A three days, the bullet had tore through his shoulder but he was okay, it hit a few smaller vessels causing the blood loss but they hoped for a full recovery. Erin had stayed by his bedside since he was moved from recovery, Voight had pulled strings and if anyone were to ask, she was to tell them she was his "Security Detail" but no one asked. It was mess all of it, she looked at him there and she could not help but think of what would have happened if she never quit intelligence. She would still be on when they found out she was the target and she would have been able to bait them out, she was trying to push the guilt away but it was a difficult thing to do.

She watched doctors walk in and out, most of the time they would say he was better others they would say he was the same but today was different, today they had told her that they were hopeful he would wake up soon; so here she sat looking at him waiting for any sign of movement. She had been waiting to see those baby blues but with no luck, it was 6:30 pm and she had nothing.

"Knock knock," Antonio stood in the doorway with a hopeful face, Erin had called the team earlier with the report but all she could offer him was a shake of the head. "Damn, Nothing Ruzek," He said to Adam as he and Kim walked into the room.

"Man, come on Jay, nothing dude is like Sleeping Beauty."

"Yeah I know, a true Diva," Antonio grinned, Erin rolled her eyes but smiled at the joke.

"Come on Erin how long have you been here for," Kim asked as she pulled a chair beside her.

"All day, and before you ask, yes I have eaten, twice today."

"But when was the last time you were home because as I recall those are the close you wore yesterday, and that bag over there has Tuesday's clothes," She crossed her arms and looked at Erin sternly.

"Yeah, Kim is our Mama Bear now, sorry Erin, she took your spot," Antonio shrugged.

"I was going tonight," She lied and they all saw right through her. "Fine, okay its been two days, god she is the new mom," Adam Nodded behind kim who had clearly developed the "eyes in the back of her head" trait and elbowed him in the stomach.

"Where is Al and Voight?"

"Where do you think?"

"Still working, is there a new case I'm not aware of?"

"No, they are trying to reach out to the families of the deceased CIs, they have one more."

"and Mouse and Atwater

"They are coming, sooner or later."

She looked at Jay and gave a sad smile; she hoped that he could hear them all and know they were all waiting for him.

"So Erin, I'm glad you're back, and guess what, you aren't the only girl anymore," Antonio said breaking the silence. Erin's eyes opened wide and looked at Kim who nodded and smiled.

"Oh my god, he offered you a permanent spot?"

"Yes, he felt bad that I was bouncing back and forth as filler so he made it official today." Erin hugged Kim tightly.

"Thank god I was sick of all the testosterone."

"Don't sell yourself short Er," His rasped voice was so quiet but every one of them heard it and quickly huddled around the bed.

"At least I don't have to try to prove that I have any by playing hero."

"Low Blow," He responded trying to sit up.

"You had us scared there buddy," Antonio said placing a hand on Jay's foot.

"Yeah me too," He said trying to sit up.

"You got lucky, there was some fluid in your lungs but they were able to drain it, I thought they hit a lung," Kim had been so worried and even with the talk that her and Erin had a bit of guilt still lingered.

"It was all my ploy, I told you I'd get Lindsay back."

"Next time think of a smarter plan that doesn't put my fiancé in danger." Adam said draping his arm over Kim's shoulders.

"Can do, I can honestly say that being shot, not like the movies."

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Erin sat her desk, a place that she missed the months that she was gone, to her left Atwater, Ruzek were having a battle with balled up paper, to her right Kim was yelling at them, and Antonio was laughing at them. It felt amazing to be back, she was where she was supposed to be; She had cut ties with Bunny for now and instead repaired the relationship with Hank because as far as she knew he was the only family she needed, him and Justin and her team.

It had been a month after the shooting and since then she had made it a necessity to go over to Jay's to see him and watch the progress. He was "Forced" to go to the department shrink after the shooting but he said all he really needed was a beer with friends and he would be fine, so that is what they did, they would go to Molly's and drink. She was glad to see those bright blue eyes and the charming smile again; she could honestly admit that without hesitation. She thanked Nadia every day, though she never believed in a higher power, she believed that Nadia was protecting him and making sure he came back to her because she knew that Nadia always knew. She remembered her mocking her one-day when no one was looking; she gave mocking kissy faces at her as Erin followed Jay out of the break room. Today she looked up and smiled, it didn't hurt anymore to think about Nadia, she had come to terms, not over night but with time and when she talked to Jay when she visited him she began to get over the guilt.

"What are you thinking about?" She jumped slightly as Antonio snuck up behind her.

"Jesus Antonio," She yelled hitting his arm; he laughed as he rubbed his arm.

"Come on partner, what's on your mind?"

"Nothing, just glad to be back,"

"Well it's been a month; I'd hope you'd be glad, are you sure that is what you were thinking of."

"Shut up Dawson," He dodged her swing again, backing away from her hands in the air and mischievous smile. She rolled her eyes and looked back her file with a grin on her face, Antonio was just busting her chops but she didn't care nothing could ruin her day because.

"Hey, look what the cat dragged in," Adam yelled, a slow clap began as Jay walked up the stairs doing a fake victory lap.

"Welcome back partner," Erin said with a grin she looked at him and he smiled back and she could almost swear he winked at her.

"Halstead, welcome back and just in time, we got a new case."

"Glad to be back Voight," He responded looking at Erin.

"Well now that we have our whole team, lets get a move on we got a killer to catch." The team filed out leaving Erin and Jay behind for a minute. He rounded her desk as she grabbed her coat.

"I'm glad you're back partner," She said with a nudge.

"Hey me too, if I had to watch another As the World Turns I was going to lose it," She laughed and grabbed her gun off her desk and holstering it. "But I'm not the only one back, I'm glad you finally decided to return. Though I have to tell you I did love driving with Kim, she let me drive all the time."

"Well too bad because I'm back and I've got the keys," She jingled the keys and flashed him a grin.

"Hey you two coming," Kim called from the bottom of the stairwell.

"Yeah," The answered in unison, "Come on partner, let's go catch a bad guy."