Don't own Major Crimes or it's characters, just borrowing them for a bit to play in the sandbox.
A/N: This chapter takes place a couple months after Sharon and Andy started dating. So, I'm putting this chapter in late September. Also, yes the chapter title is a nod to The West Wing, which I'm getting ready to rewatch very soon.
Chapter 15: Game On, Boyfriend
Sharon had decided that going to the amusement park at Santa Monica Pier would be the perfect mix of fun and nostalgia for her and Andy's date today. She herself had taken her kids here when they were younger and it would probably remind Andy of both Coney Island in New York and the amusement park at the Jersey Shore he grew up going to every summer.
So, once they arrived, she let Andy pick the first ride, which was called Shark Frenzy.
Next, they went on a ride Sharon picked, which was the swinging Sea Dragon.
After that, they decided to play a few games on the boardwalk.
First up was the beanbag game, Beach Bash, which Sharon easily won with her expert aim at the blocks you were supposed to topple over.
Next up was Andy's pick, the Balloon Bust, where the object was to hit a balloon with a dart. He easily won that one.
Next, they went on another ride, Andy's choice, which was one he had to do a little convincing to get Sharon to go on. It was called the Pacific Plunge and it was one of those rides where you sit in a seat with bars around your shoulders as your legs dangle and the ride takes you up and down multiple times.
Andy ended up letting Sharon hold his hand the whole time they were on the Pacific Plunge because she was a little scared and she thought it was a really sweet gesture on his part.
Next up was dinner. They both decided they wanted tacos and ate at Whac-a-Mole Tacos and then each got ice cream to-go at Scoops Ice Cream & Treats. As they walked around the boardwalk holding hands and eating their sweet treats for dessert, they talked and people watched.
Since they'd just eaten, Andy decided to take it easy on the rides for a while and lets Sharon pick a game to play.
She chose Whac-a-Mole and expertly won it, earning her yet another stuffed animal.
She'd likely donate the ones she'd won to the women's and children's shelter she volunteered at twice a month, but she was definitely keeping the ones Andy had won her for nostalgic reasons.
The last game was of Andy's choosing and it was called the Water Race, where the object of the game is to hit a target in order to propel your piece forward and to the finish line, which Andy, with his proficiency in marksmanship, easily won against the other players.
After that, Andy had asked Sharon if she wanted to get something to drink before they went on their final ride, the Pacific Wheel, which was a ferris wheel. She agreed a tea or coffee might be nice since the sun had gone down and the weather had cooled down a bit.
They found a Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf on the boardwalk, and while Sharon ordered a hibiscus tea, Andy ordered a coffee with cream and two sugars.
As they rode their final ride of the night, Andy said, " The view up here is fantastic."
Meanwhile, from the top of the ferris wheel, Sharon replied with, "Yeah, it is. In fact, it's kind of romantic up here."
"Agreed," said Andy before he gave Sharon a chaste kiss and the ferris wheel started moving closer to the ground, where they would be getting off and going home.
Since Sharon had planned the date and had driven Andy to the pier, she drove him back home to Valencia.
Once they get there, Sharon turns her car off, and Andy leans over and kisses her lips passionately.
Sharon leans into the kiss just as much until they're forced to break apart for air.
"I had a lot of fun today," said Andy.
"Me too. It was a good time," replied Sharon.
"Does this night have to end?" Andy asked rhetorically.
"Not yet," replied Sharon as she slid the driver's seat back.
"What'd you have in mind, then?" asked Andy mischievously.
"This," responded Sharon as she climbed over the console to straddle Andy in the passenger seat.
Sharon promptly reached under the seat to slide Andy's seat back before also leaning it back a little.
"Are we really doing this?" asked Andy, his and Sharon's lips mere inches from each other's.
"Doing what?" asked Sharon, feigning innocence.
"Making out in the passenger seat of your car like teenagers," replied Andy.
"Mmmhmm," hummed Sharon before she kissed him.
Andy rested his hands on Sharon's hips comfortably as he intensified the kiss.
Sharon laughed through the kiss and Andy broke apart their lips to ask her, "What's so funny?"
"Nothing. I just can't believe we're actually doing this," said Sharon as she looked Andy in the eye.
"Do you wanna stop? Because we can certainly stop. I never wanna push you into anything you're not ready for," Andy told her sincerely.
"Andy, you're forgetting that this was my idea in the first place," Sharon pointed out.
"I know, but…" Andy trailed off as Sharon shushed him with her finger against his lips.
"Andy proceeded to place a chaste kiss against Sharon's finger while snaking his hands behind her back and lifting her shirt up slightly before placing his hands against Sharon's lower back.
Sharon hums contentedly at Andy's touch before leaning in and continuing their previous make out session.
Andy quickly deepens the kiss for a few moments before deciding to move onto Sharon's neck.
Andy starts out gently kissing up and down Sharon's neck before deciding to leave little love bites against Sharon's clavicle.
"If you leave a mark, you're in serious trouble," Sharon whispered warningly in Andy's ear before sucking on his earlobe for a moment.
"Good thing I love trouble," Andy whispered back as his hands inched higher up her back.
Sharon giggled at that before she said, "There's nobody else I'd rather get I trouble with."
"Oh, really?" asked Andy as his hands inched higher up Sharon's back until they reached what appeared to be a lacy bra from the feel of it.
"You like?" asked Sharon as her lips were mere inches from Andy's.
"You know lace on you is my weakness," whispered Andy in Sharon's ear.
"I do," replied Sharon giddily as her hands cupped Andy's face and she kissed his lips with their earlier fervor.
Meanwhile, Andy's hands moved from the back of Sharon's lacy bra to the front of it as he began feeling up her right breast through the lacy garment.
Sharon hummed affirmatively before letting out a sigh of pleasure as Andy teased her nipple through her bra with his thumb.
"We should really stop before we get arrested for public indecency," said Sharon.
Andy laughed before he said, "Wouldn't that be ironic? Two cops getting arrested."
"More like totally embarrassing," replied Sharon as she too laughed.
"Yeah. Wanna make out some more?" asked Andy.
"I thought you'd never ask," replied Sharon as she closed the distance between their lips.
They continued making out for another half hour or so before they got out of the car.
As Sharon leaned against the car, Andy's hands rested against her hips as his thumbs hooked into the belt loops of her dark wash jeans.
Andy pulled Sharon closer until their lips connected.
Sharon deepens the kiss and she cupped Andy's face in her hands as they continued kissing for a few more minutes, neither quite ready to say goodbye.
After a few minutes, Sharon said, "It's getting late."
"Yeah, it is," replied Andy as their breath mingled together in the cool late September night.
"Same time next Saturday?" asked Sharon.
"Yeah. How about we go somewhere for brunch and see where the day takes us?" suggested Andy.
"Sounds like a plan," said Sharon before she kissed Andy again.
The kiss lasted for a minute or so before Sharon broke the kiss .
"Goodnight, Andy," Sharon told him with a huge smile on her face as she got in the car and started it up.
"We can't forget about our little goodbye ritual," Andy pointed out before he blew an air kiss with his hand and Sharon caught it near her heart in recognition.
Sharon then blew a kiss Andy's way as he too caught it near his heart with a huge shit eating grin on his face.
"What's with the shit eating grin?" asked Sharon.
"Just thinking about all the little sounds you make when I touch you," answered Andy.
"Don't forget I know some of your weak spots too," Sharon shot back.
"Oh god. I know. It's gonna take a really cold shower to calm my body down after that whole make out session in the car," said Andy.
"I'm sorry," Sharon told him.
"Don't be. I'm not," Andy told her earnestly.
"I guess I'm not either," said Sharon as she put the car in drive with her foot still on the brake.
"Next Saturday, then?" asked Andy once more.
"Next Saturday. Goodnight Andy," said Sharon.
"Goodnight, Sharon. Please text me when you get home so I know you got there safe," said Andy.
"I will," said Sharon as she gave Andy an endearing smile before heading away from Valencia and towards Los Feliz.
As Sharon hopped on the freeway and headed home, she couldn't help but think that she'd just left her heart in Valencia.
Things were starting to get deeper with Andy and although Sharon was a little scared, she knew it was the best kind of trouble to be in.
With that, she smiled to herself all the way back to Los Feliz.
Once she'd gotten into her condo, Sharon made sure to text Andy goodnight and let him know she'd made it home safe.
After he'd texted her goodnight, he sent her a shirtless picture of himself with the caption, "Sweet Dreams."
Sharon couldn't help but stare at the shirtless picture of Andy before she started to laugh.
"I guess we're doing this now," Sharon said to herself.
"Doing what? Wait, don't answer that," said Rusty as he made a disgusted face.
Sharon chose to ignore Rusty's petulance and simply patted his shoulder to say goodnight as she walked down the hallway towards her room, having every intention of sending Andy back a shirtless picture of herself in her black lacy bra.
She knew that would drive him crazy.
Plus, two could play this game.