Sirens wailed signaling the approaching police cars and ambulance only minutes after Eddie called it in. Renzulli strolled over to the new partners Eddie with her hand on Jamie's shoulder supportively while the rookie continued shaking.

"Hey how's he doing?"

Eddie's blue eyes raised to her boss filled with concern over the state of her partner. "First day on the job and he kills a guy how would you be doing?"

Ignoring the sarcasm in her voice Renzulli moved closer to the kid feeling bad having been in his position. "Hey how you holding up kid?"

Jamie gave a small shake of head letting Renzulli know he wasn't doing okay. "Look kid we've all been where you are okay. Yea it's a shock but it'll be okay. IAB is looking into it but if the shooting was justified you'll get off."

"He was about to shoot my partner so I didn't have a choice," Jamie managed to explain.

Eddie nodded her head backing up his story only then realizing he saved her life. "Perp pointed at me Sgt. He saved my life and I'll testify to that"

"Okay well thing is it's under investigation so we can't talk about it. They'll confiscate your weapon run ballistics and if everything comes out clean you'll be given it back. Until then go to the hospital and get checked out for trauma. Do you want me to call Danny to take you?"

"I'll take him if that's okay Sgt," offered Eddie figuring it's the least she could do for saving her life.

Renzulli eyed her but nodded his okay turning to the scene getting back to work hoping Eddie could help her partner through this.

Eddie drove Jamie to the nearest hospital waiting while he was checked out by a doctor. When he came out smiling Eddie walked back to her car with him quietly.

"Hey thanks for saving my life and having my back today," she said quietly. She understood where he was coming from the unknown drove you crazy.

Jamie looked up at her nodding feeling he did nothing more then kill a man who was about to kill his partner. "I'm would you be up be coming over? I can order a pizza or something I just don't feel like being alone."

Eddie studied him for a second recognizing the reality starting to hit him. "Yea of course I love pizza if my grandfather didn't cook ."

With Jamie's directions Eddie drove back to his childhood house. Jamie ordered a pie for joining her on the couch with two beers.

"Thanks so tell me honestly how are you doing with all this? Because when it happened to me I was a mess," Eddie offered a smile.

Jamie shrugged popping off the top of his beer and downed half in one drink. "I knew we might have to shoot someone in our job but.."

"It's different when you actually do it yea I get it. You did out of self defense otherwise he might have shot me, it was a good shoot. I've been in your position before perp pointed a gun at my partner I shot the guy without thinking. Might have been on the job maybe a month then so I felt the anxiety, the denial, guilt that you feel now. " Jamie met her big blue eyes his full of the exact symptoms Eddie listed. "How'd you get through it?"

"My partner at the time the same one who I saved helped me through it. Sgt Renzulli goofs around a lot but he's there for things like this." Eddie smiled remembering the conversations between them, Renzulli's always calm assurance.

Jamie shook his head seeing it differently, he'd just killed a man. "I should have disarmed him or tried to coax him out of it. Maybe if I tried harder and waited he wouldn't be dead."

"Hey, it was a good shoot there was nothing else you could have do. He pointed the weapon at your partner and you didn't know his intention. IAB will clear you and we'll be back out together."

Their conversation was interrupted by the pizza arriving as Jamie went to retrieve. After paying the delivery guy Jamie brought the steaming box back to where Eddie waited with plates. The two fell quiet busily eating their dinner.

With the pizza polished off the partners settled in to watch tv for a bit until Eddie checked the time not realizing how late it was. "Do you want me to call your dad or brother to come over?"

Jamie gave a shake of his head, his family meant well but he didn't want them right now, especially not Danny. There was only one person who could help him through this.

"Would you mind staying here tonight? "

Jamie looked up quickly realizing how that came out. "No I don't mean like that but you're the only person who can help me right now and I guess I need you."

His blue eyes met hers in them reflecting the fear, guilt and fear he felt.

Eddie moved closer putting an at around his shoulders for a hug while gently caressing his arm with her fingers.

"I'm not going anywhere."