When we went in on our next shift I went straight to Eddie , he was stood playing a game in the kitchen
"hey you need a nickname" I remember I joked he laughed at my suggestions I though GI was very appropriate it didn't seem to stick tho not sure why.
The day of the earthquake was the day I really connected with Eddie mainly in the fire truck on the way to the hotel. He was so worried about criss. This was the first time I saw his son on his phone and my heart swelled. This kid was the cutest and I mean why would he not be have you seen his dad.
When we got back to the station the night of the earthquake eddies car wouldn't start we don't really know why to this day. Im convinced it was fate pushing us together but Eddie always laughs when I say this anyway I pulled Eddie into my car and drove him too pick up criss. Once criss got in the car with Eddie he asked so many questions which made me laugh but the question that always stuck with me to this day is the one he asked as he was hopping out the car. He turned round and whispered "can you come round every week" the question itself was a small one but eddies response was what really made me remember it he turned with a smile "can you" he questioned this made my night more than anyone will ever know "I don't see why not" was my answer and from that night every Friday night was movie night. I would be at Eddies or Eddie would be at mine eating pizza. It turned into being the highlight of my week and whenever I had a bad week I waited till Friday nights with my best friend and his kid. Every night we spent together I fell more in love with Eddie but I could never tell anyone that.
The aftermath of the tsunami hit me hard. I didn't think Eddie would be able to forgive me for loosing criss but he did and he was there for me more than ever. He spent countless nights over at my place just staying over because I was scared to be alone. Some nights I would wake up crying and I would call Eddie instantly he would always come over no matter how early it was. He would always drop criss of at Carlas and be straight over within the hour.
There was one night that changed everything. It was around 2am and I called him he was there before the clock hit 2:20am. I had a night terror about the tsunami when Eddie arrived I was in a state fully clothed under boiling water in the shower. Eddie pulled me out the shower and out my thoughts , got me changed and back Into bed but I was scared and in my scared tired state asked him to stay grabbing his hand. He didn't move out of my touch instead he climbed into the bed pulling me over his chest and I felt safe. Ever since this moment all I wanted to do was call him or cuddle him.
Then the lawsuit happened and im not going to say much on it other than it was the biggest mistake of my life. I was having nightmares and no one would come to help this time. I spiralled and after that day in the grocery store I thought it was over and I seriously thought about ending my life and then things started looking up I got my job back but Eddie wasn't talking to me. Eddie not talking to me officially broke my heart and every time he ignored me I until we argued It out on halloween. When I got home the next morning after I spent the night at the hospital and breakfast with bobby I thought about the things Eddie said about "what it could do to us" and a part of me couldn't help but feel like he meant us as more than friends. After that night of us spending the night in my bed it kind of felt different and now im sat alone thinking about him as always.
He came over that night at first it was awkward it had been a while since we had spent time together. Criss was super excited to see me and clung to my side all night until he fell asleep half way through spider man I turned to Eddie telling him to go and put criss in my bed for a while until its time to go. Eddie did as I said as I grabbed 2 more beers from the fridge. There was silence for a while. as we spent half a hour exchanging looks at each other "look buck" Eddie spoke after a while "I forgive you" he mumbled and I laughed as I moved closer to him knowing his comment was more about the fact we was sat so far away from each other that we could be in different time zones." hey" I mumbled leaning my shoulder on his him swinging his arm around me "I've missed this" he mumbles almost quite enough that I didn't hear it but I did. I look up and smile and before I knew what was happening my lips crashed onto his. My body pulling his ontop of mine him grabbing my waist and Yano the rest. When we woke the next morning we woke to a confused Maddie at the edge of the couch. I jumped up realising me and Eddie had no clothes on "so you two are a thing" she says glancing between us a smile creeping onto her face ... let me tell you that took a lot of explaining and we had to bribe her with chocolate to keep it a secret at least for now.
