Chapter 6

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*Erin's POV*

"After you." I stepped into the plane and Jay and I sat down at our seats.
Only a few hours till I was back in Chicago.
I had only packed a bag for two weeks in case that I was backing out.
"Ready?" Jay asked and kissed my hand.
"I don't know but I guess I can't leave now." I looked out the window and we were already above the clouds.
"Wouldn't recoment it." Jay took my hand in his and our fingers locked together as if they had never done anything else.
We didn't talk much while flying but as soon as I could see Chicago's skyline I got nervous and apparently started to breath faster.
"Erin it's fine. Nothing will happen I'm with you and if anyone says anything, then I'll tell them what I'm thinking about it." Jay said and knowing that he was with me made me calm down a little.
We weren't officially back together because there was just too much unspoken between us, but we had the same feelings for each other as we had before Abby showed up.
I had told Jay the reason why I had left without saying goodbye and he told me that it was fine and he would understand why I did it.
"Jay what if they don't want me back?" I looked at Jay and felt how I started shaking because I was scared about what the unit would think about me.
I just disappeared, hadn't replied to the messages, and no one really knew where I had gone.
"Look at me." Jay grabbed my chin and made me look into his eyes.
"It's gonna be fine. Maybe they'll ask some questions but I know that especially Upton has your back. I was there when she testified and she didn't say a single bad word about you. Even if she knew it could cost her job. They're gonna be happy to have you back." I leaned against Jay's chest and tried to relax when I felt the plane land.
"Got someone waiting for you at the baggage claim." Jay looked down to me and I didn't know if I should be happy or nervous.
"Hank." He already had our suitcases in his hands.
"Hey kiddo." Hank walked towards me and gave me a hug.
"Good job, Halstead." Hank nodded appreciatively at Jay.
"Hey Hank, could I stay with you?" I asked him and he nodded immediately.
When I turned to Jay he looked a bit dejected, he probably assumed I was staying with him, but I didn't want to put too much pressure on our newfound relationship.
"See you tomorrow then, I guess." Jay said and left without saying anything else.

*Jay's POV*

That Erin didn't want to stand with me was a hard hit in the pit of my stomach but I didn't want to say something about it when Voight was next to her.
"Hey Will. Can I come over?" I had took my phone out and called my brother.
"Sure." He answered me and I drove over to his apartment
"Hey bro." Will let me in and offered me a beer.
"Where have you been the last week anyways? Haven't heard of you and you weren't at the district." My brother looked at me curiously.
"I've been in New York." Will's eyes widened when I said that.
"It didn't happen to have something to do with a certain person?" Will knew that Erin was in New York.
"It did. Yes. She's here now." That was the next shock for Will and his eyes got bigger.
"Erin is in Chicago and you two met?" Will asked me and I nodded.
"We met, we talked...yeah, nothing more." My brother knew me too good to not know that there was more.
"You slept with her." I blushed a bit when he said that.
"Like for real, Jay. First you let her go and she isn't texting you back. Then you fly after her after several months and you have nothing better to do than to do something like that right away? What if she has a boyfriend? Her life went on too, you are no longer part of it." Will lectured me and made me feel like an total idiot.
"She doesn't have a boyfriend. Erin made that perfectly clear to me." I took a sip of my beer and changed the topic because I knew Will wouldn't be much of a help with my emotional chaos.

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