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It had been a couple of hours since Jay and Hailey got back home from the party at Molly's, they had fallen into a much needed sleep straight away when they got home.

Jay was stirred from his sleep by the soft sounds of someone crying. Jay turned on the light beside his bed and as he looked over towards Hailey his heart broke at the sight. Hailey as curled up tight in a ball, her hands up against her face, trickles of tears on her hands, the sounds of her crying piercing through Jay's ears.

"Hails... what's the matter babe." Jay spoke softly, worry laced on his voice.

Jay got no response from Hailey as she continued crying, facing away from Jay. Jay quickly hopped out of bed, coming to Hailey's side, kneeling beside the bed.

"Hailey look at me, what's the matter." Jay spoke softly once again.

Hailey finally removed her hands from covering her face, her eyes were red and there were lines of tears streaming down her cheeks. "I'm so sorry Jay, I'm sorry." Hailey spoke, her voice barely above a whisper, tears continuing streaming down her face.

"What are you apologising for Hailey?" Jay questioned softly.

"You were shot Jay, I'm your partner, and I should have protected you. I let you go into that basement by yourself when you were clearly injured. I'm such a bad partner." Hailey whispered, her crying intensified.

Jay's heart broke hearing Hailey, he would never blame Hailey for anything that happened that day, hearing her doubt herself was really hard for Jay to listen to. Jay moved up onto the bed, wrapping his arms around Hailey, comforting her.

"Listen to me Hailey." Jay spoke as he cradled her, earning her attention as she meant Jay's eyes. "You're the best partner I could possibly ask for, you've protected me so many times in the past, even at the start when we didn't trust each other. You can't blame yourself for me being shot, I was the one holding all of that guilt, I didn't listen to you when you told me to back off, I was the one who made a mistake and I deserved to be in that basement not you. If you went into that basement and got shot I would have never forgiven myself." Jay continued, Hailey's crying stopped slightly as she listened closely to Jay.

"You almost died Jay, I should have known that she was a threat. It's my fault you almost died." Hailey persisted.

"Hailey you cannot blame yourself for what happened, I don't blame you one bit. You didn't pull that trigger. All you did was try and help me, you tried to warn me about what could happen and I didn't listen to you. You can't carry this guilt around with you, I won't let you feel guilty for what happened. I was the one who put myself in that situation, not you." Jay reassured her.

Hailey couldn't find any words to respond to Jay, she responded by cuddling up as close to Jay as possible, once again crying her eyes out.

Time seemed to move really slowly until Hailey finally spoke. "You're too good for me Jay." Hailey whispered, sounding defeated.

This completely stunned Jay, he never wanted to hear Hailey speak like this, it hurt him to hear Hailey have such low confidence in herself, and he was hoping this was just the alcohol talking. "What do you mean Hails." Jay questioned, still stunned.

"I know you would never let anything like this happen to me and yet I let this happen to you." Hailey responded, her crying now starting to stop a little.

"Hailey don't ever think you're not good enough, what you've done for me in the past is more than anyone has ever done for me. Who was the first person by my side when I've been shot, it was you. Who was the person that pulled me out of a dark place and helped me to sort out my life, it was you. You're the one person that has always stood by me and helped me." Jay spoke slowly and softly, Hailey listening closely.

"I'm scared Jay, I can't lose you." Hailey whispered against Jay's chest.

"There's no need to be scared Hailey, I'm fine and I'm not going anywhere. We're going to have a great future together and I can't wait for that." Jay tried to reassure Hailey, it seemed to work as she finally stopped crying.

"I love Jay. I'm sorry about this, I don't know what came over me." Hailey spoke, sounding very tired.

"There's no need to apologise babe. I'm here for you whenever you need me. I love you, now let's get some sleep." Jay whispered as he felt Hailey relax in his arms.

Jay got back into his side of the bed, Hailey quickly cuddled up as close as she could to Jay, her head resting on his chest and her arms wrapping around his waist. Hailey quickly fell asleep however Jay stayed awake for a little while, he just sat there listening to Hailey breathing, slowly stroking his fingers across the soft skin of her arm. He fell asleep after making sure Hailey was peacefully sleeping.

Jay woke up around 9 in the morning, which was late for him. Hailey had moved position as she as now facing away from him, her head on her own pillow. Jay slowly got up out of bed, his head pounding from all the alcohol he had consumed the night before. He made his way to the kitchen, in search of a morning coffee.

Jay was sitting at the island slowly drinking his coffee when Rojas came down the stairs. "Good morning Jay." Rojas quietly spoke. Jay's head shot up instantly as he looked towards her shocked at her presence. "Sorry I didn't mean to startle you." Rojas quietly chuckled.

"Its fine, I didn't realise you were up, there's some coffee ready." Jay smiled as his attention turned to Rojas.

"Oh thanks, I definitely need some." Rojas chuckled as she poured herself a cup of coffee. "I thought I heard Hailey crying last night. Is she okay?" Rojas questioned.

"She's okay, she just got a little emotional but she's alright. I think most of it was down to the alcohol." Jay replied. "I'm going to take her some coffee so I'll see you in a little while." Jay excused himself as he headed for the bedroom.

Jay was meant by Hailey's eyes as he entered the room, she had woken up while he was downstairs and was sitting up against the headboard. "Hey I brought you some coffee." Jay spoke softly as he smiled towards her.

"Thank you." Hailey whispered as Jay sat beside her, Hailey leaning against his side.

"How you feeling this morning?" Jay questioned.

"I'm alright. I'm sorry I don't know what came over me last night." Hailey spoke sounding dejected.

"There's no need to be sorry Hails, I'm here for you. It's good to let your emotions out trust me, in the past I've tried to hold my emotions back but when you forced me to let my emotions out it helped me greatly." Jay reassured Hailey.

"Yeah I guess you're right. Thank you so much, I love you." Hailey spoke as she gave Jay a quick kiss.

"You're going to love me more later as I'm going to take you out on our first proper date." Jay smiled cheekily as Hailey's face lit up from Jay's words.

"Wait really, you really are the perfect man. I can't wait, where are we going." Hailey rambled on as she couldn't contain her excitement.

"Now that's a surprise but you're going to love it I can assure you." Jay chuckled as he hadn't seen Hailey this excited. Hailey tried to pry some details out of Jay but he wasn't budging.

"Wait, what sort of dress code is required for this." Hailey questioned, knowing this was a detail that Jay couldn't hide.

"Make sure you look beautiful. Even more than you usually do, go the extra mile." Jay replied. Hailey quickly began thinking about her options, and also what Jay would be wearing.

Jay left Hailey's apartment in the early afternoon, going to get tonight's arrangements sorted and get ready. Hailey spent the whole day trying to decide what to wear. She didn't usually like go all out for a date, she would prefer a quite night in but with Jay something was different. She was so excited for tonight, she wanted to wear something that was stunning, she tried on a few different outfits that she already had but she didn't like any of them enough. She ended up forcing Rojas to come with her to find something.

It was now 7pm, the time Jay had said he was picking Hailey up. As he came into her apartment he was met by Rojas who explained that Hailey would be down soon. It wasn't long before Rojas commented on Jay's outfit. "Damn Halstead looking good." Rojas tried to sound serious but couldn't help laughing slightly, earning a confused look from Jay.

Jay was wearing a black suit with a white shirt. The white shirt clung to his muscular frame, his abs easy to pick out and the top two buttons of the shirt left undone. It was simple but classy.

Hailey came down a few minutes later and Jay's jaw dropped at how beautiful she looked. Hailey was wearing a midnight blue dress that hugged her body closely, showing off her curves. The dress stopped just above her knees and there was a thick strap that went across her left shoulder. She was wearing a little make up, mainly eyes shadow which made her blue eyes stand out. She had straightened her hair and it flowed down the right side of her body.

"Wow" was all Jay could manage to say, his eyes full of love and lust. He wrapped his arms around Hailey's waist and their lips locked for a passionate kiss, holding there for a while. They quickly made their way out to Jay's truck after saying goodbye to Rojas.

They pulled up to the best steakhouse in Chicago, Hailey couldn't believe they would be dining here, she had heard the waiting list for this place was months long and the menu was ridiculously expensive. As they entered the restaurant their server showed them to a private room. There was a table situated in the middle of the room, candles were lit around the room and there was a soft quiet music playing in the background. The server leaving for a little while so they could decide what to order.

"Jay, how the hell did you manage to get us in here?" Hailey questioned, shocked at their surroundings.

"I know the owner Marco, his son was assaulted a couple years ago and I was the first on the scene. So he said if I ever found anyone special that he would offer this private room. I hadn't cashed in the favour yet so I thought this would be perfect for our first date." Jay explained, earning a big smile from Hailey.

Marco can by to check on then soon after and took their orders. Marco had offered the meal on the house, something which Jay tried to disagree which but Marco insisted and gave him no choice, Jay reluctantly agreeing.

"What's the history with you and Mouse?" Hailey asked while they were waiting for their meal.

"I've known him for most of my life, he moved onto my family's street when I was around 3 or 4. His mom and my mom got on really when so we were with each other all the time. His dad was a soldier also so as we grew up we'd always ask him about his time in the army and the more we heard about the army the more we both wanted to follow in his footsteps. We were best friends through school and we both enlisted on the same day. We were both deployed together in the same unit. We were both injured in a bombing during our second tour and both of us were medically discharged. When we both fully recovered from our injuries we grew apart as both of us were suffering with PTSD, unfortunately Mouse became addicted to drugs and fell in with the wrong crowd." Jay explained.

"So how did he end up in intelligence?" Hailey questioned, confused slightly.

"He committed a few crimes, he stole a truck full of Blu-ray players and got caught hacking into DoD systems, I helped him out by keeping him out of jail in return he promised me he would seek help for his PTSD. He eventually became a CI for me and after he helped the unit a few times Voight offered him a job in intelligence as the tech wizard. A few months before you joined he went back into the army, I didn't agree with his decision but I realised that it was something he needed to do for himself so eventually I agreed with him." Jay continued, Hailey now realising the whole story.

The couple enjoyed the rest of their romantic evening at Marco's steakhouse, both of them amazed by how good their meal was, they left the restaurant shortly after 9. "Hey do you want to go for a short walk by the lake, after all that food I feel like I need to burn a few calories." Jay spoke

"Yeah sure that sounds good, but these high heels aren't the best for walking in." Hailey replied.

"Don't worry I put a bag of your things in my truck, there's some comfy shoes and a big winter jacket in there for you." Jay responded.

"You really are the best man I know." Hailey admitted, giving Jay a quick kiss.

They walked around slowly for a little while, eventually making their way to the pier, the same spot that Jay asked Hailey to be his girlfriend. Hailey had her own question to ask.

"Do you think we should move in together?" Hailey asked hesitantly, she was unsure whether this was too quick.

"Wait what?" Jay replied sounding shocked, her question came completely out of the blue.

"Do you think we should move in together?" Hailey repeated her question, she was a little worried for what his answer might be after seeing his initial reaction.

"Yes I would absolutely love that, I mean we pretty much live together at the moment anyway so it's pointless having two homes." Jay responded excitedly, Hailey breathing out a sigh of relief.

"Whose home would we keep then?" Hailey questioned, so couldn't hide the excitement in her voice.

"Now that's an easy answer, your place. Your place is bigger, nicer and more comfortable." Jay responded instantly, he loved the house that Hailey had.

"That's sound perfect to me." Hailey whispered as she moved her face back to Jay's, their lips locking into another passionate kiss.

"I love you so much Hailey Upton, I can't wait for what the future holds." Jay whispered against her lips as he pulled back.

"Thank you so much for today Jay, I couldn't ask for a better boyfriend." Hailey spoke out as they started heading back for Jay's car.

"There's no need to thank me, you deserve to be treated to something special after everything that's happened recently." Jay replied, cuddling up close to Hailey.

Hailey had a big smile on her face that she couldn't get rid of. It had been the perfect end to a day that had been a very emotional day for the blonde detective.