AUTHOR'S NOTE:

I know, I know—it has been too long and I'll make it up to you guys this weekend. I've been working a lot and haven't had the time to update but the looks these two give each other? Hard to ignore, huh?
ENJOY!

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It had been brought to Voight's attention that there was something going on between Erin and Jay and he wasn't quite sure how he felt about it. Erin was like his little girl even though he knew that she was so much more than that, and knowing that there was something off about the two's chemistry recently, was making him a bit fidgety. Even he had caught the looks between the two of them while they were on the job in the field or discussing a case and he wanted to know the details.

Erin had been eying Jay for weeks and sometimes in the middle of an interrogation—a time when she was normally so on point—she'd glance at him and a softness would cross her eyes. Antonio had been brought around to the idea of it when he saw the two hanging out together around the coffee machine longer than normal, and now Voight. He'd been assigning jobs the other day when he caught Jay and Erin smiling at each other and he knew that look.

Hell, Voight had seen that look before.

Jay could feel Erin's eyes on him and it made him smile to himself, glad that he was having this affect on her—in fact he was using it to his advantage lately. He'd kiss her off guard at the worst possible moments and she'd just tell him it never happened and go back to work, but she was getting more and more flustered by it and he loved it. In fact, Jay was starting to begin to think that he was getting through to her because more and more lately she'd just glance at him and when he would make eye contact with her, she would keep the eye contact and give a little smile be it with her face or her eyes, and he knew she got it.

This wasn't just some infatuation with her that he would get over and move on from. No, Jay was in love. He wasn't even sure when it had happened for him, he just knew that one minute they were partners and then the next it was so much more than that and he wanted more than her friendship. The best part? Erin was even starting to kiss him back for a moment or two before she'd pull away and deny anything was happening between the two of them.

"Halstead," Voight said again, Jay pulled out of his thoughts.

"Yes sir?" Jay responded automatically.

Voight made a face. "You and Lindsay in the Interrogation Room…now."

"Right," Jay responded with a nod, waiting a moment before looking at Erin.

She felt his eyes on her and turned her head to look at him, their eyes meeting and just like that she felt her heart speed up in her chest and she swallowed. He'd always been someone that she knew that she could trust, but he was making her feel feelings that she didn't think that she could handle. Her past was hard and it was something she walked around with every day but she'd told him. Erin had finally broken down and she'd told him and it was more than she had ever told anyone. If he could still like her after that and want to kiss her and be around her…shouldn't she give him more than what she was giving him right now?

Voight was sure nothing had happened yet, but that look they were sharing was a dead giveaway…

Taking a deep breath, Voight got up and called Jay into his office, catching Erin watching Jay get up from his desk, Jay smirking a little and then turning all business really quick. Erin stopped looking at him and Jay made his way into Voight's office, Voight telling him right off the bat to close the door. Jay complied, nodding and then taking a seat when Voight looked at the chair on the other side of his desk, Jay not needing a verbal command to know exactly what to do.

"You and Lindsay seem to be getting along well," Voight commented, watching every reaction Jay made.

Jay nodded slowly, his heart racing. "Yeah—we're a great team. We really play to each other's strengths."

"Good because we are all a team here," Voight explained, glancing at the door and then to Jay. "Just remember that when feelings get too involved, people can get hurt."

"What exactly are you saying?" Jay asked him after a pause.

He was fairly certain that Voight didn't know anything, but then again he and Erin were pretty close and maybe she had told him? No, Jay was positive that Erin hadn't told anybody because she liked to pretend that it hadn't even happened in the first place. Still, Voight was fishing for something and if he was going to make assumptions and accusations, then Jay wanted him to be very, very honest about what it was that he was trying to know. Even if Voight flat out told him not to pursue her though…Jay knew he'd still go for Erin.

"I'm saying stay sharp," Voight told him, pretty sure he was getting through to him. "Dismissed."

Nodding, Jay got up and left the office, seeing that Erin wasn't there and deciding to go and get some coffee. As he was walking down the hallway though, Erin came over and grabbed his hand, pulling him off to the side and looking up at him. Seeing her like that made Jay want to lean in, but Erin must have known because she covered his mouth with her hand and then started talking. She wanted to be heard and she couldn't do that if Jay pressed his mouth to hers because she'd melt into him.

"What did he say?" Erin asked him. "What did you say? You didn't open your mouth and say something stupid did you?"

Jay chuckled and shook his head, kissing Erin the moment her hand left his mouth. She was going to push him off and protest, but the moment his lips connected with her own she sighed involuntarily in relief, having for some reason, missed this the last few days. In fact, she was going to wrap her arms around him as his tongue teased the corners of her mouth, until she realized where they were and remembered to be firm. So she pulled back and shook her head, moving to get out of his arms and taking a shaky breath—she loved this. He was real, there, good to her, and she just felt like regardless of getting her life together and making something of herself, he deserved more than her and she didn't want to ruin what she had with him.

"Jay, I can't," she said suddenly, moving toward the door. "This never happened…"

For the first time since this had started, Jay felt the playfulness die, but his heart beat faster with anticipation when she glanced at him before returning to her desk, and that soft gaze was accompanied by a sad smile…he was getting through to her and they would talk this out. Jay would make that happen.

Note: I dunno how angst made its way in here, but next chapter will be a little more upbeat, with still a hint of it. Erin is pretty closed off, but at the same time she has a gentleness to her and I really want to play with that as I get used to writing her. More soon, okay? Hopefully I get a chapter or two up this weekend. Feedback is always appreciated!