𝑶𝒖𝒓 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝑫𝒂𝒚 | ✔

Chapter 9

*Jay's POV*

I was back at Molly's with my friends when my phone went off.
"Halstead." I answered it because I didn't knew the number that was calling me.
"Hello Mr Halstead. I'm Mary Jimpson, I am working at the Chicago Airport and I need to ask you if you know an Erin Lindsay." A women said and because I didn't know where this was going I walked out of Molly's so my friends didn't look at me.
"Yes. I know her. Why?" I didn't understand why airport staff were calling me.
"The plane she took has crashed and there are no survivors." I stopped moving and my heart beat went up.
"There must be a confusion. Erin didn't take no flight." I looked through the window and saw my brother looking at me.
"I'm really sorry but we're positive that it is her. You can go to the morgue if you want to verify for yourself, but I don't recommend it." The lady said and I felt that it was really uncomfortable.
"Thanks for letting me know." I ended the call and collapsed.

"Jay? Jay!" Someone was shaking my shoulder and I sat up, causing me to groan becaus I tensed my abs and still had the gunshot wound.
"Erin." I reached out a hand to her and when I could touch her I realized that I had been only dreaming.
"Are you in pain? Do you want me to get a nurse?" Erin looked at me worried.
"No. I was just dreaming. It's fine now." Erin hadn't withdrawn from my touch and when I looked at my hand laying on her shoulder she smiled at me.
"It's fine. I'm not going anywhere. I can't seem to leave you alone." She squeezed my hand slightly.
"Could you lay down with me? It must sound totally ridiculous to you but I can sleep better when you're with me." I didn't look at her when I said that.
"It's not ridiculous, Jay." Erin layed down carefully behind me and put her arms around me, like I had done to her a thousand times.

*Erin's POV*

Jay's breathing quickly became even and I knew he was asleep.
I didn't ask what he had dreamed and he didn't told me so it seemed like he wanted to keep it to him.
When I saw a movement at the door it was Jay's brother Will that probably came to check on his brother but when Will saw me he closed the door again without saying a word.
I didn't like Will being so mad at me.
Of course I got the reason why he was. Will was just protecting Jay from getting hurt again but at some point I needed to talk to him because I didn't want to drive a wedge between the two brothers.
When I saw Will's ginger head still in front of the door I decided that now was the time to do it.
I got up and walked out of the room.
"Will?" He turned around when I said his name.
"Do you got a minute?" Will didn't seem happy but he nodded and we went into a room for the staff.
"You don't have to say anything but hear me out before you judge me." We had sat down at a table and Will mentioned me to continue.
"I left for the reason that I would have destroyed the unit if I would have stayed. I left so Jay could still have his job. The reason I didn't say goodbye to him was because I knew that I couldn't leave if he told me not to. I loved Jay...I still...care about him." Tears had gathered in my eyes and I wiped them away because I didn't want to cry in front of Will.
"You broke his heart." Will's voice didn't sound as cold as earlier but still not the way he talked to me before New York.
"Don't you think it broke mine too? I didn't look at his messages because I was scared what they would say. At least I could imagine that he was fine and that was the only thing that kept me from coming back." I sighed and looked down because I didn't know how to explain it to Will in another way.
"And you didn't read it to give Jay no false hope of you coming back?" Will asked and I nodded.
"But you're back now." I looked into his brown eyes that were so different to the ones of his brother.
"I'm back because of Jay. I didn't expect to see him ever again, and then he was there, all the feelings were back. I got overwhelmed and didn't know what I was suppose to do." Will and I both looked up when we saw nurses rushing into Jay's room.
When we got into the room they were trying to revive Jay.