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X: X-Rays

*Jay will never get used to the idea of seeing Erin get hurt.

It was like any other Tuesday. The Intelligence unit was sitting at their desks, looking over credit card statements, deeds to houses, GPSs, anything that could put their latest suspect at the scene of the crime. Jay had been given the task of studying the wife of the guy they were looking at and seeing if there was anything that connected her to the crime. There was nothing unusual.

He was actually pretty bored. Erin and Antonio had been sent out about an hour ago to take a run at the guy's cousin and see what he knew about his involvement. They were suspecting their guy, Drew Carver, of stealing over a half a million dollars from his company and using it to pay off a hitman to kill his paternal half-brother, who it was now looking like was having an affair with his wife from what Jay was seeing.

"Hey Sarge." Jay called out. "I think I've got something." Voight came into the room. "We've got fourteen calls between the wife, Sharon Carver, and the victim in the past week. Any chance they could be having an affair?"

"The wife just had a baby a few months ago, right?" Ruzek chimed in. "Maybe Carver found out the kid was his brother's and that's what made him order the hit."

Before anyone could respond, Jay's phone started ringing. He looked down and saw that it was Gabby Dawson calling. He was confused on what Antonio's little sister could be calling about. He excused himself and went into the other room.

"Hey Gabby, what's up?"

"Jay, you need to get to Med." He could hear the emotion in her voice.

"What's going on? Is everything okay?"

"There was a car accident. Antonio and Erin are both unconscious. They are cutting them out right now. I just figured you needed to know."

"I'll be there. Thank you." He hung up the phone and threw open the door. It slammed against the wall and he immediately had the attention of the other five men in the room. Voight, Alvin, Mouse, Atwater, and Ruzek all looked at him questioningly.

"That was Gabby Dawson." He felt the lump in his throat getting bigger as he went to his desk and grabbed his jacket. "Erin and Antonio were in a car accident. They're cutting them out of the car and they're both unconscious. They're taking them to Med."

There wasn't even a discussion. All of the guys grabbed their jackets, even Mouse, as they ran down the stairs. Platt, Burgess, and Roman looked at them in confusion from the front desk as their group ran past and out the door.

"I'll drive, man." Ruzek offered, grabbing the keys Jay didn't even realize he had in his hand. All he knew was that he had to get to Erin. He just slid in the passenger's seat. The more he argued, the more time it would take to get there.

They turned their lights on and flew through traffic as they raced to get to where their partners were. Jay didn't know how bad it was. What if they were dead? This was the love of his life and one of his best friends that they were talking about.

"Did she say what happened?" Mouse asked from the backseat.

"No." Jay answered shortly. He didn't want to talk right now. He just needed to see Erin.

They got to Chicago Med in record time and Jay jumped out of the car before it was fully parked. The rest of the team was right behind him as they raced inside. He immediately spotted his brother.

"Will!" he shouted. The older Halstead brother looked confused.

"Jay? What are you guys doing here?"

"Where's Erin? Is she here?"

"What are you talking about?"

"There was an accident. Erin and Antonio…" before Jay could finish what he was saying, the emergency room doors opened and the room filled with firefighters.

"EVERYBODY BACK UP!" Will immediately took control of the situation. "If you are a firefighter or a police officer, I want you in the waiting room and out of the way so we can work!"

Jay saw Antonio for a brief second and could see that he his face was covered in blood, but his eyes were open. He saw the gurney Erin was on, but couldn't see her face. He was ushered into a chair between Gabby and Ruzek.

"What happened?" he questioned. "Did she regain consciousness? How is Antonio? Are they okay?"

"When we got there, it looked like another car had hit them head-on. After we got Antonio out, he woke up. He most likely just has a concussion." Gabby explained. "Erin was the one driving the car. We think she hit her head on the steering wheel. Sylvie said she going in and out of consciousness in the ambulance. She hurt her left arm, and I would assume has a concussion. I've seen things like this before, Jay. I'm sure they'll be fine."

Will came into the waiting area. "Jay? Erin's asking for you."

He shot up faster than anyone had ever seen him move and followed his brother down the hallway. Erin was sitting in an exam room bed now. Her eyes were closed and her head was leaned back against the pillow.

"Here he is." Will announced.

"Hey baby." Jay went to her and kissed her forehead, her nose, and then her lips. He rested their foreheads against each other. "How do you feel?"

"Perfect." She said with a smile. Immediately after, she winced, making both of them laugh quietly.

"Can you give her something for the pain?" Jay demanded.

"I tried, but she refused to even let me look at her until I brought you in here."

Jay gave Erin a disapproving look. She smiled sheepishly. "What? I knew you would be worried." She looked to Will. "How's Antonio?"

"He is awake and talking. Right now, it's looking like you both got out of this with just a couple of scrapes and bruises." Will pulled a stool over and sat down on Erin's left side. Jay took the chair on her right. "Erin, can you tell me what happened to you?"

"I was in a car accident."

"Do you remember what happened before?"

"Antonio and I were questioning our suspect's cousin." Will looked to Jay, who nodded to confirm this.

"Alright, good." Will marked something down on the piece of paper he was using.

Jay studied Erin. He noticed the way she was anxiously playing with her fingers and biting her lip. He could see that her eyes were half closed as if the lights in the room were too bright for her.

"How do you feel physically?"

"I've got a headache and I'm nauseous."

"That's it."

"Mmhmm."

Will reached out and touched her left arm. She immediately yelped in pain. Jay gave his brother a dirty look, which Will ignored.

"Erin, I need you to be honest with me. I need to know everything that is going on so I can find out if there is something serious that happened to you from the car accident."

"My left arm hurts a lot." Erin muttered. Will reached out for it again. "Please don't touch it."

Jay stood up when he heard the desperation in her voice. "Get away from her."

"I'm just going to look at it." Will promised. He gently lifted her arm up, which had Erin gritting her teeth to avoid crying out. She squeezed Jay's hand with her right hand and waited for it to be over. "I'm going to order an x-ray for your arm. I think it might be broken."

"Okay." Erin agreed. She pulled her arm closer to her chest. She felt a familiar feeling creep into her stomach. She looked at Jay and realized he must have known what was happening too. He grabbed the garbage can that was by the door and handed it to her right as she leaned over and threw up into it.

Jay watched Will make another note on his paper as he held Erin's hair with one hand and rubbed her back with the other. As she finished up, Will got her a cup of water, which she drank quickly.

"Thank you." She leaned back against the pillows in exhaustion.

"Alright Erin, I'm pretty sure that you have a concussion. If you're okay with it, I would like to take you down to get a CT, just to be safe."

"That's fine." She nodded her head. "Can I sleep?"

"I want you to try and stay awake, okay?" Jay must have looked nervous, because Will looked to him. "Jay, it's normal to feel more tired with a concussion. Her brain has just been knocked around her head. Erin, I'm going to go sign you up for an x-ray and a CT, and while I'm out there, I'll see what I can find out about Antonio."

"Thank you, Will." She smiled at him.

"Thanks, Will." Jay repeated.

"We've got a waiting room full of firefighters and cops, Erin. You mind if I give them an update on your condition?" Will wondered.

"Go ahead. Tell them I said to get back to work."

He laughed. "I'll be back soon." He left the room.

Jay leaned forward and kissed Erin's cheek. "I'm so happy you're okay. When Gabby called, I had no idea what to expect."

"Gabby was the one who called you?"

Jay nodded. "She was on the scene when they pulled you guys out of the car. She said that she thought I would like to know what was going on."

"I'm okay." She reassured him. "A little sore, but I'm alright."

"She told me that you and Antonio were unconscious and that they had to cut you both out of the car. I'm just glad you're alive." He kissed her quickly. "Love you."

"I love you too."

They exchanged details of the case for the next couple of minutes in an attempt to keep Erin awake. Jay could see her eyes getting heavier and he knew she was tired, but he wanted to follow Will's orders.

"Alright, it's time to get you down to CT. We're going to go there first, and then to x-ray. I went and told everyone how you are and they all started cheering so loud that they got kicked out of the hospital and told to go back to work."

Erin and Jay smiled. That sounded like their friends. He leaned down to kiss her quickly.

"I'll be here when you get back, okay?"

"Okay." She smiled as his brother took her to get her head scanned.

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A couple hours later, Erin and Jay were walking into their apartment. Erin's arm was just sprained and she had to keep it in a sling for two weeks to keep it from moving too much, but other than that, she was okay. They had seen Antonio before he left and he had gotten off slightly easier with just a minor concussion. The two of them had gotten extremely lucky; based on the sight of their car, it could have been much worse.

Jay could tell how tired she was, so when Erin went over to the couch and sank down, he didn't say anything. He pulled her boots off her feet and set them neatly next to the door, then put his own boots next to them. He started to go into the kitchen.

"Can you lay with me?" Erin asked.

"I was going to cook dinner."

"I don't want dinner right now. I just want you to hold me."

On a normal day, Jay would have protested that she needed to eat. But he couldn't stand seeing her in pain and knowing that she was hurting. He went over to her and waited for her to sit up before laying down on the couch. She cuddled into his chest, careful of her injured arm, and he wrapped his arms around her. He kissed the top of her head.

"I'm so happy you're okay." He told her.

"Me too." She agreed.

"You are pretty accident prone, you know that?"

"I would hit you if I knew it wouldn't hurt my arm."

Jay just laughed. "It's days like this where I realize just how important you are to me. Every day, I wake up and I look at you and I know that I love you. But when you are hurt and there's a chance that it could all be taken away from me…that's how I know that I need you to be in my life for forever." He waited, trying to gage her reaction to what he just said.

Erin lifted her head from his chest and kissed him quickly. "I'll always be here. Forever. You're not getting off that easy, Halstead."

"Good to know, Lindsay."

She laid her head back down. He stroked her hair gently and thought about their future together as she slowly fell asleep.

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