A/N: Hello guys it´s me again. A huge thanks to all my Followers. Although you don´t Review my Story that much it feels good that you seem to like my story. I discovered a Feature lately, I can see from which country you are coming. That is pretty cool. But I´d like to know from which city you are. So please leave a review and I hope you enjoy chapter 3
It was 4 am in the morning as Jays woke up from a nightmare.
A nightmare about his childhood.
He hasn't had this dream in like 10 years but know it's back again. His father was a drunk as always and angry. Jay didn't know why he was angry at that time but that doesn't matter. It was very rainy that day and his dad forced Jay to get to the grocery store.
Jay knew that his father wanted his things very quickly so he hurried very much. But he was still to slow for his dad. As Jay returned his father was so angry that he punished his son till he was unconscious. Jay still remember the trembling voice of his father, telling him how unworthy and disgusting he was.
It took some time till Jay was able to slow down his breathing. Realizing that there was no way he was going to sleep again he decided to go to work. Jay quickly dressed and head out of his apartment. He wasn't in the mood for driving so he walked to the district. Walking had always helped him to clear his mind but today was different. Jay couldn't get the image of his father out of his head.
As he made his way up to the stairs to intelligence he was glad that nobody had seen him so far. Jay sat down at his desk and stared at the wall in front of him. He looked at the clock and realized that it took him more than 1 hour to the district. It hadn't felt like that. Jay finished his paperwork from the last case and closed his eyes. He hadn't slept well in days and facing his father hadn't help at all.
Suddenly Jay heard footsteps coming up the stairs. He sat up and tried to look busy as Voight walked in. "Halstead?!" He asked with his deep voice and shot a concerned look at his detective. It was only 5:30 am in the morning. "Good morning Serge." Jay tried to act as normal as possible. Well as normal as a conversation between him and Voight could be. Voight looked worried now. "Everything alright with you kid? You look tired." Well that was very untypical for Voight Jay thought. "Yes Sir everything's fine. Just didn't sleep well." He lifts a corner of his mouth and smiled his typical smile.
Voight nodded slowly and closed the door behind him as he sat down at his office. He felt something was wrong with his detective but he still couldn't place it. I need to talk to Al he thought by himself. He and Halstead share a very special bond that he couldn't understand. He hoped that Alvin knew what was wrong with Jay. Voight realized that Jay hadn´t asked why he was at the district that early. To be honest he didn't know why but he didn't sleep well too. Voight leaned back in his chair and looked out of the window. It hadn't rained as he got out of his house but now it poured. On one hand he really liked the rain. But solving cases in that wet stuff was everything but fun.
Similar to his Sergeant, Jay was looking out of the window too. And normally he really loved the rain. This time it reminds him of his childhood. Only the bad memories of course. He sighed. His life had been pretty good lately. He got the feeling Voight trusts him now and his relationship with Erin went pretty good too. He had also found great friends in the Unit and was glad that his brother and he found a way back to true love. But now that his father had showed up everything went south.
Jay pulled his sleeve slightly up and looked at his injured wrist. Why was his father so evil? He didn't do anything bad in his life did he? Did he deserved to be punished like that? Jay was asking himself these questions over and over again. After an eternity he heard the voices of Atwater and Ruzek who were coming up the stairs.
"… game was so awesome, wasn't it?" Well that was Ruzek Jay´s exhausted mind thought. He couldn't help but smile at how boyish Ruzeks´ voice sounds. He heard the murmured answer of Kevin before he saw both of them. "Hey guys!" Jay shouted, trying not to look as tired as he felt. Ruzek looked at him in disbelief. "Damn, man! You look awful." "Wow, thank you!" Jay pretended to be hurt. "That's not very nice of you Adam!" All three of them chuckled and Halstead was glad that he had eased the tension a bit. But then Adam spoke up again. "No serious Jay, you aren't looking that. You sure you alright?" his friend cracked a smile. "I'm fine! Really Adam." Jay smiled and continued to look out of the window.
Atwater followed his eyes. "That weather really sucks." He muttered. His friends nodded in agreement. Neither one of them liked cases in this weather. Suddenly they heard Erin cursing. "I don't think she likes the weather too." Ruzek said with a grin as he saw Erin coming up the stairs. Her hair was wet and she looked very pissed. "I hate the rain." She grumbled as she sat down. All three of them looked at her with a huge grin plastered on their faces. "What?!" Erin snapped. "Nothing." They said unisono and laughed. After a few minutes Jay got up and went to the break room to get himself a cup of coffee. He was so tired and needed the coffin so badly that he didn't realized that his partner had followed him till she stood right next to him.
Jay spinned around and tried to control the sudden pain in his ribs due the movement. Erin seemed to notice his strange behaviour but she kept quiet and filled herself a cup of coffee. "Everything alright, Er? Is it really the rain which is bothering you?" Jay asked worried, realizing her silence. Erin sighed. That was so typical for her partner, always more concerned about others than himself. But she refused to snap at him. Jay doesn't need to know that she had had a bad night. Instead she ran her hand through her dark blonde hair and nodded. "Yup. I really don't like solving cases in that shit." Erin pointed out of the window. Jay laughed and she immediately felt better. Still smiling they returned to their desk. As Jay noticed Alvin´s empty desk his smile fell from his face. "Where is Al?" he asked confused. "Taking care of some business, kid." Voight answered, suddenly standing in the bullpen. "And that's what we´re going to do know too." He walked to the dashboard and pinned a photo of a guy down. "Jordan Torres. The police are trying to catch this guy since forever and now it seems, that he is back in Chicago. Go out, meet your CI´s and report everything important to me. I want to find this guy!" Everybody started to move and rolled out.
"Did I mention that I hate the rain?" Erin asked sarcastically as she and Jay walked to her car. Jay chuckled. "Yes you did. Several times. I assume it's a bad timing if I ask you if you would let me drive?" Erin shot a deadly glance at him and started the car. Jay laughed again and tried to enjoy the ride to his CI.