It had been a year since Beth had been posted to New York, after a month she and Jamie had started dating and they were still going strong. Soon Beth had fallen in love with the city and realised that even though she missed her family back in Wales she didn't want to leave and decided to leave the Army and she became an EMT so she still could still use the skills she had learned from being a medic.

She had the day off after working a night shift, it was now quarter to one and Beth made her way out of hers and Jamie's apartment to meet Jamie and Renzulli for a coffee.

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Beth reached the coffee shop with five minutes to spare; she waited outside with Jamie's and Renzulli's coffees in a cardboard holder, she knew the type of coffee Renzulli liked because she had been meeting him and Jamie a lot while they had been on breaks. She started to drink her coffee while she waited. She then spotted a squad car come around the corner and stop in front of her, she smiled as Jamie climbed out of the passenger side.

"Hi Jamie"

"Hi Beth" smiled Jamie,

Beth held out the coffee holder and said "yours is the one on the right"

Jamie took his coffee and sighed after taking a sip "I needed that"

Beth laughed as Renzulli came over, "here you go Tony" said Beth holding out the remaining coffee for Renzulli.

"Thanks Beth" while Beth went to put the holder in the trash Renzulli turned to Jamie and said "you've defiantly found yourself a keeper there kid"

"Yeah I know" replied Jamie smiling as Beth returned.

"So have you guys been busy?"

"A little" replied Renzulli,

"Anything interesting?" asked Beth,

"Not really, just the usual" said Jamie shrugging his shoulders; so far his shift had been boring, not that he wasn't glad not being shot at. But so far the shift had consisted of pulling people over and that was his least favourite part of the job.

Renzulli was about to say something when his radio crackled into life, '12th sergeant 10-50 at 54th and Madison'

Renzulli sighed and replied into the radio "10-4"

Beth looked at Jamie and Jamie knew she was wondering what a 10-50 was, "disorderly person or group, and seeing as its Friday it's probably a group" Beth nodded and watched as Renzulli and Jamie both downed the rest of their coffee.

"Thanks for the coffee Beth, see ya" said Renzulli as he threw is empty cup away and went over to the driver's side of the car.

Jamie threw his cup away and kissed Beth on the cheek and said "see you later"

"Be careful" said Beth,

"Always am" Jamie smiled and then jogged over to the squad car, Beth waved as the car peeled away from the curb and then headed back to the apartment to wait for Jamie's shift to end at three.

As Jamie climbed into the squad car he knew he was lucky to have Beth, she knew he loved his job and Beth being from Special Forces meant she didn't freak out if anything happened to him. The first time she'd met him was when he had been shot, so she could have easily avoided him and he was so thankful she hadn't.

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It was now half past one and it turned out Jamie and Renzulli hadn't needed to down their coffee, some other Officers were nearby and had heard Jamie's and Renzulli's orders over the radio and had intervened. And now Jamie had to listen to Renzulli complain about it.

"Didn't you find that annoying kid?"

Jamie was about to answer but Renzulli just cut him off,

"I mean yes I'm glad the situation was resolved quickly without much fuss, but now I think I've got heartburn from downing my coffee. Have you got heartburn or am I just the unlucky one?"

"Just you Sarge and you've only got another… hour and a half left on shift and then you can go home and put your feet up"

"Shut up kid" Renzulli huffed in annoyance and Jamie had to try and stop himself from laughing at the look on Renzulli's face.

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Beth was sat on the couch watching T.V but not really watching it, it was four o'clock and Jamie was never late home, and if he was he made sure to call. Which he hadn't. So Beth was trying to stop herself from worrying, it wasn't working.

Beth's cell phone then started to ring and she leapt at it as if her life depended on it, which in a way it did. Because Beth didn't know what she would do if anything happened to Jamie.

"Hello? Jamie?"

"Sorry Beth its Danny"

Beth sighed, she had been hoping it was Jamie, but maybe Danny knew where Jamie was. In the background she heard sirens and hoped maybe Jamie had to extend his shift and didn't get a chance to call her. Yes that was it, nothing had happened to him.

"Has Jamie had to extend his tour Danny?"

"Yeah he did…"

Beth stopped breathing, something was wrong. Something had happened to Jamie. "Danny what aren't you telling me?" begged Beth,

"Uh… Beth I dunno how to tell you" that's when Beth heard the hitch in Danny's voice. Danny was trying to keep his emotions in check, Danny was trying to stay in Detective mode and not slip into worried big brother mode.

"Danny please you have to tell me!" begged Beth,

"Jamie and Renzulli were asked to come and help with a big arrest as they were nearby and the Detectives needed help arresting the group… I had come to help as well… two of the group ran down an alley… Jamie and another Officer gave chase… then…. Then"

"Danny" whispered Beth,

"The suspects started shooting at Jamie and the other Officer… there was a faulty gas pipe in the alley… oh God Beth… there was an explosion and rescue teams are still getting to Jamie and the other Officer."

"Oh God please no!" cried Beth, "Danny where are you? I'm coming" Danny told her the address, he knew there was no stopping here and frankly he didn't want to.

Just as Beth put down the phone the channel she had been sort of watching change to a news update report and there on the screen was where the explosion had been. It was all a mess and Jamie had been in the alley. How had she not known something had been wrong? Beth turned the T.V off with tears falling down her cheeks.

"Please let him be alive! Please God don't take Jamie from me!" prayed Beth as she left the apartment with images of the scene rolling around in her mind.