Someone We Deserve

I'm so sorry that it took so long for me to update. I have been pretty busy lately. Anyway I hope you like this one. It's different from the others. Please review!

Summary: Sharon Raydor deserves someone who'll treat her right...and everyone seems to notice it.

Disclaimer: sadly, I own nothing.

Chapter 6 - Ricky

"Pick up. Pick up. Pick up."

I drum my fingers on my wooden bedside table.

Why isn't she picking up?

"Come on. Pick up"

"Hello! I can't come to the phone right now-"

"For the love of God." I yelled in frustration.

Where the hell is she?

I pressed the home screen of my phone and tapped the messages application.

"Where's mom?" I quickly typed then sent to Rusty.

No hellos. No small talk. That's just how our relationship works.

Or that's how I am.

"Ricky you do know it's like six in the morning." He replied 5 minutes after.

I roll my eyes at his reply. Rusty has always been the wise guy of the family.

I smirked. He is so like mom.

I know that I wasn't as accepting or nice when I first met Rusty, but that quickly changed as soon as got my head out of my ass.

I should have known better. I shouldn't have listened to my dad. He just wanted me to be on his side.

6:17am

"Just tell me where mom is, and maybe you can go back to sleep."

"You do know that she could be asleep right?"

I rolled my eyes. I quickly tapped the 'details' option on my phone. Without hesitation, I dialed Rusty's number.

"Good morning big brother." I can sense the sarcasm in his voice

"Morning...whatever. Where's mom?"

"Ricky! It's way too early."

"Rusty please" the desperation was evident.

"You know she might have had a long critical missing case. Maybe she hasn't slept for days. Maybe she's really too tired to answer your call." Rusty added.

"Nice try. Now where is she?" Rusty's stalling.

"She's not home."

What?

There goes my surprise.

Where could she be at 6am?

Work. Obviously.

Or maybe with...

Ew. No. Get these thoughts out of my head.

She has to be at work.

Please be at work.

"Rusty where is she? This is sort of an emergency."

"She's at work. Provenza called at like 3am telling her that they caught a case."

Thank God. She's at work.

She isn't acting like the horny teenager.

Ew. Those images are slowly making its way back in my head.

Gross. I don't want to imagine my mom with her new boyfriend.

"Okay good. I guess I can just go straight to her office then."

"Yeah that-wait! You're in town?"

"Almost"

"Why didn't you tell me? What time does you flight take off? I don't have class. Maybe I can pick you up at the airport."

"Actually I'm driving there. I'm somewhere in Burbank. I'll be there soon."

"You were driving the whole night?!" That news woke him up.

I felt relaxed at that.

He cares. He's worried that my lack of sleep will cause an accident. He's worried about me...

the same way I'm worrying about Emily right now.

"Yeah well it was a last minute thing. I just really needed to talk to mom."

"Well you should go to her then. It would be fun to surprise her, but I'll warn you. She's pretty busy right now."

"Oh it's fine. I just really need to tell her before Emily does."

"Okay...should I know about it?"

"My dad got someone pregnant." I hesitated.

I'm not worried that he'll freak out or that he's going to tell mom. I'm more of afraid. Afraid to say it out loud. I haven't grasped the idea yet and somehow saying it out loud made it ten times worse.

The line went silent.

"Rusty?"

"When?"

"A few months ago. The mom's in her third trimester. The baby's due next month."

"Oh"

"Well yeah. I just really have to tell mom before Emily does. Em didn't take it so well. She slapped dad."

"She slapped him? Whoa! She slapped Jack. Emily. You know the girl that acts almost exactly like her mother? That Emily? Wait! He told her in person?"

"He told both of us in person. He bought Em a ticket to San Fransisco. He told us last night."

"How's Emily?"

"She's shaken up by it. The first thing she did was buy a ticket to LA. She's gonna be here by noon." I shifted my weight. "I'm worried Rusty."

"Sharon can handle it. She's stronger than you think."

"It's not mom that I'm worried about. It's Emily."

"Yeah that makes sense."

"I want wanted to tell mom first cause Emily would want mom to comfort her. This is pretty bad." I took a deep breath. Tears were starting to form in my eyes but I refuse to cry. "Dad screwed up. He can't fix this one."

"It'll be okay Ricky. Sharon's better at this than I am, so just hang up and try to hurry."

"Mom will be hurt you know. They were married for so long. I mean we all know that neither of them didn't see other people during the separation, but still. This is bad."

"But I know she'll take it well. Sharon can handle this, but she isn't made of glass. This will still hurt her."

I scratch the back of my head. "Yeah I know." I smiled. "At least now she has that boyfriend of hers to calm her down"

Rusty snorted.

He is so like mom.

"Gosh Ricky! I don't need that image in my head."

I laughed.

"This will be hard on her." Rusty added to go back to the serious conversation we were having.

"It would be, but she's got us and Flynn to help her get through it."

Flynn.

Andy Flynn.

My mothers boyfriend.

I'm actually okay with that.

"Ricky I know that Sharon dating Andy might bother you, but he's good to her. He treats her right. You don't have to worry. He's going to take care of her."

I sighed. "I never doubted him. They're a good fit."

Although, I wouldnt tell mom that. Not yet anyway. That would take out the fun in messing with her.