Love Never Leaves A Heart Where It Found It

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Hello guys! This chapter doesn't have anything grand in it but it helps to move the story forward. Hope you enjoy! :)

Jay and Hailey arrived at the scene in fifteen minutes as they were expected to. The team was already there and everyone had worried faces. Voight looked more agitated than ever and that caught Jay's attention. Something was fishy and Jay was sure Voight knew more than he showed. Suddenly Kim's phone rang and after a few moments she let the team know that Abby was fine. Yes, Abby had been shot and at the moment it seemed for no apparent reason. Everyone was relieved to hear that, especially Voight. Then Voight spoke, "We should all head to the hospital once and check on Abby."

The team nodded not wanting to disobey an order from Voight but silently wondering what this was all about. They left for the hospital and Jay and Hailey were the last ones to leave, wanting to gather their thoughts. All this was happening so fast that one couldn't keep up with the next thing. The ride to Med was a packed one, because Hailey and Jay spoke about a lot of things. But their central focus was on this new case. Although, Hailey had something on her mind since a while and she finally wished to express herself.

"Listen Jay," she started.

And the sudden change of tone made Jay look at her. She had almost whispered and it was clear that she was hesitating to speak the words she had in her mind. She looked at him now too, smiling slightly and a hint of a blush appearing on her cheeks. She finally managed, "About earlier today, I want to let you know"—

"Hailey, I will do whatever you want," Jay said immediately, sensing where this conversation was headed.

"No," she said blushing more now. "It's not that... I just want you to know I am ready."

"Oh," Jay replied, not knowing what else to say.

There was a long moment of silence and awkwardness but then Hailey burst out laughing. Looking at her Jay too couldn't help but laugh. It was such a sweet moment. They were behaving like teenagers and honestly it felt good. The fact that Hailey could laugh about this now showed that she had healed from Booth's terror. Otherwise even thinking about such things made her hair stand. All the while Jay couldn't help but look at Hailey, his Hailey, yes, now she had become his. He always wondered how he got so lucky to be part of the life of someone so beautiful and kind and pure. Hailey's fit of laughter had still not ceased and Jay was only looking at her, hoping that this moment would never end. She sensed his intense but soft gaze and stopped laughing. She couldn't help but ask shyly, "What is it Jay?"

He still looked at her and smiled not willing to tell her anything more. What he loved best was to simply look at her without any words. He simply said, "Nothing."

Hailey looked at him for a long moment and kind of sensed what this was about. So she began, "Jay, you truly are a human being and you care so much about people. It's just overwhelming and that's why for so long I avoided this because I thought I didn't deserve someone like you. But you pulled me out of a hole that would have probably sucked me so deep that there wouldn't have been an exit after a point."

As he was listening to her words he wondered in his mind that she was the one who had actually pulled him out of so many holes. Now, he felt the need to let her know exactly what he had on his mind, rather in his heart. He started softly, "Hailey, you truly are a gem and your light has shined through my life the moment you stepped into it. I don't know how I can ever repay you for all that you have done for me."

Hailey was genuinely touched by his words and she answered softly, "You can repay me by always being happy Jay. That's the only thing I truly want."

"Well, that's solved because you're my happiness," he said innocently and that struck a chord in Hailey's heart and she herself wondered for the millionth time how she had gotten so lucky to have Jay in her life.