A/N: This wraps up the vacation story for Eddie and Jamie. More will follow, but need a break so I can develop my next Blue Bloods Story. The title will be Blue Bloods Fright night. Thank you everyone for your reviews.
Leaving Paradise, dinner at home, and Sunday Dinner.
The Lowes
Miami Beach, Florida
Jamie opened the door and brought in the luggage cart into the room so they could put their bags on it. After dinner and drinks last night, they had spent the night before finishing packing up their clothes. Once the alarm went off that morning, they got up, showered, and had a quick breakfast of individual cereals they had bought from a gas station before packing up the remainder of their stuff. Eddie saw Jamie place her suitcase on the cart from the bed. She had a pouting look on her face that Jamie noticed. He shook his head with a laugh. "A little bit sad to be leaving Miami there Eddie?"
"Take a look outside Jamie." Eddie motioned with her hand. The weather that affected the area yesterday was gone. The sun was shining bright again, but the waves were still high. A perfect day just to lounge about on the beach. "The day we leave, we get great weather again."
"Yeah I know, but unfortunately we have too." Jamie remarked as he placed his laptop bag on the cart. He then went to the bathroom to check they had grabbed everything, and checked where their phones had been placed. Satisfied they had got everything, Jamie walked over to the bed and held out his hand to Eddie. "Come on babe. We'll be back someday."
Eddie laughed as she took his hand and got off the bed. "Alright Reagan, I'm going to hold you to that."
Jamie gave her a light kiss. She walked ahead of the cart to hold open the door for him as he pushed the cart outside. Eddie herself gave the room once last sweep before joining Jamie out in the hallway. "All good."
Jamie nodded as he started to push the cart down the hallway towards the elevator. Luck on their side, an older couple was getting off, and the older gentlemen held opened the door for them. "Thank you sir."
"You're welcome." The gentlemen replied as Eddie and Jamie got on the elevator. Eddie pressed the button for the ground floor.
As the elevator doors opened, Jamie pushed the cart towards the desk where they would check out. Eddie noticed her mom standing near the doors. She walked over. "Hey mom."
"Hey baby, got everything?" Carla asked. She saw Eddie nod, so she smiled. She then noticed Jamie walking over towing the cart behind him. "Thank you both again for joining me this week."
"Not a problem Carla. If you want to join us at my family's Sunday dinner, you're more than welcome." Jamie told her getting a hug from Carla.
"I may take you up on that." Carla said as Jamie and Eddie's car pulled up to the door. The driver opened the trunk as Jamie wheeled out the luggage rack. "Wish I could fly home with you guys, but I have another convention in Tampa starting next week that I want to attend."
"It's ok mom. Call us when you get back." Eddie said to her giving her mom a kiss on the cheek as well as another hug.
"Will do sweetheart. You two have a good flight back and be safe out there." Carla told them as the driver shut the trunk on the car. Carla gave Jamie another hug and kiss. She waved as Jamie and Eddie climbed inside the car and closed the door.
Fort Lauderdale International Airport
For Lauderdale, Florida
An accident on I-95 caused a slight delay for the drive to the airport. As the car arrived at the terminal where Southwest was located, Eddie and Jamie weren't overly pressed for time but they did want hustle to get to security in case it was busy. Once the bags were offload, and Jamie tipped the driver, they walked inside to where ticketing was, and stood in line to check in. Once that process was completed, and bags were placed on the convertible belt, and tickets in hand, Eddie and Jamie started towards security. To their relief, security was not overly busy with people.
"Quite a feat Reagan, we will get through security without having a long wait." Eddie remarked with a smirk on her face as they made their way past the first id checkpoint.
"Yeah amazing, with a whole 45 minutes to spare." Jamie smirked right back. Eddie playfully slapped Jamie on the arm as they walked up to the scanners.
As they pasted security, they decided to forget getting something to eat in the airport and wait until they got home. As they arrived at the gate, they settled in for the short wait before boarding the flight back to New York.
"Good morning ladies and Gentlemen, this is Captain Johnson from the flight deck." The captain of the plane said as the process to finish boarding the passengers 45 minutes later was finishing. Jamie and Eddie had seats near the front just behind business class as they settled in for takeoff. "Our flight time to La Guardia will take about 3 hours, and we should be roughly on time to the airport. Current temps in New York is around 52 degrees. So settle in and enjoy the flight."
The plane departed Fort Lauderdale 10 minutes later.
LaGuardia International Airport
Queens, New York
Jamie and Eddie's flight landed a few minutes behind schedule because of a delay at their gate, but near enough, where they felt Hailey wouldn't be waiting for them too long. As the plane arrived at the gate, they got their stuff and proceeded to baggage claim.
"This is why I don't like flying." Eddie remarked as they stood around the baggage claim waiting for their bags to come through.
Jamie put his arms around her as she leaned back into his chest. "Part of it though, plus I don't see you as a duffle bag girl."
"Good point." Eddie laughed as the alarm letting the passengers of their flight know that their luggage was coming through. Eddie and Jamie moved towards the baggage carousel as the first bags began to come around on the carousel.
After a couple minutes, Jamie saw their bags came around. He reached down and grabbed them setting them down next to them. Eddie smiled as she picked up her purse and Jamie's computer bag. "I got your computer babe."
"Thanks hon." Jamie replied as he picked up the two big suitcases and they strated to walk towards the doors leading to the pickup area. As they walked out, they saw Hailey pulling up in her car.
"Hey you two." Hailey said as she hopped out and opened up the trunk so they could put their luggage inside the car. "How was Miami and your flight?"
"Both were very good." Eddie remarked as Jamie put the suitcases in the trunk and she placed the computer bag in beside it. She took the backseat again as Jamie took the front seat. "Did you use the flight tracker app on your phone?"
"And the computer at home too." Hailey remarked as she looked in the mirror and check on traffic before pulling out. As she started to merge with the outbound airport traffic she looked at Eddie, and Jamie. "Both of your apartments are fine, so nothing to worry about there."
"Thanks Hailey for doing that for us." Jamie replied as Hailey started towards the freeway.
Hailey waved it off and tossed a quick glance and a smile. "Not a problem."
Frank and Henry's House
Bay Ridge, New York
Hailey pulled up to the curb thirty minutes after picking Eddie and Jamie from the airport. They thanked her for picking them up and carrying the bags up the steps into the house where they saw Frank and Henry sitting in the living room reading books and the newspaper. Jamie set the bags down. "Hey dad, pop."
They looked up and smiled as they saw Eddie and Jamie standing in the hallway. Frank was the first one to reach them with Henry close behind. Frank hugged and kissed Eddie first. "Hey you two. Welcome home. How was Miami?"
"Warm and sunny for the most part." Eddie replied as Henry came over and gave her a hug and kiss too.
"Well you two look thoroughly tanned and rested." Henry remarked as he shook Jamie's hand next.
They followed the two Reagan men into the kitchen as Frank handed Jamie and Eddie's keys to them. "Both cars are in good shape. So what are you two going to do the rest of the day?"
"Well we are going to stop by Eddie's place, get everything that needs to situated over there done." Jamie remarked as Henry offered a beer which he decline. "Then to my place to do the same thing."
"Then from there dinner at his place." Eddie replied with a smile on her face as declined Henry's offer of a beer as well.
Henry set the beer back in the fridge. "You two coming for Sunday dinner?"
"Of course, wouldn't miss it." Eddie told them with a smile on her face. Jamie smiled as well he placed his arm around her. "Come on babe, we got a lot of unpacking to do and I also want to relax tonight too."
"You got it." Jamie answered the request. He shook his dad's and grandfather's hand. "Thanks again for watching our cars."
"Pleasure was ours. We'll walk you out." Frank told them as they followed the pair into the front hall and outside to their cars. As Eddie and Jamie climbed in Frank walked over. "We'll see you tomorrow for Sunday dinner."
"You got it." Jamie remarked. He backed out of the driveway, followed by Eddie and they pulled out to start back towards home.
A few hours later, they were eating dinner at Jamie's apartment after Eddie had picked up some clothes and a couple spare uniforms to place in Jamie's closet. Jamie was in front of the stove cooking up some chicken and Alfredo with a white wine sauce. Eddie walked in after taking a shower. "Smells good babe."
"Thanks." Jamie answered as he added the chicken to the sauce and drain the noodles. He turned and saw Eddie wearing an old Harvard shirt of his. "I was wondering where that shirt went."
"In my dresser at home." Eddie replied with a sly smile on her face. She walked up and placed her arms around Jamie. "As much as I enjoyed Miami, it's good to be home."
"Sure is." Jamie told her as he placed his arms around her. The timer went off, so Jamie broke from the embrace pulling the garlic bread out of the oven. "Get some plates and silver ware babe. Dinner in about five minutes."
Eddie smiled as she went to the cupboard to grab the plates. The next day, the entire Reagan family gathered at Frank and Henry's house to enjoy Sunday dinner together. Danny was in the kitchen craving up the roast as Linda worked on finishing the salad.
"Where are Eddie and Jamie?" Erin asked as she grabbed the rolls from the oven and set them on the island.
"Yeah, I cant wait to hear about Miami." Nicky stated as she helped with the final preparations for dinner by dishing out the butter into the serving dish. "Some friends of mine and I are thinking about going there for spring break."
"Over our dead bodies you are." Eddie remarked with a smile as they walked in the kitchen door. Everyone came up and gave the couple hugs.
"So how was Miami?" Danny asked as he went back to the roast. He looked directly at Jamie. "By the looks of it kid, you got a lot of sun."
"Execpt for Friday when it rain." Jamie remarked as he went to the fridge and grabbed a bottle of water and a beer for Eddie. He opened the beer first and passed it to her. "Other than that, it was pretty neat."
"Yeah it was. Got to see Little Havanna, tried some of the Cuban coffee." Eddie remarked taking a sip of the beer.
"I heard of that coffee. Great way to start your mornings." Andrew Parker, Erin's boyfriend remarked as he walked in from the living room giving a handshake to Jamie and a hug to Eddie. "A soldier of mine's family shipped him some from Miami on a regular basis."
"Oh yeah." Erin remarked as she walked over and patted Andrew on the shoulder.
"What else did you guys do?" Nicky asked.
"Saw the Dadeland mall, visited with Carla, hanged out at the beach." Jamie remarked as he sipped on the water he took from the fridge. "I had to rescue a kid from a rip current Monday."
"What?" Danny said as he placed the meat on the serving plate. He looked at Jamie. "You're on vacation and you're rescuing people?"
"It's what we do Danny." Frank said walking into the kitchen. He looked at all the people standing around. "Let's get the food out, sit down, and they can tell you the rest over dinner."
"Good idea." Eddie answered as she picked up the salad and started to carry it to the dining room. "I'm starving."
"When are you not babe?" Jamie asked her grabbing the rolls and walking towards the dining room.
The family came in and gathered around the table to enjoy a family dinner together and listen to the couple tell of their trip to Miami.