The Halstead Freckles - [Linstead] ✓

17. - Cause You'll Be Safe in These Arms of Mine

"Erin," Jay whispered in her ear before kissing her cheek "Wake up."

"Go away." she mumbled and pulled the covers over her head.

"C'mon, I'm gonna go make us breakfast, you go take a shower."

"I hate Mondays." she groaned into one of her pillows.

"I know you do babe. But you still have to live through them." he chuckled and stood up from their bed.

"Wait," she turned around as she felt him move.

"Yeah?" he turned to her with a smirk playing on his lips.

She took his hand and pulled him on top of her then pulled him in for a slow, lazy kiss. "Can't we stay like this all day?" she sighed as he pulled back and nuzzled her nose against hers.

"I wish we could," he said "But we have a kid to feed." he chuckled.

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It was such a nice day, until things got complicated at work.

It was happening again. Erin went in without her backup again, and she could be dead by now. Jay was terrified at that thought, but he had to stay strong, they had to find her.

Minutes passed, it felt like hours tho, and they did find her after all. It all happened in a blur, but he was so relieved. They found her tied on a chair, passed out, with rope around her wrists that was too tight, so tight she was bleeding.

"Erin." he exhaled and kneeled down to her, to cut the rope. "Erin," he lightly shook her shoulder. Nothing. "Call an ambo!" Jay shouted over his shoulder. She needed to be okay. He needed her to be okay. He and Oli needed her.

He was pacing in the waiting room, too nervous to be sitting. He checked his watch for the third time in half an hour.

"Sarge," he said to Voight "I need to pick up Oli from school. You'll stay right?"

"No, I'm going to pick up the kid, you stay here, she needs you when she wakes up."

"Thanks." Jay smiled to Hank.

"Anytime" Voight patted his shoulder and headed out.

Another couple of hours passed, making Jay even more anxious. He's her partner. Her backup. He should've been there. What if something's seriously wrong with her? He'll never be able to forgive himself.

"Jay," a familiar voice woke him up from his thoughts.

"Yeah?" he turned around and faced Will. "What's up? Is she okay?"

"Yeah, everything's fine. Aparently she was drugged with the stuff people use to rape their victims."

Jay's eyes widened "Was she...?"

"No, no, like I said, everything's okay." Will said and continued "She should be awake anytime now, the bruises on her wrists will be healed in a couple of days."

"Great. Can I see her now?" he asked, not really waiting for his answer.

"Wait, Jay, there's one more thing." Will stopped him by putting a hand to his chest. "Erin's pregnant."

Jay stopped in his movement immediately. "What? No, she can't be, she took a test a few days ago."

"Yeah, well, those tests can be wrong. She's definetely pregnant. Congrats, bro." he smiled to Jay, patted his back and then walked away in a hurry.

Jay couldn't believe what just happened.

"Will?" he called after him.

"Yeah?" he turned around on his heels.

"Could you like, not tell her? I mean, I'd like to be the one to break the news to her." he smiled shyly.

"Sure thing. When she wakes up, you guys are free to go, just check out at Maggie before, will you?"

Jay slowly pushed the door to Erin's room open. She slowly stired awake at his presence.

"Hey." she said quietly, with an even raspier voice than usual.

"Hey you." he smiled sadly and brushed some hair out of her face. "How are you feeling?"

"Tired." she smirked.

"Erin, we've talked about this years ago. Don't go in without backup, please."

She took his hand and gently squeezed it. "Yeah, I think I learned my lesson now." she smiled weakly. "When can I leave?"

"Right now, you just have to get checked out and we can go home." he smiled.

In that moment a familiar voice was heard out in the hall. "Mommy, are you alright?" Oli said, pushing the glass door open and Hank entering right after him.

He ran towards them and tried to hug Erin "What's wrong? Are you sick?"

"No, sweetie, it was just an accident at work. I'm going home right away." she smiled to the worried little boy.

"You need to be careful at work mommy."

"Yeah, that's what I told her." Jay smiled and ruffled his hair.

"I'm glad you're fine, kiddo." Voight smiled to Erin "I was thinking Oli and me could have a sleepover at my house, because Jay kinda needs to take care of you now." he chuckled.

"Hank, I'm fine." Erin rolled her eyes.

"Mommy please? It would be really really fun!"

"Yeah, sure, go with grandpa Hank." she chuckled and Oli climbed up on her bed, gave her a quick kiss on the cheek, "Bye mommy," then he jumped down, hugged Jay and said "Bye daddy." and ran out the door, pulling Hank with him.

Jay only smiled and shook his head at him. "C'mon, let's get you home."

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"I'm assuming you talked to Will before we left, since no one told me a thing?" Erin asked as they were finishing eating dinner.

"Um, yeah. Well, he said there's no serious damage, and that you were drugged with some drug that's used to rape people, but they didn't do anything to you." he assured her. "You can go take a shower if you want, I'll clean this up."

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When she got out of the bathroom, Jay was sitting on the couch, going through channels.

"Anything good on tv?" she asked, slowly aproaching him.

"Is there anything specific you want?" he asked without looking at her.

"Yeah," she said, stradling his lap and putting her hands around his neck "You."

"Is that so?" he smirked and gave her a short kiss.

"Mm-hm." she smiled back.

"Erin, I need to tell you something." his lips spread in a big smile.

"What's that?" she pulled back a little, so she could see his whole face.

"You're pregnant." he didn't know how else to tell her. He thought the best way was to just spit it out.

She gave him a confused look. "What? The test was-"

"Yeah," he interrupted "Negative, I know. But tests can be wrong. Will said that they had to check you because of the drug and they saw that you're pregnant." he just couldn't hide his big smile.

Erin didn't know what to say, she was just as happy as he was, but then she got worried "Wait. Could that drug hurt the baby?"

"No, I don't think so, because if it could Will would probably mention something."

"We're having another baby." she whispered with tears in her eyes. "I love you so much."

"I love you, too." he said, wiping away a tear off her cheek and then kissing her deeply. "I love you so much."

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