I was nervous for my first shift in the coveted Intelligence Unit. The second I walked into the District something just felt right. Antonio was talking to me, explaining everything about what Intelligence does, I was so anxious I completely blocked him out. I was stuck in my own head…until I saw her. I Interrupted Antonio mid sentence..

"Hey, man, who is that?" I questioned. I took in her beautiful appearance and husky voice, as he walked me over to her, I realized that the closer I got the more beautiful she became. Please God let her have a decent personality, I thought.

"Jay, this is your new partner Erin Lindsay." Antonio turned to Erin, "Erin this is Jay, the detective I've been telling you about." Antonio gave her a fist bump and she flashed me a sly smile. Words couldn't even escape my mouth as I stood next to them awaiting further introduction. "Lindsay's been here for a couple months now so she'll be the one with the job of showing you the ropes ok? Don't forget though, anything you do wrong comes back to me so, don't mess up." Erin smirked and then winked at me as she took my hand and welcomed me to Intelligence. Antonio looked between us and quietly left, mumbling about how he had to go talk to Voight or something.

Her voice distracted me from my thoughts, "So, what were you doing before this? Oh and here is the locker room." She eyed me carefully, I could see the wheels turning in her head, what was she thinking, I wondered. I thought about how I should respond to this, the full story or just my recent years. For some reason I felt like I could trust her, that we were in it for the long run, and why not tell her something I would eventually talk about anyways.

"Well I started in the Army, Afghanistan, two tours, then I went undercover and worked in a gang, I eventually met Antonio through his sister, Gabby, and he told me if I closed the deal with my gang then I'd be in with Intelligence. I did my deal, got shot in the shoulder, and now I guess I'm here, at your service." Erin looked me up and down and just laughed.

"Oh, so you're the detective Dawson's sister was dating? Now I get how you got fast tracked to this unit, better prove yourself to not just be a favor!" Erin kept laughing as she busted my balls. Personality: check. I tried to keep my flirting at bay. I knew then that I liked her. She was just like me, a jokester, but I could tell she cared about her job though. She continued to lead me through the district and introduce me to everyone. I kept making eye contact with her and she would just smirk at me. Something was different about her, I just knew it. I could open up and joke with her. I saw her as my best friend immediately, but I also saw something more.