Okay, so after rave reviews I came to the conclusion to write another chapter. But I do enjoy writing these one shot AU type stories. So if you have any suggestions or prompts you are more than welcome to PM me and I will try my best to write them in a timely manner. I finish this class next Friday, and then I am home for the summer with a job. So message me and don't forget to review.

"Jay," Erin whispered into Jay's ear. It was 7:45am and she had to be at work. Jay had one arm wrapped around his daughter's back and the other over his eyes. She shook him and whispered his name again. Slowly he began to stir.

"Why are you dressed?" He whispered back.

"Get up and meet me in the kitchen," she responded quietly so she wouldn't wake her daughter. She walked out of the room as Jay carefully removed his arm from under his daughter and stood. He followed the path Erin had just walked and found her pouring coffee into a mug. He sat at the island. "I have to get to work. Can you watch her for the day?"

"There's nothing I want more than to spend the whole day with my daughter," Jay smiled.

"Okay, let her sleep. She normally has preschool today, but given the circumstances I don't think she'd want to go. Also when she wakes up give her the Tylenol in the cabinet, the ones from last night. I should be home around 6 or 7, but if you need anything give me a call or leave a message at the front desk. She knows where everything is, so it shouldn't be a problem," Erin leaned forward to give Jay a kiss. "I missed you, and I'm so glad you're back," Erin smiled as she began to walk out of her apartment.

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"Erin you have a visitor," Platt yelled from the bottom of the stairs. Erin turned her head from her computer and saw her daughter running up the stairs.

"Mommy!" Ella yelled as she ran to her mother's desk.

"Hey baby, where's Jay?" Erin kissed her forehead.

"Who's Jay," Ruzek asked from across the room.

"Jay is my daddy Uncle Adam," Ella exclaimed. Ruzek eyed Erin curiously. He watched her nod and saw a man walking up the stairs.

"You must be Jay," Ruzek stood and shook Jay's hand. "I'm Erin's partner."

"Hey, nice to meet you," Jay nodded as he continued his way to the office in the back. "Hey Hank," Jay greeted the old gruff man.

"Jay! What are you doing here?" Voight asked.

"I came to bring Ella to see her mom. She said that she always comes back to the precinct after preschool, and she didn't get to say goodbye to Erin this morning," Jay explained as Voight gave him a hug.

"Welcome back. Please don't screw her up like last time. The only thing that got her through was that little girl," Hank explained.

"I can't leave her this time. My heart couldn't take another break. But that little girl in there is going to know her father," Jay said as he walked out of the office. He saw Ella sitting on top of her mother's desk with the whole unit signing her cast. "Hey El, you ready to go?"

"But we just got here, and Aunt Kim hasn't signed it yet," Ella looked at her father with wide eyes. She stuck out her lower lip and lifted her arms to be picked up. Jay walked over and picked her up.

"It's fine Jay, we're really not that busy today. How's you're arm feel baby? Does it hurt as much as last night?" Erin asked tucking Ella's golden brown hair behind her ear.

"It did, but daddy gave me ice cream for lunch," she smiled proudly.

"Oh he did, did he?" Erin questioned, raising her eyebrows disapprovingly at Jay.

"She was crying, and it was just one time," Jay reasoned.

"You and I are having talk when I get home. And you missy, why don't you go find Aunt Kim down stairs and then talk daddy into taking you to the park."

"Yes," Ella exclaimed. She ran down the stairs in seek of her aunt.

"You mister. Ice cream is a treat, not a fix for a crying child," Erin reprimanded.

"I was trying to impress her," he smiled at her.

"I'm sure you were," Erin laughed.

"So you're the father Erin refused to talk about," Antonio mentioned.

"The one and only. Wait you never mentioned me?" He asked. Erin shrugged her shoulders and smiled.

"Erin never mentioned you, but Ella would talk about you all the time. I swore you just decided not to ever make an appearance," Antonio smiled.

"Yeah she mentioned you 'fighting for her freedom'. Where'd you do your tour?" Olinski asked.

"I did 3 years in Afghanistan, and 2 in Iran," Jay mentioned, the smile fading from his face. Erin saw the tension in Jay's face.

"Hey you want some coffee?" Erin asked him as she led him into the break room. "Coffee's not as good as the kind we used to steal from the teacher's lounge, but it's there," he nodded his head. She poured and made their coffees as he sat down at the table. "I'm not going to make you talk about it. I just figured you'd want a topic change," she said as she handed him his coffee.

"Thanks," she nodded. "I saw a lot while I was there. I don't want to get into it here, maybe at home. But I don't mind talking about it. It just makes me extremely vulnerable," Erin nodded her head and leaned in to kiss him.

"Mommy and Daddy sitting in a tree," Erin turned to see her daughter standing in the doorway. "K-I-S-S-I-N-G," Ella laughed. Erin stood and lifted her daughter into her arms.

"Okay peanut, that's enough," Erin smiled and kissed her head. "You and daddy go have fun at the park. But be careful, we don't want a repeat of yesterday on the other arm," Erin handed her daughter over to Jay.

"You, I'll see you tonight. No more ice cream please, if she's hungry fruit's or veggies. You hear that El? No sweets," Erin leaned in and kissed her forehead.

"Yes mommy, no more sweets, be careful on the play ground, and be good. I've heard the speech before," Ella sighed.

"You are too smart for your own good," Erin laughed. Jay and Ella left the precinct and all eyes were on Erin.

"It's a long story that none of you have earned the right to know," Erin laughed as she continued with her work.

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The second Erin opened the door she heard giggles coming from the living room. She continued through the hallway into the living room to find her daughter lying on her father's lap, belly up. Jay's hand's wiggling over the surface of her belly. She watched as Ella's casted arm came up and hit her father's chest. Jay let out a grunt and heard Erin laugh.

"Hey, you're home," Jay smiled. "Ella, why don't you go wash your hands?" Ella did as she was told and went to wash her hands.

"I'm sorry I'm late, we caught a case as soon as you guys left," Erin walked over to him and gave him a kiss. You know, we could put the little one down early. Talk about what happened today, drink some beer," Erin raised her eyebrows in question.

"Only if in return you tell me about the day our baby was born," Jay requested.

"Deal," Erin smiled. "So what's for dinner? Mommy's starving."

Ella walked into the room, "Mommy, we're having psketti and meatballs," She smiled as she took her seat at the table. "Right daddy?" Jay nodded his head.

"Spaghetti, but yes," Jay laughed as he took Erin's hand and led her to the table.

"Mmmm, my favorite," Erin smiled. She took her fork and dug into the freshly prepared meal. "Thank you for making dinner," She smiled at Jay.

"Well get used to it, because until I find a job me and my assistant are making dinner every night," He smiled back. The family continued to eat dinner in silence until Ella spoke.

"Hey daddy?" She asked carefully.

"Yes, Ella?"

"I like you living here," she smiled up at her father. "I mean it's always been me and mommy, well sometimes Grandpa Hank would come. But I like you better. And I like that you fighted for my freedom, but I'd much rather have you in my 'partment," she confessed.

"Me too, El. Me too," Jay responded. "I promise you it's going to be me, you, and mommy forever. Okay?" He watched as Ella nodded her head and smiled.

"Okay peanut, why don't you go get ready for a bath. Daddy and I will be in in a minute okay?" Ella nodded and left to grab her bath toys and her PJ's. "You okay?" Erin asked Jay as the look of shock still evident on his face.

"Yeah, just a little shocked," he smiled.

"It's a good feeling though isn't it?" She asked as she watched him nod his head. "You clean the dishes my good man, and I'll start bath time, you come join us when you're finished," she stood.

"Isn't that a little weird?" He asked.

"Jay she's four, when she turns 7 or 8 it'll be weird. Just enjoy the time you have," she smiled and walked away. Jay picked up the dishes from the table and placed them in the dishwasher. As he was doing the dishes he heard giggles and splashes from the bathtub. When he finished he wearily walked towards the direction of the bathroom and he saw the smiling face of his daughter sitting in the tub.

"Daddy, look! I have a bubble Mohawk," she laughed.

"You do, don't you?" He smiled as he sat down on the floor in front of the tub. "Now let's give you a beard," Jay leaned his hands in the tub and scooped up some bubbles and placed them on Ella's chin.

"Now I look like Santa Claus," she giggled.

"You're right, you do," Erin smiled. "Okay baby, let's rinse you off and put you to bed," Ella stood as Erin took the showerhead and rinsed her hair off, letting the bubbles sink to the bottom. Ella stepped out of the tub and into the towel that her father held. She dressed and Jay sat down on the edge of her bed to read her a bedtime story. When he felt her limp body rest on his he stopped and put the book on her side table. He stood and kissed the top of her head and adjusted her blankets. He tip toed out of her room and slowly closed the door. "You're really good at that," Erin mentioned as he walked into their bedroom.

"At what?" He questioned.

"At being a father thing. You're instincts kicked in as soon as you knew. And I love seeing her with you," she smiled.

"Well, I love being with her. But mostly I love seeing you with her. You're a great mom Er. I'm sorry I missed all of it," he looked down.

"Hey, come here," Jay walked over to her and sat down next to her. "It's not your fault, and I certainly don't blame you for anything. You were fighting for your country. But you know I was thinking," she smiled.

"Thinking about?" He questioned.

"We had always planned on having our kids 2 or 3 years apart. She's almost 5," Erin mentioned.

"Does that mean…" he watched as Erin nodded.

"I mean if you're okay with it."

"Of course I'm okay with it. As long as you're happy," he smiled as he leaned in to kiss her. "You want to start tonight?" His smile grew when she nodded her head with a wicked smile wiped across her face.

"I love you Jay. Make love to me again," he smiled as he leaned in again to capture her lips.

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"You know, we were supposed to talk," Erin smiled as she lifted her head and turned to lay her chin on his chest to look in his eyes. He laughed.

"We were supposed to talk. But I think what we accomplished was much better," she giggled.

"Yeah, but you owe me a story mister," she lifted his jaw so his eyes would meet hers.

"There's not one particular story. If I told you specific stories we'd be here all night. But it's just the death total I saw. Like friends, and people I barely knew, or innocent people like wives and daughters sacrificed for statements. There are just so many experiences that it gives me the chills when I think of it happening to you or El. But now that I'm here with you, to keep both of you safe, I feel much better," he watched as she smiled and leaned in for a kiss. "Now you owe me a story," he watched as her smile grew even wider.

"You're right, I do. I was watching the video we made in junior year for that stupid English project."

"The one where we had to reenact Shakespeare?"

"That exact one, and so I called Voight. Might I tell you that I had called him 3 days in a row in the middle of the night to take me to the hospital thinking I was in labor. But his one I knew, the pain was horrible Jay. It started right here," Erin placed her had on Jay's stomach. "And then moved around to my back and down my legs. It was the worst pain I have ever felt. She was a stubborn little thing, 17 hours of shooting pain all over my body she came out. That beautiful baby girl was 7lbs. 12 oz. Best-looking kid in the nursery. So I'm told," she smiled.

"I wish I was there with you," he frowned.

"You'll be there this time," he frown grew into a gigantic grin.

"I love you Er," he kissed her forehead and smiled. "Marry me?" He questioned.

"I thought that was a given?" She smiled at him as he scoffed.

"Why can't you be normal and just say yes?"

"Okay fine. Yes Jay I will marry you," he leaned up and kissed her.