Got s little distracted from my other stories to write this, needed something new. Hope you all enjoy

Major Crimes

Sharon/Andy

Chapter 1

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Sharon was sitting at the breakfast table, drinking her morning coffee when she looked up to see Rusty coming in to join her. He went to the refrigerator and poured himself some orange juice before coming to sit down. She watched him closely and could see he was deep in thought, which always concerned her.

"Rusty…are you alright?"

"Huh."

"I asked if you were alright, you were miles away."

"I was just thinking."

"About what?"

"You'll think I'm stupid."

"Rusty I would never think that, go on?"

"Well, do you celebrate Thanksgiving?"

"Thanksgiving, well….I used too."

"You don't anymore?"

"Well when Jack and I separated and the Kids moved out, I guess I just didn't see a reason to celebrate."

"They don't come home for the Holidays?"

"Well they have their own lives now and they're busy."

"You never think of asking Jack to come by."

"As lovely as that sounds Rusty no…Jack always goes to Vegas at Thanksgiving, it's his thing."

"His thing?"

"He seems to enjoy it."

"Gambling huh?"

"Gambling, one of the reasons we are no longer together. Why are you asking me this anyway?"

"My Mom never used to celebrate it, she was always out with one of her Boyfriends."

"So what did you do?"

"Usually she's give me cash for a pizza or something and she'd rent me a movie."

"Oh Rusty I'm sorry."

"It's no big deal…really."

She watched as he went back to sipping his juice and her mind began to wander and picture what it must have been like for him when he was with his Mom. She was brought back to reality when she realised Rusty was calling her name. She looked up to see him with his jacket and bag over his shoulder.

"What were you saying?"

"I said we're gonna be late, come on."

"Oh right, coming."

She got up, grabbed her purse from the side table and followed Rusty out the door.

…

The drive to School was very much a quiet one as Sharon kept replaying what Rusty had told her in her mind. It had been years since she'd put any thought or effort in to Thanksgiving but now she was determined to give Rusty a good holiday. He looked over at Sharon and could see she was miles away.

"Sharon."

"Yes." She smiled, turning to him.

"Look, can we just forget what I said this morning."

"Well I can't do that Rusty, I can't believe you've never celebrated this holiday."

"It's no big deal."

Sharon pulled into the School and stopped the car before turning to face Rusty.

"It is a big deal, a Boy your age shouldn't be deprived of such celebrations."

"It's too late now anyway, so there's no point discussing it."

"Of course there is, leave it with me okay."

"What do you mean."

"You are going to have your first proper Thanksgiving, I promise you." She smiled.

"Sharon, you don't ha….."

"I'm doing this, go on…you'll be late. I'll see you at 4pm."

He gave her a small smiled as she watched him get out and walk into the School.

…

She arrived at Major Crimes half an hour later to find only Andy and Buzz present.

"Where is everyone, it's after 9am?" She asked.

"Body's been found dumped behind the alley of Fong's Chinese. The others went to check it out."

"Buzz, shouldn't you be with them."

"I'm just going Captain, Assistant Chief Taylor wanted to see me first."

"Oh, everything alright?"

"Sure Captain, I just kind of over spent on tech supplies that's all."

"Oh I see, well I'll let you go. Tell the others to keep in touch alright?"

"Of course Captain."

Buzz got up and left the room, leaving Sharon and Andy alone. She turned around to see him over at the coffee maker, she came up beside him as he handed her a cup of warm coffee.

"Thanks Andy."

"You're welcome, everything okay."

"Why shouldn't it be."

"You look like you have the weight of the world on your shoulders."

"I'm alright."

Andy could tell by the tone in her voice that she was lying, if he'd learnt anything about Sharon Raydor from the last few years…it was the slight tremor in her voice when something was bothering her.

"Okay spill." He demanded.

"It's Rusty."

"What's the Kid done now?"

"No no, he hasn't done anything wrong. We were talking at breakfast and he mentioned that he's never celebrated Thanksgiving."

"You're kidding."

"It's what he said."

"You mean his Mom never…"

"According to Rusty, she was always out with her Boyfriend, left Rusty home alone with only a pizza and a movie for company."

"Poor Kid."

"Mmmm."

"So you'll just have to give him a Thanksgiving he'll never forget."

"How, I'm sure Rusty wouldn't relish spending an entire daywith just me for company."

"What about your Kids?"

"They haven't been home in so long."

"So invite them, they're not gonna say no to their Mother are they…I wouldn't."

"I suppose I could try and convince them to join us, they've yet to meet Rusty."

"Well that's a start."

"What about you?"

"What about me?"

"Are you free…oh forgive me, what am I saying. You'll be spending it with your Daughter."

"Well actually she's spending it with her Mom and Step-Dad, so I'm free…if that was an invitation."

"Andy you are more than welcome to join us."

"Yeah."

She looked up at him and was a little distracted by the way he was smiling at her.

"Of course…do you think any of the Team would join us."

"It wouldn't hurt to ask and I'll hep out any way I can."

"Really."

"Anything for you…Captain."

She couldn't suppress a laugh at the way he added the Captain at the end of his sentence.

"I'll keep you up to speed with the details then and thank you."

He smiled softly at her as he watched her walk away in to her office and close the door behind her.

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I wanted a break from my other stories and decided to start a fresh one. I was too late to write a Halloween one so let me know what you think of this one. We don't celebrate Thanksgiving over here, so any help if I've made mistakes will be gratefully appreciated.