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Chapter 4

Jay was suddenly frozen in time. He was shocked. He replayed his girlfriend's words in his mind a few times. "Oh my God," he said to her face. "Oh my God!" he said louder to himself as he took his hand away from hers and put his head in his hands. He was in shock. He couldn't believe it.

He was going to be a father.

He quickly sat back up, and asked her, "How far along are you?"

"Five weeks," Erin replied almost straight away. "The vomiting is part of morning sickness. And it won't go away for a few months, unfortunately. I have to go in for the first ultrasound at the 10 week mark."

"You're gonna keep the baby?" he asked her, realizing afterwards that that may have not been the best approach. But he was relieved when she replied, "I think so. I mean, I don't really want to pay to get an abortion, so…yes, I'm keeping the baby.

"Jay, I know this is a lot to take in. I only just found out myself-"

Jay cut her off as he stood up. "Yeah, Erin, it is a lot to take in."

"Hey, don't speak to me in that tone! You're not the one who's thrown up four times this week!"

"And who told you that something might be up?" Jay shouted, almost at a yelling level. He took a deep breath, realizing that he was probably just as anxious as she was. Although, now that he thought about it, he needed to cut her some slack. "Look, forget what I just said. It's just a lot to take in, like you said, okay? I didn't expect to find out after less than a year in Intelligence that I was going to be a father." He paused, then had a sudden realization. "Does Voight know? What about Antonio? Are your results going to be reported to the CPD?"

"Just calm down," Erin said, more calmly this time. She stood up and walked over to him and said. "A doctor friend at Lakeshore agreed that it was off the books. They won't know until we tell them."

"So we are the only two people, other than your doctor friend, who know about this?"

"Yes."

"Ah," Jay replied, a million thoughts racing through his head. "I mean, is the baby okay? When are you going to tell Voight? What about the unit? When do you have to leave?"

"Kendra said that we'll find out about anything major at ten weeks, and that at this early stage there isn't really anything we can do. And in response to your other questions, I haven't even thought about how, or when, I'm gonna tell everyone in the unit. I haven't looked up when I get the ax either.

"Look, Jay, I just found out tonight, and I'm still trying to figure out how my life is gonna change. But whatever comes, I need you, Jay. Not just because I love you, but because I don't want our kid to grow up like I did. I want our kid to have two caring, loving parents, not one who's a junkie and one who's in jail."

"God, my life just got turned upside down," Jay replied, "Wait – I take that back. My life is going to change, but I'm going to look at it as positive change. How's that?" He waited for a response from Erin, and she nodded, in somewhat approval. "But do you know anything about parenting? Because I have no clue how to raise a baby."

"Antonio said that there is no manual for parenting," Erin replied. "But we could probably ask him for some tips."

"That might be helpful, but awkward. We'd have to go public with him if we asked him those questions."

"True," Erin realized. "We're gonna have to think about that one. But Jay – I don't want to tell Voight yet because I'm worried that he might hurt you."

"Me? Why me?" Jay asked, surprised.

"I heard him tell you once to keep it in your pants, remember? And he doesn't like being disobeyed, so-to-speak." Erin sounded concerned.

"Okay, we'll hold off on telling people then. That is, if you starting to show beats us to it."

"I shouldn't for a couple of months. Hopefully," Erin replied.

"You realize," Jay said, smiling, "That I'm going to have to cover you like crazy from now on."

"Why? I'll still be able to fire a weapon," Erin said, curious.

"Because," Jay began, grabbing Erin's hand, "To begin with, you're my partner in the Intelligence Unit. Second, you're my girlfriend. And third, you're a mom to-be. If you miscarried because I screwed up, I would never forgive myself for it."

"Oh my God, Jay," Erin replied, tears in her eyes, "You don't know how much that means to me!" She leaned forward and hugged Jay, and he held her tightly. He pulled back, and kissed her. "Do you want me to stay here tonight? Since you couldn't sleep earlier?"

"Sure," she replied with a small smile. She stood up to make sure her apartment door was locked. She sighed as she looked at Jay from across the room.

"What?" Jay asked, standing up.

"I was worrying that you would totally freak out and run out on me," Erin confessed.

Jay walked towards her, and kissed her again. Afterwards, he said, "Erin, only a jerk would walk out on you. And I'm not a jerk. We are both going to be parents, and I'm going to support you through this, okay?" He stopped talking, then his facial expression changed as he thought of Voight. "What?" Erin asked him.

"I was just thinking about Voight's face when we tell him that you're pregnant," Jay said.

"I have no idea what's going to happen," Erin said, looking down and then up again. "But we don't have to figure that out tonight. We'll just take it one day at a time. Now goodnight. I'm tired. Finally."

"Me too, now that I'm not worried about you being lost somewhere."

"Jay!"

"Seriously. I couldn't sleep either. I was so worried about you."

"That's real sweet, Jay. Real sweet." Erin kissed Jay goodnight, and walked back towards her room.