"What? Sorry babe, I can't hear you. Let me go outside."

Erin closed the bar door behind her and felt a chill run up her spine. It was another pretty cold night and she was really getting tired of the crappy weather. She zipped her jacket up but still felt the cold under her skin.

"Shit…"

"What? Something wrong?" Jay asked in concern, as always his defenses were always on when she was the subject. He should be more relaxed, he note to himself.

"No I'm just too cold. It's freezing outside. So do you want me to meet you at your place?"

"Yeah ok. I'm just leaving the farm," Jay laughed. Earlier this afternoon they were joking about how he'd be working on a farm like his grandpa did. "I will be home in ten. I will wait for you there."

"Ok I'm leaving Molly's now so… see you soon."

He got home in ten minutes, like he said and went straight to the fridge grabbing a beer. He needed it, really needed it. It was great to have the extra money but he was worn-out, two jobs was not easy going, but he knew it would be good to have that money to get a bigger house. He hoped Erin would accept the idea of them living together in a bigger apartment. He hadn't talked to her about this yet, he was afraid to scare her and make her run from him. He knew his girl and he knew her boundaries. He must be very convincing about this subject and he needed to prepare her for this.

All he wanted was to share a life with this woman. He was so damn in love with her and he knew they needed to be professional at work and respect their colleges but sometimes it was so damn hard to resist the urge to grab her and kiss her or hug her and to feel her heart beat.

At the end of the day all he wanted was to cuddle with her on the couch and enjoy each others company without restrictions. But she was not ready, he knew that. She liked to play the independent one, but he knew she was in this with him the same way, but he knew too that she needed time to take some major steps more than the simple arrangement of sleep together almost every night. She needed time…

Baby steps Jay, baby steps. He thought to himself. The knock on the door roused him from his daydream.

Jay got up from the couch, stopped by the kitchen, grabbed another beer from the fridge and headed to the door. Opening the door he offered her one cold beer.

"You probably prefer a tea because of the cold, but beer is all I got, sorry," he said, with a cute smile.

She accepted smiling back, opened it and took a sip as she entered the living room. She stood up on her tip toes to gave him a quick kiss.

"So how did it go?"

"Ok I guess. We just hang out there making sure that all the transactions are safe and I'm really enjoying spending time with Terry. He really is a good guy and the time passes by easy in his company."

"And her?" Erin asks.

"What about her?" Jay asks rolling his eyes.

"She stays around with you two?" Erin inquired.

"No. Most of the time she is in her office." Jay spill with an annoyed tone on his voice.

"Platt said that she was really beautiful." Erin said, smirking.

Jay loved jealousy on her. "Erin, come on I'm not the dog you like to think I am."

She smiled a little ashamed, but she kept the posture, "I know you but I don't know her and… anyway… just don't give me reasons ok?"

"Reasons for what, Erin?" He sounded a little offended.

"To stop trusting you." She answered without looking at him.

He grabbed her face and raised her chin in a way that made her look straight at him. "You know you don't have reasons to be jealous or suspicious of me. Don't you?"

She looked away and mumbled. "I think so…"

I turn her face back to him and kissed her. First slowly and soft, but when she sank her hands in his hair he increased the kiss, their tongues danced around for a while until they stopped to take a breath. Her eyes were burning with desire. He put his hands on her hips and lifted her up.

"Bed or Couch?" He asked.

She smiled and whispered in his ear. "Bed!"

"As you wish!" He kissed her neck near her ear lobe, making her shiver and headed to the bed.

They lay down. She was on top of him and took his shirt off while she kissed his chest. His hands were travelling along her back. "This was a very long day… I miss having you close to me." Jay ad and grabbed her face, kissing her more deeply.

They heard a knock on the door and both lifted their heads, waiting for another knock.

"Did you hear knocking?" Jay asked, doubting himself.

"I did. Are you expecting someone? Maybe you're new boss needs some security advice." Erin said, with a grin.

"Erin…" His face was serious. "Stop it!"

She laughed.

They heard the knock again so Jay got up and went to answer the door. He looked at the kitchen clock on his way by. It was one am. He grabbed his gun, "who is it?" He asked against the door.

"It's Will."

Jay shook his head, placed his gun on the small table next to him and opened the door. "What are you doing here at this hour man?"

"Yes nice to see you too." Will answered with a fake smile. "Can I come in?"

Jay hesitated for a second, Erin was in the bedroom but his brother looked like he needed something. He looked back at Erin. She was laying on the bed, her clothes still on. She gave him an "it's ok" sign, smiling and he gave Will a nod, backing up to let him enter the living room.

"I kissed Natalie," Will blurted out.

"Natalie, your colleague Natalie?" Jay asked, already knowing the answer, with a teasing smile on his face. "Oh sorry Will but Erin is here." Jay said scratching his chin and looking at the bedroom. Erin got up from the bed and joined them in the living room, smiling and shrugging.

"Great! Now you know too." Will threw himself on the couch.

"If you guys want I can leave." Erin says arranging her hair.

"No Erin it's ok, maybe a feminine opinion will help me more that my teasing brother. Get that look off of your face man." Will said looking at the trouble maker face on Jay.

"Sorry but you already knew that this was going to happen soon or later. I saw the way you look at her." Jay kept his teasing smile and was making an effort to not laugh at the look on his brother's face.

"Yes Will I saw that too." Erin added, smiling too especially because of the faces Jay was making.

Will shook his head. "Yeah I guess…"

"You like her… What's the matter?" Jay asked.

"Yes and that is supposed to make things easy? You liked Erin for how long until you admitted to yourself that something could happen between you too?" Will blurted out without thinking that Erin was right there with them.

Jay gave Will an "I will kill you" look and looked back at Erin. She smiled back at him.

This is getting interesting. Erin thought to herself.

"Sorry man. I really don't know what to do, she's a widow, she has a small kid from a man who died in war and her mother in law seems like a guard dog around her and I don't even know how she feels about me…

"And you, Will? What do you feel about her?" Erin asked in a kind voice.

Jay looked at her and his heart melted, when she was like this he couldn't resist her. She is incredibly kind with an enormous heart. His brother had come to his house, interrupted the small quality time that they have together but here she is trying to make him feel better.

Will look at her. "I think I'm in love with her, is that wrong?"

"No it isn't man and it's not like you have a Voight telling you not to date a co-worker." Jay answered smiling.

Erin looked at him in disapproval. "Am I lying?" Jay asked looking serious at Erin. "Not anymore Jay, don't be like that. Look Will, give her time ok? I don't know her very well but I noticed that she is not indifferent to you either so… give her time. You two didn't talk about the kiss?"

"I kissed her and I left, we were having kind of an argument…" Will said sadly.

"Yes man you are brave." Jay joked.

"Yes, yes I know that you are a really Don Juan in this kind of business." Will mocked. Jay suddenly had a shy look and smiled at Erin.

"Look you guys, I'm really sorry for the interruption but I really needed to get this off my chest and didn't know anywhere else to go. But I'm better now, Erin is right, Natalie needs time and I will give her that and I should go home now." Will ad getting up.

"You can stay on the couch if you want." Jay said regretting it a second later.

"Thank you, but I need to go home and get a good couple of hours of sleep. I have a double shift tomorrow. Sorry for all this mess and thank you Erin, you're … well thank you and Jay you are a lucky guy don't doubt that." Will said smiling at Erin.

He closed the door behind him and they sat on the couch laughing.

"My brother… any way…"

"So... how long did you need to realize that we could be a thing?" Erin asked teasing him.

"And he is a story teller too." He tried to not look in her eyes.

"You can tell me, don't be shy!" She kept teasing.

"Can we get back to what we were doing when he got here?" Jay smiled trying to change the subject.

"It's ok Jay, I hid my felling from myself for a while too…" Erin says in a low tone.

They stayed in silence for a minute or so and then she put on brave face. "About that drawer that you ask the other day…" He stared at her eyes and picked up her hand kissing the back.

"You should have a drawer in my house and I probably should have one here too. And there, I said it!" Erin released her breath without even knowing that she was holding it.

Jay thought about the bigger apartment thing and for a flash of a moment he almost proposed that arrangement to her but he got cold feet and just smiled at her and placed a gentle kiss on her lips. "Yeah you should and I will pack some of my stuff to leave in your place. This is good."

They hugged for a bit, she raised her head, looking at him. "I'm sorry but I really need to sleep now, it's pretty late and prepare your self, because tomorrow, I will be grumpy because I did not get enough sleep." She said with an apologizing smile. "As long as you stay with me tonight and sleep really close to me I can take your grumpy mood." Jay moaned.

Five minutes later and they were asleep, him with his arms around her in a strange spoon shape position.
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He got up early like always, she rolled on the bed and covered her eyes with her hand and kept sleeping for a while. Jay prepared her breakfast and went to wake her up after his shower. "Hey sleepy head is time to wake up!" He says planting a sweet kiss on her head.

Her hair was messy and she was all wrapped in the sheets but she looked amazing anyway Jay acknowledge staying there admiring her and rubbing her back until she mumbles. "It's to early, go away."

"No is not, you have twenty five minutes to get ready and you still have to pass by your house to change." Jay informs looking at his clock.

"You annoy me…" Erin grumbled.

"Get up sluggish!" Jay gushed.

"No" She covered her head with the pillow, turning her back to him.

"Ok so I'm eating the breakfast all by myself and I have bagels, just so you know!" and with that he left the room.

He heard her grumbling and then he heard the bathroom door and waited for her in the kitchen. She finally appeared.

"Well that's one of the reasons that I enjoy crashing at your house. Your breakfasts are always better than mine." Erin informs smiling.

He grinned. "Let's eat ok, you are late and we are going to be late and…"

She cut him off. "Less please… let me eat in peace."

He looked at her and smiled. She got up from across the little table and gave him a short sweet kiss.