Us against the Universe

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I chose a name! I won't tell you what the name is, but it's a good name, and you will be finding it out pretty soon. I personally love the name and I think that it is very flowy with the Halstead surname.

8 weeks later:

"Burgess, I don't think I'm going to the party," Erin stated.

"You have to!" Burgess pleaded.

"I'm 32 weeks pregnant. I don't think I should," Erin stated.

"Well, then I guess we're both staying in," Burgess sat down. Burgess was nearly 13 weeks.

They sat down on the couch and turned on the tv.

"What's this stack of papers?" Burgess asked, picking up a few papers off the coffee table.

"Letters."

"From who?"

Erin frowned.

"From Jay," Burgess concluded. "May 1, 2017. Erin, I told you I'd fight. In the last letter, I told you I'd give you 1 reason why I love you with each letter I write. I love you because you see the good in people and you saw the good in me. When I was broken and in pieces, you put me back together. You gave me a sense of stability, and you are why I want to live. Even when I was mad at the world, when I didn't give a rats ass about anything, you saw me, the guy I've always hidden, and you brought him out. You saved me, and now I'm gonna save our relationship. I love you, Jay." Burgess put the letters down. "He wrote that?"

"Yeah, I don't know what to do."

"Judging from this letter and the other 20 he's sent you, I'd say forgive him."

"Forgive him for what? I'm not mad at him. He wants us to be an us, but I don't think there is an us to be," Erin explained.

"Well, it's obvious he still loves you. Like this one, May 10, 2017. Erin, you are what this world needs. You can't see it, but it's true. The world needs you, Kota needs you, this baby needs you, and I need you. You make the world better. Which brings me to another reason why I love you. You do all this good and you're selfless. You help people in need, but if it's not asked, no one would know who did it, because you don't take credit for it. You just believe people should and would do good if it came down to it. I'm not that type of person, I think that people would go and hide from danger, but I know you wouldn't because you like to protect people and it's obvious why you became a cop and it's obvious why we aren't together. You're protecting yourself, and that's okay. But I love you. Jay." Burgess smiled, "That's sweet."

"Yeah, and I guess it's true, but we can't be together."

"I'm not taking sides, Erin, but why not?" 

"Because, I...," Erin raised her voice but lowered it again, calming herself, "because I don't know. I don't know what to do anymore, Kim. I don't know anymore and I'm scared. I keep re-reading those, and I want more than anything to tell him I want him but it just can't work. It feels as if the universe is pitted against us, keeping us apart."

"Well, if the universe is pitted against you, then ignore it. Go be with the man you love, and don't say you don't love him because it's clear you still do," Burgess ordered.

"You're right," Erin agreed.

"Damn right, I am. Now go get your man."


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