I'm back! Thank you for your patience. I got a little inspired by some events that have been going on with my friend recently. Some of you may get upset at this chapter, but just trust me! Thank you also for all the support, you guys are the best!
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Eddie was still on a mission to clean her apartment up the next day. She had a doctor appointment follow up that day that she was looking forward to. She was hoping she would get cleared to return to desk duty.
Eddie had made her bathroom the cleaning task for the day. Sitting on the floor, she was sorting through dozens of bottles of old nail polish and throwing most of the old ones away.
"I literally think this is from middle school." Eddie murmured to herself while she tossed multiple bottles in the trash.
She checked her phone to confirm her doctor's appointment time when she noticed something else in her calendar.
She looked at the calendar in complete shock for a moment as she checked her math.
She was a few days late on her period.
"I'm irregular all the time, it's no big deal." Eddie whispered to herself as memories from a few weeks ago flashed before her.
She remembered going to Jamie's apartment.
She remembered telling him her feelings. And the kiss, how could she forget that kiss.
And then she remembered leaving alone. It hadn't worked out again and she was secretly heart broken.
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A few weeks earlier
Eddie walked to the elevator from Jamie's apartment quickly. Her heart was racing from kissing him, but now that he was out of sight, she was calming down.
Hot tears burned in the corners of her eyes and she hit the down button. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She opened them and saw an empty hall.
Part of her hoped Jamie would come after her. She wished he would not have let her leave, that her deceleration of feelings for him would have changed his mind.
She hated herself even more for getting her hopes up that he would come after her. The doors closed and now that she was alone, she heard her sob coming up from her chest.
She stifled it and wiped her eyes as the doors opened on the main floor.
She pulled her shoulders back and walked tall out of the building and toward the nearest bar.
A few shots in and she was feeling better. The warmth of the alcohol spread everywhere in her body, even her broken heart.
Eddie hummed along to the music and swayed to the beat happily in her seat when a man sat next to her. Before she knew it, she was drunkenly running to his apartment with him.
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Eddie rolled over and checked her phone. She saw the familiar name that had the boy police emoji and dart board emoji next to it.
3:00 AM
Jamie Reagan
New Message
Eddie felt her stomach drop. Leaving the message unread, she opened her eyes and took in the unfamiliar surroundings and strange man next to her. She quietly slipped out of her bed and grabbed her shoes. As she walked out of the apartment building, she saw a cop car sitting at the end of the street.
Eddie quietly said a prayer that it was no one she knew and ran to the nearest taxi.
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"Janko, I texted you last night to let you know you left your sunglasses at my place and that I had them but you never responded." Jamie said to Eddie as she came into the house that morning.
Eddie had intentionally gotten there close to roll call to avoid Jamie. Her eyes were red from the drunken cry she had when she got home and the bags under her eyes stood out.
She smiled weakly at him.
"Sorry, must have missed it." She replied.
Someone grabbed Eddie's shoulders and shook her before loudly whispering to her so that only her and Jamie heard.
"I heard you had a good night!" Kara said teasing Eddie.
Eddie went pale.
"Wh-What?" Eddie replied.
"My buddy Mark was on patrol last night and said he saw you sneaking out of an apartment really late! I told him not to tell anyone else because it was private but he told me because he figured it was ok." Kara went on.
Eddie looked like she had been punched in the gut and Jamie looked like he had the wind knocked out of him.
Kara saw their tense faces and realized it was not Jamie's apartment she left from.
Kara knew Eddie went to his place last night because she had talked to Eddie on the phone the entire time she drove there to motivate her.
"Tell Sarge I'm sick." Eddie said quietly before walking out.
Kara quickly walked away from the mess she accidently made, leaving Jamie staring at the door Eddie ran out of. He felt his heart break as his body went numb.
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Today
Eddie didn't realize she was crying. She sat on the bathroom floor for a few moments before picking herself up and dialing the doctor's office.
"Hi this is Eddie Janko, I'm scheduled to come in at four today but I was wondering if you could squeeze me in earlier." She said calmly to the receptionist. "Thank you so much, see you in an hour."
She let out her breath and texted Jamie.
Doctor's office had to push my appointment to earlier so you won't be able to meet me there after tour. I'll be fine and I'll let you know how it goes.
She hit send and sighed again. She needed to figure this out without Jamie at the moment.