Chapter 2

Brooke cleaned off the table that, in this past week, has become "Jay's table" because she knew he'd be on his lunch break soon. She noticed the 20 that Jay left, splitting it equally between Alex and herself and he returned the next day, around the same time. He's been eating lunch there every day since and it's become her favorite time of day, sitting with Jay and getting to know him better. She felt like a giddy teenager again, back when she thought Lucas Scott was the love her life and didn't have a care in the world. Brooke heard the bell and immediately looked up, sure enough it was Jay, but he was with someone today. "Brooke, hey! This is Adam Ruzek, he's a detective up in my unit." Jay came up and gave her a side hug, and they stood in the middle of the café for a moment.

Brooke was disappointed that Jay had brought someone else along because that meant she wouldn't get to talk to him as much as she'd like to, but didn't let it show, "Adam, hi. It's nice to meet you. I'm Brooke Davis."

"Brooke Davis? As in Clothes over Bros?" Brooke was a bit shocked that this tough detective knew who she was.

"Uh, yeah that's me; but sadly Clothes over Bros is no longer my company."

"My fiancé, Wendy, loves Clothes over Bros. When it was here she would stop in the store all time, and now she's always searching eBay for Brooke Davis originals." Adam said, laughing at how much his fiancé loves her clothes.

Brooke was beyond excited to know that there were still people out there who knew she was the heart of CoB. "Wow, that's amazing; I didn't know people still wanted the original designs." After she said that, the three of them made their way towards the table. "Alright Halstead, what do you want to drink today?"

"I will have a Coke, and he will have a water." He smiled while simultaneously looking at Brooke and Adam.

Adam was acting like a child, and Brooke was a little confused, "Dude, come on!"

Jay glared at him, "Wendy wanted me to keep an eye on you, make sure you're following her 'cleanse' at work too." He smirked at Adam, who was less than amused, "He'll have water." He said back to Brooke.

Brooke thought it was cute how Jay was basically Adam's babysitter and laughed, "Okay, I'll be right back." She left the table, giving Halstead a smile on the way.

Halstead watched her walk away and Ruzek stared at him, grinning, "You're totally into her."

"Ruzek, I didn't bring you here to talk about my love life, I brought you so we could discuss the case." They had been working on a case that's made it to the national news. It was a robbery case, and houses all over Tree Hill were targets. The guy was dubbed 'The Replacer' because every house he would break into, he'd leave something he stole from his previous victim. Currently, Jay and his team had no leads, and he was starting to lose hope on ever catching the guy.

Soon, Brooke returns with the detectives' drinks in hand. "So, what's it gonna be today, detectives?"

Ruzek was the first answer, partially because he was so hungry he could eat a horse, and partially because he didn't want Jay to order for him, "Can I have the country fried chicken with gravy and mashed potatoes?"

Brooke looked over to Jay, he mouthed "easy salt" and gave her the okay. "You got it. Jay?"

Jay wasn't sure what he was in the mood for, so he decided to have Brooke order for him. "Give me your favorite."

"You sure?" She asked.

"Oh yeah, and this way you could steal a couple bites." He winked at her and she only walked off to go put their order in the computer. He couldn't help but stare after she walked away, but was brought back to reality when Ruzek said something.

"So The Replacer is running out of neighborhoods, do you think he's gonna start back up and repeat, or leave the town and start somewhere fresh?" He wanted to give Jay a hard time about Brooke, but chose not to, a little afraid of what would happen to himself if he spoke another word about it.

"He's a smart guy, I don't think he'll be sticking around Tree Hill much longer. But, like you said- he's running out of places. Our best bet is probably to have officers in each of the remaining neighborhoods every night until we catch this guy." Jay was really stressing out, this was his first major case and he had to solve it so he could prove himself to his new boss. Jay promised Voight he wouldn't let him down.

Brooke returned, but their food wasn't ready yet so she sat down next to Jay. Jay learned to come in towards the end of their lunch rush so he could have more one on one time with Brooke. "Do you want to know what you got now or later?" She asked with one of her famous B. Davis looks.

"I don't want to know until its sitting in front of me. I'm sure whatever it is, I will be happy with it though." Erin smiled, this was him getting to know her- and she liked that.

After about 10 minutes of getting to know the basics of Adam, Brooke went to go check on their food, and sure enough it was ready. She returned with Adam's country fried chicken and Jays surprise meal, a ham melt on Texas toast with a side of mac and cheese. Jay was surprised that Brooke's favorite dish at the store was a greasy sandwich, he thought it would be some sort of breakfast food that she loved. Brooke set the plates down and took her respective seat again next to Jay. "This looks delicious" Jay said, handing her half of the sandwich, only before whispering in her ear, inaudible to Adam across the table, "I told you I'd share," and smiled at her. If Adam wasn't so preoccupied with his lunch, he definitely would have said some snarky comment about the two.

Suddenly, the bell sounded, which caused Brooke to break her gaze off Jay and over to the door, where she was expecting to see customers. Instead, it was one her closest friends, Haley James Scott and her husband, Nathan. Haley, being the queen of sarcasm that she is walked straight up to their table to make a comment, while Nathan went to go get something to eat, "Well, well, what do we have here? Aren't you supposed to be working?"

Jay had seen this honey blonde a few times when he was here, but she usually left right when Brooke got there, and there had only been a few times when he arrived before Brooke. "You know I think I'm more of a businesswoman than a waitress" Brooke said with just the same amount of sarcasm, "besides, there's only a few other tables and I think Riley is handling them quite well."

Haley stifled a laugh, "Okay, Ms. Davis. There's only one way I'm gonna let you off the hook- introduce me to your new friends." The pitch of her voice got higher as she spoke, in a typical Haley James manner.

Brooke laughed, and suddenly remembered that Jay and Adam were still there, staring at her not having a clue on what to say, "If it'll clear my name, then okay." Motioning to Jay and Adam, wanting to give each of them an ego-boost, she decided to use the title, "Detectives Halstead and Ruzek. Jay, Adam, this is Haley; co-owner of Karen's Café. Wait, Haley why are you here? Aren't you supposed to be watching my children?" She forgot that she had Haley and Nathan on babysitting duty until she closed up the café.

Jay choked on his coke when he heard Brooke mention children. He had no idea she was a mom. "Jay, are you okay?" A concerned Brooke asked.

He didn't want to her to think she scared him off, "Oh, yeah," he said in between coughs, "wrong pipe."

"I had to run a few errands with Nathan so I dropped them off at Quinny's. Jamie and Lydia are there too. Anyway, Nathan decided he was hungry so we just had to stop by here and pick something up." Haley figured she'd answer the question, even with the detective's little incident.

Just then, Adam got a call from Wendy, so he went outside to take the call, leaving Halstead alone with the two women. There was sort of an awkward silence, so Jay decided to break the ice and turned to Brooke, "So, you have kids. How old?"

Brooke could sense how Jay was being a little stand offish now, but was glad he was asking questions. And Haley could sense it too, so she went off in search of Nathan. "They're twins, Jude and Davis. They turn 1 in August." She smiled thinking about how big her boys have grown, and then grew upset thinking about how much their father has missed.

"That's great, Brooke." He meant it genuinely, and gave her hand a reassuring squeeze. He knew she was a great mother.

The end of Jay's lunch break was nearing and he was taking the final few bites of his mac and cheese, when Nathan and Haley came back. "Jay, was it? This is my husband, Nathan."

"Nathan, great to meet you, Jay Halstead." Jay's timer went off, signaling the end of his lunch break and he decided he'd better get going, "Haley, Nathan, it was great meeting you, but I've got to run, duty calls."

He was just walking out the door when he heard his name, "Jay! Wait!" It was Brooke, he almost forgot to say goodbye to Brooke, as she was clearing the dishes. He turned around to face her, "Nathan and Haley are having a barbeque for the Fourth, and I was thinking, since you're new in the city, and you don't really know anyone, and if you don't have plans you-" Jay cut her off with laughter, she was rambling, and he thought it was adorable.

"I don't have plans, I'd love to come." He wrote down his cell phone number on a napkin from the closest table, "Text me when and where, and I'll be there." He gave her a quick hug and walked out to see Adam arguing with his fiancé and waved him over with a shake of his head. Once again, he was glad that Ruzek was too busy to notice his budding relationship with Brooke Davis.

A/N Okay! So I decided I would crossover a few Chicago detective into OTH, because I don't really feel like writing OCs right now, and I also felt I really needed some Ruzek! Haha, I have the story planned out until chapter 4, and I decided what to do with Julian. I'm gonna have Brooke spill the beans in chapter 4! Next chapter is the Naley bbq, and Jay catches The Replacer! I would really like some reviews on this, because I need to know how I can do better. I'm not too happy with this chapter, but I think it'll be okay. Sorry for any mistakes, it is currently 4 a.m and I am so tired! Next chapter will be up within the next couple days.

Happy readings!

-Mary