DISCLAIMER: I do not own these characters, except for Matthew and Moxie. The rest of them belong to James Duff and the Major Crimes franchise.

A/N: Sorry, this chapter took a little longer to post then usual. There's a lot going on in this chapter. Enjoy!

Chapter 13

Andy laid awake holding Sharon close to him as she slept. He heard their door open slightly and the sound of little feet making their way across the floor, along with the noise of the dog's collar. "What's the matter, buddy?" Andy whispered to Matthew as to not disturb Sharon. "Can I sleep in here?" Matthew whispered back to Andy. Andy moved over slightly and also moved Sharon over as well. "Come on up" Andy whispered back to him. Matthew climbed up on their bed and settled in. Moxie jumped on the bed as well and slept by Andy's feet. Andy sighed as everyone got comfortable. "Matthew's in bed with us" he whispered into Sharon's ear. "Okay" she mumbled and went back to sleep.

Morning came quick. Sharon's alarm clock went off waking both her and Andy. Sharon started to get out of bed when she noticed Moxie sleeping at the foot of the bed. "Moxie, get off the bed!" Sharon said in a quiet but stern voice. Moxie looked back at her and jumped off the bed, wagging his tail as he came around to greet her. Sharon made her way into the closet to pick out her clothes for the day while Andy took Moxie out. "One more day of the elevator, Moxie, and then we will be in our new house" Andy said to Moxie as they rode the elevator down to the main floor. They made their way outside and Moxie did his business. Andy looked across the street and saw a SIS van parked there. "Glad to see them" he said to Moxie as they made their way back inside and up to the 11th floor.

Sharon got dressed while Andy had the dog outside and then when she was done, she woke up Matthew and got him dressed as well. They made their way towards the kitchen, trying not to wake Rusty up as he had a late class today. Andy opened the door and Moxie ran inside ready to eat. Andy followed Moxie in to the kitchen and fed him his breakfast. Sharon and Matthew were sitting at the table eating cereal. "I'm going to get dressed now" Andy said to Sharon as he made his way back down the hall. "I laid a suit out for you" Sharon called to him. "Are you going to be okay at school today?" Sharon asked Matthew. She was worried about him. He nodded yes. "You know something Matthew? You could write about myself and Andy because we are your foster parents, if that helps you at all" Sharon said to Matthew as the boy ate his cereal. Matthew looked up at Sharon. Sharon smiled at him, and he gave a small smile back.

Andy came back in the kitchen ready to go to work and quickly made himself a bowl of cereal. Matthew was now sitting on one of the chairs in the living room with Moxie. Rusty was up and he was on his computer. "Come on Matthew, let's get your things ready for school" Sharon called out to him from the kitchen. Matthew got up and met her. She handed him his backpack and he waited in the hallway with Moxie. Andy placed his bowl in the kitchen sink and Sharon stood by the fridge, watching him. Andy turned around and smiled at her. "What?" he asked. "Nothing" she said as she stepped forward and met him with a kiss. "I love you" she whispered to him. "I love you too" he whispered back to her. They made their way out of the kitchen, said good bye to Rusty, and then headed out the door with Matthew and Moxie.

Just like the previous morning, they had dropped off Matthew at his school with no problems and then headed over to the Doggie Day Care center to drop Moxie off. They were now driving over to the PAB when they were stopped at a red light. Sharon took this time to look over at Andy. In two days it would be Thanksgiving and she had so many things to be thankful for this year. Tomorrow's move will provide a welcome distraction from everything that has transpired over the previous days, she thought to herself as they continued to drive, arriving at the office with just a little traffic delay.

Sharon and Andy made their way up to their office and proceeded inside like any normal morning would be. Sharon went to her office to put her things away and signed on to her computer. Andy went over to his desk, turned his computer on and proceeded to sit down and wait for it to start up. Provenza walked in after them and he was a little too cheery. Something was up, Andy thought to himself and he would ask Provenza later about it. Mike and Buzz were going over video footage of the housekeeping business to see if they had missed anything yesterday. Amy was on the phone with Cooper and Julio was sitting at his desk. Sharon looked up from behind her computer and looked at everyone sitting in the Murder Room. She got up and exited her office by Andy's desk. "Where are you going?" Andy asked Sharon. "I was just heading to the restroom, I'll be back" Sharon said to him. Just then Andy got a funny feeling and stood up to follow Sharon. "I'm going with you" he said as he caught up to her. He followed her to where the restroom was at on the floor and stood outside the door as she went in.

Sharon was washing her hands looking at herself in the mirror, she was thinking about a lot of things as she looked at herself. Thanksgiving, their move tomorrow, Matthew and Andy. She sighed as she finished. She looked down at her hands when someone jumped her from behind. She struggled with a woman but the woman pulled out of knife and Sharon's arm got cut. The woman grabbed Sharon from behind again. "Hello Sharon, I'm Missy, Bill's girlfriend. I just want to have a chat with you" Missy said to Sharon as she held the knife up to her throat.

Chief Howard came walking out of his office and spotted Andy down the hallway. "Hey Andy, what are you doing?" he said as he made his way towards the Murder Room. "Sharon's inside" Andy said as he pointed to the restroom door. "Everyone else is in the office" Andy said to him. Chief Howard nodded. "I'll wait for both of you before I address the rest of the team" he said, then headed to the Murder Room. "I wonder what that's about?" Andy said to himself as he stood by the door and waited for Sharon to come out. "I wonder what's taking her so long?" Andy said to himself as he looked at his watch. "Hey, Sharon?" Andy said as he knocked on the door. "Yes?" Sharon said. "Everything okay?" Andy asked her. "No" she said back to him. He opened the door to see Sharon and Missy standing before him. Andy immediately drew his weapon as Missy was holding Sharon and had a knife to her throat. He also noticed the Sharon's arm had been cut and was bleeding.

Andy walked a few steps inside the restroom, keeping his gun pointed at Missy. He needed to notify everyone else on the team but how? "You don't want to do this Missy, drop your weapon!" Andy said to her. "Stay back!" Missy said to him. She moved forward with Sharon and Andy moved backward out of the restroom. "Sharon's coming with me. We are going to have a nice little chat about Bill. Bill is very nice and you guys need to leave him alone" Missy said as she started walking with Sharon in front of her. Andy kept his gun still on Missy as they moved. "Hey guys! Out here!" Andy yelled hoping someone would hear him from the office. Andy caught Sharon's eyes. The knife was digging into her throat now and he could see little trickles of blood slowly forming on her neck. The door to the Murder Room opened as Julio and Mike came out and saw the scene before them. They both drew their weapons as well. "Missy, there's no good way out of here. Drop the knife and let go of Sharon and then we can talk" Andy said to Missy and he hoped he would get through to her. Missy saw the other two detectives show up. She continued to walk backwards down the hallway towards the break room. The hallway was clear of any bystanders. "Put your weapons down, otherwise I will slit her throat" Missy said to them. "I can't do that Missy" Andy said to her. He looked at Sharon and nodded slightly to her. She nodded slightly back, acknowledging whatever plan Andy had.

"Do you have a shot?" Andy said to Julio and Mike. "I have it" Julio said. Missy moved with Sharon. "You don't have anything!" she yelled at them. That made her in perfect view for Andy to take the shot and he pulled the trigger. Missy fell backwards onto the floor and Sharon lurched forward. Andy gathered Sharon in his arms and looked her over. Her neck was bleeding from where the knife dug into her throat. He placed his handkerchief on her throat to stop the bleeding. Julio went over to Missy who was on the floor now and checked her pulse. He knew she was dead but he had to check anyways. "Let's move her to the breakroom" Mike said to Andy and helped him walk with Sharon to the breakroom. Sharon had a seat as Andy kept pressure on her neck. "Let me see" Mike said to Andy as Andy moved the handkerchief from her neck. "You're probably going to need stitches" Mike said as he got up and headed back to the office. "I'll call an ambulance and let everyone know" he said to Andy. Andy looked at Sharon's arm and the cut seemed to be very minor as the bleeding had already stopped.

Andy knelt in front of Sharon now as everyone came rushing to the hallway. Provenza came inside the room. "Are you okay?" he asked both of them. He saw Andy applying pressure to Sharon's neck. "She had a knife" Andy said to Provenza as he concentrated on Sharon. "I shot her" he added. Sharon sat there, still in shock as she looked at Andy. Mike came back in with his medical bag and placed an ointment on Sharon's neck. "This is going to sting but should help" Mike said to Sharon. "Thank you" Sharon mumbled. Mike also took some gauze out and dressed her wound on her arm. "Ambulance is on its way" Mike said as he stood up and spoke to Provenza. Chief Howard overlooked the area and saw them in the breakroom. "Is everybody okay in here?" he asked. "Yes" Provenza answered. "The Captain had a knife to her throat and is bleeding from it, but it is under control" he added as he moved him away from the scene. "So much for that detail on her" Chief Howard mumbled but Sharon heard him say it. "What detail?" Sharon said quietly and looked at Andy who was still sitting in front of her. "Don't worry about it" he said to her and she gave him a look. "I'll tell you later" he said back to her and then looked at both Provenza and the Chief. "Captain, we will find out how Missy got in here and why she wasn't followed" Provenza reassured her. They both walked out and Andy turned his attention back to Sharon.

"I was scared there for a minute" he confessed to her. "Me too" she confessed to him. The paramedics came and took a look at Sharon's wound on her neck. It was still bleeding but not as bad as when it first happened. One of the paramedics looked at her wound while the other one took her vitals. "You are going to need stitches, ma'am and probably a Tetanus shot as well" he said to her as he dressed the wound. The paramedics then took Sharon and Andy followed them. "Tell FID they can find me at the hospital" Andy said to Provenza. Andy then handed Provenza his gun, for FID. They headed to the elevators. "Not a problem, Flynn. Mike and I will follow you there" Provenza said back to him as the doors closed in the elevator. Andy glanced down at Sharon who had her eyes closed as the Paramedics stood across from them in the elevator.

They made their way towards the ambulance and got inside the back area where Sharon sat down on the gurney. Andy sat across from her. The paramedic was attending to her as Andy looked on and watched. It was not too long ago that Andy was the one lying on the gurney while the paramedics attended to him as Sharon watched. The bleeding managed to stop when they had got to the ambulance. The ambulance took off and headed to the hospital. Andy leaned forward and took hold of Sharon's hand. "I'll notify the kids when we get to the hospital" he told her. "No, I don't want to worry anyone" Sharon said. "Besides, this is nothing" she added as she pointed in the vicinity of her wounds, as the paramedic redressed them with gauze. Andy just looked back at her.

They arrived at the ER and the paramedics assisted Sharon out of the ambulance and walked with her inside. Andy followed right behind them. A nurse came up to them and took Sharon over to the triage area to assess her condition and Andy went with her. Sharon had a seat while the nurse took her vitals and information. The nurse then unwrapped the blood stained gauze from her neck to see the wound. Sharon winced a little as the nurse did that and she squeezed Andy's hand. Andy looked at Sharon and gave her a reassuring smile. "Looks like you will need some stitches to help this heal properly" the nurse said. Then the nurse turned her attention to Sharon's arm. "This one is not bad at all" the nurse said as she cleaned it with antiseptic spray and dressed it again with clean gauze. "When was the last time you had a Tetanus shot?" the nurse asked Sharon as she stood up. "Oh, um at least ten years ago" Sharon said to her. "We'll give you one of those too, just as a precaution" the nurse told them. "Okay, follow me and I will take you to another room where we will stitch you up" the nurse said. Andy held out his hand for Sharon to grab as she stood up and they followed the nurse.

The nurse brought them to the room and they waited for the Physician's assistant to come in. Andy looked at Sharon. She seemed distant. While they were waiting, Provenza texted Andy that he and Mike were outside in the waiting area along with Sergeant Staples from FID. Andy groaned as he looked at his phone. "Provenza and Mike are waiting outside along with FID" Andy said to Sharon as he looked at her. "Andy, please behave yourself, they will clear you, just let them do their job" Sharon said to him as she gave him a warm smile.

The Physician's Assistant knocked on the door frame before she walked in and introduced herself to Sharon and Andy. "Hello, my name is Anne and I'm the PA on duty today" she said as she sat in front of Sharon. She placed her gloved hands on Sharon's neck to look at her wound. "Let's take a look" she said as she moved a couple of lights to shine down at Sharon's neck. Sharon winced again and grabbed Andy's hand. "Are you uncomfortable or in pain?" she asked Sharon. "A little, like it's pinching me" Sharon said to her. "Okay, before I stitch you up, I will place some freezing spray on your neck to numb the area, so you won't feel anything there" she said to Sharon. "But, first I am going to give you a Tetanus shot in your arm" she added. "Will there be a scar?" Sharon asked her. "No, the stitches are dissolvable over time so there won't be a scar" she answered. "Just like mine were honey" Andy said to Sharon in a quieter voice as the PA prepared her tools. "Ready?" Anne asked Sharon. Sharon nodded as Anne gave her the shot in her arm. She then picked up a spray bottle and sprayed the area of her neck to numb it. "This is a numbing spray and will feel cool" she reminded Sharon. "Yep, that's cold" Sharon said to her. "Ok, I want you to lie down now, and I'm going to close up that wound of yours" Anne said as she helped Sharon lie down on the gurney.

Andy stood by Sharon and watched as the PA stitched up her neck then placed a non-stick piece of gauze in that area to cover it up. "There, you are all set. The numbing spray should wear off in about an hour. You may feel like it's pinching there but that is normal. If you notice any pink or puffiness in that area, call your doctor. Otherwise you are all set" Anne said to Sharon and Andy and then left the room. Andy helped Sharon sit up and he placed his hands on her shoulder. "Sharon?" Andy said to her. "I'm fine" she said to him as she hesitated but then stood up. "Andy, FID is going to ask you why you shot Missy" Sharon said to him as she placed her hand on his cheek. Andy wondered where she was going with this as he has been through FID questions many times before. "They are going to ask you if you were protecting your wife or your Captain" she said to him quietly. He continued to look at her and nodded. He gathered her belongings and they made their way out to the waiting room. Provenza and Mike were sitting down and as they saw Andy and Sharon come out of the ER, they both stood up. "Captain" Provenza said to her. "Lieutenant" Sharon said to Provenza. "Lieutenant Flynn" Sergeant Staples said as he made his way closer to the group. "Oh geeze" Andy muttered under his breath but Sharon heard him.

"Sergeant Staples" Andy said to him as he approached them. "Lieutenant, Captain" Sergeant Staples said to both Andy and Sharon. "Lieutenant, I need to get your statement" Staples said to Andy. Andy looked at Sharon. "Go with him" she said to him, reassuring him like a small child. "This will only take a minute and then you can go back with them" Staples said to Andy. "Look, if you don't want to wait, Provenza can take you back to the office now and I can get a ride" Andy said to Sharon. Sharon shook her head. "I'll wait for you" Sharon said and then Andy walked over to a table and chairs where Staples was sitting down now.

TBC