"Hey, where were you last night?" Hailey asks when Jay joins her in the breakroom the next morning to get coffee.

"Huh?" Jay asks still not completely awake.

"Molly's? You never showed," Hailey elaborated. "I'm not mad. I just want to make sure you're okay."

"Oh, yeah. I had a headache so went to lay down for a couple of minutes- I ended up falling asleep," Jay tells her.

Hailey takes a good look at Jay, he looks tired but otherwise fine. "How are you feeling now?"

"Fine," Jay answers.

"Okay, I have Advil in my desk if you need any," Hailey tells him, receiving a nod in acknowledgment before he goes back to his desk.

"Do we have anything new?" Voight asks his team.

"No. It looks like it was random," Kim states.

"Jay and Hailey," Voight calls. "Go back and re-interview the neighbors."

The two detectives of the unit leave the bullpen to try to gather more information.

"You mind driving?" Jay asks as they are walking out of the building.

"You okay?" Hailey asks.

"Just tired."

Hailey nods making a mental note to keep an eye on him.

"Are you sure there isn't something you can tell us that will help?" Hailey asks again, not wanting to go back to the district empty-handed.

"I'm sorry. I wish there was something I could do to help," the neighbor tells her.

"Thank you for your time."

"Did you get anything?" Jay asks as he walks up to Hailey.

"No. You?"

"Nothing," Jay groans. "There has to be something that we're missing." He goes to say something else before quickly turning his head and sneezing in his elbow.

"Bless you."

"Thanks," Jay mutters embarrassed.

"You okay?"

"Yeah, let's get back. Maybe someone else found something."

"Okay. Maybe Voight was able to talk with the parents," Hailey offers.

The ride is silent back to the precinct, the case getting to both of them.

"Halstead, Upton. We got a lead," Voight informs them when they get back to the bullpen. "Talked to the parents, and we got all the names of those who had access to the house. One of the names came back as a brother of a gang member. Atwater and Burgess are checking it out."

Just as he finishes catching the two detectives up to date, the two come back in. "We found the weapon with Seamus' DNA on it. Got him in interrogation," Atwater tells them.

Voight nods before making his way to the interrogation room calling Kevin to follow him.

It takes less than ten minutes before Voight comes back into the bullpen with a confession. "Finish up your paperwork and you can leave after," Voight tells his team, knowing that cases involving kids affects them all.

"Ready to get out of here?" Hailey asks Jay as he is finishing his paperwork. They are the last ones in the bullpen, Jay taking the longest to finish his paperwork.

"Yeah," Jay answers tiredly while getting up.

"Are you okay?" Hailey asks rubbing his arm.

"Yeah, just tired," Jay answers as they walk out of the bullpen.

"You up for Casper's training today?" Hailey asks not completely believing him.

"Mm-hm. Will isn't coming. Something about having to cover someone at Med."

"Okay, I'll meet you at your place later," Hailey says as they get in their respective vehicles.

"Did I wake you?" Hailey asks as Jay opens the door for her after a few minutes.

"No, was just watching a movie."

"Okay, so I figure we can start on grounding. We're still going to keep going with the first task, but we should be able to start working on a second task," Hailey informs him.

"Sounds good. How does training work for this one?" Jay asks.

"So, I couldn't find anything on how to do it-" Jay interrupts her with a sneeze. "Bless you, but the objective is to interrupt the flashback to bring you back to the present if you get caught in one," Hailey tells him.

Hailey goes over to what they call Casper's Cabinet and grabs the training treats. "He can do that by licking your hands or face- whichever he has access to. So the first thing is to get Casper away from you," Hailey comments when she sees that the dog has not left Jay's side since she got to his apartment. "Casper, come," Hailer orders. Casper just looks at her before laying his head back on Jay's lap.

"Casper go to Hailey," Jay coughs.

"Jay, are you feeling okay?" Hailey asks recalling Jay's behavior earlier in the day.

"Fine," Jay answers quickly.

"Are you sure you're not getting sick? Dogs can tell when their owner isn't feeling well and Casper hasn't left your side," Hailey points out.

Before Jay can answer he looks away, sneezing into his elbow again, groaning as it hurt his head.

"I think you're getting a cold," Hailey states sympathetically placing her hand on the back of his neck. "You're a little warm, but I don't think it's a fever."

"We can still do Casper's training," Jay insists.

"If your dog is as stubborn as you, he's not moving," Hailey tells him, "and this won't work if Casper is not cooperating. I'm going to go home and let you rest, do you need anything before I leave?" Jay shakes his head no. "Okay, I'll see you later," she tells Jay before turning her attention to Casper. "You take care of your dad." Casper barks happily at her.

Hailey leaves Jay's apartment, knowing the next thing she has to work on with Jay is getting him to take care of himself.

"Hey, I thought you were at Jay's tonight to help train Casper?" Vanessa asks when Hailey walks through the door earlier than expected.

"I was, but Casper was being stubborn and not leaving Jay's side.

"Oh. I was about to put on Netflix and try to find something light to watch after this case we had. Want to join?"

"Yeah, let me change and I'll be right out."

"So Casper was being stubborn?" Vanessa asks as Hailey comes back down.

"Yeah, he's defiantly Jay's dog," Hailey comments before grabbing the remote to search for something they both want to watch.

"Here," Hailey hands Jay a travel cup of hot lemon tea with honey while looking him over when she walks into the bullpen the next day. Taking in his appearance, Hailey notes that he looks terrible, he looks more tired than yesterday, his eyes are bloodshot, his face is pale, and his nose is red.

"Thanks," Jay tells her, voice congested.

"You should have stayed home, you sound miserable," Hailey voices her concern.

"I'm fine, it's just a cold," Jay argues.

"Fine, but stay here and don't go into the field today. The weather is terrible, it will probably make you feel worse," Hailey pleads.

"Okay," Jay coughs. Hailey is surprised by how easily Jay agrees, making her want to keep a close eye on him today.

Slowly the rest of the team makes their way into the bullpen. Once everyone is there Voight announces that since they just closed a case, they are going to be working on any paperwork that needs to be handed in until they get another case. Hailey is hoping that the criminals of Chicago aren't going to do anything with how much it is raining.

By one o'clock, they are still in the bullpen waiting for a case to come in. Hailey who has been keeping an eye on Jay, notes that he hasn't been able to go five minutes without sneezing or coughing, is ready to make him go home.

The bullpen is empty besides the two of them; Voight taking care of something at the Ivory Tower, Kevin and Adam are doing inventory from a case a few weeks ago, and Vanessa and Kim went on a coffee run, so she takes this as an opportunity to try to convince him to go home.

Hailey gets up and stands next to Jay's desk, "Hey."

"Yeah?" Jay answers hoarsely.

"Go home, you sound awful. You should be resting, not working," Hailey tells him placing her hand on the back of his neck again. "You feel feverish."

"But what if a case comes in?"

"I doubt we're going to get one now if we haven't already. Go before you get the whole team sick. Are you good to drive or do you need a ride?" Hailey asks, making it clear that she isn't giving him a choice.

"I can drive myself," he answers.

"Okay, do you have any medicine at home?" Hailey asks, already knowing the answer.

"Tylenol," Jay answers.

"Okay, go home and I'll bring you some cold medicine and food when I leave."

"You don't need to," Jay tells her.

"Did you even sleep last night?" Hailey asks, giving Jay her no bull look.

"I was up half the night," Jay admits quietly.

"I think that answers that. Go home, change into something comfortable and lay down- either go to bed or lay on the couch. Do you have a thermometer?" Hailey asks.

"Don't know."

"Okay, go. I'll check on you later," Hailey shoos him out of the bullpen.

After making sure that Jay actually left she texts Will, What type of Gatorade does Jay like? And does he have a thermometer?

What's wrong? Will answers back immediately.

I just made him go home. I think he has a bad cold.

Gatorade has too much sugar, he likes either of the blue Pedialyte's but he will drink the grape one too. There should be a thermometer in his medicine cabinet. Do you need me to check on him?

No, I'm going to drop some things off after work. Is there any medicine he can't have?

No. He's allergic to penicillin, but that's not in any cold and flu meds.

Okay. Hailey sends before getting out the Lysol wipes and wipes down both Jay and her desks.

"Where's Jay?" Kim asks when she and Vanessa return.

"I made him go home."

"Good," Voight tells her as he comes up the steps. "Try to keep him away until he can be productive and not get everyone sick."

"I'll try."

The team finishes out their day hoping that they get a case soon, not that they want harm to come to the citizens of Chicago, but for their own sanity and the safety of their team after Ruzek and Atwater almost killed each other when they started a stupid game out of boredom.

"Vanessa," Hailey calls. "I'm going to stop and get some things for Jay before I come home, do you want me to pick up Chinese for dinner?"

"Sounds good. Orange chicken?" Vanessa asks.

"Got it. I'll text you when I'm leaving Jay's," Hailey tells her.

"You going to be long?" Vanessa asks.

"No, I'm just dropping the stuff off for him," Hailey answers.

Hailey goes to Walmart to pick up a pack of DayQuil and NyQuil, a couple boxes of tissues, a box of teabags, and a couple bottles of Pedialyte. While in the medicine aisle she sees a box of Vick's vapor patch and grabs it thinking it could help with how bad Jay sounded.

After checking out, Hailey goes to the Chinese joint that they always go to getting Vanessa her orange chicken, herself honey sesame chicken, and getting Jay wonton soup and brown rice, not knowing what he will be up to eating.

When Hailey arrives at Jay's place she uses her key to get in, not wanting to startle Jay awake if he was actually sleeping. Walking into his apartment, she sees Jay laying on his side on the couch with a blanket on top of him and Casper laying with Jay where his knees are bent.

Wanting to delay waking Jay up, Hailey walks into his bathroom to look for the thermometer that Will told her about. Finding the small plastic device, Hailey runs it under the sink to wash it off before going back out to Jay.

Reaching behind Jay, Hailey starts to rub circles on his back to wake him, "Jay? Can you wake up for me?"

"Hailey?" he asks sitting up, somehow triggering a coughing fit. Feeling bad that she might have caused Jay's current predicament, she rubs his back until it subsides. The change in positions and the coughing fit cause Jay to lose the blanket, letting Hailey see that he did change into something more comfortable- a long sleeve t-shirt and a pair of sweat pants.

"Yeah, it's me. I picked up Chinese for Vanessa and me, so I got you wonton soup and brown rice. I wasn't sure what you were up to eating."

"Not hungry," Jay tells her sleepily.

"Eating isn't optional," Hailey tells him.

"Soup then," Jay replies.

"Okay, I'm going to get that for you, but I need you to take your temperature," Hailey tells him while handing him the thermometer.

Jay sticks the device in his mouth while Hailey goes to the kitchen to get his food. The thermometer beeps just as she comes back to Jay. Hailey takes the device before Jay can get rid of the reading, "100.7. That's not too high. Eat this, I put the rice in your refrigerator for later. I also got you medicine- so take that when you finish eating- tissues, Pedialyte, tea bags, some Vick's vapor patches if you're having trouble breathing."

"Thanks, Hailey, but you didn't have to do this," Jay tries to tell her.

"You're my partner," Hailey tells him as if that is the answer before asking if he wants her to take Casper out before she leaves. Jay tries to tell her that he can later, but Hailey won't hear it.

"Now, I need to take home Vanessa and my food before it gets cold, but call or text me if you need anything. I mean it. Eat that, take the meds, and go to bed," Hailey tells him when she brings Casper back in, the dog going back to his spot on the couch near Jay.

"How was he?" Vanessa asks when Hailey walks into her house.

"Sick, but I pretty sure it's just a bad cold. He had a low fever, but it wasn't high enough for the flu."

The two eat their food, hoping that tomorrow will bring sun.

A/N:

Conversions:

100.7 - 38.2