Chapter 2

Erin walks into her apartment, all bandaged up. She had spent 2 days in the hospital and was just released; hank brought her home.

"If you need anything you call me" Hank tells her. She nods and sets her stuff down on the couch, taking a seat next to it. She pulls her knees up to her chest and starts to sob, Hank walks over and gently pats her back.

"You're tough, we'll make sure that son of a bitch gets whats comin' to him." Erin nods and wipes her eyes.

"Thanks." Voight nods and goes to leave the apartment when Erin calls his name.

"Yeah?"

"Let him know I will never give up on getting justice for Nadia, if even if she was lost cause." Hank nods and leaves the building.

Erin goes to the kitchen and grabs an apple off the counter, taking a large bite into it she stares aimlessly at the floor. Remembering what had happened only 3 days prior. A knock at her door caused her to drop the apple on the floor and reach for her gun. She quickly makes her way to the door and slowly turns the knob, gun raised.

She pulls the door open and raises her gun quickly, only to slowly lower it at the sight of a familiar face.

"Whoa easy, easy it's me" Jay says softly, raising his hands in defense. Erin tucks her gun back in her belt and steps back so Jay could come in.

"How you feeling?"

"Peachy" she replies bluntly.

"I came in to check in on you, talk to me" Erin repeated her earlier actions and holds her knees up to her chest on the couch.

"I uhm… I just don't feel safe here. He knows where I live and he didn't finish what he started" Jay joins her on the couch and just looks at her for a moment, god were her eyes beautiful, even when they were glassy with fear.

"You can stay at my place tonight, if it'd make you feel safer" Jay offers. Erin thinks about it for a moment then nods.

"Sure" She agrees.

"Make yourself at home, you can take the bedroom tonight" Jay says once they arrive at his apartment. Erin sets her stuff down near the coffee table and takes a seat on his couch. Jay comes in the room with a water bottle and tosses it to her, she guzzles half the bottle in a matter of 10 seconds.

"Thirsty much?" Jay jokes. Jay sits next to her and turns on the TV, he turns it to a movie channel where the movie "Crazy Stupid Love" was on. He props his feet on the coffee table and leans back and rests his arm on the top of the couch.

About 10 minutes into the movie, Erin scoots close to Jay and snuggles up next to him, his arm wraps around her shoulder. Jay felt her body get heavy against him, she had drifted off. He didn't want to disturb her so he leans his head back and closes his eyes, sleep overwhelming him.

It was 3 in the morning when Erin started to thrash in her sleep wildly, she eventually screamed. Jay startled awake and pulls her into a tight embrace, he whispers in her ear "it's okay, you're alright. He isn't here" And with those words soothed into her ear, she calms down and gets comfortable in their previous position.

"Anyone gotten ahold of Lindsay? She hasn't answered her phone" Voight question detectives that just arrived at district 21.

"No, but I did get a hit on her attacker, there was mud residue from his boots found on her thighs and… you know" Antonio explains.

"And?" Voight urges him to go on.

"That mud has a strange chemical makeup to it, it's got chemicals similar to those found in a sewer. So he probably lives near the Chicago sewer pits, there's a trailer park not far from it" Antonio explains. (idk if Chicago sewer pits is actually a place but there is in my story)

"Good work Dawson, let's go check it out" Voight commands. Antonio nods and goes out to the cars with Voight.

"Scrambled, over-easy or sunny side up?" Jay says from the kitchen. Erin stops watching the paid- programming channel and looks towards the kitchen.

"Over easy" She replies.

"You don't have to cook for me you know, you've already let me stay in your apartment."

"It's what partners are for" He says, smiling. She gets off the couch and stands next to him at the stove, watching him. She smirks deviously when she sees the spray hose in the sink. Erin stealthily makes her way to the sink, turns on the faucet, removes the hose and squirts Jay with it. He jumps back from the stove and raises his hands while looking down at his soaked shirt.

"What the-"He starts to say but stops. The smile on her face as she laughed was a sight he wanted to see, it was a trait about her that made him so attracted to her.

"Oh it's on" he challenges. Jay chases her into a corner of the living room and grabs her from around the waist. He lifts her over to the couch and tosses her onto it. He starts tickling her side, she was sent into a laughing fit as he continued to tickle her.

"J-jay stop!" She shouts, not really wanting him to stop. Jay gently grabs her wrists and puts them above her head, looking into her eyes.

Suddenly Jay's door busts open, an angry Voight storms into the living room and grabs ahold of the back of Jay's shirt and pulls him off her.

"Don't fucking touch her" Voight yells at Jay. The younger man simply stares at Erin in shock. Voight pulls her up and holds her shoulders.

"You okay kid? I heard you scream" Erin shoves him back and angrily glares at him.

"He wasn't hurting me! What the hell was that? Busting into someone's home on a hunch? I'm fine Hank, you don't need to babysit me" She snaps at him. Voight looks at Jay then at Erin, then leaves. Jay stands up and walks back into the kitchen, the eggs had been burnt and his door was busted. 'Just great' he thinks.

"I'm sorry about that, thanks for everything though. Need some help cleaning up?" Erin offers. Jay simply shakes his head followed by a reassuring smile.

"You can go finish watching the paid-programming channel if you want" He says sarcastically.

"I'm actually gonna go to the gym, wanna come?" Erin asks.

"Yeah sounds good"

"Okay, then I'll help you, so we can get out of here faster" Jay rolls his eyes but doesn't argue. He never wins an argument with Erin Lindsay.