Danny was holding onto Jamie's hand as the EMT's took Jamie down the schools outside steps. Danny was worried, not once had Jamie regained consciousness or at least moaned. Joe and Renzulli ran to their squad car, they were going to meet Danny at the hospital. When the stretcher carrying Jamie reached the ambulance an EMT stopped Danny.
"I don't think you want to travel with him sir"
"Why not? He's my kid brother"
"He might not make it to the hospital and you might not want to see it"
"Look buddy, he's not gonna die, but if he does I would rather someone he knows is with him". The EMT just nodded and Danny helped them load Jamie into the ambulance. During the ride to the hospital Danny's eyes never left Jamie. While Danny had been applying CPR on Jamie he had seen Renzulli murmur something to Jamie, the only word he had heard was 'brothers', so Danny figured if Jamie somehow knew he was with him in the ambulance Jamie might be able to hold on. Because Danny knew once Renzulli had said to Jamie something about Danny and Joe, he just knew Jamie would try and hang on for them. They reached the hospital and Danny watch them whisk Jamie into surgery. He went and sat in the waiting room. Joe and Renzulli were with him, but they were all silent, occupied by their own thoughts.
Joe remembered when Jamie was 9 and he had just turned 14, their dad was busy with a case and asked Joe to take Jamie to his soccer game. When Jamie's team had won thanks to Jamie's goal in the last minute Joe was proud as punch. Joe had taken the families camera with him and had been taking photos throughout the game. The team's captain was moving and couldn't continue on the team and Jamie had been made team captain. Joe asked the team's coach to take a photo of them. Joe then went and treated Jamie to an ice cream and a comic book of his choice as a reward. While he treated Jamie he got the photos developed and then they went home, Jamie ran inside and told their mother and brother and sister about the team winning the match and making team captain and got their congratulations. Joe realized Jamie wasn't going to tell them about how the team won only thanks to him, so Joe told them for him. He saw Jamie blush slightly at the praise he got. That evening Joe showed the family the photos he took, once Jamie had gone to bed Joe told his dad about how Jamie wasn't going to tell the family that the team only won because of him. Frank had smiled and said "well that's your brother son; he doesn't go looking for attention and praise". Joe smiled to himself at the memory and the memory of Jamie's huge grin when he made team captain.
Renzulli remembered when he first met Jamie, it was the year before, and he and Joe were working a tour near Jamie's school. As they walked past the athletics field they noticed it was a school tournament going on. Joe had stopped suddenly when he saw Jamie walk up to the starting line and had heard the school principle announce "those competing in the 800m race please go to the starting line". When the starting pistol had gone off Joe was engrossed in watching the race and even started egging Jamie on. Renzulli found himself cheering Jamie's name along with Joe. Renzulli and Joe cheered very loudly when Jamie had won the race. Jamie then spotted them and jogged over. Renzulli had already met Danny and could see Jamie looked like a mixture of his two older brothers, but Jamie had the same eyes as Joe, which was the same as their dad's. Before Joe and Renzulli continued their tour Joe had given Jamie $5 and told him to go treat himself, Jamie was going to give it back when Joe said "if you don't go and buy yourself anything and save the change I'm gonna kick your ass!" Renzulli laughed as he and Joe walked away before Jamie could attempt to give the money back. Renzulli could also see Joe and Jamie were really close because of the pride he had seen in Joe's eyes when Jamie had won the race.
Danny was sat remembering when their Grandpa and bought him, Erin and Joe to the hospital after Jamie had been born. Joe was allowed to hold Jamie first and then Erin. 9 year old Danny then sat on the chair just vacated by Erin and held Jamie; Jamie had then opened his eyes for the first time. Danny felt his heart swell with love for his new youngest brother and while the rest of the family were celebrating Danny looked into Jamie's eyes and said "I'm gonna take care of you kid and I won't let anything happen to you". Jamie had then smiled and made a sound that was almost like a laugh, Jamie had then held his hand up to Danny and Danny put his finger into Jamie's hand and had smiled when Jamie grasped it. Danny then looked up to see his dad smiling at him. Sitting in the waiting room Danny felt like he had broken the promise he made 15 years ago to Jamie. He also remembered the first time he felt he had broken the promise. When Jamie was 8 he had been pushed of the sidewalk by their house and 17 year old Danny came running to help Jamie, he had scared of the kid who had pushed Jamie and then helped Jamie into the house, no one else was home and Danny noticed that Jamie's arm was at an award angle. Danny had then taken Jamie to the hospital and waited with Jamie and had held his other hand when his right arm was set into place. Danny for the next six weeks, when Jamie's arm was in plaster, had waited on Jamie. He had even helped Jamie write his homework, because with Jamie's right arm in plaster he could write his homework and when Jamie was at school he would write bullet points with his left hand and when he got home Danny would read the bullet points and write them out for Jamie and looking at textbooks would write paragraphs for Jamie. After the plaster had come off Jamie did Danny's chores for a month in payment despite Danny telling Jamie not to bother. Then it hit Danny while he was thinking about Jamie, that the last time they talked to each other was that morning in a fight. Danny found himself praying that Jamie would make because he didn't know what he would do if Jamie didn't make it. He then told himself, he's going to make it, he has to. He's a Reagan!
