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.

Chapter 4

"Fun? Going to the Emergency room is not a fun thing to do Flynn, actually with all of your trips to the ER, I'm sure you think that is fun," Provenza said as he sat at the ice cream parlor while Matthew was looking at the different flavors of ice cream.

"Would you calm down," Andy told him as Matthew turned around and pointed to the Superman flavor. Andy stood up from the chair and walked over to join Matthew. "Can I have it in a cup, with hot fudge and whip cream?" Matthew asked Andy. "Sure, why not!" Andy nodded.

"Hot fudge sundae with Superman ice cream for the kid, one scoop of lemon sorbet in a cup," Andy told the guy behind the counter. "And whatever he wants," Andy said and pointed to Provenza. "I'll have a waffle cone with rocky road ice cream, 2 scoops please," Provenza said and Andy rolled his eyes.

The cashier rang up the order and Andy pulled out his wallet as he began to pay. The guy handed Provenza his waffle cone and Provenza returned to the table they were sitting at. "I'll bring out the sundae, here is the sorbet," the guy told Andy and handed him the cup.

Matthew followed Andy and sat down at the table, waiting for his hot fudge sundae to come. Almost a few seconds later, the guy brought Matthew his hot fudge sundae, with whip cream piled high and a cherry on top of it. Matthew's eyes lit up as soon as it was placed in front of him. "Whoa, Matthew! Are you going to finish all that?" Provenza asked him.

"Of course, Uncle Louie!" Matthew giggled as he started digging into his sundae. Andy smiled as he watched Matthew eat his ice cream.

Meanwhile, back in Napa, Sharon was getting worried as they were all sitting at a table at a restaurant. "I'm sure everything is fine," Patrice told her, sensing her worries from across the table. "Andy told me that he would call me as soon as they were finished, why hasn't he called?" Sharon asked, as she looked at her phone.

It had been over an hour since she last spoke to Andy. She knew that some times the ER was a busy place and could take a long time to get through everything. "Sharon, I'm sure everything is okay," Andrea said, giving her a smile and Patrice did the same.

"I'm going to call him," Sharon stated as she held her phone. "Sharon, you need to relax!" Andrea told her. "Let Andy handle this, I'm sure he will call you when he gets the chance," she continued as Sharon looked at the two of them.

She glanced at her phone and back up at her friends. She would give Andy the opportunity to call her and let her know how everything went as she placed her phone back on the table. "Alright, if he doesn't call before we are done with dinner here, then I will call him," Sharon stated and they all nodded in agreement.

Back at the ice cream parlor, Andy and Provenza were finished with their treat and Matthew was still eating his ice cream. His face had hot fudge and whip cream on it but he was definitely enjoying the moment. "I can't believe you allowed him to have dessert first before dinner," Provenza murmured to Andy.

"Yeah, well, he doesn't seem to mind," Andy told Provenza as Matthew finished his ice cream. "Here, wipe your mouth," Andy handed Matthew a napkin but then decided to wipe his face and in turn Matthew laughed.

"Are you good?" Andy asked him and Matthew nodded. "Thanks Dad!" he told him and all three of them stood up from the table and left the ice cream place. The sun was starting to set in the sky as Andy drove them back to their house.

"Do you want to stay for dinner?" Andy asked Provenza as he pulled into the driveway. "I think I've had enough fun for one day!" Provenza chuckled as he stepped out of the car. "Matthew, it was fun. Sorry about your thumb, hopefully it will start to feel better once your dad gives you that pain medication," Provenza told Matthew.

"Bye Uncle Louie!" Matthew told him as he ran to the back of the house. "See the kid is fine," Provenza turned to Andy. "Okay, see you Tuesday then?" Andy said and Provenza gave him a thumbs up as he was walking towards his car. "Oh, shoot I never called Sharon back," Andy panicked as he stood there.

Provenza turned around and started laughing. "Oh boy, you are in the dog house now!" he told him. Andy glared at him. "Why didn't you remind me?" he asked Provenza. "Oh no, don't you blame this on me!" Provenza stated as he walked back towards Andy.

"I'm sure she'll be fine, just call her and tell her what the doctor said, say it took a while to get the x-ray done and she'll understand," Provenza told him and raised his eyebrows. "I'm going though, good luck!" Provenza said and walked away, heading back to his car.

Andy hung his head as he met Matthew at the back door. He unlocked the door and Matthew walked inside followed by him. "Let's get you some Children's Motrin for your thumb before we do anything else," Andy told him and Matthew had a seat at the kitchen table. Moxie came from the family room and wagged his tail as he encountered Matthew.

"Hi Moxie," Matthew said and petted the dog while Andy got the dosage cup ready for Matthew. He poured the orange liquid into the cup and grabbed a glass of water. "Here you go," he handed it to Matthew and he took it from him.

"I'm going to call your mom before I get into more trouble than I already am," Andy said and pulled out his phone.

Back in Napa and still no call from Andy, Sharon was livid as they were just finishing their dinner. Patrice pulled out her phone. "Let me call Louie and see what's going on there," she offered Sharon but Sharon shook her head no. Just then, her phone rang and she saw Andy was calling her. She showed everyone her phone and then answered it.

"Andy," Sharon said in a sweet voice. "Are you still in the ER?" she asked looking across the table at Patrice and Andrea who both were trying not to laugh. "Um, no Matthew and I are home now," Andy confessed, not sure how to take Sharon at this point.

Instead of Sharon lashing out at Andy for not calling her as soon as they were done at the ER, she decided to stay calm over the phone. "Is Matthew okay?" she asked him. "Yes, he's fine. Nothing's broken," Andy told her as he sat down at the table with Matthew. "I gave him Children's Motrin when we got back home," he told her, failing to mention that they had made an extra stop at the ice cream place before coming home.

"What did the doctor say?" she asked as she gestured to Patrice and Andrea that she was going to step out and speak to Andy on the phone. She stood up and started walking towards the door to step outside.

"The doctor said to keep an eye on it, if it gets any worse pain wise or starts to swell, to take Matthew to the pediatrician," Andy informed her as she walked out the door. "Look Sharon, I'm sorry I didn't call you when this whole thing happened," Andy told her.

"I just didn't want you to worry," he said as he ran a hand through his hair. She smiled into the phone as he said those words. She was still worried and mad at the same time. "Andy Flynn, I'm still mad that you didn't call me when you were taking Matthew to the hospital, but," Andy listened as Sharon spoke to him.

"But I know he is in good hands with you and you would take care of him any way you could," Sharon continued which made Andy's frown turn into a soft smile. "So, we're good then?" he asked her. "Oh, you're not out of the woods yet," she told him.

Andy sighed as he heard her, looking at Matthew sitting at the table across from him. "Do you want to talk to Matthew?" he asked her. "I would indeed," she smiled and Andy handed his phone to Matthew. "Matthew here, talk to mom," Andy told him as he grabbed the phone.

"Hi Mom!" he smiled into the phone. "Oh Matthew, how are you feeling?" she asked. "I feel okay, Daddy gave me some medicine after we got home," he told her. "Good, everything else okay?" she asked. "Yes, don't go hard on Dad, Mom," he told her and handed the phone back to Andy.

Andy chuckled as he took his phone back from Matthew. "How are you doing, sweetheart?" Andy asked Sharon when he got his phone back. "Oh, I'm doing fine here, just please behave yourselves. I don't want any more trips to the ER while I'm out of town," she told him and he nodded.

"Yes, of course dear. And if we do, I will definitely let you know beforehand," he chuckled and Sharon shook her head as she stood outside the restaurant. "Alright, I'll talk to you later tonight, okay?" Sharon told him. "Sure, bye sweetheart," Andy told her. "Bye, love you," Sharon said. "Love you too," Andy said and hung up his phone.

Sharon returned back to the table and sat down as Andrea and Patrice were looking over the dessert menu. "So, did you let Andy have it?" Patrice asked as Andrea laughed and took a sip of wine. "I was going to but then I changed my mind," Sharon said as she settled into her chair.

"Wait a minute here, you were livid before Andy called because he wasn't calling you to let you know how Matthew's trip to the ER was, and now you're all calm and collected?" Andrea said. "That Flynn charm won you over again, didn't it?" she added as Sharon sipped her wine and shrugged her shoulders.

"Hmm, girl you got it bad," Patrice laughed. "Oh, he knows he's in trouble," Sharon assured them as they continued to sit there. The waiter came by and asked if they were going to have dessert. "Oh, I think we will," Andrea said as she looked around the table.

Back at the Flynn house, Matthew was sitting on the couch watching TV, when Andy came into the room. "Uh, what did you want for dinner?" he asked him. "I don't know, my stomach kind of hurts," Matthew leaned back on the couch and looked up at Andy. Andy placed his hand on Matthew's forehead but he wasn't warm.

"Hmm, okay well we can hold off a little bit and see how you are," Andy said and sat down on the couch next to Matthew. "What are you watching?" Andy asked. "DuckTales," Matthew responded and sprawled out on the other end of the couch.

Meanwhile, Rusty came home from his day studying at the university library and let himself in the back door. "Andy!" he called out and was greeted by Moxie in the kitchen. "Hey Moxie," he said as he petted the dog. Andy heard Rusty in the kitchen and stood up, meeting him in the hallway between the kitchen and the dining room.

"Hey, how was studying or whatever it was that you were doing?" Andy asked him. "Oh, it was fine, you know," Rusty said, nothing great about studying for a midterm. Rusty looked around and Andy noticed his behavior. "What are you doing?" he questioned him. "Oh, just making sure you haven't burned down the house yet!" Rusty laughed as he entered the family room.

"You know, I am capable of being in charge while Sharon's out of town," Andy quipped back at Rusty, who was still chuckling as he sat down on the couch. "Hey Matthew, so what fun did you and Andy do today?" he asked him and Matthew sat up.

"We went bowling with Uncle Louie," Matthew started to tell him. "Oh wow, I'm sure that was fun," Rusty said sarcastically. "It was, even when my finger got stuck in the bowling ball too," Matthew told him. "Wait, what happened?" Rusty asked, doing a double take.

"My fingers got stuck in the bowling ball but Dad got them out," Matthew told him and showed him his purple, bruised thumb. "Whoa, did you break your thumb?" Rusty asked but Matthew shook his head. "The doctor took an x-ray and nothing is broken, just badly bruised," Andy chimed in and Rusty turned around.

"Wait, you went to the doctor?" Rusty asked Matthew, turning back around to him. "The Emergency Room," Matthew told him with a smile. "You went to the Emergency Room?" Rusty questioned and looked back to Andy. "Does Mom know?" he asked them. "Of course your Mom knows!" Andy told him.

"Wow, Matthew, does it hurt?" Rusty asked him. "A little bit but Dad is giving me Children's Motrin for it, that's what the doctor suggested," Matthew told him. "Oh, well, I hope your Dad took you somewhere after you left the hospital since I'm sure you were brave there," Rusty told Matthew.

"We went for ice cream!" Matthew smiled. "Ice cream! Wow, before dinner?" Rusty said and Matthew nodded. "Huh, does Mom know about that?" Rusty asked. "No, and she doesn't need to know about that either," Andy suggested looking at Rusty. "Hey, I'm not saying anything," Rusty said and put his hands up being innocent.

Back in Napa, after a lovely evening at dinner, Sharon, Andrea, and Patrice walked back to the hotel where they were staying. "Don't you just love looking up at the stars at night?" Patrice asked them as they walked down the sidewalk. "Andy has taken me to the Griffith Observatory numerous times to look at the stars," Sharon added as they walked.

As they walked into the resort, Sharon stopped at the little shop in the lobby and Patrice and Andrea followed her inside. "You said you wanted to watch a movie when we got back, can't do that without some popcorn!" Sharon held up the bag of already popped popcorn and showed it to Andrea.

"Oh yes, and some Sour Patch Kids!" Patrice laughed and grabbed a bag from the shelf. She turned around and looked at both Andrea and Sharon who were looking at her with skeptical eyes. "What?" Patrice asked. "I have a sweet tooth," she added.

The ladies brought their snacks up to the register and paid for them. "Before we start, I told Andy I would check in on them so I'll just be a few minutes," Sharon told them and retreated back into her room. She moved to the side of the bed and sat down, pulling her phone out to call him.

Andy, Rusty, and Matthew were sitting in the family room, watching Return of the Jedi, when Andy's phone started to ring. He glanced at the phone and saw it was Sharon calling him. "Hey, turn down the TV a little, your mom is calling," he got up from off the couch as he grabbed his phone and walked towards the hallway so he could hear her better.

"Hi sweetheart," he smiled into the phone and she chuckled. "Hello handsome," she told him. "How's my baby doing?" she asked. "Oh, he's really lonely without you here," he said in a deep, low voice that made her blush. She shook her head at his response. Truth was she missed him too. "Awe, I miss you too," she told him.

"How's Matthew doing?" she asked as she glanced towards the door. "He's okay, we are all watching a movie here. I'm going to give him another dose of Children's Motrin as it has been about 4 hours since his last dose, before he goes to bed," Andy told her as he leaned up against the wall.

"What did you guys have for dinner?" she asked him as she ran her hand through her hair. "Pizza, that's what the boys wanted," Andy answered her. "Hmm, well I hope you eat something other than junk food all weekend long," she told him. "Yes, babe, I threw in some fruit and healthy things too throughout the day," Andy assured her, somewhat the truth.

"What do you have planned for tomorrow?" Sharon asked him. "Oh, well, not sure right now. Matthew said he wanted to take his drone up to the park and maybe take it for a flight," Andy told her. "Oh, that should be fun," she said. "Try not to injure anyone when doing that!" she added. "Yes, I'll make sure we are good," Andy said as Sharon chuckled.

"What are you girls doing tomorrow?" Andy asked her as she stood up from her bed and walked over to her suitcase. "Oh, well there's this local art gallery we are going to go visit and there's always shopping too," Sharon told him as she pulled out a pair of lounge pants and a sweatshirt.

"We are also going to watch a movie now, so I'm going to let you go," Sharon said in a sweet voice. "Hmm, okay, I miss you," Andy whispered sweetly over the phone. "I love you," she told him. "I love you too, have a good night," Andy responded and they hung up their phones.

Sharon got herself changed and walked out to the living area in the suite where Andrea had the movie ready to go, with the bowls of popcorn on the coffee table, a bowl of chocolate covered pretzels, and a bowl of the Sour Patch Kids. Patrice pressed play on the remote and they all sat back to enjoy Love Actually.

TBC