Two of a Kind

They were all in bed. While Jake was right next to his sister and holding her in her arms, the adults were sitting on one side of the bed. After Jakob caused major problems at the airport Erin flew with him to Chicago.

"What happens now?" Jakob asked uncertainly while clinging to his sister. After all, adults are capable of anything. They were separated right after birth and Jakob would never allow him to be separated from his sister again.

"As soon as Ella is healthy, we'll fly to New York again, but you can see each other on vacation, right, Jay?" Erin said and Jay nodded silently. He would prefer not to separate the children and keep both of them with him.

"Mom, I don't want to be separated from Jake anymore," Ella whispered.

"Ella and I stay together! You can never separate us again!" Jake hissed.

"Then I can only offer you two to come to New York with me," Erin said. Shocked, Jay looked over at her. Is he supposed to give his son away now? His eyes peered over at the twins, both of whom had a happy smile on their faces. Of course he wants his children to be happy and if they are happiest in New York he will let them go.

Now it was Jake who looked at his father and saw the sadness in his eyes. He broke away from the hug with his sister.

"I can't go to New York. My family and friends live here!" Jake realized.

"Jake, you can go if you want," Jay said.

"No, I belong to Chicago! I want to stay with you, Dad!" Jake explained. Jay thought he didn't hear right. For years he was just Jay and suddenly the 10-year-old called him Dad again. A word that he has missed a lot in recent years.

"You don't have to stay here for me," Jay said.

"But I want to see you more often than just on vacation," said Jake.

"Mom can I stay in Chicago too?" Ella asked. They all looked at the sick girl in shocked, "I really like the Intelligence. They're my family too, you know. I find them a lot better than the stupid FBI team or David," she said.

"We'll both stay here in Chicago!" Jake announced.

While Jay had a smile on his face at the thought of seeing both of his children every day, Erin was more than shocked. So far she thought Ella would like David or the FBI team.

The adults left the children alone and talked long and hard in front of the door about how to proceed.

"Can we visit Intelligence?" Jakob asked with a grin, "Ella is doing so well."

Jay looked at Erin and waited for her approval. Of course she gave in and nodded.

Both Ella and Jake used the wardrobe. Erin packed some clothes for Ella in Jakob's travel bag so that she would have proper clothes again and not have to walk around like a boy, but the twins apparently want to use their similarity and mislead the Intelligence.

Desk Sergeant Trudy Platt looked up in surprise, mouth half open, eyes wide - did she see double images? Had she had too much tequila last night? No, that cannot be true! Maybe someone took the liberty of throwing something into the coffee.

"Hello Trudy!" Ella and Jake said at the same time. Both were waiting for Jay to make the handprint and they could go up to the office. Erin stood by his side, slightly nervous. She wasn't exactly looking forward to meet her old colleagues or even Hank.

The door finally vibrated and the twins stormed up the stairs.

"Hey Jake!" Kevin rejoiced and held out his hand before pulling it back in confusion and looking at the 10 year old kids in front of him.

"Woah, wait what?" Adam looked speechless to the twins. Kim and Vanessa also turned. The children were on the top step. Hailey couldn't help but laughing. Jay called her after he found out and let her know about the incident. He needed someone to talk to - the detective could hardly imagine being tricked for over 6 weeks. Hank leaned slightly against the door and watched the spectacle.

"Jay invented cloning! Isn't that great ?! Now I've been there twice!" Jakob rejoiced, "Now I don't have to go to school anymore, now I have my twin!"

"Really?", stunned Adam looked at his colleague, who was just emerging behind the kids.

"Believe me, that wasn't the plan," Jay explained.

"How is that possible?" Kevin wondered, "How did you clone your son?"

"What?" Jay asked confused, who had no idea what Jakob had previously said.

"I think we owe you an explanation," Erin emerged from behind Jay, "at that time we had twins. I kept Ella and Jay took Jakob. In any case, the two met in a summer camp and exchanged roles - they tricked us for six weeks."

"What a coincidence," laughed Kevin, "With the thousand summer camps you have, do you send the child to the same camp?"

"It was absolutely no accident. We now know that there is a certain Hank Voight behind it," said Erin. Both Jay and she got a recommendation from the older man for the camp that was right in the middle between New York and Chicago.

Hank cleared his throat, "But it was also time for the two to get to know each other. However, I have to admit that I didn't expect them to switch roles. But unlike you, I recognized Ella on day one, where she was visiting. Especially when Jay spoke about how much Jakob changed, was good at school and would love to cook."

"Now I almost feel bad that I didn't realize it," said Jay. On the other hand, he was also grateful for the weeks. Nevertheless, it had been a good time with Ella.

"I'll start at the FBI in Chicago," Erin announced that evening. They went to the favorite Italian restaurant around the corner, "This way I can be close to you and you have the opportunity to live with both of us."

Ella and Jake thought the idea was brilliant and were really looking forward to a new start together.

The End.

Well that's it with the story. I wrote it a few years ago, improved it here and there and the last chapter didn't really exist, I know I could have done more with this story, but from my side everything was written down. And what happens now, just let your imagination run wild.

In my imagination, Jay stays with Hailey, the children commute between the two apartments and Erin eventually finds the right friend.

(Unfortunately, I'm not a big Linstead fan. I'm part of Team Upstead).

Therefore the open end.