The day after Christmas Eddie was playing with the girls in the family room when she got an unexpected phone call.
"Janko."
"Hello Eddie."
Eddie paused. "Hey Mom."
"I was wondering if you and Jamie were coming for dinner tonight with the girls?"
"I told Gram that I would."
"Well I was just checking. I know things have been pretty tense between you and I and you and your brother but it's Christmas. Besides I've never seen my granddaughters."
"We'll be there."
"Okay. I love you."
"Love you too."
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Eddie and Jamie hesitated in the car. He looked at her.
"Are you okay?"
She nodded. "I'm just bracing myself."
He smiled and kissed her softly. "They're your family."
"My dysfunctional family."
He chuckled and they carried the girls up to the door. Eddie didn't bother to knock.
"Mom?"
"Den!"
They walked to the back of the house and found a group of people gathered. Jamie set Josie's carrier down and the bag of gifts they had brought. Eddie looked at Jamie and motioned to a tall blonde woman.
"Jamie this is my mom Katerina Janko."
Jamie extended his hand. "It's nice to finally meet you."
"Same here. This is my mother Edit or Baka if you prefer."
Jamie cocked a brow. "Baka?"
Eddie explained. "It's Serbian for grandmother."
He nodded and smiled at her. "It's nice to meet you Baka."
She nodded. Another blonde woman smiled.
"I'm Eddie's Aunt Malina." She motioned to two blonde teenage girls on the couch. "These are my daughters Mia and Lauren."
He nodded. Gram stood and hugged him.
"I can't believe you guys came."
Eddie made a face. "I told you that we would."
She smiled and knelt down in front of the carseats. "Oh look at how cute they are."
Eddie unbuckled them and handed her mom Addie, her Gram Josie and she held onto Brooklyn. They turned when the door opened. Zoe and Wade walked in. Zoe squealed and hugged Eddie tight before taking Brooklyn. Wade held his hand out to Jamie.
"Wade Janko."
"Jamie Reagan."
They sat down and ate dinner. Jamie didn't know what half of it was but it was good. Then they opened gifts. Jamie noticed that Eddie's family was much quieter then his and they also spoke in Serbian a lot to Baka. He guessed that her English wasn't all that great. When they got home that night Jamie looked at her.
"Your family is..."
"I know they're weird. We really don't talk all that much."
"I got that impression."
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Jamie walked into the station the next day and was confronted by a fellow officer.
"What the hell Reagan?"
Jamie looked at him. "What do you think I did this time Hall?"
He dropped his voice. "Solman just got reassigned because we have a relationship and kept it on the DL. The other night we had a few too many and ended up making out and two guys told Renzulli."
"And that has to do with me how?"
"You and Janko! You have kids with her and still neither one of you is getting reassigned. I bet it's cause your daddy is the commissioner."
Jamie rolled his eyes. "No it's not. She is getting a new partner when she comes back from leave."
"But you get to stay at the same division."
"That was Renzulli's call not mine."
"But still I bet your dad pulled strings." He raised his voice again. "After all rules don't apply to you Reagans!"
He walked away and Jamie sighed. When he got home he went straight to the fridge and grabbed a beer. Eddie watched him as she changed Josie's diaper on the family room floor. He flopped onto the couch and pulled a baby toy out from underneath of him. Titan jumped up next to him. Eddie raised her brows.
"Want to talk about it?"
He sighed. "Lets just say Hall ran his mouth."
"He always does. What about this time?"
"You and me."
"What about us?"
"He and Solman apparently have been dating on the DL. Renzulli found out and transferred Solman to another division."
"Oh and I am not being transferred."
"Exactly."
"He doesn't think that your dad did something to keep us at the same division does he?"
"Yes he does."
"But your dad didn't do anything did he?"
"No he didn't. Renzulli made his decision based off the fact that we remained professional."
She nodded and kissed Josie's face. "Well ignore him then."
"Easier said then done."
Eddie grabbed Brooklyn and handed her to Jamie. "Daddy worries too much doesn't he?"
Jamie smiled and snuggled the baby in to his side. She reached her little hand out and patted Titan's head. He wagged his tail. Jamie smiled at Brooklyn.
"Brookie likes Titan."
Eddie nodded. "Just like her Daddy."
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Eddie was finishing up laundry when her phone started beeping. She looked and saw that Josie's heart monitor was going off. She ran up the stairs and into the girls nursery. She looked in Josie's crib and saw to her horror that Josie's lips were turning blue. Before she could even grab her phone she heard sirens. She was confused but she didn't care. She heard them bang on the door and she yelled.
"Upstairs!"
Three EMTs came into the room. They looked at her.
"How old is she?"
"Almost eight weeks."
They nodded and started checking her. Finally a woman looked at her.
"We need to take her now."
Eddie looked the other girls were awake and crying due to all the commotion. She spoke quickly.
"I need to call someone to sit with them."
"You can meet us at the hospital."
Eddie spoke harshly. "I am not leaving her."
She dialed quickly and got ahold of Frank's office.
"Commissioner Reagan's office."
"Yes this is Eddie Janko."
"Of course. What can I do for you?"
"I need someone at our house immediately. I need to go with one of the girls to the hospital and I can't leave the other two."
"I'll send a car to get Henry and have him sit there."
"Thank you."
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Baker opened Frank's office door and found him talking with Erin and Danny. He saw the look on her face.
"Who is it?"
"Officer Janko called. One of the babies is in cardiac arrest and is on the way to the hospital. I sent a squad to pick up your father and he is sitting at Jamie's house with the other two babies."
Erin clapped a hand to her mouth. "Does Jamie know?"
"I don't know. Officer Janko seemed frazzled."
Danny spoke. "I'll call him."
Frank stood. "No i'll go get him." He turned to Erin. "Could you and Linda go to their house and sit with the other babies."
Baker handed him his coat and then he left the room.
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Jamie was finishing his paperwork when he saw his fellow officers standing at attention. He looked around and saw his father walking in with Danny. He stood at attention until his father dismissed them. He looked at his son carefully and Jamie knew something was wrong.
"What happened?"
Frank spoke quietly. "One of the babies in the hospital. I am going to take you there."
Jamie felt like his knees were going to give out. Frank spoke.
"I'll take you."
He nodded and grabbed his jacket. He followed his dad and Danny into the car. He wanted the car to go faster. He knew they were going as fast as they could with the sirens on. He glanced at Danny.
"What about the other girls?"
"Grandpa, Linda and Erin are with them."
He nodded. When they arrived at the hospital Jamie didn't wait for the car to stop. He jumped out and ran into the hospital. He spoke to the woman at the desk and then jumped onto the elevator. When the doors opened he ran to the desk and spoke to the nurse.
"Reagan?"
"Rm 402."
He found the room and saw doctors and nurses crowded around a bed. Eddie was against the wall crying. She saw Jamie and ran to him. She buried her head into his chest.
"It's Josie."
He held her and watched the doctor's carefully. One finally looked at them.
"Her airway is blocked. We need to intubate."
Jamie paused and thought quickly. "Dr. Newmen is her cardiologist. I want him to look at her."
"Okay but first we need to stabilize her."
"I don't want to tube her if we can avoid it. Can we give her an oxygen mask?"
"We can try but intubation is the best option."
Jamie grabbed his phone and dialed. "Dr. Newmen please...tell hi it's Jamie Reagan and it's an emergency...Dr. Newmen Josie's airway is blocked and they want to intubate her...yes I asked them that...okay thank you."
Jamie looked at the doctor.
"Dr. Newmen wants an oxygen mask on her. he's on his way now."
"He has no privileges here."
Just then a nurse walked in and whispered to him. He sighed and nodded.
"Oxygen mask it is."
Eddie walked over to Josie and grabbed her hand. "It's okay Josie."
The baby looked tired and scared. Jamie rubbed her head as he sat down. He felt helpless.
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Frank and Danny were in the waiting room when an EMT walked over.
"Excuse me are you Mr. Reagan?"
Frank nodded. "I am."
"That is a very smart dog you have sir. It looks like he dialed 911."
Frank raised his brows. "My son's dog called 911?"
"Yes almost like he was trained to do it."
Frank looked at Danny who simply shrugged.
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