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Thank you to everyone who leaved a review for this story and also those who favorite/follow it, I'm not forgetting about you. So we've seen Adam try to fight to get Haley back but he hits a brick wall each time. All three couples have plotted to find a way to get these two to talk. Will it work or will it backfire?
Haley's POV
To say I was surprised what an understatement. I was expected to be kept company by Lindsay, not the one person I had been avoiding at all cost for the pas few days. What seemed like hours but was more like a minute or two passed before I was the first one to say something.
"Adam? What are you doing here?" I asked in confusion.
"Antonio said they needed help with an uncooperative suspect." He leaned against the door. More minutes passed before we said anything else. "I had nothing to do with this I promise." I could see he was uncomfortable being here with me.
"I believe you. Thank you for the flowers this morning." I looked down on the floor and then up in his eyes.
"You're welcome." He smiled.
"I don't suppose that we can get out of here?"
"My guess is that Antonio got it locked from the outside." He played with the doorknob and came empty. "I think they want us to talk."
"I don't have any thing to say." The truth was that I didn't want to be in here and least of all with Adam and whatever excuse he wanted to give me.
"Than I'll talk, I'm the one who was wrong. I'm sorry I didn't tell you about Hector being after you."
"So that's his name? He's the one who had a price on my head so he could get to you?"
"Yes. I should have told you about him, should have kept you in the loop."
"Than why didn't you Adam? Why didn't you tell me everything when it happened?"
"Because I was told not to."
"See, that's the problem. He told you not to say anything and you didn't. When you're in a relationship, it's not supposed to be a one way street." I was looking at him straight in the eyes now. "You're supposed to tell me about these things."
"That's confidential stuff Haley."
"Confidential? Confidential is not telling me about a case your working on when I ask you questions about it. This was way beyond confidential. It was my life that was at risk. Was confidential more important than me?" I was getting more upset by the minute. There he was, trying to make excuses for rationalizing his decision and they were stupid excuses.
"I told you Haley, I was trying to keep you safe."
"You keep telling me that but how is not telling me keeping me safe? I'd really like to understand that one."
"I didn't want you to have to look behind your shoulder every time you walk down the street Haley. I tried to keep you safe by having someone keep an eye on you at all times."
"We see how that turned out." I was getting uncomfortable in the brace sitting on the chair for a long time.
"Haley, that wasn't how it was supposed to turn out. You were on shift with Matt, I just didn't factor in that you'd get hurt on the job and have to go home."
"Adam, this whole thing comes down to communicating. If we can't talk about things, you and I, we won't work." I pointed between us. He was about to say something but I cut him off. "Look. I know what you do is dangerous and a lot of it is confidential. I'm not asking you to betray any of that or choose me over your job but I just want to be kept in the loop. I don't want to worry about you more than I already do."
"I want to make it up to you Hales."
"Give me some time then. Things can't go back to the way they were, I'm not ready for that."
"I'll do anything to make it up to you, anything." He got off from the wall and walked the short distance between us. He crouched down in front of me and placed his hands on my legs. "Name it and that's what I'll do."
I thought a few seconds before answering. "Come by my place after shift, maybe catch a movie?" I wasn't sure if this was the right thing to do but even though part of me was mad at him, the other part was begging not to throw away what we have.
"Ok." He smiled and kissed my forehead.
Meanwhile in the bullpen - Matt's POV
We had left Adam and Haley in an awkward face to face. My only hope was that we hadn't left them in an explosive situation. Antonio walked us up to the bullpen and guided us to the break room.
"Do you think it'll work?" Gabby asked, sitting on a chair.
"Well they can't get out of there unless one of us unlocks the door from the outside so they have no choice to talk now." Antonio leaned against the counter.
"Let's just hope Haley won't be her stubborn self and close herself off." I sat down next to Gabby.
"So who's idea was it to put them in a locked from the outside interrogation room so they could talk?" Erin leaned against the door frame.
***Flashback***
"Those two need to get back together." Shay exclaimed.
"Tell me about it." Laura added. "We need to come up with a plan." I was sceptical but I didn't say anything and the girls started plotting to get the two together so they could work on their problems.
"Ok so what now?" Gabby asked. It was mostly the girls talking, we were just listening, laughing at their ideas.
"How about we plan a diner for them at our place and just leave the two alone." Gabby suggested.
"You do know how ridiculous that sounds right Gabs?" I chuckled. "Haley can walk out the door faster than you can blink." She just rolled her eyes back at me.
"Why don't you find something then?"
"Eehh no. You ladies are the best schemers, I'm staying out of it." I laughed and Antonio and Kelly laughed along with me.
"How about, we all go out together and don't tell her Adam will be there. That could work." Shay suggested.
"That still won't work." Laura said, racking her brain. "We need somewhere that we can get the two together in a room and that they can't get out of. Haley is so mad right now that anything less than that won't work."
"I might have something that could help you out." Antonio smiled. "We have interrogation rooms that we can put them in, they lock from the outside."
"And how do we get them in there without it being suspicious?" Kelly asked.
"We could just tell her that we need her to identify the guy in the truck and Ruzek would be easy to get there."
"That is PERFECT!" The three girls said at the same time, making us laugh.
***End of flashback***
"Antonio came up with that one all by himself. Oh and Laura planted the seed." Gabby smirked.
"How do you think it's going?"
Interrogation room - Adam's POV
I couldn't believe that she was actually giving me a chance to prove myself to her. This case had been a total screw up and I needed to show her that she meant everything to me.
"Ok." I smiled at her and kissed her forehead.
"Ok?" she smiled back at me.
"Yeah, what time do you want me to come over?"
"When you get off. I'll get my parents to clear out for a few hours so we can be alone, maybe talk after?"
"Sure." She shifted in her chair, looking uncomfortable. "Are you in pain?"
"Starting to be. It's hard for my back, even in this stupid brace to stay sitting for so long. Plus I have no pain medication."
"Ok, that's enough. I'm getting us out of here." I took my cell out of my pocket and dialed Antonio's phone. It picked on the first ring. "Get us out of here Antonio." I demanded. Did you guys talk? "Yes we talked." I smiled at Haley. "But right now her back is starting to kill her so I need you to bring Matt and Gabby down here so they can take her home." Alright, we'll be right down. "Alright, thanks man." I turned off my phone and put it back in my pocket. "They'll be here in a minute. I'll help you get up." I gently placed my arm around her and slowly lifted her up. "Can you walk?" It was so hard to read her right now.
"Yeah but I'm a clutz right now. I can't wait for this crap to get off."
"Always the patient one I see." I chuckled.
"You want to try it?" She growled.
"Nope, that's ok baby, I believe you." I realized what I had just said as the words came out of my mouth. "Sorry about that, force of habit."
"Thanks." Just then, the door opened to reveal Matt and Gabby.
"Glad no one got killed." Matt smiled at us.
"I might kill you though." She swatted his arm as hard as she could.
"I love you too." He kissed her cheek. "Let's get you back home." Matt took my place supporting her. I gave him a thank you look and let him guide her out the room.
"I'll see you after shift Haley." I called after her.
"Later Adam." She smiled at me one more time before they left. I went back upstairs where everyone was working on closing this case.
"Can we talk Antonio?" I motioned towards the break room. He followed me and Halstead left to leave us alone.
"What's up?"
"I just want to say thank you."
"Don't sweat it, the girls did most of the plotting." He laughed.
"Thanks anyways, I'm not sure she would have talked to me if we hadn't been stuck in a locked room."
"So what now?"
"I'm going over to her place after shift, watch a movie, talk. At this point, I'm just happy I'll be in the same room as her."
"Glad to help. Now let's get this over with if you want to get out of here faster." We exited the room and went to finish closing up this case. I managed to get out of there around five so I made my way to the diner down the street from Haley's place. I grabbed all of her favorites and headed to her place. When I knocked on the door, her mother Helen answered.
"Hi Mrs Reed, can I come in?" She smiled at me before giving me a hug.
"I'll let you two alone." She whispered in my ear before grabbing her coat and leaving.
"I brought diner." I lifted the bag to show her and put it on the kitchen table. She was sitting comfortably on the couch.
"What do you have there?" She tried peeking when I opened the bag.
"I have all your favorites from Ben's diner down the street and a chick flick." I walked over to her and put everything down on the living room table. "What first? Diner or the movie?"
"Diner. I'm starving. So my favorites huh? And what would those be?"
"I have Ravioli's with some garlic bread and a surprise for desert." We ate everything directly out of the containers.
"How was your day?" She asked in between bites.
"We wrapped up a case. We had nothing else on our plates."
"My case?" I just nodded. I didn't want to particularly talk about that.
"What about you? What did the doctor say about your injuries?
"Well this itchy piece of plastic needs to stay on me for another two weeks and a half." She knocked on it before continuing. "And the sling, another week and a half before they do x-rays to see it's progress. If they're happy, I start PT to get it stronger."
"Itchy huh?"
"You have no idea. And I can only take if off to shower. I've had the worst sleep since I'm out of the hospital."
"That bad huh?"
"Yes, I'm flat on my back all night long."
"I miss you." I knew she wanted us to go slowly and that things needed to change if we wanted for us to work but I had to say it. I missed her every day, and I missed her at night after a bad day, her body just snuggled into mine, just talking.
"Adam." She protested.
"I know you want to take it slow but I just needed to tell you."
"I need to trust you again. Just give me some time please."
I didn't answer but we were done eating so I just picked up our food and put it in the trash can. "Ok, so movie?"
"Yes, what do you got?"
"I heard you say you wanted to see The Other Woman so I rented it." I put it in her dvd player and pressed play. I wasn't fan of chick flicks and normally she wasn't either but I remembered her mentioning it and I could use all the help I could get. I put my feet on her table and she slightly shifted so she could have a really comfortable position. We were more than a few inches apart as the movie started and all I wanted was to hold her in my arms. It lasted all of ten minutes before being this close and yet so very far away was too much for me. I slid the rest of the way towards her and wrapped my arm around her shoulder.
Haley's POV
I couldn't believe what was happening. Adam had showed up at my door with all my favorite foods from Ben's and a movie. We talked while we ate out of the containers. Then it came, the words I wanted to hear but didn't at the same time. I miss you. His name fell from my lips, hoping to stop him from saying more. It wasn't just about missing me because I missed him too but if I couldn't trust him, our relationship would go nowhere. He put the movie in and I shifted my position on the couch to get more comfortable. I wouldn't be able to tell how much time had passed between the moment the movie started and the moment did the thing I was yearning the most happened. He slid over, closing the gap that was between us and wrapped his arm around my shoulder. If someone could plant doubt in my heart and make everything more confusing it was Adam. I was trying to be strong and work to build a better relationship with him but my heart wanted things to go back to the way things were. It took me a few seconds before I snuggled the best I could into his side. We spent the rest of the movie like that and when the credits rolled out, Adam turned on the side lamp.
"I think it's time for some desert." He smiled at me before getting up and going to grab the last bag from Ben's.
"What is it?" I was always giddy when it came to deserts.
"You remember that night we played twenty questions? What did you answer me when I asked what your favorite desert was?"
"I told you that anything made of apples was the only desert worth eating." I chuckled. That evening had been one of the great ones.
"Ok so they have a new apple cobbler recipe that I thought you'd like." He pulled it out of the bag and placed it in front of me.
"You thought of everything."
"I told you I would do anything to get back what we had and I'm keeping my word." My heart was thumping loudly in my chest. Even mad, my feelings for him were there and so was the tingling sensation when he said sweet words to me. Suddenly, all the resolve I had faded away and I moved as quickly as my body would let me so I could press my lips to his. I felt him stiffen as the surprise hit his body but mere seconds passed before he placed his hands on each side of my face and kissed me back. It wasn't rushed, or full of lust, it was sweet and full of love. We pulled apart slightly.
"I missed you too." I breathed out.
a/n: So here is the make-up chapter. I know that everyone probably wished it was more MAKE-UP but since she's still healing for the car crash, they will take things slowly. Next up, we'll see Adam come around more often to see Haley and things slowly starting to return to normal. We'll also see Haley visit the firehouse and we see who her replacement is. Thanks for being patient with me because updating hasn't exactly been easy with real life getting in the way. I probably won't be able to update this week since it's spring break so I'll try updating early next week. Please leave a review, it's always apreciated.