That night they both tossed and turned finding it hard to fall asleep and when they did to stay asleep through the night.
When Eddie woke up she checked her phone disappointed finding no message or call from Jamie. Her phone blinked with an incoming message from the detective checking in. Eddie quickly typed back that she would go under cover and promised to find him soon as she arrived for tour later.
Having already worked a double the boss allowed some officers to switch tours taking the afternoon instead of another morning so they could rest. With that time Eddie stretched still tiredly, cuddling back under the covers immediately filled with warmth again hoping the extra sleep would stop her stomach from doing summersaults.
Over in Brooklyn Heights Jamie prepared himself for another tour, glad it was at least Saturday with a day off tomorrow. He picked up his phone, checking the messages disappointed not seeing one from Eddie.
Sunday came allowing Jamie and Eddie sleeping separately to catch up on much needed sleep before mass and Sunday dinner. Jamie slid into the pew quietly next to his brother with only a small nod to greet the family. The bottom of his eyes were red trimmed reflecting in the glassy look of his baby blues avoiding any direct eye contact with the other Reagans not unnoticed in a family of cops.
"Hey kid, is Eddie okay," Danny whispered, taking immediate notice of his baby brother's facial expression. Beside him Erin rolled her eyes with an elbow to Danny's side at his lack of subtly though she was just as curious.
"Yeah, she's fine. She's coming on her own." Jamie mumbled back shortly, answering the question hoping that would end the conversation. Eddie slid in the pew next to him, leaving extra space between them and offered only a quiet hello that was directed more to the family than Jamie.
Sunday dinner followed the same pattern, Jamie and Eddie barely speaking two words to each other or anyone else. Occasionally, Eddie glanced at Jamie wordlessly studying him but said nothing.
She retrieved her purse from the couch ready to leave for her apartment after offering to help clean up. Eddie turned, hearing the floor creak behind her from Jamie entering quietly. "Hey, I uh know it's late so I can drive you back to your apartment."
"No, thanks I can get home all by myself." Eddie threw her purse strap over her left shoulder, digging through it.
When she found it Eddie looked up meeting Jamie's eyes. "See you at work tomorrow Sergeant." Her heels clicked across the floor , past Jamie only giving him a sideways look on her way past.
Standing in the living room alone Jamie let in a deep breath, taking a seat on the couch with his hands over his head. He heard the floorboard creaking, slowly lowering his hands before the family came in. Danny appeared at the doorway looking for his jacket to head home with his boys. The older brother stopped, seeing Jamie sitting on the couch alone in a barely lit room looking wrecked.
"Hey kid, everything okay with you and Eddie? It felt a little cold with you two, she didn't come to mass with you and left by herself." Danny sat himself on the couch next to his brother using the softest voice he could.
"Yeah, fine Danny just been a stressful week with the blackout and this guy assaulting women," Jamie sat back on the couch with his head down.
Danny raised a single eyebrow and gave one shake of his head. "No, that's not just it kid so tell me what's going on with you two. Are you fighting about something?"
"Okay, yeah Eddie and I are fighting about something that is happening at work. This guy is assaulting women in the park, robbing them and one of our detectives asked Eddie to go undercover and flush him out. I looked the detective up he's reckless so I brought it up to Eddie and she walked out on me. She hasn't spoken to me or come back over since."
Danny held back from commenting on the last part figuring it wasn't the time for teasing his brother about Eddie sleeping over his apartment. "You know why she's upset with you right kid? Because when it comes to Eddie you become over protective."
"I love her," Jamie admitted, looking up to meet his brother's eyes. "She's my fiancé and best friend, I can't lose her Danny. "
His own eyes locked on the younger man Danny gave a sympathetic nod understanding. "I know kid but she's also a cop and there's a line that you can't cross. You have to respect that she's also a cop and trust me Eddie can take care of herself." He patted Jamie's shoulder, "If you need to talk no matter what time it is call me all right?"
Jamie thought over what his brother while laying in bed thinking for hours that night.
His mind finally eased at two in the morning allowing Jamie to fall asleep and get enough of it for his afternoon tour. Ignoring the temptation to call Eddie and apologize knowing he wouldn't see her during their tour as she would be undercover.
After roll call he took a file to look over at his desk, his phone out visible in case Eddie text or called. The precinct was unusually quiet tonight allowing Jamie to fill out the report but his mind didn't. He kept thinking back to the case Eddie was out working at night in the park that was badly lit. His eyes moved to the file Eddie handed in on that case, turning back to his report.
The image of Eddie appeared in his head again, distracting Jamie from finishing the report. He pulled the file closer slowly looking through it at all the crime scene notes from the first officers on scene.
"Damnit," Jamie jumped to his feet so fast his chair swerved nearly falling over unseen as he rushed to the park.
At this time of night traffic was very light getting Jamie to the park ten blocks from their precinct without having to use the lights and sirens. He found a spot just outside the north side entrance, jogging inside to where their suspect attacked the women.
His breath uneven Jamie ran so fast his feet barely touched the floor just wanting to find Eddie and make sure she was safe. All he wanted, argument or not was to see for himself that Eddie was okay. Her face remained in his mind the entire run inside which though only a few minutes seemed like forever.
Just past some trees at the fork where a side path took walkers to another area of the park Jamie saw two figures in front of him, one taller then the other moving around in a struggle. "No," Eddie's cry tore through Jamie's heart closer now seeing Eddie fall and hit her head on hard concrete after being thrown down.
Arms pumped Jamie lunged off the park bench, flying through the air like superman knocking the perp away from Eddie. "Hands behind your back you're under arrest, stop fighting me," Jamie growled, roughly pulling the perp's hands back.
Undercover officers rushed out from behind bushes out of sight until they were signaled to go. "Sergeant Reagan we got this, what the hell are you doing?"
"You fall asleep huh," Jamie moved off the perp to the approaching detective, giving him a shove back. "What were you waiting for huh? You had him and now an officer got hurt because you didn't move in fast enough!"
Blood still boiling Jamie knelt down beside Eddie, putting both arms around helping her up. "Hey, are you all right Eddie?" His right arm rubbed slowly over her back while she stirred from the fall, looking up still dazed.
With Jamie's help she got to her feet looking him over several times confirming it was Jamie. "What are you doing here," Eddie brushed the strangling pieces of blond hair away from her cloudy eyes so she could study him.
"Eddie, are you all right? Are you okay," Jamie repeated with urgency every time he had to repeat the question, needing to hear from her that she was good. He saw her eyes, knowing she needed to get checked over but was grateful to see her standing and talking. He let a breath out, blue eyes watching shake her head and walk past him not answering.
Having no choice but to hang back and wait with patrol cars and an ambulance arriving on scene Jamie stayed in front of the 2-9 squad car with a perfect straight line view of a female medic working on Eddie as per concussion protocol with her hitting her head. Not many words were exchanged between the women until the medic gave Eddie a smile. "Good to go officer."
The medic barely took two steps around her truck for Jamie to start walking over slowly just in front of Eddie. Her head turned, watching cops secure the scene sighing deeply as she looked back to him. "Forget it okay, let's move past this."
"I can't forget it Eddie. You could have gotten seriously hurt because of him then what huh," Jamie asked.
Sighing Eddie met his eyes, "But I wasn't hurt Jamie I'm right here talking to you. You were being overprotective. I can handle it I'm a cop too who was trained by a great cop Jamie." Blue eyes rounded she looked him up and down softly. "You can't interfere every time I'm on a case or on the street."
"It's my job to protect you Eddie as your sergeant and fiancé. You didn't know what could have happened and the detective didn't move in! "
Jamie turned his head away hiding the tears watering in his eyes, chest rising and falling quickly unable to push his emotions back.
"Jamie," Eddie spoke softly tilting her head down to meet his eyes. "It's okay, I'm fine." She extended reaching her hand out.
Jamie met her eyes, his own still watery, "Thank God Eddie." Taking a step closer he accepted her hand cupping his over hers and let heir fingers rub together while they shared a single look neither saying a word for several minutes.
"Jamie, I want to stay with you tonight."
His head lowered eyes locked and gave a small smiling nod in agreement. "I'll take you to the apartment once your ready. I get out at eleven tonight we'll have time to be together I missed you the last two nights Eddie."
Before leaving Eddie had to talk with detectives, giving her statement as to what happened while Jamie watched from across the path giving her space. Once she finished he escorted Eddie back to their apartment for her to rest while he finished his shift. "You'll be okay until I'm done with tour," Jamie rested his hands on her arms gently.
"Yeah, I'm going to lay in the bath and rest but if I'm asleep wake me up when you get in." Eddie cupped his cheeks, leaning on her toes to give him a kiss. "Be safe," Eddie warned, walking him to the door so she could lock up after him. Sighing alone in the apartment she went to the bathroom, watching water and bubbles fill the tub as she held her turning stomach.
Letting herself sink in Eddie let out a quiet sigh, closing her eyes trying to relax eager for Jamie to come home.
