Shawn almost skipped into the police station. It had been a while since anyone from the station had asked for his help and he was glad for the distraction. Not only was he not speaking to his dad ever again but now his best friend seemed more than a little angry with him. Sitting in the psych office talking to an empty chair was not nearly as fun as annoying said chair's owner.

"Jules!" Shawn jumped out from behind a pillar and Juliet jumped in her seat.

Her head snapped up. "You almost gave me a heart attack!"

Shawn grinned unapologetically "You need a little excitement in your life Jules"

She tilted her head to one side and raised an eyebrow "I carry a gun and chase criminals for a living, how much more excitement do you think I need?"

Shawn shrugged and perched on the corner of her desk. "What do ya need?" He asked, getting to reason he was called in in the first place.

"We've got a guy in interrogation we think is involved in smuggling antiquities" Juliet rose from her chair "Thing is he's not talking, not even Lassiter can get anything out of the man"

"You want me to see if I can get anything off the guy? You know psych vibrations?"

"Anything to help us where he's keeping all the goods, we need this wrapped up quickly I've got a pile a mile high of other cases"

Shawn clapped his hands "No problemo"

Juliet grinned "He's in interrogation room A"

Shawn jumped off the desk and started towards interrogation. He stopped suddenly and spun round "Hey Jules? What's this guy's name?"

Juliet's eye's widened "Err…

"Don't tell me you forgot his name Jules"

"I didn't forget…it's Stan err, Stan Francisco?"

Shawn frowned "Stan Francisco?"

Juliet nodded "Weird I know"

Shawn just shrugged, turning back around and leaving.

"Stan Francisco?" Gus asked incredulously as he appeared from his hiding place

"What?" Gus raised an eyebrow "You can name the fake guy next time"

Gus shook his head and then looked down at his watch "Okay, I'll follow, Shawn, he's gonna work out pretty quickly something's up when he finds an empty room. You wait for Henry" Juliet nodded.

Gus went after his best friend and watched as he entered the interrogation room. As soon as Shawn had stepped inside the room Gus rushed forward and slammed the door shut, locking it quickly.

"Hey!" Shawn shouted through the door "What's going on?" Gus winced as Shawn started out bang on the door "Let me outta here!"

"This better work" Gus said to himself as he slipped into the observation room to watch his best friend try and escape.

"What's this about detective?" Henry asked as he was lead into the police station.

Juliet smiled politely "A couple of boxes of old case files got mixed up and now he can't make heads or tails of the paperwork. I saw your name on some of the files and thought you could help us sort it all out"

Henry shrugged "Anything I can do to help the police"

"And we definitely appreciate it" Juliet replied with a grin "Unfortunately it's a little but busy out here, we've set you up in one of the interrogation rooms, it's nice and quite in there"

Henry nodded "Sure"

"Just shout if you need anything" Juliet said before opening the door and practically pushing Henry inside before slamming the door shut and re-locking it.

Henry stumbled into the room and managed to catch his balance before looking up. "What?" He asked as he saw an extremely annoyed Shawn sitting at the table.

Shawn rolled his eyes "Great" He mumbled under his breath.

Juliet joined Gus in the interrogation room "You really think this is going to work?" Gus asked her.

"Well, they're not leaving that room till they're talking again"

"Or they kill each other" Gus reminded her. "Hey Juliet?"

"Yeah?"

"You guys have a witness protection programme?"

"Why?"

"I think I'm gonna need it when those two get out" He replied.

"What the hell is going on?" Henry demanded

"Looks like Gus got tired and has finally snapped" Shawn pushed his chair back from the table and stood up. He walked around the table and faced the mirror. "I know you're in there Gus!" He shouted "Let me outta here right now!"

"What did you do?"

Shawn spun round to face his dad "What did I do?" He asked incredulously

"Well he's obviously punishing you for something you did"

"Yeah, being stuck in a room with you is definitely punishment" Shawn retorted.

Both men stopped when a piece of paper was slid underneath the door. Henry bent down and picked it up "We're not letting you out until you two make up" Henry read "From Gus and Juliet" Henry passed the note over to Shawn to read.

Shawn flipped the note over and found more writing "P.S Lassiter won't help you, he's enjoying the peace and quiet" Shawn rolled his eyes. "Well, if they think this is going to work they're out of their minds" Shawn said out loud. He grabbed a chair and dragged it to the far side of the room. He dropped down into it and folded his arms stubbornly.

"You know it couldn't hurt to talk" Henry suggested after nearly half an hour of completely silence.

Shawn snorted. "you would think so wouldn't you?"

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Never mind, just forget it"

Henry sighed "Shawn-

"What?" Shawn snapped.

"Can you please just drop the attitude?" Henry asked.

Shawn swiveled the chair around to face Henry "You really think talking is going to solve all this? After everything I have gone through all my life, after all the comments and remarks and being told a million times how disappointed you are in me, you really think having a heart to heart is going to fix all this? We're broken dad, it's not something you can just put back together"

"Not if you don't try"

Shawn's eye's met Henry's "What if I don't want to try?" He asked. "I'm tired dad, I'm so tired of trying to please you and trying to show you that life's not about what you do for your job and If I can't prove that by now then there really is no hope"

"So you're just going to give up huh? Like you did after high school, like you did with every single job-"

"Not this one" Shawn snapped "Not this job"

Henry sighed "You know it wasn't just the job I wanted for you"

"What?"

"I'd seen so many kids living on the streets or families squatting in old buildings and every time I saw it all I could think of was you. I just wanted you to get a job, have a house an a wife and maybe some kids…stability, you know?. I thought that if I pushed you to be a cop then I wouldn't have to worry about you the whole damn time"

"Dad, you didn't just want me to be an cop, you wanted me to be some super cop, I was a kid and you pushed me, forced me to grow up too soon. I just wanted to play dad, have fun, instead I knew police procedures by age eight, passed the detectives exam at fifteen and could shoot a perfect score by seventeen"

"You want me to say it huh? I'm so sorry you had such a terrible childhood Shawn"

Shawn rolled his eyes "Great, guilt trip, just what I need"

Henry took a step forward "You remember when you were five and you spotted a kid your age? He was crying cos some kid had come and thrown his ice lolly in the sand, you remember what you did?"

"I gave him mine"

"Yeah, I knew from that moment that helping people was what you were going to do. You had all the makings of a cop at aged five Shawn, you just didn't realize it. And you still don't. You sill don't realize it but no matter how hard you try and run from it. Being a cop is in your blood son" Shawn shook his head "You think jus because you don't carry a badge or a gun that makes you any less of a cop?"

"I-

"Is wanting the best for you so bad? Is wanting you to be successful wrong?"

"I just want you to be happy for me dad, I just want you to accept me for I am"

"You think I don't?"

"And that stupid reunion you dragged me to? What was that about?"

"I wanted you to meet my friends. You think if I was embarrassed of you I would have shown you off to them?"

Shawn sighed a minute later "Well, I guess this wasn't as painful as I thought it would be"

"What are you saying?"

"I'm saying….I'm saying things aren't going to change over night. That there's still so much we have to work through"

"Thirty year's worth" Henry agreed.

"But I'm willing to try" Shawn said finally, looking up to look Henry in the eyes. "Like Gus said, you're family, whether I like it or not"

Henry snorted "Please, you would starve if you couldn't come over to eat all my food, and who else are you gonna borrow digging equipment and metal detectors from?"

"You going to admit how much you like helping on cases?"

"I would if I didn't think you would hold I over my head for the rest of my life" Henry replied.

Shawn nodded "You think Gus will let us out now?" He asked just a second before the tell-tale sound of the door unlocking.

"Guess so" Henry replied, already moving towards the door.

"Hey dad?" Henry stopped and turned back towards Shawn.

I might need a little time, you know"

Henry nodded "Come over for dinner Sunday, that give you plenty of time?" Shawn nodded "Don't even think about bringing Gus as a go-between" Henry warned and Shawn rolled his eyes. "I want you to promise me something Shawn"

Shawn narrowed his eyes at the request "What?"

"When things get tough? Don't run, please don't run"

Shawn nodded "I'll try" Henry nodded back towards the door and pulled it open.

"Hey" Henry began as they both left the room. "You remember who that little kid was? The one you helped?" He asked.

Shawn glanced over at Gus standing at the end of the hallway and smiled "Yeah, I remember"