Jay watched as Erin downed possibly her fifth - maybe sixth - shot that night. Between that and the three beers she had, Jay knew for a fact she was wasted. It was only Jay, Erin, and Antonio left in the bar. Ruzek had ducked out with Burgess, trying to make it non-apparent they were leaving together and Olinsky had headed home.
"I think you should get her home", Antonio suggested leaning towards Jay.
Jay looked towards Erin who was drunkenly talking to Gabby Dawson, the bartender that night, and he could already tell she was probably asking for another shot.
"Yeah, I've got it", Jay agreed looking back in Antonio's direction.
"I haven't seen her this bad since Mia", Antonio openly stated.
"Which means it must be about Mia", Jay agreed sadly. He knew this case was going to lay heavily on her conscience. Making his way over to the bar, Jay gently tapped on her shoulder, getting her to turn around.
"My favorite partner", Erin giggled wrapping her arms around Jay's neck.
Gabby gave him a slight smile as he untangled her from his neck, "Come on. Let's get you home", he requested wrapping his arm around her waist.
"Okay", she agreed as she began to stumble out of the bar.
"Take care of her", Antonio called out before they left.
Jay briefly turned around and gave him a thumbs up with the arm that was not holding Erin's dead weight up so she could walk.
"You know you are like my best friend", Erin began to speak. "Like my best friend in the whole world", she elaborated.
"I know Erin", Jay said giving her a smile as they approached the car and he helped her get into the passenger seat.
Once she was buckled in, Jay ran over to the other side of his car and began to drive off to her apartment. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Erin reach over for the volume control on the radio and turn it up. She began to hum along to the song that was playing and lean her head against the window. Of course, Jay couldn't not admit that even when she was drunk and probably miserable, she was one of the most beautiful people he had ever seen.
Pulling up to her apartment, Jay parked in what was her usual spot and made a mental note to go pick her car from Molly's tomorrow morning. Erin easily got out of his car and into her apartment building with a little assistance from Jay. When they entered the elevator, she was still silent and leaning up against Jay's shoulder.
They got to her floor and Jay slowly brought her to her apartment. Taking her keys from her bag, he unlocked the apartment and she quickly walked inside.
"Alright, let's get you to bed", Jay barely got out before Erin grabbed his wrist and dragged him to the bedroom, violently pushing him down on the bed.
"Come on, let's make a baby", she slurred.
"Woah, Erin slow down", Jay tried to stop her, but she was already on top of him, beginning to kiss at his neck.
"It doesn't even have to be multiple babies", she said in between sloppy drunk kisses no where close to his mouth.
"Just one", Erin slurred returning her lips to his skin.
"Erin, seriously", he now demanded picking her up and off of him.
He jumped off her bed and saw the mess he had created. She sat criss cross on the bed with tears already streaming down her face. "You don't wanna make a baby with me do you? Because you think I am a bad mother. Because I let my own daughter get kidnapped", she cried.
Jay immediately sat back down on her bed reached out his arm towards her, but she turned away coldly. "Erin", he said quietly trying to get her to come back. "Let's just talk about this. It really isn't the right time or place to have sex", he explained.
"No!", she disagreed shaking her head violently. There was an eerie silence for less than two minutes until the room was once again filled with Erin sobs.
"I just want my baby back", she cried. Jay decided not to fight her anymore and moved closer to wrap his arms around her.
She tried to fight it, but in the end she practically curled into Jay's lap clutching onto his t-shirt with the tears streaming down her face. The same phrase was repeated over and over again as she cried.
"I just want my baby back".
"Shh, it's gonna be okay Erin. We will get her back", he said gently stroking her hair and rocking her back and forth as her breathing evened out and she slowly began to stop crying.
"You want me to get some clothes for you to change into", Jay asked when majority of the crying had stopped.
Erin nodded her head before Jay slowly untangled her from his embrace and got up to grab some comfortable clothes for her. When Mia first went missing, Jay would do this for Erin every night. Get her ready for bed and make sure she wasn't too hungover the next morning. But, he had never seen her like this.
Grabbing a pair of yoga pants, Jay reached up to grab a t-shirt and quickly found his Army Strong shirt laying on top of the pile.
"So, that's where it went", he said to himself. Jay couldn't remember when it had gone missing, but he didn't mind Erin having it.
Bringing it back into the bedroom, Erin sat up and took the clothes from him before heading back into the bathroom to change. Jay sat on her bed and waited until she reemerged from the bathroom.
In the end, he was glad she took the shirt. She looked better in it.
Without saying a word, Erin climbed into bed, sniffling away a few tears before pulling the comforter over her small frame. The second her head hit the pillow, she closed her eyes and Jay was sure she was asleep. As he began to stand up to go crash on her couch, Jay felt Erin's hand reach out and grab his arm.
"Stay", she asked in barely a whisper dragging her hand down his arm.
Jay smiled slightly towards her before walking to the other side of the bed and climbing in. He opted to stay fully clothed, since he had no clothes to change into. As soon as he laid down, Erin rolled over and curled into his chest.
"She loved you", Erin suddenly stated disturbing the silence in dimly lit bedroom. "You were her daddy", she finished.
Jay looked down towards her curled up figure in his arms, knowing that she was thinking of the same memory he was.
Justin was finally getting out of prison, which called for a small celebratory dinner with just Voight, Erin, and Justin. Erin had made reservations at the agreed upon restraunt and all that was left was finding a sitter for Mia. Of course, Voight was a no. Next on her list was Antonio, but they had plans for a small family weekend getaway. Just when she was about to call a sitter, Jay perked up from his paperwork and volunteered to babysit for the night.
Not that Erin wasn't happy she didn't have to hire anyone, it was just Jay had never been alone with Mia for the night. There were the occasional times when he kept her entertained while Erin was out of the district, but that was really it. She could tell they had a great relationship. After all, he was her partner. Aren't they supposed to trust each other about stuff like this?
So, at six o'clock, there was a knock on Erin's door which was immediately responded by the sound of small toddler feet running around the apartment.
"Daddy", Mia practically yelled running up to Jay after she had opened up the door to let him in.
Jay quickly caught the small little girl as she wrapped her small arms around his neck, "Hey M&M", he greeted her, brushing off the comment about him being her father.
"Mommy! Daddy here', Mia called out to her mother who was in the other room.
Erin quickly ran into the room, thinking the worst, but was stopped when she saw Jay standing there holding her daughter in his arms.
"Hey", she said quietly giving him a smile.
"Hey", he replied slightly laughing.
"Mommy, Daddy gonna sleep over tonight", Mia asked in her baby voice. She could put together great sentences for a three year old, but when she wanted something, the baby voice was key.
"I think I will be home in time that he can go home, baby", Erin replied.
Mia just nodded, before turning back to Jay, "Daddy, you wanna see my new game", she asked.
"Of course", he said giving her a smile before she jumped from his arms and ran off to her room.
"So, is there anything important I need to you know about taking care of your daughter", Jay asked.
"Umm, she goes to bed at 7ish and she's already had dinner, so if you are hungry there's food in the fridge", Erin said walking into the kitchen as he followed and sat at the counter.
"Thank you for doing this again", she thanked him.
"I like spending time with her. As long as she's not dressing me up in any costumes", Jay answered laughing.
"I think she has gotten out of that phase", Erin answered laughing as well. "I'm sorry about the whole "daddy" thing. She's uh, she's uh never done that before", she suddenly apologized catching him off guard.
"Hey, it's better than being called JayJay", Jay responded easily.
Erin smiled immediately relaxing knowing, he hadn't thought about it too much. As soon as Mia came back into the room with her game, Erin announced she was leaving. The rest of the night, Jay and Mia laughed, played some games, until they both fell asleep on the couch.
Curled up on the couch together was exactly how Erin found them when she returned home. Mia was haphazardly laying on top of Jay, with her arms wrapped around his neck and her head on his chest. Erin smiled at the sight before quickly snapping a picture of them.
The picture Erin had taken that night was the same one Jay secretly kept in his desk ever since Mia had gotten missing. He should have told Erin how much he loved Mia and how he really did love when she called him 'daddy'. Even if it was only for a couple months.
Erin's soft snoring took Jay away from his thoughts as he noticed she was finally asleep. Reaching over to shut off the light, Jay's hand swiped a pile of papers Erin had on her night stand.
Grabbing it carefully, Jay set it on his lap, opening to reveal reports, pictures, stickie notes, and little scraps of paper littering the folder they were stuffed in. As he read over them, Jay immediately knew this was Mia's file.
When he picked up a picture and saw the bright red circle around a group of children, Jay found Mia almost instantly.
This was why Erin was drunk. She had found her daughter.
A/N: I have been dying to get to this part of the story! So, finally we have a small connection between Jay and Mia! I really hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. Please review because I love to know what you think. I would like to have Halstead's Secret updated before I update this story again. But, if i get massive great reviews on this chapter my plans can change. Anyway, let me know what you think :)