A/N: Hey y'all! Sorry for not posting for a while, sometimes real life gets in the way, and I didn't want to get distracted and have the writing suffer! Hope you enjoy this next chapter and finale!
Vanessa crossed her arms, still smirking, waiting for Hailey's excuse. "Let me guess, he spilled something on his entire outfit?"
"Um it's not what it looks like..." She started, glancing around at the expectant faces. Who was she kidding. There was no way out of this. She sighed. "Okay, it's exactly what it looks like."
Jay was biting the inside of his lip. Hailey was definitely going to be upset about this. "I thought you set an alarm?"
She looked over at the clock, checking the alarm she groaned, "I set it for 7 PM."
"Well, you did have a concussion so, you weren't thinking straight," Vanessa offered.
Kevin still hadn't said a word, his shock was pretty evident.
"So, you guys think you could give us some privacy to get dressed?" Jay suggested.
"Right!" Rojas laughed. "I'm gonna go anyway, swing by my place for some clothes. See ya guys at work." And she left, Kevin following her out, wordlessly.
"Shit." Hailey swore, flopping back on the bed.
"Hail, it's okay."
"No, no it's not. It's different for a female detective... Jay, people are going to talk, say I'm sleeping around my unit. If I get promoted it'll be because I'm sleeping with someone, not because of my merit," she was getting upset, and he wrapped his arms around her.
"Hailey, forget them. You know who you are," he said, kissing her bare shoulder. "Our unit knows you deserve any promotion you're given. All that matters is that we know what kind of cop you are."
She nodded, biting the inside of her lip.
"We need to tell Voight," he told her, and when she began to protest he said, "we've got to get out in front of this."
As soon as they got to the precinct, Hailey headed to Voight's office and Jay followed. Hailey stopped him, "Maybe I'd better do this alone," she suggested. Jay didn't have the best track record with dating while in the Intelligence unit. His last relationship was with a drug dealer, the one before that was practically Voight's daughter.
He nodded, watching her walk into the office and close the door.
Hank glanced up at her from his desk, shuffling pages. " What can I do for you?" He asked, looking back to his papers.
"Sarge, I gotta be honest with you, especially with everything going on with Adam and Kim... I never meant for this to happen but things have gotten serious and I feel like I need to tell you..." she trailed off, and he finally looked up from his paperwork.
"Is this about you and Halstead being together?"
Her mouth dropped a bit in surprise, "How did you know?"
"I'm not stupid. I see things, Hailey. Are you pregnant too?"
"What?! NO."
He shrugged. "Then no problems here."
Shocked, she turned to go, and he called after her, "but let me know if that status changes. The more I know, the better I can protect you."
She returned to her desk, a confused look on her face. Jay hustled over, asking breathlessly, "Do I need to look for another job?"
She shook her head. "No. He was super chill about it. It was weird." She frowned at him, "he asked if I was pregnant."
Jay's eyes got wide, "And you said..."
"NO. Are you serious?!"
"Sorry, I mean, just checking." He wandered back to his own desk, his thoughts drifting to Hailey being pregnant, with his baby. He decided he would not have minded that at all.
Later in the day, Adam showed up, with news that Kim was doing well. She'd be behind a desk for the foreseeable future, until the baby was born. After the scare with the bombing, she was much more open to a less intense position at the CPD.
Hailey and Jay went back to her apartment that night, sitting on the couch watching tv, she rested her head on his shoulder.
"Jay?" She took a deep breath, turning to him, her face serious.
Concerned, he sat up, taking her hand. "What's wrong?"
"You deserve someone better than me."
He scoffed, "where is this coming from?"
"I don't know... thinking about Adam and Kim... I love my job. I'm a good cop. I... I don't know if I want to give that up for a kid."
"Hailey. Stop. You don't have to plan the future now."
"But you want kids."
"Maybe someday. Definitely not right now!"
"But someday. What if I don't?"
"Do you know for sure?"
"No."
"Then stop worrying about it." He pulled her into his lap, kissing her cheek. "Hails, I'm in love with you. All of you. The goods and the bads. Why is that so hard to understand."
Tears started to fall down her face as she admitted, "everyone I've ever loved leaves me. Or worse is taken from me. I can't lose you too."
He chuckled, "I'm not going anywhere. Seriously, you're going to have to tie me up and ship me to another country if you want to get rid of me."
"I hope so." She responded, burying her face into his chest.
"I'm gonna prove it," he insisted, standing up with her in his arms, he carried her to the bedroom.
FIVE YEARS LATER
Jay stood at the front of the church, Will at his side, watching as Hailey walked down the aisle holding on to Voight's arm. She was the picture of beauty in her white gown, her golden locks falling freely down her back. When she reached him she smiled wide, handing her bouquet to Kim as she took both of Jay's hands. Reciting their vows, their eyes never left each other.
"I promise to love you, Hailey. Every part of you. And I'm going to prove to you every day that you deserve all my love. You're my partner, my best friend, and now my wife. I can't imagine a life without you in it. Thank you for taking a chance on me. For trusting me. For always having my back. Wherever we're headed, were in it together. I go where you go," he said, beaming at her.
They kissed passionately, their friends cheered. Adam and Kim's daughter was unimpressed, the four year old dumped her basket of rose petals at their feet, wandering off to sit on Voight's lap. The small group surrounded them, offering congratulations and giving hugs. They headed to Molly's, where Hermann had strung a 'just married' sign above the bar. Talking, laughing and drinking with their friends, Hailey smiled across the room to where her husband sat. Catching her eye he winked, pointing at the water bottle in his hand, then at her. She rolled her eyes, running a hand down her still flat belly, knowing she was following him blind into marriage, and soon parenthood. Jay had been ecstatic when they'd found out the week before, but she hadn't wanted to take the attention off their wedding, so they'd kept the secret. For now.
"Hey, we gotta get going, get the little ones to bed," Kim said behind her, holding baby Alvin in one arm while Adam carried the defiant flower girl, Nina. Kim gave Hailey a one armed hug, "Congratulations, we're so happy for you guys," she said, and Adam nodded.
Late in the evening they finally returned to her apartment, their apartment. He helped unbutton the tiny row of buttons at the back of her dress, slipping it down over her hips he kissed her bare shoulders. Turning to face him, she wrapped her arms around his neck, gazing longingly into his eyes. "I love you," she whispered, touching her nose to his.
His hands rested on her butt, and he pulled them up over her hips, running them across her belly, he leaned down to kiss her there. "I love you too, Hail," he said, his voice hoarse with emotion as he picked her up, carrying her to the bedroom.
Along the way she joked, "you know, soon I'm going to be as big as a house, this won't be so easy."
He smiled, placing her gently on the bed, he ran his fingers over her skin, kissing the tender spots. "You'll still be just as beautiful," he remarked, pulling his wife close to him, relishing the perfection of the day and that moment, knowing that with her by his side, his life would always be good.
The End :)
*** A/N: Thanks for all the support on this story! If you like romance/angst reading, check out my new story:
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It's a post American civil war Western, if you don't know the story of the tv show "The Rifleman" it's still easy to understand! And full of action and tension!