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Ch. 9

Jamie blinked, just trying to process. Eddie was pregnant. And the kid was his. No doubt about it. They had slept together the night before they were briefed.

Almost three months ago.

"Oh my God, are you sure?" He asked the nurse, who nodded.

He didn't know what to think.

She doesn't even know yet.

He allowed himself a moment to compose himself, and he allowed himself to smile. He was going to be a dad, and his best friend was going to be his child's mom. "Man, that kid's going to have spunk," he thought.

The nurse left the sonogram picture on the nightstand. "Congratulations, Officer Reagan."

Jamie absently nodded at her while staring at the tiny figure in the image. He couldn't stop looking.

A knock sounded at the door. "Hey Harvard." Jamie jumped and put the picture face down on the nightstand. Danny walked in with a half-smile.

"You're gonna give me and dad and Erin heart attacks. Getting shot all the time. How are you doing?"

Jamie blinked his eyes and nonchalantly replied "Fine".

Danny cocked his head to the side, "You sure, kid? Hey, what's that?" Jamie saw that he was walking toward the nightstand.

"Danny, don't!" Danny jerked back and raised an eyebrow.

"Something's up. I can read you like a book, don't you remember?"

Jamie covered his face with his hands, as Danny flipped over the picture.

"Oh, it's just a sonogram. Linda had one of these laying around when she was preg-"

Danny put the picture down. "Get out, Harvard! Is Eddie going to have a mush ball? It's yours, right?"

Jamie laughed a little into his hands. "Danny, I just found out. She doesn't even know yet. And I'm pretty damn sure I'm the father. I'm the only one she's been sleeping with the past few months. Keep it quiet, ok?"

Danny looked at the picture and at Jamie. "Jamie, you'll be the best dad I know. It's probably a good idea for the news about a grandchild to come from you. And besides that, you know what he's going to tell you to do right?"

Jamie laughed and thought for a moment.

"Yeah. I just wonder how Eddie will react."

Meanwhile, in another recovery room, Linda was administering an IV in Eddie's arm. Eddie woke up, slowly rubbing her eyes. "Damn, it feels like a hangover, but worse. What the hell happened? Where's Reagan?"

Linda smiled and sat on the bed. "How are you feeling?" Eddie sank back into the pillows. "Like I'm going to throw up. I feel like hell. All I remember is Jamie yelling 'Please don't hurt my family,' and then I dropped to the ground. How is he?"

"You're family, he didn't want to lose you. He's fine. You took the brunt of the action and you won't be back on the streets anytime soon," said Linda.

Eddie scrunched her eyes in confusion. "What do you mean? I took a hit, I'll take a few weeks off, I'm good to go, right?"

Before Linda could open her mouth, Jamie appeared at the door.

"No."

Danny had brought Jamie a change of clothes, a clean uniform shirt and pants. Jamie stood in the doorway, leaning against it partially for strength.

"Do you want to tell her?" Linda asked in a quiet voice.

"Tell me what, Reagan? What's going on?"

Linda left the room.

Jamie sat down on the bed as Linda shut the door. Eddie's eyes welled up with tears. "What is it? Are you ok? Am I ok?" Eddie looked like a scared little girl curled up in the blankets.

"Look, we're both fine. Both healthy and going to be fine. Both back on the force eventually, too. But you, not for at least another seven months."

Eddie looked confused. "Ok, Jamie you sound like a fortune cookie. That's an insane amount of time to be out of work. Heck, give me two more months than that, and I could have a kid by then." Jamie lookd nervous.

"Eddie. You won't need those extra two months. You're already pregnant. I did this to you...and I'm so sorry. I never meant for this to happen, and I'm sure you're going to be mad at me or even hate me but -" Jamie rambled, until Eddie cut him off.

"This is a joke, right Reagan? I can't be! I think I'd know about that."

Jamie shook his head.

Just then, Linda came in the room with a fresh IV bag and the ultrasound machine.

"Thought you might want to see something." Linda grinned. Jamie reached for Eddie's hand and let her squeeze it.

"Reagan, I'm scared. I'm starting to believe this isn't a joke."

Linda spread the gel over Eddie's exposed belly, which was raised just ever so slightly. Eddie squeezed Jamie's hand tightly.

"Jamie, I'm really scared."

And Eddie was truly scared that if she really was pregnant, she'd be left alone to raise a fatherless child. "Jamie wouldn't do that," she thought, "but I need to be sure. I can't do this on my own".

Linda moved the wand around, and sure enough, a small tiny creature appeared on the screen.

"It looks like a bean - are you sure that's a baby? Reagan, you are so dead," said Eddie. But Eddie's emotions betrayed her, as a few tears made their way down her face.

Jamie looked at her and wiped the tears away with his index finger.

"I guess we'll be partners for more than a few years then, Janko." He said softly.

After Jamie spoke, Eddie smiled.

"She better not make me pee all the time like Junior did."

Jamie offered a smile and hugged Eddie. "I'm not leaving."

Linda asked for some privacy to discuss things over with Eddie. Jamie left the room, and went into the waiting room where his family sat. Danny gave him a knowing glance. Frank came over to him and hugged him.

"I'm glad you're okay, son. How is Officer Janko holding up?" He asked. Jamie sighed and nodded. "She'll be fine."

Danny motioned with his hand to get on with it.

"Dad, she's pregnant." Frank chuckled and replied "Of course she is. That was part of the assignment."

Jamie shook his head. Danny came up behind Frank. "Well, Harvard took this assignment too literally."

Frank scrunched his bushy eyebrows. "Dad, what Danny means is that she's really pregnant. The baby is mine."

And that's when it really hit him.

Jamie slumped down and erupted into tears, half joyful and half incredulous. "I'm going to be a dad," he said softly

Frank sat next to him, sighed, and offered a smile.

"Not a finer city to bring another Reagan into."

Jamie looked into his dad's eyes. "Thanks, dad."

Danny slapped his shoulder. "C'mon kid. You'll finally have your own little guy or girl running around. It'll be great! And as his or her godfather, I plan to - "

"Oh? Godfather? Really, Danny?" Jamie smirked at his brother.

Erin walked over.

"Guys, you aren't exactly the quietest. I could hear every word. Congratulations, baby brother. I knew I was right. You do have feelings for her."

Meanwhile, Eddie sat up in the bed, wide-eyed. What would happen to sweet little Victoria? And Genevive and Nick?

Their father was going away to prison, their mother serving at least five years for being an accessory to murder. Patricia mentioned that she and Vino had a guardianship arrangement for Genny and Nick, but one hadn't been finalized for Victoria. She thought about her own feelings when her father was convicted and sentenced.

I can't allow another girl to grow up feeling like her heroes betrayed her.