Pillow Talk

New Rules

Eddie sat behind her boyfriend and started to massage his neck. "Oh, babe, you have more knots back here than my hair in the morning."

"I have a killer headache too," Jamie sighed as Eddie worked on his shoulders. "It's this thing with Curtis and there's stress between Danny and my Dad. Why can't there ever be a time when we all agree on the right thing to do. We are all the good guys!"

"Yeah," Eddie replied and dug her fingers into the knots in Jamie's neck. "You are but you and your Dad are way more cerebral than Danny is, at least in my experience with him. He's way more emotional."

Jamie sighed at how good her hand felt working on his sore neck and shoulders. "You're right. Sometimes I think that Danny is like that because he just likes to have..."

"Jamie, don't over analyze it," Eddie broke in. "In fact, I agree with Danny's point of view, a lot of cops on the street do. They killed a Chief and his wife in cold blood, and we are playing games with them."

Jamie nodded, "I know, Eddie. The cop in me agrees with that too, but the lawyer in me..."

"Agrees with your father and your sister," Eddie replied. "I'm sorry, Jamie but Erin has no place in this. Your Dad never should have put her in that position."

"No," Jamie agreed. "No, he shouldn't be Erin doesn't make it easy either. She wants to be a rising star in the DA's office, she wants the high profile cases. Sometimes I wish that we all put things aside and just focused on being a family."

Eddie dropped a kiss on his cheek, "I know you do, but storing all this up inside isn't healthy, Jamie. All that rabbit food you eat won't do a darn thing for you if you bottle up your stress. Your family is a family of service, that's what they are. You take the good with the bad, you aren't always going to agree."

"I know," Jamie sighed. "It's just that at times like this...that could be Danny or me or even my father in the morgue and we are divided not together on how to catch these guys."

"Did you ever try voicing that? Telling your father and telling Danny..." Jamie shook his head. "It's not going to work like that now honey. It's just not. Thanks for the massage but it's not really helping."

Eddie felt bad that Jamie was in pain and hurting and she wasn't able to make it better. "What if I ran a hot bath and we soaked and just talked about anything you wanted? Whatever is on your mind or in your heart you let it come out?"

Jamie turned and gave Eddie a soft kiss, "Okay, yeah, let's do that. I'll be just a minute."

Eddie went to run the bath while Jamie sent a text to Danny, "We'll get him, Danny. For Chief Kent, for Thomas, and for Joe." Jamie didn't expect to get a reply.

Eddie was already waiting in the steaming tub when Jamie came into the bathroom. He slid between her legs laying his aching head on her breast. Eddie's arms came around him and gently bathed Jamie's chest and shoulders.

"Feel good?" Eddie asked. "Jamie, I know that you want to get his guy, that Danny does, that your father does...but we have a bigger issue here I think. One we can do something about."

"Curtis," Jamie replied reading her mind. "Nothing we can do their either Eddie. He's right, in his neighborhood you are either in a gang or you're the victim of one. The best we can do is continue Chief Kent's work."

"When you are sitting in the Commissioner's chair..."

"That'll be the day," Jamie laughed. "I don't for see that happening ever. I can't even make detective."

"Oh, I don't see you as a detective anyway," Eddie replied continuing her tender ministrations. "You're more of a leader, a teacher....You're a Sergeant candidate. You could ace that test without even studying."

Jamie was touched by Eddie's confidence in him. "Right now I'm okay on patrol," Jamie replied. "One of these days I'll reach a kid like Curtis, maybe we even reached him, we don't know."

"No, no we don't know." Eddie was happy to feel Jamie relaxing in her arms. "We do make a difference, Jamie. We really do. We can't save everyone, and we can't change the world for everyone, but we can change one person's world. You taught me that and lately you're piling on all this stress..."

Jamie moved so that he could look Eddie in the eyes. "I'm sorry. I love you and I'm sorry if I am..."

Eddie leaned over and kissed Jamie's lips. Since consummating their love a few months prior, they had a healthy sex life. That was not Eddie's intention when she invited Jamie into the tub. "Jamie," she sighed as he turned the tables on her. His hands dipped beneath that water and found a place that he knew would have Eddie eating out of palm of his hand.

Eddie dropped her head back and moaned at the feeling of Jamie's strong hands on her body. "Let's move this to the other room," Jamie whispered in a husky voice. Eddie could feel throughout his body how much he wanted her.

Jamie held Eddie's hand as she stepped out of the tub. He quickly wrapped his arms around her and held her tight to avoid her catching a chill. Jamie walked with Eddie as he kissed her lips deeply.

When Eddie felt her knees hit the side of the bed, she fell back welcoming Jamie to lay on top of her. As Eddie allowed Jamie to explore her body, she couldn't help but marvel how traditional he was. Jamie would never take her in a room besides their bedroom, he preferred to be on top and in control of things. Eddie didn't mind, she loved his more traditional side. She loved feeling like she was something very special to Jamie.

Their love making that night was gentle and slow. It took much longer than some of their more passion filled nights. When it was over, Jamie pulled Eddie so she was cradled against his chest. Jamie's fingers played with Eddie's long blonde tresses. "You know, a night like this...normally...without you, I would have just laid on the couch, had my headache, and then dragged myself to work. Now, with you..." Jamie took a deep breath in.

Eddie ran her hand up and down Jamie's chest "I know...I know that too. I feel incredibly good and incredibly safe with you, no matter what has been going on. I don't think there is anything that we can't get through together."

Jamie stroked Eddie's naked back, "I hope we never have to face anything worse that we already have face. We've faced being shot at, you almost getting killed..." He held her a little closer when he said that. "If anything happened to you for real..."

Jamie shuttered and Eddie silenced him with a soft kiss. Little did they know, as they held one another in bliss, events were being put into motion that would shake their little private world and the world of the entire Reagan family...forever.