I don't own these characters just a fan wanting to tell a story. Hope you enjoy, and a special thanks to dancikowgirl for editing this chapter.
Nurses came and went, it touched their hearts to see the woman sit beside by the cop's bed. It didn't go unnoticed that she was pregnant, many nurses felt for her, and admired her. She would wait by his bedside and stay in the waiting room when he was taken back into surgery for organ repair. Her pleas to him did not go unheard, they saw the tears she wiped away as she tried to be strong. Each shared a kind smile and silent prayer for the women by his bed.
The Reagan family took turns coming to sit with her. They would sit for hours by her side, supporting her in the best way they knew how. Erin went to the apartment and brought her clothes, Henry was in charge of making sure she ate, Linda and Danny watched if she was sleeping, and Frank was the shoulder to cry on and the arm to lean upon. She would only leave for the few moments it took for her to go to the bathroom, or for her to change into clean clothes. They watched as she would hold his hand waiting for him to wake up. When she thought they weren't looking she would plead with him to wake up. It pained them, to see a beloved member of the family in this hospital bed, but to see the woman who loved him and ached for him, pained them even more.
It was Linda's turn that night, she walked into the hospital room. Eddie barely registered that she entered. She was too focused on Jamie.
"Hey," Linda greeted, "I brought food."
"Hi," Eddie said quietly, her hand holding Jamie's tightly. She had barely let go since she arrived three days ago.
"How are you holding up?" Linda questioned, handing a sandwich to Eddie.
Eddie gave a small laugh, "How well do you think? It's been three days, and he has shown no sign of waking up and the swelling in his brain hasn't gone down yet."
"I remember when Danny got shot," Linda remarked.
"I never knew Danny was shot?" Eddie said surprised. Jamie had never mentioned that Danny had been injured on the job.
"I was pregnant with Sean at the time. Danny got a bullet in the chest. They told me it looked like he wasn't going to make it. I never gave up hope, I knew he had live to see his child be born. I was surrounded by the Reagan family, all supporting me and being kind. I never felt so loved and protected. When Danny pulled through, they told me he was a fighter and he shouldn't have made it." Linda explained, "Eddie," Linda started, "Jamie has something to fight for; he has you and your twins. He is going to keep fighting."
Eddie listened to Linda, she knew Jamie wouldn't give up without a fight she just hoped his fight was strong enough.
"I hope you are right," Eddie replied taking a bite of her sandwich.
"So what are your plans for the nursery?" Linda questioned, changing the subject to a lighter topic, after a long pause, as they ate in silence.
"I haven't really thought about it," Eddie answered.
"Come on, bounce ideas off me," Linda suggested it would be good for Eddie to get her mind off of Jamie.
"We are going to turn the office into the nursery," Eddie started, reluctantly, "I want yellow walls and white curtains."
"What color cribs?" Linda pried.
"White I guess," Eddie remarked, she didn't think it was important right now, Jamie was lying there and he might not wake up. Why does the nursery matter?
"I would think white to match the curtains, but you could always go with blue to match the blue that will run through their veins being the kids of two cops," Linda said with a small laugh. Eddie joined in with the laugh.
"I think white cribs would be best, but you know I think I want to put some animals on the wall, like elephants, tigers, and lions. You know like a zoo." Eddie said, relaxing into the conversation, forgetting for the first time in days that the father of her children may never wake up.
"That would be really cute!" Linda exclaimed, "Do you want to paint them or use stickers."
"Paint, stickers just peel off too easily," Eddie stated, firmly.
"What else were you thinking?" Linda said, noticing her plan was succeeding.
Before Eddie knew what was happening, she was telling Linda all her plans for the nursery where she wanted to put Jamie's books, what wall did she want the cribs on, etc. Eddie was surprised when she glanced at the clock and saw that two hours had passed and that Linda eyelids where starting to droop, as the night wore on.
"Linda you need to get home/" Eddie ordered, kindly but it was an order.
"No, I'm fine." Linda protested, her plan had worked better than she thought it would and a new plan had hatched in her brain.
"Go home and be with Danny and the boys," Eddie said, with a smile, "and I promise I will head straight to bed once you leave."
"Okay," Linda said reluctantly. She felt bad for leaving but she really did want to be at home with her husband and her sons.
"Thanks," Eddie said, as Linda got ready to leave.
"Don't worry about it," Linda returned with a smile, "It was my pleasure."
"Oh, Linda," Eddie exclaimed, stopping Linda, "Would you ask someone to swing by Jamie's apartment and pick up my laptop?"
"Of course," Linda answered, "I'll make sure someone brings it by tomorrow."
Once Linda was gone, Eddie lay on the couch and pulled the blanket around her. As she lay there she realized how nice it was to talk about something besides Jamie's condition, she felt refreshed. She felt a bubbly sensation her stomach, she noticed it felt weird, and her hand came to rest at her abdomen, and then she felt something that brought tears of joy to her eyes, something was kicking against her hand, she was feeling one of her babies kicking for the first time. With that happy thought, she slipped off into a blissful sleep. She awoke late the next morning by Henry coming in with breakfast.
Sorry for updating sooner. I know I don't have to explain myself, but if you guys were wondering why I cut out Jamie having to go back into surgery. I tried to write it but earlier this year my brother almost died in a skiing accident,and had to have four surgeries, so when I was writing it I ended up breaking down because it brought back all of the memories of when we didn't know if he was going to make it. So sorry if you wanted to read that, maybe one day I can come back and write it, just not right now. Hope you understand. Love you guys!
