Author Note: So, I realized that the link doesn't work that I put at the end of the last chapter. If you would like to see a pic of the puppy I put a link in my profile.

Chapter 13: Date Night

Tonight was their first date since they'd been back together. Erin asked Kim if she could come over and watch Nadia since Hank had plans. Kim and Nadia were in the living room watching Peppa Pig while Ollie laid on his doggie bed. Erin was in the bedroom putting the finishes touches on her outfit for tonight. Erin was wearing a pair of dark blue high waisted skin tight jeans and a long sleeve black V-neck bodysuit. She finished the look with a pair of faux suede booties. Erin pushed back her curled hair and finished putting in her earrings and headed out of the bedroom.

Nadia looked up away from the TV when she heard the sound of footsteps coming into the room. "Wow. Mommy you look pretty." Nadia beamed.

Erin smiled, "Thank you, sweet pea."

"Nadia right, Erin you look good. He's not going to know what hit him." Kim says from the couch.

Erin laughs as she heads over to the couch to say goodbye to Nadia. "Okay. Mommy is going to go out for a little while and you're going to hang out with Auntie Kim."

"Okay."

"I want you to be on your best behavior."

"I'll be good mommy I promise." Nadia says seriously.

Erin laughs and hugs her. "I know you will."

Erin stands up and grabs her coat puts it on. She turns back toward Kim and Nadia and says, "I love you and I promise to come in and give you a kiss when I get home. Okay?"

Nadia comes over and gives Erin one last hug, "Okay. I love you too." Erin kisses Nadia on head and heads toward the door with one last wave goodbye.

Jay had invited Erin over to his place for their date. He figured they would keep their first date low key. So, Jay decided that he would cook dinner for them. He had music on in the background to help set the romantic mood for the evening. He had just pulled down the plates from the cabinet when he heard the knock at the door. He set the plates down and goes to answer the door. As he pulled the door opened Erin stood there with a huge smile on her face.

"Hey" She spoke in her raspy voice.

"Hey" Jay replies as a huge smile graces his face. He moves aside to let her in.

Erin unzips her coat and hands it to Jay, "It smells good in here."

Jay takes her coat and hangs it up. "That would be dinner." Jay says in a flirty tone as he leans and gives her sweet kiss on the lips. He pulls away and looks her up and down appreciatively and says, "You look amazing."

Erin gives him a smile, "Thank you. You don't looks so bad yourself Halstead."

Jay was wearing a grey Henley that clung to his chest along with a pair of dark washed jeans. Jay gives her a smirk and heads back into the kitchen to finish dinner. Erin follows him into the kitchen and pulls out on of the stools at the counter and sits down. She watches Jay move around the kitchen effortless as he cooks. She remembers the time she joked with him about being a househusband and right now that's exactly what he looks like. Erin let a small laugh at the memory.

Jay adds the pasta to sauce and turns his head over his shoulder, "What's so funny?" He asks.

Erin shakes her head, "Just remembering what a good househusband you make."

Jay laughs, "Well, this househusband has just finished dinner."

Erin rubs her hands together and says, "Ooh, what are we having?"

"Rigatoni with sausage and kale." Jay responds as he plates the food.

"Yum. I'll get the wine." Erin gets up from the table and grabs the red wine and pours into the wine glasses that Jay has set out. Jay grabs the plate while Erin grabs the glasses and they move to a small table that Jay has near the kitchen.

Erin took and bite and let out at moan. "Jay this is amazing. I forgot how good of a cook you are."

Jay takes a sip of his wine and says, "Thank you. It's actually been a while since I cooked for someone."

The two continued to eat and the conversation flowed freely. Jay took the empty plates to the kitchen and grab the bottle of wine to refill their glasses. Erin had moved from the table and headed toward the couch. Jay moved into the living room and filled the glasses that were on the coffee table.

"Thank you." Erin says as she kicks off her shoes and tucks her feet under her as she sits on the couch.

"You never told me who you got to watch Nadia tonight?" Jay questioned.

Erin took a sip of wine and responded, "Kim. I figured she would be a safe bet since she already kinda knows about us."

Jay nods his head in agreement. "Where was Voight tonight?" Jay asked.

Erin shrugs her shoulders and says, "I don't know. He didn't exactly give me any information expect the fact that he couldn't watch Nadia tonight." Erin takes a sip of wine. "I think Hank might be on a date." Erin says with a smile on her face.

Jay chokes on his drink and Erin let's out a laugh. "Voight dating?" Jay says as he shakes his head.

"Everyone needs a little love." Erin replies with a smile on her face.

Jay moves a little closer to her and says, "Ain't that the truth." He touches her face with his hand and stares at her neither of them move for a moment. Jay is the one who breaks the silence. "I've been wanting to ask this for a while know."

"Okay."

Jay sighs, "I know we talked about your years in New York but you never told me the reason that you decided to leave Chicago in the first place."

Erin sighs and takes a drink from her wine glass she sets the glass on the table. "Bunny. She got pick up by the FBI with pills in her car and in exchange for her freedom I agreed to work with them in New York." Erin looks down and shakes her head. When she looks back up she has tears in her eyes. "She was just…sucking the life out of me and then there was the whole thing with the brass." She shakes her head. "I told Hank that the FBI offered me a job and he told me to leave and to not look back and I did."

Jay wipes the tear that falls from her eye. "Have you seen or talked to Bunny since you left?"

Erin shakes her head. "No, I told her before I left that she wouldn't see me for a while." Jay nods his head in understanding. Erin takes a deep breath and says, "Since we are talking about the past. You want to tell me about some of that shit you went through while I was gone?"

Jay takes a deep breath and says, "Okay. It was couple of days after you left that I asked Voight if he thought you were coming back and he told me it was time for you to move on. I was devasted and then things went from bad to worse." Jay pauses and tears well up in his eyes. "I…I umm…we got an case and we went in hot and I took the subject down but the bullet went through him and hit a little girl."

"Jay" Erin whispers as she grabs his hand.

"There was a whole big mess with the shooting. It felt like the city of Chicago wanted my head on a platter. I was eventually cleared in the end but it just brought up all these things that I buried inside." He takes a breath and continues. "I didn't have my support system. Mouse was gone and I tried calling you but.."

Erin voice cuts him off, "But I didn't answer." Erin lefts her hand up to his cheek and rubs her hand across it.

"Jay, I'm sorry I wasn't there for you."

"it's okay. You were dealing with your own shit." He takes a minute then continues talking. "Then I got caught up in this undercover gig." Jay shakes his head. "I met this guy who used to in the rangers and it was just good to talk to someone who understood you know." Erin nods her head in understanding. "The end of the case went bad and he died. He died trying to do the right thing in the end." Tears spill from his eyes and Erin wipes them with her hands. "His death just was added on to all the other shit I was dealing with. I started a relationship with his sister partly got of guilt and partly because I didn't want to deal with being Jay." Jay takes a breath. "I started sleeping with her. Then she got caught up in this drug and murder deal. I lied to Voight about sleeping with her and told him that she was my CI and I was working her for information. But everything came out in the end. Voight put me on desk duty and I had to see a counselor. Hailey was actually able to get her to leave out the part of me sleeping with her out of her statement." Jay shakes his head. "If she didn't do that then I would not be where I am right now."

"I'm glad she protected you. That's what a good partner does." Erin says giving him a small smile.

Jay gives her a small mile in return. "So, this turned into a very emotional evening."

Erin let's out a laugh. "Yea, but it was good. I think it was something we needed."

Jay moves his face closer to her so they are barely an inch apart and says, "I think of something else we need."

Erin gives him a flirty smile. "And what exactly do we need?" Jay answers her by pressing his lips to hers. This starts off slow but soon becomes heated. He grabs Erin's waist and drags her into his lap. The make-out session between the two of them lasts for several minutes. Erin is the first one to pull apart with Jay chasing after her lips. She gives in and kisses him again. "Jay" She whispers in between kisses. "It's getting late."

"Just a few more minutes." Jay says between kisses. He moves his lips from hers and brings them to her neck. Erin moans as Jay begins to trail kisses down her neck. "Jay." She says in a moan.

Jay smiles against her neck and says, "I love it when you say my name like that."

Erin let's out a small laugh and gives him one last kiss and shoves him back playfully and moves out of this lap. "It's getting late and If we keep going I'm not going to want to leave."

Jay gives her nod in understanding. Erin moves to put on her shoes. She looks over at Jay who is running a hand through he's hair. "Why don't you come with me back to my place?"

Jay looks over at her in shock. "What, like a sleepover in your bed." He says with a smile playing on his lips.

Erin lets out laugh, "Yes. And you can only stay in my bed if you behave."

Jay leans over a places a kiss on her lips and whispers, "I promise to behave. I just hope you can."

"Don't worry I can control myself. "Erin laughs and shoves Jay. "I figure we can take Nadia out for breakfast tomorrow and tell her that we are together."

"I like that Idea."

Jay gives her another kiss and tries to escalate things but Erin pushes him back and says, "Go get your stuff and let's go." Jay let's out a laugh and moves from the couch into his bedroom to grab some clothes. Erin shakes her head at him as he leaves the room.

Erin opened the door to her apartment quietly with Jay following close behind her. They both take off their coats before walking further into the apartment.

"Kim." Erin calls out and gets no reply.

Jay finds them first. He looks back at Erin and places his finger to his lips. She moves over to where he stopped walking and finds Kim asleep on the couch with Nadia's head on her lap and Oliie curled up beside Nadia. Erin goes over to Kim and gently shakes her awake.

Kim slowly opens her eyes. "Hey. Sorry, she wanted to wait up till you got home."

"It's okay Kim." Erin says. "Thanks for doing this for us."

"No problem." Kim says.

Jay moves over to the couch and picks Nadia up from the couch. "I'm going to go lay her down In her bed. Night Kim."

"Night, Jay." Kim replies with a smile.

They watch him as he leaves the room. Ollie wakes up and Erin moves to pick him up before the puppy falls off the couch. As soon as the puppy is in Erin's arm he immediately falls back asleep. When she turns back around Kim has but her shoes on and is standing up giving Erin a knowing smile.

"So, Jay's staying the night?"

Erin laughs. "Yea, we're going to tell Nadia tomorrow that we are back together."

"I'm really happy for you guys. You both deserve this." Kim says.

"Thanks. And thanks again for watching Nadia."

"No problem she's a sweet heart." Kim says as she grabs her coat and puts it on. "I'm going to get going and let you enjoy the rest of your night."

Erin laughs and opens the door and let's Kim out. She heads to Nadia's room and finds Jay watching their little girl sleep. Erin moves into the room and places the puppy on the bed next to Nadia. Ever since they brought Ollie home the two of them spent every night together.

Erin places a hand on Jay's arm. "Let's go to bed." Jay turns and follows Erin out of the room and places his arm around her shoulder. He gives her a sweet kiss on the side of her head and follows her into the bedroom.

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