While he and Erin have been working on different cases all week since voights son got in trouble he missed being able to talk to Erin or even just sit next to her in the car that he was not allowed to drive according to her.
Jay sits at his desk looking over some old information about Lonnie (the guy who killed his exes little brother) trying not to think about Erin and to see if for the millionth time the officers have missed something they could use against Lonnie in court that his father couldn't get him out of.
Just then Erin walks in the room and hits jay in the back of the head with a folder she's carrying.
"Ow! What was that for" says jay jokingly
"Just a friendly hello, whatcha working on?" Asks Erin
Jay quickly closes the file on his desk before she can see. He doesn't want her or anyone to know he's been looking back into this case.
"Oh nothing, just looking at an old ci's file. Says jay smoothly. "How's it going with voight and Justin's case?"
"Stressful, worrisome, frustrating it has just been really hard.. you know. Says Erin "Want to go out for a drink after your shifts done.. maybe grab some dinner, I'm starving!" Says jay
Erin looks to the ground and then slowly up at jay. "I uh.. Actually already have plans tonight." She says as she looks back down at the floor
"Oh.." He tries not to sound disappointed "no biggie I'm sure ruzek or Atwater will be around."
"Yeah.. just trying to make it easier to stay partners and to keep life a little easier for voight without having to worry about us going out. So when he asked me It made perfect sense you know?" Says Erin
Jay squirms a little in his seat when she said she had plans he didn't think she meant that it was with a guy.
It was silent for a second so jay smiled and clasped his hands together and said " so who's the lucky guy?" To break the tension.
Again Erin looked to the ground and said "A firefighter from squad 3. His name is Kelly. It was his sister that went missing a couple weeks ago."
"Nice." said jay trying not to sound bothered by the idea of Erin going out with another guy. J
ust then voight walked in and signaled Erin into his office.
"See you tomorrow.." Erin says a little awkwardly
Jay smiles "bright and early" he says and watches her walk away.
Jay got up from his desk to try and find ruzek. He walked over to the vending machines near the entrance of the building and sees Adam shaking the machine.
"I'm a cop! You can't steal from me, stupid machine!" Says ruzek as he shakes the machine more
"What the hell are you doing?" Asks jay trying not to laugh
"Stupid machine took my dollar and gave me no peanut m&m's! I'm hungry and I need them to hold me over for an hour." Sighs ruzek
"Watch" says jay as he puts in three quarters and pushes the button on the machine along with the 0 button. The m&ms come right out and land at the bottom.
"You hold the zero to get your food?!" Ruzek exclaims
Jay laughs "yeah an ol trick Olinsky showed me. Why do you think this vendor is always stocked! No one knows the secret so keep your mouth shut!" Says jay
Adam smiles "you got it!" He says as he shoves M&ms in his mouth.
"Wanna go to Molly's after shift maybe get some pizza on the way?" Jay asks
"Ah man I would but Wendy is making my favorite dinner tonight and then we are going to the movies. Rain check?" Adam asks
"Yeah no problem, have you seen Atwater maybe he'll join me!" Says jay
"I heard he is guest bar tending tonight so he'll be there!' Confirms ruzek
"Oh awesome!" Says jay
as he walks back to the intelligence floor Jay grabs the folder from his desk and heads down to jins lair as he likes to call it. He knows jin is helping with voights case so asking him to check up on Lonnie's whereabouts and next court date won't be too suspicious since he'll be to busy to question it. He also doesn't know the story between Lonnie and him so it works out perfectly!
"Hey Jin! How's it going?" Asks jay
"Good ya know just swamped with trying to get as much evidence for voight as I can! Need anything you need me to look up, I'd love a break from voights case?" Says Jin desperately
"Actually now that you ask yeah I do, this old case may have just opened back up that I used to work. I think he's breaking his probation but can't be sure, any way you could help me track him and let me know when his next court date is?" Asks jay trying not to sound desperate himself
"Sure! Said Jin "when do you need it by?"
"As soon as you have the time buddy." Says jay "keep me updated" he says while pointing to his phone and walks out.
Jay tells ruzek to clock him out when he's leaving because he is going for a ride to try and finish something for a case. Ruzek agrees and jay speeds off. He has had the car since Erin was on the voights case and he missed the company of his partner.
He ends up circling the block of Lonnie's house over and over again just waiting for him to leave. After about 2 hours of this jay Gives up and drives to the closest pizza place. He looks at his watch. Already ten. It got late quick while wishing every awful death he could for Lonnie.
Jay heads for the bar excited to just let go of what he's been up to today and of the fact the Erin is on some date with a firefighter.
He walks into Molly's and scans the room for people he knows. He sees Atwater at the bar and heads over. He's waiting for Atwater to finish with another customer when he sees Erin and Kelly laughing and flirting across the bar.
Jays heart sinks and fingers clench he's about to turn away so she doesn't see him, but it's too late, they lock eyes and by the way she looks at him he can tell he must look hurt. He turns around and walks towards the door.
He's pissed! Why the hell would they come here wonders jay furiously. He knows Molly's is run by firefighters but dismisses the fact because of how mad he is. He hits the wall next to the door into Molly's. He turns to the sound of voices behind him. Two firefighters walk past him into the bar.
Jay walks down the steps to go for a walk and that's when he sees Lonnie out for a walk as well. Jay smiles to himself and thinks "the perfect distraction" and starts to follow Lonnie.