A Cry In The Right Direction
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CH 9
The following morning Shay woke up with a sleeping Erin's arms wrapped securely around her. Shay was happy for the first time in a while and Erin had gotten the best night sleep since she can remember. Neither of the women wanted to get up and but they did because doctors were soon to stop by to address Shays medical issues. As predicted doctors came in and attempted to have Erin leave. She was about to get up when Leslie grabbed her hand and pulled her to sit on the bed with her. Taking this as a sign the doctors explained how lucky Shay was to be alive and warm her of how serious the injury could have become. They prescribed her some meds and told her to take some time off of work and left with saying much else. When the doctors left Erin turned herself so she was facing Leslie and pecked her on the lips.
"Leslie we should talk…"
"That's never a good way to start… What's wrong? Did something happen?" Shay asked worried
"No, nothing's wrong. I just wanted to talk to you. We haven't done much of that lately and I know that's mostly if not completely my fault."
"We were both wrong…both of us said things we didn't mean. I was mad at you for skipping out on dinner and then the argument happened. Maybe we should just start over with a clean slate."
"I want that I do…But I feel bad about everything. So at least let me explain myself, um you know I work for Voight in intelligence right?"
"Yea you work with Gabby's brother Antonio. What does that have to do with anything?" Shay wondered.
"Well it doesn't specifically but my unit is one of the most dangerous to be in. We deal with drug dealers, murderers and everyone in between. So the night of our date I was working a case…A lot happened that night."
"You weren't hurt were you?"
"I wasn't, but other people were and it was my fault… A cop was hurt going under cover as a prostitute. She wouldn't have even been there if I hadn't asked a friend of mine to get her there in the first place. I asked an old c.i. of mine Nadia to go in with her and make an i.d so we could arrest this guy Munoz. But he was suspicious from the start so ordered Burgess to do a line of coke…."
It was getting harder and harder for Erin to continue explaining this to Lesley. She knew the EMT didn't need the full story but the crazy thing was, Erin wanted to tell Shay what happened. She had this internal want to share things with the blonde. Seeing how hard it was for Erin Shay held her hands and urged her to continue.
"Nadia told Munoz that they weren't doing drugs anymore and that kind of pissed him off and made him more jumpy about things so before he hurt them Nadia jumped in and took the line…Leslie she was clean before the opp and now she's back in rehab because of me. What if she can't get clean again, it'll be all my fault."
" Hey, this is not your fault. You were doing your job and Nadia willingly helped you, nobody forced her."
" That's why I missed dinner…after we made the arrests and Munoz got away things got hectic. We made sure Burgess was alright, got her to a hospital and while everyone else went to the station I brought Nadia to rehab. By that point I was so drained I hadn't even realized what day it was and totally forgot about dinner. I am really, really sorry Leslie and I hope you'll consider going on a date with me once we get you out of here."
"There is nothing to forgive you for, I understand now and I'm not mad at you. I am actually very proud of you, you're pretty incredible for what you did. And as soon as I can escape this hell hole we should get dinner. And for the record…I don't want Clarice and what's going on with her is no longer my concern. I want you to know that she and I are done as far as I'm concerned, so you have nothing to worry about. I'm in this…a hundred percent."
"Once you get out of here even though you said I have nothing to apologize for I'm going to make it up to you, I promise. I feel really bad for forgetting about our plans but I really didn't mean to I swear.."
" Lindsay really, it's fine and I'm really not mad now that you've explained what happened. How's your friend Nadia doing in rehab? Have you been to see her, what am I saying of course you have she is your friend after all."
Shay was relieved that Erin hadn't in fact bailed on their date and had just been distracted by all that had happened that day. She was happy that the beautiful woman next to her hadn't been hurt and just wanted to hold her. So grabbing Erin's hand she pulled her forward and the two cuddled together.
DAYS LATER
Shay was up and getting ready to go back to work. She had been tired of staying home while everyone else was off fighting fires or in Erin's case fighting crime. She wanted to be back in the field helping people like usual, she hated being on medical leave. Shay had never been more excited to work at 51 than she was right now…it wouldn't have been as bad if she was able to spend the off days with Erin. However the detective had been very busy and had only been by to check on Shay before she would attempt to leave and end up falling asleep with her on the couch. Leslie had told her they could share the bed but Lindsay felt as if she would be taking advantage of the wounded woman and had opted to stay on the couch when Shay would wake her up to move. Leslie not wanting to be away from the other girl had always just cuddled into the detective's warm embrace and also fell asleep on the sofa. But hopefully work would keep the EMT from missing her other half so much.
Shay's POV
When I arrived at 51 they acted as if I had been gone for months and swarmed me with happy greetings. I was happy to be back though, even though they annoy me most of the time I really look at these guys as family and had missed them. I wasn't back long before we were dispatched on a call for a man who had gotten his leg jammed in a wood chipper. As Dawson and I rode to the scene my thoughts of her upcoming proposal from Casey danced around my head. She and I talked about her upcoming fire fighter's exam. And I wanted to assure her how much we all believed in her. I knew she would pass the damn test but I was sad knowing that meant she would no longer be my partner at 51. When she passed Bowden had made it clear she would be transferred to another fire house around the city. What would I do without not only my lead medic but my chosen sister? I was pulled from my thoughts when we got to the scene and I'm telling you now it was in no way a pretty sight. The man had attempted to kick a branch loose and had in the process had gotten stuck. The guys worked their magic and disassembled the wood chipper and as it was our turn Dawson had me run lead. I was confident in my ability and what she had showed me and we got the man onto the stretcher and to the hospital saving his leg.
The day so far wasn't all too bad until I went with Dawson to introduce her to her potentially new firehouse, which in itself was a disaster. I don't care why they don't want a female fire fighter in their house but I know Gabby and I know she would be an asset to that jerk's squad. Something was off about that house of guys they are beyond cold and something doesn't seem right with them but they would be the least of my problems.
We were back at the firehouse and I was trying to help Casey with his plan to propose to Gabby, I was in the process of making some suggestions when one of the guys told me I had a visitor. Assuming it was Erin I perked up a bit was became angry when I went out front and seen Devon waiting for me. I had nothing nice I wanted to say to this woman and made it perfectly clear of that to her, I also demanded she get back everything she had stole from my apartment. Already pissed off that she had the nerve to show up here asking to be forgiven I wasn't in the mood for another lecture on the girl. I know I shouldn't have trusted her but I was in a really dark place after Clarice took the baby away, but now I'm okay. I'm actually better then okay thanks to Erin. She makes me happier than ever and for that reason I was comfortable enough with the idea of meeting Devon at Molly's. I figured that way I could get the guys stuff back.
Things didn't turn out too well for me there…
Erin's POV
Work was terrible today, they actually think we can work with one scum bag to capture another… don't they know by know this will never turn out the way they hope? Voight and the team all made it clear we did not support this damn arrangement in any way or form. We had one day to adjust to the idea because the man who kidnapped Antonio's son would be arriving the next day. I was hoping to surprise Shay, so after leaving work I stopped by the flower shop and grabbed a beautiful selection of roses to show her how much I missed her. You could imagine my surprise when I walked into Molly's after she had told me she was having a drink at the bar to see her talking to the one woman I despised more than Clarice and that was Devon.
Hmm not quite sure how this will turn out but I'm working on another update sometime before I work at 4pm tonight, feel free to message me or comment with any suggestions.
