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As Erin woke the next morning, she went to rub the sleep out of her eyes, only to ultimately fail as she rose her hand, feeling something heavy on her right hand. She blinked the sleep out of her eyes and brought her hand up to her face, inspecting the hard black material.

'Love you Kid.'- Voight

'Imagine if you could make this thing change colors…' –Mouse

'Girl, this will totally not match your bridesmaid dress. Hint, hint. Wink, wink.'-Kim

'Black is badass, just saying partner;)'-J

With signatures from Platt, Atwater, Dawson and Olinsky along with a few of the people from fifty-one, all written in silver and gold permanent marker.

She slowly lifted her ailing body from the hospital bed, sharp pain coming from her head and abdomen.

"Hey, hey, hey, take it easy." She heard a small voice say coming from her left.

"Wha.. Kim? What are you doing here?" Erin spoke as she gave her friend a hug.

"I have the day off, and I haven't seen you in almost a year, we have a lot to catch up on." Kim said smiling.

"We do don't we.' Erin said returning the smile 'Why don't we start, where we left, the last I heard in person was that you and Ruzek got engaged, how did that go?"

"Well, it was defiantly not your typical romantic doves and rose petals engagement, he didn't even get down on one knee. It all kind of happened fast, like our relationship, we were in the locker room and he had been acting weird all day, next thing I know he says 'You and I are freaking awesome and I want to spend the rest of my life with you' and I said yes." Kim smiled as she retold the memory.

"Well a belated Congratulations from me." Erin said returning the smile.

"Thank you, and I would love to have you as one of my bridesmaids if you feel up to it?"

"I would love to. And if you need help with anything, just ask cripple here, I think I can find some time." Erin joked. "So where's Halstead, has he found himself a new partner that lets him drive already?"

"No, he had to make a run to the district for a few, so he sent me to keep you company."

"Oh.." Erin said with a hint of disappointment in her voice. "Say, what does it take to get some food around here?"

"Well, Dr. McHottyPants has said that you can try soup or jello?"

"Dr. McHottyPants? Kim, you have been watching way too much Grey's and besides aren't you off the market?" Erin laughed.

"What? Dr. Halstead is not bad looking! And I have been binge watching, ok? It's my guilty pleasure."

Kim and Erin continued making small talk, catching up on life and Burgess ordered some lunch.

"Well, I can fortunately say that this is some of the worst food I have ever eaten." Kim said as she pushed her tray to the side "Be glad you cannot have this crap."

"Well, being on the strict diet of liquids, soup or jello is no fun either." She said reaching over to her side and grabbing her IV line, adjusting the morphine intake.

"Feeling the pain, huh?"

"Yeah, my head is killing me."

"Well, from what I have been told, you might as well get used to it. I have a cousin who has plates in her head and she is able to predict the weather."

"Really? Predict the weather? Sounds supernatural"

"Apparently it has something to do with the pressure in the atmosphere? But hey, on the bright side you don't have to go through the metal detector at the precinct anymore." Kim laughed.

"Yeah." Erin groggily mumbled before sub coming to the effects of her medicine.

As she woke later that evening, she found the room empty, a note on the table in front of her.

Brought you some things to keep you entertained, and if you get bored just a reminder you could be doing paperwork, which I will glad share. – Hank

Lying next to the folded piece of paper was some magazines, her phone, laptop and kindle.

Over the next few days, Erin quickly became jaded, she had read the magazines three times over; started several television series off her kindle on Netflix and Hulu but one can only watch so much; her laptop was pointless, as she was not able to work on any case.

The Intelligence Unit came by when possible, she could only figure that they were swamped with some big case. She mainly spent her days alone, strolling the halls of the hospital in a wheelchair and getting to know the nurses.

It had been eleven days since the accident, and seven since she had woken-up from her medical induced coma.

"Good Morning Ms. Lindsay."

"Good Morning Jessica, you gone for the day?" Erin asked the older nurse.

"Yep, my shift is over so I am out of here, thought I would swing by before I left."

"Hope you get some shut eye, see you tonight, lord knows I will still be here…" Erin said, rolling her eyes.

"Actually, you are getting discharged today, they decided last night, they need the bed and you have a good support system at home. Someone will be by to pick you up this afternoon."

"Really!" Erin asked, a glow now filling her eyes.

"Yes, you Ms. Erin are going home."

"Finally! Thank you so much Jess. I really do not know what I would have done without you, probably go insane but…"

"Hey, don't sweat it! Listen,' the woman said as she pulled a piece of paper from her purse 'here is my phone number, if you ever need anything or just to talk, feel free to call me." She said as she wrote on the paper before handing it to Erin.

"Thank You." Erin said before giving the nurse a hug.

As morning grew into the afternoon, Erin had gathered all her belongings, showered, and was dressed and ready to go sitting on the corner of the hospital bed, impatiently waiting.

12:32 p.m.

She sat with her back towards the door, watching the crap they call daytime television.

"You're late." She said as she heard footsteps approaching behind her.

"Sorry, I got wrapped up in a case, and traffic is a me-"

"Save it Halstead. Let's go." Erin said as she moved off the bed and sat down into the wheelchair by the door, leaving Jay to grab her bags.

"Ok." Jay sighed as he ran a hand through his hair before turning around to grab the two bags and pillow. "This everything?"

"Pretty sure. Now hurry up, I think I just seen a snail and a turtle racing outside the door."

"Wow, they must have you on the good meds Linds." Jay joked as they made their way onto the elevator.

They made their way down to the lobby and out to his waiting car, "I can walk from here." Erin said as she placed her feet on the ground and slowly began to stand up in the middle of the lobby.

"What? Erin, you can't be serious."

"Dead." Erin retorted as she slowly made her way to the car, her world spinning all the way.

"I swear you are the most stubborn…" Jay mumbled under his breath as he took notice of her wobbling and ever so slightly wrapped his arm carefully around her midsection, attempting to avoid the site of surgery. And he was glad he did, because her legs soon gave out from the walk.

"Thanks." She grumbled.

He was ever the gentleman, opening the car door, helping her in, and loading her bags. He closed the trunk and climbed into the driver seat, cranking the engine and throwing the car into drive.

"Don't you dare get used to driving." She said, glaring towards him.

"Don't worry, I am still your househusband. But you will not be getting into the driver's seat for several more weeks, get used to it." Jay wryly laughed.

Erin could only let out a small laugh, as the bumps in the road began to cause nausea and pain. She found sleep pulling at her and she gave in, resting her head on the cold glass of the car door. Twenty minutes after they had left the hospital, they arrived in front of the ever so familiar two story house. Erin opening her eyes, as the car came to a stop.

Silence filled the air, as she looked out the window.

"Can you please just take me to the Hilton on South Michigan?" Erin pleaded, her raspy voice cracking through the thick silence of the car.

"Nope. Sorry. But that is not part of the deal."

"I'm serious Jay. I am not staying here." She argued, crossing her arms over her chest.

"I'm serious too Er. You will be staying here, you have no other choice." Jay argued as he stepped out of the car.

"But…"

"No but's. There was a mutual agreement that you would be staying here until you got back on your feet and back to your own place."

"Fine,' Erin reluctantly mumbled 'but I will not be going back to that apartment. I need to start over, start fresh." She admitted as Jay helped her from the car.

"Nadia? You home?" Erin asked as she walked through the front door of her apartment, placing her coat onto the rack. She placed her keys on the side table, reading the note tapped to the mirror. Silence practically filled the apartment, the only sound was of her combat boots hitting the floor as she slipped them off at the door.

"Coast is clear. Note says she is studying, won't be back tonight." She said as she heard footsteps enter behind her, and the door shutting. She made her way into the kitchen, not looking back, and over to the refrigerator, grabbing two bottles of cold brew from the top shelf.

"You know, we could always just come clean…" the deep voice spoke softly as he leaned against the countertop, accepting the bottle of beer that he was being handed.

"Yeah… Or we could just keep our personal lives personal and Hank can mind his own damn business." Erin argued as she jumped up on to the countertop.

"Er, like I have said before I don't want to sneak around behind his back. I mean he would have more respect for the both of us if we came clean."

"And Jay, as I have told you before if we come clean, there is a good chance that we would both get transferred!"

"He pardoned Burgess and Ruzek! Why not us?"

"Burgess was shot." Erin reminded him as she hopped off the counter, walking over to the fridge, grabbing her another bottle of the cold amber liquid.

She brought the brim of the bottle to her lips, taking a sip before she felt his warm breath on her neck.

"Yeah? And just what part of your body would you sacrifice?" he asked as he teased the skin of her neck, his lips barely grazing, the warmth of his breath sending a spark down Erin's spine.

"Really? Not this again." she laughed, rolling her eyes.

"Answer it or I will have you in pure and incomplete torture… All… night… long…" he purred into her ear.

"Hmmm… Shoulder?"

"Not quite."

"Fleshy part of the thigh?" she bargained as she turned around.

"Now that is more like it." He smiled, placing a long and slow passionate kiss on her soft lips before he lifted her up onto the countertop she had occupied just minutes before, maneuvering them both from the kitchen to the living room, their lips never leaving one another's. Jay under-estimated the distance to the couch as they both fell over the arm of the sofa, laughter escaping from both of them.

Erin quickly raised Jay's shirt up and over his head, Jay's lips moving down to the crevasse of her neck, before he quickly raised Erin's shirt over her head, throwing it across the room. Her hands quickly made their way to the belt buckle on his jeans, and had just begun to unbutton the fabric when she heard the faint ringing of her phone coming behind her.

"Ignore it." Jay pleaded, as he noticed Erin begin to squirm.

"But what if it's important?" Erin argued.

"They can leave a message. Besides, you said Nadia is Studying, Voight is probably in his Office and I am right here." He answered, before returning his lips to her.

"You are such a dork." Erin laughed as she pushed him back "I am just going to see who it is, I would rather not have Hank come busting in my door and see us both half-clothed with our tongues down each other's throats."

As she made her way to the counter, the caller had disconnected, leaving her with a voicemail and several new text messages. She ignored the Voicemail for the time being and skimmed through the to the text messages.

"Oh Shit." Erin said as she quickly threw her phone back down, Jay giving her a 'what the heck' raising of the eyebrow look, as he stood behind her.

"Nadia. Her study group got cancelled, something about the flu, she forgot her key and is currently on her way up the elevator." Erin hissed, pointing at the front door as she ran into the living room, quickly looking around for her discarded shirt, which she found strewn on top of the lamp on the other side of the room. "Hide."

"What?"

"I said Hide. Now, Jay. Go." She hissed, pointing towards her bedroom.

"Fine, I'll be waiting through." He said before running down the hallway.

Erin nodded her head and smiled, all of which quickly disappeared at his next words.

"Good luck explaining the hickey on your neck." He laughed before shutting the bedroom door.

"You didn't!" she exclaimed, as she turned on the television, she could hear Jay laughing from the bedroom, 'This means war, Halstead.' She thought to herself as she pulled her hair down from the ponytail, running her fingers through it, trying to hide the bruise the best she could, when there came a knock from the front door.

"Forgot your key huh?" Erin said as she opened the door.

"Uhhh? Oh, yeah. I was in a rush when I left earlier." Nadia claimed as she walked through the front door. "Listen, I am going to go change real quick, do you wanna head out to Molly's with me and grab a drink?"

"I would love to, but I am beat, I think I am just going to 'lax out on the couch and watch some baseball."

Ten minutes later, Nadia was walking though the living room, grabbing her keys before she went out.

"Are you sure you don't want to come? I hate it when you make me get drunk alone…"

"Nads, go! It has been a rough week, I just want to be a homebody for the weekend. "

"Fine, Er. You know, I really wish for once you and Halstead would stop being so secretive and just go out in public."

Erin's eyes grew wide "You know?!"

"Ummm Hello? There is like a whole case of drunken beer sitting on the counter that you could not possibly drink on your own, two: his car is downstairs, three: the toilet seat is up in the bathroom, and four you have a hickey on your neck!"

"Nice detective work there rookie." Erin laughed as she jumped off the couch, pushing Nadia out the door.

"Plus I am your roommate and you two making googley eyes at each other all day doesn't help.."

"Goodnight Nadia." Erin said as she shut the door.

"Night Erin." Nadia laughed as she walked down the hallway.

"You know, Nadia knew about us right?" Erin asked as they walked up the steps.

"That doesn't surprise me." Jay laughed as they walked through the front door. "Apparently Antonio knew too."

"Dawson knows what?" Erin heard a gruff voice ask from the top of the stairs as she sat onto the couch.

"Better question is, what doesn't the man know."

"Good point.' Voight said as he reached the living room 'Welcome home Erin."

"Yeah…" she said, rolling her eyes.

"Hey now, it's not that bad. Ok, so you know where everything is, but someone has to stay with you over the next few days just as a safety precaution, so Halstead here has volunteered to stay with you during the day and I will be here at night. And you better be following to the doctors instructions to a tee. Now Halstead, I know you are working a case right now, but I want you to throw it on the back burner for a few days, in the meantime you can catch up on paperwork."

"Yes Sir."

"Lastly, I am just reminding you that I can transfer either one of you sho-"

"Go Hank, I just wanna get some sleep right now." Erin said annoyed as she laid on the couch.

"Ok, fine. Call me if you need something." Voight told them as he threw on his jacket before walking out the door.

"Ok… So you know this place better than I do, but is there anything I can get you?"

"You know, I could really go for a drink right now…"

"You're kidding, right?" Jay nervously laughed.

"No, I really could use a drink… of water. If that is ok with you." Erin joked.

"Seriously Linds, you kill me sometimes." Jay laughed as he headed towards the kitchen.

"So it only took me like five minutes to find the glass cabinet, but here is your… water." Jay said as he returned to the room a few minutes later, as he made his way to the couch, he could not help but smile at the sight before him. Erin was laid out on the couch, her hair falling over her bandage on her head and into her face, sound asleep. Jay sat the glass down on the coffee table and walked over to the sofa, grabbing the blanket off the back of the chair, covering her up before he leant down and placed a light kiss on her forehead. Feeling tired himself, Jay walked over and fell into the reclining chair, soon crashing from the lack of sleep over the past few days.

When Erin awoke, she was surprised to find herself so comfortable, with all of her injuries, she was expecting to be in pain, not to be in her old bed, a blanket covering her, along with an arm lightly wrapped around her waist. She looked to her left and smiled as she seen him lying beside her, his mouth slightly agape, sound asleep. She laid there and began to study what had changed in almost a year of not seeing him. She came to the conclusion that not much had changed within the past eleven months other than he seemed to be more muscular, but a lot had changed within the past eleven days. His eyes were sunken, dark rings were noticeable underneath, long stubble covered the side of his face that she could see, and the lines of worry was written all over his forehead, his hair was slightly longer and gelled back. She knew they needed to finish their conversation from days earlier at the hospital, but she certainly did not want to wake up the sleeping man beside her. She slowly lifted his hand from her waist, and made her way out of the bed, out into the hallway and down the stairs.

"Nice to see you awake." She heard a gravelly voice ask from behind a newspaper.

"What time is it?"

"A quarter pass eleven. You and Halstead were both out like a light, I didn't want to disturb, and Lord knows the kid hasn't slept since the accident." Voight said as he put the paper down and got up from the table.

"You know Hank, I just want to apologize for everything I have put you through, and not only you, but everyone." She asked forgiveness as she sat down at the table.

"Don't sweat it kid, things happen." Voight accepted her apology as he walked over to Erin, giving her a handful of medicine. "Just next time, look both ways before going through a red light"

"So you know?"

"I know plenty of things."

"Well I am glad that you do, but I for one have a question."

"And I might have an answer.."

"Who's Sullivan?"

Voight's mouth fell open. 'How does she know? When did she find out?' ran through his mind.

"I don't know what you are talking about." Voight said, playing clueless.

"Drop the act Hank, I heard you and Halstead talking about some guy that was investigating me and that you and Antonio went and talked to him! I just want to know what the hell is going on!" Erin shouted.

"Erin, don't worry about it. It's taken care of."

"Damn It Hank! I deserve to know!"

"And when the time is righ-"

"Voight. Just tell her." Jay said as he entered the room.

Voight let out a sigh of defeat. "You were being investigated by a guy in Narcotics. While we were waiting for you to wake up, Jay had stepped out for a minute and when he walked back in you were handcuffed to the hospital bed."

"On what charges?!" Erin scoffed.

"According to Detective Sullivan, he was presented with circumstance evidence which led your arrest under the distribution and selling of narcotics to an undercover federal agent and attempted first degree murder and kidnapping."

"You have got to be kidding me. Please tell me this is a joke that Ruzek wanted to get me back. I mean… what?" Erin vented as she paced.

"Erin, you need to sit, you're going to re-open your wounds." Jay said as he leaned back against the wall.

"Don't tell me what to do." She said pointing a finger.

"Would you like to know the rest?" Voight asked.

"There's more?"

"It supposedly took place eight months ago."

"Eight months? I was in rehab, in freaking Iowa!"

"Erin, don't worry about it, we took care of it. The only thing this guy should be doing is giving you an apology."

"I really hope you guys are right…" Erin sighed.