Chapter 8

Erin knelt beside him, his blood on her hands as she put pressure on his shoulder. Tears ran down her face as she watched him close his eyes to try and dull the pain. She had already called in backup, and she was getting impatient every minute that passed where he wasn't getting helped. She shifts her hands a little so that she pressed her jacket down a little harder, it made him groan.

"It's okay, backup's coming" She soothes, almost like she was trying to convince herself more than him. She watched as his eyes started to close. No! She screamed in her head.

"Antonio?! Stay with me, you can't die! Not today, think about your family, the squad!" She yells at him. He didn't make a sound. She breaks down sobbing, laying her head down on his chest and let the tears fall.

Soon backup arrived, they took Antonio to the hospital just as Voight and the rest of the team got there. Jay rushed over to a shook up Erin sitting in the back of an ambulance with the back doors open. A paramedic was checking her for any injuries.

"Erin, you alright?" Jay asks concerned.

"I- I'm fine, it's Antonio I'm worried about" She sighs. Jay notices how red her eyes were and the blood on the side of her cheeks and on her hands.

"Were you hurt?"

"No this is Antonio's blood" She explains.

"Alright detective, you're all cleared" The paramedic announces. Erin hops down from the ambulance and walks over to Voight with Jay close behind.

"You alright kid?" He asks while placing his arm around her shoulders and walking her to his car.

"Yeah I'm fine, we need to tell Antonio's family, they need to know" She says worriedly.

"We got that covered, you go home and get some rest. I'll stop by later to check in on you and update you on Antonio. Halstead! Drive her home please" Jay nods and the two get in Jay's car.

"I finally get to drive for once" He jokes to try and lighten the moos. She didn't answer like she would have, instead she continues to stare out the window.

"Erin, what happened in there?"

"We walked in and found Mrs. Polar dead, her nephew was in there and he shot at us, the second bullet hit Antonio" She explains. Jay nods and gently places his hand over hers and gives it a small squeeze.

"It'll be alright" he smiles.

"How's that whole uh, Lonnie thing? Voight was workin' on that case or something this morning"

"He told me not to talk to the family and to let him handle it, I guess I'm giving the whole 'trusting Voight' thing a try."

"He'll make sure nothing happens to Ben's father, you can trust that he will at least do that" Erin comforts.

Finally the pair arrive at her apartment. When she walked in she didn't feel comforted as she thought she would. She walks over to the fridge and takes out a couple bottles of beer. She offers one to Jay, he accepts but doesn't open it at first.

"Hey can I ask you something?" She nods while swallowing the alcohol.

"Atwater is throwing a party this Friday at Molly's, to celebrate Matt and Gabby having their first baby, you wanna come?" (so I'm not a Chicago fire lover but I am familiar with the couples and names of the people on the show so I'm just gonna bring over a few characters)

"Didn't you and Gabby have a thing once?" Erin recalls. Jay grumbles a barely audible "yes" and finally opens the beer, taking a long swig from it.

"Well if being around her gets too much, don't forget you have me" Erin smiles. Jay sets his beer down on the coffee table then pulls Erin in for a kiss.

"Jay… you realize we can't do this whole relationship thing in public right? We can't even date… whatever this is can't advance more than just this" Jay felt a ping of hurt in his stomach, he fully understood and was alright with those terms but he still would dream of showing her off to his friends and kissing her in front of everyone.

"I know, maybe someday" She smiles and kisses him.

"Oh definitely" She replies with a smirk, those words coming out of her mouth were all too familiar. As they had said them only a few weeks ago.

"so what will it be for tonight? Movie, dinner-"

"Lets dance" Jay interrupts, grasping her hand gently and urging her to stand.

"How about we have a hot make out session in the back stairwell?" Erin suggests.

"What's wrong with dancing?"

"Because! This isn't a date, its hanging out and then some. That's all these hangouts will ever be, you hear me?" Jay sighs but agrees. She kisses him teasingly then straddles him on the couch, his hands found their place on her hips.

"Erin, its Voight. Open up" Voight says knocking on the door. Erin didn't pull away from Jay at first, they continued to kiss and soon she found her shirt being pulled off and his as well. She totally forgot about Voight, she had tuned him out.

"ERIN" Voight's raspy voice yells impatiently. She then is snapped out of it and quickly gets off of Jay, pulling on her shirt then making her way to the door.

"get in the bathroom, now!" she hisses at Jay. He nods and rushes off.

"Erin, I got some news on Antonio." Erin steps outside the apartment and stands with her arms crossing her chest.

"Is he okay?"

"He's fine, it just got his shoulder, they were able to remove the bullet fragments and fix him up." Erin sighs with relief and smiles.

"That's great, I'll go visit him in the morning before work" Hank nods and pats her shoulder before walking away. She went back into her apartment and into the bathroom, Jay had been sitting impatiently on the floor near the sink.

"He gone yet?" Erin nods and holds her hand out to help him up, he takes it and hoists himself up.

"Today was tough, thanks for uh- thanks for being here…" Jay smiles and kisses her cheek.

"I always will be" He replies with a smile.

Adam stood by his car door for a moment, taking in the sounds and slight breeze surrounding Chicago's night sky.

"Hey, you up for a beer at molly's?" Kim Burgess asks him. He smiles at her presence and nods. He had been attracted to Burgess for a while now, despite being engaged to Wendy. He loved Wendy but something about Burgess seemed more interesting to him. He got in his car and followed Kim's car to the bar.

"I can't believe Antonio was shot… I'm just glad he's alright" Kim worries as the two sit at the bar drinking.

"Yeah me too. Thanks for the beer, I should be going though. Getting' late" Truth was, Ruzek didn't want to get any more attracted to her in fear that it would screw up his mind about Wendy.

"Alright, thanks for coming. I'll walk out with you, I'm gonna get headed too" She announces and grabs her coat.

The two take a slow walk to both their cars, they stop at hers and just stand there smiling. Suddenly, something came over her. She saw Ruzek in a totally different perspective, he was handsome and kind. That's what made her press her lips against his, he allowed it which surprised her. He made just as much effort to lengthen and deepen the kiss as she did. She pulls away with realization, he has a fiancé.

"I'm so sorry, I'm sorry" She gasps.

"It's okay, really" Adam insists, wanting her to come back and kiss him once more. She doesn't come back though, she hops in her car and speeds off.

"Hey man, glad you're doin' okay" Alvin greets Antonio. Antonio was watching TV while sipping on some orange juice, his arm in a sling.

"Thanks, how's Lindsay?" This struck Alvin that he was more concerned about her. What really happened in there?

"What happened in there? We only got Erin's side of the story, I'd like to hear yours too"

"We entered the house to find Mrs. Polar dead so we checked the rest of the house, she found the basement and there was her Nephew. I heard her yell 'Chicago PD!' then I heard a gunshot so I ran down there. He had her face-first into the wall, unzipping his pants and she just screamed… I froze and that's when he turned around, he had a gun and shot me. I fell over and then I heard Erin screaming then a thump. Next thing I know, she was rushing over to me and putting pressure on my shoulder. Talking to me, she saved my life. I never did get to ask her how she was doing." Alvin simply nods and gives his fellow detective a smile.

"I'm pretty sure she's alright now, Jay drove her home. He seems to always cheer her up" Antonio laughs and takes another sip from his orange juice.

Antonio started thinking to himself, what exactly were Halstead and Lindsay up to? There were more than one suspicious occasions and the way they looked at him made him wonder. With Voight against it though, he thought 'Will Halstead let her go?'

THE END!

A/N- so I decided on this being the last chapter, it's because I don't want it to repeat so much where it gets boring :/ I hope y'all enjoyed! A new CPD fanfic shall be out! I need some help deciding though, would people rather see a CPD castaway on an island or CPD in the zombie apocalypse? Comment please! I love reviews :)