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"Alright, let's take this from the top. What time did you two leave Sullivan's?" Danny asked both Jamie and Eddie. They were all standing in Eddie's apartment.
"Midnight," Jamie replied.
"Ok, and you two walked here so you were at the bottom of Eddie's apartment building around twelve thirty?"
"Yeah, give or take five minutes." Jamie answered as he folded his arms across his chest.
"Ok, now give me a play by play." Danny requested as he put his hands on his hips.
Jamie shrugged, "There's not much to say. Eddie and I were talking and then out of nowhere I see this bright flash, then a dark blue, late model sedan pulls out from where it was parked. Next thing I know I see a gun being pulled out from the passenger side, I think it was an automatic and then all hell broke loose. Whoever it was, eventually gave up and sped away."
Danny nodded as he was processing this information, then he pointed between Jamie and Eddie, "Either of you catch a number plate?"
"Too far," Jamie replied.
Danny looked at Eddie who responded with, "No, sorry."
"Alright," Danny said and then let out a frustrated sigh.
"Any bad collars over the past couple of months? Anyone you might have had it out with on one of your tours?"
Jamie waited a beat before replying, "Not that I can think of."
"Same here," Eddie responded.
Danny did a double take to Eddie, let out a small breath and asked hesitantly, "I don't really want to bring this up Janko but do you think maybe your Uncle and his ties to the Serbian mob could have anything to do with this?"
Eddie hesitated and then spoke up, "I honestly wish I could say no, but after everything that's happened I can't really do that."
"He's still your uncle Eddie, you really think he's capable of something like this?" Jamie asked Eddie with a small frown.
"I'm just saying it's a possibility," Eddie said in a frustrated and exasperated tone.
Jamie looked back at her just as frustrated.
Danny looked between the two of them before asking, "Everything ok between the two of you?"
Eddie closed her eyes briefly before changing the subject, "Are we done now?"
"Well, both of you haven't exactly given me much to work with here but I'll see what I can do on my end. There's also a possibility that this was just a random drive by."
"Whose random victims just happened to be two NYPD police officers?" Jamie asked disbelievingly.
Danny could see Jamie's point but he could also see that he was taking out his frustration and anger out on him so he left it, "I'm glad you two are ok, I'll let you know if I find anything, in the meantime just watch your backs ok."
Jamie and Eddie both gave a tight nod to Danny who gave them one last look before leaving Eddie's apartment.
Jamie looked to Eddie who was standing as still as a statue like if she moved the whole world would fall onto her shoulders.
"I'll stay here tonight ok." Jamie said quietly.
Eddie slowly turned to face Jamie with a slightly confused expression.
"On the couch, you know just in case they try again."
"You're not the only one with a badge and a gun Reagan, I can take care of myself."
"I know you can, but just because you can take care of yourself doesn't mean you have to do it alone."
Eddie thought about that for a minute, coming to the conclusion that what Jamie just said could mean a variety of things so Eddie decided to cut to the chase.
"Are we going to talk about the elephant in the room or not?"
"What are you talkin about?" Jamie asked feigning ignorance.
Eddie could see what he was doing but decided not to call him out on it just yet, "We were talking about something before the drive by and I asked you a question but we were interrupted before you could answer."
Jamie just stared back at her.
"I was hoping that you could put me out of my misery and answer it now."
Jamie's mouth dropped slightly and he waited a beat before replying with, "It's late, we should try to get some sleep."
Eddie's face fell in hurt and disappointment, she then looked down tucking some hair behind her ear, "Ok, goodnight." Eddie said as she stepped back and walked to her bedroom.
Eddie could hear Jamie reply with a faint, "Night." Jamie watched as Eddie closed her bedroom door. He then looked to the ceiling and closed his eyes while Eddie leaned back on her bedroom door, her head hitting it gently as she tried to control her breathing.
Eddie woke in the morning gratefully to an empty apartment. She really didn't feel like facing Jamie after their previous night together. She found a note on the kitchen counter, 'Eddie, gone to get ready for my tour. Watch your back, call me if you need anything. Jamie.'
Eddie shook her head slightly in frustration before dropping the note back on the counter and getting ready for work herself.
At the 54th precinct Eddie scheduled her lunch break with the NYPD shrink, the one who had a striking resemblance to Whoopi Goldberg and consulted on Jamie and Eddie's case when they were still partners. Eddie was now currently in her office, sitting on the couch, staring at a spot on the floor.
"Officer Janko, you do realise that you are not obligated to see me. You've already been cleared to work."
Eddie continued to stare at the spot on the floor and nodded slightly in response to the doc's statement.
"So, it was your choice to come see me which tells me you want to talk to me about something, something that's bothering you. But we can't do that if you don't actually talk to me."
Eddie broke out of her trance, looked up to the doctor who was waiting for a response and then squeezed her eyes shut tight, "You're right, I'm sorry."
The doc sighed and asked softly, "What's wrong Eddie?"
Eddie opened her eyes and looked to the doctor, inhaling and exhaling a breath before replying with, "Everything," Eddie finished with a slight chuckle.
The doc looked back with sympathy, "It's understandable that you feel that way after everything you've been through with your Uncle, Agent White and the drive by last night, it's understandable that you're probably feeling a bit rattled."
Eddie just looked back at the doc.
"I have a feeling that those things are only part of what's causing your pain at the moment. Would I be right in saying that?"
Eddie continued to look on to the doc, her breathing getting slightly faster.
The doc consulted her notes and then looked back up at Eddie and said, "You were with Officer Reagan last night, off duty when the shooting happened. How's things going with you two?"
"We keep pushing each other away. Jamie more so now than me. It feels like he's giving me mixed signals like he's saying things to me he doesn't really mean."
"Sounds to me like you're having an issue with trust at the moment."
Eddie shrugged slightly, "I trusted my Dad, I trusted my Uncle and I trusted my boyfriend, I feel like I can't afford to trust Reagan anymore."
"That one sentence tells me a lot about how you are feeling." The doc stated simply.
Eddie knitted her brows together in confusion but stayed quiet as she wanted the doc to explain which she did.
"It sounds to me like all the men in your life have found a way to leave you or so you think. Now Officer Reagan is pushing away from you for whatever reason and that frightens you because you're scared he might leave you too."
That felt like a knife plunging into Eddie's chest, taking her breath away, it wasn't what the doc said that hurt her but the truth in what she said.
"The things that you've told me also confirm what I have suspected since I first looked at your case which is that you have feelings for Officer Reagan, you have for some time, you might even love him."
Eddie's mouth dropped slightly in shock and her eyes started to drift around her like she was trying to process and come to terms with what the doc had just said. Even though what the doc said was a statement, Eddie gave and answer similar to the dismissive answer Jamie gave her last night, "I don't….I don't know what you're talking about."
"I think that the constant denial of your obvious feelings towards the other is what's making you both so hazy, and was most likely the cause of the constant arguments you two were having at the end of your partnership. I think that once you both accept it within yourselves, everything will become much clearer for the both of you."
Eddie frowned as she looked anywhere but at the doc's eyes.
"You know why your partnership with Officer Reagan ended and I think deep down you know it was ultimately the best decision in a very complicated situation but I don't think you have fully accepted it. I think you choose to ignore it."
"Oh I know why it ended believe me I do and you're right, I do choose to ignore it because me and Reagan are never going to happen doc. Last night proved that." Eddie replied her anger rising.
"What happened last night?"
"We were finally getting back to where we were when we first met, that excitement of just hanging out with each other and then the shooting happened and the mood changed. We're cops and it's easier to be alone."
"You think he feels the same about it as you do?"
"I got the message loud and clear last night, why else would he be pushing me away?"
