It was Saturday evening. The past two days had been uneventful. Most of the day Hailey and Jay watched Netflix and went out for dinner. It was Hailey's last weekend before going back to work - desk duty. Jay still had to stay at home. He was at the hospital the day before and Will told him to take it slow because the arm was still swollen and there was some redness.

The previous night he'd shared the bed with Hailey. Both didn't want to rush anything and wanted to take it slow but Jay felt like he needed someone. He quickly got used to the fact of living with Hailey. He liked it.

They were sitting on the couch eating popcorn watching Shadowhunters.

"Is it just me or is it really warm in here all the sudden?", Jay asked.

"Humm, I'm still cold. Could actually use another blanket.", Hailey said and looked at Jay.

"Here, take mine.", he covered Hailey with his blanket.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Because your cheeks are glowing and it's really not that warm in here for you to just be wearing a t-shirt.", Hailey put her hand on Jay's forehead.

"Damn… You're burning up. I think maybe we should call Will.", Hailey expected him to complain and not listen to her, like he always does, but it was different this time.

"Probably… Yes."

"Shit.", Hailey sprung up and dialed Will's number on her phone. "He's not answering…"

"Ambulance…", he said and his eyes rolled back into his head.

"Nooo, not again! Shit!", Hailey swore while dialing 911 and getting a cool pack from the freezer.

"911 - What's your emergency?", a lady on the phone answered.

"This is Detective Hailey Upton with the Intelligence Unit. I need an ambulance at my house immediately! Officer unconscious!", Hailey practically yelled into her phone. She put the cool pack on Jay's forehead.

"Ambulance is on its way."

Not 10 minutes later two EMTs stood in front of her door. She let them inside and told them what happened.

"He has a high fever. It could be from his injured arm. We need to get him to Med.", one EMT said.

Oh really? I knew that too… Hailey thought.

They put Jay onto a stretcher and took him to the ambulance.

"I'm gonna go with you."

"Sure, hop on."

Hailey got inside and sat down. One of the EMTs closed the doors and drove to Chicago Med. The EMT in the back with Hailey and Jay placed a breathing mask on Jay and gave him fluids.

Hailey texted Will that they were on their way to the hospital. She still couldn't get a hold of him.

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At the ER they shoved Jay into a examination room. Hailey followed them and waited outside the glass doors of the room. She knew she couldn't go inside but she wanted to see everything.

Dr. Choi walked past her and looked at Jay. "Get me an x-ray of his arm and book an OR. I think I know what's wrong.", he told his assistance.

Jay slowly woke up again. He groaned and was a bit confused.

"Jay, you're at the hospital."

"Hailey?", he asked and looked up.

"Shh. Keep calm. She's waiting outside. Jay, you have a high fever. We need to run some tests."

"Can she come inside?", he asked.

"Sure.", Dr. Choi waved Hailey inside.

About an hour later they had done some tests on Jay and got his fever down a bit. Dr. Choi went inside and told him what was going on.

Hailey took Jay's good hand.

"We ran some tests and my assumption is sadly true. Your bone is infected. It is really rare after plate osteosynthesis. Symptoms are fever, redness and swelling, which you show. The x-ray confirmed it."

He showed Jay and Hailey a x-ray photo on his tablet.

"We need to remove the plates in surgery and put in new ones. We also need to remove the infection from the bone and maybe a bit of the muscles and tissues."

"So I could still lose my arm?"

"Sadly yes. It's early in the infection and if we treat it now we can hopefully save the arm but if anything goes wrong or we can't remove everything or if it comes back, we need to think about an amputation. I'm sorry, Jay."

Hailey was shocked. She thought it was all gonna be better now but it was all starting again.

"We should do the surgery as soon as possible. We need to get your fever down a little bit more. Did you eat anything in the last couple hours?"

"Some popcorn…"

"Okay, I'd say we get you ready and do it right away. I'll be back in about half an hour.", Dr. Choi left the room again.

"Hailey. Another surgery… I don't know if I can do this again", Jay looked at her and never let go of her hand.

"Jay, I'm so sorry… I know you can do it! It'll be over in no time, okay. I'll stay here with you all the time. I'm not leaving you.", Hailey was concerned about him. She would rather go through this herself.

Dr. Choi got Jay ready and got him into the OR. Hailey followed him until she wasn't allowed further anymore. She decided to wait for the doctor in front of the doors they'd just gone through.

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Five lonely long hours later Dr. Choi walked out and towards Hailey. She jumped up from her chair.

"He is going to be alright. We were able to replace the plates with new ones and cleaned out the infection without having to take out too much tissue.", he told her.

"Thank you so much! Can I see him?"

"He is in recovery right now and still under. Follow me."

Dr. Choi took her to the recovery room.

Hailey sat next to Jay and waited.

She waited until he finally woke up. His arm was back in a heavy cast.

"Next time I'll be the one getting seriously hurt, okay? I'm gonna wrap you in bubble wrap and leave you in the car.", Hailey laughed while tears started streaming down her cheeks. "I'm just so happy you're gonna be alright."

Jay's lips escaped a quiet 'Hmm'.

"Jay?"

He slowly opened his eyes. "Hailey…"

"Yeah. I'm here.", she took his hand.

"I love you.", he said quietly, still full with anesthetics and half sleeping.

"I love you, too!", she smiled. "Sleep a little bit more. I'm not going to leave you."

Two hours later, almost 6 am, Jay was in a normal hospital room and wide awake. Hailey didn't leave his side for a second and she also didn't sleep any minute that night.

Will walked inside the room. "Jay! I just heard! Are you alright?"

"Yeah. All good.", he told his brother.

"I tried to call you and texted you. Where were you?", Hailey asked.

"I had an appointment and an emergency. I didn't have my phone with me. I'm sorry.", Will said.

"Hailey took good care of me. So did Dr. Choi.", Jay said.

"That is good. He just told me. We're gonna keep you here overnight. Hailey can pick you up tomorrow.", Will said.

"I'm gonna call Voight later and tell him that I need one more day off.", Hailey mentioned.

"Please don't tell him about this…", Jay insisted. Hailey nodded.

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"Are you alright?", Voight asked Hailey after she told him she wouldn't be coming in on Monday.

"Yeah, I'm good. Will just suggested I take another day of resting.", she lied.

"Okay, no problem. How is Halstead doing?", he asked.

"He is doing good."

"Do you know when he can be back at work?"

"Uh… actually I don't know. Sorry. But I can tell you more on Tuesday when I'm back.", Hailey said.

She hung up and walked back to Jay. Will was still with his brother.

"Do you know when Jay can be back to work? Voight just asked.", Hailey questioned Will.

"If the infection is gone and there's no other complication he could be back next week on desk duty. Jay should be able to at least do some work.", Will answered.

"That sounds great!", Jay smiled.

"Yes! I only need to keep you home alone for four days.", she joked.

"Oh come on.", all three started laughing.

"Sooo…", Will started "You two live together now?", he blushed.

"No!", both said at the same time.

"Sorry I asked.", Will laughed and left the room.

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Hailey spent the whole Sunday with Jay and only left at night to sleep at home. In the morning she went back to Jay after he had some final tests done. Will gave him an all clear to go home. His arm should be good now without any more complications. Jay should take it easy that week and come back Friday to get a fresh cast on.

The Monday after would be his first day back at work.

He was still living with Hailey and by now they slept next to each other every night. Nothing had happened between them yet - no kissing, no sex, just hugging and watching Netflix in each other's arms. They wanted to take it slow and with Jay having basically moved in and sleeping in the same bed it was already pretty fast, some would say. None of the team members knew about them so far. Jay and Hailey actually had no idea what they were at the moment.

Best friends? For sure! Lovers? Yes. Partners? Always. Roommates? Maybe a little bit more than that.

Both didn't feel the need of talking about it now. They felt happy with how they were and they didn't want Voight to know they were living together because he didn't tolerate couples in his Unit.

to be continued...

Sorry for the short chapter! Next one will be longer again! Also thank you so much for all the nice reviews! It makes me so happy especially because I didn't like that ff at first and didn't want to post it.

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