Jamie Reagan woke the next morning with her sheets wrapped tightly around him. He could hear the TV still droning on down the hall where Reyan was supposed to be asleep. It was 6:47 a.m. – late for him, but it still gave them almost three hours until hospital visiting hours started at 9:30. With a sigh, he heaved himself out of the bed, disentangling his long legs from the blankets.
He pulled a clean set of clothes from his go bag and silently debated whether or not he could shower (in Eddie's apartment, his mind added) without waking Rey. He decided on no for more than one reason, tugging a blue t-shirt over his head instead. He padded over to the door where Eddie had inconspicuously hung a Harvard sweatshirt he thought he'd lost long ago. He pulled it on and ran one hand quickly though his hair, then went out to wake Rey in the nicest way he could manage.
"Reyan?" he whispered, "Hey, you have to get up now."
"Fuck off, Reagan," was her tired reply.
"Fine, I'll go see Eddie without you then."
"No, wait. I'm getting up."
"That's what I thought." He smirked.
Once they'd each finished preparing themselves, they headed out on the walk to St. Victor's. It wasn't a long walk, but with Rey lost in her thoughts and Jamie lost in his own, it could have been an eternity.
"Reagan, you know she loves you, don't you?" Rey finally gave in.
"We both know that. We both know everything, and I won't do anything about it and neither will she because then one of us is the one responsible. Then there's Renzulli, and maybe IAB, and my dad – god, my whole family actually – and everybody at the NYPD who've been taking bets on how long we can be 'just partners' since the day we started working together..." he sighed, "And I can't do that, you know? I can't face the entire department after I have to walk up to Renzulli and ask him to reassign 12-David because we are hopelessly, madly in love with each other. And Eddie won't ruin it because we're Jamie and Eddie; we're 12-David; we're legendary. We understand each other without a word and that's how we've lasted so long, and done so much. "
"...Jesus Christ, Reagan. You've got problems, man."
"Oh, believe me, I know it," Jamie gave her a sad smile.
"That right there? That could've been a whole therapy session."
"I don't do therapy."
"I think you might want to reconsider that."
"Oh, look! The hospital."
"You have a very convenient tendency of being saved by the bell."
"Officer Regan, Agent Jones, good morning. I'd like to make sure you both know what will be happening this morning. I believe you know that the plan is to get Officer Janko breathing on her own again. That is the goal, and if we're successful then Miss Janko will be moved up to a general room instead of the ICU. However, there is a chance that her body cannot yet handle the stress of being off the ventilator, and unfortunately in that case we'll have to leave it for later day. At this time, her vitals are stable and she's been recovering very quickly, so I believe that she'll do just fine."
"That's great news, doctor" Reyan smiled.
"If she's off the ventilator, how long will it take for her to regain consciousness?"Jamie asked.
"Once she's off the vent and settled into the general room, we'll begin easing her off sedation. If she wakes up as soon as the meds wear off it could be only a few hours. In some cases, the effects of the medication lingers and it could take some time for her to regain full consciousness."
"Okay. Let's go then," Jamie says, his voice full of fake confidence.
Eddie's doctor gestures for two nurse to come into the room. "Take her off the vent, please," she requests. As the nurses slowly ease the tubing out of Eddie's throat, the doctor's eyes stay steadily trained on the monitors.
"Jamie..." Reyan breathes next to him.
"She's breathing..." Jamie laughs nervously, "She's breathing."
"That's my girl." Rey beams, hitting Jamie's arm lightly.
The doctor turns back to them, concealing her own smile. "That went as well as I could have hoped. We'll keep her under close observation, but she's out of my care as soon as she leaves this room. I'll ask someone to make sure she's moved upstairs as soon as possible - we don't like anyone staying in the ICU longer than they have to. It was nice meeting you both." The doctor lays one hand gently of Jamie shoulder as she leaves, "Best of luck to you both, Officer Reagan," she smirks knowingly.
"Th-Thank you," Jamie stutters our in surprise.
"Room number is 412," Reyan informs him, walking in with an apple and a Sprite.
"Thanks," he murmurs, glancing up from his phone. "Danny says Dad wants to bring everyone in to see her when she's awake. I think it's his weird way of making up for Eddie's shitty family." He laughs, shaking his head. Really, he doesn't know how Eddie would react to the entire Reagan clan in her room. They're a lot to take in all at once, even without the shock that'll come from waking up from a two day coma. But he can't tell his dad that. Frank just wants to do the best for her.
"Jamie? I wanted to tell you that I'm gonna have to go soon. I want to see Eddie when she wakes up, but I need to be in California. My job... Well, they need me. But I know Eddie needs me too. I want her to know that I was here and I care but I can't stay with her, okay?"
"Of course," Jamie nods. "She'll be just fine, Reyan. Between the constant presence of what very well might be my entire family, and the revolving door of uniforms that'll be through here, Eddie'll hardly have a second to breathe. But either way, we'll take care of her, I promise. It's something the Reagans are painfully good at."
"Thank you..." she says, looking into his bright green eyes. "And you, Jamie Reagan," she points one finger accusingly, "You're gonna tell her everything, you hear me? Everything you've told me about her and how much you care. You both need that. You wouldn't believe the shit I have to hear about you every day. You two idiots are painfully in love with each other."
"We'll see," he concedes.
Hey y'all! That was... a somewhat unexpected hiatus. But I'm back! How did you like this chapter (even though it's like over a month late)? I appreciate all your reviews and feedback. As always -itwasit (Also, catch that username change)
