After Jamie told stories from his childhood he had fallen asleep, Eddie turned to her left to just admire him, meeting Jamie has been the blessing of her life, she had no idea how she would have gotten through these last two days without him. She gently got up wandering into the kitchen for water, finding Mary and Erin talking among each other, Erin stopped by to drop off the food for Sunday.

"Hey, Eddie." Erin smiled, putting her coat on.

"Hey." Eddie smiled never really had the chance to speak to Erin much, but she always admired her as a woman, she was so accomplished and so beautiful.

"Where's Jamie?" Mary wondered not seeing him behind her.

"Oh, he's asleep in the living room." Eddie grabbed a water bottle from the fridge taking a seat at the table.

"I'll get him a blanket," Mary got up from the kitchen table.

"So how are you holding up," Erin asked, she obviously knows about her family's situation. Eddie's smile began to vanish.

"I don't know." She answered honestly. "My whole life is a lie… my dad ruined lives, saying it's embarrassing doesn't even scratch the surface." Erin nodded.

"It must be hard, but you know we're here for you." Eddie smiled nodding.

"I appreciate you all so much and Jamie…" Eddie paused. "He has really been there I really do love him."

"Aweee" Erin gushed. "Jamie is the world's biggest sweetheart… It's crazy to think he'll be 18 tomorrow." A shock wave was sent through Eddie's skin.

"He will be," Eddie replied she was shocked to be reminded this way, everything happening between her and her family took away everything.

"Any plans?" Erin wondered.

"I don't know." Eddie held her head. "I've been so sad about everything it totally took me off guard and he was still there for me the whole time."

"I get it, Eddie." Erin understood.

Jamie's eyes peered open slowly, finally getting a clear vision. He was still in the living room with a blanket he didn't fall asleep with and his girlfriend nowhere in sight. He removed the blanket going into the kitchen 10:34 the kitchen clock read, his mother was at work which explains why he slept in so late and without breakfast. When Jamie went upstairs he first looked in his room finding no one, then he looked in Erin's old room, she wasn't there either, he looked in every room in the house, including his parents, he was home alone.

"They all left me." Jamie shook his head, obviously, his parents are at work but that doesn't explain Eddie's absence.

"He grabbed the house phone, thinking maybe she went home but there was no answer there. There were 11 missed calls and messages from his high school teammates, he listened to every single one of them giving them all a callback. Jamie then went back into the living room taking a seat in the same spot he had fallen asleep, he noticed a piece of paper he hadn't before.

The paper read:

"Hey Jamie, I have a few errands today and a lot to think about, I will be back over to your place as soon as I can, - Eddie"

Jamie pouted, he thought everything was good last night, he couldn't understand why she would just leave without saying a word. Jamie placed the note down going into the bathroom he cleaned himself up leaving the house.

Jamie rang the doorbell looking around the yard he basically grew up running around in. "Jamie sweetheart." Jamie turned around to a female voice he hadn't really heard in a while.

"Mrs. Reid!" Jamie smiled giving her a hug, she invited him in.

"I haven't seen you around in a while," She smiled at him. They both took seats on the couches. "Happy birthday, Jamie."

"Thank you so much and I know! I've missed you a lot." Jamie replied.

"Well, while we wait for David to come home from the store tell me, how are things?"

"I don't know." Jamie chuckled. "I woke up this morning and everyone was gone including my girlfriend-"

"You have a girlfriend!" Amanda's eyes had stars in them, she needed to hear everything.

"Yeah I do," Jamie smiled. "Her name is Edit but everyone calls her Eddie."

"Oh, that's right! Mason mentioned before; he said you two aren't partners anymore and Eddie is your partner." Amanda laughed. 'What a big mouth,' he thought remembering Mason.

"Yeah, she's my girlfriend."

"I'm happy for you Jamie." Amanda genuinely replied. "Are you guys doing anything for your birthday today?" Jamie smile kinda shifted.

"I don't, I don't think she knows it's my birthday, I never told her when my birthday was."

"You've never been big on telling others about your birthday." Amanda laughed, "I'll tell you what if you have no plans tonight come to hang out with me and David, we'll make you dinner." Jamie nodded.

"I think I'll hold you to that."

"The offer still stands even tomorrow," Amanda vowed.

"Sounds like a plan," Jamie stood up. "Is it okay if I hang out in Mas room for a bit?"

"Go for it." Arriving upstairs, Jamie clenched Mason's door handle before opening it. Everything... five months later was exactly the same, the same wrinkles in the bed the few shirts on the floor near the laundry basket. It was obvious Amanda or David would come in and wipe off his nightstand and desk, Tv, etc there wasn't a speck of dust anywhere. Jamie took a seat on the couch Jamie has slept on for so long before, to think Mason hasn't occupied this room in this long hurt him. His eyes wandered around the room to a camcorder on top of his desk, he opened it up finding no sim card, raising suspicion he scanned the top of the desk for it, it wasn't there, he then opened the first two draws gently but thoroughly looking through them, he then opened the third drawer moving a piece of paper then finding a little grey and red sim card.

"Here it is." Jamie couldn't understand why it was in the bottom drawer anyways but he sat back down on the couch anyways. The first video that popped up was a 30-second video:

"You always cheat!" Jamie looked into the camera, Mason laughed like crazy after beating Jamie four times. Jamie pushed the camera out of his face which caused Mason to laugh harder.

"You're supposed to be the smart one! why do I keep beating you at chest?" Jamie then went after Mason the video became shaken and then ended.

That immediately brought a smile to Jamie's face. He began to watch all sorts of videos, from them hanging out or at the park playing basketball, or even simple videos of Mason and his family. The next video well, it had a different vibe altogether. Mason was sat what looked like at his desk table, the video was around a minute and twenty seconds.

Jamie nervously hit play:

"Hey, Jamie," Those words made his heart damn near stop. The video then proceeded:

"I'm making this video for the graduation party that I know we'll have, I wanted to say I'm crazy proud of you! we started school together and now we're ending it together too, you pushed me through a lot academically." Mason began laughing. "Thank you for helping me with my homework all these years, I'm going to be graduating soon thanks to your help, you're the best brother anyone could ever hope for and I'm excited to go to college." Mason smiled, he looked away like he wanted to add something else. "I'm not dumb Jamie. I know you don't want to go to UCLA with me, Hell its-" Mason looked at something them continued "February 26th and you're not committed, if you don't end up going with me, I know you'll like Columbia and I'm always going to be coming home to visit or you can come out to Los Angeles and we can explore, find some cute babes." Mason laughed. "I'll cut that part out, but I can't wait for life after high school, no matter what, we're brothers for life." Mason reached towards the camera and the video immediately ended.

Jamie's eyes were soaked by the tears streaming down his face Jamie sat the camera down he held his face and the tears just kept coming.

"Amanda told me you were here-" David entered Mason's room finding Jamie sobbing. "Hey, Hey-" David cautiously approached Jamie kneeling at his side. "What's going on? talk to me?" David did not expect this. Jamie handed him the camera.

"Hit play." Jamie choked, his eyes still covered. David looked at it getting the same nervous feeling as Jamie, he hit play and the video began all over again.

"He said its February 26th." Jamie cried more.

"A week before he-" David choked. wiping the tears from his eyes.

Jamie had calmed down a lot. "I can't believe he knew… he knew I wasn't going to UCLA."

"He really did know you." David smiled looking for any more videos after that but, that video was the very last thing he had recorded.

"There are more videos, lots of them before this one, mainly Mas being himself or playing pranks, you're in some of them so Amanda." Jamie spoiled it.

"You know when I first found this camera it had nothing in it, Just thought he took the card to school or something, Thank you for finding this." David's eyes were glazed.

Hours later Jamie returned home, finding his two obnoxious brothers in the kitchen.

"Happy birthday J!" Joe smiled.

"Happy born day kid," Danny said right after. Jamie smiled at them. "Mom's upstairs right now," planning your birthday dinner for Saturday."

"That's great." Jamie sat at the table, sitting down the camera as well.

"What's that?" Joe looked at it confused. Jamie opened the camera hitting play, Joe and Danny interested, right after the video ended both of them felt their skin-crawled like hell.

"Mas." Danny sat back.

"Wow." Joe had no words.

"You found this today?" Danny quavered. Jamie nodded.

"Where's Eddie." Joe wondered.

"I don't, she said she had things to do today," He replied blandly. "Does she know today's your birthday?" Joe questioned. Jamie shrugged.

"You need to start telling people about your birthday." Danny acknowledged. Jamie laughed shaking his head.

"Ackerman following out that raid ruined the week for everyone," Joe said Danny kicked him under the table. Joe bit his lip hoping Jamie did not pick up on what he said. Jamie sat there quietly trying to understand what the hell Joe met and then.. it hit him.

"The detective I met two weeks ago?" Jamie stood up from the table. "He was with dad? He asked me if I knew anything about Eddie's dad. You all knew what the hell!" Jamie was pissed off but just like a Reagan perspective always 10/10.

"Listen, kid-" Danny began.

"No screw that, you could have told me!"

"You know we couldn't have-"

"Yes, you could've, look how this week has turned out! it sure as hell would've saved a lot of heartbreak!"

"You plan on going to law school right have Columbia.. you of all people should know.. growing up in this family we couldn't risk telling you about an ongoing investigation about Eddie's father."

"Yeah right-" Jamie huffed getting up from the table. "You both are so damn inconsiderate." Jamie grabbed the camera storming off upstairs.

"Hey-" Jamie ran passed his mother closing his bedroom door. Mary went downstairs to find her two sons looking regretful. "What did you two do?" Mary stammered.

Jamie was furious not only did his father and brothers know they didn't tell him and look where they are now, he looked over at his bedroom clock and it read: 3:13. His thoughts were eating him alive, when his mother knocked at his door, he was ready to yell at Joe and Danny if it was them.

"Oh hey, mom." Jamie laid back again.

"I heard, I'm sorry about that, but they were just doing their jobs,"

"Work over family loyalty right?" Jamie countered.

"Jamie it's your birthday, don't let this ruin your day, because if you had a heads up or not it still would've happened." Jamie nodded to his mother's words. "Also Eddie's on the phone." Jamie jumped up.

"You could've started with that?!" Jamie walked downstairs, seeing Joe and Danny was still here he just turned away not saying a word to them.

"Hello?" Jamie answered.

"Hey Jamie," Eddie replied she seemed okay.

"Where have you been? I went to sleep and you were gone…." Jamie replied.

"I had a few things to take care of, but I've been thinking… we need to talk, can you meet me at Queen's central park? near the playground." Eddie said Jamie's stomach flipped.

"You're in queens?" Jamie had to verify.

"Yeah," Eddie replied.

"Okay… well, I'll be there soon." Jamie ended the call,

"Where are you going?" Joe asked watching Jamie leave out of the front door.

"Going out," Jamie replied, his attitude still there.

"Everyone will be here for your birthday later." Joe reminded.

"I'll be back by then." Jamie closed the door walking out. Joe sighed slipping more into his seat.

"Joe get over it, Jamie is old enough to know why we didn't tell him, it's his fault for being immature." Joe thought about Danny's words. "Want another drink?".

Jamie arrived at the park he found a parking spot, when he got out of the car there were a lot of kids and families around it was a warm summer evening, after all, he looked around and around but Eddie was nowhere in sight 'By the playground.' he remembered her words.

"Jamie." He turned around and there she was, dressed in a beautiful summer dress with sandals. "Happy Birthday, Babe." Those words from her gave him shivers, she had a black large square box in her hand, Jamie followed her to the pallet picnic she already had prepared. "I'm sorry, I made everything so-" She watched him cover his eyes with his forearm. "Jamie..." He laughed a bit before removing his arm.

"I'm not the type of guy who would ever bring up his own birthday, not my style." Jamie's eyes were glazed.

"I'm sorry, that I wasn't there for earlier today… with everything that happened this week I forgot about your birthday so I got up really early this morning to make lunch and plan this out, I wanted you to be surprised-"

"I definitely am surprised…" Jamie laughed shaking his head as if he had something to say.

"What?" Eddie handed him his lunch.

"When I came here I was thinking you wanted to break up with me and how I could save our relation-"

"Oh no." Eddie sorta laughed, "I'm sorry! I didn't want you to think that but I obviously made it like that… Here." she handed him the box, he placed his lunch aside,

"You wrapped this?" Jamie was surprised it was wrapped so nicely like a mom had done it. She nodded.

"Thank you." He replied genuinely. He pulled the item from the box. A Yankees jersey, with his favorite player's number on the back.

"I thought you could use it for the Yankees vs Red sox tickets Erin and Danny got for you." Jamie continues looking through the box, where he found a polaroid picture of the two from one of their first few dates and also a Yankee's lanyard and a Happy birthday card signed with Eddie's name.

"I'll keep them forever." He hugged her tightly. after fixing everything and putting them back in the box the two began to eat; "Listen I was at Mason's earlier today and I found a video he made a week before he died." Her skin crawled.

"Wha.. what was it about?" Eddie sat her food down.

"It was a congratulation on graduating we were going to have a graduation party and he made the video for it.. babe he knew I did want to go to Los Angeles…"

"He really does know you." Eddie smiled

"I'll show you the video when we go home." Eddie nodded.

"Sounds great."

"Really Joe." Frank threw his hands in the air. Joe sat further into his seat.

"I didn't know how could he had figured it out and within seconds?"

"He's a Reagan that's why!" Danny mused

"You think he's going to be mad for long?" Erin asked.

"Of course, he's pissed that we didn't give him a heads up!" The front door unlocked and they all went silent Erin ran over to the corner getting the number 18 candles for the cake. Jamie and Eddie walked into the kitchen greeted by everyone including Linda.

"Happy birthday!" He smiled at them all.

"Thank you, guys."

TBC!

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