***I don't own these characters****
Eddie yawned and snuggled back into the blankets. The sun streamed in the windows, she didn't want it to be morning yet. She rolled over and saw Jamie sleeping peacefully. She couldn't imagine how she had lived so long without waking up with him beside her.
"We were idiots." She sighed softly, resting her hands on her growing baby bump. "How could we not see this is where we belong."
Jamie's eyes flickered at the sound of her voice.
"Oops." She muttered. She hadn't meant to wake him, but it was a little too late.
He opened his eyes and rolled over on his side to look at her.
"Where you talking to me? Jamie murmured, his eyes closing again.
"No, go back to sleep." Eddie coaxed him with a soft kiss on the lips.
Once she was sure he was back asleep, she carefully got out of bed and made her way to the bathroom. She brushed her teeth and admired herself in the mirror. She dressed quickly into her new maternity jeans and a blue maternity top. She secured her blonde waves on top of her head with a hairtie. She stepped lightly on her way to the kitchen, as she made breakfast the smell of the decaf coffee she was brewing made her absolutely ravenous. She ate her eggs, bagel and bacon while sipping her coffee, as she wrote her story. She was very proud of it, even if it was just a simple love story. She was almost done and she wanted to see if she could get her story published. It would help keep her busy since she couldn't work at the NYPD while she was pregnant. She was so focused on typing, that she didn't notice Jamie wheel himself into the kitchen.
She took his breath away anytime he saw her but today was different. She looked amazing in blue. Her eyes were dark in concentration as she typed quickly at the computer.
"You're up early." He stated rolling himself to the table.
She jumped.
"Jesus Jamie!" She exclaimed in surprise. "Don't do that!"
"Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you." Jamie apologized. He was lying though he had loved startling her.
"You are a pain in the ass." Eddie groaned.
"But you love me anyway." Jamie grinned.
"What's on the agenda for today?" Jamie questioned
"Nothing," Eddie answered leaning back in her chair, "just a day at home."
"Do you miss working?" Jamie inquired.
"God yes!" Eddie exclaimed. "I liked the first couple days home, but I'm tired of being home all the time."
"Have you found out if they will let you do a desk job until the babies are born?" Jamie asked.
"No not yet." Eddie sighed. "Have you thought more about quitting the force?"
Jamie folded his hands together.
"Yeah I have," he started, "I love being on the force, but the pay isn't great and supporting two kids isn't going to be easy. There is also the risk I could die out there and I don't want to leave you to raise our kids by yourself. I know somehow it's possible, Danny and Linda make it look so easy, but I think as a lawyer I'll get paid more and I'll be safter."
"But is it what you want to do?" Eddie probed. "If you want to stay on the force we will make it work, others have in the past. I don't want you to give this up just because it's the 'practical' decision"
"Have you thought more about you leaving the force." Jamie inquired.
"Yes and no." Eddie sighed. "I love the work, but I wouldn't be able to handle leaving our kids knowing that I might not come home. I just don't know what I would do if I quit, unlike you I don't have any career ideas to fall back on."
"You could make writing a full time job." Jamie suggested.
Eddie laughed. "That doesn't pay…..like at all."
"What are we going to do?" Jamie wondered out loud. It was rhetorical but Eddie shared his concern. They were four months pregnant with twins and currently both were on leave from their jobs. They weren't married or engaged. They had only been together for a few weeks.
"We are going to get through this." Eddie promised taking Jamie's hand.
"I know." Jamie replied squeezing her hand. "I just don't know how yet."
"Do you think we should talk to your family about this?" Eddie questioned.
"Erin." Jamie said. "I think I want to talk to Erin. She might give an unbiased opinion and good advice."
"Okay" Eddie agreed. "That's a step towards knowing what to do."
Frank sat in his office when Garrett came bursting in.
"We may have a problem." Garrett exclaimed dramatically.
"What's wrong?" Frank questioned."Did Jamie and Eddie make into the news?"
"No, not exactly. You know the case we are bringing against Amanda Kellar, the DA's office was hoping she would just take a plea deal. Well her lawyer is determined to take it to a jury. This lawyer somehow convinced Officer Janko to be a witness. If Eddie talks in front of a jury about how Mrs. Kellar helped her, the jury is going to side with Kellar. That's not even the worst of it! The lawyer who is defending Kellar is Jamie's ex-fiance, Sydney Davenport." Garrett
explained pacing and gesturing as if this was the worst issue of the century .
"I'm trying to see what the problem is. Kellar was acting under duress, and it's Officer Janko's right to testify in the hearing." Frank puzzled.
"WOMAN KIDNAPS PREGNANT COP, WALKS FREE. That headline wouldn't not serve this department well." Garrett insisted.
"What are you wanting me to do?" Frank asked.
"Talk to Eddie, tell her what a bad idea it is to testify. Also, see if Jamie can get to the lawyer and convince her to talk the plea deal. That will keep it out of the news AND help keep the scandal away from the NYPD." Garrett decided.
Hey guys,
Sorry for not updating more. I working on another story, and that one was taking a lot of time. I also had some writers block that I was working through
Thanks for Dancinkowgirl for editing this chapter and I would really appericate it if you guys would check out her story "unexpected"
Love Eliza
