A knock at the door startled Renzulli. As he looked up a worried smile drew across his face. "Jamie?"
"Hey Sarge, do you mind if I take a look through her locker?" He asked in exhaust.
"Yeah, that's no problem but, who's with Eddie right now?"
"Danny, I told him I wouldn't be long so." He said and rubbed his face.
"All right, you can just go right in, all of them just left for tour."
"Thanks again, Sarge."
"Anything for you Reagan," Renzulli said as he watched Jamie walked out the door. "And Jamie, tell her, for me"
The door to the women's locker room creaked as it was opened. Jamie knew exactly where her locker was. He quickly did the locker combination and when he opened it up, it looked perfectly clean.
'stuff piling up? there's nothing' Jamie thought to himself.
On the side of the locker door, there were pictures of her from the academy and higher up, Jamie's heart sunk. Higher up were pictures of her and Jamie. At least 5 or 6. The one that stuck to Jamie the most, was her celebration party after she got off probation. Someone took a picture of them right when he walked in. Eddie had the biggest smile written across her face. That broke his heart. She was lying in a bed in ICU, with a machine helping her breathe and he was the one that had to make the decision to keep her alive in body or to take her away from suffering and that killed him.
Jamie continued to look, he found her birthday card her wrote her and some jewelry. Jamie took a final look around the locker and swiped his hand across the top of the board. It was enveloped in with Jamie written across the top with Eddie's handwriting.
Jamie,Today is a Big for me. Today is your Birthday. The day we met, you become an undetectable part of my life and make my life fully perfect. You make me feel that I don't need anything to make life happy. Yeah, I know that sometimes I make you go insane and drive you nuts. (well I can't drive you nuts, because you won't let me drive) First of all, I want to make sure everyone knows that I can't stand you 99.999% of the time. I've never met someone who annoys me as much as you do, but at the same time, I've never been more thankful that you're that person. Thank you for the constant reminders that I can do whatever I set my mind to, whether that's acing an exam or finishing that half-pound burger you made me order. Thank you for being there when I have to rant about boys because you're always there to listen. I actually don't how we became so close. Maybe it's because I find your horrible sense of humor hilarious, or maybe because we're so different and the cliché "opposites attract" is so true. I don't know how it happened, but I'm so glad that it did.Happy Birthday, Partner!Love you always, Eddie
Jamie's heart flew down to his stomach. The happy birthday card that was for him next week. Eddie always found a way to keep him entertained and planned for a bunch of people to join them at the bar after tour. Every day, she would ask Jamie what he would want for his birthday, but now all he wanted was her back.
Jamie stood up and gently placed everything back in her locker. He slowly closed the locker and a surge of anger hit him. He punched her locker and sunk himself down to the floor. I can't do this without her
The ride back to the hospital felt like the longest trip of a lifetime. by the time he got into the building, the nurses already knew the drill. They knew his name and he already knew which room to go to. When he walked in, he saw Danny watching over Eddie. He looked as concerned as Jamie.
"Hey, I'm back," he said as he took a seat next to him. "Any changes?"
Danny looked back over at him, "No. Her fingers move a little, but nothing drastic." Jamie didn't take his eyes off of her, "why didn't you tell her kid?" Danny asked in confusion.
Jamie sighed in regret, "because I wanted to be able to protect her, but look where that got me." he said pointing at her.
Her breathing rate was still steady, the heartbeat monitor made the same continuous beep which drove Jamie insane. He couldn't take it seeing her lying still in a bed for so long. She was one of those outgoing, active people that were always doing something, she hated to sit home. It could be 1 am and she would be calling him to come over because she was bored from sitting home alone.
"I understand you wanting to protect her, but you could have at least told her." he turned toward Jamie, "She is lying in that bed, thinking nobody is waiting for her, but you have always been by her side. Talk to her Jamie, please." Danny said as he stood up and walked out the door.
Jamie waited for Danny to leave the room before he started. "I hope you don't think you are on your own." he sighed before he started again, "When I saw you fall down those steps and watching you cry in my arms, my heart was torn."
Jamie looked down at the life support papers and back up at Eddie. "Please don't make me sign these," he said as his voice cracked. He stood up and planted a kiss on her head and took her hand in his. She was still cold, but Jamie felt something tighten around his hand and that was her finger.
