Erin Lindsay - Back to home

Friends

Erin and Jay slept in separate rooms after Camille slept.

"Good morning" Jay says handing Erin a cup.

"Good morning, Mum" Camille says sitting at the table having breakfast.

"Good morning, giggle" Erin says and kisses her daughter. "Good morning" she looks at Jay as he puts coffee in her cup.

"Sleep well?" He asks.

"Yes and you?"

"Well, too" he looks at her and smiles.

"Are we going to be excited?" Cami asks and they look embarrassed.

"Let's go out with Mom's friend, what do you think?" Erin asks.

"Cool" Camille says and Erin takes it. Jay changes clothes and after Camille is ready he stays with his daughter so Lindsay can get ready. Jay went to work and Erin was with Kim while her daughter played in the park.

"She's so smart" Kim says and smiles. "why didn't you say anything?" She asks.

"I tried, but seeing Jay moving forward was difficult," she says.

"Pretending to move on, you meant it, right?" Kim begins. "Erin, Jay was so devastated and so upset that he looked like someone else, he accidentally killed a 10 year old girl, even pointed a gun at Hailey, lied, drank, always arrived in bad shape at work and had a relationship with a drug dealer, he I didn't know that but he used the name of disguise to keep her, he got into so many problems that you have no idea. " Erin didn't know much and was surprised at how badly he really looked.

"At first he left the support group, Hank started therapy when you left and worried about Jay sent him to seek help, he got lost when his father died and gradually started to get better." Kim finishes. Erin couldn't help but blame herself.

The subject of the conversation changes and after a while Kim goes to work.

"Hi" Jay says when he gets home.

"Hi" Erin and Camille greet him.

"Adam and Kevin are coming, okay?" Jay warns and asks.

"Yes" Erin replies. She wanted to talk to him but he went to take a shower and when he finished they didn't have time, the guys arrived. They ordered pizza and were drinking and talking.

"A daughter? How do you feel?" Adam asks.

"I don't know" Jay replies. "It is strange and at the same time I feel it is normal, she here playing and having fun in my room. It seems that she has always been here." He watches his daughter play with Kevin and Erin.

"And Erin?" Adam asks.

"I don't know, honestly, it's more complicated than you think" Jay says and looks at his friend. The door slams and Erin answers.

"I understand you" Adam says.

"Antônio ?!" She says happy but surprised and hugs him.

"Hey girl" he returns the hug. "I miss you"

"Me too," she says and walks away, letting him in.

"Why did not you tell me?" She asks Jay when she closes the door.

"I wanted it to be a surprise." Jay says greeting Antonio. He meets Camille, they talk and Antônio goes after Erin in the kitchen after a while.

"I can't believe you have a daughter. How does it feel?" He approaches. Erin smiles and turns to him.

"Hmm ... Let's say that the feeling of worry and fear always torments me" she screams with him on the counter.

"I know what you're saying, I feel it with Diego and Eva until today" he remembers.

"How do you get Antonio?" She gestures with her hand. "I mean, dealing with work, with them, protecting them" she says looking at her friend.

"It's not a matter of knowing exactly how it works. Sometimes everything gets out of your control and you can't do anything, just be there for them, you're the super hero for them and they feel safe so you look them in the eye and you know that everything is fine, that you are doing your best, that you have a reason to fight, a reason to return home, because you will have that smile and that hug waiting for you at the end of the night. " Antônio submits and Erin agrees with a half smile and looks at his daughter laughing in Jay's lap.

"You did a great job with her" Antônio says and envelops her in a hug kissing her head. After a while they go back to the living room and talk.

"Are you thinking of going back to Chicago?" Ruzek asks getting a look from Kevin.

"No ... My life is in New York, I have a job and a house there." Erin says. She or Jay talked about it, even though he wants them to come back, he respects her decision.

"And Camille?" He continues, Kevin sneaks up on him, it's none of their business and they don't even know if Lindsay wants to talk about it but she responds.

"Let's find a way, we will always come here and I hope you will visit us in New York." She says and smiles at them.

"For sure" Kev and Tony respond.

"When you travel?" Adam is full of questions. Kevin pushes him and everyone laughs at the situation.

"Tomorrow morning" Erin replies.

"There, I don't say anything else." Ruzek says. The night ends, Erin arranges some things and Jay put his daughter to sleep, she left the two alone so that he could enjoy the last day with her.

"Slept, I was very tired" Jay approaches.

"It's been a long day," Erin says as she washes dishes.

"It is ... "Jay takes a cloth and helps her by drying them." Erin ... "

"Jay ..." They say together and laugh.

"You can talk" he leaves.

"About the night before ... we can't ... me in NY and you here, our past, everything," she says.

"I agree, we can't. It's not the best thing to do now. Friends?" He asks.

"Friends." She smiles and hugs him. Erin wanted to be with him but after what Kim said she couldn't take him to the hole again. They needed space. Jay also knew they couldn't go back, their whole past was complicated and now with Camille they couldn't take any chances. The night before meant a lot, the photo he kept, her always saying that Halstead was the father. All of that meant a lot, it meant that they still loved each other but would have to go on different paths, being just the best parents for the little girl who had been changing their lives in a magical way.

"Good night," Erin says, walking away.

"Good night" he says and they go into their rooms and close the door. Both were unable to sleep, they really wanted to be with each other.

The next day they prepared to return to New York. Jay took them to the airport, Camille didn't want to go back, he was happy in Chicago. Jay calmed her down by saying he would see her soon. Erin looks at him smiles and he reciprocates. They approach and Jay hugs her kissing Erin's forehead affectionately, they stay there for a while until the last call is made and he sees the two women in his life disappearing at the boarding gate.