A/N: Here is the latest update to the wedding planning story. Planning on every other day for this particular update. Once I am where I want to be in this story, will come back to Blue Bloods Serial. So enjoy the latest update and please leave reviews. Thank you.
Marriage License
Eddie and Jamie's Apartment
East Village, New York
Jamie walked out of the bedroom buttoning up his shirt as he headed towards the kitchen. He was starting to wonder about Eddie. She was usually home by now, and they promised to head to city hall together. As he poured himself a cup of coffee, his cell rang, and he dug it out of his pocket. He smiled at the face that was on the screen. "Hey babe, where are you at?"
"Still at the precinct." Eddie replied as she closed her locker and started towards the door. "We and Rodriguez had a last minute collar and the paperwork on it was a nightmare."
Jamie chuckled. "I imagine. So meet me at city hall."
"That is why I was calling." Eddie said smiling as she walked down the hallway towards the door to leave the precinct. "I love it when we are on the same page."
"We are good at being that." Jamie answered with a smile on his face. He sipped at his coffee and poured the rest into a traffic mug. "What was the arrest about?"
"Oh some knucklehead tried to rob a diner with three security guards eating their end of shift breakfast." Eddie replied with a smile on her face. "Speaking of which?"
"Uh oh." Jamie answered with a smirk on his face.
Eddie smiled herself knowing what Jamie was probably doing. "Stop smirking, and stop by J. Russell's and picked me up that omelet bagel sandwich and bring it to City Hall."
"One I wasn't smirking, I had a weird smile." Jamie said trying to defend himself as he walked out the door and locking it behind him. "Second, you can't bring food into the courthouse, and we want to be one of the first couple in line."
"I know that Jamie, but I'm hungry and J. Russell has some of the best omelet bagel sandwiches in the city." Eddie countered as she arrived at the car. "Besides you were smirking, and I could tell over the phone."
Jamie was cornered and he knew it. "Western or chesse and tomato?"
Eddie smiled as she climbed into the car. "Western, with their tater tots and small coffee."
"Yes dear." Jamie said as the elevator doors opened.
"Thank you, and love you." Eddie said with glee in her voice as she started the car. "See you there."
Jamie laughed. "Love you too. See you in a little bit."
New York City Hall
Manhattan, New York
Eddie was waiting for Jamie at the bottom of the stairs of city hall. She was tired, but they needed to get this done today. She and Jamie had designated this week as the big week to knock out the last of the major things on their wedding list. Her mom was picking up the invites and they would do those at Frank and Henry's. Tomorrow they were doing the catering and the flowers, and Wednesday would be cake, and the church to talk to Father McNally and go over the ceremony, and Thursday and Friday were contingency days to work on anything else that may come up. Her mom was pressing her about a seating chart, but they wanted to hold off on that until they had a firm number of total people coming. Luckily except for a couple of cousins on both sides, most of the family and friends they were inviting were still in the tristate area.
Eddie was so intuned in the planning process that she didn't see Jamie walking up. Jamie smiled when he saw that look. So he bent down and surprised kissed her. Eddie looked up in shocked and then smiled. "Jeez babe, you scared the crap out of me."
Jamie smiled and held up a bag. "Sorry. Guess you don't want…"
"Take a seat mister." Eddie said patting the seat next to her. She eagerly grabbed the bag out of his hand along with the coffee and took a sip of it. She then bit into her omelet bagel and popped a few tater tots in her mouth. "OH So good. You want some?"
Jamie shook his head no. "So this knucklehead that tried to rob the diner with three security guards there?"
Eddie chuckled as she popped another couple tater tots in her mouth. She washed them down with coffee before she answered. "Oh my. Let me tell you babe, this guy was so high I bet he didn't even see the security guards. Came barging into the diner demanding cash from the cashier. Two of the guards were former military. They snuck up behind him and tackled him to the ground, taking the gun away while the third one called it in."
"That was ballsy and stupid of them." Jamie said as he watched his love of his life take a huge bit out of the sandwich. "The gun could have gone off."
"Wasn't even a real gun. It was toy air pistol with the end part color black by magic marker." Eddie replied with a smile on her face. She popped the last couple tater tots in her mouth and broke off a piece of her bagel and handed it to Jamie. "Stop eyeballing it and accept it."
Jamie smiled and didn't argue. He made a slight groan of pleasure when he bit into it. "Okay, I admit, this is really good."
"Told you." Eddie replied with her own smirk as she drained the coffee. She put everything into a bag and stood up grabbing Jamie's hand. "Come on Reagan. Let's get our license, then we can go home and sleep for a few hours before you have to go to swing shift."
Jamie smiled and nodded and they walked up the stairs depositing the trash in the trash can before going inside. They could have bypassed the security check point by showing their badges, but they didn't not until they got up to the metal detector and handing over their off duty pieces to the officer on duty to be placed inside a lock box. After security they made their way down to licensing. There was a small line already outside the office, but they were the fourth couple down from the spots. Eddie sighed. "How long does it take to do this?"
"Shouldn't take that long. We have to fill out the paperwork, get the name change forms for you, and present all the important information." Jamie said as Eddie leaned back into him. "Generally shouldn't take more than 30 minutes. Depending on how many windows they have open when we get in there."
"So basically two hours?" Eddie asked smugly.
"Basically." Jamie replied with a laugh as the doors to the licensing office opened. Luckily for them there was two windows opened so they took a seat in the chairs as Jamie began filling out the paperwork. "So here is a question for you? Will the bride take the last name of the groom?"
"That is not a question." Eddie said as she looked at Jamie with a disbelief on her face. She took the paperwork. "Will either party take the last name…I'll be damn."
Jamie chuckled and continued to fill out the forms. "You know that's something we never discussed. I mean all the stuff that comes with Reagan as a last name?"
"I been dealing with it since I started on the job babe." Eddie said laying her head on Jamie's shoulder. She watched him as he reached the bottom of the page. "I know riding with you had its ups and downs but I wouldn't change it. I want Reagan as the last name till we are dead and gone."
Jamie looked at Eddie who had a huge smile on her face. He gave her a light kiss on the lips as he went through the rest of the paperwork. 45 minutes after entering, they were called up and presented the forms to the clerk at the office. "I need to see your ID's as well social security cards. When is the date of the ceremony?"
"July 16." Jamie replied as he and Eddie handed over the information to the clerk behind the glass. She went about entering the information into the computer as well as checking over the forms. 25 minutes after starting the process, the lady came back with another piece of paper and their information.
"Once the person that performs the ceremony signs off on the wedding license, you have five business days to bring the paperwork back for us to file." The clerk stated as she handed over all the paperwork and information to them. "Congratulations."
"Thank you." Eddie and Jamie answered the lady. They left the office with Jamie placing the paperwork inside a large brown envelop that he managed to bring with him. They walked back to the security check point and received their off duty weapons and walked outside.
"Wow that went easier than I thought." Eddie commented.
"I clerked in law school. You should have seen some of the paperwork people had to bring in to get married if they were new to the country or getting married again." Jamie answered as they walked hand in hand down the stairs. "Glad I am only doing this once and its with you."
"Me too." Eddie replied as they started up the street towards where Eddie was parked. She looked at Jamie. "Now tomorrow will be busy."
Jamie groaned. "Don't remind me."
Eddie smirked and slapped him in the gut. "At least we get free food out of the deal."
Jamie chuckled. "You would see the upside in choosing our reception menu wouldn't you."
Eddie and Jamie laughed as they walked away from city hall.
Additional note: Using my own experience and minor research I figure that is how pretty much it would have gone for our favorite couple. Next update. Food and Flowers.
