Living Life

Set at the end of 4.02 (Mild spoilers) follow up to my other story You Are the Person. As always so thankful to James Duff for creating such wonderful characters and letting us play with them.

Sharon closed Rusty's bedroom door and leaned against it for a second. She was glad he was home. It had been a long and emotionally intense couple of days. She was ready to unwind. She smiled at the sound of a small amount of clanging from the kitchen. He must have come in while she was talking to Rusty. She heard the water turn off and the sound of the kettle being place on the stove, he was making her tea.

She made her way into the kitchen and stood for and watched him for a minute as her rummaged through her choices of tea to select the right one. She smiled when she saw he picked up the one she always drank in the evening.

"Hi," She said softly pulling her sweater around herself as he turned around.

"Hi yourself," He said coming around the kitchen pulling her to him and placing a soft kiss on her lips.

"Did you eat? You were later than I thought you would be." She said pulling back slightly so she could look in his eyes. They were full of emotion.

"We helped Julio get his desk set up and then took him to dinner to welcome him back to the team. Sorry I didn't call…"His words were cut off by Sharon's lips pressing against his.

He enjoyed the feel of her initiating the kiss and after a minute he pulled her closer to him and deepened it. He turned them and lifted her slightly onto one of the barstools. He stood between her legs and ran his fingers through her hair. Sharon's arms wrapped around his waist pulling him even closer. He could feel her need to release the emotions of the last few days. He changed the pace of their kisses, he slowed it down and made them softer. He didn't want her raw emotions to get her somewhere she wasn't ready to go yet. Not that he wasn't ready but he wanted it to be the right time.

When the tea kettle began to whistle and Sharon laid her head on Andy's chest making no effort to move.

"Thank you for doing what I needed you to do at work and being here when I needed you tonight," She said softly

"Sweetheart, you kiss me like that every night and I will even be nice to Taylor." He said with a laugh. "Now, how about you go sit down on the couch and I will finish making your tea."

Sharon leaned up and kissed him again before letting herself down from the barstool and walking towards the living room. She settled herself on the couch and Andy wasn't far behind her with her tea. He sat down next to her pulled her feet into his lap and began to massage them.

"Tea, and a foot massage, did you do something that I am going to get a phone call about tomorrow?" she asked him suspiciously.

"No, and if I had this wouldn't be the place for me to make up for that. I am giving my girlfriend a foot massage not my boss." He reminded her.

"Hmm, girlfriend?" Sharon said raising an eyebrow at him.

"Yes, I like the sound of it" He said smiling his crooked grin at her before kissing her.

"Andy, I haven't had a boyfriend in over 30 years" She told him with amusement.

"Well, do you have a better name for it?" He asked as he continued rubbing her feet.

"Well, maybe after tonight we could add a new name for it." She said scooting up so that she was now sitting in his lap. She watched as his face registered what she had said before she kissed him.

Andy pulled back from her for a minute, "Sharon are you sure? It's been a very emotional week and I don't want to do something you are unsure of."

Sharon smiled at him and ran her fingers through his hair, "Andy, when have you ever known me to do something that I am unsure of? What I have been reminded of over the last week is that life is very short and needs to be lived. I feel very lucky to have you in my life and I don't want to sit and wait and worry when that luck is going to run out. I want to live my life with you while we can."

Andy took her face in his hands, "I don't know how I ever got lucky enough to be sitting here with you like this but know that I am not leaving anything about us up to luck from here on out. I love you Sharon and I'm ready to live my life with you."

Sharon stood up in front of him and held out her hand to him. "Come on then, let's live."

TBC (I think)