1. Arrive


Jay sighed as he hung his head and continued writing his after action report. Mind numbing paperwork on Thursday afternoon was not his most favorite thing in the world to do. Actually, it was at the bottom of things he wanted to do. Especially today. Hailey was coming home. A week and a half without her was entirely too long. At work and not having her around after work as well.

He checked his watch and then checked FlightTracker. An hour and 23 minutes more until her plane touched down at O'Hare. She had been in Los Angeles for the past week and a bit, one to work with the LAPD on a cold case that they had requested help from, and to see her college best friend.

"I didn't realize how much paperwork Hailey did for me," Jay complained.

Atwater laughed. "Better step up your game bro," he commented, filling out his own AAR. "When does her plane arrive?"

Jay looked at FlightTracker again. "Hour and 20 minutes. She said she would take a cab and come here."

Atwater just looked at him. "Ah come on. Let's go get your partner from the airport."

Jay looked around the empty bullpen and then shook his head. He filed his AAR he was writing in the drawer, locked it, grabbed his gun and then grabbed his jacket "You know she hates surprises?"

"Yup. Can we make her a welcome home sign?"

Jay looked at Atwater as they descended down the steps. "If you do, that's your funeral. She will kill you."


It turned out Hailey's plane arrived at the gate a little bit early so she was just walking by baggage, looking for the carousel with her flight number, when she spotted the bright, fluorescent pink sign and her two co-workers. Surprise. She had forgot she had mentioned something to Jay about checking luggage and it looked like he remembered the text so they were waiting around baggage claim for her. She read the sign that Kevin held- "WELCOME HOME FROM JAIL."

She was going to kill Atwater but first she was going to get back at Jay for letting him do that. They hadn't seen her yet so she decided to forgo baggage for now and surprise them. First she studied his partner- his jacket surprisingly wasn't covering his waist and she couldn't see a gun so that meant he was carrying it on his back waist and that was a full on advantage to her. Carrying a gun on his hip wouldn't make her surprise easy.

Hailey paused for a second and then started running. Surprisingly Chicago O'Hare was empty at the baggage carousel right now. And then before Atwater and Jay could figure out what was going on, she launched herself at Jay. He caught her as she wrapped her legs around his waist. Yep, his gun was on his back.

"Surprise," she said, as she kissed him gently.

Jay's instincts were to kiss her back and he did but he was so stunned at her public display of affection, first in an airport and second in front of a co-worker. "That was a hell of a surprise," he whispered as he put her down.

Atwater's jaw was dropped as he just witnessed what he did- Hailey just kissed Jay in front of him! He was honestly speechless. He knew something was going on between the partners but that?!

Hailey turned to Atwater. "I'm going to get you back for that sign."


Next up. B- "Bagel."