𝑶𝒖𝒓 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝑫𝒂𝒚 | ✔

Chapter 34

*Erin's POV*

Jay left to get us some coffee and so I was batteling the room alone.
Before he left, Jay had got rid of all the spiders to make things a little easier for me.
But as soon as he was gone I winced at every little noise, assuming that the room around me would collapse.
When I heard steps coming up the stairs I pulled myself together because I didn't know who it was.
"Lindsay?" I recognised Platt's voice and walked out of the room.
"Yeah?" I looked at her.
"Halstead just wanted me to check in on you; you good?" I nodded and she went back down the stairs.
I smiled at Jay finding a way to take care of me even when he wasn't around.

*Jay's POV*

When I walked up the stairs I could hear Erin still being in the room so I sneaked up on her from behind and hugged her.
"Hey." Erin turned around and kissed me.
"Everything alright?" She seemed pretty relaxed and I was proud of her for staying in such a tight space.
But less than a minute later someone pushed the closet in front of the exit and Erin's breathing quickened and she began to tremble.
"It's alright. That's just Ruze making a bad joke." I held Erin, but then released her briefly to hit the closet with my fist.
"Open it again, you idiot!" I didn't have the possibility to push the cupboard away from inside and it took forever until the exit was free again.
"Just making a joke." Adam rolled his eyes but I didn't even looked at him.
Erin clung to my arm and I was infinitely mad at Ruzek for doing what he did.
"It's alright. You're safe." I sat Erin on the couch and kneeled in front of her.
She nodded, but tears still ran down her cheek.
When the rest of the unit arrived I mentioned for Burgess and Upton to come over and take care of Erin so I coukd have a chat with Adam.
"I really didn't think of it." Adam stuttered and I was furious.
As soon as we were out of sight, I pushed him against the wall.
"Are you crazy! She was doing just fine and then you got this insane idea to trap us in there! You know what she has been trough!" I stopped because a couple of patrolmen were walking past us.
"Didn't do it on purpose." Ruzek tried to defend himself.
"That doesn't matter, does it? Erin is feeling miserable because of you." I let go of him and went back.
"What is going on here?" Voight came up the stairs and the sight he saw was chaotic.
Erin, Hailey and Kim were in the break room, Erin tears ran down her face and she was shaking.
Adam stood next to me with a white face and I was sure that mine was red.
There were cleaning things on the floor and the closet was standing somewhere but at the position where it should be.
Nobody spoke up and Voight just turned around and walked back down the stairs.
Adam followed him, hopefully to sort it out.
"Can we go home?" Erin stood next to me and grabbed my hand.
"Sure." I kissed her forehead, even though the unit was standing around us.
When we walked down the stairs we ran into Voight and Ruzek.
Voight wanted to say something about our leaving, but when he saw Erin he closed his mouth again and let us go.

*Erin's POV*

I was uncomfortable getting so much attention, but my brain had blocked out anything rational when the exit got closed.
"Do you prefer to ride in the loading area?" Jay looked at me because I hadn't got in yet.
"What?" I looked at him confused.
"Whether it is too tight in the car for you and you would prefer to ride on the loading area." He pointed to the back of his PickUp.
"I'm good." I got in and Jay drove to my apartment.
During the ride I said nothing, just looked out the window.
"Yiu sure you good?" Jay put his hand on my leg and gave it a light squeeze.
"Yeah." I nodded. Although I had calmed down again, I still had an uncomfortable feeling in my stomach.
Jay and I walked up the stairs to my apartment and I closed the door behind us.
"Want me to leave or stay?" Jay asked and was still standing near the door.
"Stay!" Until now, I hadn't realized how much I needed his presence.
Jay came up to me and gave me a hug.
I put my arms around him too and pressed my head against his chest.