Don't Let Go

Chapter one

It was a beautiful Monday spring afternoon. Officers Jamie Reagan and Eddie Janko where walking their beat. Eddie was going on and on about the concert she went to on Saturday. Jamie was lost in his own thoughts. Jamie and Danny had argued last night at Sunday dinner. Jamie had finally had enough and had just walked out,without saying a word. Of course everyone had turned and glared at Danny.

Eddie noticed her partner wasn't listing anymore. "And then I jumped on stage and took my shirt off." Eddie said trying to get Jamie's attention. When he didn't look at her, she nudged him.

Jamie looked at her. "You where at a concert. Did you have fun?"

"Jamie what's wrong? You look as if you're miles away."

Jamie frowned, he didn't want to burden his partner with his family drama. Talking it out would probably help, he thought to himself. "Danny was being an ass last night."

Eddie rolled her eyes. "When isn't he? What did he say this time?"

"Erin and Danny where arguing over a case, as usual. I finally had enough, I get so tired of hearing those two fight every week. I told him to shut up and that Erin was right. If he would read up on the law he would know these things. He looks at me and says 'it's our thing, kid. You wouldn't understand.' So then I say, What's our thing Danny? He say's 'me being the older brother and pointing out what you do wrong so you can do it right'. He treats me like I'm some rookie, not a cop that has eight years under his belt."

"Wow! I can't believe him sometimes." Eddie said with a shake of her head.

"That's not all. Then he told me that if I always take Erin's side then I should of stayed a lawyer. I thought we where past that. I just got up and left without saying anything else. I know it sounds like I acted like a child, but enough was enough. I'm not going to listen to him again. He treats me like I'm some little kid."

"I'm sorry Jamie." Eddie said as she patted his back. She was starting to get mad too. Jamie had told her things that Danny has said to him before and she got mad right along with him. They usually made a joke about Danny and thought of ways to retaliate, but they never did. Jamie never fought dirty.

Jamie shrugged his shoulders. "I'm sure everyone gave him the stink eye after I left. He will either call me today or tomorrow to apologize."

"I'm sure you're right."

They walked another few blocks making small talk. They where coming up to a small flower shop, when a man came running out knocking down a couple people. A second man came running out yelling "Thief! Stop him!"

"Police! Stop!" Jamie yelled as he took off running after the man. Eddie checked on the people that had been knocked down. After making sure they where fine, she called it in and gave chase.

Jamie was only a few feet behind the suspect, the guy ran down an alley and ran into a woman as he was exiting. That's all Jamie needed, he reached out to grab the guys collar. The man twisted out of Jamie's grip. Jamie lost his balance and stumbled into the street. He was getting his balance when he heard the sound of screeching tires. A car hit him and sent him flying, he landed on his left side hitting his head, and slid across the pavement.

Blue Bloods

"That was a load of crap!" Detective Danny Reagan yelled in frustration. Danny and his partner Maria Baez was just leaving a suspects house. "I don't buy it one bit."

"Neither do I, but we have to get a warrant before we can dump his phone." She reminded him.

"I know. Let's go get some lunch."

Danny started the car and pulled away from the curb. He was mad about his case going nowhere, he was also thinking about what he said to Jamie last night. Why did he always have to put him down? He felt bad right after he said those things, before he could apologize Jamie had got up and left the house.

He thought that Jamie was acting a little childish for walking out. He couldn't blame him though, Danny had always picked on him growing up. It's what the big brother was supposed to do, he had always did it to Erin and Joe. Since Jamie was the youngest he got it worse the older he got. Danny decided that after lunch he would text Jamie and invite him out for beers.

"Hey Reagan, you alright?" Baez asked.

"I'm fine, Jamie and I had an argument last night. Just trying to think of a way to apologize."

"Where you giving him a hard time again?"

"It's hard not to. He makes it so easy."

"You know, one of these days he is going to push back."

"He did, when he was sixteen. Joe taught him some moves while he was in the academy. Jamie wanted to try it on me, somehow elbowed me in my manhood. Of course he goes on and on that it was an accident, but I didn't believe him. Turns out he did it on purpose. He came clean the next day."

Maria laughed at Danny's story. "I'm sure you deserved it."

Danny glanced at her. "You taking his side?"

"Danny look out!" Maria shouted.

Danny was looked back at the road where a flash of blue caught his attention. A man was in the road in front of him, Danny hit the brakes. The screech of the tires wasn't as loud as the thump of the car hitting a person.

Danny sat there for a second, before he realized he needed to assist the person he hit. He jumped out of the car and saw that it was a cop he had hit. He felt sick to his stomach, knowing that he had hit a fellow officer. He saw the streak of blood in the road from where the body slid. He looked up as he heard the sound of someone running up. His face went white when he recognized Eddie.

"Oh my God. Jamie!" Eddie screamed as she ran to her fallen partner. "Come on Jamie, you need to wake up." She reached for her radio and called in an officer down and a rush on the bus.

Danny forced himself to walk to the fallen officer. It can't be Jamie, it just can't, Danny kept telling himself. The reality hit him hard when he saw that it was his brother laying on the road. There was a growing pool of blood around Jamie's head, and down his face. His right leg was bent at an awkward angle, and his right arm had a bone poking through the skin. "Is he breathing?"

"It's slow and shallow, he has a weak pulse."

"It happened so fast." Danny fell to his knees next to Jamie. "I'm so sorry Jamie. Please wake up."

Jamie's eyes opened halfway, Danny let out the breath he had been holding. "Jamie, I'm right here. You gotta hold on." Jamie's eyes started to slip shut. "Damn it Jamie. Please don't let go, you gotta hang on."

Danny stayed next to his brother until the ambulance arrived and the medics backed him up. He watched as they worked on Jamie and talked in low voices. When they had him ready they moved him to a stretcher and loaded him into the ambulance. Before Danny could move towards them, they closed the doors and sped off to the hospital.

Maria grabbed his arm. "Come on. I'll have someone take you to the hospital." He nodded and allowed her to walk him towards a patrol car. She opened the back door and sat him down. She told the officers to take him to the hospital, while she finished up here.

Blue Bloods

Frank Reagan walked into the E.R. He found Danny sitting in the waiting room. Frank walked over to him and stopped in front of him. "Danny, how bad is it?"

Danny jumped to his feet and looked him in the eyes. "It's bad dad." He said in a quite voice. "I'm so sorry dad. I can't believe I hit my own brother." Danny broke down and started sobbing, Frank pulled him into a hug.

Erin came running into the waiting room, she gasped when she saw her brother sobbing. "Dad?" She asked.

"We don't know anything yet." Frank said calmly.

"Danny what happened to Jamie? I was told he was hit by a car chasing a suspect."

"I was driving the car that hit him."

Erin looked at Danny with a shocked look on her face. She looked at Frank, he nodded confirming her unanswered question.. "How did it happen Danny?"

"Let's save it for later." Frank said.

"It's okay dad, you need to hear it from me." Danny told them what happened and what Jamie looked like at the scene.

"Danny, what happened was an accident. You had no control of what was about to happen." Frank laid a comforting hand on Danny's shoulder.

"What if I never get to tell him I'm sorry? I haven't always been there for him, he was always there for me when I needed him." Danny remembered how Jamie had helped him through Linda's death.

"Let's not think that Danny, we need to pray for you're brother." Frank took both of his kids hands and started praying.

Henry walked in a few minutes later. "How is he doing Francis?"

"We haven't heard anything yet Pop." Frank led his father away, and told him how the accident happened.

A doctor walked up to them. "Are you all here for Jamie Reagan?"

Frank stood up and nodded. He looked the doctor up and down, he looked like he had just got out of med school. He held out his hand and shook the doctor's. "Frank Reagan."

"Dr. Carter." The doctor looked Frank in the eyes. "I'm sorry to tell you, but Jamie didn't make it."

Author's note: Let me know what you thought. Chapter two coming soon.