Hailey gets woken up by her alarm the following morning. Jay's arm is wrapped around her and her head is resting on his bare chest. She reaches over and turns it off as Jay pulls her back against him. He kisses the top of head,
"Good morning," he says his voice gravelly with sleep, Hailey tilts her head to bring her lips to his,
"Good morning to you," they lay there for a few minutes before Hailey whispers,
"We need to get up,"
"Ya we do," Jay says. Hailey sits up and turns to climb out of bed before Jay grabs her waist pulling her so she falls on top of him,
"I don't want to get up yet," Jay says as Hailey laughs and turns over straddling him. Jay grabs the back of her head gently pulling it towards him and kissing her. Hailey runs her hands through his hair as his hands run up and down her back.
"We can't," Hailey murmurs against his lips, "Beth will be awake," Jay groans as she pulls away. She sits up but before she climbs out she says,
"You know last night when you said that you want it all," Jay looks at her and nods, "Did you mean it?" Hailey asks looking down at her hands. Jay sits up and says,
"Ya I did. I want it all. I want to wake up to you every morning and I want to go eat breakfast with Beth. I want to make dinner with you while she is still at the counter trying to do math. I want to threaten the boys that come to the door while you help her do her hair,"
Hailey smiles,
"That sounds like a good future," Hailey says.
"Ya?" Jay asks, Hailey looks up at him and smiles
"Ya it sounds like a future I want," Hailey says, "But now we really need to get up," Jay groans again as Hailey climbs off of him.
"You shower and I'll get breakfast ready," Hailey says as she pulls on Jay's shirt and a pair of pajama shorts. Hailey makes her way to the kitchen checking Beth's room to make sure she is up. She finds Beth in the kitchen making her lunch. Hailey walks over and leans on the counter.
"Good morning," Hailey says,
"Hey," Beth responds looking up and smiling at the girl,
"So about last night…" Hailey starts,
"We don't have to talk about it," Beth cut in,
"I'm sorry," Hailey says, "You shouldn't have had to see that," Beth laughs,
"It's fine," Beth says, "I have seen and heard many a things in my days,"
Hailey nods and changes the subject,
"Have you eaten breakfast?"
Beth shakes her head.
"Is cereal okay?" Hailey asks grabbing a couple bowls setting them on the counter,
"Ya, can you sign this?" Beth says sliding a paper over to her,
"What is it for?" Hailey asks skimming the form,
"They want to show a movie with some swear words and they need your permission to let me watch it. It's rated like 14A or something." Beth explains,
Hailey reaches over grabbing a pen and signs the form.
"Hailey?" they hear, yelled from the second level, "Can you grab my bag from my truck?"
"Ya," Hailey yells back, Beth raises an eyebrow at Hailey as she walks over to the door finding the keys to the truck on the front table. When Hailey comes back in she runs up the stairs handing the bag to Jay. It is just under an hour when the trio is all ready for the day and are heading out the door. They are driving towards the school when Beth speaks up,
"So we are almost out of juice boxes. I don't want to be a bother but they are just really easy to take to school for when my levels drop,"
"You are not a bother," Hailey starts, "We can pick some up on the way home today,"
They drop the girl off at school before heading to work. After wrapping up a case with some bad dope yesterday, it was a slow day. A day spent writing reports and listening to Adam complain about hand cramps. It is around one in the afternoon when Hailey gets a phone call. She doesn't recognize the number. She shrugs at Jay who is looking at her skeptically,
"Upton," she answers the phone,
"Is this Hailey Upton?" the person questions,
"Yep," Hailey answers,
"The new guardian for Elizabeth Upton?" the person asks,
"Ya," Hailey answers sitting up straighter in her chair, "Is she okay?"
"We need you to come down to the school," the person says, "She got into a fight,"
"A fight?" it is Hailey's turn to question, "What happened?"
"Mam if you could just come down to the school," the lady says.
"Ya of course," Hailey says standing, "I'll be right down," Hailey hangs up the phone,
"What's up?" Jay asks
"I have to go," Hailey says, "Beth got in a fight," Jay stands up grabbing his sweater off the back of his chair,
"I'll come with you," he says. Hailey nods and goes to explain the situation to their boss.
The couple quickly make their way to the school. As soon as they walk into the school Beth looks up and walks towards them. Hailey does a once over scanning for injuries not seeing any except an ice bag on her left hand.
"I'm sorry they called you," Beth says, "I told them I would just take the L home but they wanted to talk to you,"
"What happened?" Hailey asks, "Are you okay?"
"I'll tell you what happened," A voice cause them to all look up, "Your lunatic daughter attacked my son,"
"Who are you?" Hailey asks,
"Hailey this is Dylan's mom," Beth explains, "Dylan's mom this is Hailey and Jay,"
"I don't know what happened but my kid did not just attack your son," Hailey says,
"She broke his nose," the other mother says,
"Look at her she is not even five feet tall and she weighs like 95 pounds there is no way she broke his nose," Hailey says,
"Hailey," Jay says. He has walked towards Dylan. He removed the towel for just a second to get a look at the nose, "I think she did,"
"See your daughter is a crazy person who just attacks people," the lady says,
"That is not what happened," Beth says getting frustrated,
"Okay," Hailey says, "Then tell us what happened,"
"Well I was walking to class after lunch and this guy," Beth motions to Dylan, "Comes up behind me and snaps my bra strap. Now let me tell you, Hailey this guy is a real dick, he does this kind of stuff all the time. Anyway so he snapped my bra strap so I turned around and slapped him," Beth explains,
"You can't break a nose from a slap," Jay says,
"Well I was going to just walk away after that but then he said I hit like a girl," Beth says,
"So…" Hailey tries to understand,
"So I punched him," Beth says like it is obvious,
"See she just attacked him," Dylan's mother says,
"No it sounds like he started it by snapping her bra strap," Hailey says back,
"He is a 13 year old boy. This is just what they do. He probably just thought she was pretty,"
"No," Jay enters the conversation, "This is not just what 13 year old boys do, this is assault we could charge him,"
"Charge him?" the lady says, "What are you cops?"
"Ya we are cops," Hailey says now getting angry, "so we now that what Beth did could be called self defense against sexual harassment,"
"Ladies," another voice interrupts, "Let's talk in my office,"
The mothers enter the office and the Jay and Beth sit down in the waiting area,
"Is your hand okay?" Jay asks, lifting the ice bag off of it. He sees Beth grimace in pain,
"How do you make a fist?" Jay asks. Beth lifts up her right hand to show him. She has her thumb tucked under her fingers.
"Nope," Jay says grabbing her hand, "You want to have your thumb out like this," he moves her thumb out and pats her fingers. "It makes it even and protects your fingers. I'll show you later," Beth nods, "But I think you broke some fingers so we are going to have to take you to med," Beth nods again,
"Is Hailey mad at me?" Beth asked, "She seems mad at me,"
"Nah," Jay says, "She is mad but not at you. She is mad at the other lady and at this loser over here," He motions to Dylan, "But she is not mad at you. When we get to the truck I guarantee that she will give you a high five,"
Just then the door to the office opens again and both mother come out looking frustrated,
"Let's go," Hailey says, the other two follow her out to the truck,
"So what happened?" Jay asks once they are settled in the truck,
"They gave both of them 2 weeks suspension," Hailey says, "They are very mad at you," She turns to look at Beth, "This is your 5th fight?"
"Uhhh ya," Beth says, "they brought that up?"
"Ya they brought that up, normally they would expel you after 5 fights but they said that since there is only about six weeks left of school and you will be gone for 2 of them that they will let you finish off the year,"
Beth nods,
"How is the hand?" Hailey asks,
"I think we should take her to med. I think she broke some fingers," Jay responds. Hailey nods.
He puts the truck in drive making the longish drive to med,
"I'm sorry for hitting the guy," Beth breaks the silence from the back, Hailey looks at her through the rearview mirror,
"Are you?" Hailey asks,
"Well, I'm sorry they dragged you guys down to the school," Beth says. Jay laughs
"Don't be sorry. You did what I would have done," Hailey says, "the first one was necessary to put him in his place. The second one maybe a little less necessary but definitely badass. There are better ways to deal with people like him which we can talk about later but for now just know I would have done the same thing. Anytime a person touches you without your consent you should break their nose,"
"But remember the thumb goes outside the fingers," Jay says. They pull up outside of med. The girls go up to the desk as Jay calls Voight explains how they won't be in for the rest of the day. Hailey is filling out the forms given when Will spots them from across the room and walks over to them,
"What are you guys doing here?" he ask,
"We think Beth broke her fingers punching a 13 year old dick," Jay explains.
"That 13 year old dick?" Will points across the room. Beth looks over,
"Yep that's him," she says,
"Okay kid," Will crutches down in front of her chair, "Let's take a look," he removes the ice pack, "Yep this looks broken. But we are swapped right now so it might take some time before we can bring her back. But I'll get you a new ice pack this one is warm and I'll get you in as soon as I can,"
"Thanks man," Jay says patting his brother on the shoulder,
"Ya no problem," Will says leaving,
It is almost 3 hours later before Will can squeeze Beth in. He confirms the break with an x ray,
"So she broke these 3 metacarpals which is common with bad punching technique and she sprained her wrist," Will explains, "She is going to need a cast,"
Will takes her up to get her cast put on. The late night, last night was catching up with the pair as they sit in the waiting room, Jay rubs Hailey's knee as her head falls to his shoulder. Hailey is half asleep as when Beth comes back to the waiting room followed by Will.
"She is all set to go," Will says, "Remember the cast can't get wet. Here is a prescription for pain meds, it's not the good stuff we usually give you guys but that stuff reacts badly with other meds she is on so she might be in some pain. There isn't much you can do just rest, and ice it,"
"Okay, thanks Will," Hailey says standing up.
"No problem," Will responds, "But I have some questions. Beth told me an interesting story well she got that cast put on,"
"Nope," is all Hailey says as both her and Jay's cheeks turn slightly pink, "No questions,"
Both Will and Beth laugh and high five.
"Okay, see you guys later," Will says, walking back to the ER.