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Jamie pulled Eddie into the cab with a force that she had never felt before. He wasn't angry at her, but he was determined to show her something. What that was she would just have to wait and see "The Met please" Jamie said to the driver in a low voice.
"A museum, really Reagan" she joked. His expression softened for a minute as he looked into her eyes.
"Yes Janko, a museum. You should try them sometime"
"I've been to the Met before Jamie," she said rolling her eyes. "My dad and I used to go every winter when I was younger… well until he got convicted. I haven't been back since". Eddie focused her gaze out the window.
"Eddie I had no idea," Jamie exclaimed, using his thumb and pointer finger to turn her chin around so she was facing him once again. "We don't have to go if you don't want to". A silence filled the car as the driver pulled up to the museum entrance. Jamie paid the bill as Eddie stepped out of the car, and quickly met her on the steps. Eddie took Jamie's hand into hers and stared up into his eyes.
"There's no one I rathered come with," she said smiling. "Plus, I really want to see what kind of tricks you have up that Reagan sleeve of yours, especially if it involves food. Jamie chuckled assuring Eddie that her assumption was correct and latched onto her hand tighter as they walked up the steps to the museum.
"So what do you want to see first?"
"My dad and I always went to the Greek and Roman side first and then the Egyptian one. Can we do that"
"Whatever you want ba- Eddie. Whatever you want Eddie" She smiled at the thought that Jamie had just planted in her mind. Jamie smiled back, reassuring Eddie of the connection they had. The two walked around the museum for a couple hours until Jamie heard the slight rumble of Eddie's stomach from in front of him. He gave out a slight chuckle, reached for Eddie's wrist and spun her to face him. "I see somebody's hungry. But hey, what's new?" Eddie looked around the exhibit and noticed that she and Jamie were the only people in the room. She took two steps closer to him, so their noses were centimeters apart. She bit down on her bottom lip and nodded.
"I think I'm ready for that surprise now" she whispered. Jamie leaned into her ear.
"I think so too." He once again laced their fingers together and led her up the stairs until they reached an elevator. As they stepped out of the elevator and walked up the five stairs in front of them Eddie gasped. Jamie had taken her to the Rooftop Garden that looks down upon all of Manhattan, and of course, served food.
"Oh, Jamie it's beautiful up here!" Eddie ran to the railing and looked at all of the tiny cabs whizzing by below. Jamie came up behind her and placed his hand around her waist, pulling her close to him. She rested her head on his shoulders and smiled. The two stayed in this position for the next five minutes, happily and peacefully watching the cars go by. Their newfound serenity was once again interrupted by the grumbling of Eddie's stomach. Jamie laughed
"I guess we should go eat now, huh?" Eddie stood on her toes and placed a light kiss on his cheek.
"Thank you for taking me here Jamie. It really means a lot to me, to whatever we are-"
"Shh Shh, not now Eddie. Let's not worry about our future right now. Let's just live in the moment."
"Actually, let's just eat," she said smiling. Jamie threw his head back and laughed. He intertwined their hands again and led her over the bar to order.
"I'll take two cokes and two cheeseburgers, one with no pickles and the other with no tomatoes."
"Extra fries too please" Eddie chimed in from behind
"As the little lady wishes," the waiter said from behind the counter. "Your order number is 27. I'll call you when they are ready.
"Thank you" replied Jamie as he took Eddie's hand and led her to a table. As they sat down Jamie's phone buzzed. He looked at it and smiled.
"Who is it," Eddie asked.
"Sarg. He said we don't have to take the night shift tonight. He got someone to cover our shifts. He figured we could use a full day off after yesterday."
"Yea, you could say that" Eddie mumbled. An awkward silence suddenly filled the table. Jamie and Eddie both struggled to find the next words to say.
"Um, I'm going to go check on the food," Jamie said getting up from the table, "I'll be back in a few." Eddie just nodded in response. Jamie went over the bar and signaled back to Eddie that the food would be out in five minutes. He decided to stay and talk to the waiter instead of going back to the table and ignoring the conversation that he and Eddie needed to have. Eddie noticed what he was doing, and decided that she would have some fun of her own. She looked around the table and noticed he left his phone there. She picked it up and realized it was locked.
What would he put for his password? He's pretty sentimental so maybe a birthday. Eddie typed in the year he was born. Hmmm, she thought. She recalled Jamie having two zeros in his password and thought for a minute about what it could be. 2009, she thought. The year Joe died. Eddie punched in the numbers, and the phone unlocked. Bingo. Eddie started snooping through Jamie's phone and found nothing interesting. Eddie swiped through his folder of games and opened up Words with Friends. Typical Reagan She clicked on the game he was playing with Erin and noticed he was losing. She laughed at the phone but decided to play along anyway. Hey, she thought, maybe she'd make him win. Eddie became so immersed in the game that she didn't even notice when Jamie came back to the table with food.
"Going through my phone Janko?" he asked as he set her food in front of her "very classy."
"For your information Reagan, I was just playing Words with Friends against Erin. Which you are now winning, by the way"
"Mhmm," he said as he took a bite of his burger"
"Tvat's all I wz duing," she said through a mouthful of food
'What did you just say" Jamie said through laughs.
"I said, that playing Erin was all I was doing."
"I believe you. But, even so, I think it's only fair if I get to go through yours. Eddie saw the mischievous twinkle in Jamie's eye as he said this. Eddie decided to play along.
"Well" she reached for his hand across the table and tapped on the tips of his fingers, "you'd have to guess my password first. That's how I got into your phone after all." Jamie latched onto Eddie's fingers and ceased her tapping"
"You know what it means, don't you." he said looking down. "It'-It's the year J-Joe-"
"I know Jamie, and I think it's sweet."
"Well, know what was else is sweet?" He said smiling, "You telling me the password to your phone."
"Nice try Reagan," she took a took the final bite of her burger and swallowed "not gonna happen. Eddie got up from her chair and went to stand behind Jamie. She threw her arms around his shoulder and leaned into his ear. "I will, however, give you a hint." Chills ran down Jamie's spine as Eddie's warm breath floated effortlessly into his ear and onto his neck. Eddie noticed the goosebumps and traced them with her finger. "That is unless you don't want one". She stepped away from the chair so Jamie could get up out of it. He grabbed her wrist with the same purposeful force as when he put her in the cab and led her to the elevator.
"Trust me, Janko, I do." The two stood in the back of the elevator holding hands. Eddie desperately wanted to give Jamie's hint but there were too many people crowded in the tight space. As the doors, open Jamie gripped tighter onto Eddie's wrist and pulled her through the crowded elevator, down the corridors, passing all of the exhibits they said they were going to back and see, and down the front steps until they were standing where the cab had dropped them off earlier that day. Jamie saw a cab at the other side of the roundabout and signaled for it to come pick them up. As the car got closer, Eddie knew that this was her opportunity. She transitioned her grip on Jamie's hands to his waist, and his were suddenly in the small of her back.
"My hint, Reagan", the cab pulled up in front of them, "is that the password to my phone is the password to my heart." Jamie was puzzled as Eddie broke from his embrace and sat in the passenger's seat of the cab. He didn't know what her words had meant or why she had told him, but he sure as hell was going to find out.