One Shots
Installment 1
Partners
Hello fellow Jamko fans! One Shots will be one shot stories of ideas that have come into my mind and I can't stop thinking about until I get them out on paper (AU Fics). Or from episodes from BB that I change or add on to. It all depends on what mood strikes me. I will keep them all in one central location for easy access and for easy reading. As always, my disclaimer, I don't own BB nor do I want to. I don't own the characters, I just love Jamko and want to do them justice in an alternate reality.
This first One Shot will be from Season 6 – Episode 12 I believe (Cursed). It will start after the fight in the car – Jamie defending Renzulli and Eddie wanting to at least file a union grievance.
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"Enough Janko. Please." Jamie uttered frustrated and upset at her. Why couldn't she see things his way? Why couldn't she trust that he knew Renzulli and that he was not a dirty cop. Something was happening and he wanted to find out what. He wanted to help Renzulli if he could and Eddie wanted to call the rat squad. She was a straight shooter and in any other situation he would be on board with her. Why couldn't she see that Renzulli and he had a history? A history that had to count for something.
"So you're siding with him?" Eddie said. It wasn't even a question It was a statement. Jamie believed in Renzulli so much. She just didn't know. After her father's betrayal, everything seemed suspicious to her. And Renzulli was acting weird and Jamie was willing to go to bat for him. And it seemed that he didn't even care what she had to say or think about it. Maybe she wasn't as important to Jamie as Renzulli. Renzulli had been his TO after all. Maybe she was second best. Whatever.
"I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt. Same as I'd do for you." He exclaimed glancing over at her and trying to make her understand. As frustrated as he was at her, he really didn't want to fight. This situation was already volatile enough. And he needed his partner with him. He needed her help to figure it out. Was he digging in his heels? Yes. Because he knew he was right.
"Except I'm your partner." She snapped back. What the fuck?! She was so annoyed. She didn't even want to talk about this anymore. She was done. Jamie had shut her down. He didn't even hear her valid concerns. When Jamie got something in his mind there was no force of nature – not even her – that could change his mind. She could fight him and be unreasonable but no. It would just turn into a shouting match. And she was too tired and sad quite frankly.
"We'll just go find Derrick and see what he has to say about this. Okay?" He said, as he glanced at her once more. Maybe if she went along with him, she would see that he was right about Renzulli. He just needed her to be on his side. They were at odds so infrequently. It pained him to have this stress over them. But he couldn't back down. He wouldn't. She was so inflexible on some issues.
Eddie looked down and slowly shook her head. "No. Jamie. We. Won't." she stated as she looked him in the eye with regret. It had come to this. She was taking a stand. She was supposed to support her partner. But in this instance, she didn't agree. There was something wrong about this whole scenario. Jamie wanted to defend Renzulli and not listen to her concerns? He was going to have to figure this out on his own. As much as that broke her heart.
Hearing Eddie tell him no hit him hard in the gut. And if he was honest with himself, it hurt him. He never asked her to follow him blindly. He wanted her to have an opinion. But she had just broken his heart. Yes. He was taking this personally. He looked at her for a few seconds, neither wavering from their stare. Then they both looked away from each other ending the fight. Jamie shook his head as he focused on the road and didn't say another word.
They arrived at the precinct after their shift. They had barely said two words to one another in the remaining hour they had on patrol. Thankfully no calls had come in. As soon as Jamie parked, Eddie was out the door. He didn't even call after her. What was the point?
Maybe they needed to give each other a cooling period.
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Jamie closed his locker and made his way to the door. He needed to find Eddie. They had not spoken in two days. His hands had itched to send her a text but he stopped himself. He had been occupied with finding Derrick and then getting the full story from Renzulli. He was dying to tell her. So she could see that they fought for no reason. That it was going to work out hopefully and that soon they would be back on patrol together. Tomorrow to be exact.
He saw her coming down the hall and he ran to catch up to her. "Hey. Janko." Jamie called out reaching her in three steps.
Eddie stopped and turned to look at him. "Hey." She couldn't lie to herself. She had missed him and she hated that they were mad at each other. But maybe they could hash things out today. "Find Derrick the other night?" she asked, really not able to contain the roll of her eyes.
Jamie noticed it but decided to let it go. He nodded his head and looked at her intently. "Yeah. And the rest of the story." He was ready to tell her everything. "Turns out…" Jamie started but was immediately interrupted by Renzulli. "Reagan let's do this."
Eddie turned around and saw Renzulli standing by his door. She turned back to Jamie and asked: "What's that about?" But she kind of knew already. She just wanted to hear Jamie say it.
"Sarge is going to hit the field…so he and I…"
"Are going to get the band back together." Eddie finished for him with a half of a smile. She didn't notice that her demeanor said it all. She didn't have to tell Jamie that she was upset that she was not riding with him. Especially after they had not talked in two days. And now it was going to be three days because she was sure she would not see him today either. She had to go and see who she was riding with today. May as well get it over with.
"Just for today." Jamie said, as his heart sank at her expression. God. He just needed this case to be over. So Eddie and he could talk and be on the same page again. He didn't feel himself when she was mad at him. To be nothing but honest he stopped being mad at her since that first night. And he realized that he missed her.
"Oh. Okay." He heard her say, as she shook her head sadly.
"Eddie…" Jamie started, and advanced towards her a bit. Just a bit. He couldn't touch her the way he wanted to in the middle of the precinct.
"It's fine. Jamie it's fine." She said, looking him square in the eye and walking away from him. He turned around and his gaze followed her wanting nothing more than to go after her. But he squashed that feeling. "Come on. Let's go." Eddie heard Renzulli say as she walked away from them.
"Ready when you are Sarge." Jamie retorted and jogged towards him. There was nothing he could do now to fix this with Eddie. He was going to have to put it to the back of his mind and deal with it after shift. But they were going to deal with it. He was done hurting her feelings. And he was done fighting with her. And he would see to it that she was done as well.
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Jamie got into the car with Renzulli and Renzulli turned to him. "I want to thank you for helping me."
"No problem Sarge."
"I know Janko is pissed. I could see it."
"Yeah." There was no use denying it.
"You can tell her you know. What's going on."
"I wanted to. But there was no time."
"Why wasn't she with you the night you went looking for Derrick? You guys are practically tied at the hip."
"She turned me down." Jamie said honestly. "She doesn't know anything and this smelled fishy to her so she wanted nothing to do with it."
"Yeah. This is fucked up. And I know it's my fault."
"Eddie has a talent for putting people in line. She did it with me the other day. I wanted her to follow me blindly but she stood her ground and she kept it above board."
"She's a good egg." Renzulli stated.
"She's the best partner I've ever had." Jamie admitted. "No offense Sarge." Jamie said, as he smiled.
"None taken."
"I hate it when she's mad at me. I don't feel right, you know?" Jamie blurted out. It was true. What he had told Eddie. Renzulli and he were friends. He could tell him this and be sure he wouldn't use it against him.
"That's the measure of a good partner. You trust her with your life. And vice versa. That's huge. You guys got a great partnership going. I hope I didn't ruin it."
"We'll be good." Jamie said. "As soon as I talk to her and tell her everything. Eddie doesn't do well with secrets."
"Then let's finish this Reagan. So you can get back to your partner." Renzulli said.
Jamie couldn't of put it better himself.
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"How's Renzulli doing?" Eddie asked Jamie as they were walking away from the real perp. Now that she knew most of the story she felt bad. Losing such a close friend had to hit Renzulli hard.
"I'm okay." Renzulli called out.
"Sarge I'm really sorry about your friend." Eddie said, truthfully.
"Thanks." Renzulli answered and looked straight at her. He pointed his finger at her and said: "I need to say sorry to you to for uh…" He said, and looked at Jamie and then at Janko. "For causing problems between you and Reagan."
"That doesn't matter." Eddie pointed out.
Jamie agreed and nodded his head as he said: "No Sarge."
"No it matters. And the first thing tomorrow morning I'm going to the CO and telling him how I screwed up. And Janko I want you with me to corroborate it."
"Me?" Eddie asked, confused.
"Yeah. Too many friends covering up for one another lately. I need an impartial voice. At least that's the way that he put it." Renzulli said, looking over at Jamie.
"Hey all I said is that you have a talent for keeping people in line." Jamie stated as he looked at Eddie.
"And that you're the best partner he's ever had."
Eddie stood straighter at hearing those words. Renzulli would never know how much they meant to her. They words were everything.
"Bright and early Janko." Renzulli called out as he walked away from them. It was the least he could do towards helping them mend fences. He wasn't stupid. He knew that they had something special. But he also knew that they were holding out in order to stay partners. But he had an inkling that it wouldn't be too much longer before they got their heads out of their ass.
Eddie turned to Jamie with a smirk on her face. "Get outta here…" she heard Jamie utter as he rolled his eyes.
He always knew it. But his heart lifted a little bit as he saw the light at the end of the tunnel. Eddie and he wouldn't be fighting anymore. Jamie heard her chuckle behind him. Leave it to Renzulli to spill the beans on what he had said about Eddie.
Jamie turned to her and stopped, letting Eddie reach him. "We good?" he asked her as he approached the men's locker room.
Eddie looked a him and nodded as she continued to walk. "We're good." Eddie said. "See you tomorrow partner."
Jamie saw her walk away from him. He shook his head and went into the locker room.
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Eddie was laying on her couch watching the news. She heard her phone ring and saw that it was Jamie. "Hello?" she said, as she picked up the phone.
"Hey…" he said, softly. "I just…yeah…uhm…well I wanted to say I was sorry."
"For what?" Eddie asked.
"For our fight. For me being angry at you in the RMP a few days ago."
Eddie smiled. This was her Jamie. "I'm sorry too." She said. "For not believing you. For thinking and saying that you sided with Renzulli instead of me."
"It's okay Eddie. I know you take some things more personally because it takes you a longer time to trust. I should have been more sensitive. Do you truly believe it?"
"Believe what?"
"That I would take someone else's side over yours?"
Eddie thought about it. She wanted to be honest with him. This was the time to do that. She sighed into the phone. "When we fight…" she admitted… "it makes me feel that my concerns are not important. Sometimes…" she says. "Not all the time. There are times that I know that I'm the one being difficult. And stubborn. But this fight Jamie? I felt that Renzulli's honor meant more to you than my concerns over him doing something wrong. Potentially a violation of our patrol guide. I may have jumped the gun with IAB but you shut me down completely."
"I'm sorry I made you feel that way Eddie. It wasn't my intention. Renzulli is important to me and in my gut, I knew that he had a reason for what he was doing. I flew off the handle as I sometimes do and I did shut you down."
"Well I'm sorry for not going with you. I am your partner and I should have gone with you. I didn't go because I was pissed off at you and I wanted to…I don't know…make you see that you needed me if I wasn't around. It's silly I know."
"I do need you Eddie. If I don't tell you enough…I am happy that you're my partner. We've put so many things on hold for the sake of it." He said, knowing they were going into dangerous territory. "Renzulli is important to me. And he is a good friend. But you? Not riding with you is something I can't fathom." Jamie said, his heart in his sleeve.
Tears sprung to her eyes and she said: "Cause I'm the best partner you've ever had."
She heard Jamie chuckle. "Yes. It's true, ok? Can we move on?"
"Jamie…as much as I drive you crazy and as much as you drive me crazy…please know there is no one else I'd rather be partnered with. And you're right – we have put a lot of conversations on hold for the sake of our partnership. You're so important to me. Please know that. I may fly off the handle but don't give up on me. Please?" Because I love you.
"Never…" Jamie said softly. Because I love you.
"Good night, partner." Eddie said.
"Good night, partner. See you tomorrow. And we'll go for some ribs after."
"Somehow you know just what to say…." Eddie said, as she quietly hung up.
They both sighed a huge sigh of relief. They were okay now. And truthfully that was all that mattered.
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