On Monday morning, Jamie woke up early and got ready. He planned on stopping by Eddie's place to see Maya and take Eddie to work this morning.
He knocked on the door to her apartemnt then let himself in. He walked down the short hallway leading from her door to her living room and turned the corner to see Eddie and Maya in the kitchen with the nanny.
"Hi, Jamie." Eddie greeted quickly before returning to the nanny going over Maya's schedule one more time.
Maya had finished her breakfast and was wanting out. Jamie picked her up and bounced her in his arms. When Eddie went to her room to finish getting ready the nanny walked to Jamie to take Maya. "Hi, I think we've met, Officer Reagan right?" The young woman asked.
"Yeah, it's just Jamie, though."
"Hi, Jamie, I'm Abby." The woman extended her hand.
"Hi, nice to meet you, Abby." He returned the shake.
Eddie walked out of her bedroom to see Jamie talking to the nanny, "Don't fall for it, he's a total flirt." She told Abby.
"You ready to go, partner?" Jamie asked Eddie.
"In a minute." She walked towards Abby and took Maya. "I love you, more than anything in the world. You hear me? I love you." Maya reached towards Eddie and grabbed her nose. "Goodbye, Sweetheart."
Eddie handed her off to Abby and Jamie came to her side, and snaked his arm around his shoulder. "Hey, she'll be ok." They walked out of her apartment for some privacy.
"I know, but I don't know that I will." She leaned into his embrace.
He turned her towards him. "Hey, look at me. I swear on my life I will do everything in my power to get you home to Maya, everyday."
"Can you do me a favor?"
"Yes."
"If I ever don't make it home, will you take her?"
"Of course. Let's get to work."
"Thank you, that helps a lot. Race you to the car." Jamie gave her a playful slap on the arm before running down to his car.
Jamie thought he had for sure beat Eddie, but when he got to the car Eddie was already sitting in the passenger side. "How did you… What?"
"Fire Escape." She simply replied.
Two Weeks Later
Jamie heard a knock on the locker room door as Eddie walked in. "Why do I bother coming in here?"
"Sarge may get a little mad if you change in the middle of the precinct."
"Very funny. What's up?"
"Are you coming over tonight?"
"I was actually thinking we go out."
"What?"
"It's been a month and a half since we've had a drink together. I've missed it."
"Ok. Let me call Abby."
"You go do that. I'll meet you in your car."
"Ok." Jamie finished in the locker room and walked out to her porsche.
Eddie ended up too drunk to drive home and Jamie made her stay with him. "I'll call Abby and she can bring Maya here."
"Do you have anywhere for her?" Eddie asked him, slightly louder than she needed to.
"Yeah, I have a pack n' play in the closet." Jamie was lying to her, but he wanted to surprise her.
When Abby dropped off Maya Jamie dismissed her for the rest of the night. "I have a surprise for you."
"For me?" Eddie asked.
"Yeah, come here." He instructed. When Eddie stepped in front of him he put his hands over her eyes. He led her to the second bedroom. When he moved his hands Eddie saw a nursery, nothing like the room it used to be. The walls were gray and there were white curtains on the windows. A white crib was on the back wall, centered in the middle, with a tall stuffed giraffe next to it. Across the room from the crib was a white changing table, the best part of the room may have been the bookshelf stuffed with children's books that Jamie read to Maya. That was their thing.
"I… I don't know what to say." Eddie said shocked,
"Wow, Jamie, you're the best partner a girl can ask for." Jamie made his voice extremely high while mocking her.
"Wow, Jamie, you're the best partner a girl could ask for." Eddie repeated.
A week later, at Eddie's apartment.
"I need you." Her voice was so quiet Jamie could hear his breath better than he could hear her.
"I'm not going anywhere." Jamie said pulling her close.
Eddie sobbed on Jamie's shoulder and all he did was hold her. When her sobs became inaudible Jamie slowly, carefully took off his jacket and set it on the floor, next to the shoes he kicked off a while ago. Jamie then pulled Eddie into his lap and sat back. Her back was against the armrest, and her head was on Jamie's shoulder. Jamie was prepared to stay there all night, honestly, he wouldn't care if he was, he'd stay there for a week if she needed him to.
After a while, Eddie spoke, "Can we go to bed?"
"Yeah." Eddie started to get up, but Jamie pulled her back to him. "Stop. I'll take you." Jamie picked Eddie up and carried her bridal style to her bedroom. When they laid down, Jamie adjusted to be comfortable and Eddie straightened out her body, for the most part. She kept her head in the same crook of his neck, and put her arms around him. Jamie returned the favor and wrapped his arms around her body.
Jamie must have dozed off, because he woke up to the same pitch blackness across the room, but Eddie was sleeping. He didn't move for fear of waking her up.
When the morning came, he looked down to see Eddie, still on his chest, but she was awake. "Hey," He whispered sleep evident in his voice.
"Hi." She played with his hair with her right hand.
"You hungry?" He asked her.
"Obviously." She answered.
"Wanna go out to breakfast?"
"Yeah, thank you."
"You're welcome, but I didn't say I was paying."
"Not for that, dumbass. Thank you for everything. This is the first time I've slept in four days."
"Anytime, partner." Jamie kissed the top of her head. "But, if we're getting breakfast you have to get off."
Eddie reluctantly got out of bed and got ready. They went to her favorite place to have breakfast. It was on Fire Island and it took way too long to get there, but it was worth it.