The Calm Before the Storm (Jay Halstead)

Chapter 20

Cassie's P.O.V.

"Put the gun down!" I yelled.

I had my gun drawn at a suspect who was holding an innocent bystander hostage, someone he grabbed from the street. The suspect was someone we were tracking down almost all day, he was wanted for a double homicide.

"Put the gun down and let her go!" I yelled.

"I swear I will shoot her!" He yelled at me.

I held onto the gun firmly and didn't take my eyes off of him. The girl was crying hysterically.

"Come on man put the gun down" I said in a calm voice. I could see he had his finger on the trigger.

Nathan snuck behind him and held his gun to the suspects head "Put the gun down" He said in a calm tone.

The suspect froze up and a smirk came across my face. The suspect loosened the grip he had on the bystander causing her to run towards me. I put the gun down and reached out to her "Go with him" I told her and handed her off to the officer behind me.

I turned back to Nathan who was handcuffing the suspect. I put my gun away and approached him. After they took him away Nathan and I stood next to each other.

"Nice job you two" Sargent Connor said as he approached us.

"Thank you sir" I said.

"Thanks" Nathan said.

He nodded at us and walked away. Nathan and I looked at each other and smiled as we fist bumped. I held onto the bullet proof vest I was wearing as we walked away.

"Are you going to be at Molly's tonight? I'll buy a round"

"Not tonight. I'm having dinner with Jay"

"Okay, another night"

I nodded my head as we headed to the car "Yea"

~

Later on that evening Jay and I were having dinner with Kelly and Stella.

"So why don't you two work together?" Stella asked.

"Well, Cassie is this big shot homicide detective"

"It's because, the Intelligence team is full. Anyway I like working at the 31st"

"Yea plus Voight isn't a big fan on in house romance" Jay added.

Stella nodded her head "But if you ever got an opportunity to work at Intelligence would you?"

Jay and I exchanged looks "I don't know"

"She would make a great addition to Intelligence" Jay said with a smile.

I looked at him in admiration. Jay leaned in and we kissed.

"Alright okay" Kelly said with a laugh.

Jay and I laughed as we pulled away.

~

Nathan sat at his desk working on a file the next morning. Lucas walked into the room and handed a few papers to Nathan. He thanked him as Lucas walked away and Nathan kept working. He took a sip of his morning coffee before he continued working.

"Hi, excuse me"

Nathan turned to see a young girl walk into the room "How can I help you?" He asked putting down his pen.

"I was looking for Cassie Severide"

"She's not in just yet, you can wait if you'd like she should be in soon"