Choices

Chapter 6

Erin was four months pregnant and still had not told anyone but Jay. She'd gone to her doctor appointments like she was supposed to and everything was looking good. She'd been worried the pills and alcohol she'd consumed during her sabbatical would be effecting the baby, but so far everything was going smoothly.

She'd finally gotten over the morning sickness and work was keeping them busy. Jay would still come over most nights and make sure she'd eaten and then tuck her in bed before going to his own apartment. It got harder and harder to leave each night but he wouldn't stay until she was ready.

He'd been trying for the last week to get her to tell Voight. Their case was pretty intense and Jay remembered the doctor telling her stress wasn't good for the baby and she didn't need to be in the field much past three months.

While her vest still fit, it was getting tighter which made Jay more protective. She knew before long she'd have to tell because she was showing, but she just wasn't ready to tell Hank.

They were preparing for a bust that would wrap up their case. Jay was helping her with her vest when he leaned close. "You've got to tell him Erin. You can't keep doing this much longer," he whispered snapping her vest in place.

She turned to face him making sure he was good. "I know. I will. After this case," she promised as Voight told them to roll out.

It was a normal take down, they all went in from their designated directions. It was supposed to be in and out until they hear gunfire and Halstead's warning of heavy fire. Next, they hear him radioing for an ambulance for an officer down and they make their way towards him and Lindsay.

Their suspect was dead, likely killed by Halstead before he'd dropped to attend to his partner. Her shoulder had caught a bullet and Jay was working on keeping her awake.

When the paramedics arrived he insisted on riding with her and Voight relented not wanting Erin alone. The whole unit froze when they heard Halstead telling Gabby that they needed to hurry because she was pregnant. The doors closed and they sped off leaving the rest of the team to stand in awkward silence.

Al finally broke it pulling Ruzek and Atwater with him to deal with the suspect and Antonio went to start paperwork.

It took Hank a few minutes to fully process what he'd heard Halstead relaying. He couldn't believe he'd actually heard those words and Erin hadn't told him. She'd kept working putting herself and the baby in danger. Baby, that was still going to take some processing Hank thought as he dished out orders before speeding off to the hospital himself.

The more he drove the madder he got though. He'd told Halstead to have her back no matter what when she'd come back to the unit. That didn't mean knock her up so he'd always have her though. He was seriously going to kill his detective when he got his hands on him.

Before he entered Med, the Commander called wanting a briefing on the case and he had to give it despite informing her Lindsay was in the hospital. He went to the station gave his briefing and then returned to Med. It'd been almost an hour since he'd seen Erin leaving in the ambulance and his anger at Halstead had continued to grow.

When he reached Med, Maggie informed him of her room number and he stormed up there. When he pushed the door open, she was sleeping and Halstead was standing by the window. Hank couldn't contain his rage any longer.

He stormed towards Jay throwing him up against the wall with his arm on his throat. "When I told you to have her back that wasn't free permission to sleep with her and knock her up," Hank growled.

Jay had initially been shocked but once Hank started speaking he realized his Sargent thought the baby was his. He'd been all set to fight back until he realized if Hank thought it was his, he'd be less pissed at Erin and the reminder of her sabbatical.