⋆° დ ༄ UNTIL THERE WAS YOU
chapter eighteen. we don't work together anymore.

"You're what?"

"I'm pregnant" Sam, says, repeating herself.

"Whoa"

"Yeah" Sam sighed, placing both her hands on her stomach, "Please say something other than whoa"

"I-I can't believe this" Jay says, in an almost whisper and without thinking he leaves the bedroom and heads into the living room to get his jacket.

"Jay, where are you going?"

When Jay doesn't say anything and leaves the apartment, Sam's face floods with salty tears as she covers her mouth trying to stop herself from crying out.

Sam had thought Jay could react in a million different ways, but walking out on her, she never saw coming. She thought he loved her.

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The next day...

After eating a whole tub of rocky road ice cream and watching several rom coms, and waiting for Jay to come back -which he never did- Sam finally fell asleep...about two hours ago.

When Sam hears her alarm goes off at 7:00, said girl slams her hand on the snooze button to make it shut up, then she sits up and rubs away the sleepiness -sorta- from her eyes and slowly makes her way to her bathroom to get ready for the day.

About half an hour later, Sam walks out of her bathroom wrapped in a towel and jumps back and puts her hand over her heart, "Jesus, Jay. Way to give me a heart attack"

"Sorry" Jay says, still looking at the ground.

"Where the hell have you been?"

"Molly's then my apartment"

"So, drinking is more important than being here with me when I tell you, that your child is growing inside me?" Sam questions, going over to her dresser to get out her usual black skinny jeans, and a grey t-shirt and matching grey lace bra.

"I'm sorry, Sammy. You caught me off guard"

"Yeah, obviously" Samy says, sarcastically putting on her bra and t-shirt.

"Look, Sammy. I left last night and I shouldn't. It was a dick move and I wish I could take it back" Jay says, standing up and walking over to Sam, "But, I have never been more happy in my life" Jay then places his hands gently on his girlfriend's cheeks, wiping away a single tear from her eyes, "And I will love and protect you two, until the day I die"

Sam looks into Jay's beautiful green eyes and smiles, "You mean that?"

"I mean it" Jay says and Sam smashes her lips into her boyfriend's, "So, I take it, I'm forgiven?"

"This time" Sam says, as Jay moves back so she can put her jeans on, "But the next time you leave me like that, Jay Halstead, there will be consequences"

"Yes ma'am"

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Sam and Jay walk onto the unit and sit at their desks and start doing some boring paperwork, when Voight calls them into his office.

"You two want to tell me anything?" Voight questions, the two detectives -who give each other a look- closing his office door.

"Uh, I don't think so, Jay?"

"Uh, nope"

"You sure? Cause I already know about Ruzek and Burgess, so if you two are together, tell me"

Sam sighs, "We're together"

Right when Hank was about to say something his phone rings, "Voight...you sure?...okay, we'll be right there, Erin" Hank hangs up his phone and stuffs it into his front pocket, "We'll talk about this later, come on"

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The Intelligence team is now at FBI headquarters, helping them on a case involving a CI named Kylie and a drug cartel kingpin, named Damian Mandoza.

"Our CI Kylie, was supposed to alert us if anything went sideways. Best we got is that she tipped off Mendoza before we raided" Lang tells the intelligence team, "We think they're still in Chicago, most likely looking for alternative means to move their cartel cash to Mexico"

"And that's where our unit...your unit, sorry, comes in" Erin says, "You guys know Chicago. We need your help tracking down the key players in Mendoza's operation"

"Sounds good" Voight says, for him and his team.

"We need Intelligence to focus on Mendoza's three Lieutenants, Emilio Quentin, Eduardo Fuentos and Franco Gamboa" Lindsay says, pulling up some pictures onto a big screen, "We find them, they'll lead us to Mendoza and the money and hopefully Kylie"

"Lieutenants it is" Voight says.

"You know, there are other guys in the cartel. You look into any of them?" Olinsky asks.

"Mendoza's the only Zeta member we were able to get eyes on" Lang states, "But if you find a name, follow it down"

"We got a problem" Agent Castillo says, walking into the room, "Kylie's brother just filed a missing persons report"

"Her brother?" Dawson questions, "What's his story?"

"He's nobody" Lang reassures, "Call OEMC, have them redacted that bulletin and bring the brother in. We don't want any other agency touching this case" Lang orders Castillo, then looks over at the Intelligence team, "One of our techs can get you set up in a conference room. Analysts are at your disposal"

"Yeah, we know what we got to do" Hank says, "I prefer to run this out of our own shop, if it's all the same"

Lang stares blankly at Voight, "Keep in contact"

"Of course" Voight reassures, then the team follows their Sergeant out and Sam gives Erin a quick hug. "We miss you, Erin"

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The team minus Voight are at their desks, waiting for further information regarding the case and staring at the whiteboard, that's filled with pictures and information about the case so far.

"I wouldn't mind a federal paycheck" Jay states, "Be a lot more than I make now and I'm definitely gonna need it"

Jay smiles at Sam who smiles back and she touches her locket.

"I wouldn't mind some of those flat screens. You'd take this place out the 70's if you put them in here" Atwater states and Sam nods her head in agreement.

"Eh, yeah, they got nice offices and all, but I can't totally understand Lindsay going there" Adam says.

"Why not?" Sam asks.

"I don't know, it's too uptight. She's all rough and tumble. I mean, I don't know, maybe she's more of a ladder climber than we thought"

"Oh, ambition ain't a crime, kid" Al says.

"Fair enough"

Jay looks at his phone, "Hey, hey. The task force put trackers on three of the Mendoza's work cars. They all came back registered to a Cassie Thomas"

"Cassie Thomas" Kevin repeats, then looks over the files on his desk, "Yeah, Cassie Thomas. Girlfriend to Emilio Quentin. Isn't that one of the Lieutenants?"

"Yup, that's him"

"Alright" Dawson says, getting the file from Atwater and handing it to Sam, "I'll drive, Sam you read" then Sam gets up, grabs her jacket and follows after Dawson.

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Sam and Antonio knock at the very expensive looking apartment door of Cassie Thomas. A couple minutes later the door opens to reveal Cassie, holding some sort of hairless dog? Maybe even a cat?

"I thought you were the delivery guy" Cassie says and Sam holds up her badge and Dawson walks in and says. "I wish I was. Nice cat"

"Wow" Sam says, following Antonio into the apartment.

"Emilio Quentin. Works for a guy named Damian Mendoza" Dawson says as him and Sam look at the view of the city.

"I haven't seen Emilio in years"

"That right?" Dawson questions, not believing her story at all.

"So, Cassie, how's the nail salon doing?" Sam asks, "You work part time right?"

"I do nail art" Cassie says, holding up her left hand showing off her work and Sam is impressed.

"You must have really scrimped and saved to afford this place" Dawson says.

"Excuse you? You can't come up in here and judge me. Having nice things isn't a crime, last I checked"

"No, but buying things with drug money is" Sam says, and Cassie looks away.

"Second time now. Where's Emilio?" Dawson asks.

"No clue"

"One of the cars Mendoza used in his operation is registered in your name" Sam tells the brunette.

"Emillio bought me a car after our first date. It was that good"

"Hmm. Too bad that same car matches a partial plate rip form a homicide last month. Which makes you an accessory to murder" Dawson says, getting his cuffs out and starts to cuff Cassie, "Turn around. Let's go"

"Wait, wait, wait. Okay. Okay. I swear on my life I don't know where Emilio is" Cassie says and Antonio and Sam give the girl a look, "But I did, I...I did let him buy some cars in my name and some of my co workers, too"

"How many cars?" Sam questions.

"Like, thirty-four?" Sam and Antonio's eyes widen for a second. "I don't know what he uses them for, and I don't ask"

"Look, Cassie" Dawson says, "What car is Emilio driving now?"

"An SUV. Dark green"

Sam and Antonio leave the apartment and head to their car, while Dawson calls Kevin. "Atwater, grab a pen. We're looking for a dark green SUV, belonging to Emilio Quentin"

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After Al and Adam bring Quentin in, Sam and Hank go into interrogation with Quentin, trying to get anything they can out of him.

"Calculated criminal drug conspiracy, aggravated assault" Sam says, reading from a file, "Just the tip of the iceberg"

"We can go round and round like this all you want. I don't talk till I get my deal" Emilio says and Voight back hands him, then Sam looks behind her into the two way mirror, knowing Lindsay and Lang are watching.

"Where's Mendoza?" Voight questions.

"I ain't giving up my boys until I know I got an agreement"

Voight gives Miller a look of disbelief.

"Seven years max, in protective custody"

"You pull a gun on cops, there is no agreement" Voight says.

"I know how you guys work"

"I don't think you do" Voight says, when Lang walks in. "You two"

Hank and Sam follow Agent Lang into the hall, meeting with him and Lindsay.

"You make a deal, you put that piece of trash back on my streets in no time flat" Voight says.

"He's minnow and we need to move"

"Look, the guys dead to rights. They'll get him to talk" Lindsay says, trying to defuse the situation.

"Anybody has a problem with my decision making, take it up with the A-USA" Lang says and Sam rolls her eyes, "I'm making the deal"

Voight takes a step closer to Lang and Sam catches his shoulder, "Hey, come on" then they both leave back to the bullpen.

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Hank, Sam and Antonio follow Lindsay and Lang to a scrap metal yard, where Mendoza is suppose to be, but instead they find empty gas tanks and two of Mendoza's Lieutenants...dead, inside a crushed car.

"No wonder why Quentin wanted out. Mendoza is burning it to the ground" Erin states, "Who knows what he'll do to Kylie if he finds out she's working with us"

"We gave Quentin a reduced sentence for this?" Voight questions.

"So, you're one of those 'I told you so' guys"

"Am I?"

"Hey, everybody chill out, alright?" Antonio says, then looks at Lang, "I'm talking to you too"

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Sam, Hank, Erin and Lang go to the roll up of the district and see Kevin and Agent Castillo counting loads of money and Platt and Roman across from them.

"So, a CI of mine saw a kid making runs to Mendoza's counting house. Turns out he works for a cartel player names Urbina" Platt informs the four.

"She broke this kid down like a cardboard box" Sean says, complimenting Trudy and everyone except Lang and Castillo smile. "Stop it"

"Urbina's a mid level Zeta's guy" Lang states, "Works with Mendoza. We never got eyes on him"

"Also got a watering hole for you" Roman says, handing Voight a small piece of paper, who then reads it.

"Green Mill. That's nice work...alright, we did it your way. I mean...now let us do it ours"

"What do you say, Erin?" Lang asks, "What's the call?"

Lindsay looks at Hank and Sam hesitantly and looks back at her new boss. "I say, we let Sergeant Voight and his team do their thing and we keep looking for Kylie on our end"

"Fine. Do it. Castillo we're out of here" Lang says, before the three agents leave.

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Sam walks onto the unit, after the team and the task force found Mendoza, Kylie and the missing money as she passes Burgess on her way to Voight's office.

"Hey, Kim"

"Hey Sam"

Sam walks into Hanks office and closes the door behind her, before taking a seat in front of his desk -that he's currently sitting at-.

"Sam..."

"Yes me and Jay are together and yes I know how you feel about in house relationships, okay, but this isn't some puppy love, Hank. I promise you, I wouldn't have gotten into anything if I knew it wouldn't last. This is real" Sam says, taking in some oxygen after saying all that in one breath.

"Sammy, I get it, okay. I just don't want you to get hurt again"

"I won't let him or I'll kick his ass" Sam reassures the older man.

"Okay, we'll try it out, but if anything happens, it's on you two"

"Got it" Sam smiles and unintentionally places her hand on her stomach as she gets up to leave. "Sam..."

"Yeah, Sarg" Sam says, as she watches Hank's gaze go down to her stomach and she quickly removes her hand from said area. "Is there something else you need to tell me?"

Sam hesitates as Hank's desk phone rings and he answers, still looking at the raven haired girl.

"Voight...okay, we'll be right there" Hank hangs up the phone and gets up from his chair grabbing his coat, "We caught a crime scene, let's go"

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