Eddie sighed as Jamie's car came to a stop in front of a home in Bay Ridge. She had always been told about the Reagan family dinners, and she was so not ready to attend one herself. Why did Jamie have to be the commissioners son? She wondered to herself. She really wasn't looking forward to dinner with her boss. She was pulled out of her thoughts as the passenger side door was opened, and she felt Jamie's hand helping her out of the car.
"Ed, calm down. It's just dinner. You'll be great. I already told them I'm bringing someone." Jamie calmly told her. Eddie scrunched her forehead.
"Did you tell them it's me?" Eddie asked him curiously.
"And not get to see the shock on their faces? There's no way I was going to tell them. It'd ruin the fun!" Jamie told her with a grin, earning a jab in the chest from Eddie.
"Eddie, I was just kidding! They already love you. It'll be fine. Let's just get the dessert you made and go in." Jamie told her, knowing how anxious she was.
Eddie just rolled her eyes and grabbed the cake she had made, before following Jamie to the house. She figured they couldn't wait forever, so they might as well just get it over with.
She followed Jamie into the kitchen, where his grandfather was finishing up what looked like a roast.
"Hey Pops!" Jamie told the former commissioner.
"Hey Jamie. Who's this lovely young lady?" The older man asked his grandson, causing Eddie to smile.
"Pops, this is Eddie. Eddie, this is Pops." Jamie introduced them politely as they shook hands. Pop smiled.
"So you're the one I'm always hearing so much about. Please- call me Henry." Henry told her with a grin.
"I've heard a lot about you too. It's so nice to meet you, Henry." Eddie said smiling at him. Just then, Danny walked in.
"Hey Pops, hey Janko, hey Jamie. Wait a sec, Janko? What are you doing here? When Harvard said he was bringing someone, I assumed he meant that new girlfriend of his that he's been talking about for the last couple months." Danny asked confused. Eddie raised her eyebrows.
"You've been telling them about a new girlfriend huh? Why haven't I heard about her, Reagan?" Eddie asked with a smirk.
"I dunno. You'd love her though. She's gorgeous, sweet, smart, and spunky. Plus she has quite the appetite. I'll have to tell you all about her." Jamie told her, trying not grin. Henry just chuckled at the two of them.
"Well I think dinners ready, so Danny if you can go get everyone, Jamie you can help me bring the food, and show Eddie here, where her seats at." Henry directed.
Danny left to go get everyone, and Jamie and Eddie both grabbed food off the counter to bring to table. Henry had tried telling her that guest don't need to work, but she had insisted and said she'd feel bad if she didn't do anything.
Everyone took their places, with Eddie between Jamie and Nicki. She immediately stood up though, and gave a salute to Frank when he walked into the dining room. Frank chuckled.
"As you were Officer Janko. You're a guest in our home, please relax and call me Frank." He told with a smile as he took his seat. Eddie sat back down.
"If you'll call me Eddie. Thank you so much for allowing me to join everyone for dinner. You have a lovely home." She told him with a smile.
"Anyti-" Frank started before being interrupted by Sean.
"Before this goes any further, can we say grace so that we can eat?" He asked his grandfather.
"Sean!" Linda scolded. Frank just chuckled.
"Sure think, Sean." He told Sean, and then he proceeded to thank God for the food before going back to his conversation with Eddie.
"Anyways Eddie, you are very welcome. There's always room at the table for the uh, partner of one of my kids." Frank said smiling. Eddie could tell though that he knew they had requested new partners when they started dating several months ago.
"Actually, Eddie and I aren't partners anymore." Jamie told them before shoving some food in his mouth.
Everyone looked at them in shock.
"Since when? All you ever talk about are Eddie and your new… Oooooooohhhhhh." Danny said with a smirk as he realized that Eddie had been Jamie's new girlfriend all along. Danny's facial expression suddenly fell.
"I go back to my original question. Since when?" Danny asked his brother concerned.
"Umm… since the end of April." Jamie told him honestly, wondering why it mattered. He could see Erin tense up.
"And uh, just confirm, you two dating and have been since May, right?" Erin asked her brother.
"Yep." Jamie confirmed. The whole atmosphere of the meal changed. Everyone got out their wallets, and money could be seen being passed around the table.
"Wait…" Eddie began.
"Did you guys…" Jamie continued. The two looked each other in the eye.
"Oh gosh, Reagan, they did, didn't they?" Eddie asked him.
"Yup." Jamie told her with a sigh. He got everyone's attention, and grabbed Eddie's hand.
"I wasn't going to tell everyone that Eddie was the girl I had been dating for a while, but we decided we needed to tell you because we have another announcement. Please don't be mad or disappointed, but notice how I didn't give Eddie any wine. I know we're not married, and I've been really convicted of that, but..." He told his family shamefully. He could see that everyone was trying to figure it out. All at once, everybody else's eyes got wide except Danny's and Frank's.
"I don't get it. What was he trying to say?" Danny asked confused. Everyone gave him a look.
"Danny…" Linda gave him a look before whispering in his ear. Suddenly, Danny jumped up, and his eyes looked like everyone else's had when they figured it out.
"WHAT?" Danny exclaimed looking at Jamie and Eddie.
"You two are WHAT?" He kept looking from one to the other. He calmed down and took his seat. He started smiling.
"Congratulations you two. It's about time." He mumbled under his breathe before he started eating again. Everyone laughed, and congratulated them.
"Wait a sec…" Linda began, the panic clear in her voice.
"How far along are you?" she asked.
"2 months." Eddie answered happily. Everyone but Jamie and Eddie started doing math in their heads.
"Oh thank God." Linda said, obviously relieved as the money started being passed around again. Jamie and Eddie gave each other an annoyed look before rolling their eyes at each other.
"Anything else we should know?" Danny asked, smirking at his brother.
"Well… you know about the baby, and that Eddie and I have been dating for several months. There is one more thing though." Jamie told them as he stood up and got down on one knee besides Eddie. Everyone was looking at him, and Eddie's face had a clear look of confusion on it.
"Eddie, I think I've loved you ever since the first week we were partners and you sped away in that car of yours. We've practically been dating since the first day we were on patrol together, and the last few months without you as a partner have been awful. I know we can't be partners on the job anymore, but could we maybe be partners in life? Will you marry me?" Jamie asked before pulling out a box from his back pocket.
"Of course! I love you Jamie Reagan! I've been waiting on you to ask that for yearssss." Eddie told him trying not to cry. She got up and gave him a hug. The girls all had watery eyes, and everybody was congratulating them again. Lot's of "Awwws" could be heard too.
Jamie sat back down.
"NOW that's everything. He told his brother smirking as everyone started passing money around again.
"So, how long have you had pools going on us? And how many do you have?" Eddie asked curiously.
"Well… since about a month after you got partnered with Uncle Jamie. I think the only one we haven't taken care of tonight though was the gender of your first baby." Nicki told her grinning.
"Ooooooh, can I get in on that one?" Eddie asked with a matching grin, and everyone laughed.
It took a minute though for Eddie's eyes to wide.
"Wait, first?" Eddie asked panicked, earning another laugh from everyone.
After dinner, the girls were all fawning over Eddie's ring, and Danny was helping Henry with the dishes, while Jamie and Frank had been sitting around talking.
"You knew, didn't you?" Jamie asked his dad.
"I'm the commissioner. I know everything. Well, it's more like I saw the transfer request, and put two and two together, and I was hoping it was because you two had come to your senses. Then when you started talking about your new girlfriend and Eddie equally after you had been separated, I knew it was a probability. Then, when the doctor automatically sends my office any records on maternity appointments for my officers, and Garret showed hers to me. I knew." Frank told him chuckling. Jamie laughed.
"I think she likes the ring by the way. I know you gave it back to me because you were hoping we'd get together like 3 years ago, but still. I had it resized and reset like we had talked about a while ago." Jamie told his dad with a smile.
"You're welcome, son. We all love you both very much." Frank told him cheerfully.
An hour later, as Jamie and Eddie rode to her apartment, Eddie couldn't help but smiling. She was thrilled that his family had taken it as well as they had. It didn't seem to bother them too much, and Eddie was sure she'd be seeing a lot more of them.
Things will definitely be okay after all. Eddie thought to herself as the smile on her face grew even bigger.
A/N- Another chapter by popular demand :) Thanks for the support. Hope you liked it! Would y'all like to see another couple chapters, and if so what would you like to see? Telling Renzulli and the precinct? Please review and let me know what you think!
