Coming Home

Chapter 5

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Jay Halstead stared at the picture taped on top of his bunk of him and Erin Lindsay. Damn he missed her so much. He would do anything to have her in his arms again. The past few weeks where he's been on base had been hell for him. He needed to get through those next few months, for her so he can return to his girlfriend and to Intelligence.

Erin woke up and and reached to the other side of the bed to put her hand on his chest, only to find it empty. She missed waking up to Jay next to her. She missed being in his arms. She missed him and it had only been a week-in-a half since he left. Erin Lindsay sighed. She had never been a woman who depended on a guy, but she really missed Halstead holding her. They had talked constantly on video chat, but that didn't fill their void for one another.

The sun was shining in their room and she knew she had to get out of bed. She looked over to her bedside and grabbed her phone. She looked at her lock screen at a picture of her and Jay. She smiled and then felt nauseous. She barely made it to the toilet.

After she finished emptying the contents of her stomach, she brushed her teeth and started getting ready. She was still nauseous, but throwing up helped settle her stomach. She did not think much of it, although today was not the first day she had thrown up. The stomach flu was going around so to she had caught it. She went to the kitchen to put her hot water on the stove to make tea. When she came back, Jay was video calling her on her computer.

"Hey," Erin smiled as she saw Halstead's face on the screen.

"Hey, Er." Jay grinned. "You look like hell, are you okay?"

"Gee thanks for the compliment, Halstead." Erin said.

"Er, you always look beautiful to me, you know that. I was just saying, you don't look good, you look pale."

"I'm okay, I think I just caught a virus or something. I'll be fine." Erin smiled. "How are you?"

Halstead did not want to push it because he knew that Erin could take care of herself. "You know, it's crazy here. How's Intelligence?"

"It's crazy, but good. We all miss you."

"I miss you all too." Jay said giving Erin a small smile.

"I think even Hank misses you." Erin smirked.

"I knew he would. He loves me." Halstead smirked.

"Don't push it babe." Erin laughed. Jay Halstead loved seeing her smile and laugh. He missed it so much. Even having these moments that are only for a limited time helps him get through the tragedy and the horror he's been living.

"So is there anything new?" Jay asked.

"One second" Erin's nausea came back and she had to ran to her bathroom and emptied the contents of her stomach, once again. She almost didn't make it.

After she finished, she got up and washed her face and looked in the mirror at her reflection. She was confused on why she was throwing up so much that past week. She knew she didn't have time to think about it. She quickly cleaned herself up and went back to the computer.

"Erin, what happened? Are you okay?" Jay asked immediately after Erin sat down.

"Yeah, yeah. I'm fine, I think I have that stomach bug that's going around." She said not knowing the entire truth, but she didn't want to worry him.

"Er. please go see Will." Jay said.

"Jay, honestly I'm fine." Jay didn't answer he just stared at her with a worried face.