A/N: Thank you all so much for your reviews, this past week has been stressful and yesterday had not been the best; my entire bag was stolen so I've lost all forms of ID, my phone, house and car keys, and my writing book which had all my plans for this story.

So safe to say I was not the most motivated this past week, but logging on to my email and seeing all your lovely messages really made my day 100 times better. Every review mean so much to me and inspires me to write, I'm eternally grateful to you guys for each and every one of them :)

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It was officially Friday. Jay woke up earlier than Erin, sneaking out of their bed to get everything he needed for their date tonight. There wasn't much stuff he needed to pack, but he knew if Erin saw him doing it she'd be suspicious. He wanted to keep this whole date night a surprise. Hank had agreed to let him leave at 4:00 so he could get everything ready, letting Erin leave with the rest of the team at 5:00 because the unit wouldn't be taking on any cases today; Head Office had demanded they caught up on their paperwork yet again.

He had everything packed into the back of the Sierra and was back in the apartment within 20 minutes. He knew he would need to wake Erin up in the next ten minutes if they were going to make it to the district on time, so he set about making her a cup of coffee.

'My girl is not a morning person.' He chuckled as he put the ground coffee beans into the machine and started it.

He prepared her coffee the way she liked it – ¾ coffee, ¼ milk, two sugars – and headed into the room. Jay smiled as he saw his girlfriend splayed out on the bed, the blanket wrapped around her with one leg sticking out. She always got hot when she slept and ended up leaving her leg out from under the blanket, usually laying it across Jay's when she cuddled him.

Jay leaned down and kissed her forehead, Erin stirring slightly underneath his lips. He chuckled and brought his hand down to her shoulder and shook gently "Er, come on, we gotta go to work."

"Five more minutes." She whined, snuggling towards Jay.

Jay laughed and placed the coffee cup under her nose "Babe, come on. I brought you coffee."

One eye popped open, looking beneath her nose and feeling the steam hit her face. She let out a little moan and sat up slowly, rubbing her eyes with one hand as she took the coffee cup into her other. She leaned over and kissed Jay's cheek.

"Thank you." She whispered.

Jay smiled, reaching over to flatten Erin's bedhead "You're a mess babe."

"I'm your mess." Erin says with a smirk.

Jay rolled his eyes "You're so cheesy."

Erin shrugs and pokes her tongue out at him before taking a sip of her coffee. Jay stands up and begins getting ready for the day, letting Erin wake up completely.

"You know; we can afford to be a little late?" Erin yells out as Jay heads out of the bathroom.

"True, but then I can't leave early today now can I?" Jay says smirking at her.

Erin looks up from her cup "Why are you leaving early?"

"To get our date set up." He says walking into their wardrobe.

He can hear her footsteps and suddenly she's behind him, eyes wide and bouncing up and down on the balls of her feet "What are you talking about?"

Jay smiles and wraps his arms around her waist, pulling her to him "You'll just have to wait and see." He says kissing the top of her head.


Erin was staring at him. He could feel her eyes on him as he kept his head down and did her paperwork. He knew she was getting annoyed that he wouldn't tell her where they were going for their date, but he wanted it to be a surprise. So much of their life together had been one surprise after another, but they were never the good kind; Jay had surprised Erin with the news of his previous marriage, Erin had surprised him when she left town. He wanted a chance to give her a good surprise for once. They both needed it.

"You should take a picture, it'll last longer." Jay snickers when Antonio yells over to his girlfriend, but he doesn't look up.

Erin's stare intensifies when she hears her boyfriend's laugh, and she gets more frustrated. She doesn't like surprises. She hates not knowing what's going on, especially when it concerns her. Erin had pestered Jay all morning, continually asking him what they would be doing on their date tonight, but he had given her the same answer every single time.

"You'll just have to wait and see babe."

She looked from her partner to the clock on her desk and groaned quietly, frustrated when she saw it was 4:56. They still had another hour before they would be leaving. Jay was almost finished with his stack of paperwork, and Erin looked at hers in disdain; she had barely done any work since entering the office in the morning, too distracted by the possibilities of her date with Jay tonight.

Jay stood up suddenly, startling Erin when he walked into Hank's office for a few seconds before coming back out into the main office, grabbing his jacket off the back of his chair and heading to the locker room.

"Where are you going?" Adam asks.

Jay grins at the boys "Cutting out early. Have fun."

Erin watches Jay head down the stairs, waiting a few seconds before she decides to follow after him. She catches him just as he's about the leave the room and pushes him back in.

"Alright, you have to tell me what's going on. I can't handle this anymore!" She demands.

Jay laughs "Babe, it's only one more hour. Come on."

"You know I hate surprises Jay." Erin narrows her eyes.

Jay can see the fight in her eyes and he gives her a sympathetic smile "Erin … I know you do. But most of the time, those surprises are out of our control. I just want to do something nice for you. For us. Please, can you just trust me on this?"

Her shoulders drop and her arms loosen from their defensive stance folded across her chest. She lets out a breath, stepping forward and placing her hands on his upper arms.

"I'm sorry. I know you are; I just feel anxious about it. I guess my past experiences with this kind of stuff is just making me a bit on edge."

Jay nods his head "I get it. But I promise you, you're going to like what I have planned. It's nothing too over the top, I swear."

Erin smiles and leans up to give him a quick kiss "Okay. I'll see you in an hour then? Although we'll have to stop at home, I'm not appropriately dressed for a date night."

Jay smirks "Don't worry about that. I've got it covered."

She cocks an eyebrow at him, opening her mouth to ask what he means, but stops herself "Okay. I trust you."

"Great. I'll see you later babe!" He says excitedly racing out of the locker room, Erin watching him take off completely amused by his childish enthusiasm.

'Damn I love him."


Erin was out of her chair the second it struck 5:00 pm. She had barely heard Hank dismissing them all for the weekend before she was downstairs opening her locker to get her things and head home. She stopped when she saw the black bag hanging next to her leather jacket, and pulled off the piece of paper attached to it.

I wasn't sure what your favourite dress was (you so rarely wear one. Such a shame with those legs if you ask me…) so I picked one out that reminds me of my favourite dress on you. I can't wait to see how beautiful you look in it.

Jay x

Erin eyed the bag as she slowly began pulling down the zipper in the middle, laughing when she saw the brand new dress he had bought her.

A red, deep v-neck dress that was knee-length at the front but had a longer back which stopped mid-calf. It was similar to the one she had worn when Antonio was working private security and his boss was killed under his watch; When Erin and Jay had gone undercover in the sex club the victim and his wife had been a part of. She remembers what he told her when they got back from the sex club.

"Five hours and all we got was a couple names." Erin groans walking into the locker room.

Jay trails in behind her "It was worth it to see you in that dress."

"Careful Halstead, Voight's upstairs." Erin teases.

Jay sticks his hands up in defense "I'm just saying, you look good in a dress. It's not very often you're seen out of your standard jeans and red tee combo."

Erin turns and faces her locker, hiding the smiles that she feels along with the blush filling her cheeks.

Erin stands in front of the bathroom mirror at work as she smooths the dress down her hips, turning to her side to look at the way the dress fit her form; her man sure knew how to pick a dress. Erin walked closer and looked at her makeup, making sure it didn't look too full-on. Jay had left her makeup bag in the locker along with the dress, he knew she wasn't big on makeup but she appreciated that he wanted to give her the option.

"Damn, my girl looks hot." She startles, turning to see Jay leaning against the wall to her right.

She smiles when she sees him in his black suit and white button shirt, a bouquet of daisies in his hand "I could say the same for you. Are those for me?" She asks pointing to the flowers.

"Of course." Jay says handing them to her "We're going out for dinner, but I still wanted to bring you some. Hank said he'll take them to his place for you."

Erin nods, leaning in to kiss him "You're the sweetest, thank you."

Jay smiles "Everything for you. Now come on, we gotta get going. I have many things planned."

"Oh really?" Erin says suspiciously.

"Yep! Let's go." Jay says taking Erin's hand and practically pulling her out the door, Erin laughing as she tries to keep up in her 3-inch, dark-red heels.


"Are you going to blindfold me for every single thing we do tonight?"

She hears Jay chuckle as his hands hold onto her waist, squeezing tightly as he pushes her forward slowly. She can feel the rocky ground beneath her and the wind against her face, letting her know that they're outdoors.

"Jay, can I please take this damn thing off?" Erin groans.

They stops suddenly, Erin feels the ground get a little bit softer beneath her shoes.

"Okay, here you go." Jay says pulling off her blindfold.

"Jay …" Erin whispers.

They were standing under the oak tree in the park, a picnic rug, basket and electric candles surrounding the edges of the blanket.

"I can't believe you remembered." Erin says shocked.

Jay smiles as she turns around to face him "I remember everything you tell me Erin Lindsay."

...

"Why the hell are we in the park during January? It's freezing Erin." Jay groans pulling his jacket tighter around him.

"It's beautiful!" Erin says looking around "I love the park in January."

Jay rolls his eyes "You're crazy."

"But you love me anyways." Erin giggles, wrapping her arms around Jay under his coat.

"You're right about that. Always." Jay says bringing his coat to wrap around her sides so she could cuddle into him.

"You know … I always thought the park would be a nice place to have a date." Erin says looking up at him "Maybe I can bring you back here when it's warmer."

Jay smiles widely. He loved when Erin talked like this. It was very rare that anyone saw the romantic side of her; she was always a hard-ass at work. But this was one of his favourite sides of Erin Lindsay. When she talked about their relationship, and when she confided in him her most intimate thoughts, he knew that she trusted him.

"I would like that a lot." Jay says leaning down to meet her lips.

"So is that what we're doing tonight, strolling down memory lane?" Erin asks.

Jay shrugs "A little. I've got a few things planned for you tonight Erin Lindsay. But for right now, we're going to enjoy our picnic dinner date. It may be four years later than we planned but-"

"It's perfect Jay." Erin cuts him off "Better late than never."

A/N: Okay, so originally this chapter was supposed to be the whole date but I was at 7000 words with the whole date so instead you're getting two chapters of the date night!

As always, please leave a review – they will 100% brighten the shity week I've had.
I'll be uploading the second part of the date tomorrow after work. Hope you're all having a lovely week x

- Maddie :)