"12 George, you have a disturbance at 38 west 12th street."
Eddie groaned taking a bite out of her pretzel they just bought when the call came in. "I think they wait until we're eating to send calls in," she complained.
"That's not hard you're constantly eating," Jamie teased tossing his pretzel on his way to the driver's seat wearing a smirk. Eddie took another bite of hers before tossing it and climbed in. "Oh you're going to get it at home later," she warned smiling.
Laughing at her empty threat Jamie took off towards the address bracing himself for an unruly fight. They had been lucky the radio has been quiet up until that point allowing the couple of seven months to talk.
Jamie pulled up in front of the house immediately studying the scene, two men six foot and six foot three both muscular and a woman five foot six inches. M
As they got out the shorter man shoved the taller backwards shouting at him.
"Hey enough what's going on," Jamie asked quickly stepping in between them holding the shorter guy back before he could throw another punch. Behind him Eddie tried getting the taller nan's attention to calm him down and find out what happened.
The taller man looked past Eddie with a glaring look trying to get around her. When Eddie put a hand out blocking him the man turned his anger and frustration on her. He easily grabbed the officer's arm shoving her to the ground.
Jamie turned hearing Eddie telling the guy to calm down firmly feeling his temper boil when he saw the guy put his hands on his Eddie.
"Hey," Jamie protested going over to grab the guy by his shirt collar. "You don't put your hands on her."
Eddie slowly got back to her feet in time to catch the shorter man and hold him back while Jamie spun the first perp around cuffing him. "I didn't do anything, this is bull right here arresting me for no reason," the guy yelled catching the attention of people walking by.
"You put your hands on my partner that's assaulting a police officer which is a felony, now let's go!" Jamie gave the guy a hard shove back towards their patrol car oblivious to the angry look on Eddie's face.
For the rest of tour Eddie remained quiet, speaking only when Jamie asked a direct question and even then she kept her answers short.
The partners split as tour ended to change before meeting up again to head home. "Hey you've been really quiet what's going on," Jamie asked looking over at her while he drove.
"At home Jamie." Eddie was afraid of what might happen if she started the argument while he drove. Jamie gave her a worried look continuing to drive in silence.
When they arrived home Jamie grabbed two. beers and brought them to the couch where Eddie waited. Jamie sat down handing her a beer wearing a quizzical look on his face. "What's up Eddie?"
"Jamie, this is the second time you overreacted on the job with me. I can handle myself out there," Eddie said letting out a deep breath.
"I know just seeing him put his hands on you…" Jamie didn't want to admit what he really wanted to do to the guy. Any guy who puts their hands on a woman the way he did was scum and that is not how he was raised.
Eddie ran a finger over the mouth of her beer pausing before going on. "I know but I'm not just your girlfriend I'm a cop and your partner. If you can't accept that we have to chose."
Jamie looked at her surprised at how adamant she was on the subject, embarrassed at Jamie having to help her. "Look Eddie you're a great cop and tough as nails but I'm going to defend you if some jerk knocks you off your feet why can't you accept that?"
"Because you overreacted Jamie that's why! You made it perfectly clear I couldn't take care of myself when I can. I'm not some defenseless little girl," Eddie raised her voice shooting back at him.
"No your not and if I overreacted I'd knock the guy out for putting hands on you. Your not a defenseless girl but as long as you're my partner and girlfriend I will step up for you, that's what men do," Jamie argued his side back at her with a clenched fist around his beer as his temper started to heat up.
Eddie put down her beer on the table shaking her head at his stubbornness. "If you needed to I would be fine with it but not on the job!"
The two looked at each other waiting for the other to speak up again. Finally Jamie lifted his bottle to his mouth, turning it upside down until he drank the neck and shoulders off his beer.
"You said yourself partners stand up for each other and that's what I did, sorry if you didn't like it but I won't apologize," Jamie spoke up first breaking the silence between them as he had it in his head that he did the right thing.
Eddie who seemed to disagree with him evident by the glaring look on her face. "Maybe you were right, we should have stayed partners because things have become to complicated between us."
Jamie gave her a surprised look not expecting that out of her. "I guess it has but we can work things out."
"Not this time Jamie to much has happened between us. " Eddie slid closer to him, leaning up to kiss his cheek one last time. "Sorry Jamie it'll be better if we go back to being work partners."
With tears filling her eyes Eddie stood up grabbing her coat hanging off the couch in a rush to leave before the waterworks started. Jamie sat in a daze not registering what just happened for several minutes.
How am I supposed to live without you
Now that I've been loving you so long
How am I supposed to live without you
How am I supposed to carry on
When all that I've been living for is gone
