A/N: Ending was a little harder, because I couldn't decide on what song Eddie should sing. But I hope everyone likes the choice I made. Thank you for the kind reviews.
Dinner and a Show
The Lowes
Miami Beach, Florida
For the remainder of that first day, Jamie and Eddie lounged at the beach before going to a local diner for lunch and then returning poolside after they arrived back from lunch. When the time came for dinner, they to walk down the sidewalk hand in hand until they found a place that they could enjoy and it turned out to be a place called the NewsCafe where they settled in, and enjoyed the food that they ordered. Despite the price, they agreed the food was quite good. They walked back to the hotel and settled in for evening nightcap with Carla in the hotel bar before going back to their room for the night. The day had exhausted them and they fell asleep in each other's arms.
After breakfast, Eddie and Jamie took the water taxi across the inter-coastal to catch the Metrorail to see some of the sites of the city. They first stopped in Little Havana to take in some of the sights and try some of the Cuban coffee that a lot of people raved about.
"This is the size of the coffee. Geez, I think I'm taller than this." Eddie laughed as they looked at the coffee cups sizes. She saw Jamie take a sip of his and watched his eyes go wide. "What?"
Jamie smiled at her. "Go ahead and try it."
Eddie gave him a curious look and sipped at the coffee. Then it hit her when she swallowed it. "Oh my god that is strong and sweet."
"No kidding. You know how much of a killing we could make selling this type coffee to the folks at the precinct." Jamie remarked with a smile on his face that got Eddie laughing at him as well. "Just a thought."
"A pretty good one too Reagan." Eddie answered with her own smiled. She squeezed his hand as they smiled and continued to sip at their coffee.
From the coffee shop, the walked near looking at some of the local shops and outdoor stands. Jamie and Eddie both purchased some small souvenirs before heading back to the Metrorail. The next stop they decided to make on their outing that day was to see the Dadeland Mall since someone at the precinct suggested it. They spent a couple hours checking out the various stores and seeing some of the artist exhibts inside the mall.
"All right Jamie, I want your honest opinion on this one." Eddie said to Jamie who was standing outside a dressing room waiting on her to show off a dress that she saw and might want. She walked out in a creame color white off the shoulder dress that came down to her mid thighs. She spun around for Jamie. "What do you think?"
Jamie opened and closed his mouth before speaking. He saw Eddie's smiled. "I love it on you."
"Thank you, good thing too, I have shoes that match at home." Eddie smiled as she came over and gave him a kiss. She tapped him lightly on the stomach. "Thanks for waiting for me to try this on."
"Not a problem." Jamie answered as he watched Eddie head back into the dressing to change out of the dress. He heard his phone go off. He reached into his pocket and pull it out. He saw the number who was calling, and swiped his finger over the screen. "Hello."
Eddie's mother called from the restaurant where she and a potential client were finishing lunch. "Hey Jamie its Carla. Is Eddie available because she didn't pick up her phone?"
"Yeah, she was trying on a dress and must have not heard her phone. Hold on." Jamie replied. He walked over to the dressing room door and knocked on it. "Babe your mom?"
"Oh thanks." Eddie answered sticking up her hand as she finished pulling down her shirt. She put the phone up to her ear. "Hey mom."
"Eddie I ran into Sarah Fergerson. Do you remember her?" Carla asked as she signed the lunch check as the client finishing up her phone call.
Eddie picked up the dress and her purse and exited the dressing room walking up to Jamie. "I do, why do you ask?"
"I ran into her today. She wants to see you and meet Jamie." Carla told her daughter the client set the phone back into her purse. "We are meeting up for drinks at a bar near the Lowes, that also does karaoke."
Eddie let out a sigh as she placed her head into Jamie's chest. "Let me check with Jamie and get back to you?"
Carla smiled "That's fine baby. Wouldn't be until 8 anyway. Got to go. Let me know. Bye love you."
"Love you too." Eddie said finishing the call and handing Jamie back his phone. She shook her head. "My mother's old business manager ran into her today. She wants to meet you and see me."
"That's fine babe, what's the problem?" Jamie asked as he put his arm around her shoulder as they began walking towards the checkout of the store.
"At a bar that also does karaoke." Eddie replied with a low voice. She felt Jamie stopped. She looked up. "What, I was terrible Reagan?"
"I don't know, I thought you were pretty good the last time." Jamie replied with a smile on his face. A week before the vacation, Jamie, Eddie and a bunch of others from the precinct went out for drinks and somehow wound up in a karaoke bar. Eddie a little bit drunk got up and did "Kiss me by Ed Sherran."
She slapped him playfully. "Of course you would think so, but I did a cheesy love song drunk."
"And rocked it." Jamie told her as they arrived at the register. He saw Eddie set the dress down on the counter. "You got a standing o."
Eddie tossed him a look but with a smile. "All right so I did, but still. It's your turn this time."
"Are you kidding? I got laughs for my attempt at Living on a prayer." Jamie told her as she pulled out her credit card. He saw the look on her face. "Just saying."
"Because you can't pull off Bon Jovi." Eddie replied as she waited for the card to go through. The screen prompted her to sign her name. "You're more Daughtry or Nickelback."
"Thanks a lot." Jamie replied with a no hint of anger but trying to pull it off and failing. He smiled as the dress was bagged up and handed to Eddie. "Call your mom back and tell her it's ok."
Eddie took his hand and gave it a squeeze. "Ok. Thank you."
"For what?" Jamie asked as they walked out of the store and towards the entrance to the mall.
"For you being you." Eddie told him. She let go of his hand and pulled out her phone. She found the number easily. "Mom, tell her its yes that's fine."
"Oh that's good baby. She just called me before you did. Wants to treat us to dinner too." Carla told her. She walked back into the convention center. "Be ready by 6."
"Okay mom. Love you." Eddie told her hanging up the call. She looked at Jamie. "Now dinner too, but her treat."
"Sold." Jamie replied with a laugh that got Eddie laughing as well.
The pair took the Metrorail back towards the water taxis. They had lunch at a small food truck near where the water taxi's pick up. Once they took the water taxis back across the waterway, they walked the few blocks back to the hotel. They went back up to their room where they fool around for a little bit and napped. After the nap, they went down to the pool for a quick swim before heading back up to get ready. As Jamie was buttoning up his shirt, he saw Eddie come out in the black mid length dress that she showed him before the vacation in his apartment. She turned around. "Do me up please."
Jamie zipped up the zipper. She patted him on the back as a thank you as she walked past sitting down on the bed to put on her heels. He looked over at her. "You look good Janko."
Eddie smiled at Jamie. "So do you Reagan."
Within a few minutes they were walking out of the room and a minute later, they were walking towards the lobby where Carla was standing with a women in her forties where standing. Carla waved. "Eddie you remember Sarah?"
"Already said yes mom." Eddie replied coming over to the women giving her a hug and a quick kiss. She took Jamie's hand and brought him up. "Sarah, this is my boyfriend Jamie Reagan."
"The police commissioner's youngest." Sarah answered. She saw the looks of everyone near her. She laughed. "My company has an office in New York, so I do a good amount of business up there."
"Forgot about that." Carla replied as she laughed off the comment. The group walked towards the door to the hotel where Sarah handed her slip to the valet on duty. Within a minute the car was arrived and everyone got in. Carla sat in front. "Where we going?"
"Reds, the steakhouse. Sarah remarked as she pulled the car up to the light. She spun around. "Not to bad, plus they have a pretty good Cobb salad I like."
"Sarah we would…" Jamie started to say.
"It's my treat Jamie, so relax." Sarah told him as she pulled forward again as the light changed. She tossed a look back in the mirror. "I never see Eddie and anymore, so I would like to make it up."
Everyone laughed as they continued towards the restaurant. After arriving and waiting a half-hour for a table, they finally sat down and began looking over the menu. As they were deciding on dinner, Sarah asked Jamie about what he did before he became an officer, what has it been like for him with his dad as PC, how him and Eddie met, what was it like being wounded and saving the kid, how did they like Miami. Then the question that Jake and Eddie had been avoiding since they started dating. "I know you know her father Jamie, how about your family?"
"We haven't had the discussion yet, but it will come." Eddie answered as she looked down. She felt Jamie give her hand a squeeze. She looked over and smiled at him.
The waiter came over and accepted everyone's order. Jamie and Eddie went with sirloin steak with potatoes and veggies, while Carla had the turkey Cobb salad, and Sarah settled on the steak Cobb salad. During the course of dinner, they talked about what Sarah did, how the convention was going for Carla, and what Jamie and Eddie did that day. Everyone passed on the dessert offer, and Sarah paid for the bill even pushing Jamie's, Eddie's and Carla offer to help with the tip. As the piled into the car, Sarah told them they were going to a karaoke bar known as Sing Sing Karaoke.
Again with valet and dinner, they didn't have much of a wait to get inside and start to enjoy the place. They bellied up to the bar and the only shock was that you had to buy a certain number of drinks, but for Eddie and Jamie that was fine. Scrolling through the list, Jamie found a song, and went up to the person to request a spot to sing, and Eddie was right behind them.
"So what do you think of Jamie?" Carla asked loudly to make herself heard to her friend. Sarah leaned over closer to Carla. "I love him. He is so perfect for Eddie."
Sarah nodded as they watched Jamie and Eddie go up on the stage together. "I agree. The only thing I don't like is that she hasn't told his family yet, but I understand too."
Carla nodded as they watched Jamie and Eddie walk back towards the table with their drinks. "I think for her it's an embarrassment because she doesn't know how the rest of the family would react."
Sarah nodded her understanding. From everything she read, despite the losses and some negative headlines, the Reagan family was seen as an example of honesty, hard work and family. Eddie and Jamie arrived back at the table.
"15 dollars for two beers is outrageous. God do I miss Funkhowser and their happy hour specials." Eddie complained as she set the beer down on the table with her ticket.
"You miss the dollar wings that go with it Eddie." Jamie replied with a smirk as the announcer for karaoke announced the next song. He held out his hand. "Come on shorty. We're up."
Eddie was shocked. "What did you pick Reagan?"
"Picture by Kid Rock and Sheryl Crowe." Jamie answered as he took her hand and led her towards the stage with smiling Eddie behind him.
Carla and Sarah smiled as the pair arrived on staged and warmed up as the intro started to play. They smiled and laughed as Jamie and Eddie belted out the song. After Jamie and Eddie finished belting their song, Carla sang Uptown Girl, with Sarah belting out Taylor Swift's Bad Blood. Yet Eddie still had her ticket.
"Babe you going to sing?" Jamie asked as he sipped at his beer trying to make it last.
"Oh it's a surprise." Eddie remarked with smile on her face. She heard her named called, and kissed Jamie before walking up to the stage taking the mic from the lady up on stage. "Good evening everyone, I would like to dedicate this to my wonderful boyfriend who I love more than anyone in the world."
Jamie, Sarah and Carla turned their heads as Eddie started to sing Kelly Clarkson's Catch my Breath. Jamie stood there watching Eddie belt out the song with her heart and emotion towards them with a smile on his face, and saw a smile on her face. As the song wrapped up, Eddie got a loud applause from the crowd as she walked back to Jamie. He kissed her deep as she arrived.
After they broke apart from their kiss, Jamie smiled at her. "You knocked it out of the park."
"Well either that one, or I try to liven the place up with California Love by Tupac." Eddie remarked with a smirk as she sipped at her beer. She set it back down. "I think I would have things thrown at me."
Everyone at the table laughed at the comment.
