Locked and Loaded: A Jay Halstead Fanfiction

Chapter 11

"Well, shit," thought Harley as she stood leaning at the sink.

After three days of off and on vomiting, she decided to take a test and sure as shit, she was pregnant. The test guessed around three months, but she couldn't be sure until she saw a doctor. Harley always wanted kids of her own and she truly was excited. She just thought that she'd be married before she had kids. This was unexpected. The good news was that they would have to change the wedding date since it's in December.

Now Harley had to think of a way to tell Jay. She knew after the initial shock he'd be excited just like she was. Then the door opened.

"Babe I'm home!" cried Jay as he entered the apartment.

Harley was too busy thinking to respond to him. Before she knew it, he was standing in the doorway.

"You feeling better?" he asked.

"Yeah" replied Harley.

"What's on the counter?" he asked before stepping closer to see the two pregnancy tests, his eyes went wide, "Are you...?"

"Pregnant? Yeah looks like it."

Jay just stood there for a minute before a smile spread across his face. He wrapped Harley in a hug and spun her around. The two of them chuckled as he set her down.

"We're gonna have a baby?" he questioned, still smiling.

"We're having a baby!"

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The next day the two of them headed to Chicago Med before work. Harley had made an appointment with Nat to get checked out. They sat in the waiting room, holding hands as they waited.

"Ms. Jacobs" called a woman.

Harley and Jay looked up to see Natalie standing there. The two of them got up and followed her into an exam room. Harley laid on the exam table while Natalie set up the ultrasound machine. Jay stood by Harley's head, holding her hand. Natalie pulled out the gel and the wand.

"So the gel will be cold, but then we'll get a look at your baby" she smiled before beginning.

"Okay," Harley replied.

The room was silent as Natalie moved the wand around Harley's abdomen. Suddenly a strong heartbeat could be heard. A few tears hit Harley's cheeks and Jay stood there with tears in his eyes. He couldn't believe he was gonna be a dad.

"That's your baby's heartbeat" informed Natalie with a comforting smile.

"That's our baby" stated Harley unable to contain the happiness in her voice.

"It's beautiful" smiled Jay, "Can we get some photos?"

"Of course. It looks like you're about 12 weeks. So the baby's due June 4th by our estimations".

"Thank you" replied Jay as Natalie handed him the photos.

"My pleasure".

With that Natalie left the room. Harley cleaned herself up and the two headed to the district. Harley fiddled with the pictures in her hand as Jay drove.

"So, we have to tell Hank...do we wanna just tell the whole squad today?" asked Harley, breaking the silence.

"If you want to, I'm in" answered Halstead.

"Awesome. I'm gonna need to stop at the gas station first".

Twenty minutes and two boxes of donuts later...

Jay had eaten two donuts, Harley had eaten four, and the unopened box laid in the backseat. After they parked, Harley grabbed the full box of donuts and headed inside.

"We brought donuts!" cried Harley as they walked into the bullpen.

The gang cheered and hollered as Harley set them down on her desk. Erin opened the box and froze. The guys did too besides Adam who reached around the side and grabbed a donut. Everyone gave him a funny look.

"What?" he asked, mouth full of donut.

On the inner lid of the box was one of the ultrasound photos and above it, it said Eat up guys! My mom can't be the only one with a belly :)

"Is this for real?" asked Lindsay.

Harley just nodded as Jay slipped his arm around her. They both were smiling from ear to ear. Suddenly they were bombarded with hugs and congratulations from everyone.

"Wow. Engaged and pregnant in the same week, you guys work fast!" teased Adam.

"Shut it Ruzek" shot back Harley with a grin.

"Have you guys told Becca yet?" asked Lindsay.

"Not yet. We were thinking of telling her tonight or maybe tomorrow. I have to text Gabby and see if they have plans" explained Harley.

"Well, congrats guys".

"What's going on up here?" asked Voight as he entered the bullpen.

"Jacobs and I have some news Serg" stated Halstead.

"What is it?"

"I'm pregnant" smiled Harley.

"Congrats you two! It'll be nice to have a little one in the family. Harley, how far along are you?"

"3 months".

"Once you hit six or seven your on desk duty. Got it?"

"Yes, sir!"

The team got back to the case which of course involved an undercover. Harley was going undercover as a hooker to catch a serial rapist/murderer. Antonio was going undercover as Harley's bouncer.

"Are you sure you're okay to do this?" asked Hank as Mouse out an earpiece in Harley's ear.

"I'll be okay Hank. I know what happened last time, but I promise I'll be fine".

"I don't like this one bit. We're putting a pregnant woman in the same room as a murderer" stated Jay.

"Jay relax".

"Do you not remember what happened last time?! They guy was seconds away from assaulting you! You were battered and bruised for at least a week! And now our doing it again, but this time you're taking our baby with you! It's like you're asking for it!"

"Halstead!" yelled Hank, "That's enough".

"I'll handle this Serg" stated Harley as she approached a fuming Jay, the team all standing around, "I'm doing my job, Jay. How dare you insinuate that I would do anything that would put the life of our child at risk. Lindsay, Burgess, and Voight will be in the van outside. Ruzek will be in his car in case something goes wrong and we need to move fast. And what should keep you calm the most, Antonio is in the exact same room as me as my bodyguard. So I don't care what you say, I'm doing my job. Either get on board or don't come home tonight".

Harley stormed away, heels clicking on the floor.

"Atwater you and Halstead will be positioned inside a car outside the club. Atwater, don't let him blow this" ordered Hank.

"Yes, Serg" obeyed Atwater.

"Good. Load up and roll out everybody".

The entire thing went as planned. They caught the guy, arrested him, and tossed him in the cage. Harley headed into the locker room and began taking off the jewelry she had on. She saw Jay standing near the doorway in the reflection of her mirror.

"I'm sorry" began Jay, "I should have trusted that you wouldn't put our baby in direct danger. I love you and I'm sorry for yelling at you".

"I love you too and I forgive you. But just because I'm pregnant doesn't mean I'm gonna stop doing my job".

"I know. Just promise me you'll be safe".

"Always".

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