AN/ Hey everyone. If you haven't seen already, I have marked my other story "Stay" as complete. I couldn't really get into it and for that reason I decided to leave it where it was and call it good. I am also working on a Jophia story at the moment to please hang with me on that. I am almost done with the beginning of that so I will upload it as soon as I can. As for this story, I am not sure where I am taking this. It could be a one-shot or a multi chapter story. Please tell me what you want me to do in the reviews and I will try my best to do it. I am done with school for the year so I should have plenty of time to write. With that I hope you enjoy. ~ Danielle

Disclaimer: I own nothing but my imagination

Warnings: No warnings

"Okay, how about this one?" Jay asked, for what seemed like the hundredth time.

Erin reached for Jay's phone to scroll through the pictures of the apartment. It was a nice, modern, good-sized, place. It looked a little like her current apartment, (which she liked) but had updated appliances and more windows. It also had a much better view of Chicago. It looked down on downtown Chicago, it was also a lot closer to work. A nice 10 minute drive (traffic permitting)

Erin sighed and handed the phone back to Jay and looked down at the ground.

Today was a rough one. Erin and Jay had been working overtime for Platt on patrol and got called to a house shooting. While the two were clearing the house, Erin had heard something. Her and Jay went back into the living room and found a twelve year-old girl standing up under her dead older sister. She had played dead while the shooter was killing the rest of her family. She had to be taking to Chicago Med for psych evaluation to make sure she wasn't going to have severe mental problems. She was cleared and Erin and Jay had formed a bond with the girl. They were the ones who helped her get through the day and gave her strength to identify her family's killer. They solved the case and locked up the killer. Voight told everyone to go home after they all got back to the district and thanked them for working hard.

Now Erin and Jay sit on her couch looking at apartments. Only it wasn't them looking for apartment to live in together. It was Jay.

After his security detail, he picked up quite the bonus. He had been saving up for a new apartment for sometime now. He could finally afford it.

Erin had been putting off all of his suggestions about new apartments all day. Giving him a reason not to get each one. No matter how good the apartment might have actually been.

Erin had grown accustomed to them staying with each other almost every night. Whether it be at her place or his. It had almost been like they were living together. They both had extra clothes, hygiene products, and extra toothbrushes.

Truth be told, Erin didn't want Jay to buy a new apartment if it wasn't with her.

Jay looked down at Erin. He could tell she was worried or thinking about something so he put his arm around her, pulled her closer into his side, and asked, "What's wrong Er?"

She lifted her chin up and looked at him in his beautiful green eyes but looked back down as soon as she had looked up.

She took a deep breath and turned so she could look at him in his eyes and asked, "What happens to us?"

Jay looked at her puzzled and asked, "What do you mean?"

Erin sighed, "I mean, where is this going?" she said, motioning her hand between the two of them.

Jay took a deep breath in. He hadn't expected her to be the one to ask that question.

"Is this because I've been looking at apartments?" Jay asked.

Erin looked down at the ground again and murmured "Sort of."

"Well 'sort of' is not the whole thing. I know you Erin Lindsay. And there is definitely something else on your mind. Why did you ask the question?" Jay retorted.

It took all the courage and strength in Erin's body to say, "I need to know if you see a future with me. Or if i'm just a distraction, or a temporary thing." Erin sighed, looked up at Jay and said, " I need to know if you love me."

Jay's eyes got wide. But then relaxed. He looked down at Erin, smiled, and said, "I see a future with you. I see Hank walking you down the aisle in your beautiful, white, wedding dress. I see our honeymoon down in Florida. I see you and me standing by the bathroom counter waiting for the timer to go off. I see the excitement on our faces when you pick up the little stick and see two little pink lines. I see us telling Hank. I see him putting you on desk duty while you argue with him about it. I see you laying in a hospital bed awaiting the arrival of our child. I see the tears in your eyes when they lay our baby down on your chest and hear it cry for the first time. I see us bringing the baby home. I see us with sleepless nights and tired days. Erin Lindsay, I see us growing old together in a log cabin in are defiantly not a distraction, or a temporary thing. And I most certainly see me loving you. Now and forever."

By the time Jay got done Erin had tears streaming down her face.

Jay took her face in his hand and wiped the tears away. He pulled her into his chest and hugged her tight.

She broke down in his arms and said through sobs "I love you so much."

Jay smiled looking down at Erin.

They stayed like that for the better part of an hour until Erin's crying subsided and she fell asleep.

Jay picked her up and carried her into the bedroom and laid her in their bed. He pulled the covers over her and pulled his covers back and crawled into bed beside her. He pulled her close into his chest and slung his arm over her waist and intertwined his fingers with hers. He kissed the back of her head and whispered an "I love you" into her ear.

As he started to drift off to sleep he heard her whisper, "I love you too. Now and forever."

AN/ I hope you enjoyed! Please tell me in reviews if I should continue or not