13 weeks: playing it safe

"Sooo, what are you having, a boy or girl?" Maya asked excited to know.

She shook her head, "I don't know yet." She told her.

"What, you're not going to find out?" She asked confused. She knew Eddie as the most impatient person.

She laughed, "I won't be able to find out until next appointment," she told her.

"Ahhh, still too early?" She asked, "I don't know, but to me, that baby is filling up your uniform." She smirked at her.

Eddie looked down, "yeah, a little. I had to have Jamie button my pants this morning," she laughed.

Maya shook her head, "you two."

They continued down the street, "12-Charlie." Jamie said over the air.

"12-Charlie responding," Eddie replied over the air.

"Take lunch," he replied.

Eddie and Maya continued to walk down the street to the corner and saw two other officers running to catch two kids who were coming their way. Maya started to run after them and Eddie saw the one kid starting to get away.

She ran after him and grabbed him from behind while she handcuffed him. "stop fighting me," she argued as he continued to sprawl his hands all over the place. "Stop!" She yelled again. He punched his hands out of cuffs she was about to lock and slammed her down and started running again.

Eddie hit the ground with a thump and fell straight on her abdomen. Maya ran in front of the kid without him expecting it when she saw her on the ground. "What did you do to her?" She yelled. "What did you do!" Maya passed the collar over to the other officers and ran over to check on Eddie.

"Did you hit your head?" She asked when Eddie started to sit up.

"N-no" she responded shakily with tears forming in her eyes. "I fell on my front."

"Sweetie don't cry, I'm sure everything's fine." She soothed. "10-4" she called through the radio.

"12 Charlie, I thought you were on lunch," Jamie called through.

Maya sighed as she held down the radio, "we were helping with an arrest sir." she responded.

"What are you doing then?" He asked over the radio, giving Jamie the Radio silence the rest of the way

"Dropping Janko off sir." She responded back to him.

Maya helped Eddie get on her feet. "I'll take you back to the house." She told her. Eddie stood up and took a few shaky breaths as she sat down in the RMP. "come on."

"What happened?" Jamie yelled through the hall as they walked back in with Maya supporting her back."Maya, what happened?" he yelled as he rushed to her side. "Is she okay?" he asked. He saw Eddie's face and she looked like she was going to cry at any minute.

"She's okay, just had a little scare with a perp," she told him and handed her off to Jamie. He looked down at Eddie, and she didn't speak a word, her hands were trembling. "Thanks, Maya," he told her softly and took Eddie straight into his office and shut the door.

When she heard the door shut, Jamie looked into her eyes and her face crumpled, "you were right. I'm sorry. I should- I should've stayed o-off patrol." She trembled. "I fell and what if I did some-something to the baby," she cried out of breath.

Jamie wrapped his arms around her and held her head in his chest. "breathe Ed." He told her as she took a few shaky breaths. Her legs were shaking and she was breathing heavy. He stepped back and took off the bulletproof vest. "Where does it hurt?" he asked aloud as she unbuttoned her lower buttons.

"H-here" she responded pointing at her lower abdomen as her crying slowed down. Jamie closed the blinds and examined her stomach for any bruises. "You're okay," he reassured as he could see her heart pounding.

"Sorry, I'm so sorry," she trembled. Jamie held onto her and tightened his arms around her for comfort.

They called Dr. Kwak so he could check up on Eddie. He was busy in the hospital today so he told them to meet him there so he could check up on her. They sat in the waiting room and waited for their name to be called when they noticed Dr. Kwak come out. "You guys can follow me over this way," he stated and waited for them to follow.

He led them into the room and shut the door. "So, I heard there was a little incident, what happened?" He asked wanting to get all the background knowledge he could so he could start looking.

Eddie explained to him the situation and waited for his response. "Did you notice any bruising at all?" he questioned.

Eddie lifted her shirt towards him and pointed out the yellowish, purple bruises on her lower abdomen.

"Okay, why don't I listen to the heartbeat to see how your baby's doing." He suggested.

Eddie laid down on the hospital bed and lowered her jeans. He squirted the gel on her stomach. "This might hurt a little because of the bruising," he warned. He moved the wand onto her stomach and applied some pressure. The heartbeat sound was on, but there was no noise coming from the machine.

"Why am I not hearing anything?" she trembled quickly. Jamie tightened his grip on her hand as he watched her head moved back and forth towards the heart monitor and Dr. Kwak.

He continued to move the probe, "Try not to panic, it's not good for the baby. I just have to get it in the right spot before you can hear it." he told her. Eddie's face started to crumble as she looked in Jamie's direction, no longer able to look at the Doctor.

He saw a few tears start to run down her face and she mouthed 'sorry,' to him. "Eddie I'm sure everything's fine," he reassured her. He leaned down and swiped his thumb across her face, "it's gonna be okay," he said as he looked at her in the eyes.

Her eyes were still sad. Jamie bent down and moved to her eye level. "Ed, look at me," he told her. "Don't panic, I'm sure everything is fine."

Dr. Kwak spoke, "yep everything's just fine," he told her as the echoing filled the room. Eddie closed her eyes and looked at the monitor where the baby was moving around. "Your baby is doing perfectly fine."

Eddie let out a deep breath, "thank you," she responded shakily.

"I want you to go home and rest, I don't want to put so much strain on your body. Take a bath or something to calm yourself down. As your doctor, I'm also going to order you to get off walking patrol and start desk duty, because I don't want something worse to happen than just a little fall, okay?"

Eddie nodded her head in agreement, "thank you."

"All right," he responded. "Keep an eye on her and let me know if anything changes," he warned Jamie.

"Will do." he agreed and kissed Eddie's head as they walked out the building.

Jamie walked into the bedroom to find Eddie with her eyes open staring at the ceiling in the bed. "You okay?" he asked while leaning against the door frame.

She sighed and watched as he climbed into the bed next to her. He wrapped his arm around her and she laid her head on his bare chest. "You heard the doctor, he said everything was okay." he whispered to her.

"I know, i'm just still nervous," she confessed.

"Just relax." he kissed her head.

She nuzzled into his chest and zoned off. "Love you," she mumbled.

"Love you too."

So, what are your thoughts on this? More chapters coming soon.