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One week later…

"Welcome home," Jay said, opening the door for Erin. She walked into her apartment and took a deep breath. It felt good to be home, but she was also nervous. It was her first time being on her own since the accident, and she didn't know how she would react. While she was in the hospital, there was always someone there for her; but this was something new for her again.

"So, if you need anything at all, you call me. Or Voight. Or Antonio. Okay? You're still in recovery." Jay said.

Erin was in physical therapy for her shoulder, and her arm was still in a cast. Once her shoulder starts making more progress the doctors said she could return to desk duty. As for her returning to her normal workload, they said they didn't expect that to happen for at least a month, which frustrated Erin.

"I know. Thanks." Erin said, looking around her apartment. "When do you have to be at the district?"

"Oh…uh I told Voight I'd be in by 9. It's 8:30 right now," Jay said, disappointed. He didn't want to leave Erin alone.

"You should probably start heading out then," Erin said, looking into Jay's eyes. She knew he didn't want to go; and she'd be lying to herself if she said she didn't want him to go either. "I'm gonna be fine Jay. Go," she smiled at him reassuringly, and kissed his cheek.

Work wasn't the same without Erin. Jay hated showing up to work everyday and staring at her empty desk, and Voight was even angrier without her around. It was a slow day for the intelligence unit, most of the day consisted of dealing with paperwork.

At around noon, Jay's phone buzzed. A text message from Erin. "How's work?"

"Slow. Not the same without you." Jay said.

"Yeah I'm sure. I'll see you tonight." Erin said.

Voight and the intelligence unit left work at around 7. Jay decided to take Erin to dinner that night, so she can have a change of scenery. After all, she was in the hospital for a week. Jay picked up Erin from her apartment and they went to a small Italian restaurant not far from there.

They were seated and given their drinks quickly. "So how was your day?" Jay asked Erin.

"Okay I guess. I can't really do much with this thing," Erin said, gesturing to her arm in the sling.

"Yeah I know, I've been there before," Jay said, thinking about the time he got shot last month.

Erin smiled at him and looked out the window next her, thinking about her life, and everything going on, when Jay interrupted her.

"I have a question for you," he said, as the server brought out their food. "When you were unconscious, could you hear anything?"

"I might have. I'm not sure if they were dreams, or if it was the world around me," Erin admitted, looking down at her pasta. "There was one time, when I heard you and Voight talking about me. You told him how he was my family."

"Yeah that happened. That was the first night after your accident," Jay explained, smiling at her.

"Good to see you two bonded over me almost dying," Erin said, grinning.

"Oh yeah, we're best friends now," Jay said, sarcastically.

They both laughed and then ate their pasta in silence for a few minutes. Erin broke the silence abruptly.

"Maybe we should tell him," she said, quietly.

"Who? Voight? Are you sure?" Jay said, starting to feel his heart race.

"Yeah I'm sure. After everything we've been through, he should know." Erin explained.

Jay took a deep breath; Erin could tell he was nervous. "Yeah you're right. When do you want to tell him?"

"Tonight. After dinner." Erin said.

They pulled up to Hank Voight's house after dinner. It was late, but Erin knew he was awake, and she wanted to tell him before she talked herself out of it. They walked up to the door in silence and rang the doorbell. Voight peeked through the curtains, and opened the door.

"Erin. Halstead. What's got you two here this late?" Voight said, sternly.

"We wanted to talk to you Hank," Erin said, walking in to the house. Jay trailed her close behind. They took a seat on one of Hank's couches in the living room.

"What's this about? Halstead why do you look like you're about to confess a murder?" Voight said, half seriously.

"I…" Jay started saying and then he trailed off, looking at Erin.

"Me and Jay…" Erin started saying, before trailing off.

Voight started laughing. "You and Halstead, what? Killed someone and are looking for a place to hide the body?"

Erin rolled her eyes. Voight spoke again. "You think I don't know why you two came here? It's about time you told me."

Erin and Jay looked at each other. Erin turned bright red, and Jay put his hand on her leg reassuringly.

"We know how you feel about in house romances Serge-" Jay started saying before he was cut off.

"Let me make myself clear. I don't like in house relationships. I never will. But after everything this unit's been through in the last two weeks, I'm not about to make life that much more difficult. If you two can keep it professional in the workplace, I won't say anything."

A look of relief grew on both of their faces. "We will, Hank," Erin said. They both stood up, and started walking to the door.

When they got to the car, Jay started driving to Erin's apartment in silence. They stopped at a red light, and they looked at each other, and started laughing.

"He knew," Jay said, still laughing, "God, were we that obvious?"

Erin looked at him and smiled widely. "I guess so…or maybe he heard you confessing your love for me at my bedside," she said, winking at him.

"Oh geez, you heard that too?" Jay said, blushing, and feeling slightly embarrassed.

Erin laughed. "Don't be embarrassed. You were the one reason why I wanted to open my eyes."

Jay pulled up in front of Erin's apartment, and got out of his car. He opened the door for her, and kissed her gently.

"I should probably head home," Jay said, sadly.

"No," Erin said, abruptly. "Stay." She leaned in and kissed him again, this time more passionately, and then she took his hand, and guided him up to her apartment.

Hope you enjoyed this chapter. Hopefully I'll have another chapter up before Halloween. Please leave reviews, I love to here your feedback. Also, feel free to leave me comments on where you would like to see this story go next.