Jamie threw him off when she admitted that there was something she wasn't telling him insisting that she preferred him out of jail, stating that it really wasn't that big of a deal. "If it wasn't that big of a deal you'd have told me the whole story by now Darlin'...it's a big deal whatever it is." he said knowingly. All he wanted to do was wrap her in his arms and hold her, because whatever had happened had obviously bothered her more than she was letting on.

Then they were walking and she was confusing him saying that she wished it had been a client, or even an irate agent. "What do you mean that you wish it had been a client, if it wasn't a client then who was it? An agent?...You might be alright with that Jamie, but I can guarantee you one hundred percent if it had been an agent...any agent...that had done this...they would be looking for a new job, because I don't care who did it...it's not ok. It's not ok for anyone to hurt you intentionally...ever." He snuggled her closer.

Then she stopped walking and she started talking about some frou frou lettuce that she liked, and getting some at the house. He cocked his head and looked at her, he really had been paying attention to the conversation but the lettuce was not that important to him. He was more interested in finding out who had done what to his wife.

When Jamie's tone turned bitter and she mentioned that his brother was in town, he squinted and crossed his arms across his chest. He had just opened his mouth to ask her what that had to do with anything and why he should care, when she finally spit out the fact that his brother had done this. Eric clenched his jaw and worked his hands into fists, "He...how...What was he thinking? Where?...Where is he...I will." Before he could finish processing things he noticed that Jamie had taken off walking again. He jogged a few paces to catch up with her. Walking backwards in front of her, he grumbled "Tell me where he is...I need to have a chat with my brother and...I need to do it now."

When Eric caught up to her and walked in front of her she narrowed her eyes. "This is EXACTLY why I didn't tell you." She stopped where she was and pointed at the wall. Jamie just used her hands when he talked, especially when she was upset. "Hell if I know OR care where he went. He touches me again. I'll just shoot him" she stated sarcastically. "I didn't tell you because I don't need you to end up jail because you did something stupid like going after him." Jamie was easily riled up... toning her down.. ha. That took finesse.

Jamie was kind of wishing she had just gone back to the office, then this wouldn't even be a thing. "I don't even care. I'm completely allowed to have another kid? That makes me a bad person now? Because I don't want husband to go to jail because he's acting like a hot head?" He didn't get it. He didn't get at all.

She had second thoughts about going to lunch, the last thing she wanted to do was fight but she was worked up again and angry now that he'd gone off. It fed off each other. So instead of turning around her fist launched at the wall. Then it connected with the brick and that still didn't help as the motion was repeated on her hands over and over. When worked up Jamie was the stand and fight type but she never sent her physical contact Eric's way ever.

Jamie wanted nothing to do with this. Nothing to do with this at all. Closing her eyes she punched furiously again but Eric already had a hold of her. He was lucky he didn't land on the floor as angry as she was. Jamie could feel how tense she was. Part of her wanted to turn around and push him away but she wasn't really mad AT him, she was just angry at the situation. "It's not a big deal. It's only a big deal because you made it one. Like I said he touches me again. I'll just shoot him" she snipped.

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"Hey, Jamie...whoa. If he ever touches you again YOU won't get the chance to shoot him...I promise you that...I will take care of this...and you. I'll always take care of you." He takes a deep breath, knowing that his wife was well and truly worked up and getting her calmed down was not going to be easy. "Hey, I'm right here...I'm not going to do anything stupid, but this isn't over yet...I will speak to my brother at some point and make it very clear to him that if he ever touches you again..." He let his sentence trail off when he heard her start to speak again.

She didn't care? Well he damn sure cared...she was allowed to have another what??? "Wha...what?" He choked out. He completely tuned out anything she said after that he was trying to wrap his mind around what she had just said. Why on earth was she talking about having another kid? "Can we just slow down and back up for a minute?" He asked, fully realizing that she was too far gone at this point to stop and answer questions.

The next thing he knew she was punching the wall, Eric strode over to her wrapping his arms around her to prevent her from hitting the wall again. It prevented her from hitting the wall but not trying, his wife was pretty strong and feisty when she was worked up and his main focus became calming her down. He pulled her tight against him whispering in her ear, "Hey, hey I'm right here...I'm not going anywhere and I'm not letting you go either...so come here. Jamie...babe, I love you and I need you to calm down for me." He kissed her neck and kept whispering soothing words against her skin, he could feel how tense she was and he just needed to get her to relax.

He silently disagrees with her when she says it's not a big deal, because to him it's a huge deal but he knows now isn't the time to argue his point. "Shhh nobody's shooting anybody. If he's smart he's already left town, and we wont have to worry about him any more."

Not do anything stupid, right. She did not need her husband in a fight or up on assault charges. "I don't want you sitting beside me at the defense table Eric. I swear it. Nothing stupid. Promise me" she had a stern officer like tone to her voice as she went to push off the wall with her foot once he had taken a hold of her. Jamie would put up a fight to free herself if she was given half a chance.

Jamie would put up a struggle until her last dying breathe, but he shut her down as he held her. Eric was the only one who could manage without getting his eyes ripped out his head. Jamie yanked herself free and wrapped her arms around Eric tugging him close to her. Jamie knew David hadn't left town, she knew he was here to stay. That bothered her. Well at least the guy wasn't on base.

"Calm down? Really Eric do you hear yourself?" She was known for being a handful. She pulled herself away and stared straight at him. "I need a walk" she persisted.

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"Hey...shhhh, nothing stupid I swear." He said between kisses to her neck. "Unless you count causing my wife to get this upset...in that case it's too late, I've already done it." When she pulled free Eric was half afraid she was going to have another go at the wall, but instead he felt her turn and wrap her arms around him and pull him close. He held her tighter and continued talking in a calming tone of voice. "Now c'mon we both know I'm an idiot, but I'm an idiot that loves his wife so much it hurts. The thought of another man...any other man, much less my own brother, hurting you...well it upsets me to say the least. But, I love you more than I hate him and I don't want you any more upset than you already are...so I reluctantly promise you that I will not go after my brother intending to do something stupid." He left off the fact that if David was stupid enough to show his face anywhere near his family again and start something, Eric would definitely finish it for him.

"Do I hear myself...yeah I hear myself, an I listening...no not really, I was kind of under the assumption that it was your job to listen to me ramble not mine." He chuckled as he attempted a little bit of humor, and when she pulled away saying that she needed a walk he nodded at her. "As long as we're walking and not jogging, I'm cool with that." He inspected the hand that she had used to hit the wall and before letting her go he placed a gentle kiss on her already bruised knuckles, "I suggest we walk to the deli or somewhere and get you some ice for this hand Darlin' because it looks to me like the wall won this fight."

He grabbed ahold of her uninjured hand and let her lead the way, at this point he didn't care where they went as long as he was with her.


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Idiot her husband was not. In fact Jamie nailed him with a look when he insisted he was an idiot. "We both know better." She pointed out. Jamie was well aware of how smart Eric was. It never ceased to amaze her. Jamie was putty in his hands when he kissed her neck. Though she swatted at him lightly. They were outside in public. "Conduct unbecoming" she teased as she dipped her head down resting it on his shoulder; she did not need him leaving marks that could be seen on her neck. She peeked at him through her cover and smiled up at him. "Hey I'm right here babe. I'm safe and no one is going to harm me." Her one finger came to his lips to stop him from talking. Keeping the look of pain out of her eyes she couldn't keep it out of her voice. Putting her bruised shoulder down, she realized she was going to need to ice it again.

"Oh I listen to you. I just don't always verbally respond" she pointed out. He knew better than to start a debate with her. The lawyer in her would latch on and not let go. "And its presumption." Jamie the grammar Nazi. Jamie rolled her eyes in the back of her head. Mr. Protective or whatever he was being right now. Letting him have her hand it wasn't worth trying to hide it and she didn't feel like being pestered about it. "Yeah okay" she agreed but mostly because she picked her battles a little wiser than whining over a bag of ice.

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"Conduct unbecoming?? Really Jamie, because I am almost positive that it was conduct that was getting ready to become kinda fun." He teased her gently before she peeked up and him and smiled. He had intended to tell her that he knew that no one was going to harm her because he would do anything he could to prevent that from every happening again, but before he could say anything she had her finger to his lips. Part of him wanted to nibble on her finger for trying to shush him, but he figured he'd better not since they were in public as she had already pointed out.

He could tell that Jamie was hurting, she was good at hiding things but he noticed things that others would have missed. "Hey babe, I have some Tylenol in my desk at work if you need some when we get back...or we could stop somewhere and get some if you need it any sooner." He suggested as he looked her in the eyes.

"Assumption, presumption...whatever you knew what I meant smarty pants." He said before falling into a brooding silence. Silence for Eric was strange he was usually almost always running his mouth about one thing or another, but right now his brain was working in overdrive. Trying to wrap itself around the fact that not only was his brother in town, but he had felt the need to assault his wife...and his mind kept coming back to something that Jamie had said earlier and it just wasn't sitting right.

All of a sudden it hit him, she had said she was completely allowed to have another kid. Another kid? He stopped walking abruptly cocking his head to the side looking at Jamie. "Uhm...so...another kid?" He quirks his brow at her, almost waiting for her to try and avoid the question again. He doesn't quite know what to feel right now, but he knows he's impatient for her to answer him so he just blurts the question out directly, "Jamie...are you pregnant? Are we going to have another baby?" He had a flurry of thoughts and emotions go through his mind while he waited for her answer. Sure it wasn't something he had given much serious thought to at this stage in their lives, but he loved babies and had wanted another pretty badly for awhile before coming to the conclusion that it just wasn't going to happen for them. "Jamie?" He encouraged gently as he walked closer grabbing her other hand and pulling her close, "You're killing me here, Darlin'"

Jamie gave her husband a look. Sometimes he could be a handful. In this case, he was being a sarcastic pita. Though technically she was the one who had started the conduct unbecoming comments. She should have known better. Then their conversation turned to talk of medication. "Tylenol? You mean placebo pill." Tylenol did nothing to help anything.

Her eyes leveled with his when he tried to catch her attention. "I'm good." She reminded him. "You are doing that overprotective thing again." She called him out on it as he eyes pierced his. Jamie wasn't afraid to stand up to him. They could go round and round about this all day. It was just a bruise it would heal up just fine without 'medication'. Wait... he knew she didn't take Tylenol. Oh boy.

Quirking her brow up at him as he confronted her with the kid situation. He was right, but she sure as hell didn't feel like being locked away in a fluffy room full of nothing but soft pillows. Jamie had a job to do and the last thing she needed was him expecting her to get any special treatment. On a good day, he didn't like her in the room with her clients. Plus Jamie didn't want to explain to him the chances of this backfiring on them. Having kids later in life was not easy. Shatter his heart too if something happened? No way.

"It merely came up in conversation." Not a lie; but also not the whole truth. As they walked she leaned her head on his shoulder. This was not how this conversation was supposed to happen. What was she supposed to say? That she was on high risk because of age alone. Jamie was still processing, and right now was not the time for the conversation.

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"You call it overprotective, I call it taking care of my beautiful wife...and you know as well as I do, that I will always take care of you...even when you don't really want me to. It's just who I am, and only one of the many reasons that you love me and find me so irresistible and charming...I could go on, but can sense but judging by the look on your face that I probably shouldn't." He chuckled, and grinned at her.

Eric could tell by looking at Jamie that her mind was going in several different directions at once, so when she threw out the 'it came up in conversation' comment he decided to be nice and didn't call her out on it. He did however shoot her a look that said he didn't really believe that that was all there was to it. No he would give her a pass for the time being, knowing Jamie she would bring the subject up again when she had worked through everything in that pretty head of hers. Besides it wasn't like being pregnant was something she could keep a secret for very long, and until he found out any differently he was definitely going to continue to do everything within his power to make sure that she was very well taken care of both at work and at home.

He wrapped his arm around her as she laid her head on his shoulder, he walked in silence for a couple blocks finally allowing his brain to wrap itself around the days events. Definitely not how he had planned for his day to turn out; he was still highly upset with his brother and he would deal with that situation in his own way eventually. Everyone important to him was still alive and relatively unharmed, and he was getting to eat lunch with his wife so it could definitely be worse.

Jamie was about to respond to him when she staggered. Body weight slipping out from under her. Though she didn't hit the ground, she was leaning against Eric but she sweating heavily. Eyes were having a hard time focusing on much of anything. Everything was fuzzy. Still breathing but she felt weak. "Dizzy" hands came out to his shoulders and missed latching onto Eric's arm instead. Though she soon found herself move towards the ground. Her body was resting against that of her husband in the process. Though everything was fading and spinning.

Body was too relaxed for her being aware of her surroundings. Though she could still hear the cars on the street; but any attempt to speak came out as fumbled words that didn't really sounds like words. Her quick sweating and refusal to eat breakfast that morning were coming back to haunt her in full force. Attempting to pull herself up, she gripped at Eric's arms but couldn't get the strength to do it herself.

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OOC: I had more train of thought... then it died

He felt her stagger, "Jamie?" He wrapped his arms around her to support her, "Darlin' are you ok?" He noticed her sweating, and when she said she was dizzy and started grasping for him he eased her down to the ground holding her against him. "Babe, you're going to the hospital to get checked out and don't even waste your time or energy trying to argue with me on this...because you're really scaring me right now, and I don't do scared." He pulled out his phone and called for an ambulance before calling both his office and Jamie's letting them know what was going on and that they wouldn't be back in today.

"As much as you know I love you in these dress whites, I think this jacket really needs to go. You're sweating so much and I'm sure the medics will want it off anyway." He rambled as he tried to help her out of her jacket. He didn't know what else he could do at the moment so he just sat on the ground holding her and murmuring comforting words as he fanned her with her hat and waited for what seemed like forever before the ambulance arrived. As he saw them pull up, he waved them over and spoke to the medics telling them exactly what happened. He stood pulling Jamie up with him. "I can carry her over to the truck for you, is it ok if I ride with you?"

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Jamie didn't hear much of what Eric was yabbering. There was no way she was going to make it to the hospital awake. She'd fainted before medics were able to reach the pair sitting on the ground. She could still hear what was going on. The last thing she had wanted were paramedics. It wasn't until the hospital when she would wake up. The cooler air felt good.

"Eric," her voice didn't sound like hers as she was not at full strength. A hospital room, dammit Eric. She had to go back to work. What did he think he was doing? She went to sit up and ended up resting her head back against the back of the bed. Her whole body felt tired, she closed her eyes to rest them but she was still wide awake and the light was much too bright.

"What am I doing here? Eric, take me home." her voice was very pointed. It was her Navy Officer lawyer no-nonsense tone. Though with Eric it made little difference some days. It was like talking to a wall. She had no idea why she tried. Oh well that was a thought for another day.

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Eric sat quietly in the ambulance holding Jamie's hand and trying to stay out of the way. He followed the paramedics as they wheeled Jamie into the hospital and answered all the questions that the registration clerk asked him. When he finally stepped into her room she was starting to stir and he heard her say his name.

"Right here darlin'" He said as he walked to the side of the bed and took her hand. When she opened her eyes and tried to sit up he squeezed her hand, "Shhh just rest Jamie, I know you don't want to be here but I need to make sure that you're ok. You scared me babe... you're not allowed to do that again."

When she started demanding that he take her home he chuckled and shook his head, "Even though I find that tone of voice very sexy that's not happenin' babe, we need to find out what's wrong so it doesn't happen again. At the very least let them run some tests so we know why you passed out on me."

Just then the nurse walked in with her hands full. "Ah good to see you awake and talking Mrs. Bauer. I need to start an IV and draw some blood. The doctor wants to give you some fluids to make sure that you're adequately hydrated. I'm also going to need a urine sample. Do you think that if your husband here helps you, you could walk to the bathroom next door and get me one? We'll wait until after you do that to draw your blood and start the fluids. Do you remember what happened? or have any idea what might have caused you to pass out?"

Eric looked at the nurse, "I can help her to the bathroom, and we'll get that sample for you but like I told you before we were walking to get lunch and she just got all weak and uncoordinated and passed out on me. She's had a pretty stressful morning so I don't know if that could have caused it..."

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Jamie rubbed her eyes with her free hand. "I have work to do. Just stop playing games with me Eric." She could feel the room still spinning. Wonderful. The nausea still hadn't gone away. It was too early in the year to be from heat exhaustion. The bruises on her shoulder were partially showing. It was clear there was a little more shoving around than Jamie had bothered to mention. Though she had only been asked where they came from not how much she'd been beaten.

Jamie was about to argue with Eric when the nurse walked in. Jamie nailed the nurse with a few choice looks. "If I have to move. I am going home. I don't know what the hell happened. If I am here for you to tell me that I simply had some vasovagal syncope episode then you can take your self out the door and just leave me be." Oh Jamie was not in a happy mood.

When Eric mentioned her having a stressful morning Jamie just glared. Stressful was an understatement. "I feel fine. That southern charm isn't going to get me to change my mind. This is nothing that fluid and rest can't take care of. " Then she grumbled something under her breath that sounded similar to "I already know why I passed out." Silence followed her a moment. "Don't you remember this happened with Mason. I was sent home after being told it was morning sickness." She shook her head. Sometimes her husband was just really dense.

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Eric shot Jamie a look when she said she had work to do, "Your work can wait. They've already been notified." He said sternly, before shooting her a lopsided grin and continuing to say, "Now darlin' you and I both know that I'm not playing here. You scared me, and I will never not take care of you. So please just relax and lets find out what happened so we can keep it from happening again. Ok?" He was worried, that was all. Why was it so hard for Jamie to realize that he would always worry about her. He could tell she still wasn't feeling that well because she was pale and looked like she felt nauseous. He went to the sink in the room and wet a couple paper towels with cool water so that he could hold them to Jamie's forehead for her.

When he turned to face her he noticed all of the visible bruising, and suddenly he was back to wanting to kill his brother for even putting a hand on his wife much less leaving marks on her. He walked back to Jamie and held the cool towels to her head with one hand while moving her gown aside with the other so that he could closer inspect the damage. "Oh Jamie... I'm so sorry." he sighed as he placed a gentle kiss on her shoulder.

As she walked in the nurse noticed the bruising and Eric placing a kiss on it. "Ma'am... if you want we can have him wait outside." She wasn't sure what all had happened to the woman and what part of it the man in the room had played, but those didn't look like normal bruises and it was her job to make sure that her patient stayed safe.

Eric turned to the nurse and glared at her, "Good luck getting me to wait outside... why would you? You don't think I did this?" He was getting agitated now, "That's absurd... I would never hurt my wife... never, do you understand?"

The nurse stammered around a bit not wanting to upset anyone anyone else any further. When Jamie mentioned that she wasn't moving. "Ok then is it ok if I draw some blood and start an IV so that we can give you some fluids to hydrate you? Or since I've managed to upset the both of you I can send in another nurse to help you if that would be better for everyone. Maybe that would be best." She mumbled as she headed out the door looking for somebody else.

After watching the nurse leave the room he turned back to Jamie, "Honey, the southern charm is just part of who I am. I can't just turn it on and off. I agree rest and fluids would do you a lot of good, but why not stay here and rest and let some other nurse give you some fluids and run some tests just to make sure that you're ok." He cocked his head at her when he was fairly certain he heard her say she knew why she had passed out, when she went on to say that this had happened with Mason and she was sent home with a diagnosis of morning sickness it took him a moment to figure out what Mason and morning sickness had to do with anything until he remembered her comments from earlier.

He sighed, "Jamie? Darlin'? We established this earlier... I'm a little slow on some things and I don't really want to jump to the wrong conclusions again... so could you please...please just spit it out, all of it. So I know how bad I'm hurting my brother the next time I see him."

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