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Andy woke again around 6:30. He was glad to see that Sharon was still asleep. Sometime during the early hours of the morning she had turned over and curled herself into him, her head resting on his arm. He reached out and brushed her hair out of her face. She hummed and curled into him more. He lay there watching her for several minutes before she opened her eyes. "Morning" she moaned, closing her eyes again.

"Morning, beautiful, how's your headache? You fell asleep before I could get back with the medicine."

"Hmmm…better…just a dull ache. I'm…I…Andy…I'm sorry for last night. I…I…"

"Shhh," he said, hugging her even closer to him. "I know you are just being independent…I just want more than anything to take care of you."

"I know…I just…I just need to learn to let you…sometimes," she said smiling up at him.

"Oh, by the way, I ran into Rusty last night in the kitchen. We had a nice talk."

"About?"

"You," he replied as he played with her hair. "Us…"

"Hmmm," she hummed. "I'm so glad that he is so accepting of this…of us…of course he did know about it before I did," she chuckled.

"We did, you mean."

"Oh, no, I mean I…You knew…you've known for quite a while, Andrew Flynn. You were just waiting on me to catch up." She lifted her head slightly so she could look him in the eyes, "Andy?" He turned slightly so he could look directly at her. "Andy, I…I love you."

Her tears began to fall as did his. He reached down and gently wiped her cheek, "I love you too Sharon. God! I love you so much. I was so…so scared that I had lost you…I never want to feel like that again." He kissed her gently on the lips, careful not to hurt her. She smiled up at him, hoping he could see the love and promise in her eyes.

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A little while later, Sharon sat on the couch while Rusty and Andy prepared breakfast. Andy was almost finished with the pancakes when his heard his cellphone ringing. Noticing it was Provenza, he handed the batter over to Rusty and picked up his phone.

"Calling kind of early aren't you?"

Not wasting a moment, Provenza replied, "We've got a problem."

"Oh yeah?"

"Yeah, I'm afraid so. Did you know that there is a new Captain over FID?" Not giving Andy time to reply he continued, "Some asshole the Mayor brought in. Anyway, he is insisting that Sharon come in and give her statement today, in fact he wants her here in our interview room by 9:30 this morning."

Glancing at his watch, "But that's less than 2 hours from now, she just got home last night. Does Taylor…?"

Interrupting Flynn, "I can't get a hold of Taylor; he's in with the Mayor. We don't have a choice; you've got to bring her in. Listen, you tell her I will be right by her side the whole time. You got that."

"Yeah, yeah…Louie? I don't like this, I don't like it one bit."

"Me neither, me neither."

Sharon watched as Andy talked with Provenza, listening to his side of the conversation. She could tell by the way he was pacing around the living room that he was not happy. She began to feel the panic rising in her chest, she knew this day would come but she didn't expect it quite so quickly. Taylor had promised to give her time but a small part of her was also felt glad to get it behind her. As Andy hung up, he explained the call to Sharon and Rusty. The three of them then sat together trying to focus on breakfast and not the morning ahead of them.

Andy helped Sharon to the bedroom. They both decided there wasn't time for a shower. With Andy's assistance, Sharon dressed in a pair of grey slacks and pale peach blouse. She felt so helpless because Andy had to help her with all the buttons. She instructed him on how to pull part of her hair back, looking in the mirror after he was finished; she decided it wasn't half bad. The tricky part came deciding which shoes to wear. Her favorite pair of black flats would not fit over the brace on her ankle. Against his better judgement, Andy removed the brace and instead wrapped her foot and ankle with an ace bandage the hospital had also sent home with her. The flat was a little snug but would work fine as long as she didn't have to walk much. Rusty was waiting in the living room as they prepared to leave. He hugged Sharon tightly, saying he would be waiting for them when they got back.

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Just the trip from the condo to the car exhausted Sharon and she had two bouts of dizziness along the way. Once Andy got her situated in the car she leaned her head back against the headrest and slept most of the way to office. As Andy entered the parking garage, he reached over and gently woke Sharon. Provenza and Amy were waiting near the elevator for Flynn and the Captain. Once Andy and Provenza got Sharon safely out of the car, Amy moved into the driver's seat to move the car to the Captain's parking place.

No one spoke as the three of them rode the elevator alone. As the dizziness threatened again, Sharon leaned into Andy with her eyes closed as the elevator ascended. Provenza stepped closer to her side just in case he needed to help Andy hold her up. Once they stopped on the Major Crimes floor and exited the elevator, the dizziness had passed for the most part. Andy still held her by the waist and she held his arm as they made their way towards the murder room.

"Captain, before we go in there is one thing I need to tell you."

"Okay, Lieutenant, I'm listening."

"The new Captain over FID is…well he is…insisting that your…your entire team be present in the media room as witnesses while you give your statement. He also wants the…the video footage from the scene available in both the interview room and the media room. I've tried to get ahold of Taylor so we can put a stop to this but…but he's still in with the mayor."

"What the hell? Sharon, can he do that? Doesn't that violate…"

Gently patting his arm, "Andy, calm down. Getting upset over this isn't going to help any of us. And to answer your question, yes…yes he can do that. Look, Major Crimes worked the investigation and worked the scene so basically there is no stated right to privacy where I am concerned. I don't like it, but there is very little we can do about it. I really just want to get this over with and behind me. Who is this guy anyway?"

"We can't find anything out about him. He transferred in only 10 days ago, but from where no one can seem to find out. He's tight with Mayor that is all we have heard so far."

Flynn and Provenza led the Captain the rest of the way into the murder room and helped her get comfortable at the desk closest to the interview room. Sharon was glad to finally be able to sit for a few minutes as they all waited for the new Captain to arrive. She was happy to see the rest of the team members and they were all concerned that she had to be there so soon after coming home from the hospital. The longer she sat there the more panicked she became at the thought of Andy having to hear her statement and see the footage of the crime scene. Everything Provenza did to protect them, she thought would be washed away after today.

Finally around 9:45 a dark haired man dressed in a black three piece suit entered the murder room. He appeared to be in his mid-fifties and his jet black hair, obviously dyed. Provenza stood from his desk to approach the man, "I'm Lieutenant Provenza, and you must be Captain Wilson."

Ignoring Provenza's offered handshake, "Lieutenant, I assume you have everything in place that I requested."

"Well," motioning around the room, "Captain Raydor is here waiting on you, as is the rest of the team."

"Has the video from the scene been keyed up as I requested?"

"Um, yes Captain, we have a monitor set up in the interview room and of course in the media room as well. As I said, we are just waiting on you." Provenza replied, giving a cursory glance at Flynn who was helping Sharon to her feet.

As Andy carefully led her into the interview room he noticed immediately that she would not make eye contact with him. Leaning down to help her sit, he leaned in close to her ear and whispered, "Hang in there okay. This will all be over soon."

She tightly griped his forearm, looking straight into his chocolate eyes, "I'm sorry," she whispered her eyes a darker shade of jade, full of emotion and fear.

Andy turned and made his way out of the interview room, walking quickly into the media room, slamming the door. "I don't like this. I don't trust this guy with her. This could have waited a few more days and why does he want us all here? She doesn't need to see that video. Something is not right!"

They all looked at Andy and nodded in agreement. As they took their seats they watched on the monitor as Provenza entered the interview room in front of Captain Williams. "Excuse me Lieutenant, where do you think you're going?" Captain Williams questioned.

"I am sitting in on this interview with my Captain." Provenza replied pulling out a chair.

"Lieutenant, my orders were for her entire team to be in the media room and that includes you."

"But Chief Taylor…"

"Chief Taylor isn't here and as your superior officer I…"

"Lieutenant Provenza," Captain Raydor interrupted, "its fine. Go…Be with the others." As much as she really did want him with her, she knew that Andy would need him far more than she did.

"Captain" Provenza replied, nodding in her direction before closing the door behind him.