Final chapter...Its a bit mushy but who doesn't like a bit of mush on a sunday evening!?

It had been two weeks since the incident at the Reagan house and Jamie and Toni's hospital admissions. Neither one had been able to visit the other until the investigation had been finalised and completed. Once that was done, both were unsure of where they other stood in terms of their relationship as it had barely gotten off the ground when the rug was swept from underneath them.

Toni had received a professional slap on the wrists but given her family history with the Reagans it wasn't as bad as it could have been. Both were on leave from work in order to recuperate from their respective injuries but each was too afraid to make the first move.

"Jamie, you should call her first. After all you were the one kissing the ex!" offered Danny as he handed his brother a cold beer from his fridge. They were sitting in Jamie's apartment a few days after his hospital discharge; Jamie had decided to stay at his own place rather than with his dad and grandfather.

"I know i should. I'm afraid to call her in case she doesn't want to talk to me. Not that i can blame her. Damn it Danny! I had everything i ever wanted and she's been right there in front of me all along! I've really screwed this up, haven't i?" sighed Jamie as he slumped back on the sofa.

"Not yet you haven't. Though the longer you take to call her or go and see her, then the chances of you getting her back are going to be slim!" replied Danny as he watched his younger brother. "Listen, Kid. D'you remember when Linda and i broke up? It was only for a month but it was hell!"

"Yeah! You kept throwing things at me while i was studying for my SATS!" smirked Jamie.

"I did not!" exclaimed Danny. Jamie just looked at his brother. "Ok, but they weren't hard objects!" he grinned.

"Biology textbooks weren't hard objects? What did you study with?" exclaimed Jamie, incredulously. Danny stuck his tongue out at his brother. "Oh very mature, bro!"

"Look! What i'm saying is, don't leave it as long as i did or you'll start throwing things at people too!" sighed Danny.

"When have i ever thrown anything at anyone?" asked Jamie, in confusion.

"You really expect me to answer that? If you weren't swallowing coins from my collection you would throw your food across the dinner table!" smiled Danny as he ruffled Jamie's hair.

"Get off!" groaned Jamie as he dodged his brother's hand.

"Call her. Ask her out. Properly. I mean, did you even have a first date?" as Danny.

"Actually, no, we didn't. I guess it was a bit difficult at the time," he shrugged.

"So what did you do? Sneak around Dad's place?" asked Danny, curiously. Jamie blushed. "You didn't? You did, didn't you? Jamieson Henry Reagan!" laughed Danny as he watched his brother squirm.

"Like you never did?" blushed Jamie.

"Actually, that was one thing i never had the guts to pull off. Saying that, it was nigh on impossible with Mom, dad and three younger siblings crawling about the place all the time!" replied Danny. "But good on you for pulling it off!"

Jamie sat back on the sofa with his head back, contemplating his next move. "Sarge says she's just sitting at home..."

"Then call the girl!" insisted Danny as he took a swig of his beer.

"I will...once you've gone home!" sighed Jamie as he drank some beer too.

"No way! Go to your room and call her, i'm waiting on the pizza! Told ya, if you ain't staying with dad then i'm staying the night here. I'm here for you! Now go call her!" insisted Danny as he pulled out his phone and ordered in the pizza.

Jamie got up reluctantly and headed to his room, pulling his cell phone from his jeans pocket and dialled Toni's number. Danny watched his brother walk away with a look of impending doom on his face, Jamie had to make the first move in order to make things right, if for nothing else for their friendship to survive.

"Toni? It's Jamie. I know you probably don't want to talk to me but i want to say i'm sorry. I have no excuses and when it happened i knew i made a mistake. Let me make it up to you. Please?" he sighed as he finished leaving a message on her voicemail. He took a deep breath, looked around his room and slumped back on his bed where he stayed until Danny knocked on his door 30 minutes later.

"Hey kid, pizza's here!" he called through the door. Jamie slowly stood up, looked at his phone once more before heading back to the kitchen.

While he had been lying on his bed, Toni had been standing outside his apartment with her phone in her hand. She had listened to the message that Jamie had left with tears in her eyes. She knew that he was sorry and that it was now her turn to make a move. As she stood contemplating her response, Danny's pizza order arrived. She paid the delivery guy and took the pizza before knocking on the door.

"Here you go..." Danny stopped mid-sentence when he saw Toni standing with the freshly baked pizza. "Toni. Come on in, he's in his room"

"Don't tell him i'm here just yet," she asked quietly. "I want to ask you something,"

"Sure, anything." Answered Danny as he took the pizza from her and let her close the door behind her. "But let me tell you, he's a mess. I've never seen him like this over a break-up before,"

"I know. I've seen him through a few of them myself!" she smiled weakly.

"Jamie really cares about you, and he knows what he did was wrong. It's eating him up. He was supposed to have called you..." explained Danny, as he nodded towards Jamie's bedroom.

"He did. I heard his message. I've been standing outside for the last two hours trying to pluck up the courage to knock. He means the word to me but i need to know if you guys are ok with us getting together. I mean, i know you all liked Sydney and i'm not up to her.." she stopped, nervously playing with her hands.

"You are nothing like Sydney. You're nothing like the other girls Jamie's ever dated. That's what makes you right for him. As for the family, we're surprised it's taken the pair of you this long to actually get together. What you've been through can only make you stronger but only if you talk to each other" sighed Danny, as he gave her one of his bear hug specials.

"Can you get him out of his room for me?" she whispered with a quiet sob.

"I'll get him out and then leave you to talk. I'll head over to the old man's place," he smiled as he reassured Toni. He went to Jamie's bedroom door and called, "Hey, kid! Pizza's here!" Danny walked over to the sofa, collected his jacket before giving Toni one more hug and took his leave.

Toni stayed in the kitchen and busied herself with setting the table while she waited for Jamie to come out of his room. It was a few minutes after Danny had taken his leave when she heard the door open and she saw Jamie walking through.

"I had to leave..." he stopped at the threshold of the kitchen.

"A message? I know i heard it." Replied Toni, nervously.

Jamie walked towards her and put his cell phone on the table. "Where's Danny?" he asked.

"He's gone to your dad's for the evening," she replied as she also moved forwards.

"We need to.." he started.

"To talk, yeah, i know" she finished for him.

Soon they were standing in front of each other just inches apart. Jamie took her hand in his and stepped up to take the rest of her in his arms. "I'm so sorry," he whispered as his lips hovered over hers.

"Kiss me already! I love you, you crazy man!" she smiled with tears in her eyes. Jamie needed no further encouragement and kissed her like time had stood still. Dinner would be forgotten, phone calls unanswered. Life around them went on but for that moment in time, nothing would separate them.