Into The Blue || Blue Bloods Fanfiction

22; Dedication

After spending so much time recently in hospitals- even spending the whole night in one- Noelle was relieved to sleep in her own bed.

It wasn't long after arriving back at her apartment after visiting Frank the night before that she crashed. She wasn't sure how much time later passed when she felt Jamie crawl into the bed with her and she snuggled up against him before falling back to sleep, feeling his lips pressed against the side of her head.

It was morning now, she wasn't sure what time in the morning, but she could feel the sun spilling in from the window on her face. She let out a tired groan and tossed the comforter over her head, refusing to open her eyes when she felt someone jump on the bed. She had assumed it was Jamie until she heard panting followed by a low whine.

Her eyes popped open as she lowered her eyebrows in confusion before slowly lowering the comforter down from her face. She was even more confused when she was met with a pair of dark brown eyes that belonged to a black and tan german shepherd dog, who was now stretched out on the bed beside her with her tongue hanging out and ears standing up in attention.

"Hi," Noelle said to the dog as she reached up to pet the top of her head, causing her tail to wag happily. "Where did you come from? Huh?" She let out a chuckle when the dog began to lick her hand.

Hearing a noise at the doorway, she and the dog turned their heads to see Jamie enter the room holding a tray of food. He sat the tray down on top of her dresser, then turned his attention to the dog. "Hey! What did I say? I said to wait."

A chuckle escaped Noelle's lips as he continued to lecture the dog, then give her a quick scratch behind the ears- letting her know he wasn't really angry with her.

"So, what is all of this?" She sat up in bed and gestured toward the tray of food and, of course, the dog now laying in her bed.

"This is breakfast in bed and-"

"A dog," she finished for him. "Honestly, that's what I was asking about the most. The breakfast part was kinda self-explanatory, but it's not every day you wake up to a dog in your bed when you don't have one."

"Well, now you do." He sat down on the edge of the bed- the dog now lying between them. When she shot him a confused look, he motioned toward the dog. "She's yours."

"I have a dog?"

"You have a dog." He nodded his head. "I figured she could protect you when I'm not here and keep you company when I'm working the graveyard shift."

A smile appeared on her face. "Is this your way of trying to make up for taking my taser away?"

Jamie laughed at her joke and shook his head. "No, but I do still feel bad about that." He reached out to pet the dog as he softly added, "I just hate leaving you alone at night, plus I know you've secretly been wanting a dog for a while."

"I have," Noelle admitted with a short nod. She continued to smile as she pet the dog a couple of times. "She reminds me of that dog we found in the neighborhood when we were young."

He nodded his head in agreement. "That's why I picked her." A smile tugged at his lips when he saw how happy she looked petting on the dog, it was the exact reaction he was hoping for.

"So what do you think? Is she a keeper?"

"She is definitely a keeper." She lowered her head to look at the dog. "Yeah, you're a keeper, right?"

She let out a laugh when the dog lifted her head to look at her and wagged her tail- like she could understand what was being said.

"What's her name?" Noelle raised her head to look at her boyfriend.