Informant

After the talk with Voight, Hailey exited the office furious walking towards the stairs, without talking to anyone. Jay had noticed the commotion in the room and followed her at a slow pace till he reached the lockers too. Her cries could be heard from the door so he gave her some space to grief before entering and approaching her. After like what it felt an eternity but in reality a few minutes, he made small steps in seeing her sitting on the bench crying.

"You okay?" He asked in a calm voice.

She turned to face him the tears visible in her eyes. Wiping them, she replied. "No, I am not okay, my CI died… He was just a kid, Jay, just a kid." Her screams could be heard outside that's why Jay closed the door, to keep them in privacy. He walked closer and crossed his arms around her while she was still crying. He knew exactly what she felt. Ever since Marcus' death guilt followed him everywhere. Her small breakdown eventually stopped and only a small sobbing was heard in the room. Even though she wouldn't admit it to him yet, the safety she felt in his arms was beyond perfect. If they could, they would be together at any time.

"Do you want to grab a drink?" Jay whispered considering it as a good idea for dealing with the situation.

"Sure." She broke from his hug and went to the sink in order to wash her face.

Two minutes later, they walked upstairs joining the rest of the team without giving any explanation.

The one hour had left for the end of their shift ended quickly and the two people soon found themselves in Jay's car driving away from the real world for a while. They made a stop to a gas station, him filling the tank and her buying a couple of bears and snacks.

"Where are we going?" Hailey asked inserting the vehicle putting her seatbelt on.

"You'll see." He chuckled trying to enlighten her mood, as the tears still threatened to fall.

Chicago faded more and more as they kept driving away from the busy city. Passing through empty streets and multiple forests they found themselves in a remoted place that resembled to those fiction areas from horror movies, with a small cabin the only occupant of the abandoned forest.

"Here we are." Jay announced as he stopped the car at the side of the endless road, close to the small house.

"Are you planning on kidnapping me? Cause if you do, you are terrible at it." She joked punching his right shoulder.

"Yes you found out my plan. You are a smart girl." He smiled opening the door motioning for her to follow him.

Turning on their phone's flashlights due to the darkness that surrounded them, they matched in the woods, getting lost in the dark environment and through the gigantic trees until they reached their destination. Searching though his jacket's pocket, the man took out a key and pushed the metal door opened playing it gentleman and welcoming the young detective in.

Hailey was amazed by the insights of the building. Despite its wooden structure on the outside, a mix of modern and old fashioned furniture were placed inside. There was also a small fridge a couple of inches away from TV and a bag thrown on the floor with what it appeared to be medical equipment.

"This is Will's, he comes here sometimes to store his books and medical stuff."

"So you own this place?"

Jay nodded. "Our dad had bought it but no one knew about this. Only after he died, we found out about it and redecorated it. It's the best place for relaxing. Believe me, I thought that the only place we had was the cabin in Wisconsin."

"It's nice." Hailey replied throwing herself on the couch.

"So what do you wanna do? Watch TV, play board games, see a movie?"

"Let's just talk okay?"

"Okay?"

The two of them spent their time chatting about the adventures of the previous days with Jay comforting his partner with the sweetest words. After everything Hailey had been through, she needed support. He was there for it. That's how he felt. He sensed the need to protect his partner. Looking into her blue eyes, he let himself get lost in them for a moment, oh God, how beautiful it was not being able to control himself while looking at her.

"And that's why I felt the need to protect him… Jay… JAY."

"What?" He blinked twice before coming back to reality.

"Are you paying attention to what I say?"

"Sure,"

"Oh really? What did I just say?" She raised her eyebrow looking at him in frustration.

"Hmmm… Alright, I lost you for a moment." He admitted cracking an innocent smile before a pillow landed straight on his face.

"Oh no, you didn't…" He immediately threw one to her.

Their small pillow fight lasted a while with the two of them playing cheerfully until a cracking sound was echoed in the small house leaving them stranded.

"Tell me you didn't break anything." Jay exclaimed picking his parts from the floor where they had been the last few minutes approaching Will's tiny bookshelf which consisted of some fake organ parts of the human body laid on it.

"You broke Will's heart."

"Last the time I checked I wasn't dating your brother."

"Ha-ha, you are a disaster, I should have never brought you in here." Jay said breathing heavily taking a sip from the second bottle of beer he opened that night.

"You said you'd follow me anywhere."

"I lied." He laughed throwing one last pillow to her.

At least Hailey found a way to forget about the incident for a while. That's what mattered the most.

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~The Fourth Bionic~