A/N: Okay everyone, only one more chapter after this one so enjoy it! I think you'll finally like where this is going so let me know what you think! Cant wait for this weekend's season finale! I don't own Blue Bloods.
Minutes later they were in Jamie's car headed toward Brooklyn when Eddie brought up the obvious.
"You're all dressed up for a Thursday night" she startedl
"Yeah I was at a dinner party"
"Oh God did I pull you away from something important. Jamie I'm so sor-"
"It's no big deal. If I'm honesty it was stuffy and terrible anyway"
"You're just saying that"
"No seriously I'd rather be here"
Eddie heard the sincerity in his voice as she asked "you mean that Reagan?"
"Yeah. yeah I do"
Eddie nodded. "Well I bet the food was good at this fancy dinner party"
"That is true. It was a fancy steak house you would've loved it"
"Oh stop you're making me hungry just thinking about it. Why don't cops ever have nice dinner parties"
"What you don't think half price happy hours are nice?" Jamie joked
"Dinner parties, with expensive food that you don't have to pay for, not bargain bar food and cheap beer"
"Eddie you love cheap beer" Jamie retorted
"True but sometimes I'd like a nice dinner party"
"Okay next time I'm invited to a fancy dinner party I'll bring you along"
"I don't think you can just bring whoever you want to those kind of things"
"No, but it's appropriate to bring a date" Jamie said immediately regretting being so forward.
Eddie, who was rarely at loss for words, didn't know what to say.
"I mean unless you wouldn't like that" he quickly back tracked
"No no that'd be fun let's do it next time" she replied with more excitement than intended.
"So um how far is it to your dads house once we get across the bridge?" Eddie quickly changed the subject
"Only about ten minutes this time of night" Jamie replied
"Good good" Eddie replied not knowing what to say next.
"So how'd that undercover to the other night?" Jamie asked
"Oh it was kind of a bust, the guy never showed. It ended up being pretty boring"
"Well that's the job for you I guess. Sometimes it's an epic battle sometimes it's just waiting for some action"
"Yeah well the waiting around isn't fun"
"It isn't supposed to be fun"
"Well it used to be fun" Eddie slipped
Jamie made a confused face wondering if he should address it. He didn't want to upset her, especially after he watched her cry for an hour but they had both crossed the line in the last ten minutes.
Thankfully before he had time to figure out what to do they had reached the bridge.
"Hey, here we are at the bridge" Jamie mused as if nothing had just happened
His timing had been perfect so that she couldn't tell if he really was interested in the bridge he was about to cross for the millionth time or if he had meant to evade the subject at hand. As a good cop Eddie had her suspicions but not enough evidence to act on it-plus they were on the Brooklyn bridge at night.
"Oh Jamie look at it" Eddie cooed "I've lived in or around the city as along as I can remember but still nothing really compares to the Brooklyn bridge at night when all the city is lit up"
"Look at the lonely little ferry boat out there tonight. That must be the last tour of the day"
"Look how the bridge reflects into the water. It looks like the moon and ridge and boat are all fused together" Eddie cooed.
They sat in silence for a minute as Jamie continued driving across the bridge.
"There she is, Lady Liberty. Some things about New York just never get old" Eddie raid
"You can say that again." Jamie replied as the got off the bridge.
The silence returned as Jamie continued down the highway and turned off an exit. Out of nowhere Eddie turned away from the window to look at Jamie and she blurted, "Jamie, what's changed between us?"
"What's changed between us? What do you mean?" He replied naively
"You know what I mean"
"I'm gonna be real honest here, I can follow what you're saying most of the time but I don't know what you're referring to right now" he said
"The silence. When we rode together it was never silent" Eddie emphasized the never
"I don't know it's late you're tired, I'm tired. We've both got a lot going on right now"
"We've always got a lot going on"
"Not like this"
"So what do you think it is?"
"It's something between us I don't know what it is I can't put my finger on it but somethings off"
As she said this Jamie pulled up in front of the large brick house where months before Renzulli had dragged her to the door to go visit the injured Jamie Reagan.
"I don't know what it is either but we're here." Jamie got out of the car. When Eddie didn't follow he opened the door again and stuck his head down, "you coming?"
"Oh you want me to come? I thought you'd just run in?"
"I mean if you want to stay here you can but it might be s few minutes. My grandpa loves to just chat. Also it depends on who had the key last as to how long it will take to find it. If my dad was the last one to go to the unit it'll be easy to find, if Danny was there it might take a while-you've seen his desk and paperwork"
"Sure I'll come I guess" Eddie agreed.
It felt unnatural being led inside the commissioners house by Jamie, but something about it felt like home somehow. Instead of going to the front door where she had stood nervously behind Renzulli waiting for someone to let them in, Jamie led her around through a back door that lead straight into a quaint kitchen.
"Dad?" Jamie called
"It's just me tonight" Henry called back making his way from the sunroom to the kitchen
"Eddies here" Jamie called back
"I figured she would be from your dads call. It's lovely to see you again Eddie"
"And you as well commissioner Reagan"
"As much as I miss the job sometimes my days as commissioner are long gone, please call me Henry"
"Where's dad? It's a Thursday night." Jamie asked
"He called and said he'd be late and that you two were coming to get the key to the unit to get some furniture or something"
"Yes we are" Jamie said heading to the cabinet where the key hung inside the door
"Can I get you two something to drink"
"I'm good, we've got a lot of work to do tonight" Jamie replied knowing that if given the opportunity his grandfather could talk for hours
"Actually- since we have so much work I could use a cup of coffee for the road" Eddie said
"Coming right up!" Henry exclaimed "oh Jamie your dad also told me to warn you that the light in the unit was burnt out. He asked Danny to replace it but has no idea whether or not Danny's been down there yet. You might want to take some flashlights"
"Well since the key was on the hook where it's supposed to be I'm gonna take a wild guess and say-"
"Danny never went" Henry finished for him with a laugh
"Are there still a couple flashlights in the garage?" Jamie asked
"Should be." Henry replied
"Alright I'll grab them before we leave" Jamie said
"So Eddie how have you been?" Henry asked
"I'm hanging in there" she said
"Good to hear! How are you liking things at the 5-4?" He continued
"It's different but not bad" she replied
"Has Danny driven you crazy yet?"
"Only once or twice" Eddie smiled
"For Danny that's not such a bad record" Jamie joked
"If he hasn't run you off after a month you'll survive at the 5-4" Henry continued
"Yeah one time he went through like five partners in two months" Jamie added "so you're doing good"
"We give Danny a bad rap but I have to give him credit. Behind his gruff, stubborn attitude he's a damn good cop" Henry added making sure they didn't take the jokes too far
"And for the record he's really helped me out the last couple of months when I needed him" Jamie added. Henry and Eddie both looked a little surprised
"I didn't know that" Henry said
"I'm surprised he's had any spare time with how many open cases he works at once" Eddie said
"I swear Danny has more than 24 hours in a day. He's been there when I needed him for the past three months" Jamie continued
The coffee pot started beeping, signaling eddies coffee was ready. Henry pulled out a mug and began pouring the coffee.
"Gramps we don't have time to stay while she drinks that don't you have something we can take with us?"
"Do I look like a Starbucks? You can take this mug. It's not like you won't be back here in two days for dinner. Francis and I don't drink that much coffee that we will miss one mug." he replied matter of factly
"Okay but we really gotta get going"
"Okay then go go, I'll see you on Sunday. Be careful" Henry relied
"Thank you for the coffee-and the furniture" Eddie said as she followed Jamie out the back door.
Once they were outside Jamie opened the garage door to reveal what looked like a storage unit in itself. Eddie watched as Jamie began peering into boxes looking for the flashlights. Eddie stepped into the garage and noticed a car under a sheet. She lifted the sheet a little and was surprised by the car underneath.
"Woah Reagan what's this baby doing in here and not on the road" Eddie asked
"Check out the front of the car and you'll find the answer to that question" Jamie replied
Eddie stepped further into the garage and lifted the sheet to find the front end of the car was totaled. "What happened to it?" She asked
"When I was trying to figure out who killed Joe. The bastard found out I was onto him and he cut my breaks"
"Wait a minute, this was your car? And you were in it when it crashed? How bad were you hurt! This thing is in bad shape"
"Well, actually it was Joes car but I fixed it up for my dad and then he gave it to me. I started driving then I realized the breaks weren't working so I crashed it into a concrete barricade so I wouldn't hit anyone else."
"Damn Reagan"
"I'd still like to fix it up one day but I think the body damage might be irreparable"
"I didn't know you worked on cars"
"I mean just every once in a while. I'll fix things around here for my dad and stuff."
"A Jamie Reagan hidden talent"
"Did you know I also play the trumpet?" Jamie asked
"Jamie, really?" Eddie asked excitedly
"Gotcha" Jamie said playfully as he flashed that million dollar smile
"Oh shut up and find the flashlights"
After checking a few more boxes Jamie found them and they headed back to the car. Minutes later Jamie pulled into the storage place and then led Eddie down the aisles to the Reagan family unit
"Here we are" he said as he undid the lock and opened the door to reveal a small dark space loaded full of furniture and boxes of old toys and books.
"Wow when you said I'm sure we have something you can use you weren't kidding" Eddie said as she looked around at everything.
" I'm telling you we've got Joes whole apartment, part of Erins first house and some of my old college stuff is mixed in here" Jamie said as he took a seat in a big recliner sitting in the middle of the unit.
Eddie began climbing through the piles of stuff taking a mental inventory of everything in the unit.
"Lots of memories in here" Jamie sighed
"Like what?"
"Just everything. That bed frame over there was Nicky's first 'big girl bed' this chair I'm sitting in was Joe's. That white book shelf was in Erin and Jacks place"
"Is it hard looking at it all?"
"Not so much it's just a little weird. All this stuff kind of represents an old era of my life. Back when I was in Boston, Erin was married and joe was alive. Not to mention Nicky was an innocent little kid instead of running around with boys getting tied up and almost charged with possession of drugs"
"Jamie that was months ago, and she was cleared for it don't hold that against the poor girl"
"I don't hold it against her but it still happened" Jamie replied
"I found something I think I can use" Eddie gestured toward a dresser.
"That one was mine from college" Jamie replied
"Do you mind if I use this one?"
"As long as you promise to make better use of it than this storage locker" Jamie joked
"Somehow I think I can handle that"
"let's drag it out of here then I'll go bring the car around." He replied
They had to shuffle things around but somehow managed to get the dresser out of the unit.
"You need anything else before I go get the car?" Jamie asked as they stood out in the little alley of storage units, under the orange glow of the lights. Eddie looked at him. When moving the dresser she had watched his arms flex. Now standing under the orange glow she looked at him as he ran his fingers through his hair and she fell in love all over again.
"Jamie?"
"Yeah"
"You still never answered my question from earlier" she said taking a step towards him.
"What question?" He replied
"You know what I'm taking about" she said turning her head to the side as she kept her eyes locked on his baby blues.
"Yeah, I do" he admitted "I don't know what the answer is but I know I've wanted to do this again for a long time" then in one swift motion he took two steps closer til they were so close she could feel his breath on her head then he cupped her face in his hand and pressed his lips against hers. She reciprocated as she threw her arms around his neck and leaned into the kiss. After a minute he pulled back and said "I don't know if that answers your question or makes it harder to answer but I better go get the car" and he took a step back and walked away toward the parking lot leaving Eddie stunned and confused.