Chapter 1

She was avoiding him and he knew it. They were still riding together in the squad car and they talked, not as much as usual, but they still talked. It felt weird that after four years of wishing that he would have at least one quiet tour he now had his wish; but he hated it.

After tour however, all bets were off and she would be out of the precinct like a bat out of hell, without even giving him a heads up. He knew something was up and even after rigorous questioning he still had no answers.

Had he done something wrong?

Said something weird?

He had no idea. So, he decided that if he wasn't going to get answers, he would just ride out the storm until it at least looked like it would be over. But then Friday came and something changed.

"Do you remember the time that that fake bike courier gave you her number and it turned out that she'd given you the number to a Chinese restaurant." Eddie laughed before finishing, "I would literally give anything to go back in time to see the look on your face again, it was priceless."

Jamie, who was caught by surprise by this sudden change in character was somewhat speechless for a second. "Her name was Maya I think but yeah I remember."

"Y'know it's weird that people always assume that being a cop you're always going to see the worst parts of life and obviously that's partially true but we've had some pretty fun times in this squad car don't you think?" Eddie asked as she turned to Jamie.

"You're right, we've both had some fun but only one of us has been conned by a teenager." Jamie jabbed, he couldn't resist bringing it up again, it was just too funny.

"I am never going to live that down, am I?" Eddie rolled her eyes at the memory.

"Not in a million years." Jamie smiled wickedly. He took a breath as his smile faded a little and said, "What's with sudden burst of nostalgia?"

"Nothing okay Reagan, there's no need to read into everything. Sometimes you need to turn that big brain of yours off, it would do you some good." Eddie deflected.

Maybe she was right, maybe he was just reading into things too much. He decided that it would be best not to push the issue and enjoy having the old Eddie back, maybe this was the end of the storm that he had been hoping for.

His theory was again proved right when Eddie decided that it would be a good idea to head to their favourite diner after tour, something that they had not done in a while. They had fun and were smiling again when they drove home together.

"You didn't have to take me home Jamie." Eddie insisted. "I could have just taken the subway or a taxi."

"Well you're here now and there's nothing you can do about it, unless you want to stop the car and jump out." He said mockingly.

"There's no need to be rude about it." Eddie responded in an offended tone, she was secretly pleased that he did drive her home, it just meant that she got to spend more time with him which she didn't think was so bad.

"Here we are." Jamie announced when he pulled up to her apartment building, he was happy that things had got back to normal between them. He turned to face Eddie and then saw that she was already looking at him, there was an emotion in her eyes that he couldn't figure out and before he could say anything Eddie pulled him into a hug. He was at first stiff from the shock of it all but then he melted into it, the overwhelming smell of Eddie flooding his senses and all the feelings that he had to push down on a daily basis, started to rise up again, but it was over much before he wanted it to be.

"Thank you." She whispered. "For everything."

Jamie, was stunned and wanted to use a smart retort but decided against it. He didn't want to ruin the moment between them, instead he just answered, "No problem partner. I'll see you on Monday."

"Bye Reagan." And with that she left the car.

Jamie frowned at the finality of her words and he couldn't help feeling that something in his life had just ended.

She didn't come into work on Monday or Tuesday or for the next coming weeks leaving Jamie to ponder whether the storm was really over or the worst was still to come.