Cops, Bombs & Firemen - A Blue Bloods story

8: Family First

Ten days later Jamie was released from the hospital. Grace had insisted that he stay with her since her apartment was on the bottom floor and not up several flights of stairs, and he agreed without much of a fight.

"Hey babe, I put your stuff in my room and now we can order that pizza. I'm exhausted." Grace said as she joined him on the couch.

"Was work really that bad this week?' he asked concerned.

"No, it's just that Commissioner Rourke is talking about retiring once the new mayor is elected and that means looking at the captains that could possibly replace him. There are a few on the short list that make me nervous. One of them is my dad, who is still not talking to me." she sighed softly.

"What would that mean?"

"Means my job would be a lot harder." She mumbled.

"Well do you want him to have the job?" Jamie asked as he reached for his water. He took a pain pill and laid against the couch.

Jamie groaned as he shifted on the couch. He could feel the burns rubbing against his shirt.

"Here, let me help you." She helped him take his shirt off. "Stand up." He slowly sat up and she grabbed the cream and rubbed it all over his back. He sighed in relief.

She pulled out the sofa bed and he laid down on his stomach. "I hate this." He mumbled. "I hate sleeping on my stomach the most!"

"In a few more weeks you won't have too." She told him.

"Enough changing the subject." Jamie called her out. "Do you want him to have the job?"

"Yeah, it's his dream job and I want him to be happy but him having this job would make my job harder. He may even fire me." She mumbled and laid down with him.

"Your dad won't fire you."

"Just make me miserable!"

"Would he really do that just because we are still seeing each other?" he asked.

"I don't know, I mean, a part of me hopes that he will come around and accept that we are happy and that I love you, but the other part of me is worried that he won't." she answered as she grabbed her phone and went to order the pizza.

"Maybe he will surprise you, who knows, your mom could have talked to him by now." he replied.

A short time later, their pizza arrived. The two of them ate and cuddled on the pull out.

"You know, you can go sleep in your room, you don't have to sleep out here with me." he said as he noticed her eyes getting heavy.

"I sleep better with you, besides, I'm right where I want to be." she said sleepily.

Jeff waited in the living room. Andy called him and said they needed to talk. Jeff didn't know what it was about. His wife was working. She worked hard at everything, work, the house and him. Since his accident he has been stuck in a chair. He learned to do a lot now. They added a shorter sink so he could do dishes, they made the laundry room wheelchair accessible. He could vacuum a little bit.

He heard a knock and it broke his thoughts. Dylan walked in and Jeff raised a eyebrow.

"What are you doing here?" He asked, shocked.

"Andy told me to come. Sorry for ruining your day." Dylan said sarcastically. "Didn't know that loving and supporting our sister would make me so hated."

"She's dating a cop."

"She's happy and in love Jeff. That's all we ever wanted for each other. He loves her more than anything and takes care of her."