"Pilates?!" Jay laughed, "seriously, I think I'll be fine."

They had arrived to Hailey's class, and she'd told Jay what they were doing. He was convinced it would be easy, and Hailey just raised her eyebrows at him.

An hour later, Jay lay on his back on the mat. "My abs have never been so sore," he groaned.

Hailey was laughing. "Dude, don't underestimate Pilates."

Jay groaned again, rolling over. "Damn, where's the showers? I'm getting cleaned up, then we're going to Molly's."

"This way, there co-ed." Hailey explained, "not too many guys come here."

Jay took the shower next to Hailey. The wall was high enough he could only just see the shower head on her side, and they could easily still talk.

"Hey Hail," he joked, "I'm going to tell Adam we showered together."

She laughed. "In your dreams, Halstead."

"Uggghhhh," Jay groaned, "I can't even lift up my arms."

"Need me to come over and help you?" As it came out of her mouth, Hailey realized all that implied. Maybe that was too far.

Jay was shocked. 'Yes' was too forward. 'No' was a lie. He most definitely would have welcomed Hailey to join him. He started thinking of her in that red dress, her slender back exposed and the fabric stretched tight over her butt. Now if only he could imagine what she'd look like without the dress...

"Um, Jay? I was joking." She said when she heard nothing from him. Well that was awkward.

Jay snapped out of it. Shit. He turned the water to cold. He was going to need to stay here a while.

Hailey left the locker room, Jay was still finishing up. She walked out, drying her hair.

"Hey Hailey!" Her trainer Jill ran over. "It was great you brought your husband today!"

"Oh, he's not my husband, he's just my partner," she clarified, "work partner."

"Oh really? Well, he did a great job for a beginner. Is he seeing anyone?" Jill questioned

"Um, i think he is, sorry," Hailey lied.

Jay walked out of the locker room. "Ready to go?"

"Yeah," she said, walking out to his truck. They started driving to Molly's. "Hey, did you notice the trainer Jill?" She asked nonchalantly.

"Um, she was the trainer. We looked at her the whole time."

"I mean like, did you think she was pretty?"

Jay looked at her quizzically. "Um, I really didn't think about it. Why, want me to ask if she'll go out with you?" He joked.

"Ha. Ha. No, she just said she was into you so..." She trailed off.

"Oh. Yeah, I'm not interested."

"Okay. Still hung up on Foster?"

Jay glared at her. "I thought we called a truce on that issue."

"Right. Sorry." They were quiet the rest of the way to Molly's. And when they walked in the door, who was the first person to grab Hailey?

"Hey beautiful, let me buy you a drink," Adam insisted.

"Um. No thanks," she said, glancing at Jay. He always looked so pissed when Adam flirted with her. He must really care about putting the teams interests ahead of romantic relationships within the unit. "I promised Jay a beer if he came to Pilates with me." She told Adam.

"Isn't that like a chick thing?" Adam laughed.

Jay looked at him seriously. "Do not," he took a sip of his beer, "underestimate Pilates."

"Well I might have to try it out then," Adam chuckled. Kim, overhearing the conversation, came over.

"I'm sorry, did you say you want to try Pilates? Please, let me go with you so I can watch." Kim laughed.

Adam and Kim started talking, so Hailey and Jay slipped away to their own table. "I hope Kim takes a video of Adam to share with the rest of us," Hailey said. They were still laughing at the mental picture of big, brawny Adam in a room full of women doing core exercises.

After drinks, they headed back to Jay's. Hailey's car was still parked outside his building from the day before. Jay walked her to her car. "How's your eye?" He asked.

"Oh I barely notice it." She turned leaning against her car. Jay stepped closer to her, silently touching his hand to the purple bruise around her eye, his eyes locked on hers. Hailey swallowed hard. Her breath quickened.

"Better put ice on that." He said softly. Dropping his hand, he walked into his apartment building.

Hailey climbed into her black SUV. For a moment, she just sat there, reliving what had just happened. Jay was her best friend, but that moment had been so tender, so... Intimate. For a second she thought she saw something more than friendship in his eyes. And it made her question her own feelings for Jay Halstead.