I don't own these characters just a fan wanting to tell a story. Hope you enjoy!
Being on crutches sucked! Eddie's back ached from moving the crutches and leaning on her arms when she stood. She was trying her best to move around without them, as she prepared herself some coffee when a knock came at the door.
"who could that be?" She wondered, she limped her way over to the door and looked through the peephole and saw Erin standing outside her door.
Eddie opened the door.
"Hey," Erin said brightly, "Jamie told me you wanted to go see you, dad, I have to go up to the same prison to take care of some witness stuff. Wanna come with me?"
Eddie sighed, Jamie was messing with her business again.
"Can I change and get my coffee before we leave?" Eddie questioned, opening the door wider for Erin to come in.
"Sure," Erin said coming in.
Eddie walked, to the bedroom and got dressed as quickly as possible despite her injuries. She came out, wearing one of Jamie's Harvard shirts, because it was bigger and fit more comfortably over her bruises and injuries, and a pair of jeans/
While Eddie was changing, Erin looked around the apartment, she notices the changes Eddie had already made to the living armaments, she approved of how Eddie had moved the pictures to the desk next to the window so they were caught by the light instead of hiding in the shadows.
"Okay I'm ready," Eddie said, grabbing her crutches, and slipping her purse over her shoulders.
"Already stealing his shirts?" Erin questioned, with a smile.
"I'm showing already so his shirts just work better," Eddie remarked, "I'm going to get new jeans soon." She added with a sigh.
"Use the hair tie trick," Erin suggested as they walked to the elevator.
"What's that," Eddie inquired.
"You loop a hair tie around the button and then pull it through the button hole and loop it back over the button that with giving you a few inches." Erin explained, "It saved me with Nicki,"
"Thanks, I will try that when I get too big for these pants," Eddie said, gratefully, as the elevator doors opened on the lobby floor. Erin helped Eddie get into the car.
"So, are you and Jamie living together now," Erin questioned, as the got out on the high way.
"Yeah, well not exactly, I still have my apartment, but I'm staying, for now, he doesn't want to miss any moments with the babies because we live in different places." Eddie stuttered, what was she supposed to say, she had thought that a long car trip in the car with Erin Regan might be a bad idea.
"What are you going to use as the nursery?" Erin inquired, glancing over at Eddie to see how she was taking the questions.
"We are going to turn the office into the baby room," Eddie answered; confidently she knew how to answer that one.
"I don't mean to pry, but how did Jamie take the news?" Erin asked, she liked Eddie, but under the circumstance, she wondered if Jamie had freaked out.
"His first words after I told him, was 'why didn't you tell me sooner,' it wasn't what I expected at all," Eddie said, looking at her hands.
"When did you tell him," Erin said, Eddie felt like she was a witness on the stand and Erin was interviewing him.
"Right after the car accident, that's why I was moved to your old house, You have a nice room by the way," Eddie remarked trying to change the subject.
"Thanks," Erin said with a smile.
"Erin, what was Sydney like?" Eddie asked a few moments of silence.
"Sydney," Erin repeated the name not ringing a bell at first.
"Jamie's ex-fiance." Eddie clarified.
"Oh right, I forgot about her slightly." Erin said, "she was, she was," Erin thought for a few moments "We loved her for Jamie's sake, but she always clashing with Dad and I could tell she and Jamie wouldn't' last once Jamie became a cop."
"No, what was her personality?" Eddie coaxed, wishing to know more.
"I think that is a question you are going to have to ask Jamie," Erin said, kindly, "If you really want to know, just ask him, it ended because they both knew they would make it, she got a great job offer and she couldn't take the stress of him being a cop."
"Okay," Eddie said, mentally resolving to talk to Jamie about it.
They stayed mostly quiet the rest of the trip, they were almost there when Eddie asked. "So what case are you working on that brings you to federal prison?"
"What case?" Erin said confused, and then she realized she slipped up.
"Wait, you don't need to be up here?" Eddie demanded,
"No, that's not true, there is someone I need to talk to about a case, but no it's not an active case," Erin admitted.
"Did Jamie put you up to this," Eddie questioned exasperated.
"No. He didn't, don't worry about him getting into your affairs." Erin said with a laugh.
Eddie looked across the glass with her dad.
"Hey, dad," Eddie said with a sad smile.
"Hey dear." Armin said, the shock at her physical condition showed on his face, "I heard what happened to you on the news, I just didn't think you were that beat up?"
"most of these came from the car accident," Eddie defended.
"How are you doing?" Armin asked after a few moments.
"Oh, I have some good news." Eddie said, remember the main reason she wanted to see her dad, "I'm twins!"
"Wow!" He exclaimed, "Congratulations, have you talked to the father yet?"
"Yeah, I told him right after the car accident, and I'm living with him for now till we work out something better, I think we are going to give a relationship a try," Eddie replied.
"May I ask, is it that young man who was your partner when I was in the hospital?" Armin inquired.
Eddie looked at her hands, "Is it that obvious?"
"No, I'm just your father and man. The way he looked at you, defended you, stood up for you, I knew you were more the just a partner to him, and the way your eye lite up with him I could tell you cared for him too. What's his name again?" Armin asked,
"Jamie," Eddie said, blinking back the tears that had formed in her eyes, her dad's words really had meant a lot to her. DAMN HORMONES "Jamie Reagan."
"Eddie Reagan has a nice ring to it," Armin said with a smile.
"Dad," Eddie groaned, though she had to admit, she liked the sound of that name.
It was late when Jamie was coming home, he looked exhausted as he unlocked the door and enter the apartment.
Eddie was in the kitchen making food.
"Hey," Eddie greeted lightly, "supper is almost ready." Eddie turned and saw Jamie's face, it was worn and tired.
"Something wrong," Eddie demanded.
"no," Jamie answered, "Just a hard day."
Eddie walked to him.
"Talk to me." She said, taking his hand and leading him to the couch, supper could wait, "What happened?"
"We got called on a domestic, but we were too late. The boyfriend had killed his girlfriend and her kid when he found out the baby wasn't his." Jamie said sadly, "he was only eight months old."
Eddie's heart sank, she knew how Jamie felt and how he was hurting.
"Com'ere," She said opening her arms and pulling him into an embrace.
He held her close, closer than when he almost lost her. He brought on hand and laid in on her stomach as if to remind him that the twins were really there.
Eddie kiss the top of his head.
"I love you," Jamie said, pulling away from the hug.
"I love you too," Eddie replied, holding his hand tight.
"How was your visit with your dad?" Jamie questioned, wanting to forget about the day, though he noticed telling Eddie about it had made it a little easier.
