A Linstead Life

Wisconson? Wisconson.

Erin's POV
It has been a year and a half since Jay's mum died, and he hasn't been able to bring himself together to finally let her go and scatter her ashes. I wanted to help him so badly but every time he let me in and I thought I was getting somewhere, he would be quick on putting up his defences. Again. I have been thinking about a way to help him for a while and since our two year anniversary is coming up I managed to persuade Voight to give us the weekend off, my plan was coming together, all I had to do was get Jay there.

Jay's POV
After a stressful day at work the last thing I wanted to see when I got home was Erin packing a bag! "What's going on?" I questioned, whilst my body simultaneously tensed. Erin gave me a smile of pure mischief and I felt my body relax, she wasn't leaving, she was up to something. The thought of loosing the love of my life as well as my mother made me uneasy and uncomfortable. I was brought out of my thoughts by Erin, " Pack a bag, we leave early tomorrow morning." Was all she said before giving me a peck on the cheek and leaving our bedroom. I shook my head and squinted my face in pure confusion and followed her out of our room. "What are you up to Lindsay?" I questioned her, with a hearty chuckle and a childish grin she walked closer to me, our lips were inches apart before she finally spoke, "that's for me to know and you to find out Halstead!" She laughed before shoving me back towards our room, "Now go and pack!!!". I went into our room and packed a bag, just as I finished packing, Erin came into the room yawning and I looked at the clock, it was almost midnight so I picked up my bad and put it on the floor beside Erin's and changed for bed.

Erin's POV
As I clambered into bed, Jay changed and shortly afterwards joined me. We both lay there on our backs, staring at the ceiling, "Where are we going tomorrow?" Jay questioned, breaking the comfortable silence. "All shall be revealed, just be up and ready to go by 8am." I replied before turning on to my side and going to sleep.
It was 6:30am when our alarm went off, and to my surprise jay was already out of bed and in the shower, so I decided to get up and make breakfast. I was cooking in the kitchen when I heard jay coming out of the bathroom so I put everything on a low heat and went to find him. "Morning handsome" I smirked as I walked up to Jay, who had a towel wrapped round his waist and small drips of water rolling down his partially dried back. I stood behind him drawing patterns in his arms as he started to groan. "Morning." He replied whilst turning round to face me. He tucked my hair behind my ear and rubbed his thumb gently over my right cheek. I propped myself up onto my tip toes just so that or lips were nearly touching. At the same time my hand found the knot of Jay's towel. I leaned up a little more and brushed my lips against Jay's, "be quick breakfast is on a low heat don't want to burn the place down!" I said, whilst pulling Jay's towel off and running into the bathroom with it. "You're such a tease, Lindsay!" Jay groaned, whilst I quickly hopped in the shower.

Jay's POV
I got myself ready and rushed through to the kitchen to finish cooking breakfast. I was joined shortly after by a tease, well not just any tease, my tease and I wouldn't change her for the world. We ate our breakfast in a comfortable silence, and before we knew it it was 8am and Erin was rushing me out to the car, "Jay HURRY UP!......we don't have all day!" She yelled as a I did a quick double check of the apartment to make sure we had everything. " Right we are good to go" I said, "finally" she replied and we left, I still had no idea where I was going.

Erin's POV
We had been on the road for just over 2 hours and jay has been sleeping for most of the journey. I still hadn't told him where we are going or that I have brought his mothers ashes with us so we can scatter them at one of her favourite places. The half hour past quickly in the car, with Jay only waking up once it had been a pretty quite journey. As we approached the scenic road the lead to Jay's family cabin in Wisconsin, Jay started to stir. "Wisconsin?" He asked puzzled, "Wisconsin." I answered and drove down the road. A mere 5 minutes later we reached the cabin, and it was stunning. Built out of old logs and set in the most stunning surroundings I have ever seen, it's no wonder both Jay and his mother love it here. Just as I cut the engine Jay turned to face me, " why Wisconsin?" He asked, "I thought that after everything that's happened the past year you could do with a big of time to relax....." "And I also thought that it would be a nice place to finally lay your mother to rest" I said but I got no reply, I thought I had put my foot in it so I frantically tried to dig myself out of the massive hole I appeared to have jumped into. "I mean you don't have to it was just a thought....you can do it wherever.....whenever....or you don't have to.....I'm sorry it really nothing to......" I had been so caught up on trying to rescue myself that I hadn't noticed the huge grin that was in Jay's face until it was too late, and he crashed his lips to mine. I felt myself relax, he was okay with this, actually he was more than okay, he was happy about it. " Erin Lindsay, this is the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me! Thank you! I love you so much that I cannot even begin to explain." We both looked at each other with lopsided grins on our faces like two love struck teenagers. "I love you too" was all I could manage before I crashed my lips to Jay's.