A/N: So I will updating this story pretty regularly this week but I am going to Cuba for a week after so there will be a break. I am so thankful for all the supportive! If you have suggestion for the name of the baby send them in. Thanks again and enjoy!
"Alright so let's take this little guy home." Jay announced putting the car seat in the back of the car. The team had been informed about what they had decided to do with the baby and they had all agreed that it was the best thing. All the members started to bring things over that Jay and Erin would need for the baby.
"Yeah we have a lot to talk about." Erin said smiling as she looked in the rearview mirror to see the little boy asleep in the back. She imagined this with Jay happening one day but she never thought that she would be in this position so quickly.
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"So I am going to call Will over for a bit so he can help me set all this up." Jay said looking at all the pieces of the crib that were laying around him. Antonio dropped off the old cribs that his kids used but now it was up to Jay to put it up.
"I can help you with that if you want." Erin smirked at Jay who had been getting more frustrated the more he tried to put the crib together.
"I doubt that the baby would like that very much." Jay said motioning towards the baby that was strapped to Erin's chest. The poor little guy only seemed to be at peace if he was in the arms of Erin.
"I was thinking that we should probably decide what to call this little guy. Social services said that the name is up to us because the adoptive parents will probably want to change it anyway." Erin said gazing down at the baby sleeping against her. She could feel their heartbeats syncing up and the feeling was just magical to her.
"I guess you're right. What names did you have in mind?" Jay asked then going back to the pieces of the crib trying to fit them together. He knew that the baby would be adopted soon but he did want the kid to know that he was cared for by the two detectives and giving him a name just seemed right.
"I don't have a clue. How about I list off some names and you tell me what you think." Erin suggested. She was never the girl who picked out the names of her future children when she was little because she never thought she would make it to a point in her life where children would even be in her mind.
"Sounds good to me." Jay said as he held up the instructions that Antonio said went with the crib but Jay was starting to doubt that.
"What about Mason?" Erin said humming softly to the baby while Jay mulled the name over.
"I'm not a huge fan." Jay said making a face at the thought of having to call the child Mason – it just didn't seem like the right fit.
"Carter" Erin suggested again.
"Again I don't think that it fits the kid." Jay said sighing and finally texting his brother to come and help him.
"Then what do you suggest because you don't seem to like anything I have said." Erin said rolling her eyes at Jay.
"Okay how about we each make a list of 3 names and we can have Will and the team vote on them." Jay said not realizing how hard picking out a name for a child really was.
"Fine. I want you and I to say them out loud though just so I know you don't have terrible taste in names." Erin teased. She knew that Jay wouldn't pick out awful names but she was curious about what he was thinking.
"Alright names for a boy: Caleb, Nathan, or Jack." Jay said listing off names that he thought would fit the baby best.
"Mine will be Landon, Eli, or Gavin." Erin said smiling that Jay had been able to think of those names so quickly.
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"So where did Erin and the little guy go?" Will asked his brother as he wiped his brow. The two brothers had been setting up the spare room in the apartment as the baby's room for what felt like hours. They had finally put together the crib and everything else.
"The little guy needs to eat Will and last I checked formula wasn't around the kitchen." Jay said to his brother enjoying giving him a hard time.
"I just can't believe the two of you did this. Taking a baby in is a big step in a relationship." Will said, he knew that Jay was in love with Erin but he never knew that they were this serious.
"You have to see this kid Will. He just fits with us and he loves Erin already. We're just giving the kid a chance since no one else has." Jay realized just how defensive he sounded. It was crazy to think that less than 48hours ago he and Erin were drinking beer and watching the hockey game alone and now they were building baby stuff and getting baby food.
"Jay I don't want to make this hard on you but that baby won't stay here forever, you guy realize that right?" Will hated to ruin the mood that was going on but he didn't want Jay or Erin to get hurt in the long run. Reality was that the baby would be adopted and leave their lives.
"Will I realize that I do but for right now the kid is staying with us. For a few weeks at least you're going to be a temporary uncle." Jay said. He didn't want to think about giving the baby away when it seemed like the baby just got here.
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"Do you think that he's going to be okay?" Erin said as Jay and her got ready for bed. The baby was in the room next door asleep for the past hour. She was finally able to put him down without the baby crying.
"He's asleep now Erin and besides we'll be able to hear if with the monitor." Jay said getting into bed waiting for Erin to snuggle up beside him. They were both tired after the long day that they both had been through.
"That's not what I mean Jay. I mean will he be okay in life? Will he be okay with all of this?" Erin said worrying already about the fate of this little baby she felt so close to.
"He has us Erin. I think that's a pretty good deal." Jay said kissing her before drifting off to sleep.
