The Halstead Freckles - [Linstead] ✓

8. - And I remember "Baby, Come Home"

"So, buddy, what do you want to do now?" Jenny asked Oli after a plate of mac and cheese and a few rounds of monopoly.

"We could watch a movie." he suggested with a sweet look on his face. He knew it was late already, but with that look aunt Jenny may let him watch a movie before bed.

"Isn't it a little late for a movie?" Damn it.

"Pretty pleaseee?" he asked and put his puppy face on. It had to work now, it was the best he had.

"Okay. But don't tell your parents." she chuckled and ruffled his curly hair. "Which one would you like?"

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"Should we head home now?" Jay asked when they exited the pizza place they decided to go to. They decided to walk so it would take them about half an hour to get back to Erin's place, plus it was late already.

"Yeah, sure." Erin answered. She had a great time, but she was also tired as well.

"So, have you thought about it?" Jay asked as they were walking down the sidewalk. "You know, about coming back?"

"Jay, I... I don't know. Oli seems really happy here. And ... I don't know."

Jay stopped his movements and took both of her hands in his. "Erin. Don't make Oli your excuse. I get that he's happy here, but in Chicago he could meet Hank and everybody from Intelligence and he'd see what a real family means. Come on."

Erin was just looking at him for a minute, not saying anything. Then she just nodded and smiled. He was right.

Jay smiled back "Is that a yes?" and put his hands on her waist.

"Yes. Okay. We'll go with you." she smiled even wider and wrapped her arms around his neck.

Jay leaned in and pressed his lips to hers. She gently kissed him back but this time she was the one to pull back. She took his hand and pulled him after her. She wanted to get home as soon as possible. Suddenly, she didn't care about 'taking it slow' anymore. I mean, they did have the apartment all to themselves.

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"You still awake?" Jenny asked softly and ran a hand through Oli's hair.

"Yeah. Can we watch another movie? Or we can wath this one again? We can watch Nemo!!" he was full of energy, unlike Jenny who could fall asleep any second.

"Yeah right," she chuckled "We're going to go to sleep now."

"Can we built a fort then? Me and mommy and Jay once built one and it was great."

"I guess. But we have to be fast." she winked at him.

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Erin woke up to an empty bed. She checked the time. It was 2:08am. The door was cracked open and there was light coming from the kitchen. She put on some panties and the light blue dress shirt Jay wore before and that she almost ripped off him just hours earlier.

"Hey." she said as she entered the kitchen. Jay was leaning his back against the counter and drinking a glass of water.

"Hey," he smirked. "I needed to, uh, rehydrate" he smiled.

"I'm having a huge déjà vu." she laughed.

He put his glass down and put his hands on her waist "So you probably know I'm not done yet."

She chuckled and he silenced her with a kiss. A moment later, Erin's phone buzzed. Really? She just hoped it wasn't work. When she looked at the screen, she froze. It was Jenny. Why would she be calling her at this time?

"Jenny?"

"Erin, you have to come to the hospital. Oli got hurt."

"Woah, slow down. Which hospital?"

Now Jay freaked out too. Hospital?

"The one that's just five blocks away from my place."

"Yeah," Erin eyed Jay "We're on our way."

"What's wrong?" Jay asked, obviously panicked a little.

"Oli got hurt, come on, we gotta go."

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"Hey, what happened?" Erin asked as she found Jenny pacing in the waiting room.

"He was thirsty and he went to get a glass of water... He was too small and he accidentally broke a couple of glasses and then he ran to get me, and cut his foot. They say it's pretty deep. Erin I'm so sorry I should be more careful, I-"

"Hey, it's not your fault, okay? The same thing happened last week... He wants to do things by himself and I get that but... This happened last week! He could know he can't reach the cupboards yet." Erin said.

"Don't be so hard on him." Jay said as he rubbed her back.

"Parents of Oliver Halstead?" a doctor said as she entered the room.

"Yeah?"

"You can come see him now." she smiled encouragely.

Erin looked up at Jay and he gave her a weak smile and squeezed her shoulder.

"I'll just go fill out some paperwork, then you can take him home." the doctor said.

"Thank you." Jay said before they entered the room.

"Mommy! Jay!" Oli greeted them when they entered the room. He was sitting on the edge of the bed, one of his feet wrapped in a bandage, and his Puppy in his hands.

"Hey, sweetie. What happened?" Erin asked him as she and Jay sat down beside him.

"So me and aunt Jenny played Monopoly and after that we watched Big Hero 6 and it was really really great. Then I wanted to watch Nemo, but she said she was really really tired so we built a fort to sleep in. We fell asleep and then I woke up and I wanted some water. I didn't want to wake Jenny up because earlier she said she was tired, so she needed to sleep. I went to get the water myself and I broke some glasses. I wanted to get Jenny to help me clean up but I cut myself so I couldn't. I yelled for her and then she brought me here."

Just when he finished his story, the doctor returned. "You have to sign these and then you're free to go." she smiled to them. "You have a fighter over here. He didn't cry at all."

"Really?" Erin asked and looked at Oli.

"Erin, c'mon, he's four now, why would he cry about such thing?" Jay said and smiled at the little version of him.

"Yup. Plus I had my Puppy with me." Oli smiled.

Erin handed the papers back to the doctor "Well, you can go now, so you can all get some sleep," the doctor smiled "And Oli shouldn't walk for about four to five days, then check if he's still in pain. If he is, come here, we'll check the wound, alright?"

"Of course." Erin nodded and Jay lifted Oli to his lap.

"You know what's really great?" Jay asked as they were crossing the parking lot.

"What?" Oli asked and yawned.

"Mommy agreed to go back to Chicago with me. We'll live together. How cool is that?"

"That's awesome!"

"Jay," Erin said quietly "we need to talk about that."

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