With this life-altering revelation, Jamie and Eddie consider how this changes things, especially the status of their well-established partnership on the job and their newfound relationship off the job. It's obviously a wonderful blessing that will enrich their lives for the better but processing it after what happened that morning is challenging, to say the least. Breaking the news to the rest of their family (Reagans plus Eddie's parents) will be interesting too, considering they haven't even finished planning their wedding yet.
Jamie decides against the cafeteria because he knows the choices would be limited, so he goes to a place right across the street from the hospital to surprise Eddie with some of her favorite cuisine. As he waits for their order, a somewhat familiar song starts to play…
Eddie lays in her hospital bed, her mind wandering to all sorts of places. Frank's words are still bouncing around her head: 'Just know that you don't have to do everything on your own.'
Eddie picks up her phone and starts to look through her notifications. One catches her eye: a text message from Kara Walsh. 'Did I miss you chasing Jamie's Chevelle?'
Eddie is confused by the random text, but then she remembers the meaning behind it. Kara's been on vacation and must be getting home today, so she isn't aware of the incident that morning. When the three of them were last together, Jamie and Eddie were bantering about who would win a drag race between her Porsche and his Chevelle; Kara sided with Jamie.
Eddie starts to type out her response, 'Hope u enjoyed ur trip. No I didn't win yet but u still missed a lot. Lmk when I can call u.'
Eddie finally connects the dots between the coincidental lines floating around in her brain and pulls up the lyric video to one of her jams on YouTube…
We'll do it all
Everything
On our own
It takes a moment for Jamie to recognize the song as the lyrics begin, but Eddie's eyes tear up immediately.
We don't need
Anything
Or anyone
Eddie starts to cry because of Frank's comment.
If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me
And just forget the world?
They both remind themselves how Jamie always says his favorite part of the job is rescuing a kid from danger.
I don't quite know
How to say
How I feel
They both get chills; this song coming up right now is really eerie.
Those three words
Are said too much
They're not enough
Jamie starts to cry because he didn't say those words earlier that morning.
If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me
And just forget the world?
They both start to recall the many moments they've had cases involving children from missing baby to lost guardians, from vehicle accidents to custody cases.
Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden
That's bursting into life
Jamie knows what he's going to say; Eddie moves her left hand over her abdomen.
Let's waste time
Chasing cars
Around our heads
Eddie laughs at how crazy this song is making her feel.
I need your grace
To remind me
To find my own
They're both amazed at how they were able to keep it together to support each other.
If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me
And just forget the world?
They both had almost forgotten the real world during the surreal events of that day.
Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden
That's bursting into life
They both knew they would be great parents even without any true experience.
All that I am
All that I ever was
Is here in your perfect eyes
They're all I can see
They both hoped that their child had the other's beautiful eyes.
I don't know where
Confused about how as well
Just know that these things
Will never change for us at all
Jamie picks up their order.
If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me
And just forget the world?
When the song ends, Jamie runs as fast as he can to be by his fiancée's side again; Eddie anxiously awaits her fiancé's return…
When Jamie returns out of breath, they are both smiling with happy tears in their eyes. In his hand, Jamie has a huge bag of Chinese food, fortune cookies and all. "Decided to skip the long line for crappy cafeteria food and go for the good stuff."
Eddie chuckles, "I think we've both had enough green jello for the rest of our lives."
Jamie walks over to the side of his fiancée's bed and puts the food down on the table before he nuzzles his nose in her hair and kisses her cheek; Jamie takes her hand in his as he sits in the chair again and explains that everything will work out as it always does for them: "Tomorrow will be better than yesterday. I'm excited to meet our child. I couldn't imagine starting a family with anyone else."
Jamie kisses her on the lips as Eddie lets her happy tears fall from her eyes. As Jamie wipes them away, she says sweetly, "I love the way you say tomorrow like there's so much room left for us to grow."
Jamie says with a huge grin on his face, "Well, believe it. Because this is the beginning of the next chapter of our lives together, and I've never been more excited." Jamie paused before continuing, "This road will be long, but it will be the greatest adventure of them all… I can't wait to meet the next little Reagan."
Eddie's smile grows across her face as it reflects in her voice, "Me either. I love you."
Jamie moved the hospital blanket out of the way, so he could kiss her nonexistent belly. He lifted his head and replaced it with his hand, rubbing where he left the kiss. "I love you both, too."
~FIN~
