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Chapter 4

In one quick movement, Dean Campbell stood up from his chair and reached over at the pen that was placed on the table by his lawyer. As he picked it up, he lurched over to where Sharon was. Andy got out of his chair quickly and pulled Sharon out of the way. The chair was knocked down out of the way as well. He then slammed Dean Campbell up against the wall and pulled his hand that held the pen behind his back. "Andy!" Sharon screamed. "Drop it!" Andy yelled at the Dean. Andy pushed him against the wall again, and used his weight to hold him against the wall. He then used a pressure point in the Dean's ear and the Dean dropped the pen onto the floor.

Both Buzz and Andrea ran out of electronics towards the interview room Andy and Sharon were in. The 2 patrol officers ran into the room when they heard the struggle and assisted Andy in the subduing of Dean Campbell. Andy placed cuffs on the Dean and the patrol officers took him away. Andrea came into the room and went to where Sharon was at. "Are you okay?" Andrea asked her. Sharon nodded and looked over to see Andy. Andy walked back to where she was after the officers took the Dean away. She had a concerned look on her face as she looked him over. "I'm fine" Andy said to her. They both checked each other out to see if they were hurt.

Andrea looked at the other lawyer in the room. "Come on, you and I have a lot to discuss now" Andrea said to the lawyer as they both walked out of the room. Buzz made sure that both the Captain and the Lieutenant were okay before returning to electronics to get the tapes ready. Andy and Sharon both took a moment to gather themselves. "You sure you're okay?" Andy asked her as he placed his hand on her shoulder. "I'm fine Andy" she said quietly. "I'm more concerned about you at this moment" she added. "I'm fine" he smiled back at her. "Not a scratch on me" he said as he held up his arms. She took his hand and led him back to their office.

Meanwhile, Provenza and the rest of the team were conducting the search at the Dean's house. They had found the original crime scene. The Dean tried to cover up the blood in the kitchen with bleach but he didn't do a good job as Mike had discovered traces of blood there. They also found the murder weapon, the knife, which the Dean had used. Also in the kitchen, they discovered the bottles of Ambien, Xanax, and Valium that were found in Dean Bryant's system. The team packed everything up and headed back to the office.

Provenza had called the Captain on the way back. When she answered the phone, she sounded a little shaken up. "Everything alright Captain?" Provenza asked after he told her what they had discovered. "We had a little incident with the Dean but everything is fine now" Sharon said to him. "Andy?" Provenza asked. "He's fine Lieutenant. I'll explain everything when you get back" she said as she hung up her cellphone.

As they walked back in to the Murder Room, Chief Howard was standing outside her office. "Is everyone okay?" Chief Howard asked them. "News travels fast I see" Andy said back to him. They all went into Sharon's office. "We are okay Chief" Sharon said to him as she sat down behind her desk. "Good job" Chief Howard said as he shook Andy's hand. "I'll leave you be" Chief Howard said as he walked out of her office. Andy then sat down on the chair across from Sharon's desk and rubbed his head. "Andy?" Sharon said as she got up from her chair to come over to Andy's side. She laid a hand on his shoulder. "I'm fine" he whispered to her as he pulled her in for a kiss.

"You're doctor said that we needed to reduce your stress level the first week back on the job" Sharon said to him as she pulled away and leaned back against her desk. "Yeah, well, who knew we were going to have a psycho dirt bag in our interview room today" he said as he smiled at her. "I knew I didn't like the guy when we first met him early this morning" Andy added as he stood up and placed his hands on her hips. All Andy wanted to do now was just hold Sharon close to him, but her office wasn't the place for it. He wanted to take her home, but he knew that they now had paperwork to file regarding the case and incident that happened. FID would be coming up shortly to interview the both of them regarding what had happened. All FID had to do was look at the tapes of the interview and see.

Everyone else came back to the Murder Room and Provenza walked towards the Captain's office. He saw both Andy and Sharon inside. He knocked on her door and then opened it slightly. "Are you guys okay?" he asked them. "Yes, we are both fine" Sharon said in a muffled voice as her head was buried in Andy's shoulder. She picked her head up, a little embarrassed for her Lieutenant to catch them in an awkward position. Provenza didn't mind and was used to it by now.

Sharon pulled away from Andy. "So what happened?" Provenza asked. "The Dean was confessing to his crimes and then shifted slightly, picked up the pen that was on the table and lurched towards Sharon" Andy had told him. "I pulled Sharon out of the way and pushed the guy up against the wall, 2 patrol officers came in to assist me and took the guy away" Andy said. Provenza looked at both of them. "Well, it's good that you are both okay" Provenza said as he started to walk out of Sharon's office. "Thank you Lieutenant" Sharon said to Provenza. Provenza nodded and then closed the door behind him and walked back to his desk.

FID came up to their floor and wanted to interview both Sharon and Andy, separately of course. Buzz also had them watch the tapes of the interview. Sergeant Elliot interviewed Andy first in the conference room while Sharon waited in her office. She glanced over at the two of them in the interview room. She then took that time to start filling out the paperwork for HR, so that Chief Howard could stop pestering them for it. "So tell me Lieutenant exactly what happened in that interview room" Sergeant Elliot said. Andy looked at him. He hated being interviewed by FID, but was glad to see it was Sergeant Elliot who had showed up. Sharon hand picked him while she was still in charge of FID and he was better than the majority of them.

"I noticed Dean Campbell starting to fidget in his seat and when I saw the look in his eyes, I knew he was going to do something" Andy said. "He started to lunge for the pen and picked it up, then lunged towards the Captain. I stood up and moved the Captain out of the way before slamming the guy into the wall and subdued him." Andy said as Sergeant Elliot wrote everything down on his pad of paper. "Did you use excessive force Lieutenant? I mean, he was after all going after the Captain" Elliot asked. "He was passively resisting so I used a pressure point for him to release the pen" Andy answered Elliot. "I was well within my scope, Sergeant" Andy gritted his teeth. "I'm on your side Lieutenant" Elliot said as he looked at Andy.

"Congratulations by the way" he said, and Andy looked back at him and cocked his head slightly. "For what?" Andy said cautiously. "On yours and the Captain's marriage" Sergeant Elliot said as he held out his hand for Andy to shake. Andy shook his hand. "Thanks" Andy said to him. "We all knew you had a thing for her back when she was in charge of us" Elliot added. Andy nodded back at him and walked out of the room and into Sharon's office. He didn't know how to take the Sergeant's last comment to him so he just shook his head instead. Sharon looked up at him as he walked back inside. "Your turn" Andy said to her as he pointed back at Sergeant Elliot. She nodded and got up from her desk and walked into the conference room.

"Hello Sergeant Elliot" Sharon said to him and smiled. Sergeant Elliot shook her hand. "Captain, please have seat. I promise this won't be long" Sergeant Elliot said to her. They went over the events that had happened. "Close call, huh Captain?" Sergeant Elliot had said to her at the end. Sharon looked back at him. "Yes it was, but Lieutenant Flynn acted quickly and subdued Dean Campbell" Sharon said to him. "Don't worry Captain, everything is good here" Sergeant Elliot stood up. "Congratulations Captain on your wedding" he said to her as she shook his hand. "Thank you" Sharon said and walked out with the Sergeant over to where Buzz was sitting. Buzz showed him the tapes of the interview and after he was done looking at them, he left to go back to his office.

Meanwhile Sharon joined Andy back in her office. He was just finished filling out his side of the paperwork for HR when she came back. "So, how did it go?" Andy asked her. He already knew the answer to his question but wanted her re-assurance. "We are good, Andy. Nothing to be worried about" Sharon said as she looked over the papers that he had finished. Andy wasn't worried. He knew that he had acted accordingly. Sergeant Elliot had agreed with him. He just wanted to make sure that Sharon was ok with everything that had happened. It brought back up images for Andy when he was struggling with Stroh and he wanted to make sure that Sharon wasn't having the same.

They had finished the paperwork for HR and Sharon had brought it over to Chief Howard's office herself. It was a little after 4:30 in the afternoon and she was glad the chief was still in his office. "Thanks Captain, I'll make sure this is filed promptly. You and your team can have the rest of the week off. Robbery/Homicide can take any cases that pop up. Unless there's a case where I would need you and your team. I know that you and Andy were interrupted for this case so consider it my wedding gift to you" Chief Howard said to her. "Thank you Chief" Sharon said back to him. It was nice of Chief Howard to do that for her and her team. "I'll let my team know" Sharon said as she walked out of his office.

Sharon walked back in to the Murder Room and found everyone at their desks working on the paperwork for the case they had just wrapped up. "Can I have everyone's attention please?" Sharon said to them as she gathered them around Provenza's desk. Andy got up and walked over to Provenza's desk and Buzz came from across the room over to Mike's desk. "I have just spoken with Acting Chief Howard and he has graciously given us the rest of this week off for a job well done on this case" Sharon stated to them. Andy and Provenza looked at each other in shock as they were not expecting Chief Howard to make such a gesture.

"Ma'am, who is going to cover for us then?" Julio asked. "Robbery/Homicide will be on call and handle things unless the Chief needs our team for a case" Sharon explained to him and the rest of the squad. Sharon then walked back in to her office and started to write her report on their closed case.

"Great! Now I can spend some time with Cooper" Amy stated and got back to writing her report. Julio looked at her and just laughed. "Where are you guys going to hang out, Sykes?" Julio asked her. Amy just shrugged her shoulders and continued to write. Mike was excited about being off because it allowed him to spend time with his family as he felt rushed the past couple of weeks. The extra days off would give Julio a chance to finish working on a motorcycle he was trying to restore. The time off would give Buzz the ability to get more time in as a reserve officer.

Provenza looked happy because now he could take Patrice on a little getaway that he had been meaning to take her on for a while. "Where are you taking Patrice?" Andy asked him as he stood next to Provenza's desk. "She wants to go to Palm Springs to some resort that's there, however I think it's too expensive" Provenza tells Andy. "Oh come on, live a little will you!?" Andy said back to him. "You should take her there" Andy added as he walked back to his desk. "Oh yeah? So what do you have planned Mr. Newlywed?" Provenza said to him from across the room now. Andy looked towards him and shrugged. "I have a few things up my sleeves" Andy grinned as he said back to him as he sat down at his desk and placed the finishing touches on his report.

As Andy sat at his desk he thought about how in the past three weeks, he and Sharon have basically been on a roller coaster. With the Dwight Darnell shootings to his health scare, and then trying to go relax on a trip only to run into Philip Stroh and Peter Goldman's involvement in that to them getting married only to be woken up the next day with this case, it has been a busy three weeks for them. All Andy wanted to do was to just get Sharon home and then they could both relax and enjoy themselves for the next couple of days.

Sharon sat at her desk waiting for her team to bring her their after-action reports. She thought about what Andy and her could do with the time off they had starting tomorrow. There were a couple of houses that she wanted to look at. She had found them on the internet before the whole Dwight Darnell incident and wanted Andy to go with her and Rusty to see them. Then they got super busy with that case, then it seemed like one thing after another hit them and they couldn't catch a break. Now they were married, Sharon thought to herself, and that brought a smile to her face. A knock on her door brought her back from her thoughts.

"Come in" she said. Julio walked in with all of the reports from the rest of the team except Andy's as he was still working on it. "Here you go ma'am" Julio said as he handed the papers to her. "Thank you Julio" Sharon said to him and placed the stack of papers on her desk. "That is everyone's report except for Lieutenant Flynn's" Julio said as he turned to where Andy was sitting at his desk. "I think he's just stalling for time, ma'am" Julio said with a smile. Sharon chuckled. "Perhaps" she said as she glanced over at Andy. "Enjoy your days off Julio" she said to him as he was walking out the door. "You too ma'am" Julio said.

10 minutes later when everyone else had left and Sharon and Andy were the only two there, Andy knocked on Sharon's office door. "Yes" Sharon said to Andy and he walked in to her office. He handed her his report. "So, are you almost finished here?" Andy asked Sharon as he looked at his watch. It was now 5:30. "Yes, I am just finishing this up and I will be all set" Sharon said to him. Andy sat down on the chair in front of her desk. "So do you have any plans with your time off, Mrs. Flynn?" Andy asked her in a husky voice. "Oh I can think of a few things I would like to do Mr. Flynn" Sharon said to him in her equally sexy voice. Sharon got up and grabbed her purse as Andy stood up and held the door open for her. They walked out of the Murder Room and rode the elevator down to the parking garage. Once inside their car, Andy leaned over and stole a kiss from Sharon.

They stopped on their way home to pick up dinner at their favorite sandwich shop. The both wanted something simple as they were tired. Andy texted her kids to see if they wanted anything for dinner. 'We are good, heading to a movie now' was the reply that he got from Ricky. Emily and Ricky would be in town for 2 more days before heading back to their places. Emily had her practice for the new production of Swan Lake coming up in a couple of days. She was very excited about it and so was Sharon.

They got home to the condo and as Sharon opened the door, Andy brought the bag of food in. They took off their shoes and Sharon threw her keys on the table by the front door and locked the door behind her. They made their way towards the kitchen and Andy placed the food on the counter. Sharon was right behind him and slipped her arms around his waist. She leaned her head across his back and hummed. Andy placed his hands on top of hers and then turned around and pulled her in for a kiss. They held on to each other. "I'm going to start that bubble bath" Sharon said to Andy as she gently removed herself from his arms. "I thought you were hungry?" Andy asked her as she started to walk away. "I am" was all that Sharon said to him as she continued to walk towards their bedroom.

Andy quickly placed the newly bought food in the refrigerator and went after Sharon. By the time he caught up with her, she already had the bath water running in the bathroom and she was slowly undressing herself. Andy helped her get out of the rest of her clothes and he did the same. He stepped first into the bath tub and she followed him and they both sat down, the bubbles covering up their bodies. Andy was in back of Sharon and Sharon's back rested on his chest. They sat there allowing the warmth of the water to release the tension in their bodies.

"I love you" Sharon said to Andy as they relaxed in their bath. "I know, I love you too" Andy said back to her and kissed the side of her cheek. "Thank you Andy, for protecting me today" Sharon said quietly. "It's my pleasure, sweetheart" Andy said in his hushed voice.

20 minutes later, they were still sitting in the bath tub relaxing and gently caressing each other. The water was starting to cool off. "Sharon?" Andy whispered to her. "Hmm?" Sharon said back. "As much as I would like to stay here with you in the bath tub, the water is losing its temperature" Andy whispered back to her and kissed her neck as she started to move. She turned around in his arms and kissed him fully on his lips. It was a deep and passionate kiss. She broke away from him when the need for air took precedence.

Sharon got up slowly from the tub and Andy followed. She made her way to the shower and rinsed herself off and then rinsed Andy off. Andy grabbed a towel and placed it around Sharon. Then he grabbed a towel for himself and wrapped it around his waist. They walked back to their bedroom, dried off, and changed into something more comfortable. A t-shirt and leggings for Sharon and a t-shirt and a pair of running pants for Andy. They made their way back to the kitchen and sat down and ate their dinner they picked up earlier.

Sharon stepped out on the balcony and was watching the sunset when Andy joined her. She was starting to get cold so Andy wrapped a blanket around her and she snuggled in to where he sat on the chase lounge chair. She would miss the view she had from her condo but the thought of a new house with Andy made her smile even more. Yes she had memories here at the condo, but she was ready to make new memories and whatever their new house would bring. "Let's look at houses tomorrow Andy" Sharon said. Andy was surprised by this. "Really?" Andy said to her and kissed the side of her cheek. "Yes, I have a couple in mind I would like to go see in person with you" Sharon said as she snuggled into his chest. "Okay" Andy said as they continued to watch the sunset.

An hour later, Ricky, Emily, and Rusty came home to what they thought was an empty condo. They looked around and saw Andy and Sharon's things but did not know where the two were. Emily quickly took a look outside and saw them sitting out there on the balcony. "I think they are sleeping" she said to her brothers. Emily and her brothers hung out in the living room of the condo the remainder of the night and eventually found themselves going to sleep. Andy woke up to Sharon whispering something in his ear. "I thought you were sleeping?" he said back to her. "I was but I want us to be more comfortable" Sharon said as she started to get up. She drew him with her and they made their way back into the condo, trying not to wake her kids up, and eventually made it down the hall to their bedroom where Andy closed the door behind them.

TBC