Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters or M/C, but if I did, this is what would happen.
A/N: So, I feel the need to warn all of you that there is a bit of angst in this chapter, which is not something I tend to write a whole lot of. I guess that's just the hopeless romantic in me. Anyways, as is my nature, I tried to balance it out with some feel good moments too. Also, there is a scene towards the end of the chapter that some may say toes the line between being rated T and M, although I guess that's a matter of opinion. Anyways, enjoy!
Chapter 9: That's Why You Have Me
It was almost the third week of December and tonight Sharon and Andy were attending an LAPD charity event benefiting Toys for Tots. She'd asked him last week if he'd like to go with her. He was honestly a bit surprised when she had asked him since they usually kept a fairly low profile at work where their personal relationship was concerned. He had even asked her if she was sure about doing this. At first, Sharon thought Andy was acting a little strange about the whole thing, but after they talked about it, she understood where he was coming from.
They weren't outwardly affectionate with each other at work. When all of this had started five months ago, they had both agreed that it was best to keep their personal relationship out of the PAB as much as possible. Neither of them wanted to be the subject of gossip within the LAPD or make anybody on the team uncomfortable by being overly affectionate with each other at work. They had been together long enough now though that the team and most likely many other members of the LAPD knew they were a couple. Sharon had explained to Andy that she was totally fine being seen with him in this type of environment because even though it was a work related function, it wasn't one where she felt like she needed to project an air of authority. After she had made that clarification, Andy had easily agreed to be her date the following Saturday.
Ever since then, Andy had been trying to find out what she would be wearing Saturday night. Sharon was determined to keep it a secret though and had purposely hidden the dress in a garment bag in Rusty's closet until tonight.
Sharon was now dressed in the long sleeve floor length green evening gown with a slight v-back and matching chiffon belt at the waist that accentuated her figure while still looking conservative enough for a work function. Her hair was gathered into a slightly wavy high ponytail that had a pouf in front of it. She had opted for a pale pink lipstick with simple eye makeup for a somewhat natural, yet elegant look. As she was doing a once over to make sure everything looked okay, she heard the doorbell ring.
"Rusty, can you get that for me? It's probably Andy," said Sharon.
"Sure," said Rusty as he began walking towards the door.
Once Rusty got to the door, he unlocked and opened it to reveal Andy standing there in a traditional black and white tuxedo.
"Hey, Rusty," said Andy.
"Hey, Andy. Come on in. Mom should be out in a minute," Rusty told him as he moved to the side to let Andy into the condo before shutting the door.
"Thanks," said Andy.
"I just have to say that it's a little weird seeing you in a tux," said Rusty.
"Good weird or bad weird?" Andy asked him.
"Good weird. I guess I'm just used to seeing you in a suit when you're at the PAB," said Rusty.
"Yeah, I figured I should step it up a bit tonight. I've actually only worn this tux one other time," said Andy.
"Nicole's wedding," said Sharon as she walked into the living room, having now added a pair of black heels and a cream and gold clutch to her outfit.
Once Andy saw Sharon, he became speechless for a moment before he recovered and said, "Oh Sharon…you look amazing."
"You don't look half bad yourself. I'm glad you wore the tux," said Sharon as she smiled widely at Andy.
"Well, you guys have a good time. I've got a little bit of work to do on the vlog. So, I guess I'll see you guys later," said Rusty as he turned to walk towards the hallway.
"Bye Rusty. I love you," said Sharon.
"Love you too, mom. Bye Andy," said Rusty.
"Bye, Rusty. Good luck working on the vlog," said Andy.
"Thanks," said Rusty before he made his way down the hallway and into his room.
"Ready to go?" Andy asked Sharon.
"Yeah, let's go," said Sharon as she made her way towards the door and opened it.
Once the door was closed and locked, Sharon and Andy began making their way down the hall towards the elevator.
"Let me just say that this dress hugs you in all of the right places," Andy leaned over and whispered in Sharon's ear as he slipped his arm around her waist.
"Well, maybe if you're lucky, I'll let you take it off of me later," said Sharon flirtatiously as they stepped into the elevator.
About twenty five minutes later, Sharon and Andy arrived at the Omni Hotel, where the charity event was being held. They dropped Andy's car off with the valet and then made their way inside to the banquet room where the event was being held. They looked around a bit before they found Provenza standing off to the side with Patrice talking with Sanchez, Buzz, Tao, and Tao's wife, Cathy. They made their way over to them.
"I hope this old dinosaur wasn't boring all of you," Andy joked.
"No more than you're entertaining them in that penguin suit," Provenza replied.
"Hey! Don't insult the tux," Sharon told him.
"She's very sentimental about the tux," Andy explained as he wrapped his arm around Sharon's waist.
"He wore it when we went to Nicole's wedding," Sharon explained.
"Aww…that's adorable," said Patrice.
"Ahh…the unofficial first date," said Provenza.
"Louie! Gosh! You'll have to excuse him. He hates these sorts of things," said Patrice.
"The things I do for kids," Provenza mumbled under his breath.
"Don't worry, Patrice. They're like this all the time at work," said Sanchez.
"They're usually worse than this at work," Buzz added.
"Yeah, this is pretty tame actually. It must be because they're in the presence of women," said Tao.
"Oh my god, Sharon! I have no idea how you put up with these four all day," said Patrice.
"Oh, believe me, it has its challenges some days," Sharon replied.
"Yeah? Well then how come you voluntarily spent almost an entire afternoon on your day off with all of us about two months ago?" Provenza asked.
"I'm not sure you want her to answer that," said Buzz.
"Yeah, sir. No offense, but that was pretty stupid," said Sanchez.
"I'll tell you what Andy tells Rusty when he asks questions like that. Don't ask questions you don't want the answers to," said Sharon.
"Ye gods," said Provenza.
It was now a couple of hours into the charity event. They had all just finished eating dinner as the band began to play and people started making their way onto the dance floor.
Sharon looked at Andy before she said, "So, there's this guy I know who's a particularly good dancer. I mean he has some seriously good moves and I was wondering if he'd like to dance with me."
"What a coincidence. Cause I know this beautiful woman who has some pretty good dance moves herself and I was thinking of asking her to dance. Do you think she'd say yes if I asked her?" Andy replied.
Sharon smiled at Andy before she said, "Well, I don't think it would take too much to convince her. My advice would be to just take her hand and lead her out onto the dance floor. Direct and to the point. Of course, that's just me."
It was then that Andy grabbed Sharon's hand and led her onto the dance floor. One of his hands settled on Sharon's waist while the other settled on her shoulder while one of her hands rested against his side and the other found its way to his chest, resting just over his heart.
They danced like that for a few songs before a loud commotion from the stage stopped them dead in their tracks.
It was none other than a very drunk Jack Raydor spewing things on stage.
"And I'd like to make a toast to my ex wife, Sharon Raydor…" said Jack.
"Patrice, please call this asshole a cab, grab Cathy, and then meet us out front. This bullshit ends now," said Provenza as he followed Sanchez, Tao and Buzz towards the stage.
"Thanks for keeping my children away from me all these years. You always were such a bitch. Of course, I think everyone here already knew that," Jack continued.
As Provenza made his way past a stunned Sharon and an angry Andy, Provenza said to Andy, "Flynn, get her out of here, now. We've got this under control. Go!"
As Andy turned to guide Sharon out of the banquet room, Jack said, "Except maybe a certain lieutenant you've been screwing. Tell me, were the two of you screwing while we were still married? Cause it wouldn't surprise me. You were always a bit of a slut."
Just then Sanchez grabbed Jack harshly and pushed him away from the microphone as Tao and Buzz helped him forcefully guide Jack offstage. Provenza was just catching up to them as they did.
"I had Patrice call this piece of crap a cab. It should be here soon. Let's get this asshole outside. If we have to cuff him to get him under control while we wait, so be it," Provenza told them as they guided Jack towards the exit.
Meanwhile, inside of Andy's car, Andy held Sharon as a few tears fell down her face.
"I'm sorry. I'm not even sure why I'm crying. He's a drunk. I know that and I know I should just let what he says roll off my back like I do the rest of the time," said Sharon through her tears.
"Sharon, you have every right to feel however you feel about what just happened. He publicly shamed and humiliated you in front of hundreds of people with things that were completely untrue. I know you've built up a thick skin over the years between dealing with his bullshit and working in FID, but even the best of them would've been upset by what just happened in there. You're allowed to break down. You're allowed to cry. You don't have to be strong all the time. That's why you have me," said Andy as he wrapped his arms tightly around her.
Through her tears, Sharon said, "You're amazing, Andy Flynn. You know that?"
"I do my best. Especially when it comes to the woman I love," Andy replied.
Sharon smiled faintly through her tears before grabbing Andy's hand and saying, "Let's go home."
"Okay," said Andy as he started the car and put it in gear before looking over at Sharon and rejoining their hands.
About twenty five minutes later, Andy and Sharon arrived at the parking garage of Sharon's condo building.
Andy put the car in park and killed the engine before he turned towards Sharon and asked, "You wanna talk about it?"
"Yeah, but let's go inside first. I wanna get out of these clothes and into something more comfortable," Sharon replied.
"Okay," said Andy as he opened his door and stepped out while Sharon did the same.
Once they entered the condo and Rusty saw Sharon's face, he got up from the dining room table and asked, "Mom, are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'll be okay. I'm just gonna go change real quick. I'll be back in a couple minutes," Sharon told him.
"Okay," said Rusty concernedly as Sharon walked down the hall and into her bedroom.
As Rusty saw Andy go into the kitchen to fix Sharon some tea, he asked him, "What the hell happened? She looks like she's been crying."
"She was. Jack showed up to the charity banquet and caused quite a scene onstage," said Andy.
"What did he do?" Rusty asked, knowing it had to be pretty bad for Sharon to be in the state she was currently in.
"Well, first he called her a bitch for supposedly keeping his kids away from him, which we both know is completely untrue. Then, he called her a slut and accused her of screwing around on him with me while they were still married, which again, we all know to be untrue. Oh, and to top it all off, he chose to say all of this in front of hundreds of people we work with, so that was great. I'm sorry, Rusty. It's just been a rough night," Andy told him.
"It's fine. I understand. So, how'd you guys get him out of there?" Rusty asked him.
"Well, if Provenza, Sanchez, Tao, and Buzz hadn't stepped in, I probably would have beat the crap out of him, but they got him off the stage and took him outside. I assume they took his keys and called him a cab to take him home because he sure as hell wasn't in any condition to drive," Andy told him.
"Well, apparently somebody should have taken his phone too," said Rusty.
"Just when I thought this night couldn't get any worse for her. What did he do? Did he call here? Cause I swear to god, if he did, I'll send patrol officers over there right now to throw his ass in jail for harassment," said Andy.
"No. Much worse, actually. Just try not to fly off the handle too much when I tell you this. Apparently, he called both Ricky and Emily tonight when he was drunk and accused them of taking mom's side in the divorce. Then he told them that he was glad that he had stayed away all these years because they were both good for nothing kids anyways," Rusty told him.
Andy began pacing and rubbing his temples as he said, "He actually said that? What the hell is his goddamn problem? Even when I was at my worst when I was drinking, I never said anything like that. Especially to kids."
"So, do you wanna tell mom or should I?" Rusty asked.
"Just give me a minute. I'll talk to her. And Rusty, thanks," said Andy as he went to finish making Sharon's tea.
"No problem. I just figured she'd want to know. I guess they've been trying to call her, but her phone must have been on silent. So, they called me to see where she was," said Rusty.
"How did they sound?" Andy asked Rusty.
"I'd say pretty bad. Ricky was pretty pissed off and Emily was crying," said Rusty.
"Can I just beat the crap out of him already?" Andy asked.
"Believe me, if it wouldn't get us both in trouble with mom, I'd be holding his drunk ass down for you. He's proven time and time again that it is possible to be even more of an asshole than he already is," said Rusty.
"Agreed. Listen, I'll be out in a few minutes. I'm gonna go talk to her and bring her laptop to her," said Andy as he walked down the hall towards Sharon's bedroom.
Once he got there, he pushed the door open and set her tea on the nightstand and the laptop on her bed before Sharon walked in from the bathroom.
Andy took her in his arms before he said, "I brought you some tea."
"Mmhmm. Thank you," said Sharon as she hugged him tighter.
Andy sighed before he said, "Sharon, let's sit down for a minute. There's something I need to talk to you about."
"What?" Sharon asked her voice filled with concern.
"Jack called your kids. Assumedly after Provenza and them put him in a cab because Rusty said that Ricky and Emily told him that Jack was drunk when he called them," Andy told her.
"Oh my god! What did he say to them?" Sharon asked Andy tensely.
Andy took a deep breath before he said, "He accused them of taking your side in the divorce. Then, he proceeded to tell them that he was glad that he had stayed away all these years because they were both good for nothing kids anyway. Sharon, I'm so sorry," Andy told her as he took her hand in his and ran his thumb over her knuckles.
"Andy, give me the strength not to go over there and kill him right now," said Sharon.
"Believe me, the feeling is mutual. Sharon, I'm here for whatever you need. I brought your laptop in with me. I figured you'd want to Skype with them," said Andy.
"Thank you. Did Rusty say anything about how they sounded when they called him?" Sharon asked Andy.
"Yeah. He said Ricky sounded pretty pissed off and that Emily was crying. I just don't understand how anybody could say something like that. Especially to their own children," Andy told her.
"That's because it's beyond comprehension or understanding. It's reprehensible is what it is," said Sharon.
"Yeah. I'm gonna let you talk to your kids. I'll be out in the living room if you need me," Andy told her as he stood up and made his way towards the door.
"Andy," said Sharon.
"Yeah?" Andy asked as he turned back around to face Sharon.
"Thank you. For staying and for everything else you've done tonight. I really appreciate it," said Sharon.
"Like I said before, there's no other place I'd rather be," Andy told her.
Sharon cracked a smile before she said, "Yeah."
Andy smiled back at her before he closed the door behind him and walked back out into the living room.
"How'd she take it?" Rusty asked.
"She was angry and upset of course, but she'll be okay. She's talking with them right now," Andy told Rusty.
"You know, it's weird, but I think the situation Ricky and Emily are dealing with is a lot worse than anything I ever went through with Daniel," said Rusty.
"Well, I would say both were pretty horrifying. I mean beating the crap out of your own kid is just as bad as what Jack did," said Andy.
"Yeah, but at least I haven't had to deal with that my entire life like they have. It's like, if I can't have a good dad, I'd rather not have one at all, you know?" said Rusty.
"Yeah. You're wise beyond your years, you know that?" Andy asked Rusty.
"I mean, I guess," said Rusty.
"I mean it. You should be proud of that. When I was your age, I was getting into trouble and partying too much," said Andy.
"Yeah, I kind of skipped that part, I guess," said Rusty.
"It makes sense though, given what you went through as a kid," said Andy.
"Yeah. I knew I didn't want to end up like my biological mother, that's for sure," said Rusty.
"I think that's common though among addicts or children of addicts. If you're a recovering addict, you know you never want to go back to the place you were at before ever again. If you have a parent who's an addict, you know how it feels to be around somebody with an addiction and you know that's not a place you ever want to be at," Andy told Rusty.
"Yeah. It's kind of difficult to be that way at my age though. I mean, I've never felt the need to drink or do drugs, but a lot of people my age do, you know?" said Rusty.
"Yeah. I think a lot of it has to do with the whole party scene that so many people fall into in high school and college. What you have to understand though is that for most of them, they just see it as experimentation. They've got this newfound freedom and some of them don't know how to handle it so they test the boundaries of what they can handle by drinking a lot and doing drugs. Most of them figure out soon enough though that it's not fun feeling like crap the morning after. Whereas with you and other children who have gone through the experience of having a parent who's an addict, you already know what it does to not only the addict themselves but to the people around them and you know that you don't ever want to be a part of any of that," said Andy.
"I never thought of it that way before, but it makes sense. Thanks," Rusty told him.
"No problem," replied Andy as his phone began to ring.
Andy pulled his phone out of his pocket and said, "It's Provenza. If your mom comes out here, would you let her know I'm out on the balcony?"
"Sure," replied Rusty before Andy answered his phone and headed out to the balcony.
"Hey," said Andy.
"Hey. How's the Captain?" Provenza asked.
"She'll be okay. It got a lot worse once we got back to the condo though," Andy told him.
"What are you talking about? How could it possibly get any worse?" Provenza asked.
"He called Ricky and Emily afterwards. Let's just say the things he said to them were equally as hateful and vile as his performance earlier," said Andy.
"Ye gods. Flynn, if I would've known he was going to do something like that, we would've taken his phone too," said Provenza.
"Don't worry about it. It's not your fault he's a complete asshole, and thanks for taking care of that whole situation earlier. I'm not sure I could've done it without hitting him," said Andy.
"Yeah. If it makes you feel better, Sanchez gave him a pretty good shove to get him away from the microphone. Nothing extreme. Just enough to get his attention," Provenza told him.
"Well, you certainly wouldn't find me arguing if they decided to give him an award for that. I'll have to make sure and thank him when I see him on Monday. Listen, I need to go, but I'll talk to you later, and thanks again for what you guys did tonight. We both really appreciate it," Andy told him.
"No problem. I'll see you on Monday," Provenza told him before he hung up.
Andy walked back into condo and went into the kitchen to grab a can of 7up out of the refrigerator before making his way back in the living room.
"Has she come out of there yet?" Andy asked Rusty.
"No," Rusty answered.
"I'm gonna go check on her. It's getting late. You should probably get some sleep," said Andy.
"Yeah. Are you gonna stay with her?" Rusty asked Andy.
"Yeah, probably. Don't worry. I'll take care of her," Andy told him.
"I know. You're a good guy, Andy. I'm glad mom has somebody in her life that cares about her as much as you do," Rusty told him.
"Thanks, Rusty. That means a lot," Andy told him.
"No problem. Well, goodnight," said Rusty as he began making his way down the hall towards his room.
"Night, Rusty," said Andy before he opened the door to Sharon's room.
When Andy walked in, Sharon looked up and smiled at him.
"Well, we all know who that smile's for. Hi, Andy," said Emily.
"Hi, Emily," said Andy as he sat down next to Sharon on the bed and she moved the laptop over so they were both in view of the camera.
"Hey, Andy. Mom tells us Christmas Eve is going to be quite the production this year," said Ricky.
"Yeah. Her and Nicole talked about it and it was all downhill from there," Andy joked as he looked over at Sharon.
"Looks like mom isn't the only one with a sense of occasion," said Emily.
"Yeah. It'll be fun though. I'm sure they'll come up with something great," said Andy.
"This one's a keeper, mom," Emily told Sharon.
"Oh, don't I know it," said Sharon as she grabbed Andy's hand and rubbed the top of it with her thumb.
"Well, we should let you guys go. It's getting pretty late, but we'll see you guys in a little over a week," said Ricky.
"I'm so excited that both of you are coming home for Christmas! Call me if either of you need to talk before then though," Sharon told them seriously.
"Thanks, mom. Bye, Andy. We'll see you guys soon," said Emily.
"Looking forward to it," said Andy.
"Us too, Andy. Night, Mom," said Ricky.
"Goodnight my wonderful children," said Sharon before she closed out the Skype window and her computer and set the laptop on her nightstand.
As Sharon turned back towards Andy, he wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer to him as he placed a kiss against her temple.
"How are they really doing?" Andy asked Sharon.
"Ricky has a lot of anger and resentment towards Jack, which I can't really blame him for. Ricky was only two when Jack left, and with Jack only being intermittently in his life after that, he never really had a stable father in his life. It affects him a lot more than he lets on. So, when things like this happen, he understandably has a lot of anger towards Jack. I just wish he could work through some of that resentment and anger because it's not healthy for him to carry all of that around," said Sharon.
"Feel free to shoot me down on this, but what if I talk to him while he's here for Christmas? It might help him to have someone to talk to who has dealt with addiction before. I mean, it doesn't take away the fact that his father is an addict who refuses to get help, but it might at least help Ricky to understand things better and maybe let some of that built up anger and resentment go," said Andy.
"Yeah. You can give it a shot. Ricky likes you and he seems to respect you. So, maybe you can say something that will get through to him," replied Sharon.
"What about Miss Emily?" Andy asked Sharon.
"Well, with Emily it's a little different. She was five when Jack left. So, she has some memories of him before he decided to check out on being a father, and I don't know if that makes things better or worse. On one hand, she has some memories of him being there for her, but on the other hand, I feel like that can sometimes make it harder for her. She has a few good memories of her father, which she clings to in the hopes that he'll get better. Every time he would try to sober up and fail though, it would crush her. On the other hand though, being the oldest child and now being able to understand things better, I think she realizes that the only person that can help Jack is Jack and that while she still holds out hope that he'll get help, she knows she can't do it for him. So, while it hurts her every time he does something like this, I think she also understands that it's his disease talking and that he's the only one that can make the choice to get better, " said Sharon.
"Still, none of that can be easy for either of them. I mean, after I got sober, I understood to a certain degree how badly my drinking hurt and damaged my kids, but hearing all of this from your view point about how Jack's drinking has affected Ricky and Emily, it gives me a whole different perspective on the effects my drinking had on Nicole and Brandon," Andy told her.
"You've done a lot of that for me too, Andy. I mean it doesn't change the fact that Jack's situation is what it is, but it at least helps me to understand that none of it is my fault. I know it sounds silly, but for years, I always questioned if there was something more I could've done to help him. Thanks to you, I now know that the only person that can help Jack is himself and that nothing I could've done over the years would've changed the outcome of his current situation. You have no idea how much that means to me, Andy," said Sharon.
"I think I have a pretty good idea. Enough about everyone else for now though. How are you really doing with all of this?" Andy asked her.
"Am I embarrassed? Yes. Was it humiliating? Undoubtedly. What upset me the most about it though wasn't what he said though. Was what he said cruel? Yes. What upset me the most about it though, and this might sound kind of silly, but it's what other people are thinking because of his behavior tonight. They're probably questioning why I stayed married to someone like that for so long, or worse, if there is any truth to what he said in his drunken speech," said Sharon.
"That doesn't sound silly at all, Sharon. You're human. You have feelings just like the rest of us and just like everyone else, there's always that small part of you that wonders what people are thinking of you. What I can tell you though, is that the people who matter the most and who know you won't be thinking any of those things and the people who are thinking those things probably aren't worth knowing," Andy told her.
"Yeah. How do you do that?" Sharon asked as she smiled at him.
"What?" Andy asked her
"How do you take a crappy situation like this and manage to get me to smile instead of crying my eyes out?" Sharon asked.
"Like I said before, that's why you have me. I told you earlier that I was here for whatever you need and if that means getting you to smile despite the crappiness of the situation, then I'm glad to have been able to help make that happen," Andy told her.
"I love you, Andy Flynn," said Sharon.
"I love you too, Sharon. Are you ready to go to bed?" Andy asked her.
"Yeah," replied Sharon as Andy got up to change.
Once Andy finished changing into his pajamas and turned the lights off, he crawled back into bed and slipped his arms around Sharon. He kissed her once on the back of the neck and placed the other one on her shoulder before pulling her a little closer to him. Suddenly, Andy felt Sharon turn in his arms until she had her arms around him and they were face to face with each other in the dark. As Andy felt Sharon kiss him, he felt the need to break apart for a moment and clarify something.
"I hope you don't think that I did what I just did because I wanted us to make love. That's not why I did it and I would never want you to think that it was," Andy told her earnestly.
"I know. I just felt like kissing you," Sharon told him before she kissed him again.
When they broke apart for air, Sharon asked Andy, "Wanna make out?"
"Uh huh. I mean, who can say no to that," Andy told Sharon before he kissed her.
They laid there for a while lazily making out with each other.
"Wanna fool around?" Sharon whispered in Andy's ear before she began trailing kisses down his neck.
"Again, an offer I can't refuse. Especially when your lips are against my neck like that," Andy told Sharon before his hands dipped lower until they came to rest against her butt.
"This is fun," Sharon told him as she laughed before her hands slipped underneath his shirt.
"I can't complain," replied Andy as he leaned over and kissed Sharon's lips.
Once they had explored each other's bodies with their hands for a while, Sharon put her lips next to Andy's ear and whispered, "Your shirt's getting in the way."
"Oh really? What's it getting in the way of?" Andy asked her teasingly.
"Having my lips against your chest, among other things," Sharon told Andy before she slipped one of her legs across both of his before running it along his outer thigh.
"Okay, but only under one condition," Andy told her.
"What?" Sharon asked as she continued kissing him.
"If your shirt goes with it," Andy told her.
"I think I can make that happen," Sharon told him before she straddled him and removed her shirt before tossing it onto the floor.
"Your turn," Sharon told Andy as he continued staring at her.
"Were you wearing that tonight under your dress?" Andy asked, referring to the lacy black bra Sharon had just revealed.
"Uh huh. Do you like it?" Sharon asked him.
"Let's just say that if I had watched you get dressed tonight, we probably would've been late," Andy told her.
Sharon laughed before she leaned down to kiss him and whispered, "You should see the bottoms. Of course, you'd have to take your shirt off first. I can't go revealing all of my secrets at once."
Andy quickly helped Sharon remove his shirt before she began placing feather light kisses down Andy's chest.
Sharon could feel Andy playing with the waistband of her pajama pants and whispered, "Patience isn't one of your virtues, is it?"
"Not when I find out my girlfriend is wearing sexy lingerie underneath her clothes. You see, it tends to drive me a little crazy," said Andy.
"I see. Well, maybe I'll have to do that more often," said Sharon as she untied the tie on her pajama pants.
"You won't find any argument from me on that. Although, I feel like you have this unique problem…except it's not exactly a problem. It's more like a superpower actually," said Andy as he continued playing with the now loosened waistband of Sharon's pajama pants.
"And what would that be?" Sharon asked as she began to slide her pajama pants down off her waist a little, exposing a matching pair of black lacy underwear.
"You look so damn good in everything. Whether you're in a sports bra and my dress shirt or sexy lingerie and that little number you wore tonight, it doesn't matter. You're beautiful either way. In fact, I'm pretty sure you could wear a sheet and still make it look sexy," Andy told her.
Sharon chuckled at that before she kissed Andy and asked, "Yeah, but what's under the sheet?"
"That reminds me. I forgot to mention one thing," said Andy before he kissed Sharon.
"And what would that be?" Sharon asked.
"That in addition to looking beautiful in pretty much everything, it also means that you look equally amazing when you're wearing nothing too," said Andy as he quickly flipped them over on the bed so that Sharon was now beneath him.
Sharon laughed before she said, "That can be arranged. Although I might need a little help with that."
"It would be my pleasure," Andy told Sharon before his lips crashed into hers in a passionate kiss.
The next morning, Andy was the first to wake up. He looked over at the clock on Sharon's nightstand and saw that it was around 8 a.m. He placed a kiss first, along her collarbone and another on her shoulder before he heard her begin to stir.
Sharon chuckled sleepily before she said, "Be careful. You know where that led last night."
"And whose fault was that? You're the one that started kissing me," said Andy as he placed a kiss behind Sharon's ear.
"If I recall correctly, I believe it was you who kissed me first," said Sharon.
"Okay, I'll give you that one. Like I said though, making love was never the intention behind it. I just wanted to let you know I cared and that I was there for you," replied Andy.
"It wasn't exactly my intention either. I just felt like kissing you and it built from there. You know, a certain someone once told me that's the best way of making love. When you feel so drawn to someone that it just happens naturally. Even when you don't plan on it happening," Sharon told Andy.
"It really is. So, what do you have planned for today?" Andy asked her.
"I brought home some paperwork I need to finish up, but other than that, not too much. Why? What did you have planned?" Sharon asked him.
"Nothing. I was actually planning on leaving after breakfast. I need to get a few errands done before we go back to work tomorrow," said Andy.
"Holiday errands?" Sharon asked him.
"Maybe. Anyways, you should spend some time with Rusty today. He was pretty worried about you last night. I don't think he's used to seeing you break down like that," Andy told her.
"Yeah. It doesn't happen too often and when it does, it's usually not in front of my kids," said Sharon.
"Yeah. I think that's just a parent thing. We always wanna appear strong in front of our kids," replied Andy.
"Thank you, again," Sharon told him before she kissed him.
"For what? All I did was take care of the woman I love after she had a crappy night. I wouldn't have wanted to be anywhere else," Andy told her.
"Sometimes, I'm not sure if you're foolish or you just like a challenge. Cause nobody in their right mind would stay with someone with as much baggage as I have," said Sharon.
"At our age, we all have baggage. It's kind of unavoidable at this point in our lives. If we're talking about you personally though, I don't think you have that much baggage. You're just a beautiful woman with three great kids who hasn't always been treated the way she should have been," Andy told her before he kissed her.
"Alright, but don't say I didn't warn you," Sharon told him before she kissed Andy back.
"Even if that was true, there would be no turning back now," said Andy.
"And let me guess, you wouldn't have it any other way," said Sharon.
"I really wouldn't. If that makes me crazy, so be it. Cause I don't plan on being anywhere else," Andy told her.
"Me either. I guess that means you're stuck with me," Sharon told him.
"There's nobody else I'd rather be stuck with," replied Andy.
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