PSA: I'm going to update the other story! I've been working on it! It's been months since I've even read it, trying to put my head back in that story is hard to figure out what to go on with writing about because it is so different then this one. They are in a whole different stage of life in that one! Don't worry though, sometime this week it will be updated!*

Tuesday, April 12th 2022

Today was Alaina's Birthday! Jamie was at work bright and early so he could get home early. Eddie blew up a couple balloons and threw them on Lainey's bedroom floor for when she got up.

7am on the dot she started fussing. Eddie has been up for an hour already, started laundry, putting dinner in a crockpot. She dropped everything to go get Lainey, she was so excited to see her face with the balloons.

"Good morning sweetie! Happy birthday!" She told her opening her door and turning on the light. She smiled so big, showing all 5 teeth she had. Eddie went and picked her right up, she pointed at the balloons and wanted to get down to play with them.

"Yeah, balloon. Go get it." Eddie put her down and she went toward one, kicking it further away on accident. She giggled and ran after it. Eddie laughed at her not being able to get a hold of it.

"Here Lainey." Eddie got one and handed it to her. She started squeezing it and digging her nails into it.

"Oh don't do that, your gonna pop it!" Eddie told her and touched her hands, she released her grasp.

"You wanna eat?" She asked her. Alaina changed her focus to the door, clearly wanting to eat. Eddie took her hand and they went out to the kitchen.

Jamie called to talk to Alaina on speaker phone when they were done.

"Happy birthday peanut." He said. She smiled at Jaimes voice, knowing exactly who it was.

"Aw she knows it's you." Eddie told him smiling at her.

"Dada." She pointed at the phone.

"Yeah honey, that's daddy." Eddie told her.

"Okay well daddies gotta go I'll see you tonight okay?" Jamie said.

"Yup okay, say bye bye" Eddie told her waving it the phone.

"Bye bye." Jamie said and they hung up.

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Eddie took Alaina on a walk after breakfast. It was a cooler day and supposed to rain but she planned to be back home before it started.

"Yes can I get a hot chocolate?" Eddie asked the barista that she stopped at on their walk.

"Yes, anything else?" She asked.

"No thank you." Eddie said.

"Alright it's going to be 3.75." The barista said and Eddie pulled out her wallet.

"She's adorable, how old?" She asked looking at Alaina.

"Oh thanks, yeah just 1 today." Eddie said smiling.

"Aw! Happy birthday! Here..." she pulled a cake pop out of the case and handed it over for free.

"Thank you so much that's sweet. Lainey look at this!" Eddie showed her and she smiled wanting it. Her hot chocolate was done then and they went on their way.

"Now what are the odds..." Eddie said to herself when she saw Erin from a distance sitting on a park bench with Jamie and another business looking women.

"Fancy seeing you all here!" Eddie said smiling at them. She didn't know the young women but she was referring to her husband and Erin.

"Hey..." Jamie was a little caught off guard it seemed.

"Hi honey, look...the barista found out it was Lainey's birthday and she got a free cake pop! How sweet right!?" Eddie said.

"That's right! Happy birthday Beautiful." Erin said reminded.

"Very sweet...!" Jamie was still acting weird and looked at Erin and the women who just walked away a couple feet to take a call.

"Everything okay?" Eddie wondered.

"Yeah course?" Jamie laughed off and bend down to talk to Alaina. Eddie looked at Erin confused and then started listening to the women on the phone.

"Yes this is Sydney I was just calling to inform you that.." she walked away more, making her words unclear. Eddie heard the most important part though.

"Yeah well I think that's all, we'll let you get back to patrol!" Erin said when she realized Eddie knew. She dropped her jaw a little at her as she walked away and grabbed Sydney to go with her.

"Jamie!" She was angry and hit him in the head. He stood up and took a breath.

"Babe...don't...can we just talk about this when I get home?" Jamie pleaded obviously knowing he had done nothing wrong it's just how this all came together looked bad.

"No cause when you get home we're blowing out birthday candles, opening gifts and celebrating our daughters first birthday like the happy little family we are!" Eddie said fired up.

"Okay so how bout after bedtime?" Jamie asked.

"I want to know now...!" She said.

"Your acting like you caught me cheating or something!" Jamie told her.

"I never said that. I just want to know what the little meeting was about!" Eddie explained.

"I can't talk about it here, people are looking because your making a scene." Jamie told her.

"Whatever. It's gonna rain we gotta go." Eddie said and put the hood of the stroller over Alaina. She started walking off.

"I promise it's all professional." Jamie called out to her as he watched her walk away.

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What do we think the pow wow between the 3 of them were? Eddies definitely a hot head this time around with pregnancy. Maybe it's not all to blame on pregnancy either. If she's been home more then work, that means she hasn't been seeing Jamie as much and deep down it could just be her jealousy coming out but in a way she can't control.