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: Hello everyone! Thank you for the great reviews on my story here. I appreciate them very much. There is going to be one more chapter after this one. Enjoy!

Chapter 17

Sharon and Andy arrived in the parking garage of the PAB and as Andy parked their car, he still had a smile on his face. Sharon watched him as he drove and she couldn't help but laugh. Andy turned the car off and looked over at Sharon. "What's so funny over there?" he asked her. "You, you're as giddy as a school boy" she said to him, as she placed her hand against his face. The bruise on his jaw had already started to change colors. "I can't help it" he said as he shrugged his shoulders. "My wife is amazing" he said whispering to her as he leaned in closing the gap for a quick kiss. Sharon blushed as they pulled back. "Thank you" she said barely audible. They waited a few seconds before getting out of the car. They walked over to the elevators and headed upstairs.

Sharon and Andy made it back to the Murder Room and everyone was already there. Julio came back in to the office. "There's fresh coffee in the break room if anyone needs it" Julio said as he made his way to his desk. Provenza watched Andy walk in to the Murder Room and over to his desk. Something was up and he was going to find out just what exactly had his partner, beaming from eye to eye. Andy nodded at Sharon as she went in to her office. Andy made his way over to his desk as Provenza came up to him. "Flynn, you, me, break room" Provenza said to him as he pointed the direction towards the hallway. Andy followed him outside the Murder Room. Provenza didn't say anything to Andy until they reached the confines of the break room. "Alright, what's got you so giddy?" Provenza asked him. Andy just smiled at his friend. "I don't want to jinx anything by telling you" Andy said to him as he walked over to the cabinets and started to make some tea for Sharon. He thought since he was already in here that he should bring her something. "Wait a minute, how would you jinx anything?" Provenza protested to Andy.

Andy ignored his friend as he started to gather the ingredients for Sharon's tea. "Flynn, will you please tell me?" Provenza pleaded with him. Andy placed the tea bag in Sharon's cup and then turned around to face his partner. "Every time I mention something to you, it doesn't work out. So you'll just have to wait till it becomes official" Andy said explaining to his friend. Provenza leaned up on the counter and couldn't believe what his friend was saying to him. "Really Flynn? What have you told me that didn't work out?" Provenza asked. "The house that I saw with the pool, not only did it have a dead person floating in it, but there was black mold within the walls" Andy said to him. "But, that worked out in the end, right? Now you and the Captain have a nice home, bigger than that one was, and you still have a pool" Provenza said explaining to Andy. "The way I see it, if it wasn't for me, you'd have had a bigger mess on your hands regarding that house" Provenza added. Andy leaned up against the back counter with his arms folded across his body as he looked at his friend. Andy shook his head when Provenza was done.

"Are you finished?" Andy asked Provenza. Provenza stood there and gave a pouted face back to Andy. He couldn't believe how his friend would think he is a jinx. "How about that time we had skybox tickets to the Dodgers game?" Andy said to him as he poured the hot water into Sharon's mug. "I told you never to mention that again. Besides that wasn't my fault" Provenza said as he pointed at Andy. Andy just shook his head as he prepared Sharon's tea how she liked it. "Look, bottom line, you're just going to have to wait" Andy said as he looked at Provenza's face pout again. Andy sighed as he looked up at the ceiling. "Or at least until tomorrow" Andy grumbled back at him. Provenza was happy with that answer and then followed his partner out of the break room.

Andy made his way back to the office and handed Sharon the cup of tea he made for her. She looked up as he walked in and went to grab the cup from him. "Thank you" she said as she took a sip of tea. "So Provenza wanted to know what got me in such a happy mood but I told him that I didn't want to say anything to him yet, until it's official" Andy said as he sat down across from Sharon. She smiled at him. "I know, there's so many people that I want to say something to, but I want it to be official first" Sharon said agreeing with him. She placed the mug down on her desk and moved some papers around. "I emailed Cynthia back and told her we were very interested. She will be at our house tomorrow morning at 7 am" Sharon said to Andy. "Great, sounds good" Andy said to her as he stood up from the chair. "I'll just get started on this paperwork then, so that we can pick up Matthew as soon as possible" Andy said to Sharon and gave her a wink. She smiled as she watched him leave her office and then went back to her task at hand regarding the reports on D'Angelo.

DDA Hobbs walked in to the Murder Room and stopped at Provenza's desk. "You wanted to see me about something, Lieutenant?" Andrea asked Provenza. "Yes, Hobbs, um, follow me" Provenza said as he got up from his desk and walked with Andrea outside to the hallway. "What's up, Lieutenant?" Andrea asked him. "There's something going on between the Captain and Flynn, they are hiding something. Flynn was acting all goofy when they came back this afternoon and when I confronted him about it, he refused to tell me what was going on" Provenza explained to Andrea. Andrea just stood there with a perplexed look on her face. "Now, I know you and the Captain are good friends, maybe she will tell you what's going on" Provenza said to her. "Why do you want to know? I'm sure Andy would have told you if he wanted to" Andrea said to Provenza. "Wouldn't you want to know if they had news and they weren't sharing with us?" Provenza asked. "Maybe it's private, Lieutenant" Andrea stated to him. "Now why would it be private?" Provenza said back to Andrea as Andrea proceed back in to the Murder Room.

Andrea then proceeded to Sharon's office, knocking before she entered. "Andrea, come in" Sharon said to her as she entered. "Captain, I take it D'Angelo's arrest went smoothly this afternoon?" Andrea said to Sharon as she looked around at the rest of the team, busy with paperwork. "Yes, very smooth indeed" Sharon answered her as Andrea took a seat. "What can I do for you?" Sharon asked her. "Oh, nothing I was just going to inform you that I heard from the Assistant US Attorney and D'Angelo has an arraignment tomorrow morning at the Federal Courthouse" Andrea said to her. "Good" Sharon said to her. "I already turned over my casework to them regarding Jimmy Caputo and Mikey, I'm not sure what they are going to do with those two as they have already pleaded guilty" Andrea said to her. Sharon looked up at Andrea sitting across from her and wondered something. "Is something wrong, Andrea?" Sharon asked her as she placed her pen down on her desk. "Uh, no, Sharon, nothing's wrong" Andrea said to her. Sharon didn't believe that and sat back in her chair and continued to look at Andrea. Andrea caved. "Alright, look, Lieutenant Provenza thinks there is something you and Lieutenant Flynn are hiding from him and he wanted me to come in here and see if I could ascertain what it is exactly" Andrea said to Sharon and then Sharon laughed and shook her head. "He's persistent" Sharon said as she looked out her window to see where Provenza was seated.

An hour later, everyone was finishing up their work. Julio, Amy, and Mike all handed over their reports to Provenza. "Hey Flynn! Are you finished over there yet?" Provenza asked him from his desk. Andy looked up and over at where Provenza was. "Yes, I'm finished" Andy said and then continued looking at his computer screen. He was looking at the email Sharon had forwarded to him from Cynthia. Mike looked at Provenza who then looked at Buzz. "What?" Buzz whispered when they looked over at him. Provenza motioned for Buzz to go over to Andy's desk and see what he had him so enthralled. Buzz stood up from his desk and slowly made his way over to Andy's desk so that Andy wouldn't notice him. As soon as Buzz came up to his desk, Andy clicked another button and the screen went to the screensaver. "Can I help you with anything, Buzz?" Andy said to him as he leaned back on his chair. Buzz glanced at the computer screen and then back at Andy. "Uh, I can take your report for you sir" Buzz said to Andy. Andy chuckled but handed him his report and then leaned back on his chair again. He glanced over at Provenza and just shook his head.

Buzz brought Andy's report over to Provenza. "Well? Did you see anything?" Provenza whispered to Buzz as he handed the report to him. "No, his screen was blank" Buzz quietly answered Provenza and then turned around and headed back to his desk. Provenza looked back over at Andy's desk and was eyeing him as he shook his head. Andy looked back and the two of them were in a type of stare down. Just then, Sharon walked out of her office and into the eyesight between her two Lieutenants. She looked around. "Am I interrupting something here?" Sharon asked the group. "The two Lieutenants here are playing some sort of game here, ma'am" Julio said to her as she walked over to Provenza's desk. "Hmm, obviously if the two of you want to play games, I can assign you more paperwork, Lieutenant Provenza" Sharon said to Provenza as she stopped at his desk and collected the reports from him. "No, Captain. Um, I could have brought those to you" Provenza said in a stammering voice. "No need, Lieutenant. Besides, I needed to get up and walk around a little" Sharon said back to him and then she proceeded to walk back in to her office, smirking at Andy as she passed by him.

Mike, Amy, Buzz, and Julio had left for the night. Provenza was still in the office along with Andy and Sharon. He was putting on his suit jacket, when Andy came up to him. "I know you want to know what it is that's going on" Andy said to him. "I do" said Provenza. "I promise you if things work out, then tomorrow when Sharon and I come in to work, I will tell you all about it, okay?" Andy said to Provenza as he patted him on his back. "Fine" Provenza said to Andy and then looked at his watch. "Whoah, I'm going to be late for dinner with Patrice if I don't hurry up here!" Provenza said and then he gathered his things and waved to Andy as he exited the Murder Room. Andy turned around and headed in to Sharon's office. He knocked on the door frame. "Ready to go?" he asked as he stepped in. "Yes" Sharon said smiling to him as she placed all of the reports from the case in a large envelope and then filed it away in her filing cabinet. She put her suit jacket back on and took her purse from Andy who was holding it. "Let's get Matthew and go home" she said to him and he smiled back at her, placing his arm around her waist as they walked out of the Murder Room.

Andy drove them to Matthew's school and they both went inside the building to pick him up. They waved to the police officer who was still at the school as they passed her. They waited by the door to the after school program room. A lot of children were still there playing, doing homework, and reading books while they waited for their parents to pick them up. Matthew saw his foster parents at the door and got up to gather his things in his backpack. "Bye Tommy, see you tomorrow" Matthew said to Tommy and Tommy waved back at him. "Bye" Tommy said to Matthew and then he waved to Andy and Sharon. Andy and Sharon waved back to Tommy as Matthew came up to them. "Matthew, it's nice to see Tommy back at school, isn't it?" Sharon asked Matthew as he joined them up front. "Yes, he doesn't talk much about what happened but I'm glad he's back" Matthew said to Sharon as he walked up to Andy. Andy placed his arm around Matthew's shoulder and then Sharon, Matthew, and Andy walked back to the car. "Can I watch TV when we get home? I finished all of my homework after school today" Matthew asked Sharon as he got himself settled in the backseat of their car. "Sure sweetie" Sharon said to him as she got in the car and buckled her seat belt. Andy got in and then they drove to pick Moxie up from doggie day care.

When they got home, Matthew got out of the car with Moxie and they went in to the backyard and started playing. Moxie was chasing Matthew around the yard as Sharon went in to the house. Andy was watching them and about ten minutes later, all three went in to the house. "Matthew, go wash up buddy!" Andy called out to him as Matthew ran to the kitchen sink and washed his hands there. Andy got Moxie's food prepared for him and then placed the food in Moxie's bowl. Moxie ate all of the food in his bowl and then went to find a nice spot on his bed and laid down. "I'll take care of dinner if you want to relax" Andy whispered to Sharon as he came up behind her as she was looking in the refrigerator. "Can I go watch TV now?" Matthew asked both of them. "Sure, come on and I'll watch TV with you" Sharon said to Matthew and then they walked towards the family room. Sharon turned the TV on while Matthew settled in to the couch. She then sat next to Matthew on the couch. "You know, Matthew, Cynthia is coming over here tomorrow morning before you go to school because she wants to check in on things and see how you are doing here with us" Sharon said to Matthew as she looked down at his head. Matthew looked up at Sharon. "Is she going to ask me questions like the last time she was here?" Matthew asked Sharon as his attention turned back to the TV. "Um, I don't know, Matthew. She may ask you some questions, but Andy and I would want you to answer them honestly" Sharon said to Matthew as he changed the channel to a classic baseball game and started watching it. "I like staying here with you and Andy" Matthew said to Sharon in a sweetest voice. "Oh, Matthew. Honey, we like having you here too" Sharon said to Matthew as she placed a kiss on the top of his head as they watched the classic baseball game.

After preparing dinner and placing it in the oven, Andy walked in to the family room to join Matthew and Sharon. He motioned for Sharon to scoot over a little bit as Andy sat down on the couch. As he settled in, he noticed they were watching a baseball game. "What game are you watching?" he asked Sharon. Sharon pressed a button on the remote control and the name of the game came up on the TV screen. "Looks like the 1988 World Series Game 1" Sharon said to Andy. "Who picked this channel?" Andy asked her as he looked over at Matthew who's eyes were fixed on the TV screen watching every moment of that game. "Matthew did, apparently he likes baseball" Sharon said to Andy as she patted him on his knee. Andy's eyes lit up and another big grin was on his face. Sharon shook her head at Andy and the goofy smile he had. "I didn't know he liked baseball" he whispered in her ear and then nibbled on it a little. "Behave yourself" she said to him. He stopped what he was doing and watched the game. "I never knew we had this channel" Andy said to Sharon as they watched the game unfold. After seeing Kirk Gibson hit the homerun in the bottom of the ninth inning off of Denis Eckersley, Matthew jumped off the couch and jumped up and down several times. "Yeah! He won the game!" he said excitedly. "I didn't know you liked baseball, Matthew" Andy said to him as he got up off the couch and placed his hand on Matthew's shoulder before he knocked over something precious. Matthew stopped jumping. "I do, it's fun to watch" Matthew said as he smiled up at Andy. That just melted his heart. Sharon walked back in to the family room. "Dinner's ready" she said to them. Andy then turned off the TV and they walked back in to the kitchen and sat down for dinner.

After they finished eating, Matthew went upstairs to play in his room. Andy cleaned up the kitchen while Sharon was sitting at her desk in the den, working on her computer. Moxie walked in to the den and nudged his head onto Sharon's lap. Sharon was ignoring him but Moxie kept doing it until she stopped and looked at him. "Yes, can I help you?" she asked the dog and Moxie just sat and looked at her. Sharon reached out to him and started petting him. After the kitchen was cleaned up and everything put away, Andy joined Sharon in the den and saw her petting Moxie. "What are you looking over?" Andy asked Sharon as he noticed her computer screen was open and there were papers scattered over her desk. "I just want us to be prepared tomorrow morning when Cynthia comes over" she said to him. He nodded his head. "I'm going to take Moxie for a walk" Andy said to her kissing the top of her head. "Okay, be careful" Sharon said to Andy. Andy then turned around and Moxie followed him out of the den and towards the kitchen. Andy grabbed Moxie's leash and they headed outside. After Andy shut the door behind him, he made sure that it was locked. Moxie and Andy headed down the driveway to the front of the house and then headed for a walk around the block.

Sharon shut her computer off after Andy had taken the dog out and proceeded to clean up the family room and make sure everything was back in its place. After she did that, she headed upstairs to see what Matthew was doing. When she walked in to his room, he was building a fort out of blankets. He had moved a chair close to his bed and threw a blanket over it and then had his toys circling the entrance to the fort. "Wow! What are you making?" Sharon said to him as she entered his room. "I'm building a fort to keep the bad guys out" Matthew said to her. "Oh, who are the bad guys, Matthew?" she asked him. "Bad guys" he said as he lifted up some of his stuffed animals. "Are there any good guys here?" Sharon asked him. "Yes, he's a good guy and he's a good guy" Matthew said as he pointed to the animals. "Okay, in about twenty minutes, you're going to have to get ready for bed" Sharon said to him as she walked out of his room. "Do I have to?" Matthew called out to her. Sharon walked back to his room and stood by the door. "Yes" she said to him and then headed back downstairs.

Andy came back in the house with Moxie and locked up the back door for the night. "Okay, Moxie is all set. How are you doing?" Andy asked Sharon as he walked over to where she was making Matthew's lunch at the kitchen island. "I'm doing fine" she said smiling at him as he stood close to her. Andy watched Sharon make Matthew's lunch and placed it in the refrigerator for the night. Andy walked up to her and wrapped his arms around her pulling her close to him. "You are so beautiful and amazing and such a wonderful mother" he said to her as he kissed her. Sharon looked at him, tears starting to form in her eyes. "Don't cry" he whispered to her as he looked in her eyes. "You are a wonderful father Andy, and I hope that we will be able to move forward in the adoption proceedings once Cynthia visits tomorrow" Sharon said to him and then led him upstairs. Andy stopped at the front door, making sure that was locked up as well and then he followed Sharon.

Moxie was already upstairs in Matthew's room when Sharon and Andy came up there. They walked in to Matthew's room and Andy saw the fort that he had built. "Do you like my fort?" Matthew asked Andy. "Oh, I do like it Matthew" Andy said as he took a look around it. "Okay Matthew, playtime is up, time to go to bed" Sharon said to Matthew. "Five more minutes?" Matthew asked Sharon and gave her puppy dog eyes. "Five minutes, that's it" Sharon said as she looked at him. Matthew smiled and then went back to playing with his toys. Ten minutes later Sharon went back in to Matthew's room as Andy was getting ready for bed. "Okay, mister time is up" Sharon said to Matthew. Matthew got up off the floor and headed over to pick out pajamas. He then got ready for bed and brushed his teeth. Sharon tucked him in to his bed and Andy met them there. "Good night Matthew" Andy said to him as he tousled Matthew's hair. Matthew giggled. "Good night sweetie" Sharon whispered to Matthew and then they both left his room, closing his door behind them.

Sharon then got herself ready for bed as Andy made sure their alarm was all set to wake them up a little earlier than normal. Andy was in bed waiting for Sharon to join him when she came out of the bathroom. Sharon walked over to their bed and climbed in as Andy held back the covers for her to get in. She then settled in against his chest as she laid on her side. Andy wrapped his right arm around her and kissed her good night. "Do you think we've seen the last of D'Angelo or his men?" Sharon asked Andy as they laid there together. "I think the FBI and the US Attorneys are going to do whatever they can to get a conviction and put him behind bars for a long time" Andy said back to her. She started to relax in his arms. "I love you" he whispered to her. "I love you too" she said back to him and then they drifted off to sleep.

TBC