Sorry its been awhile guys.

Jay felt the bed shift. He had forgotten where he was for a moment. But the only somewhat familiar smell of the sheets reminded him he was with Gabby.

To his surprise, when he flipped over to face Gabby, he found another face instead staring back eat him.

"What are you doing Ally?" Jay whispered since Gabby seemed to still be asleep.
"My light turn off again so I come sleep with mama and you."

"Ah, so is it scary without the light?"

Ally snuggled into his arm and nodded
"Yeah, but Mama says that you are a police man and you can protect us... So can uncle Tonio. I shouldn't be scared."

Jay smiled as Ally clung closer to his arm as she drifted back to sleep.

She didn't say anything, but Gabby heard this adorable encounter in her light sleep.

It was hard to sleep with fuse boxes blowing up around the street. Jay's hand almost went numb from how tight Ally was gripping it. He tucked her into his shoulder and facing into him.

In the morning the snow had lightened up and there were workers on the roads getting them cleared.

Ally sat at the kitchen counter with her cereal as Jay successfully dug his car out of the snow piles on the street.

"Thanks for letting me stay here..." he smiled as he brushed the snow off his jacket.

"No problem. Didn't seem like Antonio would have wanted you to leave."

"Never though I would hear that."

"That makes two of us, he respects you."

Jay gave her a confused look.

"Hey, anyone would have been skeptical in that situation. He trusts you."

Jay felt honored that Antonio respected him. Antonio was the kind of cop Jay wanted to be one day.

That weekend there were more problems than could be imagined. When the snow was supposed to clear up Gabby went back to work and put Ally at the daycare center.

Then the mother all unexpected storms hit.
"Ms. Dawson we need you to pick up your daughter, the weather is too severe for the daycare to continue."

Gabby was panicking as she watched the snow swirl around outside.

"I can't come, but let me see who I can get to pick her up."

"Jay..."

"Gabby? You ok in this storm?" He asked looking outside his apartment window.

"I am, but I need help."

"What's wrong?"

"My mom is snowed in, and Antonio is out of town. I'm working. The daycare center needs me to pick up Ally as soon... Can you get there?"

"Of course, text me the address."

Gabby called the daycare back and sent a picture of Jay to the manager's phone so they gave her to the right guy.

Jay had never seen a daycare like this. It was quaint, but clean and new. Jay saw the line of parents picking kids up. By the time he reached the front Ally was one of the last 6 or 7. She sat alone in a corner coloring.

"Jay Halstead, i'm here to pick up Ally Dawson."

"Ah yes, ok, ID?"

He handed her his ID.

"Ally, sweetheart?" The worker called.

Ally looked up and then Jay could tell she was lonely.

Ally saw Jay and bolted for the gate.

Once Jay picked up all her stuff he felt her tight grip on his leg.

"Hey, we need to get your coat on."

He slipped her bright orange coat sleeve by sleeve.

Picking her up, she instantly snuggled into him like last time.

"Let's get outta here. What do you say?"

She nodded as they opened the door to face the chilly air.

"So what now Hot momma?" Jay asked as he looked at Ally sitting in his backseat.
"I will slap you if my daughter starts calling me that..."

"You can bring her over to the firehouse and say hi..."

"Ok, no problem."

As Jay ended the call he processed what he had just agreed to.

They didn't even like him...

As usual it was pretty short but another chapter is in the works.

Thanks for reading! -LimeRanger