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"Ayyy, look who it is

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"Ayyy, look who it is..." Kevin gasped, holding his hand out for a fist bump.

"Hey Kev..." Ella smiled, gratefully returning the gesture as jay stood behind her.

The fresh air finally feels good again, "cleared for duty?" Kim raised her eyebrows hopefully.

Ella nodded, "yeah" she looked around the crime scene.

Hank appeared rather suddenly, staring at Ella and jay for a second before he nodded, "exchange turned into a shootout, three DOAs, a whole gang on the run..." he sighed heavily, the breeze making everyone shudder slightly.

"Halstead, Crawford... I want that truck wiped clean, take it back to the district. Ruzek, burgess, start knocking... someone had to have saw something" Voight ordered, "Kev, go take the witness's statement" he pointed over to the woman stood by the patrol officer.

"Crawford, Halstead... hold up" Voight spoke up, stopping the pair from walking away.

Ella sent jay a suspicious side eye, turning back around, "listen..." hank sighed.

"I'm aware you're together, and I turned a blind eye to it when it all went down, but I am aware of it. You two have a great dynamic as partners, so I'm not gonna' split you up. But the second your personal life starts interfering with your work, I will split the pair of you up" hank stood with his hands in his pockets.

Ella nodded, looking up at jay, before she smiled and turned to look at their boss again, "yes sir" she tilted her head.

Hank smiled, "good to have you back" he reached out to slap her on the shoulder.

Ella laughed, "good to be back" she nodded before turning on her heels to follow jay.

...

Ella swayed from side to side as jay ran through all of the evidence they found in the truck, her mind wandering elsewhere as he rambled on.

"You call voight, I'll get these to the crime lab" jay stood up, his chair screeching across the floor.

Ella snapped her head up, "wait- what?" She shook her head, her arms crossed over her chest.

Jay turned around, his eyes blank yet his brows furrowed, "you good?" He stepped back down from the stairs.

Ella nodded, "yeah, I'm good. Sorry, what did you want me to tell Voight?" She smiled weakly, her eyes locking into his.

Jay slowly nodded, "alright... well uh- just tell him we might've got something. Get the team back to the station" he slowly ascended the steps again.

"Okay" Ella nodded, watching him slowly leave as her mind went back to wandering freely.

She grabbed her phone and eventually snapped out of it, hanks voice immediately reaching her ears as she walks into the garage.

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