When Eddie's eyes opened, she felt disoriented in her hospital room, but then she met Jamie's eyes and immediately felt reassured.

"Hey, Eddie," Jamie whispered softly. "How do you feel?"

Eddie took a second to get her bearings before answering in a raspy voice, "Like I've been shot." A smirk fell across her face, and Jamie knew she was going to be alright. "What happened?"

Jamie was caught off-guard by the question considering how calm she had been in their RMP. He wondered if she remembered saying, "I love you," but that conversation could wait.

"It was a drive-by while we were eating lunch. They shot through the windshield and your window. You got hit in the shoulder obviously, but you just have some muscle damage apparently. I'm glad they were not a good shot," Jamie admitted. He tried to move past that last statement by abruptly adding, "Danny and Baez caught the case and are already working to find out who did this."

Eddie was still trying to put the pieces together, then her memory started to return as Jamie filled in the blanks. She began to replay the moments after the incident in her head, but she could not recall the last thing she said to Jamie before the ambulance arrived. She was sure it would eventually come back to her, probably after she ate some food.

Jamie was glad she was not ribbing him about that slight admission of feelings, so he continued when Eddie met his eyes again. Smirking at his partner, "You're probably really hungry. We didn't get to finish our meals, your favorite thing." He hoped she'd respond with her usual snarky comeback, but when she appeared distracted, he simply added, "I'll go find a nurse and see if you can eat now."

Eddie could only muster, "Thank you." She was sincere but became disheartened when he just silently turned and left with sulking shoulders.

Now she was left alone with her thoughts; she desperately needed to figure out what she said in the RMP and maybe that would explain why Jamie left the way he did.

'Come on, Eddie. Think!' Eddie implored her brain to untangle itself before Jamie returned with some food, hopefully not just ice chips. Her stomach growled, and then it hit her. She admitted her true love to her soulmate while in shock, supposedly in case she wouldn't make it through this ordeal.

She sat there frozen, pondering how Jamie must feel about her revelation. He should not be that surprised considering they had talked about their feelings over a year ago at his apartment before she kissed him again and clearly left him wanting more.

'I guess the moment that I told him was not ideal. I mean he was crying, clearly overwhelmed by the moment.' Eddie stayed lost in her thoughts, hoping Jamie would be by her side again soon.


Luckily for Jamie, Eddie did not hear his lengthy confession to her while she was still asleep after the surgery. As he wandered the halls of the hospital looking for a nurse, Jamie was still caught up in his thoughts as he contemplated whether he should ask Eddie about what she said or not.

He was finally able to find a nurse and get back to the task at hand. "Hello, I'm the partner of Officer Janko. I was wondering if she could get something to eat."

The nurse replied, "Sure, I will order a meal to be delivered to her room. It should be there within the hour."

Jamie knew that that would be too long for Eddie, and he was starting to get hungry too. He asked, "Is there any way I could go to the cafeteria and get us food? We never finished lunch."

The nurse simply nodded. She told him where to go and recommended a meal that would not upset Eddie's stomach so soon after surgery. Jamie barely let her finish talking before he was off to complete his mission. By the time he reached the cafeteria, he realized just how hungry he was. Their lunch break started around noon; it was now nearing 5pm.

Jamie approached the counter and asked for three ham & cheese sandwiches, two bottled waters and a soda, two bags of potato chips, and two cups of green Jell-O. He waited for the food by the register, paid for the order, and took the tray back to Eddie's room.

When he exited the stairwell onto Eddie's floor, Jamie realized he needed to decide if he was going to address the elephant in the room. Walking down the hallway toward her room, he took a deep breath and gathered the courage to face the love of his life. He determined he would address the issue when the moment felt right.

As he cracked the door open leading with the tray of food, Jamie greeted Eddie but was surprised to see his father and Lieutenant Gormley at the foot of Eddie's bed.

Jamie walked to the side of Eddie's bed and placed the tray on the table in front of Eddie. He then saluted his father and the lieutenant until his father prompted him to relax.

Gormley addressed Eddie, "Good to see you are feeling okay, Officer Janko. I wish you a speedy recovery. If there's anything you need, just let Officer Reagan know. One PP will help you in any way we can, and I am sure Detectives Reagan and Baez will find who did this to you soon enough." The lieutenant left the room, so the commissioner could speak to his son and his partner.

Frank echoed Lieutenant Gormley's sentiments to Officer Janko before leaving her to start eating some much-needed food. As he was about to leave, he motioned for Jamie to follow him out into the hallway.

Jamie nodded to his father, then gave a quick glance toward Eddie to get her to consume some of the food in front of her.


Once outside the door, the commissioner patted his son supportively on the shoulder. Frank hesitantly admitted that he was relieved it was not his youngest laying in that hospital bed, but he knew Jamie must be struggling with the fact that he almost lost another partner only hours ago.

Jamie asked Frank how long he had been in Eddie's room and if Danny had made any headway on the case, and his father replied, "No more than 5 minutes, just wanted see how your partner was doing and if there was anything she needed right now. I updated her on what I heard from Danny: they are only scratching the surface but hope to get some surveillance video from the block to get the license plate or possibly a face."

Jamie simply nodded, wanting desperately to get back to Eddie before she ate the entire tray of food. Frank intuitively knew that his son was having a hard time processing this situation, especially considering how close their partnership had become over the last few years. Jamie hugged his father and thanked him for checking up on them then returned to his partner's bedside.

When he re-entered the room, Eddie was quietly nibbling on one of the sandwiches he left for her, but Jamie was shocked to see that she had not touched anything else yet.

"Hey, thanks for the food, Reagan," Eddie greeted her partner between bites.

Jamie responded as he sat down in the chair, "No problem. I went to get it myself because they were backed up, and I'm sure whatever they brought up would not be fulfilling for you."

A playful smirk returned to Eddie's face. Jamie was relieved to see a familiar expression cross his partner's face. Eddie quietly passed her partner a sandwich and bottle of water then added, "Here. You must be starving too."

Jamie chuckled a little and replied, "You're right, but I was not shot and do not have the appetite and metabolism of an Olympic swimmer."

He finally accomplished his goal: getting Eddie to truly relax and laugh a little. It was not the usual Eddie Janko outburst, but it was enough to satisfy him for the moment especially since she could hurt herself if she completely let go.

They ate their sandwiches silently for a few minutes before Eddie picked up a bag of chips and started crunching obnoxiously. Jamie gave her a side-eyed smirk, glad to see that she felt good enough to push his buttons again.

Jamie simply grabbed a cup of Jell-O from the tray and lifted the lid while sneaking a quick glance at his smart and beautiful partner. When Eddie stopped crunching the chips in her mouth, Jamie looked up to meet her eyes, which were welling up. With her voice shaking, she conceded, "I'm sorry. I don't know why, but everything just hit me."

Jamie leaned over and lifted Eddie's hand to lace her fingers into his. He said softly, "Eddie, it's okay. Let it out. You are the strongest person I know. I will be by your side as long as you want me to. I will do anything you need me to." Jamie was now overcome by the moment too with his eyes watering, but he decided to show how much she meant to him by placing on soft kiss on her cheek.