Andy Flynn stands at the window of the nursery, looking at all the newborns. He smirks when they place his daughter into the bassinet titled 'Baby Raydor'. He shakes his head, knowing it would be changed once things were settled. He places his hand against the glass, chuckling when the infant's pink hat slowly slides off her head.
Rusty jogs through the halls, looking for some reassurance that Sharon was okay. He spots Flynn smiling like an idiot at the window, "Where's Sharon? They told me she was brought here." His voice frantic.
Andy glances to him, nodding, "In surgery. She started hemorrhaging a little and they needed to stop the bleeding. Doctor said it was an easy fix. Something about tissue and vessels not..." He shrugs, "I don't remember."
"The baby is okay?" The boy glances around, "Buzz sent me a text about Sharon being brought here, but nothing about the baby."
Flynn points to the girl in the bassinet, "Full size." He smirks, "Healthy, but they want to make sure she has good airflow and the lights are because she has some jaundice."
Rusty smirks, looking to where he was pointing, "That's her?"
"In the flesh...finally."
He nods, "Have you held her yet?"
Andy shakes his head slowly, "Until Sharon wakes up, she's not legally mine. It's complicated. I'm thinking of flashing my badge just for them to let me in and let her hold my finger."
"You should." Rusty swallows, "Hey...I uh...I was going to surprise her tonight. I left school early-"
"Which she won't be happy knowing, but I won't say a word if you don't."
"I had reasons, let me finish." He smiles when the girl yawns, "I bought her a crib...and one of those...strollers or..." Rusty shakes his head, "Whatever the hell they're called."
"You bought them for her?" Andy slowly glances down to the young man.
"Sharon was afraid to buy them herself. Afraid she'd jinx it or something. I had some money left over from when I was..." He swallows, "And I wanted it to do something good instead of it representing something that was terrible. Good ones too...press a button and it's able to open itself up, with another press, it collapses."
The older man wraps an arm around the boy's shoulders, "I'm sure she'll love it."
"I wanted to buy clothes, but I didn't know she'd come so soon. I hid the stuff under my bed for a couple months. Boxes and stuff. I put them together today." Rusty nods, "That's why I left school early...to get it done."
Andy chuckles, "That's great."
"I figured, since you're her mom and dad, and I'm just her brother and siblings share rooms all the time. I figured she could sleep in my room with me. I moved my dresser over and the crib fits great between the windows." He sighs, "You should flash your badge and hold her."
Provenza waddles down the hall, seeing his friend and the boy, he tilts his head to the side, balloon in hand with 'It's A Girl' written on it. "Where is she?"
Andy turns, chuckling, "You finally got the thing for the right reasons." He motions to the balloon.
"Well...Can't show up empty handed." He walks closer, seeing the name on the notecard, "Flynn, she's huge. Has a big head like you."
Rusty smiles to the man, "Isn't she great?"
Provenza grins, slapping a hand onto Flynn's back, "Good job, old man." They stand there, watching the baby squirm.
"Look at you three, the girl is only a few hours old and she already has each one of you wrapped around her finger." A woman's voice can be heard not far behind them.
"Liz drove." Louie Provenza rolls his eyes.
"Why aren't you in there?" She steps next to her ex-husband and tilts her head to the side, "Great size for being early."
"Almost eight pounds." Andy nods, "Fuck it." He pulls his badge from his belt, flashing it at the attendant. He follows the instructions about pulling on a smock and washing his hands before he moves over to his daughter, sitting in a nearby chair before a nurse places the girl into his arms.
"Louie, I'm going to cry." Liz takes hold of his arm, glancing to the man she was once married to seeing a tear drip down his face. She smirks.
"Hey." Flynn looks down at the tiny girl, "I'm your Daddy." He places his finger into her hand, letting her grip onto it. He motions to Rusty, telling the attendant that he needs to come back as well.
Rusty follows the procedure, walking over to them, "Wow...She's...I didn't..." He shakes his head, "I should probably take a picture or something. This is important, right?"
"Something like that." Andy smiles, the girl relaxing against him.
The boy pulls his phone from his pocket, taking a few pictures of him and the baby using an application. "Sharon's gonna love these." He smirks, "Have the two of you thought of names?"
"No, but...I always liked the name Katherine...and maybe my mother's name, Alice. Katherine Alice Flynn."
"I like it...I can call her Kate." Rusty grins.
"Katie Flynn." Andy smirks, "Now, to get her mother on board with that one."
"Her mother is outnumbered." Rusty glances to the window, watching the doctor speak to Provenza, "I think they're looking for you."
"I don't want to leave Kate alone." He shakes his head.
"I'll stay here. I'll let her hold my finger." The boy offers a smile, "Sharon might need you."
Flynn sighs, nodding. He gently sets the girl back into the clear bassinet, "I'll be right back. Rusty is here." The man leans down, kissing her bald head before walking through the door, "Doctor, any news on my... my Sharon Raydor?"
The doctor nods, "We were able to stop the bleeding. She's in recovery. I can take you back if you'd like."
He glances to Provenza, "Keep an eye on her, would you?" He follows the young doctor.
"I'd protect her with my life." Louie nods, smirking as he watches the teenager with the baby, the boy takes pictures of her with his phone.
Flynn walks quickly, seeing Sharon lying in the bed, a nasal cannula at her nose and intravenous lines in her arm, as well as a bag of blood. He sighs, looking down to her, "Shar." He takes hold of her better hand, bringing it to his mouth to kiss the knuckles. He leans down, kissing the corner of her mouth.
Sharon groggily moans, opening her eyes slightly, "Did I pass out again?" She swallows whatever saliva her mouth is able to make.
He chuckles, "Little more than that." He pulls a chair over, lowering the rail to the side he was sitting on.
"Baby is okay?" She looks down, some of her swelling had already gone down slightly from the child's delivery, "Did I...Did I lose the baby, Flynn?" Tears start to fill her eyes, she knew she would. A part of her knew it would be payback for not welcoming the girl right away.
"No, nothing like that. You went into labor in your office...DDA Hobbs helped you deliver our daughter."
"And...and she's okay?"
Flynn grins, nodding, "Rusty is sitting with her now. She's gorgeous, Shar. Most beautiful thing I've ever seen next to you." He kisses her knuckles again, "Rusty can't stop taking pictures."
"Good...I want to see her."
He nods, "I don't know if they'll let you get up anytime soon, but I can ask them. Maybe they'll let me wheel you down."
"Of course, Lieutenant." The young nurse listens to them, "As soon as she finishes that bag of blood." She smiles, holding a chart, "But, while we're waiting, I have some forms for you to fill out." She glances to Flynn, "I'm assuming you're the baby's father?"
"You'd assume correct, nurse." Andy grins.
"Good. There's something in there for you too." She nods, "If you want to sign as the child's father, you do so right here." She points to an area on the paper, "If you'd rather have a DNA test before, that's completely understandable especially in cases like-"
"I'm signing. I know what I made." He smirks, filling in the area with his information. Andy glances to Sharon, "Rusty and I came up with a name."
"Double teaming against me?" Sharon smirks, "Let's have it."
"Katherine Alice Flynn."
"How very Irish." The nurse smirks, "It's beautiful."
Sharon nods slowly, "I like it. Kate Flynn...has weight behind it. She'll be a powerful woman someday."
"She already is. Provenza and Liz are down there, gawking through the window. I think he was crying." Andy smirks, filling out the papers for Sharon and pointing where her signature is needed.
"Provenza crying? That's something I need to see." She signs on the line, "Thank you." She smiles to the nurse before the young woman walks away.
Flynn nods, "Well, it looks like we're parents now. It's official...in the papers."
"We are parents...again." Sharon nods slowly, smirking, "Who would have thought?"
"I sure as hell wouldn't." Andy smirks, "I'm happy it's with you."
"Have you gotten in touch with my children?"
"Rusty is downstairs, like I said. The other two...I called your daughter and left a message. Told her it was up to her to tell the boy. If he's going to be negative, I don't want him here."
Sharon swallows, nodding a little. She glances up to the bag of blood, almost finished, "Andrea Hobbs helped me?"
He nods, "You should have seen her. Worried as hell. Hopefully they got a medic to look her over."
"Really? That bad?" She furrows her brow slightly.
"You lost a lot of blood, Shar. She was traumatized."
Sharon nods slowly, "Anything else I should know?"
"Rusty got you a surprise at home...big surprise."
"What kind of surprise?" She raises an eyebrow, "I don't usually like surprises."
"Good ones...very good ones. However, I need to go buy our daughter some clothes or we're going to be taking home a naked baby." Flynn smirks.
"Not yet. I can...it can wait before we go. She was early-"
"Sharon, she's under a lamp downstairs. Just a little jaundice. That's the worst of it. It's not like it used to be. She'll probably be able to leave the hospital when you do. I've read things on the internet." Andy nods, "You can't lose her anymore. She's already here." He kisses her knuckles once more, "The rest of our division should be filing in soon, if I know them at all."
Sharon nods slowly, "I just want to see our little girl."
Andy motions a nurse over, telling her the situation. They disconnect the lines from her arm and help her into a wheelchair, being ever so cautious of her stitches. He smiles, pushing her to the nursery.
She sees Provenza and Liz still watching Rusty and the baby through the window, "Lieutenant...Liz." She grins.
Provenza turns, grinning to the woman, "Captain." He leans down, kissing the woman's cheek before tying the balloon to her chair, "Congrats."
Liz nods, "Congratulations, Captain Raydor...Andy...Just in case I didn't say it before." She holds Louie's arm, "I think the boy...Rusty? I think he's smitten with her."
Sharon nods, "If you'll excuse us, she and I have yet to meet." She motions for Flynn to keep walking, "Thank you for coming." She nods to the couple.
Flynn pushes her chair to the clear bassinet and locks the wheels, "Kate, I'd like you to meet your mother. She's been a little busy lately, but she's here now."
Rusty nods, "She hasn't cried or anything, just watched me." A smile creeps across her face, "Are you letting her be Kate?"
Sharon nods slowly, tears coming to her eyes as Andy places the girl into her arms. "She's beautiful." She swallows, picking her hand up to run her nail along the baby's cheek, "I can't believe I didn't want you."
The boy nods, "I'm going to uh...She needs clothes, right?"
"Rusty, you already did too much." Flynn glances to him.
"I want to. Brothers take care of their sisters." He smirks leaning down and kissing the baby's head, then Sharon's cheek, he nods to Flynn, "See you at home." He removes the gown and tosses it into the trash can before leaving the room.
"What did you mean he did too much?" Sharon continues to watch her daughter, not willing to take her eyes off of her, she picks a hand up to wipe her tear stained cheeks.
"Remember that surprise?"
She nods, "He told you what it was?"
"Yeah because it's for you...well, mostly for Katie, but you'll love it." Flynn smiles watching her with their daughter, "I've been thinking about something."
"Such as?"
"This is the greatest moment of my life. I've waited for it for so long and I never want it to go away." Andy shakes his head.
"Mine too." She smirks, kissing her daughter's face.
"So, in order to make this thing complete, in order to bring it full circle-"
"Andy-" Sharon warns.
"Marry me."
She slowly looks up at him, "My husband has been dead only two weeks."
"I'm not saying we run to Vegas or anything...we could, but that's up to you. I just want to buy a ring and put it on your finger. I want to make this a permanent thing and help Rusty, and now Kate, realize that it's a permanent thing."
"Two weeks, Andy..."
"Are you turning me down?"
Sharon pauses then nods her head, "Yes, okay...I'll marry you, Andy."
A grin breaks along the man's face before he leans over and kisses her tenderly, placing a hand on his daughter's head, "Hear that, Kate? You'll have parents who are married."
"I'm not giving up my job though, so we are going to have to keep this on the down low."
"People know we're together, Shar." He motions to the baby.
"You know what I mean." She shakes her head, "I'll marry you. I already agreed to it."
"Thank you...I'll buy you a ring soon. I swear it." Andy grins, moving his chair next to her's and wrapping an arm around her. He glances up at the window slowly, "Told you they'd be here."
Sharon looks up, smiling at their division crowding the hall, watching them with their daughter, "We have a hell of a family."
"Couldn't say it better myself." Flynn grins, kissing her temple before looking back down to their daughter.