"Bless me father, I have sinned. It has been one week since my last confession."

To Father Quinn, Jamie sounded tired and down since last they spoke. "Are you still struggling with the same things we talked about last time, Jamie?"

"How'd you know?" Jamie sighed as he brought his head down and stared at his folded hands in his lap.

"Obviously this is something that is weighing heavy on your heart."

"I've tried. I really have. But I just can't get past these feelings I have for her. They're only getting stronger. I've been having these…dreams." Jamie admitted, hesitantly.

"Are these dreams…sexual in nature?" Father Quinn prodded.

"Yes." Jamie closed his eyes in guilt.

"And have you acted on these dreams?"

"No!" Jamie was quick to respond.

"Jamie, it's not a sin to have romantic feelings in your heart for someone when you're single and otherwise unattached."

"It is when she's your partner in the NYPD."

"In the eyes of the NYPD, maybe. But not God's."

"Father, I just don't know what to do. I can't imagine not being partnered with her. I don't want to lose that. I like spending the majority of my day with her, and I want to be the one that has her back, to be there to protect her. If she were partnered with someone else, I'd worry too much."

"You would rather be professionally partnered with her than to have a real future with her, being partnered with her in the most intimate way possible, as husband and wife, sharing life together and building a family?"

"I want both, but I know that's not possible."

"Do you know what she wants? Does she return these feelings?"

Jamie thought back on all the times he would catch that fleeting but flirty glint in her eyes, and that time he caught her being jealous when he went out on a date with Jen, and of course, the passion he felt from her after they kissed that one time. "I think there's something there, but I'm not sure she's struggling with it like I am."

"You must find out for sure. You must confess to her how you feel."

"What if I do that, and it backfires. I could lose our friendship and it would make things awkward with work."

"What if it doesn't backfire, and it ends up being the best thing to happen in your life."

Jamie was quiet as he contemplated this.

"Jamie, this is weighing so heavy on your heart because you have not been truthful to yourself, to your Sergeant, or to Eddie. If you are uncomfortable with all this indecision in your life right now, perhaps it is God calling you out on it and guiding you to make the right decision. Follow along, and follow your heart."

"Yes Father."

"Now go in peace."

Jamie walked down the church steps and back to the RMP. When he opened the driver-side door and climbed in, Eddie had her earbuds in listening to music on her iPhone. She had her eyes closed as she belted out the chorus of "Girls Just Want to Have Fun." She was so into it, she had no clue that he had returned back to the car.

She really did have a good singing voice, but he wondered why she was singing that song in particular. He laughed and bumped her in the arm. "Hey! I'm back."

Eddie jumped at his touch and was completely embarrassed as she pulled the earbuds out of her ears and immediately stopped singing. She looked like she got caught with her hand in the cookie jar.

"What's with the Cyndi Lauper song?" he asked, amused.

"Oh. Uh…." Eddie sat up straight and cleared her throat. "I, uh, I'm entered in this karaoke contest at the bar tonight. It's 80's night. Just brushing up on some of the music. When they call you up on stage, they pick the song for you to sing, so you never know what you're gonna get."

"Yeah? What's the prize if you win?"

"Nothing really, just bragging rights."

"Hmmm. Mind if I come and watch?"

"Oh please don't!" she exclaimed as she tucked her phone away, still embarrassed about the whole thing.

"Great! I'll be there!" he grinned.

Eddie rolled her eyes at him. "So!" she changed the subject. "How did confession go? Feeling better now that you've confessed your sin that you keep having to ask forgiveness for?"

"Maybe," he answered cryptically.

"Eagle Scout," she teased.

"Valley Girl," he teased back with a smile.