A/N: I am so sorry for not updating sooner but anyway here's the last chapter x.

Chapter 9

Danny walked into the Reagan family home two weeks later. He was in a good mood, he and Baez had just solved another homicide and Eddie had been released the week before and for the time being was staying with her brother in her apartment. It was early morning and he had the whole day off, it also happened to be Jamie's 30th birthday today and the Reagans had their usual celebratory dinner in honour of the birthday family member. Danny was dropping off Linda's famous lasagne that she had happily slaved over yesterday night, she'd made enough to feed an army but considering who was going to be at the dinner, it would probably be finished before the night was over.

The house was silent since it was 9am on a Saturday and Frank and Henry must have still been sleeping in preparing for the long day. So Danny took a walk around the house looking at all the family photos and thinking about how far they had come over the years and also how much they had gained. He knew that with everything that had happened the Reagan family were still very close and he knew that over the years, even when people came and went, that that wouldn't change.

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As the sun filtered into Jamie's room, he looked outside and thanked God that he was still here 30 years on. He took a few moments to think about the people that he loved who weren't with him on this special day. When he was finished he looked at his phone which quickly started to ring in his hand. As he looked at it he saw a familiar number on his screen and he smiled and then picked up the call.

"Hello."

"Well hello there birthday boy, I'm surprised you picked up since it is still quite early." Eddie said with a cheerful voice.

"Yeah well, I was awoken by the sun." He joked.

"Good for you. Seriously though Happy Birthday Jamie, how does it feel to be the big three zero?!

"Honestly it doesn't feel any different." But the thing is that things did. After the situation with Eddie and Mike, he had felt very differently about his 'predicament' with Eddie and after this birthday he wanted to change things up… He wanted to make his cake and eat it too.

"Well you won't be saying that when the grey hairs start appearing." Eddie said. Her sarcastic voice bringing him back to the present.

"So will you be coming to the famous Reagan birthday dinner?" He said trying not to sound too eager.

"Errm about that, I would be honoured but I have a date tonight with this guy called Mark, it's our 2nd date today and he's taking me out. I'm really sorry but I would be intruding anyway." She said trying to add a little bit of lightnessto the conversation.

"Oh," Jamie muttered trying his hardest not to sound disappointed. "Well that'll be fun won't it?" Silence. "Are you driving?" He said changing the subject.

"Err yeah, I'm picking up my dress to wear tonight."

So much for changing the subject. Tired of this conversation he quickly ended it. "Well I really hope you have a nice date tonight and I'll see you at roll call."

"Yeah bye Reagan and happy birthday." She said with sincerity that could not be faked and with that she ended the call.

Jamie sighed. This was going to be a long day.

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The only sound that could be heard throughout the house was the faint wheezing of the coffee maker in the kitchen of the Reagan family house. As Frank got two mugs out of the cupboard he just took a moment to relax in the environment that he was currently in. It felt nice to just be a father on a Saturday morning with his own father; not the Police Commissioner signing papers or reading crime stats but just Frank Reagan in his own home. As he looked across the table he saw the big plate of lasagne sitting on the table, he smiled to himself and carefully put it back into the freezer.

"Morning Francis," Henry said in his usual gruff voice.

"Morning Pop," Frank said, busying himself by pouring the coffee into the mugs.

"30 huh… It seems like just yesterday he was so upset about that C that he got in Science." Henry muttered with a smirk on his face.

"Yeah well they grow up so fast don't they Pop," Frank said with a chuckle remembering the day like it was yesterday.

"You think he's going to enjoy tonight?" Frank asked unsure.

"Of course it will be great." Henry declared confidently putting Frank, finally, at ease.

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She knew she should have left home a lot earlier. She was never going to make it at this rate. The traffic going towards J.F.K International airport was terrible and his flight landed soon. She checked her watch again for the third time in two minutes and sighed to herself looking at the never-ending traffic that was in front of her. 'I have to do this' she thought to herself. Very soon that became her mantra to get her through the hour that she sat through the traffic thinking about what the day was going to bring and the food she was definitely going to enjoy.

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"Happy Birthday!" was the big wave of noise that Jamie Reagan received as he entered the Reagan family home.

"Thanks guys." Jamie said with a big smile on his face, happy to be in the comfort of his loving family. He eyed the masses of food that was on the table and wondered out aloud; "Isn't this a lot of food for just us, I mean thanks but seriously." He said with a confused face and tone.

"Well that's because Harvard, we have a little bit of company." Danny said with a smirk that was full of self-righteousness.

As if on cue a tall man with a big smile on his face said "Hello man, happy birthday." It was Spencer.

Jamie was speechless. He was so surprised and touched with this kind gesture the only thing that he could do was go up to Spencer and give him a massive bear hug. After a little bit of the shock had worn off he managed to say "Who's idea was this, I can't believe you actually flew out from California for this!"

"Really the question you should be asking is who paid for his ticket?" Danny said laughing.

"Wait," Jamie paused, "you don't know?"

"No I didn't plan it." Danny said with all sincerity.

"Well if it wasn't you then who…" Before he could answer someone stepped into the room with Frank and gave him a smile.

"I think that you should be thanking Officer Eddie here." Spencer said remembering an old joke that three of them had.

"Hang on a second Eddie, you did this…"

"Yeah all of it, I lied on the phone about that date but I actually was driving… to the airport." She said with a smirk.

"It all makes sense now." Jamie said as he started to come to a realisation. "That's why there's so much food on the table cause all the food we normally make wouldn't have been enough for Janko over here."

That earned him a slap on the arm. Although he had to admit that her being there was the best birthday present that he could have received.

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"That was great Reagan. Your family have the funniest stories about you."

The evening went amazingly in the end they had a great time even though Spencer had to leave early to catch a cab back to his hotel. Eddie thoroughly enjoyed her time there even though she had been initially a bit worried about meeting the remainder of the Reagan family, especially Frank. However they had been warm and accepting and for the first time in a long time she had felt at home.

The whole Reagan family had agreed that they liked Eddie a lot more than Sydney who had, sometimes, not as much liveliness as Eddie therefore making it a lot harder for them to enjoy themselves when she was around. All of them hoped that Jamie would quickly make a move before his chance had gone forever.

"Yeah it was good wasn't it." Jamie said with a massive grin still plastered on his face."

"Thanks for the ride Eddie, I had forgotten that Danny had picked me up."

"No problem. You know…" Before she could continue her lips touched Jamie's and they were in a passionate and tender kiss.

"Thanks." As he got out of the car and gave a smile that made Eddie's heart melt.

As she drove away she definitely knew that her life with the Reagans was definitely going to be different from now on.

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