After receiving the call that Louie Provenza had arrived home and Rusty had left to take Kate to him, she knew Andy wouldn't be too far behind. Sharon nervously adjusts the red, form fitting sheath dress that falls a few inches above her knee. "Give him a show." She mumbles to herself, thinking back to what Rusty had said to her earlier. She carefully paints her lips with a brush, a muted tone, not far from the color of her actual lips. Her black eyeliner causing the greens of her eyes to pop.
"You look amazing." Rusty smiles, standing in the doorway.
Sharon turns quickly, "Yeah?"
He nods slowly, "I'm glad I got to see you. I was going to go straight to my bedroom."
She smirks, looking down at herself, "Are you sure?"
"Yeah, but wait." Rusty walks quickly to his room, pulling the nude pair of heels from the bottom of his closet and taking them back to her, "Remember when you went to my school and yelled at my teacher for forcing me to make a family tree?"
"Yes...that was a long time ago. When I fainted." Sharon tilts her head to the side.
"I um...I knew your shoes were expensive and the heel broke when you went down." He offers the pumps to her, placing them on the floor near her.
She smiles softly, "And you've been hiding them for this long?"
"I fixed them." Rusty nods slowly, "They looked really nice on you and I kept forgetting about them. I figure you need something to...make him wild."
Sharon slowly slips her feet into the shoes, picking one up as she looks into her full length mirror, "They look better now than they did before."
"I may have shined them up a bit." He nods, smiling.
"Thank you." She gently wraps her arms around the boy, kissing his cheek, "You're almost taller than me. When did that happen?"
"I'm seventeen. I'm still growing. Few more years before I stop."
She nods, "Okay." Sharon holds onto him.
Rusty glances down to her, wrapping his arms around her just as much, "You've been...acting weird lately. You okay?"
"I'm fine." She nods, "We're going to look at colleges soon and...I am really going to to miss you, Rusty."
"I'm not going far away. We talked about this."
"Yes, we did. Still." She smiles, "Not to mention this whole ring thing and not leaving the house much...I don't know."
He listens to her, absently rubbing her back as she continues to lean against him, "Are you depressed?"
"I wouldn't call it depressed."
"Okay." Rusty pauses, looking down at her, "Deeply introspective with a slight dramatic flair."
"Rusty-"
"Look, what is the big deal? You aren't getting rid of the old rings. You aren't demonizing them. You are moving on.". He tilts his head to the side to look at her, "You already have in your day to day life, why can't you with that fucking ring?"
Sharon swallows, "You're right."
"I usually am." Rusty smirks.
Flynn stands at the doorway, "Am I interrupting something?"
Rusty moves so the other man can't see her, "She will be ready in a minute and it will be very worth it." He glances to Andy, smiling as he walks away. "Okay." He nods, "Are you taking a purse?"
She motions to the silver clutch that was resting on the bed.
"Your phone, keys, badge, money-"
"And gun, yes." Sharon smiles, stepping away from him to look at herself in the full length mirror once more, "Are you sure I look okay?"
Rusty nods slowly, "Go out there and see for yourself." He smirks.
Sharon slowly slips Andy's ring onto her finger before walking from her bedroom. She looks at the man as he absently taps on the back of the sofa with his fingers. She clears her throat.
Andy turns his head, standing slowly, "Oh my God, Shar...You look..." He smiles, shaking his head, "Breathtakingly beautiful."
Sharon turns her head back to look at Rusty who was standing at the door. She grins when he gives her a thumbs up, then glances back to the man, "Thank you. You clean up pretty well yourself."
"I try." He steps closer to her, taking her hands, "Reservations are at Combination..." Andy pauses looking to her hand which felt different in his. Catching sight of the ring, he smirks, "Thanks."
She smiles in return, "I was ready." She whispers.
Andy leans in, kissing her lips tenderly. "Yeah." He nearly has tears in his eyes as he folds her arm into his, "I hired a driver."
"A driver?" She smiles, as they walk past Rusty to the front door, "What for?"
"Sometimes, when things are important, ya like to feel like it is." He nods, "I got you flowers...that's why I was a little late. I put them in a vase in the kitchen."
"What kind?"
"Orchids." Andy smirks, "They were beautiful when I saw them...they reminded me of you."
Sharon blushes, "They're my favorite flower. My mother used to have them around the house all the time when I was young."
"I didn't even know that." He shrugs, nodding as the driver opens the door for her and he gets in on the other side. Andy waits until the man closes the door, "Have I told you how incredibly amazing you look?"
"Several times." She smirks.
"Well, I mean it each time." He takes hold of her hand, bringing it to his mouth to kiss her knuckles.
"This is a Sushi restaurant, right?" Sharon watches him.
Flynn glances to her, "I don't know. Is it?"
She nods slowly, "You do like sushi, don't you?"
"To be honest, I've never had it before."
"You've never had sushi?" Sharon smirks, "In your entire life?"
"Not that I can remember, no." He glances to her, "Why is this such a surprise to you?"
"I don't know, to be honest. You just seem like a man that would be cultured in such things." She tilts her head to the side, "Or had taken one of those young things you used to date to a sushi place."
"Those young things only ever ordered a salad."
"Well, luckily for you, I love sushi and I am not a young thing."
Andy waves his eyebrows, "No, you are not." He leans over in the seat, kissing her deeply, "I'm glad you're wearing my ring." He whispers against her lips.
Sharon smirks, glad she wore her non-smearing lipstick, "If we're going to do this, may as well jump in with both feet."
"Yeah." He smirks.
"I mean, Andy, Las Vegas isn't very far from here-"
He raises an eyebrow, "You go from not wanting my ring on at all to wanting to marry-"
"I don't want to doubt myself anymore. I don't want Kate growing up with parents that aren't married. I didn't think it would bother me so much, but it does." Sharon stares intently into his muddy brown eyes, "I don't want any fanfare. Something that's just us. I love you, I don't want it ruined by family members who are less than accepting of us."
"Slow down." Flynn nods, taking her other hand, "Just slow down, okay? We'll do whatever you want, but we can't tonight. Let's just...have this date and then...then celebrate."
"Celebrate?"
"That damn ring on your finger means that you're willing to do all of those things. Reno is four hours from here. Next week we will go." He nods slowly, "Okay?"
A smirk breaks across Sharon's face as she leans in to kiss him with a nod, "I want to do it before I go back to work. I'd feel more comfortable."
"Are you changing your name?"
She shrugs, "I think having two Flynns in one office may get a little-"
"Good point."
"So, I'm not entirely certain what I plan to do." She slowly slides from the vehicle when her door is opened by the chauffeur, Sharon continues the conversation when they walk together again, "I could take your name, but remain as Raydor professionally."
"Like actors?"
"Yes, it may actually work."
"Not to mention confuse the hell out of everyone."
"I will be glad to wear rings to work again." Sharon grins.
"I want you to. Not with the messy things through. Last thing I would want is for you to lose it." Andy tucks her arm into his as they're escorted to their seats, "Sykes made these reservations. Said her friends have been talking about it since they've opened."
"Oh?"
"Dinner, elegant music, dancing." He glances to the woman on his arm, "The girl is alright. She's been coming into her own."
"I'd hope so, she's been there for a year." She nods, walking into the secluded area, "This is nice."
Andy smirks, "Girl did good." He pulls her hand as she slides into the booth, then moves to his own side, reaching his hands over the table to hold hers.
"Amy did very well." Sharon nods slowly, taking one of his hands as she looks through the menu with the other, "I'll order."
"Why?"
"Because you don't know what any of this is." She shakes her head slowly. When the waiter arrives to the table, Sharon orders for the both of them, knowing exactly what he'd like. Handing the menus over, she looks back to Andy, "How was work?"
"Weird without you there." He smirks.
"That's what they all say. Then when I come back, you will all complain once more."
Andy shakes his head, "Not at all. Taylor's been talking about an interim Captain."
Sharon shakes her head slowly, "That isn't allowed."
"He says it is and you know how he is."
"I guess I'll be coming back early then." She smirks.
"Hey now, you fought for eight week maternity leave-"
"Fuck that. A woman has the power to chose what she feels is best for her situation. For my situation, I feel it best to stick it to Taylor where it hurts...ruining his plans."
Andy smirks, raising an eyebrow, "I love it when you get angry."
"I only get angry when warranted. I'm passionate about women's rights, especially in the workplace. Fought through them my entire career. I don't like it when the situation presented is being taken advantage of." Sharon shakes her head slowly.
He nods when the food is placed onto the table by the server, "Steak?" Andy smirks, "I didn't know they made steak here."
"Teriyaki steak." Sharon nods slowly, taking the chopsticks to delicately pick up a wrapped roll.
Andy makes a face, looking at her plate, "What the hell is that?"
She places a hand over her mouth as she chews before answering, "Crab roll." She points to another section, "These are shrimp, and these are Tuna."
"All the seafood then?"
Sharon rolls her eyes.
The dinner goes off without a hitch until Andy stands and offers his hand to her, "Come on. Let's dance."
Her eyes grow large, "Andy, these people are easily twenty years younger than us."
"Exactly. They don't know how to dance to these standards." He smirks as she takes his hand and he leads her to the center of the room, where the dance floor is located and the band plays. Andy wraps an arm around her waist, holding her hand as she places it on his shoulder.
Sharon waits a moment before smiling as they sway, "This is nice." She leans forward, speaking into his ear.
He nods, "Told you we needed this."
"I could get used to it."
"You should. We should do it more often."
"There's a problem with that though."
"Yeah?"
"I'm kind of with someone. It's kind of serious. Know what I'm saying?" She smirks, teasing him.
Andy chuckles, "Yeah, okay." He kisses her lips softly, "There's no way you had a baby a month ago."
She shrugs, "Good genes, I guess?"
"Very good genes, indeed." He raises his brow, holding her closer.
Sharon hums against his cheek, "We should pay the bill...get out of here."
"Feeling randy?"
"Possibly." She smirks.
Andy kisses her again, tossing cash onto the table for the bill, leaving a generous tip. Bustling out of the restaurant, he holds her hand as he walks toward the car and chauffeur he had paid for the evening. They climb in and the driver takes off. Andy allows his hands to make contact with her body, gently roaming along her hip as he leans in once more to place his lips against hers.
"Wait until we get home..." Sharon pushes him away gently, smirking.
He makes a face, "I can't, Shar."
"Shit." The driver mumbles, "I apologize, people. Seems to be a police barricade up here."
"What?" Sharon leans forward to look out the front window before sitting back and rolling her window down, "Could you pull over up here?"
"We're off tonight!" Andy looks to her, "And you're...anxious." He raises his brow.
"I want to see what's going on." She shakes her head as the driver stops, "Don't worry, I'll pay for the rest of the time." Sharon smiles to the chauffeur as she climbs out of the car on her own, heels clicking, "See? Provenza is here." She motions to his car as she notices Andy following closely behind.
"What's going on?" He calls when they get closer.
"Oh no. You two are on your date night." Louie Provenza puts his hand up, shaking his head, "And it appears to be going well for the two of you."
"It was." Andy rolls his eyes.
"Lieutenant, what happened?" She lets herself under the yellow crime scene tape.
"Young woman, twenty four, found severely beaten." Sykes walks next to the woman, "You look great, Captain."
"Thank you." Sharon nods, "What makes this a Major Crime?"
"The young woman was also covered in blood wielding a knife when we found her slumped against the building." The young woman motions to where the victim was, "There was a man, late thirties, found in the alleyway over there, stabbed to death..."
Provenza sighs, "We don't know which end to make of it."
"Ambulances are on their way?" Andy folds his arms.
"Of course." He nods.
Buzz follows them with the camera, making sure to document the entire scene.
"Buzz, make sure to get a shot of the Captain looking so...un-Captain-like." Provenza teases, smirking.
Sharon rolls her eyes, "Where is the young woman right now?"
"Back of a squad car just out there." Sykes nods, pointing, "Would you like to change out of those shoes? I have an extra pair of boots in the back of my car. Might be a little big on you, but..."
"No, I'm fine. Thank you, Detective." Raydor smirks, "I'm going to go talk to her. She was alone otherwise, correct?"
"Yes, no identification, Captain. Her clothing was town when she was found and she wasn't wearing anything on the lower half of her body, the possibility of sexual assault is high. I'd advise to proceed with caution." Michael Tao sighs, nodding to the woman, "We haven't been able to get anything from her, but...you seem to have a way with people and with that dress..." He smirks.
"Okay. Okay...no more remarks about the dress. I know it's a bit much and young for my age-" Raydor puts her hands up.
"No, Captain, we mean you look amazing." Provenza doesn't look at her, leaning down to the dead body.
"I...Okay. Well...thank you...everyone." Sharon blushes ever so slightly as she turns from them, making her way to the car.
"One more thing, Captain." Louie calls out, causing her to turn, "She's still bloody and her face is still...She won't let us touch her to administer simple first aid even."
"Thank you, Lieutenant." She nods to him, walking to the car. Sharon pauses a moment before running the rest of the way.
"She can probably climb a mountain in those damn shoes." Andy Flynn shakes his head, sighing, "I was on a roll."
"Oh, get over it." Provenza shakes his head.
"Andy." Sharon leaves the car open, shouting for the man.
Flynn hears her and runs to the car, as well as a couple uniformed officers, "What?"
"It's Eve..." Sharon swallows, looking up at him with tears in her eyes as she holds the young woman closely.
"Oh my God..." Andy shakes his head slowly, pointing when the ambulances arrive, "I'll stay here. You go with her." He returns to the rest of the officers, running a hand through his hair, "Positive identification made on victim. Eve Raydor, aged twenty four. School teacher. Daughter of Captain Sharon Raydor."
