Sharon Raydor slips into her modern bungalow quietly. She'd been at the hospital with her eldest daughter, Eve, for what seemed like forever. Placing her hand over the switch, she slowly turns up the light to the living room, it was clean. She smiles, nodding to herself. Sharon moves to the kids' room, opening the door slowly to see Katherine, her youngest child, huddled up to Rusty's arm as they lie in bed together, sleeping.

It wasn't a late hour. Probably eight. She hadn't been home in a few days, using the hospital's facilities in order to stay close to her daughter. She knew how much the girl needed her, but she knew how much Katherine and Rusty needed her as well. Sharon moves closer to the bed, pulling the covers over Rusty better, running a hand over his sandy blonde hair. She smiles slightly, noticing her daughter more, dressed in her simple pink, one piece pajamas.

Rusty notices the brightness from behind his closed eyes of the hallway light. He opens them, turning his head to see Sharon standing above him. He smiles, tiredly, "Hey."

"Hey. Go back to sleep. I was just checking on you." Sharon whispers to him, offering a slight smile.

"Just...wait a minute. I'll be out in a minute." He nods.

She sighs, returning to the hall and walking to the living room. Picking up the remote to the stereo, she sets it to only play in the living room and the kitchen. The Planters. Something relaxing. She sinks onto the sofa. It's nice to be home.

Few minutes later, Rusty silently closes the door to his room, leaving it cracked open ever so slightly in case the baby were to wake. He walks to the living room, sitting next to Sharon, "How is she?"

Sharon shrugs, "She's um...she's in a lot of pain." Her voice cracks ever so slightly.

"Did you think she wouldn't be?"

"I don't know what to think anymore." She shakes her head, swallowing, "I'm sorry I've left you here alone with Kate."

"She's my little sister. I'd do anything for her. It's not even a big deal."

"Your school work though-"

"My school work is able to be completed on the computer, which I've been doing. I've dropped off papers here and there."

Sharon looks over to him, "What do you do with Kate when you do that?"

"I take her in with me. Did you think I left her in the car or something?" Rusty smirks, shaking his head, "No. I told Sister Alexander what was going on. She understood."

"You told her I haven't been home in days?"

"No. I told her about Eve being hurt and in the hospital. Kate won't go with just anyone during the day. I told her you come home at night." He gently wraps an arm around her, missing her presence and her personality around the house, "I wouldn't give you up. I'd never do that."

Sharon nods, tears forming in her eyes. She gently lies her head on his shoulder, "Thank you."

"You should eat. There's lasagna in the fridge. I made it earlier in the week so I wouldn't have to worry about food all the time. I'll probably make something else tomorrow."

"I'm not hungry."

"You should eat though. Don't need you passing out."

She picks her head up, looking at him incredulously, "I did that one time and I was pregnant. Now, you pick on me about it every chance you get."

"Because it's funny." Rusty smirks, "Wasn't funny at the time, but it's funny now."

"Thanks a lot." Sharon hugs onto him, putting her head on his chest, "I really am sorry that I haven't been here." She says softly.

"Eve needs you. Kate's fine right now. Snores in her sleep, but she's fine. I'll put up with it because she's pretty." He nods, "Sometimes, you deal with what needs to be dealt with first. When Eve gets out of the hospital, is she coming here?"

"Where will she sleep?"

"I'll hit the sofa while she's here. I don't care. I want her to get better."

"That's very nice of you, Rusty, but I couldn't do that to you."

"Why?" He holds onto her, knowing she needs it, "She's my sister too, right? That's what siblings do for one another. We take care of one another."

"I'll talk to her about it. They want to release her within the next couple days. They've mostly been keeping her for psych consults...doctor's follow ups. If she thinks she's there because of injuries, she's less likely to ignore her appointments."

"Can't say I've ever heard of that."

"Eve is a teacher. She always canceled doctors' appointments citing her job as her reason. If they keep her and make her think she's there for a larger reason, she'll participate." Sharon nods, "I told them about her doing it. They knew how to keep her there."

"When will she go back to work?"

"When she's comfortable. I think I may go to her job to-"

"It was on the news. You don't have to."

She picks her head up a little, "It was on the news?"

Rusty nods slowly, "They didn't tell much, just who was involved and a hotline for witnesses."

Sharon shakes her head, putting it back down. She smiles, listening to the soft music, "I wish they didn't do that. She's going to hate it."

"She doesn't need to know, Sharon."

She swallows, "Everyone needs to know when people are going to judge them."

"No one is judging her." Rusty shakes his head.

"Yes, they will. She was attacked. She was...They're going to treat her like some kind of...damaged goods."

"Worry about it when it happens." He sighs, hearing the baby start to cry. "She's probably hungry. Want me to get her or do you want to handle that?"

Sharon smiles a little, sitting up, "I'll get it." She touches his shoulder as she walks past him to the room her daughter shares with the boy.

Rusty smiles, glad the woman he referred to at times as his mother was home. He missed her immensely.

Sharon turns the light on in the bedroom on the lowest setting, seeing her crying daughter on the bed, surrounded by pillows. She smiles, "Hey, sweet girl." She coos, picking the infant up and kissing the medium brunette peach fuzz growing on her head, "I have missed you so much." She slowly unbuttons her blouse, exposing her engorged bosom with a click of a cup of her bra. She had been pumping for the girl when Flynn remembered to bring it to the hospital, able to get two full bottles when he would. Rusty would use the formula for the other times. Sharon attempts to help the girl latch onto her, sighing when she continues to fidget. "Come on, sweet girl, Mommy is sore and you're hungry. We help eachother out with this. You know that." She feels her own hand beginning to shake, "Please." She whispers, pleading. Tears spring to her eyes once more.

Rusty hears the ordeal, turning off the stereo. He walks back to the bedroom, not caring about the sight of the woman's exposed breast before him, "You okay?"

"She um..." Sharon shakes her head, "She doesn't want me."

"That's not true. Just relax, alright?" He walks in more, "Katie, chill, alright?" He snorts when the baby tries to look for him because of his voice alone, "Chill." Rusty nods, "Try again, Sharon."

The woman glance up to him quickly before looking back to her daughter, trying again for the girl to almost instantly latch on, "She only does it because you're here."

"We've gotten closer. I'm the only one she's seen the past few days. It happens." He shrugs, "Don't think about it so much."

"I have to though. I've been neglecting her."

"She was not neglected."

"That's not what I mean..."

"She was fine. She'll snap out of it again, alright?" He nods, sitting at the foot of the bed, his back turned to her for some privacy, "Just...don't be some nervous. She's not dumb. Katie knows when something is wrong. She knows when you are angry or upset."

Sharon smiles to the girl, wiping the corner of her mouth when a drip of milk falls from it, "No...she isn't dumb, is she..."

"Is Eve in ICU?"

"No."

"Well, you know how much she loves her...maybe she might want to just cuddle with her. I mean..." Rusty shrugs, "I read online that it can help people who are ill. Dogs, babies...cute things. People like to cuddle with cute things. Since Katie is Eve's sister, it may be easier to get her past hospital staff."

Sharon swallows, glancing up toward him, "Kate doesn't like me very much. She isn't going to want to willingly go-"

"She's like...a month old. She can't really argue with you about it. Just bundle her up and go. The more fuss you make about her presence, the more she'll complain." He nods, smirking, "Much like both her parents."

She reciprocates his smirk before laughing to herself, causing the baby to jump, "Sorry." She calms herself stroking Kate's hair, "You're right, Rusty. Maybe it will help her."

Rusty smiles, "Take her tomorrow? See what she plans on doing. Like I said, I don't mind taking the couch. Lived there for the first few weeks, if you remember. It's comfortable."

"Of course I remember." Sharon nods, "I yelled at you."

"I needed it. I was a jerk."

"I always felt bad for doing it. Did you know that? You were hurting and afraid and the only thing I could do was yell at you."

"That's not how I saw it." Rusty shakes his head, "You showed me that you meant business...I wouldn't still be with you if it weren't for you yelling at me."

Sharon looks up at him again, "Really?"

He nods, "Sometimes it takes something to get you out of the slump you're in. Just...shake ya out of it."

A few more minutes pass and she picks the girl up to her shoulder, hooking the cup of her bra back on the snap, "You'll help me get her ready tomorrow?"

Rusty smiles, "Yeah. Where's Andy?"

"Sitting with Eve...I didn't ask him to, he just told me he would."

"To get you to come home." He nods.

"I guess you're right." Sharon rubs the girl's back, kissing her temple, "And you think Eve will like it?"

"I think Eve will love it." Rusty smiles, turning to face her, "She was nice to me when she came over before. She didn't have to be. The way she looked at Kate was just...she loves her. A lot."

"Okay."

"I'd ask to come with you, but I think it'd be better if it were just you and Kate. I'll visit later tomorrow."

Sharon picks her hand up to stroke the baby's hair again, smiling slightly, "Thank you, Rusty. I'm going to make this all up to you."

"I'm sure you will." Rusty nods, walking to the other side of the bed, "You should just lie in here tonight. Kate sleeps longer in bed than in the crib. We've gotten used to just..." He shrugs, "So, why don't you go put on your pajamas and come sleep."

"It's still early." Sharon yawns.

"Yeah, well, you're tired. The circles under your eyes say otherwise."

"I have circles?"

"Yes, so enjoy going to bed so early." Rusty pauses, "I don't think I've ever said that before."

"You haven't." Sharon grins, nodding as she puts the girl down on the bed, "I'll be right back." She walks to her bedroom, changing into a pair of sleep pants and one of Andy's t-shirts from college. She returns to find them both already asleep on the bed. Sharon nods, slipping in next to them and wraps her arms her sleeping doctor, almost as if she were holding a teddy bear. This was the best teddy bear in the entire world.