Jamie, Eddie, Danny and Erin made their way in silence to Joe's room, there they found Frank and Henry sitting in silence "Dad?" Danny said softly.

"Hi Kids," Frank replied without looking up.

"Has anyone else been in to see you?" Erin asked as she took a seat beside him.

"No, just the surgeon and Joe's Doctor," Henry answered.

"What happened?" Jamie asked "I thought they were leaving the surgery and doing tests today."

Frank sighed heavily "the shadow on his Brain was an aneurysm, it burst and he had a hemorrhagic stroke, there was nothing they could do for him."

"The surgeon had just ordered him for an Angiogram but it ruptured before they could," Henry added as he squeezed Frank's shoulder "I'm sorry kids, I wish there was better news, I really do."

Erin sniffed quietly in the corner "can we see him?"

"Soon sweetheart," Frank replied.

"Where's Angela?" Eddie asked.

"In the nurses lounge, one of her colleagues are with her," Henry answered.

Eddie nodded and looked over at Jamie "will you be okay if I go sit with her?"

Jamie nodded "yeah, I'll come get you when we can see him."

Again Eddie nodded and walked to Frank "I'm so sorry Sir, I really can't believe this, I don't know what to say."

Frank smiled quickly "thank you Eddie, you just look after my boy."

"Where's Linda and the kids?" Henry asked.

"She hung back for a few minutes," Danny answered "she should be here soon, we wanted to know what was happening before we brought the boys and Nicky in."

Eddie arrived at the nurses lounge and looked in through the glass to see Angela lying on the sofa with her eyes closed. She was alone, whoever was with her must have left her to rest, slipping in the door she closed it over and walked towards her, noticing the position of her hand she stopped in her tracks. It was lying out away from her body clutching something, something Eddie thought looked like a medication jar "Angela?" she said shakily and took a step to her "Angela are you okay?"

Her face was pale, her lips were slightly blue "oh no!" she yelled and ran to her "Angela!" she yelled and shook her "Angela come on! wake up!"

When she got nothing she shook her hard "Angela come on please, wake up!" she screeched. When she got nothing again she dragged her onto the floor and lay her flat "what did you take?" she panicked as she pulled the bottle from her "shit!" she yelled, it was an entire bottle of Oxycodone.

"Help! I need some help in here!" she screamed as he started chest compressions. The door burst open and two nurses ran in looking panicked "she took an overdose! She needs her stomach pumped, it can't have been long since she took them! She's not breathing!"

"I'll get a trolley, Mark you get the mask and page the OR!" one of them yelled and ran from the room followed by the other.

….

Jamie had slipped out of the room to give himself a moment, leaning against the wall he closed his eyes, this was all too much. Frowning as he heard Eddie's voice, he opened his eyes, she sounded panicked.

Walking to the hall he saw a trolley zoom by with Eddie on top of the person in the bed "Eddie!" he yelled and ran alongside them "what happened?" he asked noticing it was Angela.

"She took a jar of Oxi!" Eddie called back she continued to do chest compressions.

"What!" Jamie yelled "is she gonna be okay?"

"We gotta get her stomach pumped, she's breathing now, I think I got to her just after she took them," Eddie replied as they rushed her into the emergency room.

"Thank you Officer," the nurse said as she helped Eddie down "we'll take it from here."

"I'm staying," Eddie panted and turned to Jamie "you get back to your family, I'll stay with her and keep you updated."

"What? No, I'm staying too," Jamie replied.

"Jamie," Eddie said softly "your family need you, you don't need to be worrying about this now, she's gonna be fine. They're gonna pump her stomach and let her sleep it off, I'll stay with her you don't need to worry."

Jamie watched them stick a tube down her throat and sighed heavily "what was she thinking?"

"She's just lost the love of her life, the guy she was meant to marry, she's in so much pain," Eddie replied. "She doesn't know what she's doing, she doesn't know what to think, all she knows is he's gone."

"You saved her life," Jamie said and looked over at her "if it weren't for you she'd be dead now."

"Just good timing," Eddie said as she led him out of the room, "I'll come down to you when she's awake okay?" she said and kissed him on the cheek "you go be with your family."

Jamie tugged her back and locked his arms around her "I love you," he said seriously "you mean everything to me, I hope you know that. I never wanna lose you, I don't think I'd survive if I lost you," he said as his voice quivered.

"Aww Jamie," she sniffed and stepped closer to him "you're not gonna lose me, I'm gonna be around for a very long time. I know you're hurting right now and I wish I could trade places with you, but I'm here for you, I love you, I'll do whatever I can to help you through this."

Jamie smiled and lowered his head "just be you," he said and kissed her deeply.

Eddie pulled back and rubbed his shoulders "I love you, everything is gonna be okay."

Jamie nodded and stepped back "I better go tell them what's going on here, they'll probably want to see her."

"They won't be allowed see her until she's in recovery but I'll be here, I won't leave her."

"Thank you, I'm sure Joe, wherever he is, is grateful that you got to her," Jamie said and walked off.

A while later Eddie looked up as Angela began to groan and move her head "hey," she said softly and moved closer to her "it's Eddie, can you hear me?"

Angela just groaned again and moved her hands "it's okay," Eddie said "you don't have to say anything, just get some rest."

"Is it real? Am I still here?" Angela croaked a few minutes later.

Eddie moved closer and slid her hands into her "yeah, it's real."

"Why didn't they let me die," she whimpered.

"Come on now, don't be silly," Eddie said rubbing her arms "I know it hurts right now and you can't see a future but it'll get better, the pain will ease in time."

"I can't do it Eddie, she sniffed "I can't raise a baby alone!"

Eddie's eyes went wide "you're pregnant? Angela does anyone know?"

"Just Joe," she sniffed "I told him two days ago."

"How far along?" Eddie asked in shock.

"Nine week's" she replied and wiped her eyes "what am I gonna do Eddie? I have no one, my parents are in Phoenix, my sister is abroad…I'll be alone, Frank and his family don't need to be around me anymore."

"No, no you won't, you'll have me and all your friends and Jamie and his family too. I promise you, I'll be with you every step of the way," Eddie said and grabbed her hand "Angela, things will work out, do you really think they'll abandon you?"

"No," she sniffed "but think about it, I was with Joe, he's gone now, they don't need to be involved in my life anymore…why didn't they let me die!" she whimpered.

Eddie sighed heavily and pulled her into a hug "Angela I saved your life because a lot of people love you, Frank and everyone else love you too, they wouldn't dream of turning their back on you-you're family to them. Joe wouldn't want you to do this, he'd want you to be strong and carry on with his baby, you'll have the full support of all the Reagan's and your own family and all your friends. I know it seems scary now thinking that you'll have to do this all alone, but you won't, you've got all of us and we'll never leave you to struggle or to feel alone….you just gotta keep fighting for this little guy in there, he'll need you."

Angela sniffed into Eddie's chest for a few minutes before she pulled back quickly "will he be okay after the Oxi? Have I caused him damage? Will I lose him?" she panicked.

"Calm down," Eddie said and nudged her to lie down "you had a scan, everything is fine, heartbeat is good and strong, he's still there," she smiled and put her hand on her stomach, "you get some sleep, he's not going anywhere."

….

Later into early morning Frank slipped into Angela's room to see Eddie asleep on a chair holding onto Angela's hand, smiling sadly he walked to the bed and watched them for a moment. Clearing his throat as tears stung his eyes he walked to Eddie and shook her gently, "I'll take over, you get a coffee and see Jamie."

"I really don't mind," Eddie said sleepily "I can stay if you want to be with your family."

"I am with family," he replied and nudged her off the chair "take a walk Janko," he chuckled and sat in her seat.

"Um, okay," she replied slowly and glanced at Angela "call me if she wakes up and I can take over again."

"We'll be fine," Frank said waving her off.

A soon as the door closed Angela stirred and rolled over, seeing Frank she sat up quickly "how're you feeling?" he asked.

"Guilty, selfish, crappy, ashamed of myself," she sighed.

"Good," Frank said seriously.

"Excuse me?" she said and looked at him "good?"

"Yes," Frank replied staring right back at her "you should feel guilty, do you think you're the only one in pain? Do you think you're the only one grieving for my boy? How do you think that would have added to our grief if Eddie hadn't found you when she did?"

"You don't understand," Angela sniffed.

"I do," Frank sighed "I can tell you it would have killed me altogether to lose my son, my daughter-in-law and my grandchild all in the one day."

"I can't live without him," she cried, snapping her head to him she studied him "you know about the baby?"

"Yes," he replied calmly "Joe told me after you left the other night, he was so excited," he sighed "had names picked and all, he couldn't wait to be a dad, he had so many plans for you all."

"Can I hear them?" she sniffed "…we didn't get to talk about it."

Frank swallowed the lump in his throat and slid his hand into hers "he had two sets for each, he was going to run them by you when he got our of here, but he was pretty sure you'd like at least one of the girls and boys names."

"What were they?" Angela sniffed and squeezed his hand.

"Kate for a girl-after your mom Kathleen-Mary for the middle name after his own mom…he was sure you wouldn't want Mary as a first name. Charlie-Rae was the second but he just said he liked that one it didn't mean anything."

Angela chuckled and sniffed "and for a boy?"

"Jamie after his brother, with Francis or Henry as a middle name…he couldn't decide between us," he chuckled.

Angela wiped her eyes and squeezed his hand "what was the other boys name?"

"Eric, James after your brother," Frank smiled.

Angela smiled "they're all really good names…except Charlie-Rae," she chuckled "maybe Charlie on its own."

Frank stood up as a nurse entered "I'll be right outside."

Angela grabbed his hand "thanks Frank, and I'm so sorry."

"You just get some sleep," he said and walked out of the room.

Later in the day all of the Reagans' were sent home until they were allowed see Joe that evening. Jamie let them in the front door and threw his keys down. Eddie watched him walk straight to the bedroom and close the door behind him. Sighing she closed the front door and walked to the coffee pot, staring at the tiles on the wall as she waited for it to heat up she felt her eyes sting "stop it," she said angrily to herself. It was no use, a sob escaped her mouth, putting her hand over her mouth she silenced the next one "pull yourself together Eddie, you need to be strong for Jamie" she hissed.

For a second time it was no use, tears overflowed, she couldn't stop them, she was getting louder. Pushing her hand tighter against her mouth she dropped into a chair and put her head on the table and covered her face with both hands hoping this would help muffle her cries before she broke down completely- she couldn't believe Joe was gone, he was doing so well, how can he be just gone? Why now? Why him?

In the bedroom Jamie lay looking over at the dresser against the wall, his eyes fixed on the framed photo of himself an Joe. Hearing a squeal or something close to it he rolled off the bed and walked to the door, hearing it again he opened it just in time to see Eddie drop to a chair and burst out crying.

Watching her for a few minutes his feet finally moved, crossing the living room he didn't stop until he was behind her with his arms wrapped tightly around her "it's okay babe," he said softly and kissed her on the head "everything is gonna be okay."

"I'm sorry," she whimpered and pulled away from him "he's your brother, I have no right to be like this," she said and stood up.

"Everyone has the right to grieve," he said as he walked to her "Eddie stop waking away from me," he added as she took step after step backwards.

"I don't!" she yelled "he's gone because of me! He was in hospital because of me! It's all my fault! You said so yourself!"

Jamie took a step to her "I didn't mean that and you know it," he said as he took another step to her "Eddie, you're allowed to grieve and be angry but only because he's gone and he was your friend and that's all, okay?"

"But," she started.

"But nothing," Jamie cut in and took the final step to her "Joe meant a lot to all of us and we're all gonna grieve for him in our own way."

Eddie looked down at the floor and wiped her face "I'm sorry, I lost it there."

"It's okay," he said and pulled her into him "just because he's my brother doesn't mean that you can't be upset too. Joe touched a lot of people and had a lot of people who loved him, all we can do now is give him the send off he deserves and keep him with us at all times, he'll always be remembered."

Eddie sighed and latched onto his back "I'm sorry you lost your brother."

"Me too," he said and titled her head back "but I have you, which makes it a little bit easier."

"I love you," she said seriously "I'll do whatever it takes to help you through this."

"Love you too," he said and kissed her deeply.

…..

Later that evening all the Reagans', Angela and Eddie sat in the hallway in silence waiting to say goodbye to Joe.

"How is this gonna work?" Danny asked "are we all going in together or one by one."

"I think one by one," Frank answered "we can all say a proper goodbye."

"You can see him now," a nurse said as she exited his room.

"Angela you go first," Frank said.

"You go first," she sniffed "he's your son."

"I want you to go first," Frank said softly "it's only right."

Nodding she stood up and looked over at Eddie "will you come in with me? I don't think I can face this alone."

Eddie glanced at Jamie and stood up "of course," she said and gestured for her to go first.

Closing the door behind her she leaned against it and watched Angela walk to the bed and stare down at Joe "he looks so peaceful," she sniffed "like he's asleep."

"Yeah," Eddie agreed as she tried to hold her tears "they did a great job at making him comfortable."

Angela sat on the side of the bed and brushed his hair out of his face "I don't know what to say."

"Speak from the heart, I'm not even here," Eddie replied.

Twenty minutes later Eddie had silent tears running down her face listening to Angela say goodbye to Joe. "I promise this baby will always remember you, I'll do my best to raise him the way you would have, I hope you'll be proud of me and help me along the way…I love you Joe," she whimpered "you were the love of my life. I can't believe I have to live the rest of my life without you, I have no idea what I'm gonna do, I don't know how to live without you," she whimpered and threw herself on him.

Eddie left her for another ten minutes before she walked to the bed and rubbed her arms "he will be proud of you, he knows you loved him Angela, he loved you too, so much. He'll always be with you, every day."

Taking a deep breath Angela pulled away and looked down on him "this is the last time I'm ever gonna see his face, touch him," she sniffed as she ran her fingers along his face. "What am I supposed to do now Eddie?" she asked and looked up at her "what do I do?"

Eddie's heart broke watching her looking so broken and lost "I honestly don't know Angela but I can say we'll all be here, you're not alone in this, I promise you'll never be alone."

Angela stood up and hugged her tight "Jamie is so lucky to have you, cherish every moment, you never know when it'll be the last one." pulling back she slid her hand into Joe's "sleep tight handsome, I love you with all my heart, forever and ever," she said and kissed him sweetly before hurrying from the room.

Eddie wiped her eyes and followed her, walking to Jamie she sat beside him and slid her hand into his, Angela was back in her seat being comforted by Nicky and Erin as Frank went into the room.

Jamie had asked could he go last so he'd have more time to think this wasn't real, Frank and Henry had taken Angela, Erin and the grandkids to the canteen. Linda had stayed behind with Jamie and Eddie as Danny was in the room now saying his goodbyes. Eddie looked over at Jamie as he shifted again, she knew he was nervous, she knew he'd rather be anywhere else. Leaning over she kissed him on the cheek and slid her hand into his.

Feeling a little relief wash over him he squeezed her hand and pulled it closer. His body stiffened when the door opened and a tearful Danny came out.

Linda stood up and walked to him, he hugged her and held onto her tight without a word. Pulling back after a minute he walked to Jamie as he stood up "you're up kid," he said and squeezed his shoulder "take as long as you want."

Jamie nodded and hugged him "hey Danny," he said and pulled back "promise you'll keep calling me kid?"

"Always, kid," he replied and gave him a little shove towards the door.

"Do you want me to come in with you?" Eddie asked as he paused outside the door.

Staring at it for a moment he sighed "no, I gotta do this myself…but stay out here?" he asked and looked over at her.

Nodding she walked to him "I'll be right here, I love you," she said and rubbed his arms before stepping back.

Taking a deep breath he let himself in and closed the door behind him, leaning against it he looked over at Joe "what am I supposed to say?"

Walking to the bed he dropped into a chair and sat back into it "I guess this is it huh brother? We've had a lot of good times haven't we? I'm gonna make you proud of me, any future kids will know all about their awesome uncle Joe," he chuckled.

Sighing he leaned forward and kept his eyes on Joe as he remembered all the good times they had.

…..

A while later Eddie tapped on the door and stuck her head in "Jamie?" she whispered "you've been in here for over an hour are you okay?"

"Yeah," he replied and stood up.

"Sorry," she said and walked to him "if it were up to me I'd leave you for as long as you wanted, just the porters have been by twice, they've been instructed to move him to mortuary."

Jamie nodded and slid his arm around her "if I was left alone I'd never leave, rest in peace Joe. Let mom and grandma take care of you now…just keep an eye on dad…bye Joe," he said sadly and led Eddie out of the room.

"You okay?" Eddie asked as they stood in the hallway.

"No," he sighed as he watched them go into the room "but I will be," he said and looked down on her "I hope you know what you mean to me Eddie, you're my world, my whole life, I love you with everything I have."

"I know," she nodded and wrapped her arms around his neck "you're my world too, you mean everything to me Jamie, I would lay down my life for you in a second."

Smiling he lowered his head and kissed her slowly, puling back after a minute he slid his hand into hers "we better meet the others so we can plan what happens next."

"Oh, your dad came by a little while ago, he didn't want to disturb you. We've to meet them back at his house, the hospital have released Angela into his care until after the funeral."

"Okay, my dads house it is, poor Ang, we'll have to all keep an eye on her," he said and looked up as the door opened.

"Sorry," the porter said and stopped suddenly "we thought you'd gone."

Jamie walked to the bed and took one last look at his brother "it's okay, you can take him," he said and put his hand over Joe's heart "I love you Joe, I'll be forever grateful you saved Eddie that day, I'll return the favour and look after Angela for you."

"Bye Joe, we'll miss you," Eddie whimpered as they wheeled him by.

Walking to the car Linda had left them in silence Jamie swung Eddie and backed her up against it without a word, pressing himself against her he kissed her hard.

As soon as his hands wandered to her backside Eddie pulled back "babe," she panted "we can't, not here, not in your brothers car, not today."

"I know," he said and nipped at her neck "I just wanted you all to myself for a while before we have to be around the others."

Eddie pulled him back to her and kissed him slowly and sweetly, shoving him away gently she took the keys from him "you need to get some sleep, I'll drive to your dads, we'll probably be staying there tonight anyway."

"You need sleep too," he yawned "but I won't argue with you now, I'm beat," he said and climbed into the passenger seat.

A little later than night Jamie had slipped away from the group and was by himself on the back porch. Looking beside him as someone joined him he looked back down at his beer "everyone still up?"

"Angela is asleep on the sofa, all the kids are gone up too," Danny replied "what are you doing out here?"

"Thinking," Jamie sighed.

"Anything you want to talk about? You know I'm always here for you kid, no matter what it is," Danny said and clapped him on the back "any time."

Jamie sighed heavily "I know we just lost Joe, and it's sad and horrible and so painful, but…" he trailed off.

"But?" Danny prompted.

Jamie turned and leaned on the rail so he was facing him "I find myself grateful it wasn't Eddie and thanking god I still have her…how screwed up is that?" he muttered.

"Not screwed up," Danny answered "Jamie, the love we have for Joe is way different to the love we have with Linda and Eddie. Sure I love Joe with all my heart and I would do anything to have him back, if it were Linda," he sighed "I don't know, you'd probably find me on a bridge or something."

Jamie took in what he had just said "so, I shouldn't feel guilty about feeling like this?"

"No," Danny replied "do you remember when Chief Kent and his wife were murdered and Linda got shot along with that Hector guy?"

"Yeah," Jamie said slowly.

"You remember Erin telling you I had the guy dangling from the roof trying to hang onto him?"

"Yeah," Jamie said again.

"Truth is kid," Danny said and let out a sigh "I can't believe I'm saying this out loud but, I didn't care about the Chief or his wife-at the time, all I cared about was Linda….I was two seconds away from letting him go, I happily would have watched him hit the ground and say it was an accident."

"You didn't feel guilty?" Jamie asked curiously.

"No, all I cared about was my wife and thanking God my boys still have their mother."

Jamie nodded and took a sip of his beer "thanks Danny, I feel a little less guilty now."

"Hey," Danny said and shoved him lightly "Joe saved Eddie's life with no regard for his own…that's how much he loved you kid. He'd rather something happen to him than let you go through the pain of losing her."

"Yeah," Jamie sighed "and look what he's left behind, Angela is a mess, dad doesn't know if he's coming or going."

"All we can do now is stick together and be there for each other, I know we're not crying our eyes out every minute but we're still grieving. The best thing we can do now is relive the good times with Joe and stay here together as a family," Danny said and wrapped his arm around him "so what do you say we grab dad and pops and mess around with that car Joe was fixing up?"

Jamie smiled and nodded "sounds good to me, he loves that car…loved," he added and let Danny lead him inside.

….

Two days later, it was the evening before the funeral, Eddie was busy getting things ready for herself and Jamie. Jamie was sitting at the kitchen table praying to his mother that he had the strength to carry Joe's coffin without breaking down.

Glancing out at him, Eddie dropped the shirt she was holding and walked to him, wrapping her arms around him she leaned into him "wanna talk about it?"

"No," he mumbled and shifted so her arms slid off him.

"Okay," she said and stepped back "you need to eat something, I'll make you dinner."

"I don't want anything," he replied.

"Jamie, you need to eat, I can't remember the last time I saw you with anything," she sighed.

"I said I'm fine."

"Jamie I-"

"Jesus Eddie!" he yelled and jumped up "I said I'm fine! Stop pushing!"

Eddie stared back at him for what felt like an hour "okay," she simply said and walked back to the bedroom.

Jamie watched her go and sighed heavily, pinching the bridge of his nose he dropped back into the chair. A few minutes later he stood up and walked to the room, leaning against the door he watched her hold up two shirts against a skirt "I like the blue one with the skirt," he said.

Eddie looked back at him before going back to the shirts "I was trying to see which one looked more respectful."

"It doesn't matter, you heard Angela, she doesn't want us all in black," he said and walked to her. "Eddie I'm sorry I snapped," he said and sat on the bed pulling her with him "I'm terrified about tomorrow, I don't know how to feel or act, or if I'm gonna make it through this. I shouldn't have taken it out on you, I'm sorry."

Eddie dropped the shirt and slid her hand into his "I know you're scared Jamie, I am too. This is something really big, we're saying goodbye to a big part of our lives. It's not fair, he should be here, he shouldn't have been taken away from us but unfortunately this is life. I know this is probably bringing back memories of your mom too, I just want you to know I'm here to help you through this whatever way I can."

Jamie smiled quickly "a little, but I know she has Joe now and it makes me feel a little better knowing she was there waiting for him. Tomorrow is gonna be tough and I'm probably gonna be distant and moody and upset and angry but I just wanna say thank you now. I know I wouldn't be able to get through this without you by my side."

Eddie leaned in and kissed him sweetly "I'll always be here….I'm making you something to eat and you're gonna eat it mister."

"Yes boss," he chuckled and watched her go.

After the funeral, Angela, Eddie and the family remained in the graveyard, thankfully there were able to bury him next to his mother and grandmother.

"That was a beautiful service," Linda said.

"Yeah," Eddie nodded "I've never seen so many cops-some from out of town too."

"A lot from out of town," Danny chuckled "I didn't think any of them would remember Joe."

Angela chuckled "well, thanks to your dad Joe had the opportunity do a lot of undercover and decoy work, it took him all over the place."

Jamie looked at Frank "you never told me that, why didn't me or Danny get the same perks?"

"Good luck Francis," Henry chuckled.

Frank looked over at Jamie and chose his words carefully "Danny did…you didn't."

"Mom wouldn't let him," Erin chuckled "you were her baby, she made him promise before she died."

Jamie chuckled "thanks mom," he said and looked over at her headstone "I'm happy where I am anyway."

"Hey guys, before we go back to the house and see everyone else," Angela said and looked quickly at Eddie "um, I don't know if this is the right time or whatever, but I'm gonna say it anyway…I'm pregnant," she said and held her breath.

"Wow, Angela," Erin said and took a step to her.

"Did Joe know?" Danny asked.

"Yeah," she sighed "he knew, he was so excited," she added and smiled sadly.

"Well, congrats," Jamie said and hugged her "this is great news Angela really it is."

"Yeah, it is," Linda said and hugged her next "now we'll have another part of Joe to look after."

"Thanks everyone, I'm so happy you guys are so supportive," she said and linked her arms with Franks "oh and by the way…Jamie and Eddie are having a baby too," she smirked at Eddie and marched on with Frank.

"What! How did you know?" Eddie called after her.

"Joe told me!" she laughed "we're gonna be labour buddies!"

"Damn you Joe Reagan," Jamie said looking up to the sky "you couldn't have planned this any better could you?"

"I take it by the sun streaming through the cloud there that he heard you," Danny said and tugged him along "congrats kid, I can't believe you didn't tell me. Come on, big day for everyone, let's go celebrate for Joe and our new arrivals."

A/N so….that's it, thank you all for sticking with me, I know I went missing for a while. I hope you all enjoyed this, thank you so much for your adds, alerts, reviews, favours and just taking the time to read. Posted below is a little extra because I can't wait another few days to post another chapter as I want to work on another story…enjoy and see you soon, JJ

3 years later

Eddie and Angela stood on the grass in silence just looking down on Joe's headstone "it doesn't get any easier," Angela sighed.

"I know," Eddie nodded "but you've got that little beautiful boy now," she said looking over to see Jamie running around with two little boys.

Angela looked over and smiled "yeah, he does make it easier, he's every bar of Joe, he keeps me going."

"Momma!" one of them whined and ran to her "Connor kicked me," he whimpered.

"No, you hit my foot Jamie!" the other yelled.

Angela and Eddie both chuckled and looked down on them "play nice boys, grandpa won't be too happy if you're fighting before mass," Angela said.

"Come on boys, give your moms a break!" Jamie called and waved them over.

Eddie chuckled "he's so great with them, he always knows what to say, the other day Connor asked me where babis come from and I froze, Jamie took over like a pro."

"What?" Angela laughed "he's asking that already?"

"We were watching knocked up and didn't know he'd come downstairs," Eddie groaned.

"How's the house going?" Angela asked as they started to walk back to the car.

"Yeah good," Eddie nodded "still a lot to do…how are you getting on being closer to Frank?"

"It's great, he's been more than helpful-you all have, feels like I live right next door."

"Lucky that house went up for sale across the street same time as ours," Eddie chuckled.

"Yeah, we're one big happy family," Angela chuckled and wrapped her arm around her "don't know what I'd so without you guys Eddie."

"You don't ever have to worry about that," she replied.