August 29,2016

Shane woke up in the hospital chair,the next morning. He sat up and He looked around.

"Will,Is Uncle Jay okay?" asked Shane

"Bud,He'll be okay." Will smiled

"Ok. Is he out of surgery?"

"Yeah,He is. He slipped into a coma during the surgery."

Shane had a face of sadness.

"Can I go see him?"

"Yeah. You can."

Shane looked over to his right and saw Erin sleeping. He walked to Jay's room and stopped in front the window. He saw his Uncle lying there lifelessly. And there was nothing He could do to fix it.

He walked in, and sat next to him.
"Uncle Jay,I know there aren't much options left but Can you wake up please? For Me and Erin and for Easton and for Will. And for my Dad. You are always there for me and I can't help you right now. It's just you are sitting there and there's nothing I can do to help. Uncle Jay,You are a hero to me,Grant,Mikey and Reese. Thank you for doing what you did yesterday. Dad still doesn't know that you are in the hospital. Uncle Jay,You are like my second dad. And I want you to know that I'll always consider you that. I want you to wake up. I want you to wake up and be my Uncle be the same person you were before you were shot. Erin, She loves you and you probably already know that. But She wants to marry you and you better get your butt out of this coma and marry her. So she can be my Aunt. I love you Uncle Jay. Thanks for being the best Uncle a boy could ask for. I really appreciate you being there for my Dad and raising me. I wanna be just like you. Marry my best friend."

The monitors started beeping and Dr. Manning came running in.

"His levels are dropping. Get him into surgery. Now! Connor!"

Dr. Rhodes came running in and they were pushing him into surgery.

"Dr. Rhodes,Dr. Manning. Please save him." cried Shane

"Shane,We'll do our best."

Hank walked past the room

"Shane,What happened?"

"Uncle Jay,His levels were dropping. They wheeled him back into surgery."

Shane sat down next to Hank.

"Hank,Is He going to be okay?"

"Jay is a fighter. He fought a war and now he's fighting another. Jay is going to be okay and He's going to wake up so He can marry Erin."

"I'm really worried that He won't wake up and He won't be here anymore. He's like my Dad."

"Connor! His levels are dropping."

The monitors were beeping,then the line went flat.

Dr. Rhodes started doing CPR.

"Damn it Jay. Stay with me." Connor continued doing CPR.

Jay's levels started rising.

"Thank you Jay!" said Dr. Manning

They sewed him back up and wheeled him out.

"Erin,Jay went back into surgery." Shane walked into the waiting room and Saw Erin slowly waking up.

"Uh Ok." Erin looked worried

Shane walked over to her and gave her a hug.

"He's gonna be ok."

Dr. Rhodes and Dr. Manning walked into the waiting room.

"Family of Jay Halstead."

Everyone in the waiting room stood up. Erin,Hank, William his Dad and his Sister stood up,

"Jay suffered significant injuries from the shooting. Luckily the bullet didn't hit any major organs. Jay has a recovery ahead. He's not out of the woods yet, We are going to monitor him closely."

Shane overheard them talking, and He walked over there.

"Uncle Jay is going to be okay?" asked Shane

Dr. Rhodes and Dr. Manning shook their heads.

"Yeah Shane he is."

Erin sat back down and stared at her ring, then She got up and walked towards Jay's room. She stood in front the window,and stared at Jay,lying peacfully on the bed,then walked in and sat down.

"Jay, I love you and I'll always love you Jay. I mean you went in there and risked your life to save Shane and the others. Jay, you are my best friend and the doctor's did all they could to help you. It's your choice,Please wake up for me and Shane. He loves you a lot and I don't know What I would do without you. I should've went in there with you. Remember we are supposed to have each other's backs always and I didn't have yours in there. Jay,I'm sorry. I love you Jay,I love Ace and I love Shane."

Jay moved his hand a bit, and started fluttering his eyes.

Erin looked over at him and smiled. Jay opened his eyes and looked straight at Erin.

"Erin,I love you."

"J..Jay, I love you too. I'm glad you are still here."

Jay sat up in his chair

"Er,I'm never leaving your side and that's a promise."

Erin smiled, then glanced down at the ring on her left finger.

Shane walked near the window and saw Jay awake, he walked in.

"Uncle Jay,I'm glad you are okay."

"Shane,Promise me something."

"What?"

"If I ever get hurt again you'll protect Erin."

"I promise. I'll always protect her."

A Girl around Shane's age walked up to Platt's desk.
"I'm looking for Jay Halstead." She spoke

"Who are you?" asked Platt

"I'm his Daughter Grayson well Gracie for short."

"Gracie,He's in the hospital."

"Oh ok. I guess tell Him I stopped by."

Grayson turned around and started walking out the door.
"Hey Look Gracie,I'll give you a ride to the hospital."

"Thank you." Grayson follows Platt into the parking lot and gets in the squad car.

"Gracie,tell me about yourself."

"I cheer for Chicago High, And a straight A student. I like to play softball and soccer. My Mom she died a couple days ago. And I have been in foster care. And She told me before she died that My Dad he works at The 21st."

"Gracie,We are gonna to tell him that He is your Dad."

Gracie looked scared. Trudy parked the car. Grayson walked out the car next to Platt. Platt walked over to Hank.

"Hank,This is Jay's daughter that he doesn't know about. Can she go see him?"

"I don't see why not. I mean He is her dad and Wow!"

Shane and Erin walked out the room.
Grayson followed Will into Jay's room.

"Jay,There's someone I want you to meet." said Will

Grayson walked in behind Will and stood next to him.
"Will,Who's that?"

"Grayson,She's your daughter."

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