DISCLAIMER: I do not own these characters, except for Matthew and Moxie. The rest of them belong to James Duff and the Major Crimes franchise.

A/N: Here is the last chapter of this story. Spoiler alert: I don't want to give anything away but... Stay tuned! Thank you everyone that took the time to read this story and leave comments. I really appreciate it.

Chapter 12

Morning came and the sun started the break through the windows in their bedroom. Sharon laid in Andy's arms and she was content in not moving. She knew eventually they would have to get up because she had to take Matthew to his baseball game and Andy had his meeting with his sponsor. Andy was gently rubbing Sharon's arm with his finger which made Sharon turn in his arms and smile. "Morning," she kissed him. "Morning," he mumbled back to her.

After they had placed the blankets on both Matthew and Rusty downstairs, they had come up to their bedroom and quickly divested each other of their clothes and made love throughout the night. Sharon shifted her body over his and placed her hands on his chest. "I'm going to take a shower, why don't you see if the boys are still sleeping downstairs and wake them up if they are," Sharon leaned into his body which made Andy groan.

"I have a better idea," he said as he flipped her over so that he was now on top of her. She squealed as Andy did that. "Oh, and what's your idea?" she asked him as she smiled. "Well," he started to kiss along her neck and made his way to her collar bone. "We stay in bed a little while longer while I make mad, passionate love to you," he kissed his way down her body and she reached for his head to bring him back up to her face.

Before they could continue, there was a knock on their bedroom door. Andy hung his head as they both heard the knocking. "Easy, my boy," Sharon whispered to him and he moved off of her. He quickly put on his boxer shorts and his shirt and looked at Sharon who now had the covers across her body. He opened their bedroom door and Matthew was standing outside in the hallway. "Everything okay?" he asked Matthew as he stood there.

"I was wondering when you were getting up. Rusty's still sleeping downstairs," Matthew stated. "We were just getting up, sweetie," Sharon answered him before Andy could say anything. "Good," Matthew said and then ran inside their room and sat down on the chair that was next to their bed. "Why don't you go get your uniform on for your game and I'll make you my famous pre-game breakfast," Andy suggested to him. "What's that?" Matthew asked. "French toast with a side of turkey bacon," Andy answered and that brought Matthew back to his feet.

"Okay!" he said as he ran out of their room and into his. Andy watched him and then once he saw Matthew run into his room, he turned to Sharon and smiled. "I would like your famous pre-game breakfast as well," she said in a sultry voice. Andy walked over to her, bent down, and kissed her. "Take your shower and it will be ready by the time you're finished," he said as she cupped his cheek with her hand. "You're so good to me," she whispered and he winked at her.

Andy made his way downstairs and saw Rusty walking from the family room towards the kitchen. "Morning Rusty," Andy quietly said to him as he didn't want to startle him. "Morning," Rusty mumbled as he rubbed his shoulder. "I see the couch got you," Andy pointed to Rusty's shoulder. "Huh? Oh yeah, it's deceivingly comfy when you first lie down but in the end, you get a stiff neck," Rusty stated as they both made their way into the kitchen.

Andy moved over to the cabinets and started to get out some frying pans to make breakfast. Rusty sat at the island and watched Andy for a couple of minutes. "What are you making?" he asked him. "I promised Matthew French toast and some turkey bacon before his game, and I also promised your mom the same thing," Andy said as he cracked some eggs into a mixing bowl. Rusty just sat there and watched him.

"How do you do it every day?" Rusty asked him. "How do I do what?" Andy inquired as he dipped the bread into the egg batter. "How do you resist the temptation of alcohol? I mean, you've seen a lot of bad things as a Lieutenant in the LAPD, aren't you just tired of it?" Rusty asked him and Andy stopped preparing breakfast and looked at Rusty.

"I've told you before, Rusty, I will always be an alcoholic, but I know what I have to lose, even if it's just a sip," he explained to him. "The support from your mom, even through the bad times, is more than I'll ever need to get through the day. And work, yeah, I've definitely seen a lot of things, but I've learned to take things one day at a time," Andy smiled and then started preparing breakfast again.

Rusty continued to sit there as Andy placed the bread on the skillet. "Before you dated Sharon, did you ever get jealous when you saw her with another man?" Rusty asked him. Andy flipped one of the pieces of bread over before he answered. "Sharon and I knew each other for a while, even before she became in charge of Major Crimes," Andy started to answer. "When she was in charge of FID, we would see each other occasionally, especially if I got in trouble somehow," he said as he placed the turkey bacon in the frying pan.

"One day, I went in to her office and I saw her there with another guy, someone I didn't recognize. He was holding her hand and I noticed flowers on her desk. When I first saw them together, anger came to mind, I needed to be in her office to size up this guy who was there holding her hand, so I went in and knocked on her door. She looked up at me and suddenly let go of the other guy's hand. She introduced me to the guy; I think his name was Charles. Apparently he had asked her out on a date a couple of weeks prior and she went with him," he explained and Rusty was still listening. Andy looked over at the hallway as he heard the water shut off from their bathroom upstairs. He knew Sharon was done with her shower and would be heading down soon.

"Anyways, long story short, I made sure that I hung around Sharon's office as much as I could. We would get into arguments here and there, she'd send me to sensitivity and anger management classes, but I knew I wanted to be in her life, anyway that I could. She was still married, but separated from Jack, but here we are today," Andy smiled as he placed the finished pieces of French toast onto a plate. "You want to grab some plates and set the table?" he asked Rusty as he was still sitting there. "Sure," Rusty got up and went to the cabinet where the plates were located and pulled four plates out.

"Your mom told me that you saw Gus yesterday with his boss," Andy decided to approach the subject that Rusty was dancing around. "Yeah, well, he can do whatever he wants now," Rusty muttered as he set the table. "Have you spoken to him since you two broke up?" Andy asked. "No," Rusty mumbled and then Matthew walked into the kitchen wearing his baseball uniform. Matthew sat down on one of the chairs at the table. "Here you go," Andy said as he brought the French toast to the table and Matthew helped himself.

"Maybe you two should talk?" Andy suggested to Rusty as he took a piece of toast. "He doesn't want to talk to me," Rusty stated as he started to eat. Andy was standing at the stove and placed the turkey bacon onto another plate. He brought that over to the table and placed it down. "I thought the same thing with your mom back then," Andy said and then Sharon walked in to the kitchen. Andy looked at her and smiled.

She was wearing blue jeans and a Dodgers jersey with a white t-shirt underneath. Andy walked over to her and kissed her. "You're beautiful," he whispered to her and she blushed but smiled. "Breakfast is ready," he said as he pointed to the table. They all sat down and ate breakfast.

When they were through, Andy started to clean up the table but Sharon stopped him. "Go get yourself ready, the boys and I will clean up here," Sharon placed her hand on his arm and looked at him. Andy nodded and gave her a wink. He then started to walk away from them but turned around when he heard Rusty call him. "Thanks for the talk," Rusty told him. "Anytime kid," Andy said and then went upstairs.

Sharon saw the interaction between Rusty and Andy and it made her smile. "So, what did the two of you talk about?" she asked Rusty as they cleared the table. "Oh, things, you know, guy stuff," Rusty answered as he didn't want to go into detail. Sharon smiled and nodded as she handed her plate to Matthew to take to the sink.

An hour later, the three of them left the house and Rusty stayed home. Matthew got into Sharon's car and Andy spoke to him before he closed the door. "Play hard today okay?" Andy pulled Matthew's hat down over his eyes and Matthew chuckled. "Hey!" he said as he moved his hat from his eyes. "I'll be at your game as soon as I can, alright kiddo?" Andy said. "Okay," Matthew replied and then Andy closed his car door.

Andy then walked Sharon around to the driver's side of her car and held her door open as she got in. "Drive carefully, I'll see you at the game in a little bit," he leaned down and kissed her. She smiled at him. "I will, you also be careful and say hello to your sponsor for me," she told him and he gave her a wink and closed her door. He waited until she pulled out before he got inside his car and did the same. Sharon turned right out of the driveway towards the baseball fields and Andy turned left to head to where he was meeting his sponsor.

Andy met up with his sponsor at the diner where they usually meet. He was already sitting down in a booth when his sponsor walked in. "Hey Dave," Andy greeted him as he made his way to the booth. "Andy, good to see you," Dave told him as he sat down. "How are things?" Dave asked him. "Things are okay," Andy told him and they sat there as Dave ordered a cup of coffee and Andy had a water. "Work and family good?" Dave asked as he sipped his coffee. "Yeah, they are. We had another tough case a couple of weeks ago, but I'm doing good," Andy told him as he played with his glass of water.

"Well, I wanted to give you your twenty year sobriety coin on your anniversary, so here's to your hard work every day," Dave handed Andy his coin. It was silver plated and had the words 'To Thine Own Self Be True' engraved on it along with twenty years. Andy fiddled with it in his hands and held it. "Thanks," he cleared his throat. He couldn't believe that he had made it this long. He had some difficult times in the beginning but it all had been worth it. He glanced at his watch. "Sorry to cut our meeting short but Matthew has a baseball game that starts in five minutes and I promised him I would be there to watch it," Andy placed the coin in his pocket of his jeans and stood up. "Thank you," he shook Dave's hand and then left the diner.

Meanwhile, Sharon had parked her car in the parking lot of the ball field where Matthew's game was being held. Matthew climbed out of the car and grabbed his baseball bag. Sharon then walked with Matthew towards the field where the other players were located. "Good luck sweetie," she waved to him and watched him join his team. She then sat down on the bleachers behind his team's dugout. She pulled out her phone and decided to check in on Emily and sent her a text.

A couple of minutes later, Sharon's phone rang and she saw it was Andy calling her. "Hello?" she answered. "Hey, I'm just leaving the diner now," Andy informed her. "Okay, they are getting ready to start soon," she told him as she saw the players take the field. "I'll be there as soon as I can," he told her. "Okay, love you," she said and she didn't notice someone sit down next to her on the bleacher. "Love you too," Andy said and hung up his phone. Sharon did the same and placed her phone back in her pocket. She then watched the beginning of the game.

"Hello Sharon," she heard the person sitting next to her say in a familiar voice. She knew who it was before she turned her head. She swallowed as her heart began to race. She turned her head to look at the person. "What are you doing here?" she said as she faced Bill Croelick. He smiled. "If I said I missed you what would you think of that?" he stared at her and she moved back a little bit. "I thought you preferred blondes," Sharon said as she turned. "Blondes always have more fun, but brunettes are more down to earth," Croelick told her.

"I didn't know your kid was old enough to play ball," he smirked but then realized Sharon wasn't in the mood for pleasantries. "Where is that Lieutenant of yours, hmm?" he asked wondering why she was at the game by herself. "He's on his way now, and if he sees you here talking to me, well I won't be responsible for the actions that he'll take against you," Sharon smirked back at him. "My, my, a little touchy this morning aren't we?" he said. "What's the matter Sharon, he didn't satisfy you this morning?" he gave her a sad look which then turned into a devilish smile.

"What do you want?" she demanded to know, trying to keep her voice down so that other parents didn't hear her. "What do I want," he whispered to himself. "What do you want?" he mimicked Sharon's voice and smirked. Croelick then looked up to see Andy walking up to the bleacher. Croelick smiled as the game was under way. Andy made eye contact with him as soon as he started to climb where Sharon was sitting. "Son of a bitch," Andy muttered under his breath and reached out to grab Croelick. He pulled him from the bleacher and forced him to walk towards a tree. Sharon followed them.

"What the hell are you doing here? Showing up at our son's baseball game?" Andy asked him but before Croelick could answer Andy leaned into him. "How did you even know we would be here?" Andy asked him and then patted him down to make sure he wasn't carrying any weapons of any kind. Some of the parents turned around to see what was going on behind them.

"Enough with the stalling, Croelick, what do you want and why are you here?" Sharon asked him in her Darth Flynn voice. "You might come across someone, he likes to start fires," Croelick stated in a more serious manner. "Like you?" Andy shot back and Croelick stared at him. "Worse," Croelick stated. "Why are you telling us this?" Sharon asked him. "Cause I want you to know it wasn't me who started the fire," Croelick stated.

"Why should we believe you?" Andy scoffed at him as he folded his arms in front of his chest. "I never lied, especially to you, Andy," Croelick stared at him and then glanced at Sharon. "So who is this person?" Sharon asked. "His name is Randall Myers, that's all I know," Croelick shared as he stood there. "And what is he supposed to do?" Andy asked him, not entirely believing what Croelick was telling them. "Start another wildfire," Croelick stated to them.

"We're going to have to get your official statement on this," Sharon informed Croelick. "Sorry Captain, but that's not going to happen," Croelick shook his head. "Listen," Andy grabbed him. "I'm not playing games with you again, you understand that?" Andy gritted his teeth as he spoke to him. Croelick just gave him a smile. "I've missed you guys," Croelick smiled. "But, my statement is anonymous and will remain anonymous," Croelick added. Andy stared at him. The rest of the parents started cheering for something happening on the field.

Andy let go of his hold on Croelick and Croelick fixed his jacket. "Now, I don't want you to miss the rest of your son's game," he said as Andy kept staring at him. Croelick smiled at him and then Sharon. "Bye," he smiled and gave a little wave as he walked away from the two of them. Sharon reached out and grabbed Andy's hand before he could go after Croelick. Andy watched him walk away. "Come on, let's watch the game," Sharon tried to get Andy's attention back.

He turned around and walked back to the bleachers with her and sat down, still holding her hand. "Do you think he was telling the truth?" he asked her as they watched the rest of the game. "Possibly, I don't want to worry about that right now," she said and he nodded. "We'll look into it tomorrow," she informed him and then they sat there and watched the rest of Matthew's baseball game.

The End