A/N: Thank you for the lovely response to Chapter 2, I'm glad you guys are enjoying this story. I made this one a little longer than the first two because I don't think I'll be able to update again until Tuesday my time (I will try to update sooner, but we'll see). I'm really happy with this one so I hope you enjoy it! Thank you for reading.

"I've got eyes on him," Adam muttered before taking a sip of his drink. There was a camera on his chest, though it was obviously hidden, like his microphone was. "I think he's just got here. I'll wait a few minutes before approaching."

Hailey, from her spot in the van outside the club, looked at the vision coming in from his camera and spotted their target – the drug dealer they'd been chasing for a few weeks that Adam and Kim were now undercover to try and take down.

It had, originally, been part of the plan for Hailey to go undercover with Adam to get the guy, but after the abduction and after the beating Hailey had gotten, her going in there was out of the question. She was still healing and it was impossible for make-up to cover any of the cuts and bruises on her face and much easier for Kim to cover up the bruising on her neck instead.

Where Kim had taken her spot with Adam inside, Hailey had taken Kim's, opting to stay in the van with Jay out in the parking lot across from the club. It was, at least, warm inside the van and the chilly Chicago winter air was practically non-existent – she was glad that she was warm inside the van rather than cold going undercover in a dress, anyway. That was a perk of the switch.

Jay sat beside her, watching the cameras as Adam and Kim moved slowly around the club, not as oblivious to the thoughts running through Hailey's mind as she thought he was.

Part of her wished she was the one inside. That the damn guy that had abducted and beaten her hadn't done such a good job with it. That she'd not provoked him and just waited longer. Jay could see that in her eyes.

He tried not to take it personally, the fact that at least some part of her wanted to be inside with Adam rather than out here in the van with him– after all, Adam was, for lack of a better word, Hailey's boyfriend. It was only natural for her to want to be with him. Yet, for some reason, the feeling made Jay a little uncomfortable. The feeling of Hailey picking Adam over him, even though Adam was one of his closest friends and Hailey probably his best friend. Still, he supposed, she was here with him even if she didn't fully want to be.

He grabbed a bottle of water from the table in front of him and took a swig of it to take his mind off of everything as he watched Kim and Adam ascending the stairs inside the club on the monitor.

"I would have thought you'd be a little more annoyed about the fact that you couldn't be in there tonight," Jay mused, flicking his eyes over to Hailey for a moment before returning them to the screen. He was glad that Adam and Kim weren't wearing earpieces. It meant he could just talk freely to Hailey while they were alone.

Hailey shook her head. "No, I'm good. It's probably good for me to ease back into it and all. Going undercover a few days after? Yeah, not such a good idea." She turned to look at Jay and pointed at her face. "And this would have caused unnecessary questions."

Jay shrugged a shoulder. "Yeah, it's for the best," he took another swig of the water. "How are you doing? Since our talk. Any... developments?"

"Developments?" Hailey chuckled a little. "I'm better. I'm good. It's always a bit of a freaky thing to go through, but I'm okay. Promise." Her eyes stayed glued to the screen as she spoke, and she was too preoccupied with watching it that the next words were out of her mouth before she could stop them. "And the nightmares have calmed down a bit, too."

Jay's head turned towards her, eyebrows furrowed. He sat up a little straighter. "I'm sorry– did you say nightmares? What nightmares?"

Hailey paused, eyes widening just a little. She cleared her throat. "Yeah, must have... forgotten to mention those," she awkwardly chuckled and glanced over at him, not really wanting to make eye contact. "I know you've been abducted before, taken against your will. You've gone through trauma. You telling me you didn't get nightmares from that stuff?"

Much to his dismay, Jay couldn't disagree with her – he did know firsthand what trauma like that caused. He'd experienced a good few nightmares in his day, too, and even though his first thought had been shock that she hadn't told him, he realised he understood that. Nobody wants to open that part of themselves up. To weaken themselves like that. He couldn't blame her for that at all.

Slumping down a little in his seat, Jay nodded slowly. "At least they're getting better, then," he hummed. "If they get worse, though–"

"I know." Hailey cut him off by turning to look at him, eyebrows raised.

Jay raised his hands in mock surrender. "I know you know... just checking," he shrugged nonchalantly and looked at the screen once more.

In the distance, he could see the dealer, but it was clear Adam and Kim were still taking their time. Their feed was mostly quiet, only the thumping of the music and occasional mutters of their conversation to be heard amongst Hailey and Jay's own.

"Does Adam know about them?"

Hailey shook her head. "No. He hasn't been over yet," she explained. "Still giving me that space I asked for. But they'll be gone soon. No need for him to know they exist. Hadn't even planned on you knowing."

Jay smiled a little to himself. "You keep this much of your personal life to yourself around him, too? Or is he your personal life now?"

She glared at him. "He's part of it, yeah," she replied. "But I always keep my personal life to myself. Even around Adam. Even though I like him a lot. He's a good guy, you know? He's really one of the good ones."

"Yeah, he is," Jay agreed softly.

"But sometimes... sometimes it's like I can't tell him stuff because of that. He's understanding and he's kind and he's everything a girl wants, but I can still never tell him everything," she sighed. "He doesn't even know about our conversation the other night. And I kind of hate myself for keeping it from him... but I wanna keep things kind of casual for now. I don't wanna dive into the deep end with feeling guilty about every little thing. That'll never end well." Her eyes flicked over to Kim's camera and she caught sight of Adam on the screen.

Jay was just about to reply when he was cut off by Adam, starting to approach the dealer, and his conversation with Hailey had to be put in the back of his mind, knowing work needed to come first now.

"We're heading in now, guys."

Hailey sighed as she shut the door on her locker. It was only early in the morning but she was already tired, having stayed up late the night before in the van with Jay. The deal had gone over well, and they were planning on setting up a time to catch the guy later in the day, if possible.

Any of the irritation she'd felt previously about not being able to go undercover was long gone, now. Kim had done a great job the night before and she was expected to show up when they made the deal later, too.

Hailey turned to head back to her desk just as Kim wandered into the locker room, eyes settling on her straight away.

"Ah, just the person I wanted to see," Kim smiled at her and walked over. "I wanted to talk to you about last night."

"Last night?"

"Yeah, about me taking your place on the job with Adam."

Hailey waved a hand and shook her head. "It's no big deal, Kim, really. You did a great job last night."

Kim smiled. "Thank you, Hailey, really. But I just... I feel kind of awful having taken your place. I know you were looking forward to doing that deal with Adam, and now you didn't get to do it all because I had to step up and get you in with those guys the other day and–"

"Hey, no–" Hailey cut her off. "This is not your fault. I'm the one that started something. I'm the one that started the fight that day. And that's all in the past now. Last night's job is in the past. There was nothing that could be done then and nothing that can be done now. We're good, Kim."

Kim paused and studied Hailey's face for a few moments, as if she was expecting Hailey to be lying or something, before nodding. "We're good?"

"We're good."

With a smile, Kim turned on her heel to head out of the locker room but paused before she got too far. "I should have said this the other day but I just wasn't thinking it, and you need to know it," she started. "I'm over Adam. It's been years. I'm honestly over him. But it's just gonna take me a minute to get used to you two being together, you know?"

Hailey honestly hadn't been expecting it. Kim hadn't been egaer to talk about her and Adam the other day, so the fact that Kim was bringing it up now caught her by surprise, though she understood each and every one of her words.

"Yeah, you got it, Kim," she smiled. "We're not gonna rub anything in your face... we're taking it slow, he's giving me space after everything, and if I were in your position, I'd feel the exact same way. Like I said, we're good."

Kim gave her a grateful smile. "I'm glad you understand."

She was about to turn and head out the door again when Jay appeared in it. He glanced between the two of them, clearly sensing something between them, before jabbing his thumb over his shoulder.

"We've got something, you gotta take a look at it."

Kim headed out of the locker room first, Hailey trailing behind her with Jay at her side. As soon as Kim was out of earshot, Jay turned to her.

"You two good?"

Hailey nodded. "Yeah, we're good."