Chapter 1
Jamie had been invited to dinner with a lot of his friends from his days at Harvard. He initially didn't want to go but his friend Spencer said he owed him one for the time it hadn't worked out when he set Spencer up with Eddie. It was a good thing Spencer didn't know that same night he was the one that ended up kissing Eddie. Jamie still thought about that night, how everything could've changed had he let it gone any further. Speaking of Eddie he didn't want to go to this dinner by himself so who else better to take? The dinner was tomorrow and he still needed to ask Eddie if she was free and he really hoped she was.
They were almost finished with their tour when Jamie asked her. "Hey Eddie whatcha doin tomorrow?" "I don't know Reagan probably sleeping the whole day. I can't remember the last time we had a day off, why?" "it's no big deal it's just Spencer is dragging me to this dinner tomorrow with a bunch people from school and I don't really wanna go alone, will you come with me?" "Yeah of course Jamie, you've always been there when I needed you. What time and what should I wear?" "I'll pick you up at six and whatever you want, you could go in your blues and I wouldn't care Janko. But ya know something nice would be fine." "Okay Jamie I'll see you tomorrow at six, but right now I'm headed home to sleep because I am exhausted." Jamie was so relieved that Eddie said yes, he called Spencer and told him to save a seat for Eddie. He could finally relax about tomorrow.
But right now he was headed to his Dad's and was gunna order pizza and drink beer with Danny and his grandpa and his dad whenever he got home from 1pp. He drinking beer and having pizza in the kitchen. Just like old times. Danny of course always has a story to tell. "Kid, you'll never guess who I ran into today. Your buddy from Harvard is in town and he said he couldn't wait for dinner tomorrow with you and your, oh how did he put it? Girlfriend. Since when do you have a girlfriend kid and how come we don't know about it?" Before Jamie could speak Henry chimed in. "And don't give us that whole I don't have a girlfriend nonsense because lately every time anyone asks you if you're free you say no and then find out you were out and about at that bar near the 12th. So who is she?"Even Frank looked intrigued which was saying something because he usually tried to stay out of his kids personal lives now that they were adults. "I'm not seeing anyone grandpa seriously I'm not, I was just gunna bring Eddie with me tomorrow that's all." Danny didn't want to say what he was thinking but someone had to. " I noticed you were spending a lot of time with Eddie lately, are you two ya know?" "Jesus Danny why do you always have to go there? So what if i hang out with Eddie? It's my life Danny so stay out of it." "Woah kid calm down no need to get so damn defensive, how come when Erin asks you questions you don't snap at her?" " I'm done having this conversation I'm going to bed, night Dad, night grandpa."
Jamie went up to sleep in his old room and because he was arguing with Danny left his phone on the table. The three of them sat at the table drinking the rest of their beers when Jamie's phone went off, the first time. Then 10 mins later it went off again. Danny knew better but before he could pick up Jamie's phone, his dad did. It was Eddie. She had texted him "Jamie you left your hoodie in the squad car don't worry I got it. Oh and about tomorrow I hope Spencer doesn't bring up that time we all hung out, we both know how that ended. Anyways I'm going to bed, night Reagan." Jamie was standing in the doorway. He didn't know what to say, he felt like his family didn't trust him. Looking through someone's phone was not okay. "I gotta go Dad."
Finally Frank spoke up, "What is it with you lately? This girl texts you, calls you and you jump up and run to her,there are dozens of texts here. "Jamie come hang out with me, Eddie come have a drink with me, we still on for breakfast tomorrow? And what in hell is we both know how that ended supposed to mean? All of these seem to be on your days off and I'm questioning whether or not you understand what a professional boundary even is." "I'm sorry it's a crime to spend time with my partner I forgot I'm not allowed to be friends with the woman I trust my life with every day." With that Jamie stormed out and headed to the only place he knew he could forget about all this. Eddie's.