AN: Thanks for checking in for another chapter! You constantly blow me away with all the hits and reviews this little bundle of one-shots has gotten.
Jay Halstead had been in many interrogations in his life but this was by far the toughest one.
"Come on Emmy, open your mouth so Daddy can see if your teeth are starting to come in."
Emmy in response like she completely understood shook her head back and forth.
"Ohh come on baby girl, your Uncle Will can't be the first one to find them. We are not giving him the satisfaction." Jay was not above bribery in an interrogation "Come on I'll give you bananas for dinner, you love bananas. Momma said to give you the sweet potatoes mixed in but we'll go straight to the good stuff."
Emmy still remained tight lipped on the couch.
"What about for your puppy?" Jay said holding up with stuffed animal he had gotten her on Valentines Day. "Open your mouth for puppy."
Emmy in response blew a raspberry at her father.
"Come on just put your tongue back in and I can work with that."
Just then the front door opened and Danny Halstead kicked his shoes off before running into the house. "Daddy! Emmy!"
Jay looked over at his son. "Hey Buddy how was Calvin's birthday party?"
"Oh before or after Calvin's older sister realized her pet hamster died?" Hailey asked after she put the jackets in the closet.
"Oh God."
"Yeah we left before the hamster funeral was about to start."
"Well I mean that was smart you two are not dressed anywhere near appropriate for a rodent funeral."
Hailey glared at him and sarcastically replied. "Ha-ha."
"Were they really going to have a funeral for a hamster?"
"You think I would make something like that up?" Hailey said as she walked into the kitchen and poured herself a glass of lemonade.
"Calvin had carrot cake. Gross." Danny said.
"Yeah that sounds yucky."
"Jay!" Hailey exclaimed.
"What? It's not like the kid or his Dads are here and can hear me saying it? I'm not teaching him anything bad."
Hailey then walked over to her daughter. "Hi my Emmy, did you have fun with daddy?"
"Well she did. I've been trying to do a tooth check for the last twenty minutes with no luck."
Jay had explained to Hailey in no uncertain terms that he was going to be the first to locate their daughter's first tooth. It had baffled her then and she was still confused now. "I don't understand this."
"I'm going to be the one to buy her first walking shoes." Jay said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"What?"
"It's a tradition whoever finds the first tooth buys the baby their first shoes. It's an old tradition that means basically the baby is thriving and you can look forward to them taking their first steps soon."
"You could just go buy her the shoes."
"No it's a tradition." Jay said as he did a quick swipe inside his daughter's mouth. "Will found Danny's first one and said he thinks Emmy's going to have one soon. I will never hear the end of it if he finds the first one."
Hailey looked at Jay confused as she put down the glass and picked up Emmy. "Jay, Will did find Danny's first tooth, Vanessa did."
"What?"
"Yeah she was babysitting one night and saw it. She told me she texted Will to see if there was anything she should do because she was so nervous. I always wondered why Will showed up two days later with baby Converse." Hailey then switched her focus to Emmy "Yeah you're brother was running around in mini chuck taylors."
"I want to say something but it's four letters and the babies are here."
"I'm a big boy." Danny said pointing at himself.
"Of course you are."
Later that night Jay and Hailey settled on the couch after putting the kids to bed. Hailey had her feet up on Jay lap as they finished watching Jeopardy.
"So should we send flowers since we missed the rodent funeral?"
"Shut up I thought I was going to have to explain the concept of death to Danny right there. Calvin's older sister comes running out of the house screaming that her hamster is dead. Poor kid had gotten her face painted and it was like streaking down because of the tears."
"Yeah that would have been rough. I'll tell you what." Jay then handed the remote over to his wife. "You pull up the old episodes of New York PD and I promise I will make no smart comments about tactics, or how unrealistic stuff is or that character you like taking his shirt off so much."
"If you get me some ice cream I might be tempted to call you the best husband ever."
"Oh I know I hold that title but I will do it anyway." Jay said as he got up after scooping the ice cream into two bowls. "You want whipped cream also?"
"On you or the ice cream?"
"Hailey, don't say things like that or we won't make it through an episode."
AN: So Reviews please? Also who else is excited that Season 9 started filming?