Here's the last chapter! I just wanted to let you guys know I really struggled with this chapter but the idea was in my original draft and I wanted to leave it.

I am planning on doing both a sequel and prequel I just don't know which one first so there's a poll up on my profile for you to vote. Posting and updates will be slow on the prequel/sequel because I'll be extremely busy with school starting next week but I am going to work on it.

Did anyone else notice how panicked Ed sounded in this episode when Jules got shot?

Enjoy!

*I changed this line to fit the story.

"Officer down! Officer down! Medic, come now! Jules has been hit!" Ed's heart stopped. Jules was hit and it was like all his nightmares slammed into him. Focus! You're not any help to them if you can't focus and bring this guy down! Ed took a deep breath and got ready to deliver the news that could end his and Jules' careers.

"Boss, this is about me. I come out, draw his fire, you get her out of the way."

"Negative. Negative. We do it as a team."

"Boss, Jules is pregnant." There was complete radio silence as Ed's announcement shocked the team.

"This doesn't change anything except how quickly we move in." Greg said breaking the tense silence.

"Copy, Greg. Get her out of there. Spike, you and me, West Tower, City Hall." Ed barely listened to Spike tell him the roof was grate until he heard "She's clear!" over the radio. He forced himself to focus and to absorb the information Spike was feeding him. Jules was safe and the quickest way to make sure she and the baby would be okay was to bring this guy in or take him out.

"We've got him. Upper level." Ed said through the radio, letting his team know what was going on.

"Ed we're on our way." Greg said after relaying to the paramedics that Jules was pregnant. Ed heard Sam tell Greg he had a vantage point before being grabbed from behind and a gun held to his head.

"For the first five minutes of every day I forget he's gone! Then I remember and I see him die!" Petar practically screamed into Ed's ear.

"You know what it's like to do what you've gotta do to save your family, okay? I'm just...I just..."

"My family's dead!" Petar interrupted and Ed felt the situation deteriorating quickly.

"Okay, take a deep breath."

"You killed my father!"

"Petar. Petar."

"He was all I had!"

"Let's just slow it down here, buddy, okay? I need you to..."

"Tomorrow morning, for the first five minutes, your wife will forget that you're gone!"* Ed felt dread filling him but he pushed it back and kept talking to the gunman.

"I need you to listen to me now, buddy, all right?"

"Ed, you gotta move forward." Sam said and Ed slowly stepped forward as he talked to Petar.

"I need you to listen to me. I'm sorry, but I need you to listen to me. Please, don't shoot." Ed heard the gunshot and felt the spray of blood on his face. "Subject's down."

The team sat in the waiting room watching Ed pace the room. They had each taken turns trying to get him to sit down and it had worked for five minutes at most before he was up and pacing again.

"Family of Julianna Callaghan." The team turned to see a tired man in scrubs standing in the door way.

"That's us. I'm Greg Parker, her Sargent, this is Ed Lane, her emergency contact, and this is the rest of our team." Greg said standing to shake the doctor's hand.

"How is she?" Ed asked ignoring the doctor's hand and getting straight to the point.

"We were able to remove the bullet and with physical therapy she should be able to return to duty in two to three months. However, do to the trauma of the gunshot and blood loss we were unable to save the baby. I'm very sorry for your loss." The guys watched Ed sink into one of the waiting room chairs and put his head in his hands.

"When can we see her?" Greg asked softly, knowing it would do his friend good to see his girlfriend.

"A nurse will come get you in a moment, but only one visitor at a time." The doctor said looking at the officer who had collapsed into the chair.

"Thank you, Doctor." Greg said shaking his hand once again and the doctor turned at left.

"This is all my fault." Ed whispered, lifting his head and letting his hands fall so they were resting on his knees.

"No, it's not." Greg said firmly. "The only person to blame here is Petar. You did your job, Eddie, and if Jules were awake she'd tell you the same thing."

"Ms. Callaghan can have visitors now. Only one at a time in the room but the rest of you can look through the window." A kind nurse said looking at the rag tag group of exhausted looking SRU officers. One even had blood on his face!

"Ed, you go first." Wordy said nodding towards the nurse and the rest of the guys murmured their approval. The five men followed the nurse and the remaining four watched as Ed walked through the door and sat next to Jules's bed, taking her hand in his.

"After everything that's happened it wouldn't be fair to break them up, Boss. Whether it was their relationship or on the team." Wordy said looking to Lou and Spike for support.

"Wordy's right, Ed didn't come right out and say they were in a relationship. He and Jules live together it makes sense he would know she was pregnant before she told any of us." Spike said. He and Wordy looked to Lou to help them out.

"I agree, Boss, it's not like Holleran will have any proof they're together. Besides, Jules is his favorite, he won't push the issue." Lou said and soon all three men were looking to Greg.

"How long have you three known?" Greg asked with a sad smile.

"I found out after Danny took HQ hostage. I accidentally walked into them comforting each other I didn't know for sure Jules was pregnant but I figured." Wordy said with a shrug.

"Lou and I found out a few months ago. Let's just say, we'll be knocking before we go into Jules' room again." Both Lou and Spike grimaced and blushed at that thought.

"Alright, we won't lie to Holleran but we don't have to tell him everything either." Greg said softly when he noticed the Commander himself walking his way. "Block the window guys." Wordy, Spike, and Lou turned and stood infront of the window, effectively blocking the view in where Ed was still holding Jules' hand.

"How is she?" Commander Holleran asked walking up to the group.

"She's resting for now." Greg said keeping his answers as short as possible.

"And the baby?" Holleran asked now looking suspiciously between the three blocking the window and their Sargent.

"Didn't make it. I already called Luria and she's going to come in tomorrow when Jules is more rested and open to talking about it."

"And the father?"

"Jules didn't tell me she was pregnant, let alone who the father is." Greg answered with a shrug.

"What about Lane?" The Commander asked hoping to find out whether the two were actually in a relationship.

"If he knows, he hasn't said either." Greg said knowing that wasn't what the Commander was really asking.

"Very well, update me when you know more." Holleran said with one last look towards the blocked window before turning and leaving. The four men let out a collective sigh of relief. They all moved back to their previous positions against the opposite wall to watch and make sure Jules was okay. An hour later they all stood a little straighter when they noticed Ed's sudden movement in the other room. Jules' eyes flutter open and they all say Ed smile through his tears and say something to her. They watched as Jules' hand flew to her stomach and ask Ed a question and after his answer her eyes filled with tears.

"Where is she?" Sam asked as he came rushing down the hall.

"Sam, now isn't a good time. Jules lost the baby." Greg said his hands on the younger man's shoulders to keep him from going in.

"What? How is she?" Sam asked looking in the window.

"Not good, neither of them are." Greg answered also turning to the window.

Ed had crawled into the small hospital bed, mindful of Jules' injury, and the two were holding onto each other, both with tears streaming down their face. They weren't okay, not even close, but maybe someday they would be.