of his memory and back to the task at hand. He shook his head and took a deep breath, releasing the ball and watched it travel down the lane, smashing into all of the pins, knocking them all down.

He turned and smiled at Matthew who was cheering. "Wow Dad!" Matthew said as he returned to his seat. Andy tousled Matthew's hair before Matthew stood up as it was now his turn again. "Since when are you so good at bowling?" Provenza muttered to Andy as they watched Matthew bowl.

"I've always been good at bowling," Andy replied as he watched the ball slowly roll down the lane and knock down some pins. "Huh, could have fooled me that one time we went out with those two girls we met at Dodger Stadium, seems to me back then you weren't good knocking those pins down," Provenza teased him and Andy gave him a look.

"That was a long time ago, I've gotten better since then, on a lot of things mind you," Andy told him as Matthew came back to his seat. "Can I have another pretzel bite?" he asked Provenza. "Sure Matthew," Provenza nodded and stood up for his turn to bowl.

Andy glanced at Matthew while Provenza bowled. "Are you having a good time?" he asked him. Matthew nodded. "Yes!" Matthew replied as Provenza came back to the seats. "Ha, a spare, beat that Flynn!" Provenza said and sat down. Andy shook his head as he stood up to get ready to bowl.

Meanwhile, back in Napa, Sharon, Andrea, and Patrice were having a good time of their own. They were sitting at an outdoor table, in relaxing chairs, tasting various wines, while an outdoor fireplace was on. "This was such a good idea, I'm glad you thought of this Andrea," Patrice told her as she took a sip from her Merlot.

"Cheers!" Andrea lifted her wine glass of Chardonnay. "To good wine and good friends!" Sharon said. Patrice lifted her glass and Sharon did the same with her glass of Cabernet Sauvignon. All taking a sip after saluting.

After Patrice took a sip of her wine, she couldn't help but start laughing. "What's so funny?" Andrea asked her as she took a sip of wine. "Oh, I was just thinking about Louie. He said he was going to call Andy and do something with him. I just can't help but think what trouble they are getting into," Patrice laughed as she sat back in her chair.

"Oh god, I don't even want to know. Did he ever tell you about the time when a dead body fell on top of Buzz's car when they were "serving" someone papers as a side job?" Sharon asked Patrice. "No, Louie never mentioned that one," Patrice answered. "Do tell," she encouraged Sharon.

"Well, from what Andy told me at that time, Louie was doing a side job of serving papers for an attorney friend of his, and had asked Andy if he wanted to help out, for some extra cash. Andy was a little skeptical at first and had told me about it. I had told him my reservations about it but he went ahead, because at that time, he needed some extra money," Sharon said, taking another sip of wine.

"Anyway, they are at some hotel and supposedly had just served a guy with papers, taking a picture of the actual serving, for evidence, and as they are downstairs where Buzz parked his car, the guy," she paused taking another sip. "Who they had just served comes crashing down on top of Buzz's car," she finished.

"Oh, my goodness," Patrice gasps as she sipped her wine. Andrea shook her head as she listened to this story. "Anyway, long story short, they had to investigate, find out why he was killed, turns out they got the wrong guy, finally got their pay from the serving portion and gave the money to Buzz, after some convincing, to fix his car," Sharon concluded the story.

"So, it wouldn't surprise me, if those two are together today, what trouble they are getting into. Although if you ask Andy, he always says it's Provenza's fault," Sharon laughed as she took another sip from her glass. "Louie blames Andy all the time as well," Patrice chimed in.

"However, if I know Andy, he's not going to get in trouble with Provenza because he has Matthew with him," Sharon concluded as the waiter brought out some shareable snacks for the table. "Well, hopefully Major Crimes hasn't caught a case yet, and your two husbands are getting along, and I'm thinking we just spend the afternoon here, trying their other wines," Andrea told them as she grabbed some snacks from the table.

Back at the bowling alley, they were in the sixth frame of the game and Matthew's score was 34, Provenza's was 78, and Andy's was 86. It was Matthew's turn again and he was having a good time, throwing the ball down the lane and having it ricochet against the bumpers as it went along and knocked down the pins.

"You know, I bet our wives are swapping stories about us right now. I know how Patrice gets when she drinks her wine and I'm sure Sharon is dishing all the details to her," Provenza told Andy as he ate the rest of the pizza slice from earlier.

"Would you just be happy that they were able to get away, and just relax? I know Sharon needed it, from everything that she's been through and then some," Andy stated as Matthew came back from the lane. "That was a good job, buddy," he told Matthew as he sat down next to him.

It was Provenza's turn and he stood up, walked over to pick up his ball, and then rolled the ball down the lane, striking down all the pins that were standing. "Ha ha! Another strike!" Provenza said as he walked back to the chairs. "You're really good Uncle Louie!" Matthew told him.

"Why thank you, Matthew," Provenza replied as he finished his drink. "Your turn Flynn," Provenza said as he gestured for Andy to get up from his chair. "I know it's my turn!" Andy replied and walked over to the ball return, picking up his bowling ball and standing at the lane.

Andy bowled another strike, making that two in a row for him. "Wow Dad! One more and you get a turkey!" Matthew exclaimed, being happy for Andy. "Alright kid, go bowl your best!" Provenza told Matthew as Andy gave him a high five before sitting back down next to Provenza.

Matthew placed his fingers in the bowling ball and walked over to the lane, getting ready to roll it, he moved his arm back and nothing happened. His fingers seemed to be stuck in the ball. Matthew started to push the ball down with his other hand but that didn't seem to work.

Andy was watching Matthew struggling with the ball and he stood up. "Oh no," he muttered as he walked over to join Matthew on the lane. Provenza looked up from his seat and was wondering what was going on.

"Matthew, you okay?" Andy asked as Matthew was still struggling with the ball. "My fingers are stuck!" Matthew started to panic. "Dad!" he said as Andy tried to help him. "Alright, calm down and let's take a look and see," Andy knelt down to examine what exactly was going on.

Andy tried to pull Matthew's fingers from the ball but Matthew winced in pain as he did so. "Sorry, maybe I can get better leverage if you sit down on the chair," Andy told him and walked over with him to the chairs.

"What's going on?" Provenza asked as they came back to sit down. "Matthew's fingers are stuck in the ball," Andy told him as Matthew had a seat. "Matthew, I want you to relax your hand for me," Andy told him and Matthew nodded. "Uh, okay Matthew, uh, let's focus on something nice and fun," Provenza suggested as he watched Andy try to free Matthew's fingers.

Andy worked diligently in freeing Matthew's fingers. He was able to get two fingers out but Matthew's thumb was still stuck. "Just think Matthew, you'll have a story to tell your friends at school tomorrow!" Provenza told him which made Matthew laugh a little bit.

"I think you're going to have to find a ball with bigger finger holes as soon as I free your thumb," Andy told him, gently pulling on his thumb to release it. Matthew's thumb was hurting him but the rest of his hand seemed okay to him.

"Let's go wash your hands in the bathroom," Andy suggested and Matthew nodded. They made their way down the hallway to the end where the restrooms were located. Matthew washed his hands in one of the sinks and noticed his thumb was starting to turn purple.

"Uh Dad?" he said and got Andy's attention. "What is it, bud?" Andy asked. Matthew showed his thumb to Andy. Andy grabbed some paper towels to dry his hand off and moved him under the light so he could see better. "Well, that doesn't look good," Andy muttered as he looked at Matthew's thumb.

"What if my thumb falls off?" Matthew asked as they walked back to where Provenza was sitting at their lane. "Your thumb is not going to fall off," Andy assured him as they approached Provenza. "Hey, all better now?" Provenza asked Matthew and Matthew showed him his thumb.

"Oh, that's not good," Provenza mumbled as he eyed Andy. "Yeah, I think we need to go to the emergency room and have that looked at," Andy suggested as Matthew took off his bowling shoes and Andy tied his shoes for him.

"Now wait a second here, just hold on," Provenza stated, protesting the early leave. "I'm sure his thumb is okay, it doesn't even hurt him," Provenza said. "Matthew does your finger hurt you?" Andy asked. "It does kind of throb a little bit," Matthew answered as Andy tied his left shoe for him.

Andy looked back at Provenza. "Fine, fine, but I'm going with you," he muttered to them and they returned the shoes to the counter before leaving.

"Dad, my hand really hurts now," Matthew said as he sat in the car while Andy drove them to Saint Leo's Hospital, it was the closest to where they were located in the city. "Hang on buddy, just a few more minutes and we'll be there," Andy informed him.

Matthew was cradling his hand by the time they got to the Emergency Room a few minutes later. All three of them walked into the waiting area and a nurse was at the desk as they approached.

"Hi, my son here injured his hand while he was bowling about a half hour ago," Andy explained to the nurse. She took a look at Matthew's hand, quickly making an assessment, and pulled out a quick ice pack from the desk drawer.

"Here, place this on your hand while your dad fills out some paperwork for you. A doctor will see you shortly," she informed them and handed a clipboard to Andy with paperwork. Matthew took the ice pack and went to sit down where Provenza was sitting in the waiting area.

Andy sat down next to Matthew and started filling out the paperwork for him. Listing his insurance information, he was able to fill out most of the forms when Provenza's phone rang. "Really?" he glanced over at Provenza as Provenza pulled out his phone from his pocket.

"Oh boy," Provenza mumbled as he saw Patrice was calling him. "What?" Andy asked him. "It's Patrice," Provenza looked at Andy before he answered his phone. "Don't tell her or Sharon where we are!" Andy instructed him. "Are you kidding me? I already went through that once, and I'm not doing that again," Provenza muttered as he answered his phone, walking out of the waiting area and back outside.

"Hello my sweet, how are you doing?" Provenza said as he stepped outside. "Oh, I'm doing okay, how are you holding up without me there?" Patrice asked him. "Oh, well, I miss you but I was with Andy and Matthew today. We went bowling, it was fun, a little bit," Provenza told her, making sure that what he said was technically the truth.

Just then an ambulance pulled up to the street with its sirens on as it pulled into the bay area to unload. "What is that noise? Are you at a hospital Louie?" Patrice asked him as she heard the sirens in the background.

"What? No, why would I be at a hospital?" Provenza chuckled as he started to move. "Don't you lie to me, Louie," Patrice told him. He just stood there silent as he listened to her over the phone. "Now, tell me what's going on? Is everything ok?" she asked.

"Everything is fine, sweetheart, Matthew just injured his hand while he was bowling and as a precaution, Andy wanted his hand looked at by a doctor," Provenza told her. "At the emergency room?" she asked. "It was closer," Provenza shrugged his shoulders. "Hmm, I don't know what's going on but if you're telling me Matthew is hurt, I think Sharon should know about this," Patrice informed him.

"Uh, wait! Wait, before you tell Sharon, I'll have Andy call her as soon as he can, okay?" Provenza compromised with her. "I got to go, but you're doing okay?" he asked her. "Yes, we are having a good time here," Patrice told him. "Okay, I love you, bye!" Provenza said and hung up his phone. Taking a deep breath, he walked back into the waiting area.

TBC