Chapter 5: Baby Its You
In January they attended Sheldon Hawkes wedding to Camille Jordan. Though they were both with their respective partners, they spent a lot of time gazing at each other, both wishing they'd left their partners. Both wishing they'd made it clear what they wanted to leave their respective partners, that didn't want to be with them but they wanted to be with one another. Because after all it could really work out.
Flack was sat next to Danny and Lindsay, who had their two children with them. "I never thought Hawkes would get married" said Danny
"I didn't think Mac would marry again" replied Flack "But we were at his wedding last year. I reckon Adam and Michelle will be next"
"You sound how should I put this in a way that won't sound ridiculous to you" said Danny "Jealous"
"Yeah well most people I know are married" he sighed "You're married, Mac's married, Hawkes is getting married, Hayleigh's married"
"Jamie's not married" replied Danny.
"I know" he looked over to her and sighed again.
"Though she could be soon, the way that Simon acts" said Danny "He's a right one, god I don't like him much."
"Well you know me either" replied Flack
"Yeah but that was because you dated her for seven months and is having your kid and she's with him" Danny raised his eyebrow "Obviously you're not going to like him… and probably because you still like her"
"I'm allowed to" shrugged Flack "I mean I do still have significant feelings for her. But well I'm with Kayleigh."
"Well maybe you should tell Jamie you still have feelings for her and break up with Kayleigh" said Danny
"I tried but she got all funny, I didn't know what to do" Flack admitted as Kayleigh slid in the pew beside him.
"Didn't know what to do about what?" she asked
"Nothing" he shook his head. She gave him an unbelieving look before turning her head away.
Jamie was sat on the other side of the church next to Simon and Jo, who had her daughter, Ellie with her. She was talking to Jo and Ellie, having a bit of a laugh with them. Simon was trying to join in but not that successfully. "Simons cute" Ellie giggled "Can I go out with him?"
"Ellie!" Jo exclaimed
"I think you're a bit young for me!" Simon laughed
"I'm sixteen!" said Ellie folding her arms. Jamie had to laugh, she was welcome to him really, and well she didn't want him.
Soon the music started and Camille came into the church with her dad. Soon the priest married Sheldon and Camille. Once the service was over they went outside and after some pictures Camille did the traditional throwing of the bouquet, which much to her surprise, Jamie caught. Simon wrapped her arm around her waist and kissed before saying "Hey maybe one day we will"
"Maybe" said Jamie before looking over shoulder at Flack and smiled at him. He smiled back at her.
After they left the church they headed to the reception at a small hotel a few blocks away. It was a really nice venue. Jamie and Flack were on the same table and found no problem talking to each other. And Simon and Kayleigh started talking to each other too. After they'd eaten everyone got up to dance. "Come on Don!" said Kayleigh grabbing his arm and yanking him to his feet "Dance with me!"
"I don't dance!" he replied
"Oh yes you do!" she smirked "I've seen you!"
"I was pissed out of my mind!" he rolled his eyes "I could've done anything in that state!"
"And" she shrugged "Now come on!" she dragged him to the dance floor and tried to get him to dance.
Jamie sat and watched, trying desperately not to laugh at Flack and Kayleigh's attempt to get him to dance with her. In the end she just started laughing. Only she stopped when Simon spoke to her. "Come on we should dance"
"No thanks, I'm knackered" she replied "And I really don't dance"
"It will be fun!" he smiled "Come on I'll go easy on you"
"No thanks" she laughed
"I'm going to the bar to get a drink, do you want anything?" he asked standing up
"Orange and lemonade" she replied. He nodded and disappeared off into the crowd. She waited for him to come back but he seemed to be taking an age. In the end she pulled herself to her feet and made her way to the toilet. In there she got chatting to Lindsay. "This is hell. I hate having to do this so many times a day"
"I know" Lindsay laughed "You get used to it eventually. Then you get the best gift ever. So are you having a good time?"
"Yeah" Jamie nodded "You?"
"Yeah, Danny keeps pestering me to dance with him" replied Lindsay "I've got Harrison and Lucy keeps disappearing every five minutes. I told him if he can find someone who will watch them for five minutes then I will but everyone is dancing!"
"I'm sure mac would watch them" said Jamie
"Yeah" said Lindsay "I can't believe you caught the bouquet. Your face was a picture!"
"I know, I didn't even try!" Jamie laughed "Simons like maybe one day we'll get married and I'm thinking if I actually want to"
"Simon seems like a nice guy" smiled Lindsay
"Yeah he's alright but he's not really my kind of guy" sighed Jamie "I like men who have a real sense of humour, know where to draw the line, most of the time anyway and well I don't know what else really"
"In other words you still want Flack" said Lindsay and Jamie nodded. She'd heard what he said earlier, so she knew he felt the same but she couldn't tell Jamie this, it had to come from him.
"Well… yes" said Jamie. Lindsay smiled at her. Then door opened and Lucy came skipping in.
"Daddy says when are you coming out to dance with him?" she grinned
"Tell daddy to be patient and that I'm now coming!" Lindsay rolled her eyes.
"Ok" Lucy giggled before skipping off again. "Tell him how you feel" Lindsay smiled again before following Lucy out of the toilets. Jamie washed her hands and too exited the toilets. Not looking where she was going she walked straight into someone. "I'm sorry" she looked up and saw Flack smiling at her "Oh it's you"
"Oh thanks" he replied
"So you finally escaped dancing then?" she asked
"Yeah, my phone started ringing." He explained "I had to take it, it was from work. Saved by work"
"You know I had to laugh at you… and her trying to get you to dance. It was pretty hilarious" she smirked
"Yeah, she's pretty persistent I'll give her that" said Flack. They looked into each other's eyes and smiled. "Shall we find somewhere quieter?"
"Yeah, that'd be nice" she smiled. So they headed off down the corridor and found a nice quiet corridor. They sat down on the floor. "You look beautiful" he said
"Really?" she asked
"Really" he smiled "Stunning."
"Thanks" she blushed "I tell you what I'm so tired. I don't know why, all I want to do is curl up in bed and have a really long sleep"
"Maybe it's because you're pregnant?" he suggested
"Oh yeah, I think it's because I barely get any sleep" she smiled "I have to pee hundred times a night and when I do get settled the baby starts kicking me as hard as it can… it's not funny!"
"It is a bit!" he smirked
"I wish we could swap places" she narrowed her eyes at him "Oh… the baby's kicking" he moved his hand towards her and placed his hand on her stomach, he felt the baby kicking inside her and smiled at her. She in turn smiled at him and rested her head on his shoulder. They stayed in that positon for a moment. Then Jamie said "I'm so nervous, but excited. It's all really confusing… when I have the baby I want you to be there with me, holding my hand."
"I will be" he said softly.
"I hate this" she admitted "I feel so stupid for staying with him. I wish we were here together not with Simon and Kayleigh"
"Me too" he sighed "Do you think life ever works out the way you want it to because from personal experience it doesn't seem to"
"Maybe" she replied "I think if it's the right time. If it's meant to be… do you ever think there'll be a right time?"
They looked into one another's eyes and smiled, moving their heads closer together. He placed his lips on hers and started kissing her. Instead of rejecting him she kissed him back, very passionately too. After a while they pulled apart and smiled at each other. Thinking they should get back they both stood up again, but they started kissing each other again. She wrapped her arms tightly around his neck while his arms slid around her waist and held her in a tight embrace.
She pulled away from his mouth and they looked around. Then he took her hand and they headed towards the staircase. Not saying a word they hurried up them and up to the next floor. They moved down the corridor looking for an empty, but open room. Then they spotted a room which a maid had just come out of. Once she'd gone he went over, seeing the maid had accidentally left the door ajar and gestured for her to come over. She smiled and went over and they went into the room. He pushed the door closed and they threw their arms around each other and started kissing each other again.
They moved across the room towards the bed, which they fell onto still wrapped in each other's embrace and kissing each other.
Her hands went to his shirt which she started undoing until she completely unbuttoned it and chucked it on the floor. He pulled her dress up and pulled it over her head before dropping it on the floor. Her hands moved to his trousers and she pushed the zip down and pushed his trousers down to his ankles. He moved his hands around her back and undid her bra before dropping it on the floor. Then he pushed her knickers down and they fell down around her ankles. Then she pushed his boxers down until they were on the floor. She moved back into his lips and they started kissing again. Wrapped up in each other's arms they fell back onto the bed and got more passionate with each other.
Before long he was inside her and they were making sweet, passionate love in a hotel room they'd found empty and open by chance. Whilst their respective partners were just down stairs, with all of their other friends. It was quite funny really, they come with other people and here they were having passionate sex with each other.
Afterwards they'd had steamy sex they laid on the bed underneath the blanket smiling at the ceiling. "Yes" he said softly and quite quietly "I think there is a right time. We just have to find it"
"What happens when that time comes?" she asked looking at him
"Whatever we want" he smiled "We grab the opportunity and take it the way we want. We do what we want to do, no one else"
"I like the sound of that" she said softly. They smiled at each other before moving in close and kissing each other again. The kiss quickly grew passionate and soon they were vigorously massaging each other's tongues. They started rolling around on the bed again wrapped in a tight embrace, both wanting never to let the other go. It wasn't long before she granted him access to her body again they were making love again.
After they'd had sex the second time they climbed out of the bed and got themselves dressed. "We should go in at different times" she said "So no one suspects. Just to be cautious"
"Definitely" he agreed buttoning his shirt up "You go first. You're already dressed"
"Ok" she smiled, she couldn't stop smiling "I better put a bit more of this on" she put a dab of lipstick on before making her away across the room towards the door. She pulled it open before turning around and looking at him with her big brown eyes. "By the way I don't regret this". He smiled at her before she left the room, closing the door behind her. She went back downstairs, making sure she looked the way she had when she'd left the hall. She went back into the hall. She went over to their table and saw Simon was back there. "Where've you been?" he asked as she sat down.
"I went to the toilet then I went out for some fresh air" she replied "It's really hot in here"
"Oh" right, he sounded convinced enough. Yeah right, she'd just had sex with her ex-boyfriend.
Flack came down a few minutes later and made his way over to Kayleigh who was ordering herself a drink at the bar. "Where the hell have you been for the last half-an-hour?!"
"I went to take a call!" he replied "I told you that. It was work, it was really important. Then I had to go to the toilet"
"Ok" she nodded, he wasn't sure if she was completely convinced because although he had taken a call that only taken a few minutes, he'd spent the rest of that time talking to, kissing and having sex with, Jamie.
A few days after the wedding Flack attempted to leave Kayleigh again. But she had tricks up her sleeve. "If you leave me I'll tell all your friends that you considered suicide after your ex-girlfriend's death and very nearly took an overdose of ibuprofen and that Hayleigh talked you out of it"
"You wouldn't!" he replied, this was something he never wanted anyone to know, ever. He'd had a breakdown after Jessica Angell's death, as he had been very much in love with her and her death had broken his heart. He'd drunk to the excess and reached a very low, dark point. He couldn't take that pain, he'd had the pills in his hand. It had taken Hayleigh two hours to talk him out of doing it. He was glad she had, if she hadn't he wouldn't have Noah, he wouldn't have met and fallen in love with, Jamie and they wouldn't be excepting a baby together.
"Wouldn't I?" she raised her eyebrows
"You would" he was horrified, in the ten years he'd known her, he'd never known her to be manipulative, deceitful and devious. And he'd never known her to blackmail people. And yet here she was, doing all of those things, blackmailing and manipulating him into staying with her.
"So think about that" she said before going into her bathroom.
Jamie meanwhile was meeting Simon at his precinct as he was taking her out to dinner to treat her. She had been waiting outside his precinct for a while when he came out. "I'm in the middle of an interrogation" he explained of his delay "You can wait at my desk while I finish up with that idiot"
"Ok" she nodded as he led her inside. He took her to his desk and she sat down. Once he was gone the female detective at the next desk introduced herself. "Hi you must be Simon's girlfriend, he doesn't stop banging on about you!"
"Yeah I'm Jamie" she nodded "You?"
"Oh yeah I'm Millie" she smiled "Detective Millie Sandez, nice to meet you"
"And you" said Jamie
"How far gone are you?" asked Millie
"Nineteen weeks" replied Jamie, she stroked her bump and smiled
"Is Simon happy?" asked Millie
"I guess" said Jamie "I don't really know… it's not actually his"
"Oh I'm sorry I didn't realise!" Millie apologised
"Its fine" replied Jamie "I got with Simon a few weeks after I split with my baby's father. I didn't know I was pregnant then"
"Oh right" said Millie "Look I don't know you at all, we've just met but all I want to say to you is, be careful with Simon"
"Huh?" Jamie frowned
"Look" Millie saw Simon heading in their direction "Here's my card, give me a ring, we can meet up for a coffee and I'll tell you everything you need to hear and know about Simon ok"
"Ok" nodded Jamie. She stood up as Simon came her way. He grabbed his things and took her to dinner. She barely spoke, she was desperate to know what Millie wanted to say to her. She'd seemed very concerned when she'd confirmed she was seeing Simon, what was so bad that had caused that concern? "Are you ok?" he asked, interrupting her thoughts.
"Nothing" she shook her head "Just thinking about this case I'm working on at the moment, it's a real nasty one. The guys a piece of work"
"You get that in our line of work" he replied "There are some real psychos out there. We have the misfortune of working with them on a daily basis"
"Yeah, working narcotics was worse, working with users and dealers, who were high and violent. And undercover with them was really tough" said Jamie, keeping up with her story.
"We're New York's Finest" he smiled. She faked a smile too. She was really puzzling over what Millie wanted to tell her.
After they left the restaurant they went to a late night cinema showing of 'The Heat'. Then he drove her home and said goodbye for the night.
The following day at work she fished Millie's card from her bag and called her. "Hello Millie its Jamie Lovato, we met yesterday, you said we should talk… tonight after work works for me… KK's All American… yeah sounds good see you there… thanks bye" then the call ended.
The rest of the day drifted by and she started to get worried about what Millie was going to tell her. She started to get the feeling it was bad, really bad. Eventually she clocked off and made her way to the diner to meet Millie.
