Author's Note: I am back at it with another chapter. More notes at the end, enjoy.
-SHANDY-
When Rose left school, she looked around the area out the front of the school for her mom or dad's car. She couldn't see either and started to get her phone, she squinted at the screen the light of the screen not quite clear. A shadow covered her and glancing up she was met with a rather scary looking police officer.
"Are you Captain Raydor's kid?" He asked.
"Yes, can I see you ID?" He huffed and showed her his badge and then his ID. Rose nodded satisfied he was an actual police officer. He walked away Rose looked around for a moment before dashing to catch him up. He opened the door for her and she climbed into his police marked car. The young teen couldn't help hearing the whispers of her classmates.
"So…where's my mom?" Rose asked as they drove toward the precinct
"A case came up. I was sent to collect you." He replied.
"How fun" She replied and he made a noise Rose could only wonder if he picked up on her sarcasm.
Rose arrived in the murder room to find chaos. She didn't quite know where to go, the logical choice was the breakroom but this place seemed a lot more interesting. It would seem Provenza was still not very keen on working with her mother so she sat opposite Rusty who was working on some math work.
"Ooh that looks fun," she tried, "St Joseph's isn't bad, the nuns are a bit extreme but not all the teachers are attached to the church," Rose told him. He looked up.
"It's still a private school that costs money to attended, right?" he asks.
"Well yeah but there are scholarships. Mom isn't a billionaire; she has money but she also has other things that need her attention. Don't think about the money, just focus on being a moody teenager." Rose told him, he rolled his eyes; for just a second he thought she was being nice but with Rose, there was always a sarcastic comment just around the corner.
"Fine, so this is my second chance and I should just get used being normal?" he asked, closing the textbook.
"As normal as you can be, it is a second chance though. The best thing is I'm basically your sister now." She shrugged and placed her own work on the table. Rusty huffed reopening the textbook, the kid was okay.
-SHANDY-
The case was exhausting; a young man killed in his car while driving home. His mother had been distraught and had barely said a word since she was told, her husband was less emotional. The team was still slightly reluctant to their new boss, except Amy who was all for sucking up.
It wasn't until 8 at night came around that Sharon decided to take advantage of that.
"what's everyone's order?" Amy asked slightly slumped as she exited the Captain's office. The room exploded in loud voices shouting out for burgers and nuggets. Amy struggled to write it all down but managed to get them. As she left the room she heard a loud cough.
"Um…do you seek pleasure in letting minors starve?" Rusty asked.
"Is that some weird revenge tactic by starving your boss's children?" Rose asked crossing her arms and glaring at her from across the room, Rose's glare eerily like the Captains.
"Of course not, what would guy's like?" Amy laughed nervously. Rusty asked for a large burger and fries whereas Rose shrugged and requested just fries with cheese and thanked her. Amy left in quite the hurry. Rose smiled at her dad and walked towards her mom's office.
"Hey mom, did you get your dinner order in?" Rose asked after being welcomed in.
"Oh, I forgot, did you?" Sharon sighed.
"Yeah, we can share" Rose smiled. "So is it going to be like this from now on?"
"No, this is temporary. I don't like you staying here for hours but Rusty has to be under 24-hour surveillance so he has to be here but I am working on getting you a better schedule, honey" She informed her daughter her eyes cast down at the paperwork in front of her.
"Cool, because I've been thinking about doing more activities, you know extra credit and stuff. College will be here before you know it, right?" Rose smiled, Sharon looked up; here came the college talk, her youngest was ready to talk colleges; time flies faster when you don't want it to.
"Of course, what were you thinking about those?" Sharon smiled, trying to hide her sadness in her youngest being ready to consider leaving.
"Maybe law or something." Rose shrugged, law wasn't really her thing but the club she wanted to join would make a lot more sense if she suggested it.
"Really? Well, you can always call your Uncle Mark for that and you are very good at arguing" She joked.
"Great, it's settled I'm joining the debate team. That way I'll get all my fight out before I come home" Rose grinned and her mother chuckled.
"I'm so impressed, your brother didn't think about college until his senior year and even then, he ignored it until it wouldn't go away. I'm so proud" Sharon got up and hugged rose, whose low angle turned the hug into an enthusiastic choking.
When Amy returned, armfuls of fast food she placed it all out, Sharon came out of her office and the younger police officer looked shocked.
"Oh, Captain I didn't get you anything. I'm sorry" Amy apologized slightly alarmed. Sharon shook her head slightly.
"That's ok, Rose offered to share." Rose held out her cheesy fries' tray causing Sharon to scrunch up her nose, her daughter had unique tastes. "I can wait a few hours, I'm sure." Thankfully it only ended up being another hour before Sharon sent her team home as there was little they could do for now.
-SHANDY-
The next day seemed a lot more productive as they managed to arrest the father for the murder of his son and he sealed a deal quickly too. Provenza took this as a sign to grab an early lunch with the rest of the group, Sharon watched them all scurry out after Provenza; would she ever be asked to join, she wondered. A light knock brought her to the present.
"Hi, can we talk?" Andy asked.
"Of course, An…Lieutenant" She corrected herself glumly.
"I wanted to let you that Rose and I are going to go visit Ma later, you probably know that she isn't well," he told her stoically.
"Yes, Mom mentioned it, I'm sorry to hear about it. Give her my love when you go." She smiled hopefully
"I'll swing by around 6, that is if we don't catch a murder." He told her and went to leave.
"Was it really that bad, what I did?" She asked suddenly.
"Yes. We agreed no more secrets or lies for that matter" He answered his back to her.
"I would've told you if I could. Taylor still sees Ann as a threat, he planned this" She told him.
"How so?" He turned on his heel looking at her sternly.
"I wanted out of FID, he knew this he used that against me. I was to take this or be forced into retirement. He then very kindly reminded me of my involvement with Ann Mason, if it was just my job on the line I would have told you but it wasn't. You're a good cop Andy; this place needs you." She told him as calmly as she could.
"Taylor is low but he's not that low." Andy scoffed.
"Do you think I enjoy lying to the father of my child? You should know me better than that, you should know that if I'm not telling you something, it's fear or my sense of occasion." She attempted to joke but it was ignored by Andy.
"I loved you. I felt betrayed you couldn't come to me" He shook his head and headed for the door again.
"Don't be so dramatic; it was hardly 20 years ago Andy. I think you're blowing this out of proportion; and its costing us both time we may not have." She huffed moving to stand beside him. He glared at her for a moment before yanking her to him, their lips crashing together, Sharon moaned and held him close.
"I hate it when you lie," he began "I also hate not seeing you every morning but the worst thing is trying not to love you." He finished, Sharon pressed her lips together trying not to laugh.
"You're so corny but I love it." She giggled laying her head on his chest.
"It's part of my charm babe" He chuckled holding her tightly.
"No more secrets unless it's illegal. I don't break the law, ever." Sharon informed with a fake glare which he simply kissed away. Andy spent Lunch in Sharon office talking about his mother's condition.
"She was always this strong woman in my life that never cried or showed weakness; I mean she's ma, Ma's don't get sick," He told Sharon who held his hand and moved her thumb back and forth reassuringly.
"I wish I could do something or say something but the truth is Mom's don't get sick until we think we don't need them anymore." She smiled shyly.
"Yeah. I can say goodbye though, I'm ready." He told her with a definite confidence Sharon hummed and kissed his cheek. Out of the corner of her eye, she spotted Provenza and Mike coming back and pointed them out to Andy.
"Will they ever accept me as their boss?" She asked.
"Eventually and maybe then Amy won't be such a kiss ass." He smirked prompting a grateful hum from Sharon. They stood together and Andy leaned into kiss her once more before he left.
"I got you some lunch since I forgot…you dinner" Amy stared at them both her sentence trailing off she closed the door in front of herself and half ran to her desk.
"What's wrong with you?" Provenza sneered.
"Aw did the captain not want your offering?" Julio smirked, Amy blushed.
"She was um…busy" The young woman croaked. Her male colleagues rolled their eyes and scoffed at Amy's ridiculous behaviour until Andy exited the office prompting Provenza to grunt loudly.
"You gotta be kidding me! Don't tell me you saw something in there Sykes?" He exclaimed
"It was just kissing, sir" She mumbled her expression changing and she decided her work was very interesting.
"Flynn! How is this allowed, you're in the same division now." He huffed out glaring at his friend.
"Don't start old man, it's nobody's business anyway" Flynn retorted glaring at the whole room. Provenza huffed and went back to his crossword, the rest of the team didn't seem to care all that much.
-SHANDY-
Rose turned up at the precint later than normal, school typically finished at 3;30 but it was currently 5:30. Rusty watched her enter the murder room and head to the cube he was sitting in.
"Sharon is gonna freak, you are so late." He told her smugly.
"Its Wednesday, I go to sports and because mom is trying to work stuff out I have to come here and I'm not not gonna shower. I went to the officers gym." Rose explained dumping her bags on the table.
"How do you manage all this stuff?" He asked eyeing the mountain of bags.
"It's called a locker; my sports bag with my sport uniform and a change of clothes and my school bag with my books. It's not that much. Haven't you ever had hobbies?" Rose sat down propping her feet up.
"Not really, I'm a good runner spent a lot of time running from assholes" He replied crossing his arms.
"Yeah, I wouldn't say things like that around the school. Anything else?" She asked.
"Chess."
"Seriously, well it's been great but I don't hang with the nerds who play chess; you're on your own." She scoffed and took out her assigned reading; 'All Quiet on the Western Front" it wasn't exactly enjoyable but assigned reading never was. Sharon exited the interview room and gave a brief wave to the two teens.
10 minutes later Andy came back and smiled to Rose who got up and started packing her things up. Rusty too began packing up his stuff.
"Sorry kid, you gotta wait another 10 minutes for Sharon," Andy told him taking one of Rose's bags. They walked down to his car before they said anything.
"So, what do I need to know about her condition, dad?" She asked securing herself into the car seat.
"She's tired and has lost some weight; looks frail but just act like you normally do. She doesn't like when people act weird. Also, my brother is here now too so Nio will probably ask you stuff." He explained to her.
"Is Sophia there too?" Rose knew Sophia from before she knew Andy, she had worked in New York with her grandfather and they seemed to like each other. Sophia had moved with her husband out to LA to work in a retirement village. Stories of Nio were common so the young girl was looking forward to meeting him.
-SHANDY-
Author's Note: I don't know if Americans put cheese on their fries but here we have 'Chips and cheese' which is popular amongst teens but it could be different over the pond. Anyway, hopefully, you liked this chapter and if you did let me know.
Thanks for reading.
Next Time: "Was he in the mafia?" Rose asked her eyes wide with the idea of adventure.