A/N I'm revising all the old chapters with a few changes.

Life is Full of Surprises.

"I like it when we manage to put a scumbag behind bars in less than 48 hours" Lieutenant Andy Flynn exclaimed while taking down the last photos from the white board and throwing them in a cardboard box that was going to be taken away for evidence.

"Yeah" Lieutenant Provenza agreed from where he was reclined on his chair. "Just in time for the weekend."

It was a late Friday afternoon and the team was anxious to go home and relax after their latest case.

"Are you still up to go to the game tomorrow?" he asked his best friend.

"Sure" Andy nodded.

"You two still haven't given up seeing the Dodgers lose" Detective Julio Sanchez sniggered teasing them.

"Shut up!" Provenza grumbled.

Captain Sharon Raydor exited her office ready to go home. She smiled a little when she saw her team laughing and joking.

"Going home, Captain?" Andy soon saw her. Lately he noticed that he was always aware of her presence when she was standing next to him.

"Yes, Rusty is waiting for me at home. Apparently he has dinner ready." She smiled. "There is one thing to be said about that kid, he is an excellent cook."

"Any plans for the week-end?" Amy Sykes asked and Provenza rolled his eyes. Even after nearly a year the young detective was still trying to impress their boss.

"I'll be alone. I've approved for Rusty to leave for a chess tournament in San Diego. He'll be leaving early tomorrow morning and stay until Sunday"

"It will be good to have some quiet and peace for a change"

"Yeah" she nodded. She was going to miss having someone in the house and she was also a bit apprehensive about letting Rusty leave, but the department arranged a couple of policemen to keep an eye on him and the teenager needed the experience.

"I'm looking for an Andrew Flynn" a female voice startled the team.

They all turned around to look at the middle aged woman examine them from her thick pair of glasses. Next to her was a young man looking very uncomfortable as if he would rather be somewhere else rather than holding a toddler in his arms.

"Yeah, that would be me" Andy stepped forward curious on what was happening.

"May I see a document?" the woman didn't look very impressed.

Andy showed her his ID "What's all this about?" he was getting annoyed by the woman's attitude. The others were watching the scene and Provenza got up from his chair to stand next to his partner.

"I just need a couple of signatures…" she mumbled as she handed him a couple of documents.

"My partner here is not signing anything until you tell him what's going on" Provenza told her firmly as he put a hand on Andy's arm stopping from taking the piece of papers.

Sharon didn't want things to escalate so she took the papers instead. "May I see these?" and she read through them. "It says here that Flynn is the legal guardian of a Tyler Flynn." She looked up at the toddler babbling in the young man arms.

"What?" Andy exclaimed. "No way!" He took a step back putting his hands up in defense.

"I'm Margaret Robb, I work for social services. This…" she handed him a letter. "…is a letter from the mother of the child. There's your name on the baby's birth certificate, so…" she looked at him sternly. "I'm leaving the child in your custody" she nodded at the young boy who put down on the floor a baby bag and walked towards Flynn to pass him the toddler.

"I…" Flynn didn't know what to do but when the baby started whimpering he took him in his arms. "I… can't take care of a child" he tried to reason with the social worker.

"I'm just doing my job here. Now, if you just could sign the papers." She puffed tapping her foot.

Flynn didn't know what to do. Seeing the Lieutenant struggle Amy offered to take the baby. "I'll take him" she took him out of his arms. "Hey there buddy" she baby talked to him.

Sharon gave him the papers and reluctantly Flynn leaned down a desk to sign them. Raydor laid a hand on his back for support and she didn't let got even when he leaned back up to pass the documents to the social worker.

"If you don't want to have custody of the baby, you'll have to bring it up to our office when they open again on Monday morning. Until then the baby will stay with you" She secured the documents in her bag and made to leave. "Have a nice weekend"

Andy was pretty sure she had been sarcastic.

"Well…" Lieutenant Mike Tao paused. "That was interesting." No one knew what else to say.

"From what I've read on the papers," Sharon explained. "The mother, Claire McCall, passed away this morning after a long fight against cancer."

"Claire?" Andy looked at her "This is Claire's baby?"

"Weren't you dating a Claire McCall a couple of years ago?" Provenza frowned.

"Yeah, we dated for six months before she broke things off" Andy sighed. "She was looking for a serious relationship while I, well I wasn't" He admitted ashamed. "She was a nice woman." He felt a wave of sadness "I hadn't heard from her ever since"

"Well with the documents she's left, there's a birth certificate" Tao started reading "It says Tyler Andrew Flynn was born on the 23rd of June 2012. That would make him 14 months old. Mother: Claire Jane McCall, father: Andrew Flynn"

"I think you still need to take a paternity test" Provenza grumbled.

"You're joking right?" Amy looked up as she was making funny faces to the toddler to keep him calm. "You can clearly see Flynn's features." She turned towards the tall man. "He's got your eyes, Lieutenant." She smiled.

Andy started hyperventilating. He had a son. He had a one year old toddler. This couldn't be happening to him.

"Lieutenant Flynn? Are you okay?" Sharon asked concerned, but was still having trouble breathing "Andy?"

"He's having a panic attack" Tao exclaimed.

"Andy, you need to take deep breaths. Think of your high blood pressure. You really don't need a heart attack right now" Provenza leaned down taking deep breaths, hoping his friend will follow his example.

"I'm over fifty and I've just found out I have another kid, my blood pressure is the least of my problems" Andy shouted. "How could have this happened?"

"Well, you should have worn a condom for starters." The old man mumbled.

Andy just glared at him and then ran his hands over his face in frustration.

Sharon's phone started ringing and she gave him an apologetic look. "Sorry, this must be Rusty looking for me." she declined the call.

"Sure, you shouldn't keep the kid waiting." Flynn sighed "It's my mess and I'll work something out"

"If you need anything, call me!" she told him and held his eyes until he nodded.

"Thanks… and have a nice weekend." Andy watched her leave and he suddenly felt very alone.