Chapter 16: Moments of sharing

Author: zeusfluff.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Blue Bloods characters. They belong to CBS. But I do own a few originals. Date Started: 7/12/23. Date Finished: 7/15/23. Enjoy!

"Oh, sweet girl, did you feel that? That's your sister kicking in there."

Eddie gave a soft laugh. Every time Ellie felt the baby kick, she'd get a bewildered look on her face and then pat her mommy's belly as if the two were playing with each other. Jamie chimed in and gave a kiss to the top of Ellie's head.

"Are you playing with your sister baby girl?"

Ellie suddenly acted shy and leaned her head against Eddie's belly.

"Mama. Dada."

Eddie tried not to squirm in her seat uncomfortably, but Jamie saw it.

"Jamie, can you take her? I have to go to the bathroom. Again."

Jamie was quick to take Ellie in his arms and place her in her play pen. Getting back to Eddie, helped her stand and get to the bathroom. He stood outside the closed bathroom door and gave her space, but stayed close enough to make sure she was ok. Eddie hated that he hovered. He was doing that a lot more lately. Which she found annoying. Knocking, he waited for a response.

"Babe? You ok in there?"

A quiet response came from behind the door.

"I'm fine babe."

Jamie sensing something was coming, opened up the door. He found Eddie splashing water on her face and running some over the back of her neck. Locking eyes with his wife, Jamie put a hand on her left cheek.

"Hey. Your overheated. Let's go sit down."

Eddie pushed away Jamie's hands and slowly waddled out of the bathroom and towards the couch in the living room.

"Why do you always do that Jamie?"

Jamie gave Eddie a confused look as they sat down on the couch. He lifted her legs and propped them up against his own, starting to massage her feet.

"Do what babe?"

Eddie cocked her head sideways and tried to relax, taking in a cleansing breath.

"You hover Jamie. For the past week you've been mother henning me, and hovering and to be honest, overbearing."

Jamie softened more as he continued massaging her right foot, working on a knot that didn't seem to go away.

"I don't mean to be all those things. I'm just watching out for you. Your so close to your due date, I don't want to go out, and then come back to find you in labor and unable to move. Do you remember when we found out about her?"

Eddie smiled and gave a moan of satisfaction as Jamie finally got the bothersome knot out of her foot.

"Ok mom and dad. Are we ready to find out if you two are having a boy or girl?"

Eddie fidgeted and placed her arms at her sides. Doctor Swanson turns the ultrasound machine on and placed the gel onto Eddie's belly. Placing the wander over it, she moved it around slightly. A smile came to her face as she pointed to the screen.

"Looks like the two of you are having a little girl."

Jamie smiled and gave Eddie a soft kiss and then placed his forehead against hers, closing his eyes.

"It's a girl."

Eddie gave a bright smile to Jamie as he went to start massaging her right foot.

"I remember. Hearing her heartbeat the first time, it was surreal. Do you remember when I asked you if you wanted to have kids right after we helped that woman deliver her baby in the movie theater?"

Jamie nodded and finished massaging her foot, moving on to massaging her calf.

"I remember. I felt like I was going to throw up. But something told me everything was going to be ok. As soon as he came out and was in my arms, you helping me wrap him up, I felt proud. You and I had just helped bring a new life into the world. It was the most beautiful thing I'd ever experienced in my life."

For a moment, Jamie stopped massaging her calf and handed her a glass of cold water. Nodding, Eddie handed the glass back to Jamie and leaned back. Her face was less flush. Jamie continued his conversation.

"You look a little better. You face is less flushed. You're cooling down. Your pulse is coming down too. Babe, you need to tell me when you get overheated. It's not good for you or the baby. Want me to keep massaging your calf?"

Eddie nodded and then winced.

"There goes another one…"

Jamie stopped massaging her calf and looked at her seriously, yet sympathetically.

"Braxton-Hicks contraction?"

Eddie nodded and took a breath in and let it out slowly. Jamie switched gears and began massaging her lower back.

"I can't wait until she's here. These are getting really annoying."

Jamie gave her more encouraging words trying to keep things calm.

"Don't worry babe. Just a month to go. Give or take a few days. Just breathe. It'll pass."

It was another minute before Eddie could catch her breath again.

"That was awful. Keep massaging my back please?"

Jamie was attentive to what Eddie was needing at the moment.

"You got it."

Eddie found herself looking down at her lap and shaking her head.

"Jamie, I feel like we're missing a few things. We've got both the cribs in the nursery. We've got plenty of diapers. Formula if we need it. Wipes. Am I forgetting anything?"

Jamie worked the knots out of Eddie's lower back and gave a small smile.

"Relax babe. We've got everything we need. Except space. We're going to need to look into getting a house."

Eddie's eyes roamed down to her belly.

"Yeah, then there's that. I really like some of the houses in your dad's neighborhood. I could see the girls growing up there."

Sighing, Jamie placed a kiss to Eddie's forehead and was about to give her his answer when Ellie started crying in the playpen.

"I'll get her."

Moving Eddie's legs from his lap and back onto the pillow, he got up and went to the playpen and picked Ellie up. Jamie rubbed her back and peppered her tiny head with kisses.

"It's ok baby girl. Did you have a bad dream? Daddy is right here. It's ok."

Jamie sat back down on the couch and Ellie looked at Eddie and whimpered a little.

"Mama…"

Eddie gave her a sympathetic look and smiled at her.

"It's ok sweet girl. Everything's ok. Mama's ok. Did you have a bad dream?"

Ellie was now lying against Jamie's chest with her thumb in her mouth.

"Dada…"

Jamie kissed her forehead her forehead and kept rubbing her back.

"It's ok baby girl. Daddy's got you."

To Be Continued…

A/N: Sorry for the delay. It's been a busy few days. Four more chapters until we reach the end of this fic. What would you guys like to see in the next chapter? Let me know! Thanks!