Kelly Severide stood frozen in the doorway. Erin jumped from her seat on the couch at the sight of him. She made her way to the door.

"Kelly!" Erin said surprised. "What are you doing here?"

"I wanted to stop by and see you before shift." He was staring at Jay, who was now in the living room, trying to keep himself busy by picking up the dishes and empty beer bottles from the night before. "But, uh, I guess you have company. My bad."

Erin walked out into the hall and closed the door behind her. "It's not what you think. Jay came by after work last night. We had pizza and watched a movie. He fell asleep on my couch," she explained, "Anyways, what's up Kelly? Why are you here?"

"I…I wanted talk. I'm going to start seeing a grief counselor. I'm hoping she'll help me out and maybe you could come with me to my first visit?" Kelly told her honestly.

Erin had suggested to Kelly shortly after Shay's death that he start seeing someone. Of course being Kelly, he refused and said that he could take care of himself. Erin could now see that he was trying to make an effort to get help after losing her.

"Kelly…" Erin trailed off. "I don't know if that's such a good idea. We've only been apart for a day. I'm trying to clear my head, and figure out what's best for me. Going to doctors appointments with you is just going to make it that much more confusing for us."

"I understand," Kelly said disappointedly. He started to make his way towards the stairs. "Well can I call you later?"

"Yeah, sure," Erin said. "I'm still here for you, Kelly." She gave him a small smile and made her way back into the apartment.

Jay was sitting on the couch when she came back, drinking his cup of coffee. "Hey," he said with a smirk.

Erin rolled her eyes. "Hi, Halstead."

"I made coffee," he said, pointing to the kitchen. "Thanks," Erin responded.

"I think I'm gonna head home. I don't wanna over stay my welcome." Halstead said placing his mug in the sink.

"Uh..you fell asleep on my couch, Halstead. I think we're past that point." Erin said sarcastically. She went and sat back on the couch, and turned on the tv to watch the morning news.

Jay laughed. "Yeah I guess you're right." He followed her back to the living room.

"So Halstead, what exciting plans do you have for today?" Erin said half sarcastically, half curiously.

"Well, I got a text from my older sister Kayla last night. Her and her cardiologist fiancé, Brad are gonna be in town tonight and want to meet up and have dinner. So even if I did have exciting plans they're out the window now." Jay explained.

Jay's parents lived in Chicago, and he kept in touch with them often. His sister lived with her fiancé in Minnesota, who indeed was a successful cardiologist. After Kayla started dating Brad, her relationship with her family became very strained. They only saw each other on the holidays and whenever they decided to make trips to Chicago.

"Sounds exciting," Erin gave him a small smile, as Jay gave her an angry look. "Yeah sounds like the most exciting thing to do on my day off." He snapped back.

"I can go with you if you want. I kind of still owe you after I dragged you to my high school reunion that I never went to." Erin offered.

"Well duh you owe me." Jay said sarcastically, "But if you don't wanna go you don't have to. I don't wanna complicate things for you in the firemen."

Erin looked into his eyes. "Me and Kelly are on a break right now. You aren't making things complicated. I just want to help you out. You're my partner and one of my best friends." She smiled at him, flashing her dimples.

"Alright, but don't say I didn't warn you. I'm gonna head out. I'll come back here at around 7 to pick you up." Jay said, smiling back at her.

"Okay. See you later."

Jay pulled up to Erin's apartment at 7 pm on the dot. He was wearing a black suit with a black shirt. He made his way up the stairs to Erin's apartment and knocked.

"It's open!" she yelled from inside.

Jay let himself in. "Erin?" he called out from the kitchen.

"I'm almost ready give me like 2 minutes." Erin called from her bedroom.

Shortly after she walked out of her bedroom wearing a black dress, her hair fell in loose curls just past her shoulders.

"Wow. You look beautiful." Jay said to Erin.

Erin blushed. "You clean up pretty well too, Halstead."

"Ready?" Jay asked.

"Yeah. Let's go."

Erin and Jay met up with his sister and her fiancé at a fancy restaurant in the heart of downtown Chicago. Jay felt comfortable with Erin there, she made things a lot less awkward for him. The only time they both felt uncomfortable was when Kayla hounded them with questions on why they weren't dating, but they pushed through it, laughing it off when they left the restaurant.

Jay pulled up to Erin's apartment. He walked with her to the building's door. "Thanks for coming with me tonight. It always sucks when I have to have dinner with them, but you made it so much more bearable. Sorry again about my sister."

Erin laughed. "It's alright. I didn't expect her to think otherwise."

"Okay well, I guess I'll see you on Monday." Jay said.

"Yeah," Erin said. She walked into the building and headed up stairs. Jay walked toward his car. He had a great time tonight. Spending the last two days with Erin Lindsay reassured one thing for him: He still had feelings for her.