Chapter 4
Jamie drove back to his apartment, showered, and made breakfast. His dad's words stuck with him and he didn't know what to do about it. He was brought out of his thoughts when he heard his phone go off. It was Eddie, she had texted him asking if everything was okay. How could he tell her that he had told his dad about the time they kissed? He decided to not tell her about it and told her everything was fine and to not worry about it. Jamie texted Erin asking if she wanted to go for lunch later. After he made plans with Erin he tried to take his mind off of Eddie and decided to clean his apartment.
Erin had gotten a text from Jamie and made plans to meet for lunch. She was listening Nicky talk about her new friend that she had met at orientation for Columbia. They were out shopping and Erin couldn't help but feel suspicious about Jamie asking to go for lunch. Usually Jamie spent his days off mostly sleeping or running errands. Erin was dropping Nicky off at Danny and Linda's because she promised to help Jack with his science project. After a successful shopping trip they headed over to Danny and Linda's. The boys and Nicky were in the living room working on Jack's project and Danny, Linda, and Erin were talking in the kitchen. It was almost noon and Erin got up to leave. "Alright guys I gotta go."
"Where ya goin sis? You just got here!" Danny said
"Jamie asked if I wanted to go for lunch. Something must be up with him he usually spends his days off sleeping." Erin said not knowing about the fight Danny and Jamie had gotten into the night before.
Danny couldn't help but raise his voice "I'll tell you what's up with Jamie he's runnin around probably sleeping with his partner and me and Dad got into a fight with him about it last night and he stormed out of Dad's."
Erin knew about Jamie having feelings for Eddie and she also knew that what they had was special and she knew Danny wasn't really keen on sharing his emotions. "Well Danny I don't know what happened last night but I feel like maybe you should stay out of this and let Jamie decide how to deal with this."
Danny could sense that Erin knew more about what was going on with Jamie and he decided to accept that. "Alright well I'll try my best to stay out of it sis have fun and see you later."
Erin met Jamie in the city and they got lunch. Jamie hadn't really said much at lunch and now they were walking back to Erin's car when Erin decided to ask Jamie what was bothering him. Jamie should've known Erin would ask, she always knew when he was upset. "I fought last night with Dad and Danny about Eddie then I left and ended up at Eddie's. We drank a couple of beers and I ended up staying the night. Well Dad came looking for me this morning and he went to Eddie's. It got really awkward and then we talked outside and he told me I should follow my heart and tell Eddie I love her."
Erin was shocked to hear that Jamie loved Eddie she thought it was just a crush. "Well what are you going to do about it?"
"I don't know yet. I don't know if I'm ready to give her up as a partner yet. But Erin I really love her."
Erin was so happy to hear this, "Jamie that's great! When are you going to tell her?"
Jamie finally decided in that moment what he was going to do "I think I'm going to talk to her tonight after dinner with a couple of my friends from college."
Jamie said goodbye to Erin and couldn't wait to get home and get ready for tonight. After talking with his Dad and Erin he knew he was making the right decision. He was going to tell Eddie he loved her.