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TWO CHAPTERS
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"Mommy! Mommy!" For a two-year-old, every morning was Christmas morning. Without fail, Kyle would run into Erin's bedroom and jump by her feet to wake her up.
At least it was almost noon. Erin hadn't realized she was that tired.
"Yes, buddy…" she mumbled, still seventy-five percent asleep.
"Can we go to the park today?"
"As long as you let mommy sleep for a little while longer…"
"Okay. Can we go to the really fun one?"
"Which one is that?"
"The one with the sand…"
Erin chuckled, "Yes, but you're not getting all messy like last time."
Kyle looked disappointed. "Okay." He got up and crawled into the bed, laying down next to Erin.
Erin rolled over and started tickling Kyle.
When she was done, she had an idea so that he might fall asleep. "Wanna watch a movie?"
He nodded and she got up to look for his favorite, "Cars."
Once she found it, she put it in the DVD player and lay back down. "Now, you know the rules, no leaving mommy's room. Got it?"
The little boy nodded, but soon he was asleep.
Erin figured the only problem with that was he wouldn't sleep tonight, but she would deal with that by taking him to the park.
Voight had given her and Halstead the day off…considering all that happened recently. Erin needed to spend some time with Kyle anyway.
A couple hours later, Lindsay woke up. When she rolled over, she found that Kyle was still asleep next to her. But the reason she had woken up…someone was knocking. She got up and threw a jacket on over her tank top. She didn't care that she was in shorts…she was in an apartment complex.
When she cracked the door open, she sighed, rolled her eyes, and pulled the chain off.
"What do you want, Halstead?" She couldn't help the smile that crept onto her lips though.
He smiled too, "Hey, you still owe me a 'date'." He even did the air quotes.
She laughed, "Oh, really?" She moved to the side and let him in.
"…Uncle Jay…?" Kyle asked coming out of Erin's room rubbing his eyes.
"Hey, buddy." There was still a pang in Jay's heart. He would've much rather been dad…and hardly any guys are ever ready to be called dad.
Erin chuckled as Jay picked Kyle up. Then she remembered Voight's words to her, "If you want to play house with Halstead…"
"Play house with Halstead." Lindsay let herself actually think about that for a moment.
It wouldn't be so bad…but she would get bored. She couldn't stay in a house all day. Especially when she knew she could be helping.
When she wasn't getting hurt.
She inwardly groaned. Lately it had been one thing after another, and she was just glad to be finally spending some time with Kyle.
But she would definitely want to get back to work soon.
If she was being honest with herself, she liked that Halstead was good with Kyle.
She was glad he would have some sort of father figure.
"So…Kyle and I were thinking of going to the park later. Wanna join?"
"Do I?" Halstead's eyes almost lit up. "Yeah. I'll join."
"Yay!" Kyle smiled.
"Calm down, kiddo. Uncle Jay is still hurt, so he has to take it easy."
"I've never known the definition of those words."
Erin laughed, "Well you better soon or you'll never heal."
"Alright, mom."
Kyle laughed.
"If you keep being a bad influence, I'm going to kick you out." Lindsay scolded.
"You wouldn't kick an invalid out, would you?"
Erin scoffed, "Please. You're hardly an invalid."
Jay's eyebrows shot up and Lindsay gritted her teeth, "Come on, there's a child around."
"Hey, I'm just calling it like I hear it."
Erin rolled her eyes, but still smiled.
"So, what do you want to eat," looking up and knowing Jay was about to answer, she added, "Kyle."
"Aw, come on. That's no way to treat a guest."
"You know your way around, help yourself."
"That's better." Halstead followed her out to the kitchen. "What time do you plan on leaving?"
"For the park? I dunno, maybe around three. That way he has some sunlight."
"Oh, okay. So you're just going to hang out here until then. What, like, four hours?"
"Yeah…that was the plan…why?"
Halstead shrugged, "Just curious."
"Are you going to hang out too?"
"Am I invited?"
Erin frowned, "No. I'm going to kick you out at one o'clock. Find something to do on your own for an hour and forty-five minutes." She couldn't keep the laugh from coming out though.
"Maybe I will then."
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah."
"Good."
"Good."
"Fine."
"Fine."
They both burst out laughing.
"How old are we?" Lindsay asked.
"I don't know. I'd say somewhere around five to seven…"
"Nah, I've heard teenagers do this kinda thing."
"Did you when you were a teenager?" Halstead's eyebrow shot up.
"No. But I've heard that they do these days."
"Oh. And who told you that?"
"Who else?"
"Do you believe everything you hear from Voight?"
"Of course…he said you were annoying, and oh, look, he was right."
Halstead's mouth dropped, and Erin started cracking up.
"Huh, and here I thought you liked a taste of your own medicine."
Erin's mouth dropped, and Halstead smiled.
"You're lucky your arm's in a sling."
"Or what?"
"Or I would've punched you by now."
"And that would be a great example for Kyle."
Lindsay stuck her tongue out at him again.
"Do you kiss Kyle with that tongue?"
"Yeah, and you wish was kissing you too." Kyle's food was ready so Erin grabbed their plates and scurried out of the kitchen.
"Hell yeah, I do." Halstead mumbled to himself, he was a bit slower getting out of the kitchen due to his arm being in the sling he couldn't grab the soda and plate simultaneously. He had to make sure he wouldn't knock the soda over in haste. Belatedly, he realized he'd be screwed if it was his right arm in a sling.
"Voight! Has anyone seen Voight?!" Dawson yelled through the station.
"No. Why? What's the matter? What could you possibly know that I don't."Platt said as Dawson came across the lobby.
Dawson walked up to her and gritted his teeth, "Cole's out of prison."
"You mean…that Cole?" Platt whispered back.
"Yeah, that Cole! Now you see why I gotta find Voight!" It was becoming difficult for Antonio to whisper/yell.
"I'll page Burgess and Atwater and ask if they've see him, but I doubt it."
"Okay, cool. Thanks." Dawson jogged to Jin's lab.
"Hey, Jin. Have you seen Voight?"
"No, why?"
"Just…if you do, tell him I need to see him."
"Okay. Hey, is something wrong?"
"No." Dawson shook his head and quickly walked out.
See you in chapter 11 :)