I am bored, so decided to work on another chapter. I thought this story was going to die after the first couple of chapters, but I was inspired to keep working on it; then after a while, I think that I may have actually fallen in love with it. 3 Enjoy!

A few weeks had passed without any more communications. Gus was worried that something had happened to his friend. He kept the Psych office opened while hoping that Shawn would eventually come back. They were able to call him and it would ring four times which meant that it was still turned on, and then it would go to voicemail.

He had just came back from his other job, and like he did every day he tried to call Shawn's cell phone, but like those other times it had gone to voicemail after the fourth ring. He sighed, slipping the phone back into his pocket then turned the Echo heading towards the Psych office, hoping maybe that someone had stopped by to give him a case even though it wasn't as fun and exciting as it was with Shawn.

He parked in front of the building, then walked towards the door; but the thing he noticed first was that the door was unlocked. Was someone else here? Maybe it was Henry? He slowly twisted the door knob, then walked into the building. "Hello? Someone here?" He called out. He sighed when no one answered, then figured that maybe he had just forgotten to lock the door.

He logged on to his computer, not hearing the footsteps follow him in.

"What took you so long?" A cheery voice asked behind him which caused him to jump.

Gus spun around, his jaw dropped slightly, but he quickly composed himself. "What are you doing back? Why did you go so long without word?" He had several questions, but he hurried over and wrapped his arms around his friend's neck. "I missed you!" Then he backed away from him so he could look him over. "Have you been by to see your dad yet?" He asked still in shock.

Shawn shook his head. "No, buddy, I wanted to see you first. I haven't even been to the station yet." He walked away from him, then towards his desk. He sighed. "Besides, I really don't think Henry will want to see me."

Gus looked confused. "What are you talking about? He's been worried sick about you. We all have; except Lassiter of course."

Shawn just chuckled at that, but he didn't offer any explanation. "Have you got to help out on any cases?" He asked.

Gus shook his head. "I stopped taking cases because it just wasn't the same without you pretending to be 'psychic', and answering questions for the SBPD that they couldn't answer in some odd way."

Shawn chuckled again, but fell silent after that.

Gus took this opportunity to talk. "I am sure your dad will want to see you again after all this time. How about we have lunch with him tonight?" He suggested. "It can just be you, me, and him, just like old times." He wasn't going to push though, since that was what caused Shawn to leave the first time. "Or just you and me could order tacos or pizza and just have a party here or something."

Shawn thought about it for a moment. "Just you and me. I promise I will swing by and see my dad, but I don't think he wants to see me. I probably disappointed him by running when things got tough." He just sighed. "I have always been a disappointment to him."

Gus decided to make one last attempt to make his friend see reason. "He was worried about you, Shawn. In fact, he came by here not long after you left and wanted me to try and track you down. That was the same night that he was finally able to get in contact with you."

Shawn fell silent at that glancing at the floor.

Gus took this time to pick up his phone to order two pineapple pizzas, maybe even a couple of smoothies to go with it. When he hung up, Shawn still looked lost in thought. "Go see your dad, and when you get back, we can have pizza and smoothies."

Shawn opened his mouth to object, then sighed in defeat. "Alright, alright. I'll go see him; mainly because I haven't had pizza in a long time. Come with me?"

Gus thought a moment. "I have an idea."

"What are you two doing here?" Henry asked when he had opened the door to see Juliet and Lassiter standing there, both looking equally confused.

Finally, it was Juliet who spoke. "I don't know. Gus wanted us to meet here, so you know about as much as we do." She glanced over at her partner, who just shrug.

"This had better not be a waste of time," Lassiter complained.

Henry sighed, then moved to the side to let them enter. "Gus sent you here, huh? Then where is he at to explain what's going on?"

Juliet shrug. "I don't know, he just said he would be here in a moment."

They all three fell into an awkward silence, and another moment had passed before there was another knock at the door. Henry sighed as he walked over to open it.

Gus was standing there holding two boxes of pizza. "Everybody hungry?" He asked.

Lassiter rolled his eyes. "Just getting us here for food? Look, we have work to do."

Gus held up his hand to signal for him to be silent. "I didn't just call you here for food." He handed the pizza to Henry. "Take this outside to the picnic table for us. I want Jules and Lassiter to help with the drinks."

Henry mumbled something inaudible, then grabbed the pizzas from Gus's hands, and walked outside into the backward. He put the pizzas on the table, then decided to wait for the others before he would grab a piece.

"Hey dad," a voice said from behind him, sounding a bit hesitant.

Henry spun around. "Shawn?" He didn't make any movement toward his son, but he just stood there staring at him. "You came back, huh?" He didn't sound too thrilled or angry.

Shawn took a deep breath. "I.. I just needed time to myself.." he stuttered, turning his gaze to the ground. "I didn't think you would be too happy to see me again.. but Gus talked me into coming to see you.." He trailed off, lost for words for once in his life.

Henry crossed his arms, studying him closely. He glanced towards the back door as Gus came out, followed by Juliet and Lassiter, then turned his attention back to Shawn. "You didn't think I would be happy to see you? Kid, I have been driving myself crazy worried about you." He finally took a couple of steps towards him, and wrapped his arms around him. He backed away after a moment. "You seem different than when you left. And I think I have figured it out, you seem more nervous now, and not the carefree kid that I remember you always being. What happened out there?"

Shawn just stared at him for a moment, finally breaking into a half smile. "That's a story for another time. But right now, I'm starving. Let's eat."

Henry smiled back. "It's good to have you back, kid."

"Lassie! Jules!" Shawn greeted them, then walked over to where they were standing.

Henry chuckled. Everything seemed back to normal, for now anyways; but how long would this last? He wasn't even sure that Shawn had even dealt with Abigail's death like he should have. He made a mental note to talk about him on a later date, but right now he would just enjoy it. He walked over to join them, as they gathered around the picnic table to enjoy a nice slice of pineapple pizza.

Alright, this is it. I believe this was actually the last chapter in this story. The ending kind of crept up on me there, since I wasn't really expecting to end this story so soon. Maybe I should ask my readers for their opinions:

Option 1: The story ends here, maybe with a sequel in the future.

Option 2: I can keep working on the story and let Shawn deal with his grief that he hadn't fully accepted yet.

Option 3: I could combine the first two options and make the sequel be about Shawn dealing with his grief for Abigail.

Cast your votes now. :) Toodles!

Tall, Out!