Jay came out of his room the next morning to see Hailey eating cereal, drinking coffee and scrolling through her phone on his couch and he just chuckled. Clearly she was comfortable enough to be eating breakfast without him, but in reality, he wasn't a morning person lately, and on more than one occasion, she'd just start rummaging through his kitchen, finding something to eat while waiting for him before hitting the gym or going on a run. "Are you going to go home first?"
She shrugged. "Probably. Although I have enough clothes in my truck and your truck that I probably don't need to." That was evidenced by the fact that she was wearing a clean pair of gym clothes of hers and it was at his house. She tried to think of how that happened but couldn't, she was just thankful for clean clothes.
He made himself a cup of coffee from his Keurig and mentally made a note for himself to go grocery shopping because he was running out of the pods. "Not working out this morning?"
She shook her head as she finished her cereal and went to go put it in the dishwasher. "Told Allie I'd workout with her if we are done at a decent time tonight."
"Allie?"
"Detective Allison Montgomery from Narcotics?" Hailey prompted Jay. She knew he knew of her but he probably had never heard of her being called Allie.
Jay took a sip of his coffee. "I didn't know you were friends. At all. Or at the working out together stage. And where has she been lately?"
"She just finished a 18 month long undercover," Hailey said, arching an eyebrow.
"You have fun with that one," he said, taking another sip.
She just laughed, because he was right. This was going to be a juicy night. "I'll see you at the office," she said as she locked the door behind her. She was actually surprised that waking up next to her partner wasn't as awkward as she thought it might be. She thought there might be some regrets but there wasn't a single one. She knew she made the right decision by telling Jay that they'd take it past partners and they'd figure out how to make it work. Would it be easy? No. But they would try.
When she walked in, there was nobody in except Voight. So she figured she might as well get it over with now. She walked in with both sheets of paper in her hand and closed the office door so if anyone did come in, they didn't hear.
"Is that your resignation letter?" Voight asked gruffly, from behind the desk.
Hailey wasn't sure if he knew about her and Jay or not. But she was going to string him along for a minute or two. "And if it is?"
Voight closed his eyes and leaned back in his chair. "Then I guess I'll let you have your first pick at your replacement."
She rolled her eyes. "Now I feel like I'm being pushed out the door already. But truly, I came by to give you these."
Voight took the papers and raised his eyebrows as soon as he realized it was not a resignation letter. It was HR forms. HR forms, stating that Hailey and Jay were co-workers in a relationship. CPD rules. "Really now?"
She shrugged as she started to make her way out of the office. "You told me to talk to him before I took the job."
"I guess I did."
"It won't affect the job."
He shook his head as he filed the papers in his desk drawer. "It better not," he threatened. He'd have a talk with Jay, similar to the one he gave him when he found out about him and Lindsay. This one would be a little different. "It becomes an issue, I will bounce you."
She smiled. "Good thing I have Chris Lynch with an open job offer, waiting for me if you do," she smirked as she walked out of the office.
Hailey was just finishing up her paperwork when Platt came up the stairs to tell her that she had a visitor. It was later, 8 pm, but Allie said she was still game for a quick bite to eat and then working out.
"Thanks Trudy. Tell her I'll be down in a minute." Hailey said as she locked her computer down and stood up. She remembered that Antonio had a gym that could be useful to her and Allie tonight and he was right beside her.
"Yo, Antonio. Can I borrow your gym later tonight?" He had a squat rack, benches, turf, and weights in the back of the actual boxing gym.
He looked up at her. "You know you do have a gym membership to two gyms," he pointed out. She had access to CPD gyms and also belonged to a franchise 24/7 gym.
She grimaced. "I know. Remember Allie Montgomery from Narcotics? She just came back from an 18 month undercover bid and well…"
"You need somewhere where there aren't people?" Antonio laughed. "I get it. Yeah, that's no problem at all. There's a lock box at the back of the gym. Code is 3480. I think Michael was finishing the last class up around now anyways so you'll have it to yourselves."
"Allie appreciates it," Hailey said as she quickly made down the stairs.
She was surprised to see her long time friend, who always had a shoulder length platinum blonde bob, with long dark, almost black hair. The green eyes were still the same and the unmistakable smile. "Look what the cat dragged outta the bag," Hailey said as she greeted Allie. "Sorry to make you come down here."
"It's good to see you. It's no problem. I sold my car before I went under, and honestly, all I've been doing for the past 5 days is sleeping and baking. If I've needed anything I've just used my mom's car. Guess I really should rent something or go buy."
"Did you have dinner?" Hailey asked, as she pushed the door open to the back lot. Normally she wouldn't let just anybody back through here but Allie was CPD.
Allie shrugged. "Not much."
Hailey unlocked her truck and both girls jumped in. "There's a guy who makes a mean sandwich not far from here," Hailey said. "He's also on the books as my CI if anyone asks."
Allie laughed. "Good to know. I also forgot, I don't have a gym membership. I guess we could go workout at a CPD gym," she said, hesitantly.
She signalled to pull out of the lot. "Yeah, I got you covered on that one. Antonio Dawson co-owns a boxing gym and they have some stuff in the back. Any secrets are completely off the record, not recorded and will not be heard past those walls."
"Knew I could count on you," Allie said, appreciatively. Truthfully, she had no idea who she could reach out to once she was back. 18 months was a long time to be gone and while cops understood it was part of the job, Allie didn't have a lot of department friends. But the one friend she did have, never judged her and was always there for her, no matter how long it had been.
They had grabbed the sandwich, which Allie raved about and Hailey said she'd pass the good reviews along to her CI, and then headed for the gym. Allie gradually let loose about a lot of things that she could share to Hailey. It was a hard undercover op, even for a seasoned veteran like Allie, and she was rattled by it and having a hard time. That's why it was important to have friends like each other.
They were also kicking each other's asses in the gym. "One more!" Allie encouraged as Hailey did one more rep.
She put the bar down and shook her head. "Fuck, you got in shape when you went under," she said. And then her phone rang, cutting through the music that was playing. Allie looked at her. "And that's also my you can't ignore this phone call ringtone." She pushed pause on the music and answered the phone. "I have plans."
It was Ruzek. "I did too. Voight just called. Two bodies down by the pier."
"Fuck," Hailey said. "I'll be there, whenever."
Allie turned to her and laughed. "You know crime doesn't sleep." It was nearing 11:30.
Hailey rolled her eyes. "I'm sorry. I can drop you off at your mom's or… you can be a real cop like the rest of us and work a case?"
The brunette laughed really hard at that one, but just shrugged in agreement. "Ah sure, what the hell. Haven't worked a real homicide case in over 3 years but why the fuck not. Good thing I brought my badge when I met up with you."
Hailey's phone rang again, this time it was Jay. "Ruzek already called," she said as a greeting.
"You still with Allie?"
"Yeah."
"Where are you guys?"
Allie was starting to put stuff away and Hailey was gathering their things. "At Antonio's gym. We'll meet you there at the pier."
"We'll?" Jay asked. Leave it to him to catch that.
"Easier to ask for forgiveness that permission," Hailey said. "See you there."
They got to the pier and Hailey looked over at her friend and Allie just shrugged as she got out of the truck. To any passer by, she sure didn't look like she belonged at the crime scene. Allie wore black leggings, converse shoes, and an oversized under armour hoodie, her dark brown hair in waves and heavy makeup on. She could totally pass as a co-ed. The only thing giving her away that she was a cop, was the Chicago PD badge hanging around her neck that hadn't been worn in awhile.
They got to the crime scene and Ruzek, Halstead and Voight were already standing there. Even Voight was confused on who this newcomer was. Halstead only knew it was Allie because Hailey told him that she was tagging along.
"Everyone, Detective Allie Montgomery," Hailey introduced.
Voight snickered. "Woulda walked right by you in the street."
Allie smiled. "Kinda the point of the change in looks, Sarge." She knew Voight from a couple cases from 3 years ago when she was permanently in Narcotics for a full year and not undercover.
"Officer Adam Ruzek and my partner Detective Jay Halstead," Hailey said, more for Adam's sake than anything.
They walked over to the bodies and Ruzek began the spiel. "Two both with two to the chest. IDs came back, Carl Williams and Martin Powell. I haven't found any gang affiliations yet but I haven't looked too hard."
Jay rubbed his hand. "I think these guys run with the G-Park Lords."
Hailey sighed. "Great. So we have to talk to Little Dougie? Where's fucking Rixton when you need him because Kenny's the only cop Little Dougie will talk to or at least cooperate with."
"He'll talk to me," Allie said softly.
All four Intelligence cops looked at the outsider. "Really?" Ruzek asked, doubtful.
She shrugged. "He has, at least in the past."
Voight sighed and held up a hand. "You're technically not back on duty so I'm not dragging you into this mess yet."
Jay knelt down beside the body and picked out a package out of Williams' pocket. It was cocaine, with a sticker on the outside. Somebody's signature. Hailey shone her phone flashlight on the sticker so they could all see.
"I don't recognize it," Halstead finally said.
Voight shrugged. "Can't say I have either but send it over to Carmichael over at Narcotics and see if one of his guys knows or has a CI who knows."
Allie rubbed her chin with her hand. "No need. I know who's it is."
Voight shone his own flashlight in her face. "Huh. Care to share Detective?"
She sighed and debated how much to tell them. "We'll you're not going to be knocking his door down tonight, I'll tell you that much. It's cocaine laced with something, most likely. The main dealer's name is Patrick Davis. This is probably one of his mid dealer's though."
"If I can't go kick down Patrick's door tonight, who can?" Halstead asked.
Allie shrugged. "You can visit him in a cell in a precinct in San Diego," she offered.
Voight rolled his eyes. "Well, all this is enlightening," he said sarcastically. "Clearly, I'm going to need to make some phone calls. Ruzek, you stay here until the M.E. gets here and in the mean time, see if you can't wake up some guys in Gangs and see if these guys really were G-Park Lords. You two, get some sleep," he told Upton and Halstead. He turned to Allie. "And you, don't leave town. I'm gonna need you tomorrow."
AN: Story it is. Really didn't plan on introducing an OC into here but I got started, and I'm rolling with it. If you guys have any plot suggestions for this story, shoot em over in a PM or review. More actual Upstead moments will happen next chapter but I'm also just letting the plot bunnies take me where they may...