Confessions- Chapter Two
Hailey and Antonio have been sitting at the restaurant for two hours laughing and sharing old cop stories like two old friends. Hailey has been doing everything she can to keep his mind off of what is about to happen when she takes him in.
They go back and forth trying to one up the other with "Worlds dumbest criminal" experiences they have seen throughout their career.
Antonio is mid sentence, laughing hysterically trying to tell his next story when Jay walks in. His panicked facial expression quickly changes when he sees Hailey and Antonio laughing and carrying on like two people on a date. He breathes a huge sigh of relief just knowing she is okay.
He quickly turns around and heads to his car hoping neither one of them saw him there. The whole drive back to his apartment he tried wrapping his head around whatever was happening at that restaurant. Was it... a date? he wondered... That doesnt make sense. They rarely even speak to each other. But what if it was?!
The more he thinks about it the more frustrated he gets. Did they both seriously ignore the calls about a crime scene because they were hanging out... with each other?! And if it was a date, he doesnt even know what to think about that. He wants Hailey to be happy more than anything in the world... and he hasnt been ready to admit it before, but after the scare he had tonight worrying about where she was, he knows more than anything now that his feelings run way deeper than friendship with her... and if it WAS a date that he walked in on, well then thats no good at all, because he knows deep down that she belongs with him. They belong together, and hes to the point where he cant keep fighting that anymore... He swore he would never let himself fall for another partner. But its way too late for that now.
He heads to bed happy that shes okay, but still really confused. He's trying hard not to jump to too many conclusions before he gets the chance to talk to Hailey tomorrow.
"Well, its getting late, I think its time Antonio"... Hailey says, sadly.
"I'm ready. Lets do this." Antonio says, with as much confidence as he can muster.
She drove him to the location that he arranged to meet the investigator.
"Thank you for being there for me tonight. I just couldnt put this on Kim. I didnt want to get her involved. Please tell everyone I am sorry. Also, if you dont mind, please call this number and ask for Peter Stone. Tell him I am going to need his help. I didnt call him myself because I knew he would talk me out of doing what I am about to do."
"Will do... and no problem at all Antonio. Everything is going to be okay." she says reassuringly.
As she pulls away she notices the flashing light on her phone.
"Oh my Gosh... five voicemails? What in the world?" she says outloud as she realizes all the calls that came in while she had no signal.
"Hey its Jay. We got a case... meet me at Keltons house"... voice mail number one.
"Hey... where are you? We are at Kelton's and you arent here. Hope everythings okay." Voicemail number two.
"Hailey- where are you? Kelton was murdered. Its just me Kev and Kim here, nobody knows where voigt is, or you. What in the world is going on. Please call me when you get this so I know you are okay."
She listens to each one. Her poor partner was worried sick- and holy crap! Kelton is dead?
"Oh no" she says... She feels bad for leaving everyone hanging.
She loves how protective he is. She knows that he is and will be there for her through any and everything, and she couldnt ask for a better partner... But he is more than a partner to her and she knows it. Jay Halstead isnt just her partner, he's her best friend.
"Hey its Jay again. Sorry for all the messages. I know everything is okay, so I'm heading to bed. We are meeting at the district in the morning".
As soon as she walks in to work the next morning she heads straight for Jay.
"Hey can we talk?" she says. She wants to let him know what all went down with Antonio last night- before she has to go over it with the team.
"Yeah, we definitely need to talk" Says Jay.
He follows her into the locker room and before she even has a chance to speak Jay says "So, wheres Antonio? Guess he had a late night?"
Woah... she thinks.. the way he said that... almost like he was implying something.
"What do you mean?" she asks
"Look Hailey... I saw you two together last night... at Portillos... Laughing and having a good time. I started to panic when you werent at the crime scene, and when you didnt answer your phone I was getting more and more worried... With everything going on this week I started thinking the worst... So I came up here to the district and pinged your phones last location... and drove around until I saw your car... I was so happy that you were okay, but when I saw you both laughing and carrying on I realized what was going on, and headed home... anyways, you dont have to tell me anything.. I just want you to be happy... I didnt really see this coming, but like I said, I just want you to be happy".
"Wow.. really Jay? Umm... Okay. Well thanks for that I guess"... she says sarcastically. "Pretty great assumptions you've made, you definitely have everything all figured out... Guess we have nothing to talk about..."
Hailey walks up to the board to talk to Kevin, Kim and reluctantly, Jay.
"I'm really sorry I wasnt there last night... and I'm even more sorry for what I have to tell everyone." She says, hesitantly.
"Antonio called me last night saying he needed help with something. I didnt really understand it at first, but now I do. He didnt want to put it on any of you, and since him and I are not very close he felt more comfortable coming to me, knowing it wouldnt hurt me as badly.
When I got there to meet him he had already taken some pills. He was pretty high, and rambling on and on about what he needed to do. He said he couldnt do it alone.. so I took his gun and his car keys from him and stayed with him until he sobered up. I had no cell phone service where we were, and didnt even realize anyone had called me until much later. I cant go into detail, this is one of those the less you know the better types of situations, but he is responsible for Adam being in jail- and the guilt of that is killing him. So he turned himself in and made a deal so that the charges against Adam will be dropped. He wanted you all to know how sorry he is for using again, and for what happened to Adam"
As she walked back to her desk she looked up at Jay who looked absolutely shocked. She knew he felt like crap for the wrong assumptions he made, but she was still frustrated with him for it.
The four of them ran through the details of the Kelton murder several times trying to start piecing things together.
Hailey headed for the break room to make some coffee. Jay quickly followed after her, trying to take this opportunity to apoligize.
"Hailey..." Jay says...
"I really dont want to hear it right now Jay. I'm tired, its been a long week. I just want to fix my coffee in peace and focus on this case... because when I stop to think about what you said it really hurts me that you would even think for a second that I would ignore your phone calls and let you worry like that for hours just so I could go on a date with some guy...and the fact that you think that I even want to be out on a date with someone el..." she stops herself before she says too much... She so badly wants to say that he is the only man she wants to be out on dates with... but she knows this is not the time nor the place... Maybe some day, but not now... Not while shes mad.. not like this.
Before Jay could even get another word out Platt rushed into the bullpen.
"Brennan is downstairs, she says she wants to speak with all of you... right now"...
"Also, we just got the call that three patrol officers have been shot in the last hour. Somebody is targetting cops, and I have a feeling Kelton's gang bangers have something to do with it" Platt says, as Brennan follows her up.
"Shes right. They are targetting cops right now. After what happened..." Brennan says.
"Kelton's death?" Jay says... "Why would Kelton's death make his gangbangers that worked for him want to kill cops?"
"Because I'm a cop... and they found out that I'm the one that killed him" she replies.
"Holy shit... this week just keeps getting crazier and crazier" Kevin says.
"You can arrest me. I know what I did. I know whats going to happen. I guess being in here is safer for me than being out there at least". Brennan says.
"Kim and Kevin- you two please get on the computers, track Voights phone, his car... We need to figure out where he is. With everything going on we need everyone we can get. Hailey and I will hit the streets trying to help take these people down. Nobody goes dark. I cant have anyone else missing. Keep your heads down, dont get hurt. Everybody goes home tonight". Jay says after putting the handcuffs on Brennan.
Jay and Hailey head to the car. The entire drive nobody says a word... Neither one of them sure of what to say to break the ice after the mini argument they had in the break room. Both of them having so much that they want to say- but just cant figure out how to make the words come out. No matter what they have been through this week, nothing at all could prepare them for what was about to happen.
Thank you all for reading so far- this is my first multi-chapter fic. I have been thinking about this one for a while now, and look forward to updating with many chapters to come. I did not do much proof reading, since its almost 3am and im falling asleep, so nobody judge my typos :)
