His Forever Flame

5. The Date part 1

It'd been two weeks since Jay and Lauren had talked. They'd hung out some in those two weeks; they'd had movie night at Jay's, they'd gone to Molly's, they'd strolled through the park, but Jay had been swamped with a case and he felt like he was neglecting her. He felt he wasn't spending enough time with her.

Lauren promised he wasn't and that is was perfectly okay, but Jay thought differently. He thought he should be treating her like a princess instead of just casually seeing her when he caught a small break.

So they finally wrapped up the case on Thursday, and Voight had given them the weekend off for all the hard work and over time they'd put in over the last two weeks. Jay knew Kelly was off, and Lauren was spending some time with him and Shay, so he sent her a text asking if she wanted to spend Friday with him. He went ahead and told her he had the weekend off in case she wanted to spend the whole weekend.

It wasn't long before he got a reply. "Yes! Absolutely! Do I need to pack a bag for the entire weekend? ;)" Jay chuckled. That was the response he was hoping for, but he wasn't pushing it on her.

"If you want. I'll pick you up in the morning say 8:30?"

"Yea. That'll be good. What should I wear/pack?"

Jay checked the radar before replying. He had an idea, but he wanted to make sure the weather was going to cooperate. "It's going to be cool in the morning, but warm up by lunch. It's supposed to be pretty all weekend. Thought maybe we could take the bike out & spend the weekend away?"

"I'd love that :) do you still have my bike jacket?"

"Yes, it's in my closet with mine. I'll get it out and bring it."

"Thanks! :)"

"No problem. I think I'm going to bed. This case has worn me out."

"Ok that's fine I understand. Sweet dreams. :)"

Jay didn't even respond before he was fast asleep.

"Hey, Kel, I won't be here tomorrow or tomorrow night. Maybe not even all weekend." Kelly raised his eyebrows at that, but waited to see if she was going to explain. When she didn't he said, "Ok, that's fine. I go in at midnight tomorrow night so I planned on sleeping all day anyways." At Lauren's nod he decided to ask since she didn't seem to be offering any details. "Where will you be?"

"Jay has the weekend off, and asked if I wanted to spend the day with him tomorrow. I more or less asked if I could spend the whole weekend." Kelly was a little surprised that she was being so bold, especially since he'd seen her heartbreak, but if this is what she wanted, then Kelly was going to support her.

"Good for you girl. Get your man back," Shay said. Kelly scowled her because he knew what Shay was referring too, and he didn't like thinking of his little sister in that way. "Oh lighten up Kelly. She's a grown woman and could do as she pleases. She doesn't need you growling at her anytime sex is even remotely mentioned." Lauren's face had turned red at Shay's comment. Even after five years, she was still getting used to Shay's boldness at talking about sex, especially when she was sitting beside her brother.

"Well, as long as your happy, Sis," Kelly started. He figured it was better to change the subject. "You know you have my support. Just be careful. I don't want to see you get hurt again," he said as he pulled her into a hug.

"I will be, Kel. I promise." Not long after, Lauren headed up to bed. She was giddy for this weekend, and she knew just what she was going to pack. She'd gone shopping with Shay and Gabby one day on their day off, and they had convinced her to buy new lingerie. She just hoped Jay would like it. She packed her bag and climbed into bed. The sooner she went to sleep, the sooner tomorrow would be here.