Chapter 25 – Friends with Benefits
Jay stood in the kitchen of the Intelligence Unit, making himself a coffee, he poured some sugar in to his cup and then turned leaning on the counter whilst yawning. The yawn made him smile, he was tired for a very good reason. He took his phone from his pocket and sent a message to Lexi.
Jay: *yawning face emoji* So tired. If I fall asleep at my desk, I'm telling Voight it's your fault!
It wasn't the message he wanted to send. He wanted to ask where she had disappeared to? They had gone back to his place after the club and spent the night together, he had woken up to find her gone. He decided that was a conversation he wanted to have face to face.
Lexi: What did I do? *shocked face emoji*
Jay replied as he walked slowly back to his desk.
Jay: You kept me UP, all night.
Lexi: Want me to let you sleep next time?*winky face emoji*
Jay: Next time?
Lexi: Well I still owe you for not making my arrest official, right?
Jay: That's right you do.
Lexi: Just tell me what I have to do to pay you back *winky face emoji*
Jay: it's kind of hard to explain. But I'd be happy to demonstrate.
Jay looked up at the sound of footsteps ascending the stairs, he looked to see Trudy walking up followed by Lexi who smirked at him.
"Hey gang, look who I found wondering around" Trudy announced getting to the top of the stairs.
Kim, Adam, Jay and Kevin stood and hugged Lexi in turn before returning to their desks. Antonio was on the phone Lexi walked to him and fist bumped him. Olinsky and Voight were in Voight's office with the door closed. Trudy announced she had to get back to the desk hugging Lexi before walking away.
"So, to what do we owe the pleasure?" Adam asked leaning back in his chair.
"Not a social visit, I'm here to pick up Hank" Lexi explained looking through the window and waving at Voight to let him know she was there. He held up a finger to tell her to give him a minute.
"Meeting your Chameleon friend?" Adam enquired, Lexi nodded, "maybe he knows what rock Calvin has crawled under." Calvin hadn't surfaced since he had attacked Kelly.
"Again, the Chameleon is neither he nor a she" Burgess reminded him. Lexi chuckled at her.
"Coffee?" Jay offered standing up and looking at Lexi, he wanted to get her alone.
"Didn't you just make one?" Adam pointed out giving Jay a mischievous smile.
"I'll take one" Burgess announced holding up her empty mug smiling sweetly.
"Me two" Kevin added doing the same.
"Me three if your making one buddy" Adam grinned as Jay collected the empty mugs from his colleagues before following Lexi to the kitchen.
Jay lined up the mugs on the counter as Lexi took the cream from the fridge and placed it beside the mugs. "I missed you this morning" Jay told her quietly turning his back to the door shielding themselves from their nosey colleagues. "I woke up and you were gone"
Lexi stood in front of him. "I didn't wanna outstay my welcome, I figured it was a one-night kind of thing."
Jay put his arms over his chest as if he was trying to shield his body from her "I feel so used!" Jay joked pretending to look shocked "I feel like a piece of meat, used for my body! I have a mind too you know" They both laughed whole heartedly. "Seriously, you could never outstay your welcome!"
Lexi nodded, "I know but we had fun last night, right?"
"Yeah" he said stepping closer to her and putting his arm around her waist.
Lexi rested her arm across his shoulder stepping closer to him. "So, no pressure, let's just have a bit of fun for a while" Lexi offered. "see what happens?"
"Friends with benefits?" Jay asked suggestively biting his lip a little.
"Lots and lots of benefits" Lexi told him moving in to kiss him, the sound of Voight's office door opening broke them apart quickly. Jay quickly beginning to pour the coffee and Lexi sliding away from him.
"Lexi you ready" Voight stated rather than asked as he passed the kitchen door.
"Yep" Lexi called after him walking towards the door.
"To be continued" Jay commented quietly.
"And continued and continued and continued" Lexi told him turning and walking backwards winking at him. Jay grinned going back to the coffee making task.
Lexi sat in the passenger seat of Voight's truck, they were parked up by the water, the same place they always met with the Chameleon, who they were waiting for.
Voight stared out of the windscreen, Lexi tapped her finger nervously against the glass of the window. The Chameleon was late, they were never late. Lexi was full of nervous energy she needed to distract herself. "So, I got a paycheque last week" Lexi said looking over at Voight to gauge his reaction. Voight expression remained its usual intense focused appearance. She shouldn't have received a paycheque, she had resigned. "When I called to question it, they told me they had me down as an extended leave of absence following a bereavement"
"You know the white shirts struggle to get anything right"
"Or someone filed the wrong paperwork" Lexi suggested as a car approached them.
"You know me, I'm not the best with paperwork either" Voight told her smiling sarcastically winding down the window as the car pulled up beside them.
"My two favourite Detective's" The Chameleon greeted them turning off the car's engine. She was wearing her usual baseball cap and sunglasses. Lexi had only ever seen her full face once. She was a pretty brunette woman, petite yet strong, she was pretty in the sense you would smile at her in the street but not so pretty anyone would look twice at her. The Chameleon was a fitting name for her, she was inconspicuous, noticeable yet forgettable.
"Give me something good Cam" Lexi said leaning round Voight enabling her to see in to the other vehicle.
"So, I did some digging, the guy helping Poe, the one who attacked your Fiancé or ex whatever he is," Cam began "is a Doctor, used to be a paramedic, he helped Poe when he was injured."
"You got a name?" Hank asked
"No need" Cam smiled "It's taken care of, he'll be having a terribly fatal single vehicle car accident very shortly"
"And Poe" Lexi asked, "any news on that front?"
"Two days" The Chameleon responded "maybe less and he'll be where we arranged. I will pick you up and take you there. Be ready to go as soon as you get my call."
"Okay" Lexi said.
"Everything will be in place, everything you asked for" Cam advised "Pack two days' worth of clothes" Lexi nodded as Cam started the car engine, the message had been delivered it was time to leave.
"Wait" Lexi called "I need this said in front of Hank just so we're all clear" Cam switched off the engine again ready to listen. "When we're there, I want you to take a photo of me with him" Lexi began
"What? What the hell for?" Voight interrupted, Lexi was willing incriminating herself in a soon to be murder.
"I trust you Cam" Lexi continued stating the truth. She did trust the Chameleon to not hold anything against her, but she also wanted to make sure Cam had assurances "You take a picture and you keep it. So, you know none of this can come back on you, if anything happens you have the proof it was all me. I don't want you caught up in this either." Cam had done Lexi a favour, it was a little crazy to want to protect an assassin, but Cam had done more good for Lexi as a criminal informant than she would have done behind bars. This was about Calvin and Lexi, no one else.
"Appreciate the sentiment" Cam smiled "But no need, we made a deal. I owe you for saving my life, I do this, I dispose of the body when your done and we're even, we're all good" Cam started the car's engine whilst winding up the window and drove away.
Voight started the engine and began to drive as well. "When I get the call" Lexi began "I'll bring my cell phone to you" Voight nodded, it made sense, if there was ever an investigation and her phone was ever traced it would show her location as being with him. He would cover for her, make up whatever story was needed at the time.
"And Halstead?" Voight asked, "What's the play there?"
"If I'm with him when I get the call, I'll think of something. If I'm not, I'll just explain when I get back."
"He won't let it go that easily" Voight predicted pulling on to the main road heading back to the district.
"Then you'll have to stall him" Lexi looked out of the window hoping it would be that simple.
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