Welcome back everyone. Thank you once again to everyone that read and left a comment on the last chapter, it makes me really happy to see that you're still enjoying my writing.
Someone left a comment the other day asking how long will I continue this story for, and the answer is I don't know. I'm enjoying writing these chapters more than I ever have at the moment. I plan on continuing through Hailey's pregnancy and their journey into parenthood so I'm going to be sticking around for a while. As long as you keep enjoying this story and want me to continue, I will keep adding more chapters for you guys.
Anyway, I hope that you enjoy this chapter. Stay safe out there everyone. :)
It was a sunny spring Wednesday morning, today was the day that Hailey was officially back at work and Jay's first full day back since the crash happened. The last couple of days with Hailey's parents had been very enjoyable for Hailey and Jay and no one wanted it to end. This visit from her parents had been the best one that Hailey could remember, celebrating her pregnancy with her parents and surprising them with their engagement was absolutely perfect.
Jay woke up this morning to a familiar routine, he could hear Hailey vomiting as he woke up. Each day that passed by he hated the fact that Hailey was suffering and he hated that he couldn't take that pain away from her. Jay also woke up with a nervous feeling in his body, he was nervous about Hailey going back to work. It wasn't that he didn't trust Hailey, he trusted her more than anyone in his life, but he was nervous that something could happen to her and put both Hailey and the baby in harm's way.
"Hails are you sure you're ready to be back? Voight said you could take more time off." Jay questioned as they pulled up to the station. The ride over had been a silent one, both of them could tell that the other wanted to say something but those words weren't verbalised.
"Yes Jay I'm ready. Just because I'm a woman, a pregnant one in fact doesn't mean I can't do my job." Hailey snapped back harshly. As soon as those words left her mouth she instantly regretted them, she knew that Jay was just being protective of her and their baby. "I'm sorry Jay. I didn't mean to snap." Hailey immediately apologised a little sheepishly as she turned her attention away from Jay and stared out of the window.
Jay didn't take offence at her comment, he knew she didn't mean it like that and he also knew that her pregnancy hormones would cause Hailey to be a little snappy at times with him. Jay took Hailey's left hand in his and as she turned back towards him, he let out a small smile. "You know I would never doubt anyone's ability because they're women Hails, especially not you. You, Rojas and Burgess are some of the most badass cops in Chicago, the three of you are stronger than 99% of all men in the CPD. I'm just being protective of you Hails that's all. Even if I do slightly annoy you with that I'm going to keep on doing that if it means that you and our baby are safe." Jay explained as he continued smiling back at Hailey. Hailey let out a small smile as well as he admitted to being over protective of her.
"I know you're being protective and that's one of the many amazing qualities that you have that I love about you. But I promise you Jay I'm fine, I'm ready to get back to work on full duty for this short amount of time I have left until I go on desk duty. As soon as my baby bump starts to show, I promise you I will immediately go on desk duty, whether that's tomorrow or in two weeks. Then we can tell everyone the good news and celebrate. But until then you have to trust me and let me do my job."
"Of course I trust you Hails, I trust you more than anybody else on this earth. But remember what I said, you're going to have to get used to me being over protective." Jay spoke as he continued smiling at Hailey.
"I wouldn't expect anything else from you Jay. Now come on, let's get inside." Hailey smiled back at Jay. Jay pulled her in for a quick kiss while they were in the privacy of Jay's truck. They headed inside a few moments later, walking into the district holding hands, Hailey proudly showing off the diamond engagement ring on her left hand.
"There she is." Trudy exclaimed in excitement as she saw Hailey walk in with Jay. Trudy quickly rounded her desk and pulled Hailey into a hug. Hailey was very surprised when Platt started hugging her, this was completely out of character for the desk sergeant who was known for her blunt and straight forward approach. Trudy pulled away a few moments later but didn't move back behind her desk. "I'm so happy you're back Upton. Also congratulations on your engagement, I'm so happy for the two of you." Trudy continued with a big beaming smile on her face, Platt pulled Hailey back into another quick hug.
"Thanks sarge, that means a lot coming from you." Hailey smiled back at the older sergeant.
"Don't I get a hug?" Jay teased Trudy. After being here for so many years Jay had found ways that he knew would annoy Platt.
"Don't push your luck Halstead. Now get up those stairs you two, the others are waiting for you." Trudy brushed off Jay's comment as she returned to her position behind the front desk. Jay and Hailey just shared a laugh together before making their way upstairs.
"There's the happy couple, welcome back you two." Atwater greeted them as he was the first to spot them coming up the stairs. Atwater quickly rushed over to them and engulfed Hailey in a big hug. "Not even a car crash could stop you could it Upton." Atwater continued as he pulled away from Hailey.
"Hey welcome back guys, I've got you some books on how to be a police officer. You two might need some refreshing as you haven't been here for a while." Ruzek teased from his desk, Jay and Hailey both shooting him glares before joining in laughing with the others.
"Let's not go into that Ruzek. I've got plenty of embarrassing stories about you that I'm sure Rojas would like to hear. How about the one where you tried to arrest Nadia, I seem to remember that being quite painful for you." Jay fired back. Burgess and Atwater started laughing loudly at the look of shock on Adam's face.
"That sounds quite interesting, care to share Jay?" Rojas chirped up from next to Atwater.
"Let's not do that Jay. That certainly wasn't my finest arrest let's say that." Ruzek jumped in before Jay could say anything.
"You're correct, that wasn't your finest arrest but it certainly was your funniest." Jay chuckled.
The team continued laughing and joking with each other for a while. Hailey had missed being around everyone else, she had missed laughing and joking with her work colleagues. Even though she loved being alone with Jay and she wouldn't change anything they had experienced together in the last couple of weeks, she couldn't help but be happy to be back with all of her friends.
Rojas and Hailey spilt away from the others for a private chat. Rojas had been the one person that Hailey had missed the most. She hadn't spent any proper alone time with her since the day she found out she was pregnant.
"Come on Hailey, tell me everything." Rojas demanded as they sat in the break room sipping on a coffee.
"It's been perfect since the day I found out I was pregnant. Obviously the morning sickness and the aches and pains haven't been fun but everything else has been great." Hailey smiled back at her best friend.
"What was Jay's reaction when you told him?" Rojas questioned.
"His reaction was great, obviously he was a little confused and shocked when I handed him the onesies but as soon as he pieced it together and I confirmed that I was pregnant he was over the moon. I was a little nervous that he would be annoyed or something like that as we hadn't planned for this but he quickly got rid of my nerves. So yeah, it was a really nice memory that I will treasure forever." Hailey spoke as she let out a massive smile as she remembered back to that night on the couch.
"What about his proposal? Well the fact you've got a beautiful diamond ring on your finger I'm guessing you enjoyed it." Rojas chuckled at her own dumb comment.
"Yeah of course I enjoyed it. I really liked that he decided to do it at home and not somewhere else that didn't mean anything to us. We've shared a lot of good and some bad memories in our house. The fact that he decided to do it there while we were in comfy clothes meant more to me than any romantic flashy proposal would have."
"I'm really happy for you two. Not only are you going to make a great married couple but you're going to be great parents and I'm so excited to meet your baby. I'm surprised that he let you continued working considering everything that's happened recently."
"He didn't want me to work but he eventually agreed to let me. I know he's not entirely comfortable with it but I've promised him that as soon as my bump starts to show I'll go on desk duty and we will tell everyone. He's already told me though that he's going to be over protective, I would normally get annoyed under any other circumstance but this is completely different. I know he's only trying to protect me and our baby so I actually find it quite cute when he's protective." Hailey explained.
Rojas was just about to reply when there was a loud bang on the window. "Hails, Rojas. Armed robbery at a credit union not far from here, get a move on now." Jay demanded, the two girls quickly followed the rest of the team out. Hailey jumping in with Jay and Rojas with Atwater.
It only took ten minutes from the station to the credit union, but in that time were many different shots fired called over the radio from uniformed officers on the scene. Hailey and Jay were the last to arrive on scene out of the unit. They could see Adam and Burgess helping out an officer who had been shot in the vest while Atwater and Rojas were clearing the street during a break in the shooting.
"Hails you stay back here out of the danger zone." Jay demanded as he started putting his vest on and reached for his rifle from the back seat.
"Jay..." Hailey started to protest before Jay cut her off.
"Hails I know what you're going to say. But please just stay here, these guys have shown they aren't scared to shot at cops. There's going to be loads of cops crawling this area soon and swat are ten minutes out. I just don't want you to take any risks when there's plenty of other cops here to support us." Jay was almost pleading with Hailey. Hailey could see how Jay's body had tensed up since hearing the shots fired call, he had a nervous and worried look on his face and his tone of voice suggested that he couldn't be reasoned with.
"Ok Jay, I'll stay here. But make sure you come back in one piece, you can't worry about me and then go and do something stupid. Just promise me you won't try and be a hero." Hailey replied as her facial expression softened and she grabbed hold of Jay's hand. She instantly saw Jay's body relax a little and his lips formed into a small reassuring smile.
"I promise you Hails. I will come back to you and our baby in one piece." Jay continued smiling back at her as he squeezed her hand a little tighter. Jay pulled Hailey in for a quick kiss, pulling away a few moments later.
Hailey watched on from the safety of Jay's truck as she watched him make his way closer to the danger, his rifle at the ready. The next few minutes was filled with a tense silence on the scene, there was no shooting, no shouting from either the cops or the criminals inside, nothing was happening. After another few more intense moments the sound of swat arriving broke the silence on the scene, Hailey spotted the swat commander talking to Jay and she could see snipers being set up on various buildings.
The sound of automatic gunfire filled the streets surrounding the credit union. Hailey instantly felt her body tense up as she waited for the gunfire to stop and for Jay to confirm he was ok. "Shots fired, I repeat shots fired at the police. We're pinned down over here." Jay's voice instantly sounded on Hailey's radio. Hailey felt her body tense up even more as she heard Jay on her radio, without realising her hands had started shaking as she nervously waited for the sound of Jay's voice again.
"Help, help me. My mommy is hurt I need help." A young boy screamed from close to Jay's truck. Hailey instantly turned her attention to the young boy she saw running towards the crowd of police cars. Hailey quickly hopped out of Jay's truck and moved towards the young boy, stopping him in his tracks.
"Hey calm down for a moment. Can you show me where your mom is?" Hailey questioned calmly as she placed her hands on the little boy's shoulders, attempting to calm him down slightly. The little boy took a moment to calm down before turning and running back the same way he came, Hailey followed after the boy while trying to catch a glimpse of Jay.
Hailey and the boy arrived at a house across from the credit union, as Hailey made her way into the living room of the house the sight before her eyes was shocking. The young boy's mom was lying face first on the floor, blood pooling around her. For a slight moment Hailey had a flashback to the basement that she found Jay in, she could see Jay lying there in a pool of blood grasping for air as he tried to cling onto life.
Hailey quickly cleared her head of those images as she turned her attention to trying to save the woman lying in front of her. Hailey quickly but carefully rolled over the woman onto her front. Hailey instantly set her eyes on two gunshot wounds, one in the same place where Jay was shot and the other in her left thigh.
"Hey I know you're scared but I need you to help me. Go and find any towels or cloths that you can find as well as a belt. Can you do that for me?" Hailey spoke to the young boy as she applied pressure to the chest wound. The young boy quickly nodded his head and quickly headed off in search on towels. Hailey scanned the woman for any other injuries. "Shit." Hailey mumbled under her breath as she set her eyes of the woman's small baby bump, Hailey felt sick to her stomach. She was not only fighting to save the life of the woman, she was now trying to save her baby as well.
After a couple of very long minutes the little boy returned with a couple of towels and a belt in his hands. "Can you tell me your name?" Hailey questioned.
"Leo. My mommy is called Maria." Leo responded to Hailey.
"My name's Hailey, Leo. I need you to do something very important for you mom now. You need to put one of the towels you have got over where my hands are now and press down on the towel, make sure that you keep pressure on the towel." Hailey explained. Hailey moved her hands off of the wound and Leo did exactly what Hailey had asked him to do. Hailey turned her attention to the wound on her leg, the wound didn't look as serious as the other one, and Hailey could see both the entry and exit hole. Hailey used the belt as a make shift tourniquet and tied another towel around the entry and exit holes.
"This is 5021 Henry, I need an ambulance to the scene of the credit union robbery. I've got a pregnant female with 2 GSW's to the chest and thigh." Hailey called over the radio as she finally got a chance to call it in.
"Hailey where are you?" Jay's voice instantly sounded over her radio. Hailey blew out a massive sigh of relief that she hadn't realised she was holding as soon as she heard his voice.
"I'm at the house with a blue car out front, about 100 yards down from the credit union."
"I'm on my way, I'll be there in a minute." Jay replied. Within a couple of minutes Jay joined Hailey in the house.
"Are you ok?" Hailey questioned nervously as she scanned Jay's body for any injuries.
"Yeah I'm good, don't worry." Jay quickly replied as he looked at her with a small reassuring smile on his face.
Jay and Hailey turned their attention back to the young mother who was clinging out life. They were both extremely worried for the woman, she had been unconscious since Hailey had arrived and her breathing was very sallow. Jay took over from the Leo who had stayed strong this entire time, it wasn't until he took a step back that the reality of the situation took hold of his body. Leo started crying his eyes out next to Jay as he watched over his mom clinging onto life, Jay mouthed 'take over' to Hailey as he wrapped his arms around the young boy, Hailey applying pressure to the chest wound.
"Hey buddy, you've got to stay strong for your mom and stay positive. Your mom is a fighter, but she needs your support right now. You need to stay strong for her because that's going to give her a better chance." Jay tried to calm the young boy who was breaking down in his arms. Hailey looked on in admiration at Jay, she always knew Jay had been good with kids but seeing this moment now brought a tear to her eye.
After what felt like a lifetime the paramedics from 51, Brett and Foster, finally arrived and the young mom finally got the treatment she desperately required. Hailey felt her stomach sink even further as she saw the look on the faces of the paramedics. They didn't look hopefully, the young mom was in a bad state.
"Hails, are you alright?" Jay questioned as he sat down next to Hailey on the step of the house after helping move the young mom into the ambulance. Hailey just sat there silently for a moment, staring at her blood stained hands as she tried to process what just happened.
Jay could tell that Hailey was struggling a little, he saw her attempt to say something but no words came out. He moved closer to her and pulled Hailey into his side, comforting her while she attempted to process everything. "I'm here for you Hails. You were amazing back there, you did everything you could to save that woman's life, but it's out of your hands now. Let's get you back to the station and cleaned up." Jay softly spoke as he looked down at her with a warming smile. After a few moments Hailey finally made her way back to Jay's truck and they made their way back to the station.
It was a just after midday and the team had spent the rest of the morning working on finding the two suspects that had managed to escape. Hailey had been struggling since getting back from the scene, she couldn't take her mind off of the young woman who had been caught up in something she made nothing to do with. The fact that the woman was also pregnant had really hit Hailey hard, Hailey didn't usually get affected by crime scenes that often but this one really did affect her.
Platt made her way into the bullpen, she immediately noticed a sombre atmosphere as everyone concentrated on their computers after what had been a tough morning. "I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news but I just got an update from the hospital. Unfortunately Maria Lopez didn't make it in surgery and her baby wasn't at a viable age to be able to survive."
As soon as Hailey heard the news she quickly retreated to the break room, shutting the door behind so she could be alone. She started crying to herself as her emotions took over her body. She was devastated that she couldn't do enough to save this young mother and her baby.
Jay gave Hailey a few moments to herself before moving to the break room, his heart broke as he saw Hailey slumped over the table crying her eyes out. Jay closed the blinds in the room, separating them from the prying eyes of the rest of the unit. Jay made his way to Hailey, moving a chair next to hers as he wrapped his arms around her shoulders and pulled her into his body. "I'm so sorry Hailey. I'm here for you babe, whatever you need I'll be here for you." Jay spoke softly and quietly, his voice barely above her whisper. Jay just sat their letting her get all of her emotions out as she cried against his chest, he started running his hand in circles around her back.
The couple stayed in the exact same place for a few minutes, Jay doing nothing anything except for being there for her. After a few moments Hailey finally lifted her head from his chest, her eyes red and puffy as she locked eyes with Jay. "I'm scared Jay." Hailey quietly spoke as her voice cracked. Jay's heart continued breaking as he looked at his fiancée, he had seen Hailey upset before but something was different this time. For the first time in a very long time he saw fear in her eyes, not even after her crash did she have this look, she looked truly scared of something.
"What are you scared of Hails?" Jay questioned carefully.
"I'm scared about what could happen to our baby, I'm scared that I could get hurt and leave you alone without me and our baby." Hailey admitted as she started crying against his chest again. Jay felt himself tear up as he listened to how scared Hailey was, he was devastated that those thoughts had crossed Hailey's mind.
"Hailey you have to believe that nothing like that is ever going to happen to you. I'm here to protect you and I'm going to do anything in my power to keep you and our baby safe." Jay replied after taking a moment to compose himself.
"I know you're going to protect me but you saw what happened today. That young woman was minding her own business in her house and she was shot. She had her whole life ahead of her and that was taken away from her. It's not just the job that scares me, everything else does to. I'm scared that I'm going to disappoint you." Hailey spoke against his chest, she sounded broken and Jay was left completely stunned. Hailey would never disappoint him, Hailey had given him everything in life and it hurt that she would ever consider that she could disappoint him.
"Hails, look at me baby." Hailey slowly lifted her head up so she could see him, Jay cupped her cheek with one hand as he gently brushed a tear away. "Hails you'll never disappoint me, you never have and you never will. You have given me everything in life that I could ever dream of so don't ever think that you've disappointed me or that you're not good enough." Jay spoke just before pulling her into a quick kiss. After a few moments Hailey nuzzled into his chest, she felt a lot better after letting her emotions out.
"Do you want me to go on desk duty now?" Hailey questioned, her head still nuzzled into his chest.
"I don't want to tell you what to do Hails, you're the one who has to give up their career to have this baby so it's your decision to make. I'm not going to lie to you though, I'm scared that something could happen to you but at the same time I love having you as my partner. I'm happy with whatever you decide to do." Jay replied as he kissed the top of her head.
The couple continued sitting in the same position for a little while longer, just holding each other as they let the emotion of their chat die down a little. "Why don't you go home for the afternoon and relax Hails. I'm sure Voight will have no problem with that." Jay broke the silence between them.
"I'm fine Jay." Hailey quickly replied as she smiled at him.
"I know you are Hails but you've had a tough morning. I think you could benefit from having a nice hot bath and snuggling up on the couch. You've got a tiny perfect human being growing inside of you that you need to take care of. You need to be a little selfish now Hails and put yourself first."
"Yeah I guess you're right. A hot bath does sound exactly what I need right now." Hailey replied as she smiled at the fact that Jay always knew exactly what she needed in every situation.
"I go and talk to Voight now while you get ready to go. How does that sound?" Jay followed up. He was met by a big smile from Hailey who pulled him in for a quick kiss before they both headed for the exit of the break room.
"Sarge, you got a moment?" Jay questioned as he knocked on the open door to Hank's office. Hank waved him in and Jay took a seat opposite Hank just after closing the door behind him. "Is it alright if I drop Hailey off at home? I'll come back afterwards and continue working on the case." Jay questioned. Jay hated that he had been asking a lot of favours from Voight recently, Jay didn't like missing out on work.
"Yeah of course you can. Is she alright?"
"She's ok, she's just a little upset about losing that young mother. With everything that's happened recently it's just affected her a little more than it normally would." Jay explained.
"If she's still struggling after the crash I told both of you to take as much time off as you need."
"It's nothing to do with the crash. She's... we found out something out after the crash that has changed us completely." Jay was so close to telling Hank the truth about Hailey and what had happened between them but he managed to keep the secret in.
"And why do I feel like you're not going to tell me what that is." Hank quickly replied as he saw Jay's nervous look on his face after he nearly let spill that Hailey was pregnant.
"Because I'm not going to, but soon you'll find out what's going on." Jay replied as his lips formed into a small smirk.
"Ok, just remember that we're a family up here. Whether it's good or bad what's going on with you and Hailey were here to support both of you." Hank smiled back as Jay moved out of his office and headed in Hailey's direction.
It was just after 9 in the evening, Hailey had spent all afternoon relaxing at home. She spent a long time relaxing in the bath as well as talking to her mom making sure that they got home safely. She had received a couple of texts from Jay during the afternoon checking in on her which made her smile. Jay had let her know that he was going to be late home as they were close to catching the two remaining criminals that had managed to escape earlier.
"Hails?" Jay called out as he dumped his bag by the front door. Jay was tired after the day at work, it had been a little while since he had endured a long day at work and the two mile foot chase across gardens that he had just had to do hadn't helped either.
"I'm on the couch babe." He heard Hailey call out, as he rounded the corner he couldn't help but smile at her. She looked so cute, she was wearing a pair of fluffy socks that Jay had brought her after her crash, her hair up in a ponytail as she sat there in her favourite comfy leggings and hoodie. Jay headed for the fridge, grabbing a cold beer before joining Hailey on the sofa.
"What you looking at babe?" Jay questioned as she had her laptop settled in her lap.
"Just been browsing through Pinterest looking at wedding dresses and wedding ideas." Hailey smiled back at Jay. Jay could instantly see and hear how excited she was to be browsing through wedding items.
"Found anything that you like?" Jay smiled back at her.
"I've found a few dresses that I like but nothing that stands out yet. Even if I did I wouldn't show you as that would ruin the surprise." Hailey teased.
"Well I can assure you that whatever dress you pick you're going to look absolutely stunning. I am one very lucky man to be marrying someone that is as beautiful as you are." Jay smiled back with a charming smile, Hailey blushed slightly at his words.
"When do you want to have our wedding? I know you haven't had much time to think about it but with your pregnancy it does make it a little trickier as I'm sure you don't want to be walking down the aisle when your during the late stages of your pregnancy." Jay continued a few moments later.
"I do have an idea that I've been thinking about for the last couple of days. I was thinking that we could wait until after our baby comes. I know that's still quite a long time until that happens but I want our baby at our wedding. It's not just the two of us anymore, we're a family now and I want all of our family at our wedding. So that includes this little special person in here." Hailey explained as she placed her hand over her flat stomach at the end of her words.
"That sounds absolutely perfect to me Hails. I'd marry you tomorrow but I would happily wait if it means that our child will be at our wedding." Jay spoke as he looked back is fiancée wide eyed, his eyes full of a look of love and Hailey would never get tired of that look in his eyes.
"You know I would marry you tomorrow as well. But it would be a memory that I would treasure forever having our baby at our wedding. Plus I've always wanted a winter wedding rather than a summer wedding, there's just something about the snow and winter that I've always thought would be breath taking at my wedding." Hailey spoke as she imagined her dream setting for her wedding.
"Well that's confirmed then, our wedding will be in the winter and our baby will be celebrating that with us. What about locations Hails? Have you thought about where you would like to get married?" Jay questioned.
"I haven't really thought about locations. I've always liked the idea of getting married in a church but I don't really mind where we get married. I don't want somewhere that's massive though, it's obviously got to be big enough to fit our friends and family in but not somewhere that's ridiculously big."
"I'm sure we'll find the perfect place Hails. We've still got plenty of time to find the perfect location so there's no need to rush into any decisions."
"I'm getting really excited now about this, especially now that we're starting to plan things. You have no idea how excited I am to be your wife and share the rest of our lives together with our perfect little baby." Hailey felt a couple of tears of happiness and joy roll down her cheeks at the thought of being Jay's wife and sharing the rest of their lives together, this was what she had always dreamed about and now this was going to be a reality in her life.
"I'm really excited to Hails. I can't wait for the day that I'm officially your husband and the day that your name will be Hailey Halstead. I'm going to be counting down the days until that happens. I love you so much Hailey and I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with you." Jay replied. Jay moved one of his hands and cupped her cheek. He pulled her closer to him as he stated kissing her, Hailey's hand found snakes around to the back of Jay's neck as they lips melted into one another, Jay's tongue battling with Hailey's as her mouth parted.
After a few long intense minutes they pulled away from one another, their breathing heavy as they took in some much needed air. "Come on Hails, let's go to bed. I'm going to take a quick shower but I'll join you as quickly as possible." Jay smiled as he moved her laptop off her lap and planted another quick kiss on her lips. Jay helped her up off the couch and wrapped his arms around her shoulders as they made their way upstairs.
Jay disappeared into the bathroom while Hailey changed into what she wore at night, one of Jay's T-shirt's that he'd worn recently and a soft pair of sleeping shorts. She quickly snuggled into the warmth of the covers and laid her head on Jay's pillow, in hailing his scent that she loved on him. It wasn't long before Hailey fell asleep.
Jay finished his shower not long after and after getting ready for bed he made his way out of the bathroom. He smiled as he saw Hailey sat asleep on his pillow, instead of waking her he made his way to her side and got in. He pulled the covers off her slightly as he wanted to talk to their baby, this had become a daily routine for Jay, whether it was in the morning or evening, it was something that Jay loved doing.
"Hey in there little one, your mom has had a difficult day today. Your mom got a little scared after something happened to someone else, she got a little scared that something might happen to you. But don't worry nothing is going to happen to you, I'm going to protect you and your mom with everything I have to make sure that you're both safe. Even if that's means something happens to me while protecting your mom, I will always put you and your mom before myself." Jay stopped for a moment as a tear formed at the thought of Hailey getting hurt, Jay would always put Hailey before his own needs if that meant she was safe.
"On a happier note little one, me and your mommy decided we're going to wait until you're born before we get married. You are the most important person in both of our lives and we want to share this special moment with you. That will probably be the first time you're with your whole family for the first time and I can't wait for you to meet them. They're going to love you and protect you as much as you're mommy and I do, so you're going to be one much loved baby. Make sure you look after your mommy little one, she's going to need you to take care of her every once in a while and today is one of those days. Goodnight little one, I love you so much." Jay finished off by planting a kiss on her stomach just before pulling the covers over them. He cuddled up close to Hailey and was soon fast asleep.