I don't own these character just a fan wanting to tell a story. Hope you ENJOY! A special thanks to dancinkowgirl for pro reading this chapter and giving me edits!
Jamie and Eddie sank into a routine. Jamie and Eddie would wake up before Jamie had to go to work, Eddie would say good-bye and once was he was gone she would head back to bed and sleep till much later. They would stay their separate ways until Jamie would get back home in the evening and then they would talk about their day and discuss plans for the future. Three weeks had passed this way, but Jamie was noticing something, he had been awoken at night many times by Eddie screaming as she awoke from nightmares, it didn't bug him that she was having nightmares, it bugged him that she wouldn't tell him what they were about. She would just ask him to hold her, and sob into his chest till she fell back to sleep, this was concerning him. Eddie never complained about nightmares when they worked together, so he didn't understand, had the nightmares been normal before or had something changed. She was also growing distant, she would be sitting beside him but her mind would be a thousand miles away.
Jamie thinking about this issue when he was coming home from work, she had had two nightmares the night before. He felt he needed to ask her what was going on but he didn't know how to approach the subject. He unlocked the door, and came into the apartment, Eddie wasn't in the living room like she usually was and she wasn't in the bedroom either.
"Eddie?" he called out, and that's when he heard a sob coming from the office. He hurried to the door and pushed it opened and saw Eddie curled up her back against the wall and her knees pulled close to her chest. "Eddie what's wrong," He exclaimed softly, sitting beside her and putting his arm around her.
"What will I do if you die?" Eddie sobbed, leaning into his arm.
"What do you mean?" Jamie questioned, confused. He didn't know where this was coming from.
"Jamie, every day you walk out that door, and I don't know if you are coming home," Eddie explained, her body still shaking with sobs. "I can't raise our kids without you, I need you to be beside me, they need their dad."
"Eddie, I'm not going to die out there," Jamie assured, squeezing her shoulders.
"You don't know that." Eddie cried.
Jamie was surprised at her outburst and he didn't know how to comfort her.
"What do you want me to do, do you want me to stop being a cop?" Jamie asked after a few moments.
"No," Eddie replied, "I know you love being a cop, I love being a cop, I just, I just wish it still meant you would come home safe to me every night."
"Eddie, I have something to fight for, I have you and our twins." Jamie said, taking Eddie's hands in his, "I swear to you, I am going to come home every night."
Eddie's breath was evening out.
"Is that what you have been dreaming about every night?' Jamie inquired, pushing the hair from
her face.
Eddie nodded, "I keep seeing you dead, and I can't lose you."
"I'm not going to die. I am going to stay alive because you are worth living for." Jamie promised.
"Promise?" Eddie asked,
"Yes, I promise." Jamie responded, "Let's get up and get some food." Jamie suggested as Eddie calmed down, it was still an active fear in her mind but the worst of it was over.
"Yeah, I haven't eaten much today," Eddie replied.
"What do you want to eat?" Jamie questioned, helping Eddie to her feet.
"Anything sounds good." Eddie said, "I'm starving."
Eddie sat at the table as Jamie prepared supper.
"Do you want to find out the genders of the babies before they are born or do you want it a surprise?" Eddie inquired, drinking a cup of tea.
"I think it would be cool to be surprised," Jamie replied, "Do you want to find out."
"No, life doesn't have many surprises anymore and this is one I'm okay with not knowing," Eddie answered.
"I agree," Jamie answered.
"I am thinking about ending my lease at my apartment, I haven't spent a single night there since you found out I was pregnant, would you mind me moving all my stuff here?" Eddie asked, looking for Jamie's reaction.
He smiled, "No, I wouldn't mind at all." Jamie said, happy that Eddie was even willing to consider moving in permanently with him.
"Do you want to do it this weekend?" Eddie questioned, with a slight smile playing on her lips.
"Whenever works for you, and if I have the day off, "Jamie replied.
"How is your story coming?" Jamie inquired after silence had filled the kitchen for a few moments.
"Actually really great," Eddie remarked, "I am already at fifteen chapters, and I like the characters pretty well."
"Want to read it to me while I cook?" Jamie suggested. Eddie stayed pretty quiet about her writing, and he didn't know why. He had read a couple pages over her shoulder while she had been writing, and he had really liked it.
Eddie couldn't help but smile, she had wanted to read her story to Jamie but didn't want to be pushy so she wouldn't bring it up. She was also nervous, Jamie had read so many books in his lifetime, she wondered if he would judge her simple love story. Though these past weeks her story was the only thing keeping her sane since being locked up in the apartment because of her leg. She got up, grabbed her laptop, and she brought it back to the table to read Jamie her story. She tried to keep her eye on Jamie to watch his reaction to certain parts she felt, personally, she had done well.
Jamie soon was wrapped into the story, the characters drawing him in and telling their story almost as if they were real people. He had to admit, something about the story was familiar, as if the person who had written it was expressing her own experience through other people. He soon finished up the meal and brought the two plates to the table.
"What do you think?" Eddie asked, taking a bite of her food.
"I think it's really good," Jamie said genuinely, "I like the how the characters are developed, though it's not entirely my type of book, I think when you are done you should send it to a publisher."
"Really?" Eddie questioned, surprised.
"Yes, it has some good themes and I personally love Adam, he's a cool guy and I totally hope he and Adrianna get together, Adrianna is too good for Dustan," Jamie said, bringing in the characters to show Eddie he truly had been listening to the story.
Eddie frowned, "Adrianna and Dustan belong together, Adam is too much of a goody two shoes, Adrianna wouldn't stand to be in a relationship with him." Eddie retorted.
"I disagree," Jamie remarked, "Dustan and Scarlett would work great together, Scarlett would match Dunstan's wild streak."
"Whatever, they are my characters I get to decide what happens," Eddie said, trying to be harsh, but the fact Jamie and she were fighting over which characters should get together was just too humorous. She smiled brightly at Jamie with her hand resting on her growing stomach. She couldn't wait for the two more to join them at the table. Jamie smiled brightly back at her.
"Jamie are you scared?" Eddie questioned, her voice faltering ever so slightly.
"About?" Jamie inquired.
"Being parents, in just a few more months we are going to be freaking parents," Eddie expressed the fear showing in how her voice shook slightly.
"To be honest," Jamie said, sitting back in the chair, "I am scared, I don't want to ruin our kids' lives, and I'm scared I'm going to screw up."
Eddie saw the concern in his eyes and it made her heartache. She was scared as well but he looked even more terrified then she was.
She took his hand in hers.
"We can do it together," Eddie replied, softly.
"Yeah, we can."
"I want to paint the nursery yellow." Eddie said, lightly, "Do you mind?"
"No, I don't," Jamie said, smiling. He knew that if they stayed together they would be fine.
I hope you guys liked that chapter! Thanks for all the support. Oh and I didn't break my foot, just bruised it really badly :) Hope to update soon :)
