"Alright peanut," Eddie said, pushing Scarlett in the buggy down the aisles of the party store, "What colors should we decorate your party?"

"All dem!" she exclaimed, pointing at the decorations.

"You want all the colors?" Eddie asked.

Scarlett nodded, reaching out to try and grab stuff from the shelves.

"Alright," Eddie said. "Rainbow party it is."

They went through the aisles, grabbing packages of different colors of balloons, streamers, cups, plates, and cutlery. As they stood in the checkout line, Scarlett pointed to a race car balloon that was on display.

"Dat one, mama!" she said excitedly.

She looked at it, confused, "You want that one for your party?"

"No mama. For Mr. 'aime birtday. Pwease," she begged, clasping her little hands together.

Eddie smiled, kissing her forehead, "Sure. We can get it for Mr. Jamie."

She clapped happily, "Yay! Tank you!"

Jamie stood in the aisle of the toy store, scratching his head, a little overwhelmed. There was so many options of toys for little girls. Scarlett was a simple, non-fussy kid who he was sure that would be happy with anything he got for her but he wanted to make sure that he got something that would actually interest her. He pulled out his phone and speed dialed number six.

"Hello?"

"Hey Erin," Jamie replied.

"Oh hey. I haven't heard from you in forever. Is everything okay?" she asked.

"Everything is fine," he assured. "I just need some help with something."

"What is it?" Erin asked curiously.

"What kind of toy would a three year old little girl like?"

Erin laughed, "What? Who are you buying for, Jamie?

He realized that he hadn't clued in anyone besides his father that he and Eddie were finally together. "I'm buying for Eddie's daughter, Scarlett. She's having a birthday party on Sunday and I was planning on going for a little while before I head over to dad's house."

"Oh," Erin replied, with a smile. Frank had sort of spilled the news about Jamie and Eddie's budding romance. She was excited for her little brother. It had been a long time since he'd been with anyone so as long as she made him happy, that's all that mattered. "Well, what does her daughter like?"

"Wait!" Jamie exclaimed. "That's it?! You have nothing else to say? Who told you?"

"Told me what?" she teased.

"About me and Eddie."

"Well, you just did but I do have my sources."

"It was dad," Jamie grunted.

"Yes, it was him. I'm happy for you, Jamie. And I hope you can bring them over soon so we can meet them properly."

"I will eventually," he said. "We just started dating."

"Alright," she replied, getting back to the task at hand. "Let me ask again, what does her daughter like? Is she really girly or a tomboy?"

"A bit of both. She loves a good dress but also likes to roughhouse with the boys too. The kid has endless energy."

"Sounds like my type of girl," Erin said, reminiscing on when Nicky was that young. "Get her one of those little tricycles. She will need to learn how to ride a bike eventually. I could take Nicky out for hours and bring her home completely worn out from all the pedaling."

Jamie looked around and spotted one that he knew Scarlett would love, "I think I found the perfect one. Thanks sis."

After his trip to the toy store, he stopped by Eddie's apartment to spend some time with her and Scarlett since he hadn't seen them in a few days.

"Hi Mr. 'aime!" Scarlett exclaimed, running to him as he walked through the door. "You here!"

He picked her up and kissed her cheek, "Yeah, I'm here munchkin! I missed you."

"Me too! You wanna see the stuff for my birtday party?! Me and mama went to store."

"Of course," he said, putting her down.

"Yay! I be back." He and Eddie laughed as they watched her run to the other room.

He then turned to Eddie, "Come here." He grabbed her wrist and pulled her into him. She smiled, wrapping her arms around his neck, giving him a long, soulful kiss after a few days of missing each other.

"Mmm. I needed that," he breathed, pulling away. He rested his hands on her hips, "How've you girls been?"

"Good," she replied. "Just a lot of birthday party prep since it's on Sunday. She's so excited about it. Hattie's even making her an outfit."

"Ah, that'll be cute," he said. "Do you need some help the party? Setting up? Taking things over there that day?"

"Thank you for offering but we're good. Hattie and I have most of it covered. Cunningham is helping me too. His granddaughter is in Scarlett's class and is coming to the party so he offered."

"If Cunningham's helping then at least let me do something, Eddie. I know it's my birthday that day but I don't care. I want to help."

Eddie kissed his cheek, "This is why I love you so much, Reagan. Always putting others before yourself. Tell you what, I actually don't have anyone to pick up her cake from the bakery so you can be in charge of that."

He nodded, "I got it covered. Just tell me where and what time."

"Okay, I back!" Scarlett called out, dragging a bag behind her as she walked into the room. "I got it all. I show you now!"

"I guess I'll start on dinner while you two do that," Eddie said with a chuckle, pointing at Scarlett who was impatiently tapping her foot staring at Jamie, wanting him to sit on the couch. "Have fun."

A couple of hours later, after dinner and putting Scarlett to bed, Jamie and Eddie sat on the ground on the living room, making goody bags for the party.

"I didn't know how much really went into a little kid party like this," he said, placing a few pieces of candy that he had on his lap and a toy in a small, plastic rainbow decorated bag. "I've never had to plan a party. That was always in my sister and Linda's department. We always did what they told us to do."

"Well, this is honestly my first time planning something like this," Eddie confessed. "Scarlett's first birthday was something really small. It was just Hattie, myself and a few friends. For her second, we didn't do anything so this year I really wanted to do something special for her."

"You're a great mom, Eddie," he said, reaching over and rubbing her thigh, with a smile. He loves seeing the way Eddie and Scarlett interact. He hopes that maybe one day, in the future, he and Eddie can welcome a little one of their own. "Have you ever thought about having more kids?"

She pursed her lips then smiled, "Sometimes... I mean, I do eventually, when the time is right. Scarlett is a handful but she's the best thing that's ever happened to me. What about you?"

He stood up, letting the candy fall from his lap, then pulled Eddie to her feet, wrapping his arms around her waist, "I do. I really do. And I would love for it to be with you, as long as you're down for that."

Eddie sighed happily. It was something that has crossed her mind about quite a bit, especially when seeing Scarlett and Jamie together. "Thank you for everything you do for us," she said softly. "Scarlett is not even your daughter but you've loved her like she was your own from day one. You always include her in everything and make her feel so loved." She smiled up at him, "I love you."

He tightened his grip around her waist, "I love you too. More than anything."

She leaned up and kissed him, putting her hands on the sides of his face then wrapping her hands around his neck. His hands ran up and down her back, eventually running them over her bottom then stopping at the back of her thighs, bending his knees, wanting her to jump. Before things went any further, a small whisper made everything come to a screeching halt.

"Mama. Mr. 'aime," they heard, turning to see Scarlett, peeking out of the doorway of the bedroom, staring at them with curious eyes. "What you doing?" she asked innocently.

Jamie and Eddie immediately pulled back from each other. "Nothing baby," Eddie said nervously. "We were just giving each other a hug. Right Jamie?" she said, turning to him.

"Yep," he said nodding, mortified with what Scarlett had possibly seen. "Just giving your mama a hug, munchkin."

"Oh." She opened the door a little wider and stepped out of the room, "Me get hug too?"

Eddie crouched down, opening her arms wide, "Come here sweetheart." Scarlett excitedly ran into her mother's arms, laughing as Eddie scooped her up and smushed her in between her and Jamie, both giving her kisses and tickling her.

A little while later, the three of them sat together on the couch, when Jamie looked at the time and saw it was almost eleven. "I think I should go," he whispered, trying not to disturb Scarlett who had fallen asleep again in between them.

"Okay," she mouthed, standing up and placing the sleeping toddler on her shoulder. "I'm gonna lay her down first. I'll be right out."

He watched as Eddie walked into the bedroom and gently laid Scarlett down, tucking her in and giving her a quick kiss on the forehead. She quickly tip toed out the room and shut the door.

"Thanks for helping out with the goody bags," she said, walking up to him. "And that was a close one with Scarlett."

He nodded, "I was trying to prepare myself for the questions she'd ask but thankfully, she didn't ask any."

"Me too," she laughed. He smiled down at her then leaned in, giving her a long, deep kiss.

She pulled back with a soft smile, grabbed his hand and walked him to the door, "So, I guess I'll see you on Saturday?"

"Of course," he replied. "And don't forget to send me the information on the cake."

"I'll do that." She leaned and gave him one last kiss, "Be safe getting home."

"I will. I love you."

"I love you, too." She leaned against her doorway watching him walk down the stairs. "Jamie," she called out.

He turned around, "Yeah?"

"As for Saturday... it's going to be a late night." She winked and walked back into her apartment, shutting the door.

Jamie laughed, shaking his head. She's going to be the death of me, he thought to himself. He turned back around and walked out to his car, counting down the days until Saturday so they could finally have their time.

Next, Jamie and Scarlett get to celebrate their birthdays and an unexpected guest shows up to the Scarlett's party trying to cause trouble for Eddie.

A/N: I'm also taking prompts so if anyone has any ideas, send them my way. I'd love to give them a try :)