"I'm sorry, what?" Platt asked looking very surprised.

"I shot Carlos. He tried to- hurt me and I called my Uncle Jay to help me and Carlos shot him. I shot him because he was going to shoot Uncle Jay again." Piper started to cry and Platt called Burgess over.

"Burgess, this is Halstead's neice, Piper. Take her to the hospital and have her talk to Erin." Platt said.

"No! I can't look her in the eyes and tell her it's my fault. I really like her and she'll hate me!" Piper cried.

"No, she needs a familiar face right now. Your uncle is in Surgery." Burgess said and held Piper's hand.

When they got to the hospital, Erin saw Piper as soon as she walked into the waiting room. Piper ran to Erin, who had stood up after seeing her, and Piper hugged her and started to cry.

"I'm so sorry Erin! It was my fault! He was there because of me!" She said hiccuping.

"It wasn't your fault. Tell me what happened." Erin said calmly taking Piper over and sitting down.

"I started using again. I know I said I wouldn't. Carlos had the cheapest stuff. I get why now. He tried to- rape me, and I locked myself in the bedroom and called Uncle Jay. He came right over and I heard yelling and then a thump, and Uncle Jay telling me to let him in. I did and then he put his gun away and helped me up. But then he fell and was covered in blood and Carlos was standing in the doorway, holding a gun, and he told me I was next, after he killed "the cop". He was going to shoot him again and I grabbed Uncle Jay's gun and shot Carlos." She said sadly and then started to cry again.

"Sweetie, that wasn't your fault. He tried to hurt you and you did the right thing calling Jay."

"So you don't hate me?" Piper asked, wiping away her tears.

"No, of course I don't hate you! I would have done exactly what Jay did." Erin said reassuringly.

"Good. It would be really awkward if you hated me, because my Uncle really likes you."

"Really?" Erin asked, chuckling.

"Yeah. He talks about you a lot. And he has a picture of you both in his apartment. And you have a drawer. My dad says that you must be 'the one' because Uncle Jay never gave anyone a drawer!"

"Yeah. I never gave anyone a drawer before Jay either." Erin said, laughing.

"He has a drawer at your house?! You guys are going to get married and live happily ever after!"

"Well, usually the man asks the woman to marry him before they get married and ever after."

"He will. I see the way he looks at you. Ohmygosh! You'll be my Aunt Erin when you say yes!"

"How would you know I'd say yes?" Erin looked at her, raising an eyebrow

"Because I see the way you look at him too, Aunt Erin. True love." Piper said as she curled up next to Erin, with her head on Erin's shoulder and drifted to sleep, leaving Erin with a lot to think about.

Marriage?, Erin thought. Was she ready? Would she say yes? And then she realized she knew the answers all along. She would say yes. She'd marry Jay in a heartbeat. True love? Maybe it is, Erin. You might have done something right, for once.

The doctor came in and told them they could see Jay. Erin woke Piper and told her. Piper ran off to go tell the team the good news, Jay would be fine! The surgery went well and he'll recover.

Erin went to Jay's room in the ICU and stopped at the door when she heard a familiar raspy voice.

"Halstead, I know we have our issues, and with one of them involving Erin, I may have been too hard on you. That girl is like my own daughter, and I try to protect her from everything, like all fathers do. What I'm trying to say is that maybe I was wrong to keep you apart. I can't stop her from loving you or vise versa. If you both can be professional at work and leave the personal at the door, I guess you two can stay partnered. You better keep her safe, Halstead. If you hurt her, you'll be worse off than this. I can guarantee that."

"Did you mean that? You'll let us be together and stay partners in Intelligence?"

"Kid, I just want you to be happy. I hate to admit it, but Halstead makes you happy." He said.

"Sarg, I got shot." Jay said hoarsely. Apparently he had been awake and heard Voight.

"Rule applies that someone who gets shot can pick their unit and I'll let you both-." Voight said.

"Jay!" Erin sobbed as she ran over and threw her arms around him, and then kissed him.

After 5 weeks of time off work, Jay Halstead had been dying to get back. His first day back since he was shot, and he had a busy day. Voight called and said there was a big case and everyone was to come in at 10. It was 8:30am and Jay was pouring coffee when he heard his door close.

"We have work in an hour and a half." He called out, taking a sip.

"We have time. Jay, today means your cleared for 'physical activities' like scrabble." she said with a wink.

"Well, I guess we have time for a little scrabble." Jay said grabbing her and kissing her, and leading her back into the bedroom and closing the door.

"Shit! Erin, hurry up. We're going to be-" Jay yelled from the bedroom as he pulled on his clothes. It was 9:45 and they still had to drive the 10 minutes to the station.

Erin was in the bathroom getting ready, which only took her 15 minutes as opposed to an hour, like some women.

"Relax, Jay. I'm ready." She said entering the bedroom and kissing his cheek.

"Let's go. Carpool to work?" Jay asked.

"Sure. You can leave your car here." Erin said grinning.

They arrived at the station with 5 minutes to spare. They both went to their desks and sat down. They thought today would be a normal day, but they weren't counting on their coworkers crowding Jay's desk.

"You and Lindsay?" Al asked looking between the two.

"Yeah Al, me and Jay. Don't you have papers to file or something?" Erin asked with a smirk.

"Ruzek. Atwater. You both owe me 100 bucks!" Nadia, Erin's friend, and the receptionist for Intelligence, called out with a grin.

"Nadia! You already knew that we were together. You cheated them out of $200?" Jay laughed.

"Come on! Everybody knew that all that sexual tension would burst eventually!' She smiled.

At the word burst, Erin unintentionally blushed, causing the guys to cat call and whistle.

"No wonder they were almost late!" Ruzek said laughing.

"I- I'm going to go get some coffee." Erin said, slightly flustered, leaving the bullpen.