Erin was released from the hospital two days later. After the MRI results came out clear and the doctors confirmed she would recover fully she was allowed to go home.
Jay hadn't been to see her since the night she got hurt. Sure he had thought about it. He'd thought about it relentlessly actually, but always ended up talking himself out of going. He didn't know what he would say so he chose not to go.
Voight brought Erin home to her apartment Thursday afternoon.
"Home sweet home." Erin said entering her living room with Hank in tow. He sat her things down and when she was all settled on the couch with the remote and glass of water in reach Voight spoke "I gotta get back to the station but call me if you need anything."
"Alright, tell the guys I miss them and will be back in two weeks."
"You'll be back when you're ready. When the staples are gone and the Doc gives you the go ahead you'll be back. Until then you don't steep foot into that station you hear me?"
Erin rolled her eyes dramatically and pursed her lips. "Yeah. I got it."
"How is she?" Jay asked the second Voight entered intelligence.
"Recovering good. Maybe you'd know that if you went and saw your partner Halstead." Jay hung his head ashamed.
On his way out of the precinct for the night Jay passed Burgess. "Hey Jay can I talk to you?" A confused look over came Jays face. He didn't mean for it to happen he was just surprised. "Uh yeah sure."
"I'm off in five minutes I'll meet you out front?"
"Ok." Jay walked out side and down the front stairs confused. What in the world could Kim Burgess have to talk to him about?
"So what's this about?" he asked when Kim met him at the end of the steeps. They walked towards the parking lot.
"Are you and Lindsay speaking again?"
He stopped walking. "How do you know we weren't talking?"
"I'm trying to help you Jay. Just answer the question."
"No, I guess we're not."
She could hear the sadness in his voice. "You two make no sense to me." She replied shaking her head.
"What's that supposed to mean?" He said reaching his car and stopping.
"It means that you care about her as more than a partner Jay, and she feels the exact same way. She just needs to hear it from you. She's terrified and just wants you to reassure her that everything will be okay."
How does Burgess know all this and how come I don't? He wondered with his mouth hanging open but no words ready to exit.
"She…Erin told you that?"
"It doesn't matter what she said. I knew what she meant." He just stared at her contemplating what to do with all the information he had just been given.
"Now's kinda the part where you're supposed to go see her" Burgess finally yelled laughing at him.
Kim smiled proud of herself while she watched Jay drive off.
He got to her apartment five minutes later and knocked on her door. No answer so he tried her cell. She didn't pick up. He knew Erin well enough to come to the conclusion that she had snuck out for some fresh air while Voight was still working. We waited at her door knowing she had to return at some point.
Twenty minutes went by and he tried her cell again, but still no answer. He slid his back down the door taking a seat. He looked at the time on his phone. If she's not home in ten minutes I'll call Voight because something might be wrong he thought to himself.
Less than five minutes later he heard footsteps coming up the stairs. Sure enough it was Erin.
"Jay? What are you doing here?" With perplex look on her face she asked.