A/N: I don't know how long it's been, but it's obviously been too long! I, of course, apologize for the extremely long hiatus between chapters. I can't say my updates are going to be super regular, but I am going to try my best while balancing school. Now that Chicago PD is unfortunately on hiatus, I have been dying to write and I actually succeeded!

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It had been about a week and a half since Mia was questioned by Antonio and Erin had the small breakdown in interrogation. Since then Jay hadn't left their side and barely left their apartment. There was one time when he left to change his clothes, after not being home in almost three days, and was about to stay home just for the night when he got a text from Erin asking when he would be back.

Jay didn't mind staying with Erin and Mia. He actually loved it and it was also the thing he specifically told Voight he would do. Except now, the small thing making Jay want to go home was Erin's sleep talking.

"Mia get back here", Erin exclaimed in her sleep. Jay immediately rolled over when he heard her begin to speak. Taking a peek at the clock, Jay silently thanked god it was eight o'clock. There were nights when he was awoken by her talking at nearly 3 am.

Voight had also given both of them all of their vacation days, which totalled up to almost two months. They both promised they won't need more than two weeks to get Mia settled in a school Erin didn't want to send her to.

Gently scooting towards Erin, Jay wrapped his arm gently around her waist and pressed a kiss against her spine. Erin began to stir as Jay released his hold and propped his head on his elbow against the pillow.

"Good Morning", he said as she rolled over and opened her eyes.

"Are you watching me sleep", Erin asked before he gently kissed her on the lips. "You're one of those creepy people who watches people sleep", she laughed slightly.

"No, I just woke up before you", Jay answered kissing her again. "And you look beautiful when you sleep", he smiled.

Erin smiled as she watched him swipe a piece of hair out of her face. "You may also talk in your sleep", he confessed.

Erin immediately pulled back from his hold as her mouth hung open, "I do not", she gasped.

"You do", Jay slightly laughed. Erin shot him a nasty look, which Jay quickly swiped away with a kiss.

"I think it's actually really cute", Jay clarified kissing her again. Erin quickly pulled back looking at Jay like a sad puppy.

"Well, you need to shave", she huffed sitting up in bed.

"Hey, I haven't been back to my apartment in at least a week", Jay complained.

"Buy a razor to keep here", Erin shot back at him as she turned her back to check her phone

"Is Erin Lindsay allowing me to bring one of my belongings into her apartment", he teased.

Erin quickly turned around and saw the sly grin on his face. He was always bringing up her commitment phobia. "You need a razor, Jay", she played off his comment.

"I will show you want I need", Jay teased as he reached over and grabbed her waist, pulling her away from the end of the bed and into his chest.

Erin immediately burst into a uncommon fit of giggles as Jay tickled her sides and began to kiss her cheeks. "Okay! Okay", she exclaimed getting him to stop.

Jay planted one last kiss on her lips as he hovered over her and she placed her hands on either side of his face. "This really needs to go", she patted his cheeks covered in scruf.

"Once you stop sleeping talking I will shave", he responded getting Erin to scrunch her nose in disapproval.

"I am pretty sure you made that up", she teased.

"Oh are you", Jay laughed swiping strands of hair out of her face. "Uh, yeah", Erin answered trying her best not to break out into giggles again.

"Well, this is definitely not made up", Jay said before planting his lips on hers as she let loose her laughter.

All of sudden, there was a knock on the bedroom door followed by Mia's voice filled with sleep asking if she could come in.

"Come in munchkin", Erin answered as Mia opened the door and dragged herself onto her parents bed. Before Jay or Erin could even ask her how she slept, Mia face planted on the bed and buried herself under the covers.

"Sleep well M&M", Jay asked as Mia scooted towards him. Erin's heart melted as she watched her daughter curl up against him and nod her head.

"What are we doing today", Mia asked through a yawn. Every day had been filled with activities up until the moment Mia was put to bed. Whether it was going to the park or staying home and watching a movie, Jay and Erin filled Mia's day to the brim with activities. Erin called it 'trying to get Mia acclimated to the real world', but Jay knew that she really just wanted to distract her from everything else that was going on. After all in a few months, they would be facing a trial and Mia may have to testify.

"You are going to visit your friends. What were their names again", Jay began.

"HAILEY AND HANNAH", Mia suddenly exclaimed standing up to jump up and down on the bed.

Both Jay and Erin burst into laughter as Mia jumped up and down on the bed. Once she stopped she landed flat on Jay's chest causing him to grown.

"Ew! Daddy you need to shave", she complained crawling out from his embrace.

Erin immediately started laughing as Jay looked at his pseudo daughter in disbelief that she said the same thing her mother had.

"You Lindsay girls are going to kill me"

xxx

About two hours later, Erin and Jay sat in the playroom at DCFS watching Mia play with her two best friends. They had gone from dressing up as princesses to playing with barbies in the past two hours. Out of all the things Mia had done since she had returned, this is the happiest both Jay and Erin had seen her. They would never even guess such a wonderful friendship between three little girls would come from something so bad.

"Excuse me", a woman's voice suddenly interrupted the peaceful silence Jay and Erin had settled themselves into in the playroom.

"You must be Mia's parents", the woman smiled as Jay and Erin turned around. "I am Helen. I have been looking after Hailey and Hannah during their time here at DCFS", she explained sitting next to Erin.

"It's nice to meet you", Jay responded holding out his hand to exchange a handshake with the social services worker.

"And you as well", Helen smiled towards Jay and Erin. "Hailey and Hannah have talked nonstop about your daughter. She is beautiful", she continued.

"Thank you", Erin smiled politely as she watched over Mia in the distance.

"I am really glad you came here to visit. It will definitely put the girls in a better mood", Helen commented.

"Are their parents coming any time soon", Jay asked.

"They were notified about two days ago. They moved from Chicago to New York six months after the girls were taken when they were one. Last I heard they were on the next flight out", Helen explained.

"They have another child now who had no idea they had two older twin sisters out there", she continued sadly. Suddenly, the shrill ring of a cell phone filled the room and Helen politely excused herself to answer it.

"Mommy! Daddy", Mia suddenly exclaimed as she came running over with her friends trailing behind her.

"Can Hailey and Hannah come over to our house so I can show them my room", she asked sweetly.

"My favorite color is purple", one of the twins responded while the other one was mesmerized by a barbie she had in her hand.

"Actually Mia, Hailey and Hannah have to be somewhere soon so we will have to cut this play date short", Helen announced returning to Jay and Erin's seat in the playroom.

As the girls begged for more time to play, Jay turned around to face the social worker, "Their parents got the earliest possible flight. They just landed", Ellen explained before Jay could ask.

"Do they remember that they even have parents", Jay asked concerned.

Helen shook her head sadly, "This will be the first real time they meet their parents", she explained.

Jay turned back around and watched as Mia explained something to Erin while her friends added to the conversation. He couldn't even imagine what it would be like if Mia didn't remember a single thing. It would destroy Erin and if he was being completely honest, it would destroy him.

"Alright girls say goodbye to Mia", Helen announced. Both of the twins began to tear up before Mia wrapped them both up in a hug and reminded them she would be back soon.

Hailey and Hannah said their good-byes before Helen took them off to their room. "What are we going to do now", Mia asked as both of her parents stood and she lifted her arms to be held by Jay.

"I think I am going to go back to my apartment", Jay announced as he picked up Mia.

Erin immediately looked towards Jay with a shocked expression on her face. "It's only a couple blocks from here and I haven't been there in a week. They probably think I am dead", he explained.

"We can drive you over there", Erin smiled lightly as they walked out of the building.

"Yeah, Daddy I wanna go to your house", Mia said cuddling into his neck gently.

"Well, I have to shower and stuff. Plus, like I said it's just a couple blocks away. I will walk", Jay said as he set Mia down by the side of the car.

Erin frowned at the idea as Mia walked over and gave Jay a big hug, "You are going to come back home right, Daddy", she asked.

"Of course, M&M. I am just going to shave like you asked me", he reminded her.

"Okay", Mia laughed as she released Jay and went to get in the car.

"Are you okay", Erin asked placing her hands on his face. "You know, you can just shower at my house", she offered not even hiding her smirk.

"I have to handle some things as tempting as that offer sounds", Jay smiled.

"Alright well don't be too late", Erin smiled before kissing him.

"Oh trust me. I won't", Jay returned her smile.

As Erin walked back to the car, Mia peeked her head out of the window, "Bye Daddy! Love you", she waved.

"Love you too M&M"

xxx

"Mama", Mia called out as she stood in her room getting her pajamas on. Erin quickly ran from the kitchen where dinner was cooking to check on her daughter.

"What's going on Little M", she asked peeking her head in.

Mia stood on her tip toes looking at some pictures on her dresser. There was one of her as a newborn in Voight's arms, a copy of the picture Erin kept on her dresser of them in the park, and the picture of Jay and Mia asleep on the couch.

"You and Daddy need a new picture", she confirmed turning towards her mother.

Erin laughed slightly as she picked some toys off the ground in Mia's room, "Why do you say that", she asked sitting on her bed.

"Because we don't have any pictures as a family", Mia explained.

Erin couldn't even hide the smile that spread across her face. The fact that Mia noticed the same thing she had in the past couple weeks made her heart soar. The three of them had become the little family she always wanted.

"And you kiss Daddy a lot", Mia commented taking Erin out of her daze.

"MIA ROSE", Erin exclaimed as she threw a pillow at her daughter causing her to explode into a fit of giggles.

"You do", she smiled as she climbed up on the bed and curled up next to her mother.

"Well maybe I have a crush on Daddy", Erin admitted.

"I think you love him", Mia whispered quietly as she picked up one of your stuffed animals. "And he loves you too", she added after a minute of thinking.

Erin smiled as she wrapped Mia up even tighter in her arms and planted a kiss on top of her head. "Our secret, okay", she said.

Mia pretended to seal her lips just as there was a knock on the door. "DADDY", she exclaimed running from her room.

"Daddy! Daddy! Daddy", she chanted the whole way to the door as Erin followed behind her. Mia stepped up on a small stool near the door and peeked through the peephole confirming that it was Jay.

"Daddy", Mia finally stopped as she opened the door and launched herself into Jay's arms.

"Woah M&M! Miss me much", Jay asked. Mia removed her head from the crook of his neck and came face to face with Jay.

"MOMMY! DADDY WEARS GLASSES", Mia exclaimed suddenly as she removed the frames from Jay's face.

Jay laughed as he carried Mia into Erin's kitchen and Mia put Jay's glasses on her face. "Woah Daddy! You're blind", she exaggerated.

"I didn't know you wore glasses", Erin smiled as Jay set Mia down on the barstool.

"Yeah without them I would be 'blind", Jay said as he left Mia to fool with his glasses.

"And I ran out of contacts, so I had no choice", he continued as he wrapped his arms around Erin waist in the kitchen.

"Oh and you shaved", Erin smiled as she placed her hands on his nearly hairless cheeks.

"Yeah, so now you have to stop sleep talking", Jay said kissing her cheek gently.

"How many fingers am I holding up", Mia suddenly asked as Erin and Jay looked at her with his glasses on.

"Ten", Jay lied.

"NO! FOUR", Mia exclaimed putting her hands on her face in disapproval. Jumping off the stool, Mia came over to Erin and Jay in the kitchen.

"I'm gonna be blind like Daddy aren't I", she stated sadly fixing Jay's glasses.

"You have my eyes, don't worry baby", Erin said tucking a few pieces of Mia's hair behind her ear. "For now, why don't you go wash your hands because dinner is ready", she finished taking the glasses off of Mia's face before she skipped to the bathroom.

Just as Jay went to take them back, Erin gave him a smug smile as she put them on, "Hmm. You're not that blind", she stated.

"I like those better on you", Jay commented as he captured her lips in a sweet kiss. Erin couldn't hide her smile as she pulled away.

"Are you okay", Erin asked softly taking in every detail of his face.

Jay nodded, but knew Erin was looking for more of a concrete answer. "After hearing about the twins situation, I started to imagine what it would have been like if that was Mia's case", he began.

"What if she came back and had no clue this was her life? It would be like starting completely over. Then I started feeling selfish because I started to think about myself. She would have no idea who I was. I mean I am not even her father, Erin", Jay trailed off.

"Stop", Erin demanded picking up both of his hands. "We are so lucky that didn't happen. We, Jay", she clarified.

"Mia calls you 'Daddy' for a reason. She loves you, she's healthy, and overjoyed to be back with her family. That's our miracle, okay", Erin finished.

"I always knew you were wise, Lindsay", Jay teased as Erin broke out into a big smile.

"And now with these glasses, I am even better" Erin laughed as Jay stole them from her, then gave her quick kiss.

"No more kisses. It's time to eat", Mia exclaimed as she came into the kitchen.

Erin laughed as she turned to serve dinner and Jay took a seat next to Mia at the counter. Just like a family.