"Hey Hails, it's not a good time. I'm stuck at work and I'm right in the middle of a case." Jay said when he picked up his ringing cell. "Can I call you back?"

"Jay," she said slowly, immediately alerting him. "Can you come pick me up?"

"Where are you?" He asked, already on his feet and heading for the door.

"At this party by the University," she said. "I wouldn't bother you, but it's not the best neighbourhood and I'm kind of scared to leave by myself."

"You're not bothering me, are you okay?" He asked as he grabbed his jacket and headed down the stairs. "Did something happen?"

"No, I'm fine." She shook her head. "I just don't want to be here anymore, and I may have taken something."

"What do you mean you took something?" Jay said a bit harsher than necessary as he got into his car.

"I take pills at parties, Jay." She said. "It's not smart, but it's college."

Jay sighed. "Yeah, alright, I'll be there in a few minutes. Stay inside until I get there."

He hung up and threw his phone roughly into the console, just as his passenger door opened and Lindsay got in. "I'm coming, we're partners remember."

"This isn't work related."

"We're not only work partners," she said. "Let me come, you might need my help."

"Fine," Jay said and started driving. He was silent for a few minutes, he was worried but he was also upset. "She's nineteen."

"Yeah, she is." Lindsey nodded. "Which means she's an adult, but she's a very young adult and she still needs you."

"Does she?" Jay asked as he parked the car outside the run-down apartment building.

"She called, didn't she?" Lindsay said. "I'd say that's your biggest clue."

Hailey got into the back of the car, sitting behind Lindsay. Jay had turned around and was watching her. He waited for her to look at him and then he raised his eyebrows at her. "I'm fine," she sighed. "I just want to go home."

"Do you know what you took?" He asked.

"No, I was drinking and was handed something." She frowned. "It was probably just Molly, nothing too dangerous."

"We're going to the hospital first," he said as he turned back around and put the car in drive. "Will can check you out and make sure it was nothing dangerous."

"Jay, come on, it's not that big of a deal." She said. "I know you don't want to hear this, but I do this all the time."

"That's what I'm worried about." He mumbled.

"We see a lot of accidental overdose cases," Lindsay tried to explain. "Most of the times the friends and family say their loved one was fine, that they came home from a night out and they were talking and then they died in their sleep."

Hailey rolled her eyes. "Save me the scare tactics. I'm not an addict, I just like to party, and if I die in my sleep, well there are worse ways to go."

"Hailey," Jay said harshly as he glanced at her. "That's not funny."

"It was a joke," she said. "But, Will is going to freak out."

"I'm not particularly happy here either, Hails." Jay reminded.

"Maybe, but Will has Dad's temper," she said. "Next time I'll just stay in the dangerous situation."

Jay sighed as he parked the car and turned around again. "Look, I'm glad you called me, and I know you're in college and you're going to drink and experiment. But, just because I know you do it doesn't mean I'm okay with it."

"Clearly," she said as she climbed out of the car. "Can we at least not go into emergency? I've been in there enough lately."

Jay agreed and took Hailey in through a separate entrance. She sat in one of the waiting rooms with Lindsay while Jay went to look for Will. They didn't do much talking. Hailey didn't feel that well and Lindsay could tell she wasn't in the mood for bonding. It wasn't that Hailey didn't like her, she did, but they weren't particularly close just yet.

April found Hailey before Jay got back with Will. He was in surgery, but April said she'd take care of Hailey while Jay waited for him. April took Hailey to an empty exam room and briefly checked her out before drawing some blood. She gave it to another nurse and stayed with Hailey in the room since she was alone.

"How are you feeling?" She asked her.

Hailey shrugged. "I don't know, high, tired, stupid."

"Hailey," she said softly. "Do you use drugs and alcohol because something else is hurting you?"

She nodded slowly. "Isn't that always why?"

"Usually, but self-medicating only covers up the problem temporarily." She said. "It's all still there after that high passes."

"I know," she said seriously. "But for a little bit, it's not."

"Maybe you should talk to someone," she said. "Like Dr. Charles."

"I've tried the talking thing before, it didn't work." She said. "Alcohol is cheaper and faster."

"And the drugs?" She asked.

"Alcohol takes the pain away, but then you're just numb. The drugs make me happy again."

April nodded with a frown on her face, she understood what she meant but she didn't know Hailey was in so much pain. She had seen a lot of addicts and alcoholics come through the ER, most of which were in a lot of denial, but Hailey wasn't. She knew exactly what she was doing and why, and that made April feel even more sad about it.

The door opened suddenly and Will came into the room with Jay close behind him. April glanced between Will and Hailey as the two just stared at each other. She left the room to join Lindsay in the hallway and Jay closed the door behind her. Will shook his head slightly as he pulled his stethoscope from his neck and placed one hand on her shoulder and the device on her back and listened.

"Any trouble breathing?" He asked.

"No."

He moved in front of her and checked her pupils with his mini flashlight before doing a quick neuro exam. "Any dizziness or nausea?"

"A bit."

There was a knock on the door and April opened it to hand Will her chart with the blood work results. Will glanced it over, a slight frown on his face as he read. "She's fine." He said to Jay before he moved to leave the room.

"Wait," Hailey called.

"I'm at work, Hailey, trying to save people who actually want to live their lives." He snapped at her. "What's this about, huh? Is it because of Scott, or do you just have no control?"

"Whoa, Will, come on," Jay frowned and shook his head at his brother before he turned to his sister. "What's this about Scott?"

"Ask her, I don't have time for this." He said as he left the room.

"Did Scott do something to you?"

"Uh, no." Hailey said, trying to keep her emotions in check. Will had hurt her feelings.

"Then what did he mean?"

"Scott and I have a causal relationship, we're not exclusive." She said. "I told Will about it the other week because I was upset that Scott was ignoring me."

"So, you're not actually together?"

"Nope," she said. "I want to be, but he's not really the relationship type. I'm in love with him and I can't walk away, no matter what happens. I haven't heard from him in a week, so I went out with my friends and tried to take my mind off of thinking about him constantly."

"Hails, come on, you deserve better than that."

"Do I?" She asked miserably as she jumped off the table and left the room.

Jay sighed, not sure what to say. He took Hailey home and headed back to work to finish the case. He wanted to stay with her, but she insisted she was fine and that Will would be home soon anyway. She wanted to be alone and collapsed onto the couch with a beer and her phone. She flipped through the channels before giving up and deciding to sit in the window ledge and stare out into the night. Her phone ringing brought her out of her thinking and she glanced down to see his name.

"Hey," she said.

"Hey, sorry I've been so MIA lately, things have been kind of crazy lately with school and work." Scott said. "We should get together soon, I miss you."

"Yeah," she frowned. "I miss you too."

"You okay?"

"No, not really."

"What's wrong?"

"Can you come here?" She asked. "I'm alone, and I'm sad, and I need you."

"Yeah, I'll come right now."

She hung up and continued to stare out the window. She heard the door open and Will walked in, flipping on the hall light. She was still sitting in the dark, she liked it better that way. He glanced at her, noticing her clutching her phone.

"Don't wait around for someone that makes you wait around," He said as he pulled the phone from her hands and set it on the table as he sat down on the couch.

Hailey ignored him. She was still upset with him for what he had said to her at the hospital. She grabbed her phone off the table and headed toward the door. She opened it and Scott walked in, wrapping her in a hug as Will was suddenly on his feet.

"What is he doing here?" Will asked.

"Why do you care? You don't have time for me, remember?" Hailey said as she pulled Scott into her room and closed the door, locking it.