effort #3!

i do not own any thing Blu Bloods related but a love and affection for the show, writers cast and crew for dong such a fantastic job in bringing us great entertainment.

The Young Ones.

They always say, "Wait until you're older" or "You're too young to understand", but what if they were wrong? Just because you are a kid does not mean you do not understand...What it is like to be hurt; to lose a friend or loved one; to fall in love or to feel the aftermath of crime and terror. Or what it's like to grow up in the shadow of the gun and badge of the NYDP.

Jamie 1985

Playing on the bottom stair in the hallway was his favourite place of all while his brothers and sister were at school. It was spacious and no one was there to get in his way, except his ma or his grandma but they were allowed, they played with him and didn't take his toys away in anger. Danny and Joe did. They could be horrible to him at times but then they could be nice too. It was confusing to his little brain at times and it gave him a headache.

On this particular day, Jamie was playing by himself quite happily while his ma and grandma were having coffee with a lady in the front room. The lady was really nice and her husband was funny. He was a short kind of guy with neatly trimmed, thick black hair and a funny laugh. The man had left his wife at the house before going out with his dad to work. They both wore a dark navy uniform and had peashooters on their belts. One day i'm going to have a peashooter just like them, he thought happily to himself as he played with his toys.

"Oh my god!" screamed the nice lady, suddenly as she dropped her coffee cup. "Oh Mary! I think the baby's coming!"

"Aren't you a bit early?" asked Mary, Jamie's ma, as she stood to help her guest.

"Try telling that to this one!" laughed the lady, her name was Marie.

"Mommy! Mommy!" cried Jamie as he came into the front room afraid from the scream. He looked to the lady called Marie. "Is her tummy expoding?" as he pointed at the very pregnant lady.

"No honey!" smiled Mary, sweetly as she helped Marie to stand. "Marie is going to have a baby. And we need to make her a little more comfortable before the ambulance comes."

"I don't think this baby is going to wait that long," groaned Marie as she grabbed for the side of the sofa.

"Ma? She can have my bed. It's very compable" smiled Jamie as he walked up to Marie and took her hand. "Let me take you?" he offered. Marie watched in awe of the little boy as she tried to control her breathing.

"Mary, where did you get this little angel?" smiled Betty, his grandma, as she swooped up her youngest grandchild. "I think it's time i took you to see Grandpa Henry,"

"I don't wanna go see Gandpa!" he huffed. "I wanna stay here. I can help!" sobbed Jamie as he tried to keep hold of Marie's hand. All three ladies were astonished by the way Jamie was cliniging onto Marie's hand with stoic determination.

"Okay, but it may get icky before the ambulance gets here," warned Mary as she set Marie onto the floor. "Ma, can you call the precinct and have Frank bring Anthony home. I have a feeling Marie is right, this baby is coming now and it will not wait for a bus!"

"Why would a baby want a bus, ma?" asked Jamie as he stood beside Marie's side and stroked her head. Marie could only smile as another contraction ripped through her body. "There there!" sighed Jamie as he kissed Marie's head. All while this was going on, Betty Reagan was on the phone instructing the precinct desk sergeant that Sergeant Reagan and Officer Anthony Renzulli were needed at the Reagan residence in Bay Ridge. Then as an afterthought, she called for the paramedics and her husband, Commissioner Henry Reagan...Though not in that order.

"Jamie, sweetheart. Can you help Grandma get some towels from the cupboard in the utility room for me," asked Mary as she prepared to deliver the baby.

"Sure, Ma!" beamed Jamie as he then turned to look at Marie. "Stay! I go get owls for my ma!" he announced softly and waddled out to help Betty.

"I hope mine turns out like him!" groaned Marie as she continued to pant away the contractions. "I have to admit, i thought he was going to scream the place down...Arghhh!"

"He's wise beyond his years is my Jamieson, he's going to break so many hearts!" gushed Mary as she turned in time to see her youngest waddle back into the room.

"Cwean owls!" announced Jamie as he dropped them by his mom's side and took up position by Marie's side. "Ohh! Your head all wet! I get owl to dry it for you" he said as he picked up the towel he just dropped only moments ago.

"Thank you Jamie," gasped Marie as she let him mop her brow. "Now can you hold my hand as i think it's nearly time to have this baby!" she smiled as he smiled back at her.

"OK. But where is baby coming from?" he asked inquisitively. Mary, Betty and Marie just exchanged glances and laughed hysterically, only stopping when they heard the front door slam.

"Mary! Ma!" called out Frank Reagan as he came rushing into the house.

"Marie! Where's Marie?!" called the other officer. Just as they got to the front room a wailing sound was heard. "Is that..? Is that my baby..?" stammered Anthony Renzulli as he approached the sofa.

"You have a beautiful baby girl," announced Mary as she swaddled the child in a clean towel.

"I helped!" beamed Jamie as he smiled up at his daddy, proudly.

"Did you now kid?" laughed Renzulli with tears in his eyes. "So whaddya think of my baby?" he asked as he looked at his wife. "I happen to think she's beautiful too, just like her mommy!"

"She needs a bath!" said Jamie as he wrinkled his nose up. "But she is small too. Can i play with her? She can have my toys too," he offered. The proud new dad held his daughter in his arms and looked at the young Reagan.

"When she gets a bit bigger and stronger i'm sure she'll play with you. After helping Marie, i think you get to be her first best friend. I hope that also means you'll always look out for her too,"

"What's her name?" asked Jamie, still looking at the little bundle in Renzulli's arms.

"Antonia Jamieson Renzulli," said Marie, through her tears.

"Oni! I like that name! Hello Oni! Me Jamie! I'm going to be your frwend!" he smiled as he leant over in his dad's arms and gave the now sleeping baby a kiss on her head.

Jamie &Toni 1988

"Jammie!...Jammie!...JAMMIE!" yelled Toni as she searched through the front room for her friend. She could hear him giggling but she just couldn't see him. "I find you i ickle you!" she threatened.

"You can't tickle me! I'm a Reagan!" he retorted back. "And you are getting so cold!" he added.

"It's hot in here, how can i be getting cold?" questioned Toni as she turned in the direction of Jamie's voice.

"It means you are nearly finding me!" tutted Jamie, as he looked out from his hiding place.

Toni stopped in the middle of the front room when she heard the front door open. As she listened, she could hear the other Reagan children come running in from school. "Ooh! Big kids!" she panicked and ran for cover, under the sofa. "Jammie! This is where you be!" she exclaimed as she lay beside her friend.

Shh! They'll hear you!" whispered Jamie as he put a finger to her lips. "We gotta stay here a while so that they don't ruin our game." Toni looked at Jamie with a smile and nodded her head in understanding. Big kids got in the way some times but then Danny could be really funny with Jamie.

"Hey! Where are the little squirts?" asked fourteen-year-old Danny Reagan as he went through to the kitchen for cookies and milk.

"They were in the front room playing a short while ago. They couldn't have gone far," said Mary as she carried her basket of laundry in from the back yard.

"There's no kids in there now," shrugged Joe, who was almost twelve, as he too came looking for his after school snack.

"Ma! Why are Jamie's cars all over the stairs?" asked Erin, thirteen, as she tried to carry all the school bags at once.

""Just put them by the utility room Erin, that'll be fine!" smirked Danny as he sat down. Erin glared at her brothers as she unceremoniously dropped three school bags, two gym kits and her oboe case.

"Erin Reagan! What do you think you are doing?" exclaimed their mother. "Why are you carrying your brothers' things? And that oboe is not a toy, it's expensive!"

"Sorry, ma. But the boys made me carry their stuff in. They told me it was my job as it was women's work!" huffed Erin as she glared at the boys who had now started to choke on their cookies and milk.

"Did they now? Well, they can go their rooms and clean them up. That's their job this afternoon and after that i am sure i can find them some more work to do!" replied their mom as she watched the two boys sink further into their seats. "But before they do that, they can go find Toni and Jamie and give them their snack."

Danny and Joe groaned but stopped the moment they felt the "hand of mom" on the back of their heads. Meanwhile, back in the front room under the sofa, Jamie and Toni had fallen fast asleep not knowing the chaos they were about to cause.

"They're not there, ma!" exclaimed Danny as he came back into the kitchen with a worried look. "I looked in the cupboard under the stairs, the bathroom and Jamie's bedroom. They aren't here!" he said worriedly.

"They have to be here somewhere. Jamie knows he can't go outside just now after his recent chest infection," huffed Mary as she went to look for herself. "Are you sure you looked everywhere?"

"Ma, we looked!" sighed Erin as she came down the stairs from checking her room and Joe's. "I'm not looking in Danny's room, i may not get out alive! It's full of toxic waste that he calls underwear!" snorted Erin as she stuck her tongue out at her brother.

"Oh, Ha Ha!" he quipped back!

"Stop it! All of you! We need to find Jamie and Toni," stated Mary as she scratched her head. "Danny, you call your dad at the precinct. Joe, Erin, run down to Grandma Betty and ask if she's seen the young ones. They could've slipped out if you left the door open on your return from school." Mary was doing her best not to show panic but it was getting difficult. Erin and Joe looked at their mom and then to each other, they could see it was getting serious if they couldn't find their little brother and his friend in their own home.

"We won't be long, ma," smiled Joe as he gave Mary a hug before heading out with his sister. "They are so going to be trouble when they get home," he sighed as he closed the front door.

"I think mom would just be happy to get them both home in one piece for starters," replied Erin as they ran down the sidewalk.

"Mary! Where are they?" sobbed Marie as she ran into the Reagan house 30 minutes later. Frank and Renzulli had picked her up from her work as a housekeeper at the Astoria hotel. "How long have they been gone?" she cried as Mary hugged her.

"Calm yourself now. They'll be fine. I'm sure they haven't gone too far," replied Mary as she rubbed her back. "Jamie is a good boy and he will always look out for Toni," she reassured her.

"Danny, can you and Tony go down to the park and see if they are by the play frames, i'll take Joe and scout the neighbours gardens..." suggested Frank but stopped as he stood by the sofa.

"Frank? What is it?" asked Mary, puzzled as she watched her husband. "What is?" she repeated.

"Dad?" asked Danny as he and his siblings stood by his side. Renzulli stood with the kids and cocked his head to the side.

"Listen?" he whispered. Everyone stopped talking and strained their ears. "Is that...Snoring?" he smirked.

"Yeah, it is. But where is it coming from?" asked Danny as he started to look around.

"The sofa" smiled Frank as he slowly got to his knees and bent down to look underneath the furniture. "Well, whaddyaknow?" he exclaimed. He motioned to Renzulli to lift the other end of the sofa as he took the other. As the sofa moved, there beneath were two sleeping children, cuddled up in each other's arms.

"Now if they were 15 and 17, you'd be screaming blue murder!" giggled Erin as she watched her little brother protect his little playmate while she held the arms that were carefully wrapped around her.