I don't own these characters just a fan wanting to tell a story. Hope you enjoy and special thanks to dancinkowgirl for editing this chapter.


"The bullet passed through his arm only causing muscular damage. The other bullet, however, did some damage to his intestine though, we think we did enough repairs. The second bullet is lodged very close to his spine and to remove it would risk paralyzing him from the waist down." Dr. Walker explained to Frank, "But the bullets aren't the main concern. When Officer Reagan fell on the stairs, he banged his head against the wall causing a pretty bad concussion, there is some swelling on the brain, we are doing everything we can, but by no means is he out of the woods yet."

"Meaning?" Frank questioned.

"He is in a coma, and we want to keep him that way until we know understand the nature of his brain injuries a little better." Dr. Walker stated.

"Can we see him?" Frank inquired, his voice catching slightly in his throat. He couldn't lose another son to this job, he wouldn't be able to take it.

"Yes, he is in the ICU but he is stable for now." Dr. Walker said, kindly.

Danny, Frank, and Eddie walked into Jamie's hospital room. Both of the Reagan men had their arms around Eddie. She wasn't a Reagan by name, but in their eyes she was now. Jamie lay on the bed, Eddie's heart skipped a beat. His arm was bandaged up looking like it was three times its normal size. His face was pale and something about it didn't look right. Eddie took the seat that was next to the bed and took Jamie's good hand and held in hers. Frank watched Eddie, tears slipping occasionally down her face. He walked to her and placed a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"He is going to make it," Frank said, his voice thick with emotion, "You have to believe that."

Eddie nodded. She soon found herself alone in Jamie's hospital room, still holding his hand. The family understood her wish to be alone with him.

"You have to make it," Eddie breathed, "I can't raise our kids alone, they need their father. Jamie you have to make it." She brushed the tear from her cheek, "You have to live to see them be born, for them to take their first steps, their first words, their first basketball game-" Eddie couldn't finish the list, her voice broke. She held his hand tightly, shocked at how cold and lifeless it felt. "I can't do this alone." she sobbed, covering her face with her free hand and she cried. She cried for the dreams that might never become true, for the plans they had made, for the children that might never know their father.

"Eddie you should rest." Erin coaxed. She was third Reagan who had tried to convince Eddie to leave Jamie's side.

"No," Eddie said firmly, "I'm not leaving him."

"You need your rest, the babies need you to rest." Erin said, she was going through all the parenting techniques she had learned to try and convince Eddie to go get some rest.

"I AM NOT LEAVING HIM!" Eddie exclaimed, her voice was cold. Erin sighed, Eddie would fit right in with the stubborn side of the Reagan family.

"How about you go rest and I will stay right beside Jamie the whole time." Erin bargained.

"What part of 'I'm not leaving him,' did you not understand." Eddie fumed, exasperated.

Erin knew there was absolutely no way of getting Eddie to move from Jamie's side.

"Okay if you won't leave to get rest, will you promise me you will try and sleep by his side." Erin suggested.

Eddie thought about it, she was tired, but she didn't want to leave Jamie. Erin motioned to the small sofa that Eddie would be able to sleep on.

"Can you help me move it, so I can still hold his hand?" Eddie asked. Erin smiled at her success.

"Yes as long as you promise to try and sleep." Erin replied.

They muscled the sofa next to the hospital bed so Eddie, while lying down, could hold Jamie's hand. Eddie curled up on the sofa and her eyes closed quickly. Erin watched as her breathing steadied out until she was quite certain she was asleep. Erin tiptoed from the room and gave orders to the officer to not let anyone past unless in was an emergency, so they wouldn't wake Eddie.

Danny was waiting for her just a little way down the hallway.

"Did she agree to go home and rest?" he questioned anxiously.

"No, but she did agree to sleep on the sofa." Erin reported. Danny could see how tired Erin was.

"How are you holding up?" He asked.

"My baby brother might not wake up, I think I'm doing just fine." Erin said, sarcasm dripping from her words.

"He is going to wake up!" Danny assured.

"You don't know that." Erin retorted, "No one does, and he might be paralyzed even if he does wake up."

Danny understood what his sister was feeling, he felt it too. He couldn't let himself think too much about the possibility that Jamie wouldn't wake up. He had already lost Joe, he couldn't lose another brother too.


Noble entered the hospital room. She had finally convinced Detective Reagan to let her come see her partner. It touched her heart to see Eddie asleep on the sofa, her hand still holding onto Jamie's. She felt bad for the things she had thought about Eddie, and she felt bad for agreeing with the women who trashed Eddie behind her back. Noble pulled up a chair and set it on the other side of Jamie, but before she sat down she grabbed a throw blanket that was resting in the back of the room and placed it over Eddie. Jamie lay in that hospital bed because he had saved her, the least she could do was take care of his pregnant girlfriend.

"Thanks," Noble said quietly, not wanting to wake Eddie. "You saved my life and now they don't know if you are going to wake up."

Eddie started to wake up and she jumped slightly seeing Noble.

'I'm Maria Noble," Noble said quickly, hoping to put Eddie at easy as to her presence.

"Jamie's partner?" Eddie questioned, groggily.

"Yeah." Noble answered.

Eddie glanced at the clock seeing she had been asleep for the past eight hours.

"Right before he passed out," Noble started, "He told me to tell you he loves you, and that he was sorry."

Eddie's eyes filled with tears again to hear that she had been his last conscious thought.

"I didn't think much of it, but now that I hear how badly he hit his head, it shows how much he loves you. He should have fallen unconscious once he hit the stairs but he fought to say 'I love you'." Noble remarked.

"Yeah," Eddie said sitting up, "I don't know what I'm going to do if he doesn't wake up."

"He is going to wake up!" Noble said firmly, as if she truly believed it herself.


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