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Chapter 6

It's been at least two hours since they arrived at the hotel Saturday morning. Provenza told Sharon that they would be meeting with the local police at 10am. Sharon glanced at the clock in the room, 6:20 stared blankly back at her. She didn't really sleep much after they arrived at the hotel. She remembers drifting off with Andy by her side, but then something woke her up and she wasn't able to fall asleep again. Andy was sound asleep next to her and had his good arm curled around her waist. She gently slipped out of his embrace without waking him and put on his pajama pants along with her sweater and made her way out to the balcony to sit.

There were so many things running through her head, she needed to clearly sort them out. Was Stroh acting alone in his murder scheme? How would Rusty react to the news of Stroh dead? He had moved on with his life and really stopped worrying about him, but hearing this news might bring up some underlying issues. How would all of the kids react to hearing that Andy got injured due to him protecting her? And of course work was on her mind as well as she thought about who was going to fill the Assistant Chief's position. These were all questions running through Sharon's mind and for once, she just wanted everything to be silent. She sat down on the chair outside and just looked out into the ocean and it soothed her.

Andy woke up and noticed Sharon wasn't in bed with him as he reached for her. He looks around the room and sees the door open to the balcony. Andy rubs his face with his right hand and tries to shake the sleepiness from him. He grimaces as he is in some pain from his left arm. He looks around the room again as he sits up. He didn't realize it when they arrived here early in the morning that Sharon had gotten them some sort of suite. As he stands up from the bed, he tries to put a t-shirt on but he couldn't quite get his left arm in the sleeve, so he forgoes the t-shirt and looks around for his pajama pants, but he can't find them either.

He starts walking towards the balcony with just his boxers on. He steps out and sees Sharon sitting on one of the chairs, wrapped up in her sweater and his pajama pants. He smiled to himself. He always found it sexy whenever Sharon wore any of his clothes. She was staring out into the ocean when he approached her from behind.

"Sharon?" he said as he reached down with his right hand and gently caressed her left hand. She looks up at him "Hi" she says as she takes his hand and tugs on it bringing him closer to her. Andy walks around the chair. "Scoot over", he says as he motions for her to do so which she does. Andy then sits down next to Sharon and pulls her in. She is warm and the cool air from the ocean was a little chilly for Andy. "Where's your shirt?" Sharon asks him as his skin is starting to cool. "I was having a hard time putting it on" he replied and nestled into her chest. Mindful of his left arm, she gently caressed his body, but before she got carried away, she started to sit up. "Come on", she said to him, "you can join me in the shower".

He gladly followed her in to the room and watched her gather her things she needed. "We will change the gauze dressing of your arm after we are done" Sharon said and started to head in to the bathroom with what looked like a bag of items. Andy followed her inside the bathroom and watched her undress. He stopped her as she took her shirt off. "Do you want to talk about it?" he asked helping remove her shirt. She looked at him and he had that innocent look on his face. "I know something's bothering you Sharon" he said as he gently caressed her face.

Sharon looked down at the floor and then looked back up at Andy. She now had tears in her eyes and they were threatening to spill over. She began to cry as Andy enveloped her in his arms. "Shh, honey. Everything is okay now" he said as he rubbed her back gently. "You are so strong Sharon, just let it out" he said as she continued to cry in his arms.

Sharon spoke after crying in Andy's arms. "I'm just overwhelmed by everything that has happen to us in the past three weeks" she started to say. "First, I shoot Dwight Darnell after he shoots 5 people in the courtroom, including Chief Taylor. Then, your health scare and trip to the hospital. Next, we decide to get away from everything and come up here to enjoy a relaxing weekend, only to run into Philip Stroh and he in turns attacks us, and you kill him" she concludes as she has stopped crying. "Yes, well, I will agree with you, it's been a hell of a couple of weeks" Andy said and smiled, trying to get Sharon to smile back.

"What are we going to tell Rusty and the rest of our children?" Sharon asked him. "We came up here for a relaxing and romantic weekend only to run into a serial killer from our past, oh and by the way he's dead now and you got injured again?" Sharon continued on. Andy smiled back at her, "Don't worry about that right now, we will think of something to tell them" as he pulled her into a tighter hug.

"I almost lost you again" Sharon said in a muffled voice. "I'm right here, and I'm not going anywhere" Andy whispered in her ear.

"Is that all that's bothering you?" Andy asked, he didn't want to push Sharon but knew she needed to talk about it. "Provenza had mentioned something about me being in the running for Assistant Chief, along with Chief Howard" she said as Andy looked at her. "When did he mention this?" Andy asked as he kissed her hand. "Right before you collapsed in the murder room" Sharon said. "I didn't want to say anything back then because you were in the hospital and we had enough to worry about then". Andy nodded. "So…would you want to be Assistant Chief?" he asked her. "I like where I am at Andy, and I love the work that we do in the Major Crimes division. I don't want to move" Sharon said as Andy pulled her in for a kiss. "Then don't take it" Andy said, "Whatever you want to do, you know I am 100% in your corner" he added.

They finally climbed into the shower together and afterwards got dressed. Sharon carefully redressed Andy's wound with new gauze. She studied it carefully to make sure it was starting to heal properly. Since they were in this suite, there was an area to sit and eat something so Sharon made them both bagels and Andy was able to take all of his pills, including antibiotics for his arm. Provenza texted Andy to let them know that he and Julio were ready to meet them at the local police station. They grabbed their car keys, and headed out the door to meet them. Hopefully the local police were able to resolve all issues regarding Stroh and the murders, Sharon thought as she walked down with Andy to the car. They were about to find out.

TBC