Sorry it took so long to update. But with Christmas, New Years, and working a lot of crazy hours. I have had time. Enjoy and all mistakes are my own.
Gavin watched his best friend look sadly out the hospital window, watching the sunset, saying its final goodbyes as it slowly hid behind the palm trees in the horizon. With her elbow resting on the windowsill with the palm of her hand holding her chin up while her fingers on her other hand playing with the bottom button on her beige cardigan. He heard her exhale loudly as the world continued to move forward while she was stuck here in slow motion.
He cleared his throat and walked further into her room. He smiled at her, as she sat up straight. Turning around recognized who I was her face relaxes when she realizes that her best friend is here to take her home. She stood up slowly wincing from the pain, her ribs resisting to stretch as she inhaled as she stood up slowly, using the back of the chair to help her up.
"Gavin, what are you doing here?" Smiling as she moved slowly in front of him. He meets her halfway as his arms gently embrace her as he whispered in her ear. "I came home early and I'm here to care of you and finally take you home and away from this god awful place."
"Oh Gavin you didn't have to cut your vacation short for me." As she gestured towards the bed.
He moved along side her and sat down, took ahold of her hand, as their fingers locked into a braid, he gazed into her eyes. "Listen Shar, you would have done the same for me, if I was in your position." Squeezing her hand as he gazed at her bruised and swollen black eye. "Besides your my best friend, this is where I need to be." Squeezing her hand gently, then laid his head against her.
"Thank you Gavin." She whispered, moving her head to rest against his shoulder.
He smiled and kissed the top of her head. "Anytime, but you do owe me a two week vacation in the Bahamas." As he pulled away looking sternly into her eyes.
She laughed then groaned as the pain shot through her entire body. "You have a deal, but I'm coming with you." With closed eyes as she tried to steady her breathing. The burning of her ribs slowly reducing as her breathing went back to normal.
He sadly smiled over at her as she lightly touched her ribs as she did her breathing exercise. "Oh it will be just like old times, but this time just you, me, and any hot young males walking around with no shirts." He raises his brows up and down, he laughed as she rolled her eyes at him.
He stood up from her bed, bending over picking up her duffel bag, moving around her room to the small dresser he started refolding her clothes and placing them in her duffel bag. After he finished he stood in front of her with his hand out.
"Are you ready?" He asked.
Looking at his hand then up into his eyes, she smiled placing her hand in his. He slowly pulled her up and placed his other hand on her waist as her other hand was on his shoulder. She closed her eyes, slowly breathing in and out as she stood up straight.
"You okay?" He asked, keeping a firm grip on her.
She nodded her head and whispered. "Yes, just give me a minute."
"Okay, let me know when your ready, they should have the wheelchair coming." As he moved forward and gently wrapped his arms around her.
Sharon closed her eyes and wrapped her arms around his waist. "Thank you Gavin." She whispered into his chest.
He gently ran his hands up and down her back. "Always Shar, always." Placing kisses on her head.
There was a soft knock on the door as a Nurse came in pushing in the wheelchair. "Alright, here you go, I know you are ready to get out of here."
Gavin turned around smiling at the Nurse. "Oh yes she is, thank you." As they helped Sharon sit down in the wheelchair.
"Alright Miss Daisy, your ready to go?" As he looked down at her grinning.
She looked up and glared at him. "Gavin? If you call me Miss. Daisy again you will pay dearly."
He stopped pushing the wheel chair and huffed loudly, throwing his hands up in the air. "Fine Sharon, you can just stay here for all I care." As he walks past her with an extra sway in his step.
Sharon's mouth fell to the floor as she watched her best friend walk away from here. "Gavin!" She shouted, but he never turned around. "Gavin, please stop!"
Gavin stopped and slowly turned around with his hands on his hips, just starting at her.
"I'm sorry, if it makes you happy you can call me Miss. Daisy." She said looking into his eyes.
He smiled and walked quickly back to her, leaning forward and whispered in her ear. "Was that so hard?" Then placed a kiss on the side of her face. As they headed towards the elevator.
Gavin and the Nurse helped Sharon into his car. The Nurse waved her goodbyes as Gavin opened his driver door and closed it, starting the engine.
"So Shar, I heard a certain yummy Lieutenant and a very macho Detective Sanchez stayed with you for a few days?" He grinned at her.
She rested her head against the headrest closing her eyes. "Gavin, don't start. But yes Lieutenant Flynn and Detective Sanchez stayed with me for few days. Along with visits from their team and spoke with Andrea."
"She will be prosecuting Jack?" He asked, pulling into her parking garage.
"Yes, we have a meeting set in a few days." She replied, watching him pull into her parking spot, since her car was still at the station.
He looked over at her and gave her a small smile. Opening his door, walking behind his car to her side opening her door. His hand extended out for her. He smiled as her warm frail hand took ahold of his as he slowly helped her out of his car with a few groans and deep breaths, she was safely out of the car. Making sure she was secure against his car. He went to the back door and took out her duffel bag, placing the strap over his shoulder. Walking towards her, taking ahold of her hand as they made their way towards her condo.
Gavin searched in her purse, fishing out her keys, as he unlocked her door using his foot to push it open. He took ahold of her hand again as they walked inside her condo. He grinned as she walked into her living room, her eyes closed and a huge smile on her battered face. She opened her eye and looked over at Gavin with a grin on his face.
"What? I've missed being home." She said, as she made her way towards her bedroom.
Gavin following behind her with her duffel bag on his shoulder. "Hey, it's just good to see you smile, that's all. I'm glad your home." As he placed her bag down on the floor. Looking over at her as she stood in front of her window looking out at the night sky.
"Sharon, why don't you go and take a long bath, freshen up and I'll make you a lite snack and we'll watch a cheesy movie while we lay in your bed?" As he started unpacking her things and placing them in her hamper.
"What are you doing? Those are clean." As she placed her hands on her hips, glaring at him.
He raised a brow and stood up looking back at her. "Listen Shar, they smell like the hospital and need to be washed. So turn around, go take a bath and relax." As he guided her towards the bathroom. As he took a whiff of her hair. "Uh, you smell gross too." Holding his nose.
"Gavin, you are a terrible friend. Honest yes, but terrible." As she groaned.
"Yes, I know that's why we get along so well, for my brutal honesty, my fashion sense, and my ability to make you smile and laugh no matter what's going on in your life." He replied, sitting her down on the toilet seat, as he started the water.
She watched as he added her favorite bath soap, jasmine and lavender bubble bath into the tub, watching the bubbles growing larger and the smell helping her relax, she closed her eyes and took small easy breaths in and out. She opened her eyes as Gavin placed his hands over hers.
"I'm going to help take off your sweater, sorry in advance if it hurts." As he removed his hands from hers and started working on pulling her sweater over her head. He gasped as he saw her deep purple bruising that were above the wrap. "Oh Shar, what the hell. How could he do this to you?" As he started to unwrap her bandages.
"I...I don't know Gavin, he never was violent before, never. I guess it serves me right for sending him divorce papers after he confessed to me that he still loves me and I told him no I don't love him anymore. Then I told him it was over and I wanted a divorce. Then he laughs at me and says sure whatever you say Shhhhaarrroooonnnn. I walked out of my office and into the elevator taking me anywhere but my office. Then I served the papers, he said be things and I walked out. Then he showed up at my job, yelling at me and accused me of cheating on him. Then he got physical with me. Gavin, I really thought I was going to die, if it wasn't for Lieutenant Flynn and Detective Sanchez. If they didn't arrive when they did." She said sadly, tears ran down her cheeks as her mind replayed over and over again what happened that night.
He pulled her to him and hugged her gently whispering in her ear. "It's going to be okay, he's going to be locked up one way or another Shar. He'll never hurt you again or the kids ever again."
"I know Gavin, I haven't told the kids yet and made sure that anyone in Major Crimes didn't inform them either until I was ready." Taking a few breaths in. "How do I tell them what their father did to me and is going to jail for a very long time? How Gavin?" As she held him tighter crying.
"You tell them the whole story Honey, they are not babies anymore and they need to know that you are going to be alright and this will help him get better, sober up and get the help he needs in prison." Kissing the top of her head.
Gavin moved over shutting off the water, placing his fingers in the warm water. He hummed as the water was just the right temperature, he bent down in front of her and pulled down her yoga pants along with her panties.
His hand in hers he guided her into the tub, assisting her in the warm water that hugged warmly around her beaten body, the smell of jasmine and lavender invading her nose and throat. She hummed as her eyes closed shut as she rested her head on a towel that Gavin wrapped up for her head.
He placed another small kiss on top of her forehead. "Shar, yell if you need anything, oh and please don't try to get out on your own." As he stood up, walking backwards watching her finally relaxing as the warm water soothed her aching body.
Sharon closed her eye, as she breathed in and out slowly as her mind wonder over the events that have taken place. The hurt and pain that Jack inflicted on her, to the generosity from Chief Johnson's team as they stopped by to see her. To her mind wondering to the hot heated Lieutenant Flynn who never left her side, for the most part. Who held her hand and soothed her when her nightmares came at full force at night. Along with Detective Sanchez, he would be there sometimes when she would wake up him holding her hand and silently praying for me.
It felt nice, to have people who you thought really hated you, ending up caring and being
worried about her. Even though she was almost done investigating them. It's good to know that deep down no matter what she did, they had her back now. A single tear ran down her cheek, she wasn't use to people caring her. She just hoped that they could forgive Detective Gabriel, he had no idea that his girlfriend was working with Mr. Goldman.
Gavin was busy making Sharon a lite meal as she bathed, he knew that she liked to alone sometimes and she has a lot on her mind. He felt bad for his friend, no matter how many times he tried to get her to file for divorce from that ugly man, she never did. Until now, finally having enough of his shit. When she called me I was ecstatic and picked her up to celebrate her moving forward on her life and hopefully met a nice gentleman that will treat her right. As he stirred her soup and was thinking about all the times they have spent together, him comforting her as she cried in his arms about Jackson. Shaking his head, he's glad that he can no longer hurt her anymore.
The timer on the stove went off, he turned off the burner and poured her soup into a bowl. Setting up the table, he placed her bowl down along with a glass of water and her pain medication on the table. Walking down towards her bathroom.
Knocking softly on the door, waiting a few seconds and opened a door. He was greeted with a sedated Sharon smiling up at him. Gavin smiled back at her, helping his best friend out of the tub and wrapped the towel around her body. Grabbing another towel and grabbed ahold of her hand, guided her towards her bedroom. He sat her down on her bed wrapping the other towel around her head, avoiding her bruise below her hairline.
She watched as Gavin walked into her closet, she smiled as he came out with navy blue leggins and her LAPD hoodie. Gavin placed them on the bed and moved to her dresser taking out a pair of panties and her sports bra. Bending in front of her he helped her put her underwear on and sports bra. He moved in to her bathroom grabbing the wrap off the counter. Helping her stand up he started wrapping her ribs up. Reaching beside her he helped her put on his hoodie then say her down putting on her leggins.
She watched as he stood up, his fans extended out for her to grab. As he helped her stand up they made their was into her living room where that say down and ate. He watched as his best friend eat three bowls of soap. It made him happy that she ate all of that while taking her medication. She thanked him as he washed out their bowls and placed them in the dishwasher.
He guided them back into her bedroom where placed some selections of movies for her to pick out. Sharon squeezed his hand before she let go and picked a movie.
"I'll be right back, going to get some snacks." He grinned over at her.
"Okay, Gavin." As she looked through movies, finally eyeing the one she wanted to watch.
Placing by her DVR player, she want into the bathroom and brushed her hair. Walking out of her bathroom to see Gavin on her bed with a huge bowl of popcorn, Hershey deluxe kisses and water bottles for them both.
Gavin enjoyed the smile that widen on her face. He patted the spot next to him and watched as she made her way happily to his side. Gavin helped her adjust the pillows behind her back so she wasn't in pain while watching the movie. Fluffing her pillow one last time, he smiled in triumph as he successes in making his best friend comfortable. Handing her coco late kisses as they watch This Is The End.
"Gavin." She asked as she tested her head on his shoulder.
Gavin hummed as he tested her head on top of hers. "Yeah, Shar?"
She placed her hands over his. "Thank you, thank you for being here with me in my time of need and knowing what I need right now."
He squeezed her hand gently and kissed her head. "You don't need to thank me. You are my best friend Shar, I love you and I will do anything for you." As he whispered in her ear.
He heard her hum, as her eyes started getting heavy from the painkillers. He felt her grip on his hand loosened and her breathing shallowed out. He moved and helped lay her down in her bed covering her up and kissed the side of her cheek whispering. "Sweet dreams Shar."
Gavin laid next to her, continuing to watch the movie as his best friend got the sleep she needed. He woke up her screaming, crying, and kicking around in bed. It took him seconds to gather her in his arms whispering kind words into her ear and she slowly woke up in her best friends arms wondering why she was hot, sweaty, and her side hurting like hell.
"Gavin what happened?" She asked as her warm breath blew against his neck.
His arms loosened a little on her. Talking quietly in her ear. "You had a nightmare Shar, about Jack."
Her arms tightened around her best friend, closing her eyes and inhaled. "He was attacking me and Lieutenant Flynn and Detective Sanchez we're there laughing as I slowly died." She cried into his neck.
His hug hands gently gliding up and down her back chanting in her ear. "Shar, it's only a dream. Remember Lieutenant Flynn and Detective Sanchez had your back and protected to."
"I know Gavin, I'm just...scared. Scared to fall asleep or close my eyes, every time I close my eyes I see his face. Laughing down at me as he kept kicking me." Her fingers digging into side.
He held her tightly, whispering in her ear. "He can't hurt you anymore Shar. Chief Johnson and D.D.A Andrea will make sure of that." He kissed the top of her head. "I'm here for you too Shar, what ever you need me. I'm also sure a certain hot head will be there for you too." He said in a playful tone.
Sharon groaned as she laughed. "God Gavin, you and your one track mind. If you like him so much you can have him."
Gavin laughter and kissed her cheek, looking her in the eyes. "Well I would, but he likes the ladies." He winked at her and continued. "He likes bossy brunettes with long legs."
She hide her face in his neck. "Gavin, stop it. Andy liked younger woman and the last time I checked I'm 30 years older than he prefers."
He pulled back and smiled over at her. "You he bent heard the news, he hasn't seen anyone in two years."
She stared blankly at him as of he had four heads or a wart on his nose. "That would mean...That."
He smiled as his besties was flabbergasted at the new evidence of a certain hot headed Lieutenant Andrew Flynn has not seen anyone in two years. Yes he knew she secretly admired Andy, he was very good looking, and had a great sense of humor.
"Hmmm about the time you started showing up and getting into their business."
"That's just a coincidence Gavin." She said, denying that she was the reason. She was thankful that it was still night time and he could see her flushed face, maybe it true. He heart fluttered faster as the butterflies started fluttering in her stomach.
He felt her body relax and felt her warm breath exhale for her mouth. The smile on her lips that moved the flesh from his chest. He hugged her to him as he hummed and kissed her head. "It's a wonderfully feeling, huh?"
She buried the uninsured side of her face on his chest and hummed back her response. She's grateful to have her best friend with her right now, both falling asleep with smiles on their faces.
{TBC}