Chapter 7

Jamie sat in the waiting room his finger tapping on the chair, a tell-tale sign which showed that that he was nervous and agitated. It had been almost two hours since the bus had arrived at St. Vics and the only news that Jamie had got was that Eddie was going into surgery. Jamie was lost in his own thoughts when two familiar voices brought him back.

"Hey Jamie." Erin said she had been worried until she had seen him.

"Hi, how did you know I was here?" he asked the question not really wanting to know the answer.

"Well when Dad was on his way to the scene he called me but I was in court. So when I got out I called him and he told me what happened and where you were." She explained. "How are you?" Erin asked remembering the talk that she'd had with Jamie just a year ago about how he felt about Eddie and she couldn't imagine how he was feeling right now.

"Fine." Was the answer that Jamie gave once again. He was getting frustrated with people asking how he was when there was clearly a bigger situation at hand.

"Kid, I think she was looking for an honest answer." Danny, who had been surprisingly quiet this whole time, said.

Jamie looked at Danny like he was about to answer when Will came up behind them.

"Have you guys heard anything yet?" he asked with concern in his voice. He had been in another hospital room with Mike, it looked like he had a few minor injuries and while the nurses were treating him he was talking to Mike trying to make up for lost time. During this chat Mike and Will had both realised how much their friendship had meant to them and how much they had actually missed each other over the years.

"Nothing yet, how's Mike?" Jamie asked purely out of politeness, to be honest he couldn't have cared less how Mike was doing after what he had done to Eddie.

"He's ok actually, he's a lot calmer now and more relaxed. The doctors say he can be discharged soon." Will said with a small smile.

"That's good. Well now that we have the chance I noticed that we haven't actually been formerly introduced. As you probably might have guessed I'm William Janko but most people just call me Will." He said as he extended his hand out for Erin, Jamie and Danny to shake. "I am also Eddie's older brother as you already know."

"It's nice to meet you and I'm Jamie Reagan, Eddie's partner and this is my brother, Danny and my sister, Erin." He said clearly a bit uncomfortable with the whole situation.

Suddenly almost out of nowhere Linda appeared and tapped Danny on the shoulder.
"Hey Danny." She said relieved that he was okay. After she had greeted Erin, Jamie and had been introduced to Will she finally told them about Eddie.

"So she'll be alright, we recovered the bullet and we stopped the internal bleeding. She also has a concussion and 12 stitches where she was hit with the gun but overall she will eventually recover. She's awake now but she might have a bit of a headache and she may be a little drowsy from all the meds." Linda smiled and added. "Only two people in the room at a time by the way."

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As Jamie walked into the hospital room he was taken aback by the amount of wires and IV drips that surrounded her. Eddie was pale and had dark rings under her eyes, yet to Jamie she still looked beautiful.

"Hi guys." She croaked sometimes it still hurt her to talk. Jamie knew she was trying to keep it together but her brother just went in and hugged her and she really struggled not to burst into tears.

"I've missed you a lot." Will said after he had come out of the hug. "Sorry I haven't seen you it's just that…"

"Will don't worry, we're both to blame in this okay."

"Wow Eddie you still always have to have the last word don't you." Will joked.

"Ha-ha very funny." Eddie rolled her eyes but kept the smile on her face. She then turned to Jamie.

"Hey Will can you get me something from the cafeteria please preferably Jell-O or fries or something." She said him hinting that she wanted him to be out of the room.

"Oh okay yeah Jell-O." he said awkwardly and walked out of the room leaving Eddie and Jamie by themselves.

Jamie looked around the room thinking really hard about what to say. It was weird trying so hard to make conversation with Eddie like this. Usually Eddie was the first one to talk and then the conversation started without them even thinking about it. Eddie had also noticed the tension in the room and being her bold, brash self she said.

"You know what Reagan this is so stupid."

"What are you talking about?"

"Well for one the way you're looking around the room."

"What! I was just trying to think of something to say I mean you nearly died for goodness sakes what am I supposed to say, do you want to go out for beers when you get discharged or something."

That was more like it.

Eddie laughed. "See Reagan even in a hospital bed I can still tease you. Don't worry I was struggling too." The smile faded from her face. "I never thanked you for what you said to Mike. What you said was really true." She continued. "I knew that what my dad did was bad and it hurt a lot of really good people but I never would have thought that it would have affected Mike this much. If only I had done something you know…"

"Eddie you can't blame yourself you know that."

"Yeah now I know that." She quickly tried to lighten the mood. "So what do you think of my brother?"

"Well to be honest I haven't really been with him that long to judge but he seems like a good guy and a hell of a negotiator."

"Yeah he was pretty good in there."

Just a Jamie was about to reply Danny came into the room.

"Hey guys I just came in to check on Eddie and see how you guys are but it looks like you're in the middle of something so I'll just go." Danny said with a smirk on his face.

"No, it's okay please stay." Eddie said a bit too eagerly and Jamie caught on and eyed her suspiciously.

"Well okay then. So how are you?" Danny asked.

"I'm alright but it does hurt a little though." She explained

"That's good hope you recover soon."

While they'd had their little conversation Jamie looked between the both of them and sensed that there was something going on between them. However he let it pass because he was glad that Eddie was safe and no more secrets and anger would be shared.

Well at least that's what he thought.