Where We Want To Be. A LINSTEAD Story

Chapter 33

Two weeks later.

Jay's pov

It has been three weeks now since the team had rescued me. Voight said that after three weeks I could come back to work.

Tomorrow is my first day back and let's just say I am thankful. I don't think I could spend another day pent up all alone on this apartment doing nothing. I know that I am going to be put on desk duty or light field work untill he feels I am ready to go back to my regular field work. But at least I will be out of the apparmtent and helping out.

It is 6:44 and the alarm clock will go off any second to wake Erin up. So I decide to gently wake her up myself. I slowly wrap my arms around her waist and pull her closer to me. By doing this she slowly starts to stir in my arms.

"Er it's time to wake up." I whisper in her ear.

"OK babe I'm up." She responds in her rough morning voice that I love.

"Alright I will go make the coffee." I say before placing a kiss on her neck and unwrapping myself from her and getting out of bed walking into the kitchen to turn on the pot of coffee.

A few minutes later after I popped the toast in the toaster knowing that she would want breakfast too I feel her warm arms wrap around my waist and her cheek on my back.

When I do i turn around so that I am facing her.

"Hey did you have a good sleep?" I ask her.

"Ya. But I would rather still be in bed and sleep all day." She says.

"I know I'm sorry I had to wake you up but you have to go to work."

"I know. I'm just glad that I got to wake up that way and not by that annoying alarm." She says leaning up and placing a soft kiss on my lips.

Once she pulls away the toast pops out of the toaster and she walks away to grab them and put them on plates. I go to the cupboard and grab two mugs and get our coffee ready knowing just the way she likes hers.

Once we had drank our coffee and eaten breakfast Erin got up and went into the bathroom to take a shower before getting ready for work.

About half an hour later she walked out of out bedroom looking beautiful as always and came and sat beside me on the couch where I was watching TV.

"I've got to go. Try not to have too much fun without me." She says leaning in to give me a kiss.

"Don't worry I won't." I say as she gets up and walks towards the door.

"Goodbye love you." She says as she walks out.

"Love you too" I yell back not really knowing if she heard me.

Erin's pov.

Today is the last day that i have to go to work without Jay.

It has been tough these past few weeks. I am so used to having Jay as my partner that it feels weird not going to work with him and him not being there beside me.

I don't have anything against Kim but she just isn't Jay. I know with Jay he will always have my back. We know each other so well we can tell what each others next move will be before we do it.

It just makes me feel better knowing that he will always have my back and not to worry about getting shot because someone wasn't there to protect me.

But it's only one more day. I know that these past few weeks have been even harder on Jay. If he had his way he would have been back a long time ago.