Expose
Chapter 5
One year later…
It was Friday night and they actually didn't have a case. Sharon was making dinner and Andy was doing his best to distract her. He came up behind her slipping his arms around her waist and moving her hair so that he could reach her neck. He started planting fluttering kisses behind her ear and down to her shoulder.
"Amdrew, do you want dinner or not?" She asked him.
"Well, it's not the first thing I want." He said increasing the pressure the kisses against her skin.
He looped one had around her waist pulling her against him running his fingers ever so slightly against her stomach under her shirt. He smiled when he felt her shiver a little. Then turned her around so he could kiss her. He took a minute to look into her eyes.
"Have I told you today just how beautiful you are?" He asked her but didn't give her a chance to answer before he took her lips into his.
Sharon reached back and turned the stove off behind her before wrapping her arms around his neck. Andy's hands wandering down to her bottom and pulling her closer. They lost themselves in the kiss and temporarily forgot they were in the kitchen.
"Oh God guys, you are in the kitchen come on." Rusty groaned coming in and dropping his backpack on the counter. "Besides, it's been like a year aren't you at least a little over all of this by now?"
"Not even a little" Andy said as Sharon scooted out of his arms and back to the dinner she was preparing.
"You hungry?" Sharon asked him.
"Yes, of course. Hey, speaking of it being a year. The magazine wants to know if I will do a follow up piece on you guys." He said casually.
"What? I don't know Rusty." Sharon said.
'Come on Sharon, it could be fun." Andy said as he started to prepare a salad.
"Well, and I have already started to work on it." Rusty said nervously
"Work on it how?" Sharon asked looking over her glasses clearly irritated.
"I might have asked a few people from the original interview how they viewed your relationship a year later. "
"You did WHAT? Rusty I thought we covered this a year ago! You don't go behind people's backs to get information." She said her voice starting to raise and she glared at Andy as she heard him let out a chuckle.
"Seriously Sharon, it's what you do every day and if I'm going to be a journalist it's what I am going to do too." He said appearing calmer than Sharon did.
"Hey," Andy said placing his hands on Sharon's shoulders, "Before we get too worked up why don't we hear what Rusty has written. It worked out well last time."
Sharon rolled her eyes and through her hands up. "Fine. Let's hear it."
They listened as Rusty read what he had so far. It was actually all very sweet. Everyone that knew them was happy for them. There were lots of comments about how people had never seen either of them happier. How they seemed to work together even better now than before. Rusty continued to read.
Perhaps the only thing still unknown is where their relationship goes now. Well, it seems pretty obvious to most people around them. It came as no surprise to Raydor's three children when Flynn asked them all to breakfast a few weeks ago when they were all in town at the same time. That morning at breakfast Flynn told her children how he felt about her. That she made him a better man and that he wanted to spend the rest of his life making her happy. He wanted their blessing in asking her to marry him.
Andy heard Sharon gasp as she turned to him and he took her into his arms and winked at Rusty.
"I've got it from here Kid thanks." He told him as Rusty grinned and headed to his room.
"Andy" She whispered when she heard his door close.
"Sharon I mean it. I want to spend the rest of my life making you the happiest woman in the world. Will you let me do that? Will you marry me?" He asked pulling a ring from a pocket and looking at her with those eyes that made her helpless to resist him.
Sharon took his face in her hands, "Andy, you make me the happiest woman in the world every day and that is exactly how I want to spend the rest of my life. Yes, I will marry you."
The End