Eddie twisted the key in the door to her place and invited Jamie in. "Sorry, I didn't know I was going to have company. I haven't cleaned up my mess from last night."

Jamie looked around and noticed the open pizza box on the table in front of the TV where two forgotten stale pieces of supreme pizza were left, now as hard as the cardboard they were stuck to. Next to that was an empty carton of Ben and Jerry's Chunky Monkey with the dirty spoon still resting at the soggy bottom. He picked up the DVD case that was lying on the table and read the title aloud. "The Little Mermaid?" he smirked.

Just when he was about to make a smart comment, Eddie grimaced in horror and quickly snatched it out of his hands. She stealthily tucked it under the couch cushions and sat down on top of it so he couldn't get to it. "You never saw that. And if you ever bring it up again, I will shoot you."

Jamie smiled adoringly at her as he took a seat on the couch next to her. "You really know how to throw yourself a Disney princess party!"

"I mean it, Jamie!" she warned, but her threat fell flat as she couldn't help but smile back at him now that she had been caught with her guilty pleasure. Even she could admit to herself that it was a bit silly.

"I bet you even sing along to all the songs," he continued to tease.

"OK, enough!" she yelled back, giving him a playful push that sent him sinking back farther into the cushions.

He sat up straight and eyed her carefully and then realized he hit the nail on the head. "Oh my God, you do sing along to all the songs!"

Eddie giggled and then all of the sudden grew quiet, staring into Jamie's eyes. Jamie could see she was thinking something over, and just when he was about to ask her what she was thinking about, she turned to grab her favorite couch pillow from behind her and hugged it to her for support. She cleared her throat, looked Jamie right it the eye with a serious expression, and started softly singing a line from one of her favorite Little Mermaid songs:

"Yes you want her, look at her you know you do, possible she wants you too, there is one way to ask her. It don't take a word, not a single word, go on and kiss the girl."

Jamie was stunned. Eddie shyly smiled back at him when she saw the change of expression on his face as he realized that she wasn't just singing a Disney song to prove his statement. She was sending him a real message.

"Eddie…I…" He was at a loss for words and it frustrated him that he couldn't speak up. Isn't this why he came here? To talk to her about the possibility of something more between them? And now here she was doing the confessing for him.

Eddie took his hands in hers. "I'm tired of fighting my feelings. Aren't you? I feel like I've been waiting FOREVER for you to crack." she admitted.

"You knew? You knew that this is what I wanted to talk about." His heart rate sped up as he stared at their joined hands.

"I was hoping. I've been hoping for a long time."

"I didn't know you felt that way...the same way that I do. But what about-"

"Our partnership?" she guessed. "That's what's holding you back, isn't it?"

"Well, yeah..."

"It's been three years, Jamie. We've been lucky to be able to work together for that long. Our partnership has been rewarding and fun and wonderful- well okay, maybe not ALL wonderful- but you got my back and I got yours, and we're the best team. But that's just at work. Think of how we could be outside of work. We are missing out on so much more and I feel like we're wasting time."

"So what are you saying?"

"I think this thing we have between us is worth breaking up our partnership for and seeing what it leads to. Because I think it leads to something amazing. I'm ready. And if you aren't, then I guess-"

By taking a cue from the song lyrics she had sung to him, he cut her off quickly by grabbing her face in his hands and kissing her soundly. It was desperate at first, because he didn't want her to think he wasn't ready. Now that he knew for certain that she wanted it too, he realized he was very ready. But then the kiss fell into a tenderness that became his answer for letting her know just how much he loved her.

And suddenly, just like that, the decision was made, and Jamie knew with all his heart that it was so very right.