Hi guys welcome back, sorry about the longer wait for this chapter, I wanted to get it up earlier however I've been busy this week so that delayed this a little.

I know I say this every time but thank you once again to everyone that read and left feedback on the last chapter, it means a lot to me seeing that people are enjoying this.

Anyway I hope you enjoy this chapter! :)

The week that followed Will's attack had been a pretty quiet one for everyone involved. Jay had been acting a little differently all week, he seemed distracted when at work and Hailey knew that this was because he was worried about his brother. Hailey gave him a little space and waited for him to come to her, in the meantime this gave Hailey and Rojas time to plan about moving houses. They decided they would move her stuff out and Jay's stuff in on the Sunday coming up.

Sunday rolled up pretty quickly, Jay had been feeling better over the last couple of days, Will had been released from hospital and was on the mend. He was really excited to be moving in with Hailey, even though they had been living together for a while now, to be officially moving in together was another step in the right direction in his life.

"Jay I swear you've got more guns in this apartment than anything else." Hailey chuckled as the whole of Jay's belongings out of his apartment fit into a couple of boxes, and most of those were full of clothes.

"Why is your apartment so bare Jay?" Rojas questioned.

"I don't like getting to attached to an apartment I guess." Jay replied, the two woman nodding in understanding.

They continued packing up Jay's belongings, Jay was leaving the majority of the furniture in the apartment for Rojas to have. He had pretty plain furniture and he much preferred the furniture in Hailey's apartment, Rojas had tried to get him to leave the big flat screen TV that Jay had installed in his apartment but that was the one thing that Jay was adamant on taking with him.

Hailey and Jay were finishing off in his bedroom, Hailey was searching under his bed when a sliver metal box caught her attention, the box wasn't very big but it looked worn and had a bullet hole in the side. "Jay what's this?" Hailey questioned as she lifted the box onto the bed.

"That's my box where I store my most precious belongings." Jay smiled back as he sat down beside her and opened the box.

There wasn't to many things in the box, his dog tags were in there as well as a few photos of him and Mouse, ranging from them as small children to them suited up in full battle gear. There were a couple of photos of him and the intelligence unit dating back to enforce Hailey's arrival. One of the photos had Nadia in it, Jay explained to Hailey the back story of Nadia and what had happened to her in New York.

Hailey concentrated on one of the photos out of the box, Jay and Mouse were in it, they had just graduated their Rangers training camp and they were both hugging their mothers in the photo. "Is that you and your mom Jay?" Hailey questioned, treading lightly as this was a emotional subject for Jay.

"Yeah, that was on my graduation day from training camp, she was the only person from my family to come to my graduation. That's Mouse with his mom as well."

"When's this one from?" Hailey questioned as she found another photo of his mom and him hugging.

"That was from when I was about to leave for my first deployment, once again she was the only person to come and say goodbye." Jay replied. "I've got a new photo to put in here now." Jay continued as he smiled at Hailey.

"Let's see it." Hailey responded, looking back at Jay with a little confusion on her face.

Jay handed her the photo, it was on them cuddled up on the couch fast asleep in each other's arms, Hailey's head resting against Jay's chest. "When's this from Jay?" Hailey spoke as she smiled at the photo.

"Last week after we fell asleep on the couch, Rojas took it when she got home and sent it me the other day. I thought it was perfect to put in my memory box."

"You're right, it is perfect, I love you." Hailey replied, she couldn't take her eyes off the photo.

The moment was broken by the sound of their phones buzzing, indicating they had a new case. Both of them grumbled in frustration, their moving day was now delayed because the criminals of Chicago couldn't take a day off. They two left with Rojas left for the station, the three of them hoping for a quick and easy case.

It was the day after, the case they were on was moving slowly, no major leads and everyone was frustrated with the lack of action. Jay had managed to get away from the station for a little while to go and see Will, he hadn't seen him since he had been discharged.

"Hi Natalie, how's he doing?" Jay greeted Natalie as she let him in to her apartment.

"He seems to be doing alright, his injuries are healing up nicely but I think he's getting frustrated that he can't go back to work yet." Natalie replied as they shared a quick hug.

Will was sitting on the sofa watching something on the TV, his wounds had healed up pretty quickly, and the nasty wound on the side of his head was almost invisible now. He still had significant bruising around his face though, he had two black eyes and a few small cuts on his face.

"Hey Will, how you feeling?" Jay questioned as he joined his brother on the couch.

"Pretty good to be fair, concussion has now subsided but my ribs are still bloody killing me."

"I'm heading out to do some shopping Will, I'll see you in a bit." Natalie shouted from the door of her apartment.

"How's she dealing with all of this?" Jay questioned.

"I'm not sure really, she hides it well but I think she's really shaken up by the whole thing. I don't really know what to do to help her though, I've been comforting her and assuring her that I'm fine but I know that she's not doing too good."

"I don't really have any ideas to give you, my situation with Hailey was different too yours, by the time you took me of the ventilator she had managed to get most of her emotions out. You just need to keep being there for her I guess, that's what I've been doing for Hailey." Jay admitted honestly.

"How's things going between you and Hailey anyway?" Will questioned.

"It's going really well, I'm happier than I've ever been, she's absolutely perfect. We're moving in together as well." Jay responded to his brother, Jay's face lighting up when he spoke about Hailey.

"That's great news Jay, when did this happen?"

"We agreed to do this a couple of weeks ago, we were cleaning out my apartment yesterday but when got a new case so we'll finish it off after that. Rojas is moving into my apartment so it will be nice to get some privacy with Hailey."

They were interrupted by a text from Mouse, they had found a location for the suspect in their case so Jay headed off quickly.

"Right everyone listen up, the house were raiding belongs to Darren Rodgers, he's the prime suspect in the home invasion yesterday morning. He's got a long history of an armed robberies and is known to shoot at the police so everyone watch out, this guy is armed and dangerous. Atwater and Rojas cover the back, don't enter the house but just watch for any runners. Everyone clear?" Voight explained the plan, everyone nodding in agreement.

They approached the house careful and slowly, this guy was no stranger to altercations with the police so they didn't take any risks. Atwater and Rojas branched off and headed for the back, the rest of the team headed for the front door and waited for the signal from Atwater that they were in position.

"Chicago PD." Jay yelled as he kicked down the door. As they entered the property they were meant with the stairs straight away. Jay signalled for the others to clear the downstairs of the house while he cleared upstairs. The first room he entered upstairs was a small bedroom, he looked through the room, clearing all of the possible hiding places he could see. He was just about to leave when he heard something moving from the area where the closet was.

Jay carefully approached the closet, his hand gripping his pistol in anticipation. As he approached the closet there was another noise, Jay was getting a little nervous now for what could be behind the closet door. As he slowly opened the door he was surprised at what he found. There was a little boy, he couldn't be much older than 6 or 7, curled up in a ball on the floor. Jay quickly holstered his pistol, releasing the boy wasn't a threat.

"Hi there buddy, my name's Jay, I'm a police officer, are you okay?" Jay spoke softly as he kneeled down in front of the boy. The boy looked back at Jay, he had a scared look on his face, his hands were shaking slowly. The boy didn't responded to Jay and stayed in the same position.

"You're safe little guy, can you tell me your name?" Jay pushed carefully. The boy's hand looked like they were about to stop shaking, the look on his face had softened slightly. It looked like he was just about to speak but a loud pop sounded from close to them, he instantly curled back up into a tight ball, his hands were shaking vigorously. Jay slammed the bedroom door shut and got his gun at the ready once again.

"Guys I'm in the north east corner bedroom, nobody enter." Jay spoke quietly into his radio.

"Jay, are you ok?" Hailey's voice instantly sounded on his radio.

"Yeah I'm good, I've found a little boy up here and he's scared to death, I'm trying to speak to him so I don't want anybody else in here. I haven't cleared the other rooms yet so someone get up here now." Jay demanded into his radio.

Jay turned his attention back to the small child. "Don't worry you're safe, that was my friends I was just speaking to. Can you tell me your name?" Jay spoke quietly, flashing a small warming smile at the child.

Once again the small boy's hands slowly stopped shaking, the scared look on his face seemed to slowly disappear and he finally spoke for the first time. "Alex." Was all the little boy said, he sounded very scared and nervous.

"It's nice to meet you Alex, can you come out..." Jay was cut off by a hail of bullets that pierced through the walls of the bedroom. The sound of the automatic gunfire was deafening. Jay quickly moved closer to the boy, protecting from the bullets by covering him with his body. The little boy once again was shaking and he slowly started crying. Jay could hear the crackle of the bullets wiz by his head and smash the bedroom window.

The bullet storm quickly subsided as a familiar sound of pistols sounded throughout the house. Jay was still holding onto the boy, his crying was muffled by Jay's vest as he held him close to his body. The silence was broken by a familiar voice. "Jay are you okay? Jay please respond." Hailey was shouting down the radio.

Jay adjusted slightly enabling him to access his radio, still holding the boy close. "We're Fine Hailey, don't worry." Jay reassured her down the radio.

"Hey buddy are you okay?" Jay questioned as he searched for any possible injuries on the little boy. The boy nodded at Jay, his crying now stopping. "You're safe Alex, I've got you. I know you're scared but can you come out of there, we need to get you to somewhere safe." Jay continued softly.

"Ok." Alex responded quietly as he slowly inched his way out of the closet. As Alex stood up in front of Jay, Jay once again checked for any injuries.

"Alex, you are ok to go outside, I'll put you in my truck it's nice and warm in there." Jay was treading lightly with the scared boy, he had been in this situation a few times in the past and had become used to how to deal with small children. Alex just nodded his head in response.

"Guys, can you clear the way to my truck and hide all weapons. I've got the boy to agree to come to my truck but I don't want anything to scare him anymore." Jay spoke quietly into the radio. Voight agreed and quickly cleared everyone out of the way, making a clear path to Jay's truck.

Jay exited the room carrying Alex down to his truck, all of the police had hidden out of the way. Jay opened the back door to his truck and placed Alex down in the seat. "Do you want some food and water Alex?" Jay questioned, he was meant with another nod from Alex. Jay quickly got a couple of chocolate bars and a bottle of water for Alex that he kept stored in his bag. He closed the back door of his truck, leaving Alex for a minute to speak to Hailey and Voight.

"How's he doing?" Hailey spoke as she gave Jay a big cuddle in front of Voight.

"Physically he's alright but he's really scared, I'm not sure how old he is but he can't be any older than 6 or 7." Jay replied.

"Have you got anything out of him?" Voight questioned.

"No only his name, I just about managed to get him to talk before the hail of bullets ripped the room to shreds. He hasn't said anything since but I think I've managed to get him to trust me."

"Ok, take him back to the station and see if you can get anything more out of him. Platt has been in touch with DCFS and they will send someone to the station to take care of the boy but I'm not sure when that'll be." Voight informed Jay as he left to sort out the crime scene.

"Are you ok baby?" Hailey spoke sounding upset, see was on the verge of tears.

"Hey don't get upset, I'm fine, you don't have to worry." Jay comforted her as he wrapped his arms around her in a big cuddle, giving her forehead a quick kiss.

"When I heard those bullets go off and then the silence on the radio I was so scared. I thought you had been shot again." Hailey whispered against Jay's chest, a few tears trickling down her cheeks.

"I'm good Hails, I'm sorry I didn't respond straight away, I was checking Alex for any injuries." Jay spoke softly, running his hand up and down her back.

"I love you Jay, I don't know what I'd do without you." Hailey replied, sounding a little more relaxed.

"I'm not going anywhere Hails, I love you." Jay smiled at her as she lifted her head finally, the two of them sharing a quick kiss.

Jay and Hailey travelled back to the station together in Jay's truck, Jay reluctantly let Hailey drive his truck as he sat in the back next to Alex. On the journey back Jay had managed to Alex to open up a little more. It turned out that he was Darren Rodger's son but Alex wasn't supposed to be there, his mom had full custody of Alex after his dad had assaulted his mom and robbed her new boyfriend a couple of years ago. His dad was allowed to see Alex but under supervision but he had picked Alex up from school, making up that his mother was late and he needed to pick him up.

Once back Jay and Alex headed up to the break room, Jay making Alex something to eat. Alex was now comfortably speaking freely to Jay now. "What's your favourite football team Alex?" Jay questioned after finding out Alex was a big football fan.

"Chiefs, there my favourite team. Patrick Mahomes is good and I like him so I support the chiefs." Alex responded excitedly, he loved talking about football.

"You disappoint me Alex, I'm a bears fan." Jay chuckled

"Bears are rubbish, they didn't even get to the Super Bowl. The chiefs did so haha." Alex laughed back at Jay.

"I can't believe you said the bears are rubbish." Jay joked, he was pretending to be shocked, an over exaggerated look on his face which earned a laugh from Alex.

"What do you want to be when you're older Alex?" Jay asked after a little more football chat.

"Policeman or firefighter." Alex replied.

"What made you want to choose those?"

"I want to help people, like you did today, you helped me so I want to be like you."

"Chicago would be a better place with you out there helping people Alex, you were really brave today and we need brave people like you helping people." Jay smiled back at the young boy.

Since getting back Hailey was slowly getting angrier and angrier. She was angry that no one was up there to protect Jay, she had trusted others to protect Jay and yet he had nearly been shot by a person known for violence. She was so scared about losing Jay, she had never felt like this for a person before and the thought of him being hurt scared Hailey every time they went on duty.

She was sorting out her gear when the rest got back to the district, the anger that had been building up was about to boil over. "What the fuck happened back there." Hailey shouted at Ruzek and Burgess when they came into view. They were the ones supposed to be covering Jay.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Ruzek glared back at a very angry Hailey.

"You didn't do your job, Jay called out for someone to help him and protect him and yet he nearly got ripped to shreds by a hail of bullets. He was nearly killed because of you." Hailey accused Ruzek, she knew she was overstepping but she couldn't stop herself.

"You can't blame me that's ridiculous, the person he was aiming at was me and what do you expect me to do, Jay wasn't the only one getting shot at, I was the person he was aiming at. A bullet missed my head by a couple of inches and I fired back as soon as I could so before to blame me make sure you know what you're talking about." Ruzek fired back as he stormed out of the room.

Hailey felt bad for blaming Ruzek but she couldn't help her emotions, she left the room with the others left in shock at what had just happened. She went upstairs and was instantly cheered up by the sight of Jay and Alex. They were sitting together in the break room laughing and joking with each other while watching football on his phone. Seeing Jay with children had always put Hailey in a good mood in the past but now it was even more pleasing.

"Hey how are you doing, that was a bit uncharacteristic of you down there." Rojas spoke as she joined Hailey watching Jay and Alex through the window of the break room. Rojas was the probably the person Hailey was closest to now after living together for a while, she would consider Rojas her best friend.

"I'm fine, I was just really scared when those gunshots went off. I know I shouldn't have gone off on Ruzek but I couldn't stop myself." Hailey replied honestly, she trusted Rojas so she would open up to her freely.

"I get you, you two have been through so much so I can't even imagine how hard it is for you when he's in danger." Rojas gave Hailey a warming smile.

"Yeah it is really hard, I get scared every time we go out on duty. It's not that I don't trust him, I trust him more than anyone, he's the best shooter I've ever seen, some of the shots I've seen him do are ridiculous. But I love him so much that if anything were to happen to him again I don't know what I'd do." Hailey replied as the two of them continued watching Jay and Alex laugh together.

"Have you ever thought about it?" Rojas broke the silence, earning a very confused look from Hailey.

"Thought about what?"

"Having a baby with Halstead." Rojas responded, Hailey was shocked by the question.

"Yeah I have thought about it recently. Obviously we've only just moved in together but I have been thinking about it." Hailey replied, a big giddy smile forming on Rojas's face.

"He seems like he'd be a great dad and you would definitely be a great mom."

"He'd certainly be a great dad, you saw today how he was with Alex, how quickly he gained his trust. Every case in the past involving children he's been great with them as well."

"If you two do have a baby they would certainly be a good looking kid." Rojas claimed, Hailey just chuckling in response.

Alex's mom and a DCFS representative arrived a little while later, Alex was sad to be leaving Jay. He had enjoyed spending time with Jay, laughing and joking with him was a complete contrast to what he was like hours ago when Jay found him in a closet, absolutely scared to death.

Jay had also enjoyed spending time with Alex, it was a different but enjoyable experience at work. He was also really happy that he had inspired someone to want to become a cop or first responder because of something he had done.

Voight gave the unit the rest of the day off and the next day. Tensions were running high in the unit after Hailey and Adam's little bust up. The shooting at the house of Darren Rodgers had shaken Hailey up a little more than expected, nothing had changed in their relationship however this event seemed to mean more now that they were in the process of moving in together. The tension in the unit was quickly got rid of as Hailey apologised and brought Adam a drink at Molly's that evening.

On their day off Hailey, Jay and Rojas finished moving Jay's stuff out and Rojas's stuff in. Rojas was happy to have her own place now, she was also really happy for Hailey and Jay, she was happy to have witnessed their relationship develop but realised they now need their privacy without her prying eyes watching them.

That evening Hailey and Jay were on a high, the events of yesterday were forgotten to some extent and they were both so happy to be living together officially.

Jay settled down a thin blue box in front of them on the coffee table. "What's in there Jay?" Hailey questioned.

"It's an expensive bottle of whiskey that Will brought me for Christmas last year. I only get it out on special occasions and today has been a special today so let's celebrate." Jay responded as he fetched two glasses and poured two healthy portions for them.

"Here's to our first day officially living together and you being the most perfect woman on this earth." Jay spoke with a big cheesy grin on his face earning a chuckle from Hailey. They clinked their glasses together and slowly slipped on the amber liquid.

"Have you ever thought about having a baby before?" Hailey asked as she wanted to see Jay's reaction.

"Yeah I've always wanted to have a child, I've never found the right person to have baby with in the past so it's never really been something I've thought about often. But you are the right person, you're the first person I've wanted to be the mother of my children." Jay replied, Hailey blushing hearing the end of Jay's words. "What about you?"

"Yeah of course I do, I guess I've been in the same boat as you in the past, there hasn't been anyone that I've wanted to settle down with and start I family with. I think that's why I got so emotional about what happened yesterday, I've finally found someone that I wanted to start a family with and you were in danger, it really scared me." Hailey's voice trailed off the more she continued, even thinking about Jay in danger was enough to make Hailey upset. Jay moved closer to Hailey and wrapped his arm around her, comforting her.

"Trust me Hailey I get nervous every time we go out but the one thing that calms me down is that we have each other's back." Jay comforted Hailey. She relaxed into his body, resting her head against his chest.

"Would you want a girl or boy first?" Hailey questioned after a few moments.

"A girl." Jay responded instantly, Hailey looking curiously up at him. "I want a little baby girl that looks like you, plus I kinda want to have a little girl I can treat like a princess. What about you?" Jay continued, Hailey's lips forming into a big smile.

"I don't mind, as long as I have a perfect little family I'm happy." Hailey replied.

"That sounds perfect to me, but I would love a little girl."

"I bet you would do background checks on every boy she met up with." Hailey chuckled.

"Oh yeah of course I would, I wouldn't want my princess hanging around with a bad apple, I bet you would do the same." Hailey just smirking in response.

"I can't wait to have a family together, I love you more than anything."

"I love you too Hails."