I don't own these characters just a fan wanting to tell a story. Hope you enjoy!
Eddie looked at the small object in her hands as the double lines looked right back her. One drunken night, that was all it was. One drunken night and her she was sitting on the side of the bathtub in a situation, she never planned. She didn't know how long she sat there, but when she stood up her feet were tingling, she dropped the pregnancy test in the trash, were in landed with three other positive tests. She looked in the mirror, her hair was unkempt and she had two-day old makeup. What would he say? Would he tell her to raise their child alone? Could she still be a cop? She had called in sick the past couple days thinking she had had a stomach bug, then she had realized she was late, not just a few days late over a month late. She splashed some water on her face hoping it would help her with the shock. She walked into her kitchen and picked up her phone. 3 missed calls it said, all from Jamie, her partner. She sighed and clicked re-dial. "Pretend everything thing is normal" she told herself.
"Hey, I heard you banged in sick." He said, when he answered the phone.
"yeah, I think I have a stomach bug." She lied.
"Do you want me to bring you anything?" He asked.
"No," She said quickly, she couldn't face him. "But thanks anyway. I should be at work tomorrow."
"Okay," He said, "Feel better Eddie."
"I will." And she hung up. Would he be angry or would he be excited? She hugged her knees and sat on the couch just thinking how her life was about to change.
She woke up the next morning exhausted, and with and urge to throw up. She reach to bed side table and grabbed a bottle of peppermint oil, something a friend had once told her had cured her morning sickness. Eddie was surprised that it indeed helped, in fact helped a lot. She looked at the clock, 6:30 it read plainly as if it mocked her need of sleep. She got up and dressed to go to work, hoping she wouldn't feel the need to throw up again. What would she tell her sergeant "don't tell him today, it can wait a little bit just so you can get used to the idea of being pregnant." She justified.
She got in her car and drove to the precinct and changed into her uniform.
"Hey, good to see you are feeling better." She heard a familiar voice say.
"Yeah," She said with a smile as she turned to look at Jamie Reagan her partner at the police department. Recently their friendship had been strained and much as they had tried to hide it, something had changed when they had woken up in the same bed.
"You ready for tour?" He questioned,
"Yes," She assured.
Their day was simple as they drove around writing tickets and summons to the people of New York. They stopped for meal at a café. When Eddie entered she walked in she was over whelmed with the urge to throw up.
"I'll be right back." Eddie said quickly making her way to the ladies room. She took some deep breath trying to easy her nervous stomach. She had forgotten peppermint oil, she was just trying to keep the contents of her stomach in her stomach. After a few minutes she had calmed herself down and walked out to the table that Jamie had saved.
"Hey I ordered for you." Jamie stated when Eddie took her seat.
"Thanks," Eddie said with a smile, unconsciously letting her hand rest on to her stomach. She was starving, she had forgotten to eat breakfast.
"So, how was your date two nights ago?" Jamie questioned.
"He canceled." Eddie lied, remembering that was when she had realized she might be pregnant.
"Well, too bad for him." Jamie said, salting his food.
"yeah," Eddie said with a small laugh, realizing she may never go on a date again, once the baby was born. Who would want to ask out a single mother. Then the thought crossed her mind, should she get an abortion? She quickly cleared that thought; she wanted this baby even if it wasn't planned. It may be the closet thing she could ever get to being with Jamie even if it meant just having his kid.
"Hey, you are being really quiet and you haven't even touched your food are you okay?" Jamie questioned, Eddie looked up he truly looked concerned for her. "what if the baby has his eyes?"
"Yeah, just deep in thought." Eddie answered, shaking her head to clear it.
"Okay," Jamie said taking a bite.
Eddie started on her food, and she suddenly realized just how hungry she was and she devoured all of her food quickly.
"Hungry?" Jamie laughed.
"Shut up," Eddie said sternly matching his joking tone.
The finished meal, and returned to the RNP.
"Are you sure you are okay?" Jamie asked again, after half-an-hour had pass without Eddie talking.
"Yeah, I'm just still not feeling the greatest still." Eddie answered.
"Okay," Jamie sighed, he could tell she didn't feel like talking but he wasn't sure why.
They ended their day and Eddie was about to leave the station when Jamie stopped her.
"Do you wanna go get drinks?" He asked, opening the door for her.
"No, I'm still feeling under and I think I should get some sleep." Eddie said, after of few moments to think.
' "Sure," Jamie said understandingly.
"Why does he have to be so damn nice all the time!" Eddie thought to herself.
"See you tomorrow." He said, and he left to go to his car.
"How will our friendship, hell even our partnership change?" Eddie pondered as she walked to her car.
When she got to her apartment she flopped on the couch exhausted. She still had a lot to do and she knew she couldn't just sit there but that's all she wanted to do. Eddie looked around her apartment it was kind of a mess. She forced herself to get up and started to throw away take-out containers, and tidying up everything. She placed the pillows on the sofa and put the dishes in the dishwasher, she fell onto the couch even more exhausted. "What am I going to do?" She asked herself, her hand coming to rest on her flat stomach.
TBC?