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: It's moving day for everybody! Thank you for all of the wonderful reviews. I really appreciate it.

Chapter 15

Andy glanced at the clock that was on the night stand. It was 3:30 in the morning. He had been up for two hours now and couldn't fall back asleep. He didn't want to disturb Sharon because she was sound asleep, snuggled on her side, with one hand on Andy's chest and her right leg in between his legs. His right arm was around her back and his other hand was on top of hers on his chest. He was glad she was sleeping as he thought that she might not get a good night's rest with everything that had happened at work. 'Were they ever going to catch a break?' he thought to himself. Sharon moved slightly as Andy laid there but then settled her head back on his shoulder. He felt her relax. 'Maybe if I count sheep that will help' he thought to himself. But that didn't work and he found himself more awake than usual.

Andy gently pried himself from Sharon and slowly got out of bed without disturbing her. He put his t-shirt back on and walked out of their bedroom, with his t-shirt and pajama pants on. He slowly opened the door where Matthew and Moxie were and checked on them. They were both sleeping and he closed the door. He headed towards the kitchen making sure he didn't disturb Rusty who was sleeping on the couch. He had come home late and had texted Andy when he left the library so they would know he was on his way back home. Andy opened up the refrigerator and poured himself a glass of cranberry juice. He then glanced around the kitchen making sure that every box that they had packed earlier was all set to be moved. Andy then sat down at the kitchen table and thought about everything that happened this past year.

"Hey" Sharon whispered as she made her presence known to Andy. She walked over to the table and sat down next to him. "Can't sleep?" she whispered to him. "No" he whispered back to her and finished his cranberry juice. Sharon stretched her arms out on the table over Andy's and grabbed his hands. She gently caressed his hands in her own hands. With just that gesture, Andy forgot about all the things that were keeping him awake and started to relax. "Are you okay?" Sharon whispered. "Yes, definitely doing okay now" Andy whispered back with a smile on his face. She leaned in and kissed him on his lips. "Let's go back to bed" she said to him and got up, leading him with her, walking back to their bedroom. This time when they got into bed, it was Sharon who held Andy close to her as they settled back. They both fell instantly back asleep.

Sharon's alarm went off early that morning as the movers were coming at 8:00 to start the moving process. Sharon woke up to Andy looking at her. "Do you know how beautiful you are?" he said to her as he leaned in for a kiss. She smiled and kissed him back. "Hmm, no but I do like you reminding me" she said to him. Andy made his way along her cheek, kissing every spot as he made his way down to her neck, over her bandage as gently as he could be, and then over to her collar bone. Andy stopped there because they both heard the bathroom door close and knew one of the boys was up. "I can't wait to have our own bathroom so no one can interrupt us" Andy said to Sharon as he started to move away from her and get out of bed. Sharon missed him already and she followed and got out of bed herself. "Yes, I can't wait either" she said to him as she made her way to the chair that had her clothes she had left out before packing up her closet. "So, the movers are going to come here first and move all of the furniture and boxes to the new house, then they are going to go to my storage place and move everything there" Andy said to Sharon as she got dressed in their room. "Sounds good" Sharon said. "Also, we should be getting a delivery there this afternoon, a kid's bed frame, dressers, and a mattress for Matthew" she added. Andy walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her waist. "When did you order that?" Andy asked. "About a week ago, Matthew picked it out" Sharon said.

Everyone else was up by the time Sharon and Andy made it to the kitchen, dressed and ready for the movers to come. Rusty noticed the bandage on Sharon's neck and almost freaked out. "What's that?" he said as he pointed to her neck. Sharon covered the bandage with her hand but before she could say anything, Andy stepped in. "Something happened yesterday at work and she got cut" Andy said to Rusty, and then looked at Matthew. Rusty moved out of the kitchen and Andy followed him, away from Matthew. "Look, Sharon got hurt yesterday, but we don't want to freak Matthew out, okay?" Andy whispered to Rusty and he understood.

At 8:00 sharp there was a knock on the condo door. Andy went over at looked at the peep hole before opening the door. He saw it was the movers and opened the door. The movers came in and started wrapping up the heavy furniture and moved the boxes downstairs to the moving truck. When the movers finished moving all of the items down to the moving truck, Andy told them that he would meet them at his storage space and gave them the address. Andy then turned to Sharon who was looking out the French doors. Rusty and Matthew were waiting in the kitchen with Moxie. Andy looked at the boys and then walked over to where Sharon was standing. He placed his arm around her. "This place looks empty now" she said to him. "Yes, it does but I can't wait to put everything in our new place" he said to her and smiled. She smiled back at him. They all headed out of the condo and Sharon locked up behind them. The closing of the condo was next week Wednesday and she would be meeting with the lawyer and relator then.

They made their way downstairs to their cars. Matthew went with Sharon to the new house in her car. Rusty drove his own car to their new house and Andy drove his car to the storage place to meet with the movers. About an hour later, the movers arrived at the new house and started to unload the truck. As they brought the pieces in to the new house, they took direction from Sharon who would tell them where to place everything. The boxes of books and all of their office stuff would go in the den. All of the kitchen boxes made their way into the new kitchen. The living room furniture from the condo and Andy's storage made its way into the living room and family room. All of Sharon's bedroom furniture made their way upstairs into the master bedroom. Every box that belonged to Rusty and his furniture made its way to the apartment above the garage. Once all of the furniture and boxes were inside from the moving truck, Sharon gave them the check for the costs and they left.

Andy then turned to Sharon as she closed the front door and gave her a hug. She pulled him in for a kiss. "Hmm, I'm going to start unpacking the kitchen" she said to him as she pulled away. "I'm going to go check on the boys outside" Andy said back to her. Andy made his way out to the backyard to check on Matthew, Rusty, and Moxie. Rusty was watching the boy play with Moxie in the yard. "Everything okay out here?" Andy asked Rusty. "Yep, everything is fine" Rusty said as he threw the ball back to Matthew. Andy motioned for Rusty to come over to where he was at and he did. Matthew and Moxie continued to play without him. "So, Matthew says you're a hero" Rusty said to Andy. Andy looked back at Matthew and then at Rusty. "Yeah, well the kid came up with that last night. Look, that's kind of what I wanted to talk to you about" Andy said as he scratched the top of his head with his finger. Rusty looked back at Andy. "You know those letters that Bill Croelick brought to us, about the one's threatening your mother" Andy said and Rusty nodded. "Well, Missy showed up yesterday morning at the PAB and held Sharon hostage with a knife" Andy said quietly so Matthew didn't hear him. "Oh my gosh" Rusty said quietly. "What happened?" he asked Andy. "I shot Missy and killed her" Andy said as Rusty looked at him. "We took Sharon to the hospital to get stitched up and she didn't want to alarm you or the other kids that we were there" Andy said. Rusty looked at Matthew who was still chasing Moxie in the yard and then he looked back at Andy. "You know, Matthew is right. You are a hero" Rusty said to Andy and held out his hand for Andy to shake, which he did. "Thanks kid" Andy said.

Rusty went up to his apartment above the garage to sort out all of his belongings. "Hey Matthew, why don't you come inside now, you can help unpack some of the boxes" Andy said to Matthew as Matthew ran up to him. "Okay, did my new bedroom come yet?" he asked Andy as they made their way back in, with Moxie following them. "No, not yet" Andy said. Sharon was still unpacking the boxes in the kitchen when Andy and Matthew came back from outside. The doorbell rang and Moxie ran to the front door, barking to alert anyone who dared entered his new home. "Okay, Moxie, that's enough" Andy said to the dog and Moxie sat down while Andy looked outside. It was the delivery truck with Matthew's new bedroom furniture. Matthew was excited about his new bed. The deliverymen set up everything in Matthew's room and then left. Matthew had been upstairs with them and Andy watching them set up everything. He had a couple of boxes of his things that he started to unpack. Moxie was also up there laying down next to the new dresser.

Andy headed back downstairs to check on Sharon. She had all of the kitchen boxes unpacked and the items in the drawers. "I thought you were going to let me put some of the stuff the way I would like it to be?" Andy said as he looked through the drawers. "Yes, I know, but this way, I know where everything is at" Sharon said as she smiled at him standing by the sink. He pushed her up against the counter, careful with her arm, and gently caressed her sides with his hands. He then leaned in to kiss her but was quickly interrupted by Rusty coming in through the patio door. Andy groaned at being interrupted again. "You could knock, you know?" he said to Rusty as he pulled back from Sharon. "I'll be upstairs sorting through my clothes" Andy said and then made his way upstairs.

"I was hoping we could talk about what happened yesterday, if you want to" Rusty said to Sharon as he sat at the kitchen table. "There's nothing really to tell you, Rusty. A crazy woman attacked me and Andy had to shoot her, that's it" Sharon explained to him as she sat down. "Did you tell anyone else?" Rusty asked. "Do you mean, did I tell Emily, Ricky or Andy's children yet?" Sharon said. Rusty nodded. "No, we did not. I did not want to worry them yesterday morning so if it comes up tomorrow, then I will tell them" Sharon said to Rusty and then she got back up. "Did you unpack your stuff yet?" Sharon asked him. "Yes, all done" Rusty said. "Good, now you can help us unpack the boxes in the den" Sharon said with happiness. Rusty groaned and got up from the table. "And when you are done with that, you can start working on the boxes in the living room!" Sharon shouted to Rusty as he walked towards the den.

Sharon made her way upstairs and stopped in Matthew's room. "How is it going in here?" she asked Matthew as she saw him playing with some of his toys. "Good, but I can't get my bed made" Matthew said to Sharon. Sharon walked over to where his bed was set up and unfolded the sheets for his bed. "I can help you" she said as she started to make his bed. "Do you want to put the pillow cases on your pillows?" she asked him. "Okay" Matthew said as he walked over to the bed. As Sharon was making his bed, Moxie decided to get up and jump on the bed as Sharon was folding the covers over. Sharon just shook her head at the dog. Matthew then jumped on his bed and laid down. Sharon left his room and headed to the master bedroom. When she walked in, Andy was in the closet hanging up all of his suits. She joined him in there and started to sort her clothes out. Andy hung up his last tie and then walked over to Sharon on her side of the closet and wrapped his arms around her. He began kissing her neck and gently kissed her bandage, then making his way down like he did this morning. "I plan on christening every room in this house by making out with you in them" he said to her as he continued his way down her shoulders. Sharon smiled as she was enjoying this. "Every room except Matthew's and Rusty's I hope" she said to him and pulled his head back up to hers and kissed him on his lips. They enjoyed their little make out session without being interrupted this time.

Later on that evening, Rusty had gone out to get food for dinner and Sharon was setting the table. "Rusty did a good job unpacking everything in the den" Andy said as he walked into the kitchen. He stood by the island and watched Sharon set the table. He couldn't believe that they had actually moved in to this house together. Sharon looked up at Andy from across the room and smiled at him. He smiled back at her. Matthew came running down the stairs and Moxie followed him into the kitchen. "Hey buddy, slow down!" Andy said to the boy who ran passed him. "Rusty's here with the food. I saw him from the window of my bathroom" Matthew said as he sat at the table. Moxie was looking at Andy and was wagging his tail. Andy then fed Moxie his dinner. Rusty came in a couple of minutes later with the food for dinner and they all sat down to eat. "Is it okay if Gus comes over later on after he gets out of work?" Rusty asked Sharon. Sharon was surprised he had even asked that question as she looked at him. Andy cleared his throat. "Rusty, you have your own place now, he can come over whenever he wants to" Sharon said to him. "I know, but it's still technically your place, your rules, remember?" Rusty said back to her. "Hmm, yes about those rules, let's go over them, shall we?" Sharon said to him. "Rule number 1: No loud parties" Andy said. "Rule number 2: Paying rent" Sharon said. "Rule number 3: Keep the place clean" Andy said. Rusty looked at both of them as they continued to list the rules out for him staying at the apartment above the garage. "Rule number 10: Be safe" Sharon concluded. Rusty acknowledged all of the rules they laid out for him and he stood up. "On that note, I am heading back up there. Good night everyone!" Rusty said to them and then went through the patio door to his apartment above the garage.

"That's a lot of rules!" Matthew said to both Andy and Sharon as he was still sitting at the kitchen table. "You're right, Matthew. Those are a lot of rules for Rusty. And now, we need to go over some rules for you" Sharon said to him. Matthew looked like a deer caught in headlights when Sharon mentioned that to him. "This is a bigger place now than the condo, with a lot more things to get in trouble with" Sharon started to say to him. "The first rule is do not go into the swimming pool area without an adult with you" Andy said to Matthew. "That gate stays locked unless an adult opens it" he added. Matthew understood and nodded to Andy. "The second rule is you need to ask to go out into the backyard to play" Sharon said to Matthew and he nodded. "The third rule is wait for either myself, Sharon, or Rusty to open the front door if someone rings the doorbell" Andy said to him. "That's very important, Matthew" Andy concluded. "The fourth rule is always know where Moxie is at" Sharon added as she looked at the dog who was laying down on the new dog bed they had bought. "Do you think you can remember all of those rules?" Andy asked Matthew. "Yes" Matthew said excitedly as he got up and cleared his plate from the table. Sharon smiled at Matthew and knew this was going to be an adjustment for all of them but she had no doubt they were going to be just fine.

Andy took Matthew up to his new room later that night and got him settled into bed. Moxie followed them up there. "There, you are all set for bed now" he said to Matthew as he climbed into the bed and pulled the covers up. Matthew looked back at Andy who was sitting next to the bed on a new chair. "Will I be able to stay with you and Sharon forever?" Matthew asked Andy. Andy didn't know what had brought that question up as he looked back at Matthew. He didn't want to lie to the kid, after everything. "There's a good chance, more than likely, that you will be staying with us for a long time" Andy told him. Matthew smiled back at him and fell asleep.

Andy closed the door to his room and headed back downstairs to where Sharon was sitting in the family room. "I missed sitting on your couch after you sold your house" she said to him as he joined her on the couch. They had decided to put his couch in the family room and her couch in the living room. "Well, I missed you sitting on my couch as well" Andy said as he moved closer to her and pulled her in for a kiss. "Matthew is all settled in for the night?" Sharon asked him as she got more comfortable. "Yes" Andy whispered back to her as he continued to kiss her. "What's the plan for tomorrow?" Andy asked her as she settled in against him as they both stretched out on the couch. Sharon hummed. "Well, your daughter decided that she would rather spend the holiday with you so her, Dean, and the boys will be here tomorrow around 2:30" Sharon said to him as he was lazily drawing circles on her stomach with his hand. "Provenza and Patrice said they were coming over around 3" Andy said to her as Provenza had sent him a text earlier asking him how the move was going.

"What are we serving tomorrow?" Andy asked Sharon as they were still on the couch. Sharon had turned the TV on but to a low volume. She had flipped on an old movie and they were watching it. "I was going to have it catered. The grocery store down the street does those sorts of things and since we moved today, I thought that was the best option" Sharon said which surprised Andy. "That sounds good to me" he said back to her and they continued to watch the movie.

It was getting late, and the movie was done. Andy had gotten up from the couch and proceeded to check all of the doors and made sure they were all locked. He then joined Sharon who was waiting for him in the hallway before they both went upstairs to their bedroom. On the way there, Sharon peeked inside Matthew's room and found him fast asleep with Moxie lying on the bed next to him. She smiled as she closed the door and joined Andy in their room. "Matthew asked me again if he could stay with us forever" Andy said to Sharon as she came into the room. "What did you tell him?" Sharon asked. "I told him that there was a good chance that he would be" Andy said back to her as he got dressed for bed. She then went to their bathroom and got ready herself. Andy joined her in their bathroom when she was ready and changed both of her bandages. "Ugh, how much longer before those stitches dissolve?" Sharon asked Andy. "Well, sweetie, considering they stitched you up yesterday and the doctor said two weeks, I think you have a while before they start to disappear" Andy said to her as he looked at her wound. He applied the ointment on them and then covered the wounds back up. Andy hated seeing Sharon injured. She walked back in to the bedroom and pulled back the covers. They still had boxes to unpack, but they had a majority of the items unpacked. Sharon got into bed and Andy joined her a couple of minutes later. He settled in behind her and held her close to him. They both fell asleep, eager to enjoy Thanksgiving with family and friends tomorrow.

TBC