Chapter 17

A few more months went buy, and nothing really happened. Eddie was getting through her pregnancy with a fair amount of ease. She'd been put on desk duty when she went back to work, and was doing some light physical therapy to help gain her strength back for when she did walk the beat again. Jamie had limited his Sunday dinners to twice a month, saving the other 2 or 3 Sundays to either work or spend time with Eddie and Josie.

Things in their lives had been going pretty well.

They'd even gotten secretly married. They'd gone down to the courthouse and became husband and wife.

*flashback*

"Eddie, how crazy would it be if we just got married right now?" Jamie said one day, as they laid in bed together after nightshift.

"Haha, very funny Jamie." Eddie said, thinking Jamie was joking.

"Eddie, I'm not joking. I'm being completely serious."

"Jamie, I thought we had agreed that we were gonna wait until the baby came to get married. I'm really not up for planning a wedding and getting married when I'm huge, and sore, and emotional."

"Eddie, I know that's what we'd discussed, and we can still have a formal wedding like that after the baby's born, but at this point, my relationship with my family is strained. I don't want to wait for them to get over their stubbornness to be able to marry you. I want to marry you now. I want to go down to the courthouse, profess our love for each other and devotion to each other, because we want to. I'm so tired of always doing what my family wants me to do. They think that because I'm the baby, I have to automatically listen to what they say. I'm done. No more. So, Edit Marie Janko, will you elope with me?"

At this point, Eddie had tears in her eyes.

"Oh, Jamie. I love you so much. I would be happy to elope with you."

After spending some more time in bed, celebrating, the couple got dressed in some nice dress clothes, and went down to the courthouse.

"Do you have your own vows, or would you like to use the regular ones?" The judge asked.

"We have our own vows." Eddie said, smiling at Jamie.

"Eddie, I know this is cliché, but from the minute I laid my eyes on you, I knew I was gonna have a life with you. I knew I wanted to marry you, and have kids with you, and grow old with you. Even though we did those things a little out of order, my original feelings never changed. You are my best friend, my biggest cheerleader, my better half, and the love of my life. You are you best thing that's ever happened to me. I love you."

By the time Jamie was finished, Eddie was bawling her eyes out, ruining what little makeup she had on. After taking a few moments to regain her composure, she started reciting her vows.

"I know things with our relationship started off rough. I'm so truly sorry. I'm so extremely lucky that you forgave me and gave me a second chance. Without that second chance, we wouldn't be here, getting married, a second baby on the way. Truth is, Jameson Reagan, I am wholly and completely in love with you. You're my best friend, the father of my children, the love of my life. You are the best part of me, and I love you."

Jamie, too, now had tears in his eyes.

"Alright. Do you, Jameson Reagan, take Edit Marie Janko to be your lawfully wedded wife? For better or worse, to cherish and to love, in sickness and in health, till death do you part." The judge asked Jamie.

"I do." Jamie said, slipping on Eddie's stunning wedding ring.

"And do you, Edit Marie Janko, take Jameson Reagan to be your lawfully wedded husband? For better or worse, to cherish and to love, in sickness and in health, till death do you part."

"I do." Eddie said, slipping Jamie's wedding ring on his finger.

"By the power vested in me by the state of New York, I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride."

And Jamie definitely did. He dipped Eddie, kissed her, brought her back up, and then kissed her again.

"Congratulations, you two. I wish you best of luck." The judge said.

The newly married couple made their way out of the courthouse, and back to their car.

"Jamie. We're married!" Eddie exclaimed, as if it was just hitting her.

"Yes we are. I love you so much, Mrs Janko-Reagan."

"I love you too, Mr. Janko-Reagan."

Eddie had convinced him to change his last name so they would have the same last name. He'd been hesitant at first, but eventually decided to do it.

The couple drove back home, and luckily Josie still had about an hour and a half until she got out of school. That meant the Eddie and Jamie had about an hour and a half to celebrate.

And celebrate they did.

When Josie got home, they were a little nervous to tell her.

"Hey Jos, how was you're day?" Eddie asked, as the babysitter dropped Josie off from school.

"It was good. We had cupcakes for a kid in my class named Taylor's birthday." Josie said, as she sat down on the couch.

"That's good. Well, your dad and I have something we want to tell you."

"Did you find out what the baby is? Am I gonna have a sister?"

"No, Jos. We don't know what the baby is yet. We're gonna until it's born to find out." Jamie spoke up.

"Then what?"

Eddie and Jamie both held up they'd left hands for Josie to see.

"We got married." Eddie said, trying to find her daughter's reaction on her face.

"Really? But I thought you were gonna have a big wedding. I thought I was gonna be your maid of honor." Josie said, looking a little disappointed.

"Baby, you can still be my maid of honor. What your dad and I did was go down to city hall and sign a piece of paper that's recognized by the state and says that we're married. We'll have an actual wedding after the baby's born."

"Mom, When is the baby coming?"

"The baby's coming in a little less than 4 months."

"That's soooo long." She exaggerated.

"I know, but it'll go fast. Before you know it, you'll get to hold your little brother or sister."

*end flashback*