38 weeks: ready or not

"Uncle Jamie, how did you and Aunt Eddie meet?" Sean asked out of nowhere, "like how did you know she was the one?"

Eddie laughed, "yeah Uncle Jamie, how did you know?"

Jamie took a sip of his wine and sat back, "oh this one," he paused. "To be honest, I have no clue," he joked.

Eddie smacked his arm and laughed. "Oh, shut up."

"All right, all right," he started. "So, I met her on her first day as a police officer, I was assigned to be her T.O." he explained.

Eddie laughed sly, "you thought I was a guy."

Jamie smirked and looked down laughing, "well, I didn't know who you were."

Eddie looked at him, "fat, sweaty, Hungarian guy," she mocked him and continued to laugh. Jamie shook his head at the thought.

"I think it was when you had that rough patch within the first few weeks that I noticed I liked you," he said not going in depth about the rape case with Singer. "You had a girly side to you," he said to her. "You were also cute."

"I was a catch," she repeated as her famous line. "You were also cute...but in different words," she smirked at him.

"Yeah, barging into the locker room to see me with my shirt off," Jamie accused and she laughed with embarrassment.

"Woah, Woah," Danny stopped them. "You would barge into the locker room to see him with his shirt off."

"I mean, it wasn't that often, it was only like what," she looked over at Jamie, "once a week," she justified.

"Oh yeah, once a week," Danny smirked at her.

Erin looked over at them, "when was your first kiss?"

Eddie laughed, "oh my god, this is so embarrassing." She thought back to their double date. "He was walking me home after our double date. He stopped at my place and I kissed him."

"Hey, I kissed you back," Jamie looked over at her.

"Yeah, and then back away and said, 'it's late' and left me," she argued him.

"You left her?" Nicky laughed at him.

Jamie moved his sight to Nicky, "I didn't leave her."

Frank looked at the two of them, "were you two still partners?"

Eddie started, "yea, I was still on probation."

Henry smirked, "you two were certainly a handful."

Eddie smiled. "I wouldn't have it any other way," she said and squeezed Jamie's hand. She released her hand from his hold and felt a sharp pain sprung through her back. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

"There were lots of things that happened when we were partners, I got yelled at by Sarge for having feelings for you…" Jamie said when he was interrupted by Erin.

"I remember that day like it was yesterday," she smirked and held onto her stomach trying to distract herself with the memories. "You came to me for advice."

"Yeah, and then I got grilled about it at Sunday dinner." He laughed. "I slept at your place after your first kill, you almost got kidnapped."

"Did," she corrected. "He ducked taped me and threw me in the back seat." She squirmed around in her seat a little as the pain wasn't dying down.

"Undercover assignment, wedding…" he remembered.

"A wedding?" Danny asked curiously.

"Yep, we went as partners and I beat up a guy who was hitting on her. That's how I ended up in the county lockup," he smirked.

"Typical," Erin smirked.

"All because you didn't want to dance with me," Eddie said with her face scrunched up.

Jamie looked over at her, "I invited you to dance with me to make things right after. I think we danced for a good two hours," he remembered. Eddie smiled remembering that night. "Anything else I'm missing?"

"I barged into your apartment and kissed you again," she said nonchalantly. She moved her hand that was holding her stomach to the silverware on the plate and tried to continue on with the conversation. She kept a stern grip and moved her food around to not cause any attention to her.

Danny's eyes went wide, "again! Geez, Eddie."

"What, someone had to tell him. I told him I loved him," she smirked at the memory. She felt the same sharp pain again shoot through her back. 'Braxton hicks,' is what she thought to herself. She moved her hand over to Jamie's and sent him a squeeze notifying him that something was wrong.

"And…" Danny wondered.

"I think it's better if were 'just partners'," Eddie mocked him while he laughed. She closed her eyes in pain in which Jamie didn't miss.

Erin looked at Jamie, "oh my god, you are ridiculous."

He watched Eddie stand up in pain while she clenched her eyes closed, "I'm going to grabs the rest of the rolls from the kitchen," she said quickly and made her way out of her seat.

Henry didn't miss any of her expressions she was making at the table, he looked at Jamie and moved his eyes to the kitchen door telling him for sure something was wrong.

Jamie walked in and saw Eddie holding her head in pain. "Babe?"

"Jamie…" she groaned softly in pain and leaned over in his arms while he rubbed her back. She took a few deep breaths when Danny walked in to check on them.

"Everything okay?" He asked quickly seeing her face in pain.

"Can you tell dad that we're leaving." He said quickly. "I'm going to take her home and call the doctor," he said calmly not to worry her.

Danny nodded and let them be. He made his way back into the dining room.

Eddie was admitted in as soon as they got there. They set her up on machines and they had wires hooked all over her. She was laying sideways with the oxygen mask while Jamie stroked her head. She could barely breathe during the contractions.

Jamie looked over when he heard the knock. Frank and Danny were standing in the doorway. Jamie looked over at them letting them know to come in.

Danny's eyes immediately went to her face. She was pale as a ghost and shaking while she held onto Jamie's hand. The color was drained from her face.

"How she doing?" he asked Jamie while Eddie kept her eyes closed.

Without moving Jamie glanced back over at her and then back to his brother, "she's getting there. She's been at it all night. It started getting strong about an hour ago. The Doc has been coming in checking on her every so often."

As the contraction started to lay off a little, she opened her eyes and saw Danny and Frank in the room. She removed her hand from Jamie's and took off the oxygen mask from her face.

Danny looked over at her in concern, "hey, you doing okay," he smiled at her and crouched down next to where Jamie was sitting.

She sent him a pained smile and stayed still with her head on the pillow too exhausted to talk. "I know," he whispered and sent her a kiss on her forehead. "We'll be in the waiting room," he warned and they walked out to give them some privacy.

The nurse came in along with her doctor, "all right Eddie, mind if I take a look?" She asked her. Eddie moved and laid flat on her back with her legs bent while she checked her out. "Okay, I'll be back in about 5 minutes and we can get started."

Eddie looked over at Jamie in pain, "hey, hey, its okay to cry," he said while he saw her trying to hold in tears.

"It hurts," she said and she buried her face in Jamie's chest while she cried.

"I know, I know. It's almost done," he reminded her and rubbed her back.

The nurse came back in the room with her scrubs and two other doctors, "you ready to have a baby?" she said lightening the mood.

Eddie smiled at her slightly and sat back looking at Jamie for support. "All right Officer Janko let's do this."

"Okay, another big push," she instructed Eddie as she leaned forward on Jamie. "Hold it sweetie, another 5 seconds."

Eddie fell back against the bed out of breath, "okay, you're almost done, I need a few more big pushes." She looked at Jamie and started crying. Jamie hated how she was. She was crying out in pain unable for him to help her.

The Doctor looked up at her, "I know it hurts, but your baby girl is right here, I need a few more pushes sweetie."

She took a deep breath and pushed for another 10 seconds before she fell back against the bed. The nurse came around the bed over to her and set a towel on her chest. "Okay sweetie, one more push," she instructed. Eddie leaned her head against Jamie while he held her back helping her stay upright while she pushed.

"5, 4, 3-" she counted for her. "Open your eyes," the doctor said to Eddie as she placed her little girl placed into her arms. "Here you go momma," she said.

Eddie immediately started crying forgetting about the pain while the nurses started to clean her off. Jamie leaned over and kissed her head, "I'm so proud of you."

Eddie cried and let out a shaky breath while she grabbed the baby and put her against her chest. She placed kisses over her head gently. "Hi baby," she cried lightly while she stroked her blonde hair.

The nurses came over and checked out the baby while doctor continued to work on Eddie. The light blonde features on the baby's face resembled Eddie and the facial features looked just like Jamie. The baby girl stopped crying as soon as Eddie started talking recognizing her mom's voice and heartbeat from her chest.

"She knows you," the doctor smiled at her while she finished up. Eddie tears still ran down her face as she clutched the baby in her arms refusing to let her go.

Eddie was half asleep on Jamie's chest with her arm still wrapped around her baby while he held her. The family started to pile in once she was all cleaned up and wrapped up in the hospital blankets. The room filled with soft awes while Eddie fixed the blanket that was wrapped around her daughter.

Nicky and the boys huddled around Jamie who was holding the sleeping figure in his arms while Eddie laid on his arm sitting up.

"Look at her…" Erin said in awe while a few tears left her face.

"How are you feeling Eddie?" Frank asked while he saw her color back to normal.

She looked over at the baby and smiled, "much better now that she's her." Jamie kissed her head as she relaxed against him.

"Meet Scarlet Gracie Reagan," she announced for the first time and kissed her daughter. "6 pounds 7 ounces."

Danny moved over to look at the sleeping figure in Jamie's arms. "She's precious," he smiled and bb bb his thumb over her head.

Eddie sat up in the bed and Jamie placed Scarlet in her arms. Her eyes opened to her mom with a yawn. "Aw," she laughed. "Hi, sweetie." Eddie smiled down at her and laid her on her chest while she fell back to sleep.

"Just like her momma," Jamie smirked at her and kissed Eddie's head.

"She beautiful, you guys did good," Frank smiled at his youngest and his daughter-in-law.

Eddie smiled over at the gleaming face in her arms, "she's perfect." She looked up at Jamie with misty eyes and a wide smile.

"Looks like the dinner table might need an extra spot," Jamie pointed out and looked at his two girls next to him.

Awe, looks like they have a little girl! Stayed tuned for one last chapter! Read and Review!