"What do you mean she locked herself in her room?" Jay said when he got a call from his brother. "I'm at work here, on a timeline, can't you handle it?"

"She won't come out." Will said. "Scott came over and they went in there and I can't get her to open the door."

"Well, leave them alone." Jay said. "She's nineteen Will, we can't control everything she does."

"Maybe not, but we should control situations that will get her hurt." Will snapped. "That kid isn't good for her and you know it."

"Yeah, maybe, but she has to make her own mistakes. How many times did you date the wrong woman in high school and college?" Jay reminded. "Besides, he was there for Hailey when we weren't, she trusts him and right now she's not talking to us."

"Jay, she got drunk to take her mind off of him and she landed in the hospital." Will said. "This isn't a healthy relationship."

"No, I brought her there and you said she was fine." He said. "She loves him Will, and it's none of our business."

"She's physically fine, not mentally fine." Will sighed and rubbed his eyes. "Look, I'm just getting off a long shift and I'm tired. I'm worried about her and she won't listen to me."

Jay frowned. "What aren't you telling me?"

"There was a woman that came into the ER with a do not resuscitate and I ignored it," he explained. "She has end stage cancer, she's tried everything and I was able to get her on this new trial. I looked at her and I saw Mom and I didn't want her to give up."

"Did you get fired?"

"No, but I might." He said. "She's pressing charges against the hospital and me. I just found out."

"And, what happened with that patient that reminded you of Mom, would that have anything to do with how you snapped at Hailey today?"

"I snapped at Hailey because she needed it to hear it." Will said. "She has a problem with drugs and alcohol, Jay."

"And why do you think that is, Will?" Jay said, matching his tone. "I'm not blind, and it's not like I'm okay with her choices, but she's been through a lot."

"So, what? I'm just supposed to be okay with everything?" He asked. "She has been in the ER three times in the last few months."

"Okay, but one of those times was a train accident and tonight wasn't the ER, and technically she was fine tonight I just wanted her checked out."

"It doesn't matter, all three times she had drugs in her system." Will said. "And not even the same drug, but a cocktail of drugs, which is far more dangerous."

"Will, I know all of this, but what do you want to do?" He asked.

"I want you to come home so we can talk to her."

Jay sighed. "Okay, fine. I'm on my way."

Will hung up the phone and started pacing the floor, waiting for Jay to get home. He could hear the TV on in Hailey's room and knew it was drowning out whatever conversation she was having with Scott.

He shook his head, he wanted to pound on the door until one of them opened it, but he knew Hailey was too stubborn for that. He already tried everything he could think of, yelling, talking nicely, bargaining, but nothing worked. Calling Jay was the only thing he could think of besides breaking the door down or trying to take it off the hinges, and even he thought that was extreme.

Suddenly the bedroom door opened, surprising Will, especially when Scott walked out and shut the door quietly behind him. "She's asleep," he said. "I'll go, if you want me to."

"I want you to," Will nodded, but then sighed. "Why did she call you?"

"She didn't, I called her and then she asked me to come over."

"What are you two?" Will asked. "You're not together, yet you act like you are."

Scott shrugged. "We're really good friends, and I really care about her."

"She's in love with you, do you know that?" He blurted out. "And, you're hurting her with whatever commitment issues you have."

"I don't have commitment issues, but yeah, I know she has feelings, or she thinks she has feelings."

"And, you're okay playing with her feelings?"

"I'm not playing her. She knows I'm not looking for a relationship right now." Scott frowned. "And, not that I have to tell you this, but part of the reason Hailey and I aren't together is because I don't know if she actually wants me, or she just wants someone in her life who is there for her."

Will frowned. "Jay and I are here."

"You're here now, you weren't here before." He said. "I met Hailey the first week of classes. We sat next to each other in a lecture and she's been one of my best friends ever since."

"And we're thankful that you've been there for her when we couldn't be," Jay said from the doorway. "If Hailey wants you here, you should stay here."

"Jay," Will interrupted. "I think we should talk to Hailey alone."

"We can do that tomorrow, Will." Jay said as he opened Hailey's door slightly, peaking in and then closing it again. "She's asleep anyway, and that's where I am going."

"Fine whatever," Will mumbled and disappeared into his room.

Scott hesitated. "I'm really not sure what to do here."

"If Hailey expects you to be here when she wakes up, you should stay." Jay said as he clapped him on the shoulder and disappeared into his own room.

Hailey and Scott woke up a few hours later. They both had class early the next day, and they both had problems sleeping and often functioned on less than the average person. Will and Jay were still sleeping when they left and Hailey had no intention of waking either of them. She left a note on the white board in the kitchen to remind them that she had class before they left.

Jay woke up before Will to head to work. He had gotten a call about Yates escaping prison and immediately went in to work on it. He saw Hailey's note and realized that maybe he should have woken her up to talk now that he didn't have time to this morning, he didn't want her to think he was blowing her worries and feelings off.

He thought he'd be able to take his mind off family drama while at work, but when he visited the crime scenes of the dead nursing students and then ended up at the college interviewing more students, he couldn't get Hailey off his mind. He never had this problem at work before, usually he could focus on the work and deal with his private life at home, but today was different.

"Halstead," Platt called when he came back into the district. He turned and she nodded to the room off the stairs where Hailey was currently pacing around in.

"Hey," Jay frowned when he opened the door and she immediately hugged him. "Hails, what's wrong, what are you doing here?"

"My classes were cancelled this afternoon, killer on the loose and all," she said as they separated. "And, so I was going to go home but I heard all these students were getting killed and I was scared, and then I heard you were going after him, and I got worried, and then I started feeling guilty because of last night, and so, I came here."

Jay smiled slightly at her rant and nodded. "It's okay, I was going to come get you anyway."

"You were?" She asked.

"Yeah, sometimes this job reminds you to hold your family a little closer." He said. "How about we grab some lunch and talk?"

Jay slung an arm around her and brought her upstairs. She sat in the break room while he gathered some food and let the unit know that he was just in the other room. He was still working and the case was still time sensitive, but he did his part and all he could at this point and decided to take a little break for family sake, something no one has an objection to.

"So, we ordered some Chinese food and the rest is from the vending machines," he said as he dumped the food on the table.

"Thanks, I'm not that hungry though," she said as she grabbed the can of diet coke.

"Come on, eat something," he said. "You're looking a little thin, Hails."

She smirked. "That's a compliment to a girl, you know."

"Maybe, but I didn't mean it as a compliment." He said as he handed her a container and sat down beside her. "Alright, we need to talk about the drugs."

Hailey frowned and shook her head as she picked at the food. "I'm not addicted." She said. "I know it might seem like that, but it's not like that."

"I don't think you're addicted, Hails." He said. "I do think that you take drugs to feel better and that can led to addiction. It's dangerous and it scares me."

She was quiet for a few moments before she looked at him. "When I started college, I was living in a dorm and my roommate was a partier. She got me a fake ID and we started clubbing and it seemed like every party I went to had Molly and coke at it. It didn't seem like a big deal to do it on the weekends, my grades were fine and I was fine. But, then Dad hurt me and I started taking Molly like anti-depressants and now it takes more and more to get high and stay high, and the more I take, the harder I crash."

"The high is high, but the low is lower." He nodded. "You called me last night when you were coming down, didn't you?"

"Yeah, and it was really bad." She said. "It scared me."

Jay rubbed her back for a moment. "Maybe it's time to stop then." He said. "And, maybe it's time to talk to someone impartial to our life and your situation."

"Like, Dr. Charles?" She smiled. "Maybe it is."

"I'm here, always, Hails." He said as he kissed her head. "I love you."

"I love you too, Jay." She leaned into his embrace. "Do you think Will will be this easy to talk to?"

"Something tells me he will be," Will said from the doorway before he moved to sit down at the table with them. "I didn't mean it yesterday when I said I didn't have time for what was going on with you. I had a bad day at work and I took it out on you, I'm sorry."

"I'm sorry too, for ignoring you when you came home." She said. "I could tell you felt bad and you wanted to talk, but I wanted to hurt you like you hurt me."

"Fair enough," he nodded. "But, maybe we shouldn't do things like that to each other anymore. And, for what it's worth, Scott isn't so bad."

"Yeah, he told me you two talked last night." She said. "And, maybe you can talk to one other person for me, Dr. Charles?"

Will smiled. "I can do that, Hails."

"Well, would you look at us," Jay said. "Functioning like a real family."