⋆° დ ༄ UNTIL THERE WAS US
chapter six. life as we know it.

"I can't believe Crowley stripped you of your police powers" Sam scoffs, before taking a sip of her orange juice.

Sam, Denise and Adam met up at a local diner to have some breakfast.

"I know and she said it would've been worse but my dad's a cop, so"

"Jesus" Sam says. Adam shrugs and says, "You're taking the shift off right?"

Sam sighed and said, "Yes. My feet are killing me and I'm spending the day with Dee here before she goes back to school next week and we're gonna get the new house ready before we move in"

Denise looks up from her plate of pancakes, smiling and Sam and Adam start laughing. Adam checks his watch and says, "I gotta head out"

Adam and Sam slide out of the booth and give each other a hug.

"I'll see you later" Adam says, before leaving the diner.

"Yeah, okay" Sam smiles, then puts her hand on her still growing belly as she sits back down in the booth.

"Sammy?"

"Yeah, Dee?"

"When are we moving into our new house?" Denise asks, eating a piece of bacon. Sam smiles at Denise thinking about what she just said, 'our house'. The house that her and Jay were talking about didn't work out, but the second house they saw was perfect so they bought it the other day and they couldn't be more excited.

"This weekend, actually. After breakfast we're gonna go to the firehouse and ask the boys for help, then we're gonna go to the store to get some paint, to paint the walls if you wanna help"

"Heck yeah. Can my walls be purple?"

"They can be any color you want kiddo"

"Sweet" Denise smiles, taking a sip of her orange juice.

"I'm gonna go pay, then we can leave" Sam says, getting up and waddling over to the register.

As Sam finishes paying, she turns around, bumping into someone saying, "excuse me, sorry" trying to pass the male figure.

"Sam Miller?" the male asks. Sam stops in her tracks, turning on her heels and asks, "Do I know you?"

"No, uhm, I'm Sawyer Hudson. I didn't know how to go about this, but uh, I guess I'm your brother"

Sams heart falls to her stomach and after what seems like an hour she says, "I'm sorry, I think you have the wrong person. I'm an only child"

"Your dad is Aiden Hudson right?"

A name she hasn't heard since she was 10 years old, a voice she hasn't heard in two months, from out of the blue.

Flashback...
Two months ago

Sam is sat at her desk, doing some paperwork on her computer when her desk phone rings. "Detective Miller"

"This is Detective Samantha Miller?"

"Yeah, who's this?"

"Hi sweetheart, it's your father"

"Dad?" Sam asks, with wide eyes, "What do you want?"

"I'm in Chicago and I was wondering if we could get together"

"Are you serious right now? You left when I was 10...that was 20 years ago and all of a sudden you wanna get together? I don't think so" Sam says, hanging up the phone.

Flashback over...

"Unfortunately"

"He's my dad too. Mine and my sisters...obviously"

"Sammy, what's taking so long?" Denise asks, walking over to her foster mother.

"Sorry Dee, we were just leaving" Sam says, walking away and holding onto Denise's hand.

"Who were you talking to?" Denise asks, as the two start walking down the sidewalk towards Sam's jeep.

"Well, that man said he was my brother, but I'm an only child" Sam says, opening the passenger side door for Denise to hop into.

"That's weird"

"Very"

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Sam and Denise walk into the 51st firehouse and into the common room where everyone goes to chill out.

"Sam, Denise!" Hermann yells, giving them both a hug, "What are you goes up to?"

"Well, we were wondering if some of you could help me and Jay move our things into the new house saturday?" Sam asks, taking a seat at the oval shaped table, while Denise goes over to pouch and plays with him.

"Hell yeah. Anyone else?" Hermann asks, looking around at the group.

"Yeah, I'm free" Peter says.

"Me too" Cruz says.

"Gabby isn't here right now, but we will" Matt smiles, taking a sip from his water.

"Sweet. What about Capp and Mouch?" Sam asks. Hermann nods and says, "Capp is good for it and I think Mouch is doing something with Trudy"

"Awesome" Sam says, slowly standing up, as Hermann and Peter help her, "Thank you guys. Is Kelly sleeping?"

"Not sure. Might be in his office though" Casey states.

"Denise good to stay here for a few minutes?"

"Yeah, of course. Take your time"

Sam walks towards Kelly's small office and knocks on the glass door. Kelly looks over at the person bothering him during his quiet time and smiles, knowing it's his best friend.

Kelly opens the door and brings Sam into a bear hug and says, "Hi Sammy"

"Hi Kells"

"How are you feeling? You look like you're gonna pop any minute" Kelly jokes as Sam goes to sit down on his bed who sighs. "It feels like it. She's tiring me out. I just wanna meet her so freakin' bad"

"I know. Me too" Kelly smiles, leaning on the edge of his desk.

"Hey, you're still coming over Saturday to help move, right?" Sam questions.

"Of course"

"So, I need to tell you something"

"Oh god"

"A couple months ago, my dad called me"

"What? Just out of the blue?" Kelly asks, folding his arms over his chest. Sam shrugs and says, "Yeah, I guess. And I don't know if it was the timing or what but he called the day after we busted Roland and started asking questions about the night my mom died. Which can't be a coincidence, right?"

"You really think your dad had something to do with your mom's death? He left when you were ten. Your mom died when you were 17"

"I know, I just I-I don't know. And then at breakfast right before we got here I ran into someone who says he's my brother"

"Wait, what? You're an only child"

"I know. He says my dad is his"

"And this is all just coming up now after you questioning Roland about your mom?"

"Yeah, it's all so fucked up. I don't get it"

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After buying tons of paint, paint brushes and whatever else they needed to paint and clean up the house. Denise goes into her new room to sweep and put down some sheets, for her room to be painted next.

Sam takes out her ringing phone and says, "Hey Mouse, thanks for calling me back. Can you look into someone for me and put together a file?"

"Yeah sure. Who's the person?"

"Sawyer Hudson"

"Yeah, I'll get it done"

"Thanks, Mouse" Sam says, hanging up her phone, putting it in her back pocket and walking to her foster daughter's room to start painting it a light purple.

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Later that night...

Jay is sat at the bar at Molly's with Kelly, showing him his mother's ring he wants to propose to Sam with.

"Wow. Sammy is gonna love that"

"You don't think it's too much? It was my moms" Jay says, looking at the ring one more time, before closing the box. Kelly shakes his head and says, "No, definitely not. In fact, she will love it even more"

"Cool"

"When are you asking her?"

"Are you gonna tell her?" Jay questions.

"No, promise. Scouts honor" Kelly says, holding up three fingers, even though he's never been in the boy scouts. Jay stifles a laugh and says, "I was thinking on saturday after we finish with the house. In front of everyone, unless that's too much"

"No she'll love it. She's not much on the whole proposing after a candlelit dinner at the beach, so you're good"

"I'm nervous as hell"

Kelly puts his hand on the brunette's shoulder and says, "You'll be fine. There's no way she'll say no. She loves you and you guys are having a kid together"

Jay takes a deep breath and says, "Right"

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Saturday

"Just a few more boxes guys, thank you" Sam says, as Matt, Adam and Hermann leave the apartment with boxes in their hands and Cruz, Antonio and Peter walk back in with empty hands to get more and Kevin and Kelly help bring the couch down.

"I can't believe it's finally happening. We're getting our very own house" Jay says, putting his arm around his girlfriend's neck and kissing her temple. Sam places both her hands on her stomach and says, "I know and our daughter will be here really soon"

A couple hours later, everyone is now at the Halstead residence, unpacking two trucks and starting to bring furniture inside.

Sam stands outside in the shade, while the boys are inside bringing in boxes and such and Denise is in her new room, putting it together, when Mouse walks down the sidewalk with a file in hand.

"Sam. hey"

"Hi mouse" Sam smiles, as he hands her file, "Everythings in here?"

"Every last piece I could dig up on this Sawyer Hudson"

"Thanks Mouse"

"Sure"

"You wanna stay? I'm about to call in for pizza and Erin brought beer" Sam asks.

"Yeah, thanks" Mouse smiles, heading inside with the others. Sam takes a sigh of relief and heads inside with the others as well to help unpack. 

Later that night, everyone takes a breather from helping unpack the house and they all gather around the living room, eating pizza and drinking beer -while Sam and Denise have water-.

"Alright, I have a few things to say" Jay says, standing up from the couch, "First thing is, thank you to everyone here who helped us move. We appreciate it more than you know and two is" Jay holds out his hand for Sam to take who accepts it and smiles, standing up, "Samantha Miller, the moment you walked into my life last year, I haven't been the same. You have made me the happiest I've been in a very long time. You've made me a father and she's gonna have all of us wrapped around her finger and honestly I don't care. As long as I have you two and Denise, that's all I'll need"

"Jay, what's going on?"

Jay takes the velvet box out of his front pocket and gets on one knee. Tears start to gather in Sam's eyes, her right hand covering her mouth to prevent her from crying out, while everyone else gasps or smiles.

"Samantha Miller, will you do-" Sam interrupts her boyfriend and says, "Yes"

Jay smiles and says, "Can I get it out first"

"Sorry" Sam says, as everyone laughs.

"Samantha Miller, will you do me the honor of becoming Samantha Halstead and marrying me?"

Sam nods her head yes, tearing falls from her eyes as Jay stands up, putting the ring on her left hand and they hug as everyone cheers.

Some pictures of the house
(a/n: in my story (in their world) they can afford this house, even on a detectives salary🔥)

a/n:

eekkkkk, my babies are finally engaged!!!💗
and
baby grace will be here very soon 💛🥰😌😌