In That Moment- A Chicago PD FanFiction

Chapter 26

Erin's P.O.V

"I've got her..." I mutter sleepily, forcing myself to get out of bed. Jay hasn't even woken up though, he never does. Never have I been so jealous of someone's ability to sleep through anything- I had to practically kick him the whole way out of bed to get him to get up earlier. Hearing the volume of the cries increase I reluctantly get out of bed, I'm sure my neighbours probably hate me right about now. I rub my hand across my eyes, trying to wake myself up. Why on earth do I have to have a daughter who wakes up at 4am every morning? "Hey Millie..." I whisper, bending down to pick her up out of the crib. I take her out of the bedroom, just incase we wake Jay up- as unlikely as that situation is.

I still find it amazing, sat here in the dimly lit apartment that this tiny little baby is actually mine. She's just so perfect. It makes me smile as her tiny little fingers grab hold of my hair and she looks up at me. I thought I'd really miss work, and yesterday, the first day Jay had gone back to work I'd been a little bit sad not to be going with him. To be honest though, he's the one missing out. I get to spend all day with our daughter, and I don't think I could function at work on the amount of sleep I'm getting at the minute.

Jay gets up at six, wandering through to make coffee. He stops in the doorway and smiles at me. I press a finger to my lips, telling him to be quiet, I've only just got her to go back to sleep and if he wakes her up I might actually have to kill him. He nods, walking through into the kitchen and trying to make coffee quietly. Just as I'm thinking about how quiet he's being there's a loud crash from the kitchen, then a few seconds silence. "Sorry." He whispers. I look down at the baby who is now very much awake and wriggling around in my arms, thankfully she's not crying this time.

I stand up and walk in to the kitchen to find Jay crawling around on the floor, trying to gather up all the pieces of the mug he's dropped on the floor. He looks up at me guiltily. "Take her for me, I'll make coffee before you break anything else!" I laugh and he smiles at me, standing up and taking Millie out of my arms. I can't help the grin on my face as I look at them both, I'm so lucky to be here with them both now. The fact that I nearly wasn't here just makes me appreciate it even more. I hand Jay his coffee after I've finished picking all the pieces up off the floor. I sit down next to him, leaning my head on his shoulder as I take a big sip of my coffee. "God I've missed coffee!" I laugh, 'I'd really missed coffee during my pregnancy- something I'd taken out on Jay several times. "You are a lot nicer in the morning when you've had a coffee!" He laughs and then looks at his watch. "Well, I'd better go.." He says, gently passing Millie back to me. He leans forward and gives her a quick kiss on the top of her head, before leaning forward and kissing me. "Be good you two!" He laughs, grabbing his jacket and walking out of the door.

Just after lunch I decide I've had enough of sitting around the apartment. "Shall we go see Daddy?" I say to Millie, putting on the tiny little coat we'd bought her. It's a short ride to the precinct, and it feels so good to get out of the apartment. It takes me a little while to get up the steps to intelligence though, everyone stopping to congratulate me and tell me how beautiful she is. Even Platt had something nice to say. I'm seriously out of shape I decide as I finally reach the top of the stairs. "Hey!" Ruzek yells as I walk in, shortly followed by the sounds of crying. I glare at him and he makes an apologetic face. "No way Ruzek! You make the baby cry you make it stop! Those are the rules!" I say as he starts trying to run off. He laughs a little and walks towards us. "It's good to see you Erin!" He says, leaning down to take Millie out of her car seat. I'm about to ask where Voight and Jay are when I hear a familiar voice behind me. "You drop my Grandkid Ruzek you and I will be taking a little trip together..." I hear Voight say as he looks at Ruzek who is bouncing Millie around trying to get her to stop crying. "Be nice!" I laugh, only Voight could manage to make something sound like a joke and yet mildly threatening at the same time. "I mean it Ruzek!" He laughs, coming over to give me a hug. "How you been kid?" He asks me.

Jay comes bounding up the stairs before I get a chance to say anything. "Hey! This is a- Hey Ruzek you'd better be careful with my kid!" He says, coming over to me. Adam looks offended. "Why does no one trust me with her?! She likes me!" He protests and everyone laughs. I feel Jay's arm slide around my waist and I lean closer to him. It feels good to be back here, but I'm not in any hurry to get back to work. I stand there and laugh as Olinsky and Antonio start teasing Ruzek again. "Give her here Ruzek, you're hogging the baby!" Voight laughs, going over and taking Millie from him. I smile up at Jay, I know he was surprised at how good Voight is with her, he just doesn't seem like that kind of person I guess, but he's taken to his role as a Grandpa pretty well. As I look around at all these people I can't help but feel everything's going to turn out great after all.