Chapter 6

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Andrea's breath caught in her throat when she heard Sharon's answer, trying to control her emotions. She'd waited so long to hear those words from Sharon's lips.

"Andrea…honey what is it…are you in pain?"

"Pain…no, you have no idea how happy you've just made me."

"Really?"

"Really, I love you so much."

"I love you too honey, now why don't you try and get some rest huh."

"Will you stay?"

"I'll stay until you fall asleep."

"Okay."

Sharon moved closer as Andrea took tight hold of her hand before slowly closing her eyes. Rusty came running down the hallway of the hospital to see Andy standing outside Andrea's room, he offered a small smile as he saw Rusty approaching him.

"Hey kid."

"Lieutenant…where's Sharon?"

"She's in with Andrea."

"Is Andrea okay?"

"She's gonna be okay, she was lucky."

"Is Sharon okay?"

"She's a little shaken but she's better now that she's seen Andrea."

"So they're talking now."

"You know?"

"I was in my room last night, kinda hard not to have heard them…wait, you know?"

"She told me about Andrea's proposal earlier."

"Right."

Andy watched the colour drain from Rusty's face as he took a seat.

"You okay Kid?"

"Sharon's gonna kill me."

"Kill you? Why would she kill you?"

"I went to the office before I came here, I was looking for Sharon. I kinda blurted it out."

"Blurted what out?"

"About Sharon and the fact that she and Andrea are together."

"Oh."

"I'm dead right?"

"Well I…"

"You're not dead honey."

Rusty looked up from his seat as Andy turned sideways to see Sharon standing in the doorway watching them.

"Sharon I…what you just heard I…"

"Rusty it's okay, people were going to find out eventually. Especially now that I've accepted Andrea's marriage proposal."

"Well I…wait you what."

"I said yes."

"Oh my god…Sharon that's…that's great." He smiled, getting up to hug her.

"Really, you're okay with this."

"Are you kidding me, of course, Andrea's great?"

"Thank you Rusty, you've been amazing through all of this…the ups and the downs."

"Yeah, then I go and drop you in it with your team."

"I'm not angry, perhaps it's time they knew the truth. Sometimes secrets aren't always a good idea to keep to yourself."

"Really, so you're not like, mad."

"No honey."

"Cool, okay well I brought the car so if you want to come back with me then I…"

"Actually Rusty I need to go back to the office so I'll go back with Andy. I might be a little late home so just make something for your self tonight okay."

"Are you sure?"

"I'll be alright, off you go."

"Okay, I'll see you later then. Night Lieutenant Flynn."

"Night Kid."

Andy stood up as Rusty made his way out of the hospital, turning to Sharon to see the tiredness in her eyes.

"You shouldn't be going back to the office and your ankle's still bothering you."

"I'll be fine, I'll be at my desk. Now, do they have any leads yet as to who planted the bomb."

"Actually yeah, Provenza phoned while you were in with Andrea. They got face recognition back on the bomber."

"And?"

"He's a teenager."

"What…seriously, why did he do it?"

"We don't know. They're bringing him in…actually they might already have him, that was a few hours ago."

"Okay then, let's get back."

"Are you sure you don't want to stay here with Andrea?"

"She's sleeping for now, I'll come back in the morning."

Andy extended his arm for Sharon as she limped a little, a smile of thanks on her face as they exited the hospital.

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Louie was in telecoms with Buzz when Sharon and Andy arrived; he got up and gave Sharon his seat as they watched the interview being conducted by Amy and Julio.

"What do we have Lieutenant?" Sharon asked.

"His names Noah Taylor, he's 16 years old…top of his class in every subject. He was all set to go to Stanford."

"He set the bomb?"

"It was an initiation to get in to some gang that he wanted to be a part off. They told him if he could make a homemade bomb and set it off in a public place that he would have a place with the gang."

"So he was a little too good when it came to bomb making huh?" Andy asked.

"Straight A student in Science…although I think he under estimated himself."

"Is he aware he killed 3 people and injured god knows how many others?" Sharon asked.

"Oh he's aware, actually feel a little sorry for the kid…he's devastated."

"As he should be."

Sharon got up slowly and made her way out of the room and in to her office. Louie glanced over at Andy who looked worried.

"Is the Captain okay?"

"She will be, she's had a rough few days."

Andy made his way out to her desk, Louie quickly following him.

"Hey hang on a minute will you."

"What's up?"

"The kid came by earlier looking for the Captain."

"Yeah I know, he said."

"Did he tell you anything else?"

"Relax Provenza, Rusty told us that he told you all about Sharon and Andrea."

"So it's true."

"Look, it's not my place to tell you…too tell any of you about Sharon's private life. If she feels the need to tell you all then she will, but for now…just act dumb, you never heard a thing."

Louie grumbled to himself as Andy went in to Sharon's office, closing the door behind him.

"Act dumb, it certainly helps around here." He groaned to himself.

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To Be Continued…