⋆° დ ༄ UNTIL THERE WAS YOU
chapter thirteen. prison ball.

"Hey Sammy. I thought I might find you here" a male voice was heard from the front door of a local 24/7 diner, where Sam goes to whenever she's stressed and has a peanut butter cup shake to calm her nerves down.

Sam looks up to see a familiar face looking down at her, which puts an instant smile on her face.

"Hi, Justin" Sam says getting up and hugging the tall male, who instantly hugs back and nuzzles his nose into the girls neck. After a minute, they both sit back in the booth.

"What are you doing here?" Sam questions, raising her eyebrow.

"Well, you weren't answering your calls and if I remember right, you used to come here when you were stressed and have a peanut butter cup shake"

"Sorry, my phone died. And when am I not stressed"

"What's going on?" Justin asked.

"Let's talk about you..." Sam says, changing the subject, "You're in the army...never thought I'd see the day"

"I know right"

"And you're having a baby" Sam frowns as the memories flood her mind from when her and Justin were kids, especially when her first love is staring right into her soul.

Flashback...

14 years ago
June 2001

Sam lays on her bed, reading a magazine, when she hears a knock at her window, which she ignores thinking it's just a branch, but then she hears it again.

Sam gets off her bed and slowly makes her way towards her window, then she opens it and notices nothing there, until a hidden figure jumps out and scares the brunette, who then screams.

"Damn it, Justin" Sam says, while Justin climbs through the window, then Sam punches him in the arm.

"Ow...come on, babe. It was pretty funny"

Sam glares at her boyfriend and sits on her bed, and says, "My mom's home, she's sleeping"

"Look, I'm sorry, okay. I didn't know she was home, she never is"

"Well, that's life of a narcotics detective, right?"

Justin nods his head in agreement, because his dad is in the gang unit.

"So, I was thinking we have a little fun tonight" Justin says, taking out a little baggie of cocaine from his coat pocket.

"Justin, are you serious?" Sam says, standing up in shock, "My mom is a drug cop, put that away"

"Come on, Sammy. Try it once for me" Justin says, before giving his girlfriend a light kiss on her lips, "You trust me, right?" Sam nods her head, "And you love me, right?" Sam nods her head again, "Because I love you and trust you. And I'd never do anything to hurt you"

"I know" Sam says in an almost whisper, "But I can't"

"Why not?"

"Because, Justin.....I-I'm pregnant"

Flashback over...

"Sammy..." Justin says, putting his hand over the girls, which brings her back from her thoughts, "What's going on in that pretty little head of yours?"

"Nothing to serious, but-" Sam was interrupted by one of the workers. "Sam"

"Yeah, Donna?"

"Phone. It's Hank Voight"

Sam sighs, "He knows me too well" then said girl gets up to take the phone from Donna, "Yeah, Hank...okay...I'll be right there"

Sam gives the phone back to Donna and walks back over to Justin and says,  "Hey, I gotta go. We have a case"

Justin then gets up and hugs his first love, "Okay, well it was great seeing you again"

"You too" Sam smiles into his chest.

"And you know, I'll always love you, right Sammy?"

"I know" Sam says, in an almost whisper, "I love you too, J"

A tear falls from Sam's eyes, from all the memories they've shared. "I still think about him everyday, you know" Justin says and Sam lets out a faint smile.

"Me too" Sam then gives Justin a kiss on the cheek, before leaving the diner.

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Once Sam gets to the crime scene, she meets up with Hank and Erin and they walk over to the victim, and are met with Commander Fischer.

"Victim's name was Mya Watkins. She was a state's witness set to testify in a theft case this week. Shooter walked up and put two in her head and ran off"

Erin kneels down next to the body and lifts up the tarp from over the victims face to reveal a little girl.

"How old is she?" Sam questions, "Ten?"

"Yeah" Fischer answers, as Erin puts the tarp back over her face, "Clear everything off your plate. This is the only case that matters" then he walks away.

"Homicide found two nine mil shell casings next to the body" Jay says, as he and Antonio walk over to Alvin, "they're on their way to ballistics for analysis now"

"Any witnesses?" Al asks.

"Zip. This was a message to the neighborhood. 'Don't snitch'" Antonio states.

Everyone then turns to see the mother of Mya Watkins, crying into Kevin's arms.

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The team is back on the unit and are sat at their desks, surrounding the whiteboard as Antonio tapes a picture on it, "James Grant. Senior at Anderson high and star forward on the basketball team"

"Kids a lock for the pros" Jay adds.

"Except robbery-burglary picked him up a couple months back. Charges wouldn't stick without an eyeball witness." Dawson says then points to Mya's picture, "Mya was the only one willing to go on the record"

"So she was the only thing that stood between Grant going pro" Sam starts to say, when Antonio finishes her sentence. "And spending the next five years in statesville"

"Alright" Adam says, getting off the phone, "The coach confirmed that Grant was playing in a tournament in Evanston at the time of the shooting"

"Maybe, that was the plan" Erin suggests, "Have eyes on Grant, while Mya gets shot somewhere else"

"This kids connected enough to order a hit on a witness?" Al asks as Kevin walks out from the back and handing a piece of paper to Voight, then taping a picture onto the whiteboard. "No, Grant's not, but his uncle definitely is...Devon Tucker. OG vice lord, turned gun runner. He's been looking out for his nephew, since the boy learned how to dribble"

"Yeah, but he's locked up at MCC on a federal weapons charge" Hank says, looking over the paper, Kevin just gave him, "Think he ordered the hit from inside?"

"Bet my star on it" Kevin says and Sam looks over at him and raises her eyebrow.

"Let's go have a chat" Hank says to Al, then they leave.

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Sam gets into the shower at her apartment, to scrub herself from tonight's events, when she feels a presence behind her.

"Hey" Jay says, kissing Sam's shoulder and wrapping his arms around her stomach.

"Hey"

"You okay?" The brunette asks with concern.

"A ten year old was shot, twice in the head, Jay" Sam says, turning around, "She never even got to live her life...I can't even imagine what her mother is going through right now"

Jay wraps his arms around Sam's shoulders, bringing her closer to him, as said girl wraps her arms around, said boys waist. "It's gonna be okay, Sammy. We're gonna find out who did this and put his ass away...and wanna know what else?"

"Mmm.." Sam hums into Jay's, now wet chest.

"When this is all over, I want you to move in with me"

Sam's head shot right up and looked into Jay's bright, green eyes,  and says, "What?"

"I want you to move in with me, or-or we can find our own place...together" Jay lets out a faint smile.

"Jay, we've only been dating for a month"

"Yeah, I know and it might sound crazy, but being with you makes me a better person and that only comes around once and I want to be with you, so please...just think about it at least"

Sam lets out a faint smile, "Okay"

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Sam, Jay, Erin and Al are in Hank's office with Commander Fischer talking about how Ruzek and Atwater went undercover as inmates at MCC, while Antonio went as a guard.

"Far as anyone knows, they're detainees, like any other, which means they'll be treated a such. I mean, only the warden knows they're inside. Anyone else finds out, he'll shut us down" Hank explains.

"Who's watching over them?" Fischer questions.

"One of my best undercovers...so while Atwater's on the inside, trying to get Tucker on a wire copping to ordering the hit, we're out here doing everything we can to ID the shooter and then link him back to Tucker"

"Sounds like fun" Fischer scoffs before leaving Voight's office.

"That's the new commander?" Jay questions, then mocks him, "'Sounds like fun', weird dude"

Hank and Sam nod their heads in agreement.

"I spoke to Mya's mother. She's on her way in for her interview" Erin says.

"Where we at with the shell casings from the scene?" Hank asks.

"Firing pin signature didn't match anything in the database and no usable fingerprints. Shooter was careful" Sam answers.

"Then we go back to basics. Check every camera we're linked to. CPD pods. Commercial residential surveillance and run every in-service call that came last night. I want to be briefed"

"Got it, boss" Erin says as she, Sam and Jay leave Voight's office.

While Erin sidelines Jay, Sam heads downstairs to her car, where she left her phone. As she heads towards her car, she notices a familiar figure leaning against it.

"Twice in less than 24 hours? I must be special" Sam says, folding her arms over her chest.

"You are" Justin says with a big grin on his face.

"What are you doing here, Justin?" Sam questions, as she unlocks her door and reaches into her center console to get her phone.

"I wanted to see you" Justin says, as Sam shuts her door, turning to give the brunette a questionable look, "And I wanted to talk to you...about Wyatt"

Sam's face falls in shock, "No" then she walks back towards the district.

"Why not?"

Sam quickly turns around, and says, "Because Justin. I'm just not going to"

"We need to"

"No, we don't. So leave it alone" Sam shouts, then walks back up to intelligence.

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"Help you folks?" The guy asks, walking out of an office of a car lot, where Voight and Miller are now at.

"Yeah" Hanks says, showing him, his badge on his belt, "A car from this lot was spotted at a crime scene. No record of it being towed. So somehow it left the premises last night and wound up back here"

"Well this ain't a drive thru. It's an auto impound. No vehicle goes in or out unless a form gets filled or its on the back of a truck" The guys says.

"How does a car get in and out of the lot without going into the system?" Sam questions.

"That's a good question. Wait here, let me get the manager" The guys says, then walks away into the building.

"Everything okay, Sammy?" Hank asks, the younger girl.

"I'm fine"

"Sam, I've known you for 20 years, everytime you say..'I'm fine'.."

"Come on" Sam says, interrupting Voight.

"What?"

Sam points to the guy, they were talking to, running away. "Aw, man"

The Voight/Miller duo, chase after the guy, through the car lot. While Sam follows the bigger man, Hank goes around the other side, trying to cut him off and trap him.

Sam takes her gun from her holster, slowly trying to find this guy between abandoned cars, when she spots him ducking behind one and points him out to Hank, who then slams into the car the guys behind and traps him underneath.

"Opps" Hanks says, as he and Sam put their guns back into their holsters. Sam then leans against the car, so it pushes further on to the guy.

"Come on, man. I'm just trying to make a couple bucks."

"So you took out a contract on a ten year old?" Hank questions.

"What the hell is he talking about?" The guy asks, looking at Sam.

"Who ever was driving the bimmer last night murdered a little girl" Sam answers.

"Whoa. Maybe I rented a car or two out to someone trying to impress a date...but nobody said anything about a murder"

Sam rolls her eyes.

"Well, you tell me who was behind the wheel or I hang the whole thing on you..." Hank says, as Sam pushes harder on the car, "It's your choice"

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Sam sits at her desk, looking at the texts, Justin has been sending her...;

Please can we talk about Wyatt?

Please

I'm begging you

He is apart of us

One part you...one part me. It's a perfect combo

I'm sorry

I miss you

Sam can feel tears gather in her eyes, reading these.

"Okay" Sam hears Erin say, as she walks in from the back with Jay, and she quickly puts her phone back in her back pocket and clears her throat, "The tow clerk rented the car to Omar Martel. Martel was detained with Tucker at MCC, until a few months ago" Erin then tapes a picture onto the board.

"He used to run a stick up screw, ripping off dealers and killing 'em for fun" Jay adds.

"Right"

"Now all of his boys are either dead or in jail. So he's branched out to murder for hire. Last known address is on west 23rd and Pilsen"

"And Grant's cell phone records show him pinging a tower near Martel's house two days before Mya was killed" Erin says then slapping her hand over Martel's picture, "This is our shooter"

"Alright, let's roll out" Hank says.

"Hey, Sarg?" Sam says, standing up from her desk.

"Yeah"

"Do you mind if I stay behind on this one?"

"Yeah. Everything okay?" Hank asks.

"Yeah, I just need to take a couple for a personal"

"Yeah, okay. We're good"

Sam nods her head, then grabs her jacket from her chair when she hears her name, "Sam"

"Everything is good, Jay. Promise" Sam lets out a faint smile and walks down the stairs, putting her phone to her ear, "Hey, meet me at the diner in ten"

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Sam sits down in a booth across from Justin and she sighs, cause she already knows where this talk is heading.

"I'm sorry, J. Okay. I've just been so scared to talk about him. Not just with you, to anyone"

Tears fall from Sams eyes as Justin moves to her side of the booth and puts and arm around her shoulder, so she can cry into his chest. "I know. Sammy. I'm sorry too. You've been through a lot. We both have. I remember that night too. The night you told me you were pregnant"

Flashback...

14 years ago
June 2001

"Because Justin....I-I'm pregnant"

"You're what?" Justins face falls in shock.

"Pregnant. With our baby" Sam says, putting her hands on her stomach.

Justin's gaze goes down, following her hand to her stomach, then in a quick second Justin grabs her face and smashes his lips into hers.

"What was that for?" Sam questions and Justin smiles.

"I'm gonna be a dad and with the love of my life at that...I-I can't believe it"

Sam smiles as Justin gets on his knees and kisses, said girls stomach and says, "Hi, little one. I know you can't hear me, but let me tell you, that you will be the most loved baby in the world"

Sam giggles with tears in her eyes and brushes her fingers through Justin's hair. "Yes he or she will be"

Flash back over...

"He's with a good family, you know that" Justin says, trying to comfort the brown eyed girl.

"I know, but he's our baby boy, Justin. Ours" Sam sits up and looks at the man she onced loved, "He's almost 15 and he doesn't even know we're his parents"

"One day he will and when that day comes, we'll be prepared to tell him why we couldn't raise him"

Sams phone starts to ring and she answers, "Hey Jay...thank god, that's great news...Okay, I'll see you back at the district...bye" Sam hangs up her phone, "I gotta go"

Justin slides out of the booth, followed by Sam and then the two hug.

"Here" Sam says, handing Justin a small picture, of their son Wyatt, "Kallie Richards, Wyatt's adoptive mom sent it to me, a couple months back. Thought you'd like it for when you go back into the army"

"Thanks, Sammy" Justin smiles and Sam swears she saw a tear. The only other time she saw a tear from this man was when their son was taken from them, "He's beautiful"

"Yeah, because he looks exactly like you" Sam jokes.

"Hey, we both made him and he's perfect"

"I gotta go, before you get me to cry again" Sam laughs and Justin kisses her forehead.

"Okay, well thank you again for bringing him into this world and I love you so much, Sammy. Always remember that"

"I love you too, J"

As Sam leaves the diner and walks over to her jeep, she hears her name being called and when she turns around she sees her best friend Kelly with a very pretty girl. "Sammy, hey"

"Hey, Kells. Hi, I'm Sam" Sam says, holding out her hand for the girl to shake. "Hi, I'm Brittany. Nice to meet you"

"Brittany...is my wife" Kelly smiles. Sam starts laughing. "Nice one, Kelly. God, this is one of your best pranks. Seriously who are you?"

"His wife" Brittany says, holding up her left hand to show Sam her ring.

Sam's face falls immediately into a frown, "I'm sorry...your what?"

a/n;

Sam and Justin 😭😭
Also, Sam's reaction to Kelly getting married in Vegas 😂😂