Chicago's Girl (K.S.)

At Molly's

Next day. Morning. At Molly's. 

I walked from the backroom into the main room. 

Arthur was sitting at the bar "morning. "

I jumped and looked at him. Damn it, i was the only one here.

Arthur took a sip of his drink "no one was here, so i figured u'd just serve myself."

Me "Leave, now" 

Suddenly Jay walked inside with another guy and i tensed. 

Arthur "i want my money"

Me "and i want a boyfriend who does nor turn out to be an asshole"

I shot an innocent smile over to Jay who did not look amused at all. 

Then i looked at Arthur who chuckled. 

He chuckled "i like you. Now pay"

Me "and if i can't?"

Arthur nodded ad grabbed the bottle of alcohol  "you know, all things considered i like to think of myself as a fair man.  I believe in taking people at their word, offering second chances, that kind of thing. Now, you take the owners of Game Day. I gave them a chance to pay"

He started to pour the alcohol over the bar counter "they refused. I gave them a second chance, and once again, they refused "

Then he threw the bottle against the wall and i jumped a little. 

Arthur pulled out a lighter  "then ..they had that bad luck"

Jay "hey, Arthur, is-"

Arthur yelled "shut up!"

Then he set the bar counter on fire. 

Jay suddenly knocked the other guy out. 

I looked at him.

Arthur pulled a gun out and shot Jay.

Me "Jay!"

Jay went to the ground. please let it not be something serious. 

Then Arthur aimed the gun at me. 

I held my hands up. 

Suddenly Jay aimed a gun at Arthur's head "Drop the gun. You're under arrest"

Arthur "son of a bitch"

Jay "put the gun down, Arthur. I swear to god, i'll make you eat it"

Arthur didn't move and Jay hit him with the back of the gun. 

That bastard went to the ground. 

I rushed over to the fire extinguisher and killed the fire. 

 Then i rushed over to Jay who had aimed at the other guy. 

I looked at his shoulder "Jay, your shoulder?"

Jay "would you mind taking my cell phone out of my pocket and putting it to my ear?. You got to dial 911"

I did what he told me.

Jay "Here's Detective Jay Halstead. Badge Number 51163"

Outside. 

Jay was sitting on the hood of his car. 

The cops and the ambulance were here. Antonio took care of Arthur and the other guy. They had bandaged Jay. thank god Gabby was here. 

I walked over to Jay "You got lucky. It's pretty much a through-and-through. You'll need some stitches, but otherwise you#re fine"

He nodded "thank you"

Antonio walked to us "you two okay?"

I nodded "Yeah"

Antonio "i got to say, this didn't turn out the way i thought it would be, but you got the job done. "

Jay nodded "yeah, and i caught a bullet in the process"

Antonio "you say that like it's a bad thing"

I looked at Antonio, amused "don't tell me that getting hit by a bullet is a sign of luck"

Antonio "Well, surviving a bullet is luck"

I rolled my eyes, amused. 

Antonio looked at Jay "you know, since you were shot on a job, that pretty much means you get to choose your next deal"

Jay "Intelligence. I want Intelligence"

Antonio nodded "Yeah, well, we'll see what we can do about that"

Then he walked away. 

I turned to Jay. 

Jay took a deep breath "you know, this doesn't have to change things for us"

I looked at him and nodded "i know. But you're a cop and i am a firefighter, does that really match?"

Jay "do you and i match?"

Me "Well, you are definitely my type"

Jay raised his eyebrows, amused " you love dating cops?"

I shook my head "god no, Jay."

Jay "Listen, I really like you, okay?  and i hope you like me too. "

Me "The way you acted around me when Arthur was around- the role you played-"

Jay shook his head "i promise i will never treat you like that ever again. You know i didn't have a choice"

I nodded "good chose of words. Because if you ever treat me like that again i swear i'm gonna put a bullet through you myself. "

Jay chuckled "so what are you saying?"

I sighed and drove a hand through my hair "Jay, it's been a pretty rough day, okay?"

Jay nodded, worried "of course. Take as much as time as you need. I'll wait"

I asked surprised "what? really?"

Jay nodded "of course, Flo. You're a woman worth waiting for"

I smiled.