One week later…

Jay was on his way to work for the first time in a week. He was so excited to get back on the job. He pulled into the district parking lot, and parked his car next to Erin's, who had also just arrived. Jay got out of his car and was greeted by a smiling Erin Lindsay.

"Thank God! Ruzek has been a nightmare to work with!" Erin said, giving him a quick hug as they walked into the building.

"I bet he was," Halstead said, smiling.

They made there way up the stairs, and through the doors to the intelligence office.

"Hey look who's back!" Ruzek screamed as soon as he saw Jay. He was greeted by the rest of the intelligence members and took his seat as his desk. Erin missed looking up and seeing him right across from her everyday. She stopped by at Jay's every night for the last week to see him.

Voight walked out from his office. "Halstead my office." Jay walked toward Voight's office, and closed the door behind him.

"Welcome back, kid," He said, shaking Jay's hand. In case Lindsay hasn't kept you up to speed with our cases, we caught Alves the day after you got shot."

"Yeah I know. She's kept me up to date." Halstead told Voight.

"Alright then, I want you take it easy the next couple days. If we start a new case, I want you staying back and answering phones with Nadia." Voight told Halstead.

"Alright, Sergeant." Halstead said reluctantly, and returned back to his desk.

The day went by smoothly. They didn't have any major cases to worry about, so the team just worked on some paperwork they had, and Voight even let them leave early. It was a Friday after all. Erin and Jay walked to their cars together.

"So what are you planning on doing on your night off?" Jay asked Erin.

"I'm not sure. I don't really have anything planned."

"How about we go get some stuffed pizza downtown? And then we can go walk on Navy Pier? It's a beautiful day." Jay asked her nervously.

"Are you asking me out, Halstead? On a date?" Erin said smiling.

"No…." Erin gave him a look. "Ok yeah I guess I am. So you wanna go?" Halstead said, he felt butterflies in his stomach.

"Yeah," Erin said smiling, "I'd love to."

"Alright so I'll come by your apartment in about a half hour." Jay said.

They both walked to their cars, and neither of them could stop smiling.

Jay went to Erin's apartment just like he said. He picked her up and they made their way downtown. Because it was a beautiful day, the traffic to get into the city was crazy. After being stuck for nearly 30 minutes, they reached their favorite pizza place and had a nice dinner. Then they decided to walk to Navy Pier, since the traffic was so awful.

Navy Pier was crowded with families and couples. The Ferris wheel lit up as the sun started to set. Jay and Erin walked on the pier for a while, and then sat on a bench, looking in the direction of Lake Michigan. They watched the sunset and the boats sail across the blue water.

"This is the perfect way to spend the night. You and me. Watching the sunset on Navy Pier." Erin said, looking into Jay's eyes.

"Yeah I agree," Jay said.

For a moment, Erin Lindsay forgot about the world around her. She was falling for her best friend, more and more everyday. She was sitting with him watching the sunset over Lake Michigan. And a few seconds later, reality started to set in. She was falling for her partner. The guy she works with. All she kept thinking about what was going to happen when Voight found out. She feared what he would do to Jay.

Jay could see that Erin was thinking again. "What's on your mind, Lindsay?"

"How do you know something's on my mind?" Erin snapped.

"I just do." Halstead snapped back.

"I was thinking about Voight. And what he would say if he saw us right now. And what's gonna happen next for us. And what's gonna happen if—"

Jay's lips came crashing down on Erin's, cutting her off. They pulled away after a few seconds.

Jay looked down into her eyes. "I've been waiting a long time to do that."

Erin looked back at Jay with a small smile. "Oh," it sounded like she was asking a question.

"Erin, I don't care what Voight thinks. I don't care what he does to me. I want to be with you. I've been wanting to be with you since the day I met you. He can't change the way I feel about you."

Erin hesitated. "But what if—"

Jay kissed Erin again, more passionately than the first time. He knew what he wanted, and in that moment, all he wanted was to convince her that everything was going to be okay.

When they separated from the kiss, Erin looked deeply into his eyes. Jay knew that Erin wanted this too.

"I don't know about you, but I would rather have a life of 'oh-wells' than a life of 'what ifs'," Jay told her, holding her hand.

She smiled at him. "Yeah. Me too. Let's do this, Jay Halstead."

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