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Warning: There is a little M-rated scene in the middle of this chapter.
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It was a beautiful crisp sunny spring morning in Chicago, it was a Friday and that marked the end of Hailey's first week on desk duty. Her transition from full duty to desk duty had gone pretty smoothly, it did feel a little weird for her to watch the others go into the field without going with them, on a couple of occasions during the week she had got up and started to make her way out of the station with the team, but she soon realised that she couldn't and was met by some light hearted teasing from the team. She had spent the week working alongside Mouse, Platt was out for the week on a little break with Mouch. Mouse had been teaching her about some of the things he could do with technology, to be honest it scared her a little to see how easily he could find the information he needed off of other people's technology.
The end of the week also meant that she was approaching the end of week eleven of her pregnancy, the last week had probably been her best week so far, the main reason for that was her morning sickness was starting to ease off slightly. Her baby bump had continued growing slightly, but it was still unnoticeable unless she wore something that was very tight her stomach. But both Hailey and Jay could feel the growth of her bump when they ran their hands over her stomach and they could see the development of her bump in the mirror when she was topless.
Hailey and Mouse were alone in the bullpen, the team had been called out to a crime scene early in the morning and hadn't arrived back since. They were talking away at Hailey's desk, they had come good friends since Mouse got back to Chicago and Hailey knew for a fact that Jay had told Mouse to keep a close eye on her when he wasn't there. Their chat was interrupted when Hailey felt a familiar feeling in her body, before Mouse could get another word in Hailey dashed out of the bullpen and headed for the locker room. She just about made it to the sink before vomiting violently into the sink, she sat against the sink for what felt like an age as waves of nausea kept on coming.
After what was probably close to 15 minutes, Hailey made a move from the sink and grabbed the mouthwash out of her locker, furiously swilling her mouth out to get rid of the taste of vomit. As she exited the locker room she nearly face planted into Mouse's chest as he stood there with a glass of water for her. "Hey, are you alright? I thought this might help." Mouse quietly spoke as he looked back at her with a little worried look on his face.
Hailey offered him a small smile as she accepted the glass of water and slowly started sipping the water. "I'm good Mouse, thank you for the water." Hailey reassured mouse as the small smile on her face grew a little wider.
"Are you sure? I can take you home or get Jay to come and get you if you're feeling rough. You do look very pale at the moment." Mouse followed up, the worried look on his face not disappearing.
"I promise you I'm fine Mouse. That was a little rougher than I've experienced recently but I'm fine. Jay really did tell you to keep a close eye on me didn't he?" Hailey chuckled, she saw Mouse's face soften slightly from the worried look to his cheeky smile. She found it really cute how Jay had entailed the help of Mouse to keep a close eye on her when he wasn't around.
"You know how he is, he's over protective of the people he loves, especially you and the baby. He just hates it when he isn't around you and your baby." Mouse smiled back at Hailey as he spoke.
"Well you can report back to him that I'm fine and that I'm missing him. Now come on, let's get back to work, it shouldn't be long before they get back." Hailey replied just before making her way towards the bullpen, Mouse following closely behind.
Hailey just about made it to her desk as the phone on her desk started ringing. "Detective Upton, someone is down here requesting to see you. I can send them up to you if you're not busy." The monotone voice of Platt's replacement sounded down the phone.
"Yeah send them up, thank you." Hailey quickly replied. Hailey put down the phone and started thinking about who could be here to see her. "Great, I look like pure shit and someone is here to see me." Hailey mumbled to herself as she tried to make herself look a little more presentable.
"Watch out Florida's in the building." A bubbly and energetic voice sounded from the stairs. Hailey could pick out that voice anywhere, it was her youngest brother Chris's voice. Chris had always been the life of the family party's in the past, even though he was 14 months older than Hailey he always acted like the youngest and definitely didn't act his age some of the time.
Hailey's face lit up as she heard her brother's voice, she made her way quickly to the stairs and gave her brother a big hug. She pulled away a few moments later and turned to Amber, Chris's girlfriend, and pulled her into a hug. Hailey had always liked Amber, she was very similar to Chris, both of them very bubbly and full of energy.
"What are you guys doing here? I mean it's great to have you here but I wasn't expecting you to turn up in Chicago." Hailey spoke with a great big beaming smile on her face as she pulled away from Amber.
"Well me and Amber had a few days off work so we thought we'd come to Chicago and surprise you since we missed your birthday." Chris quickly replied with his own cheesy smile on his face.
"Aw, you didn't have to do that but I'm really glad you're here. I've missed you guys."
"I've missed you to sis." Chris responded before pulling Hailey back in for another quick hug. "So this is the famous intelligence unit that my badass sister is a part of then." Chris continued on as his eyes darted around the room.
"It sure is, it's nothing glamorous but it's like a second home to me." Hailey smiled as they made her way further into the bullpen, stopping just in front of mouse's desk. "Chris, Amber, this is Mouse, Jay's best friend and the tech wizard up here. Mouse, this is my brother Chris and his girlfriend Amber."
"It's a pleasure to meet you Mouse. At least you can tell me if all these stories my sister shares are true, she makes herself sound like a hero in all of them." Chris chuckled as he shook mouse's hand, he could feel Hailey's glare burning a hole in the back of his head as he teased her. Hailey couldn't help but laugh when Chris turned around to her with his hands up in the air, a big dorky smile on his face.
"I can say for sure that those stories are true. I haven't known your sister for long but I can say she's a total badass out there in the field." Mouse replied, Hailey giving Mouse a fist bump as he bugged her up in front of Chris.
"I had no doubt, I just need someone else to confirm these were true." Chris chuckled as he continued teasing Hailey.
"You can be such an asshole sometimes Chris. Let's move to the break room and I'll make you guys some coffee." Hailey lead the way through the bullpen as they reached the break room, Hailey putting on a pot just before joining Chris and Amber at the table.
"So talk to me sis, how are you doing now that you're pregnant?" Chris questioned.
"I'm doing really good, I've really enjoyed it so far. Obviously morning sickness isn't exactly the nicest thing to deal with but everything else that was come along with me being pregnant has been amazing. Each day feels completely different to the last, especially now that my bump has started to show. It feels so magical to be able to see and feel my baby's growth and being able to see my baby when I go for a scan is nothing like I've ever experienced, each scan I go to feels incredible and I'll never forget those memories for the rest of my life." Hailey explained, she felt herself get slightly emotional as her eyes started to water slightly as she momentarily relieved the memories of the scans in her head. She had to look away for a moment as she wiped away the tears that had slowly started trickling down her cheeks.
"I'm so proud of you sis, we all are. Everyone in the family can see how truly happy you are at the moment and it's such an incredible sight to see. We're all incredibly happy for you, we know how much you've dreamed of starting a family with someone and seeing the life you've created here in Chicago is amazing to see." Chris spoke softly as he tried to fight back in own tears of joy.
"Thank you Chris, it means so much to me that you're proud of me. I really do feel like my dream has come true, Jay is the person I've been looking for my whole life and now that I've got him and our baby I couldn't be happier."
"Once again sis, we're all so happy for you. How's Jay been since you told him you're pregnant?" Chris questioned, Hailey could sense the protective side of her brother coming out.
"He's been amazing since I told him, he's probably more excited about having this baby than I am if that's even possible. He's been so protective over me since I told him, I used to find it annoying when he was like that before I was pregnant but now I love it when he's protective. He always put my needs before his own and is always there to help me when I'm struggling. So overall he's been amazing, actually he's been perfect. You don't have to worry Chris, Jay isn't the type of person that would just leave me to raise this baby on my own, he's been super involved with everything so far." Hailey reassured her brother.
"I know he would never let you go through his on your own. When I first met him at Christmas I got a really good vibe from him, even Tim trusted him straight away and you know how protective Tim is over you. Everyone can see the way that Jay looks at you and the way he treats you, Jay is the one and if you don't marry that man then you're crazy." Chris chuckled as he finished off, little did he know that Hailey was engaged to Jay.
"Well about that, I've got a little surprise for both of you. Me and Jay are engaged." Hailey exclaimed excitedly as she placed her left hand on the table in front of Chris and Amber. The diamond engagement ring sitting proud in the sunlight that invaded the break room, the diamond glistening as the sunlight caught the edges of the gemstone.
"Oh my god. When did this happen sis? I can't believe I didn't notice that, maybe I'm not the good detective that I thought I was." Chris chuckled as his eyes remained firmly locked on to the engagement ring, admiring the beautiful ring on his sister's hand. Hailey couldn't help but laugh at the corny detective comment from her brother.
"He asked me to marry him a few days after I told him I was pregnant. We surprised mom and dad with it when they arrived to celebrate my pregnancy with us. I'm surprised they didn't tell you though, you know how mom is, she tells everyone under the sun whenever there's some good news in the family."
"Yeah, I don't know how she managed to keep this one quiet from us. I'm so happy for you Hailey, you really do deserve everything that's come your way recently. When's the wedding going to be sis?"
"Not for a little while yet, we decided that we're going to wait until our baby is born. We want all of the family there so that includes the little special person in here." Hailey spoke with a massive smile on her face as she placed her hand gently over her bump, feeling the slight roundness of her stomach as she slowly ran her hand over her bump.
"Aww, that's so nice to hear Hailey. You know how mom will react when you tell her that if you haven't already, she'll be screaming in joy, crying tears of joy, you'll get all of the emotion." The three of them shared a laugh at Chris's comment, Jennifer really was a little bit of a drama queen when it came to things like this. They all loved it though, they loved seeing their mom being really happy and excited for her children.
"Anyway enough about me, how's everything going down in Tampa?" Hailey questioned.
"Everything is going really well, I love our new house, the view we've got of the bay is breath taking. Took us a little while to get settled into the house and our new jobs but everything has worked out perfectly. You and Jay will have to come down and visit at some point." Chris explained, sharing a smile with Amber next to him.
"We'll definitely come down at some point during the summer. We're going to Virginia Beach soon to spend some time with mom, dad, Tim, Alice and Zara, which will be nice to get out of Chicago for a few days."
"You'll have a great time. Zara was asking if I knew when you two were heading down when I spoke to Tim the other day. She was moaning that she wanted to see 'Auntie Hailey and Uncle Jay'." Chris chuckled
"Zara is so cute, I love her so much. How long are you guys here for anyway?" Hailey questioned with a big smile as she thought about her niece.
"Our flight back is Monday lunch time so we're here for a few days. We still need to find a hotel to stay out, we booked our flights only the other day, sort of a last minute decision as we saw the cheap flights to Chicago."
"Don't worry about finding a hotel, you can stay in our guest room."
"Are you sure Hailey? We don't want to get in the way of you and Jay."
"Don't worry about it Chris, it will be great to be able to spend a little more time with you and Amber before you guys head back." Hailey replied, the brother and sister sharing a smile with each other. Amber excused herself as she headed off for the toilet, leaving Chris to reveal the main reason why they came to Chicago.
"Hailey I need your help. The other reason I came to Chicago was to propose to Amber, but I'm not sure how I'm going to do it." Chris spoke a little nervously, Hailey was shocked initially but soon her body was filled with happiness for her youngest brother. But she think had to turn her thinking head on as she needed to help Chris out.
"Just do what feels special for the two of you. Jay proposed to me on the couch at home when he were both in causal comfy clothes, but that more to me than anything else he could've done. That signified our relationship, we're not a flashy couple, we built our relationship on spending nights like that, opening up to each other and slowly falling in love with each other. So just do something that's meaningful. Jay knows the owner of a very nice steakhouse downtown, he can get you a private room there if that's something that you want to do."
"That sounds great exactly, I remember the first date when went on and that was at a steakhouse. Please could you try and get him to arrange that for me, I owe you big time sis." Chris replied, the nervous feeling in his body starting to dissipate as it was replaced with excitement not only for tonight, but for the future.
Amber re-joined them quickly after that, they continued catching up for a little while longer, only interrupted when some of the team arrived back at the district. Unfortunately for Hailey Jay was still out, he and Rojas were at med questioning a witness after a gruesome murder this morning. Voight gave Hailey the rest of the day off to spend with her brother and Amber as she wasn't desperately needed on the case. They had already found the evidence needed to tie down the main suspect, but they just needed to find out where he was hiding out.
It was the next morning, Hailey was excited for the weekend ahead. She was so excited for her brother to be proposing to Amber, who he had been with for five years. Hailey was a little nervous for Chris though, even though she had no doubt that Amber would say yes, there is always something to be nervous about when proposing to someone.
Hailey was also excited to be able to spend a little more time with Jay, the change to desk duty meant that she saw Jay a little less as before they were together literally every minute of the day. She had hardly seen him at all yesterday, he was at work until late in the evening as they managed to chase down the suspect in the murder case. When he finally got home he headed straight for bed, too tired to even stay up for a little while with Hailey and her brother.
Hailey woke up on the sunny Saturday morning in her favourite position, her back pressed against his chest. She smiled as she felt the heat of his body radiating against hers and she felt his hand sitting protectively over her small baby bump. She sat there silently as she listened to his calm breathing, his warm breath tickling her skin in the crook of her neck, she was unable to find a good enough reason to move. It truly was the perfect place to wake up.
After a short period of time she felt Jay stir, Jay tightening his grip on her as he pulled her even tighter against his body while he gently planted a kiss on her neck. "Good morning babe." Jay whispered, his voice groggy after just waking up.
"Good morning Jay. How you feeling this morning?" Hailey questioned as she interlocked her hand with his that was still lying on top of her bump. She knew how disappointed Jay had been last night that he was too tired to spend some time with her.
"I will always be the happiest man in the world when I wake up next to you." Jay whispered close to her ear as he kissed her neck lightly again. Hailey couldn't help but smile when she felt his morning wood pressing against her ass.
"It seems like another part of your body is also very happy at the moment." Hailey spoke, her voice getting slightly deeper as she gently started palming him over his underwear.
"You have that effect on me babe, you're so damn sexy." Jay replied, his voice getting a little raspier to as he pressed another kiss on her neck. Hailey's cheeks blushed slightly at his comments.
Hailey turned in his arms as she captured his lips with hers, she started kissing him hard, making up for the lost time from yesterday. Her tongue bounced off of his bottom lip as she tried to force her way into his mouth, he caught on quickly and parted his lips, Hailey's tongue quickly claiming dominance as she dominated the kiss.
She pulled away slightly from his lips as her hand snuck underneath his underwear and slowly started to stroke her hand up and down his hard member, Jay's hips instinctively started thrusting into her hand as a slight moan left his lips. "You better be quiet baby, we don't want to wake up Chris and Amber." Hailey whispered against his lips as she planted a quick kiss on his lips before moving down his body.
Her hand continued slowly stroking him as her head moved down his body. She trailed kisses along his jaw and down to his collarbone, continuing until she reached his nipple. She slowly ran her tongue across his nipple just before grazing her teeth against his nipple, earning a muffled moan from him. She continued down his body kissing each one of his six pack. Her lips moved to just above the waist and of his underwear and she sucked hard on the sensitive skin, leaving a mark that only she would be able to see.
She stopped stroking him as she pulled his underwear teasingly slowly down his legs, revealing his large erect member. Hailey had a devious little smile on her face as she looked up at his face, the smile soon disappearing as she ran her tongue down the underside of his cock to his balls and back up to the tip of his cock. The way his hips bucked off the bed told her he could come from her just doing that.
Jay let out a strangled moan as he felt Hailey's warm soft lips wrap around the head of his cock, lapping her tongue and sucking the sensitive tip. Hailey took him deeper in her mouth after a few moments, taking as much of him in until she felt him against the back of her throat. She continued slowly taking him all in and out as her hand moved to the base of his shaft and she started moving her hand up and down as she quickened the pace with her mouth.
Jay's hands tangled themselves in her hair as he started thrusting his hips into Hailey's mouth, feeling his cock against the back of her throat. Soon Hailey was bobbing her head up and down his cock at speed, she was pushing him rapidly to his release as pleasure roamed through his body. Hailey's spare hand started massaging his balls as the sounds of his muffled moans told her that he was close to his release.
Within a moment the coil snapped within Jay's body as fire filled his body, his abdomen tensed up as he was pushed over the edge. The feeling of her hot wet mouth taking him in was too much to handle as he came in her mouth, he nuzzled his head into his pillow as he tried to contain his moans. Hailey continued bobbing her head back and forth as she waited for him to relax, as he did she was pulled up to his lips and he started kissing her.
"I could return the favour Hails, I think you deserve that after what you just did babe." Jay smiled against her lips after pulling away.
"No baby, I'm fine. That was just for you as a little morning treat."
"Why are you so perfect, I am so damn lucky to have you." Jay admitted before pulling her back in for another kiss. The rest of their morning was spent like this, lots of kissing and cuddling up to each other as they made up for the moments like this that they missed yesterday.
The rest of Saturday was an enjoyable one for the five of them, Hailey, Jay, Chris, Amber and the baby, they went out for a walk down by the lake, stopping off at Navy Pier for a little while. Hailey could tell her brother Chris was nervous for tonight, he was still going along with his plan of proposing to Amber at Marco's steakhouse after Jay successfully organised at for Chris. Unknown to both Chris and Amber, Hailey had organised a little party at Molly's for them once they finished at the steakhouse to congratulate them.
The day quickly rolled by and it was now 9 in the evening, Hailey had received the good news from Chris that everything had gone smoothly and that he was now officially engaged to Amber. All of her close friends from the district, 51 and med were here waiting for Chris and Amber. Even though Chris had only met the folks from the district everyone was excited to celebrate with Hailey's brother. Both Hailey and Jay were very popular figures and after meeting her father on previous occasions, everyone was excited to meet her brother and get to know him.
Chris and Amber slowly opened the door to Molly's and were immediately stunned and startled as everyone yelled congratulations, Adam and Kevin holding up a banner behind the bar. Chris immediately picked out his sister at the front of the pack and rushed over to her engulfing her in a massive hug. Hailey could hear Chris crying a little against her shoulder as he continued hugging her. "Congratulations Chris, I'm so pleased and excited for you. Amber's a great girl and you two will have a great future together." Hailey spoke quietly, so only Chris could hear her as she tried her best to not let her emotions get the better of her in this moment.
"I don't know what to say to you sis, except for Thank you. I don't really know who these people are but they obviously mean a lot to you so thank you for getting them here to celebrate him us. You're the best sister I could ever ask for." Chris spoke as he continued crying tears of happiness and joy against her shoulder, he pulled away a few moments later after taking a moments to compose himself. He was met by a group of people that had massive smiles on their faces, he didn't know any of them expect for the ones from the 21st, but they all looked like a great bunch of people that he wanted to be a part of.
"Speech." Capp yelled from his group of firefighters. Chris looked at Hailey who gave him some encouragement as he accepted the mic that Hermann held out towards him.
"I don't know many of you and obviously you don't know me, so I'm Chris Hailey's youngest brother. I just want to say a big thank you to everyone here for being here to celebrate his wonderful news with me. I also want to thank everyone in this room for everything you've done for my little sister. Ever since she started her job with the intelligence unit she has always spoke highly about this family bond that she shares with the district, firehouse and hospital. I now see what she means by all of that, you lot didn't have to do this for me tonight but you did and that just shows that everything she said about this family is true." Chris paused for a moment as he tried to contain his emotion that had taken hold of his body.
"There's obviously two main people in this room that I want to thank. First of all is my little sister, thank you for helping me with everything and setting this up for me. Even though I'm older than you I've always seen you as like a big sister to me. You really do me the world to me so thank you for being the best sister I could possibly ever ask for." Chris spoke as he moved towards Hailey, giving her another big hug just before returning to the karaoke stage.
"And obviously the second person I want to thank is my wonderful fiancée. I don't you where I'd be without you Amber, over the years that we've been together you've been my rock throughout, you're my best friend and just perfect in every way. I know this might sound soppy but whenever I'm not with you I feel like half of me is missing, I truly mean that. Getting engaged is only the first step in the rest of our lives and I'm so excited for what the future holds for us. I love you so much Amber." Chris stopped as he gently pulled Amber onto the stage, cupping her face and kissing her in front of everyone. They were met by cheers and whistles from the crowd that were watching the happy couple. "Let's get this party underway, first round is on me." Chris shouted as he pulled away from Amber, he was met by another chorus of cheers.
Chris and Amber spent the next thirty minutes getting bombarded with Congratulations from all of Hailey and Jay's friends in the bar. This really was an ideal way for them to celebrate their engagement without the rest of the Upton family being there. The couple were both surprised at how open and welcoming everyone had been with them, they hadn't expected anything but this sort of reaction but it still surprised them to be this open.
Jay and Chris spilt away from Hailey and Amber and found themselves at a table with Severide, Casey and Mouse and about 25 shot glasses ready to be drunk.
"I swear down I've seen your faces somewhere before, something about jumping of a factory into the river after an explosion. I might be wrong though as these shots are starting to get to me." Chris spoke, a slight slur to his words as he was starting to feel buzzed.
Casey and Severide shared a look before they started laughing to themselves. "Guilty, that was definitely us." Severide chuckled as he thought back to that crazy call.
"Come on, you've got to give me more than that." Chris replied, his words becoming a little more slurred after necking a further two shots.
"It was a glass leak in a factory and this idiot..." Casey started as he pointed to Severide next to him. "Decided it would be a good idea to go all mad max and try and shut the valve on the tank before it blew up. So before he got himself killed I followed him to the roof and it became quickly apparent that we couldn't shut the valve. We wouldn't be able to get down the stairs to safety in time so the only option was to jump into the water. I'd give my dive a solid 8 but I'd calls yours more of a belly flop Sev." Casey chuckled as Severide punched Casey's arm. The explanation of the story was meant by a drunk laugh from Chris and Jay who was also starting to feel the effects of the alcohol. Hailey gave him a pass on their bet they had made last week about how long Jay could last without drinking alcohol, she wouldn't deny him the chance to celebrate with her brother.
The rest of the night was a blur for everyone, expect for Hailey of course, she was perfectly sober and had managed to record lots of funny videos of Jay singing on the karaoke that she would definitely be teasing him with in the future. By the end of the night everyone was drunk, it had probably been one of the most enjoyable evenings at Molly's since it opened, rivalling the celebrations that occurred on Hailey's birthday months earlier. Hailey, Jay and the newly engaged couple left the bar at around one in the morning, both Chris and Jay giggling like babies in their drunken states.
It was the morning after and Hailey woke up to an empty bed, it only took her a few moments to work out where Jay was a she heard an all too familiar sound from the bathroom, only this time it wasn't her vomiting. Hailey hoped out of bed and made her way to the bathroom, opening the door to find Jay sitting on the floor, slumped over the toilet in the pitch black bathroom.
Hailey laughed when she turned the light on and Jay instantly started grumbling that his head was hurting and the light was only making that worse. "Has someone forgotten they're an old man now and that they can't drink like they could when they were eighteen?" Hailey teased, she was still laughing as Jay stuck up his middle finger at her.
"Not funny. Head hurts." Jay stated simply, speaking like he was a toddler.
Hailey moved down to sit by him as he wrapped her arm around his aching shoulders. "What am I going to do with you Jay Halstead?" Hailey spoke softly as she smiled back at him with her signature cute smile that he loved, her dimples showing.
"I could do with a hug right now." Jay replied with a boyish smile. Hailey moved a little closer as he pulled him into her body, his head resting against her shoulder as she kissed his forehead, moving her head to rest against his quickly afterwards.
They stayed holding onto each other on the bathroom floor for a while, only making a move when Jay felt confident enough that he wasn't going to throw up again. "Come on babe, let's get you back to bed. I think you're in need of some extra sleep today." Hailey whispered against the top of his head, Jay just nodding in response. Hailey slowly helped him up off the floor and started moving towards their bed. Jay's legs were instead and wobbly as he required the help of Hailey to move.
As they reached Jay's side of the bed they heard a loud crash from downstairs. It wouldn't have been Chris and Amber as they would have heard them move from the guest bedroom. Both Hailey and Jay got instantly worried and both instinctively reached for their guns. "Hails I got this, you stay here." Jay spoke quietly, his words still slightly slurred and his head was pounding.
"Jay you can't even walk properly." Hailey couldn't help but chuckle.
"I'll make it work. I'm not running the risk of you getting hurt babe. Just stay at the top of the stairs if you want, I'll let you know as soon as I know what's down there." Jay spoke, his eyes were pleading with Hailey for her to listen to him. She agreed and let Jay their bedroom by himself.
Jay made his way slowly down the stairs, his gun drawn in front of them. He scanned the open living space of their home and instantly found the source of the loud crash, he was beyond shocked at what he saw in front of his eyes.
Mouse was lying on the floor of their living room, face first on the floor, his arms moving to try and lift himself up after clearly falling off the couch. "Mouse? What the fuck are you doing here?" Jay questioned shocked at Mouse's presence in his living room. Jay couldn't remember a lot from last night but he did remember a little snippet of the car journey home and Mouse definitely wasn't with them.
Mouse didn't reply until he pushed himself up and sat on his knees on the floor of Jay's living room. "To be honest Jay, I have no idea. I can't really remember anything from last night." Mouse replied while scratching his head.
Hailey started to make her way downstairs as she heard Jay talking to someone. "Jay? Who's there..." Hailey cut herself off as she saw Mouse on the floor, she was instantly confused at how he got there. "Mouse? What are you doing here?" Hailey questioned, she looked just as confused as both Jay and Mouse.
"I have no idea. The only thing I do know is that my head is fucking killing me." Mouse stated as he tried stand up without anything to hold onto, which was immediately a bad idea as he lost his balance and crashed down against the soft couch. Hailey and Jay both chuckling in response.
Jay joined Mouse as he slumped on the opposite couch. "You two need to learn how to handle your alcohol better. I'll start some breakfast as I'm sure both of you are incapable of cracking an egg let alone making breakfast in your current states." Hailey teased as she laughed the whole way to the kitchen, she was just met by two fingers from both of them which only made her laugh more.
Hailey started cooking up some eggs and bacon for them. In his drunken state Jay couldn't help but smile as he watched Hailey singing to herself in the kitchen, it was such a cute little memory of Hailey that he wanted to remember however the chances of that were very slim in his current state.
Around fifteen minutes later Chris and Amber appeared from the stairs as they made their way into the open living area. Neither of them looking that great this morning, but they looked a lot more alive than Mouse and Jay who were nursing hangovers on the couches.
Both Chris and Amber laughed when they spotted Jay and mouse on the couches, both confused to why Mouse was there in the first place. "Mouse? What are you doing here?" Chris asked the same question that Hailey and Jay both had previously.
"Don't bother with those two idiots. They're both hungover and can't remember much of what happened last night." Hailey laughed from behind the stove. "There's some bacon and eggs ready for you guys." Hailey smiled as the couple approached the kitchen. They took it in turns to hug Hailey and thank her for the breakfast.
"So how are you guys feeling this morning?" Hailey questioned as she sat with Chris and Amber at the kitchen island, slowly sipping on a decaf cup of coffee.
"Except for the monster headache we both have I'm feeling great." Amber spoke, a big beaming smile on her face. Chris just nodding as he stuffed his face full of eggs and bacon.
"Aw that's great to hear, I'm so happy for you guys. Chris better have given you an amazing speech when he proposed, if he didn't I'll kick his ass." Hailey teased, both Chris and Amber seeing the funny side as they started laughing.
"It definitely had the unique Chris way of speaking, lots of jokes thrown in there. But it was really lovely, that private room in the steakhouse was amazing and the view of downtown and the lake was breath taking. I would have been happy with anything but that setting just made it even more special." Amber spoke, a big giddy smile on her face as she buried her head into Chris's side.
"Have you told mom yet Chris? She's going to be so excited hearing that all of her children are going to be married soon."
"No I haven't told her yet, shit. I'll ring her once I've finished these awesome eggs off and maybe a cup of coffee, or two. I don't think I have the energy to deal with all of her questions that will come my way, in the current hungover state that I'm in." Chris chuckle as he moved to the coffee pot.
They continued chatting about the previous night's events for a little while, Jay and Mouse eventually joining them shortly after too much on some much needed breakfast. After they finished breakfast, Chris and Amber returned to the guest room and called Jennifer to tell her the good news. Mouse left for his house, still clueless to how he ended up in Jay and Hailey's house. Jay and Hailey moved to the couch, Jay fully intending on staying here all day as he nursed a monster hangover.
"I love you so much Jay. Even when you're a big idiot who can't handle his alcohol." Hailey teased as she relaxed into the side of his body on the couch.
"Ha-ha, very funny Hails. I love you and our baby so much." Jay whispered against the top of her head as he rested his head against the top of hers, his hand moving down to sit over her baby bump. The couple relaxed into each other and spent the rest of the day in the same place, Chris and Amber joining them later in the day as they settled on the opposite couch.
I hope you enjoyed seeing Hailey's brother Chris properly for the first time. I thought this more light hearted chapter was a nice one to break away slightly from all of the recent emotional chapters.
Slight change to my plans for this week, after seeing all of the interviews about season 8 Upstead I've had a few ideas in my head about how they could get together. So I'm going to write a one-shot on an idea I had and upload it Wednesday most likely and then upload another chapter for this story on Friday, so make sure to look out for those.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed, and how did Mouse get there?