My second day with the new girl and I'm late. Great she is gonna think I'm a flake, Kim thought as she made her way to the locker room. She was about to walk in when she stopped because she heard his voice saying, "You're really lucky you got her as a partner, she is the best cop I know." Kim thought about stopping at the door to continue listening but she was already too late to waste anytime spying on Ruzek.
"Hey Ruzek. I see you met my new partner Allie Tanner. Morning Allie, sorry I am running late." Kim says as she walked through the door.
"Morning Burgess. Yeah she was just telling me how she was fresh out of the academy and happy to be placed at District 21," Adam said as took his first look at Kim since Roman left. He didn't know if he was expecting things to be different or if he wanted them to be different now that Roman was on the other side of the country.
"And I just ruined all the happiness being late and now we are gonna get a horrible assignment, sorry Allie, this isn't normal." Kim said as she threw her bag in her locker.
"No problem, Kim. It gave me time to learn more about what Intelligence does from Adam." Allie said flashing Adam a smile as she pulled her long blond hair into a ponytail.
Ugh I'm gonna have to explain the whole ex-fiancé thing to her now, Kim thought as she said, "Great. Well let's get to the desk now to check in with Platt. See you later Ruzek," Kim said as she left the locker room with Allie following her.
"He's really cute, what's his deal?" Allie asked in a loud whisper to Kim as she followed her to the front desk.
"He is my ex-fiancé," Kim said without even turning around.
"Oh" was all Allie could get out before Sergeant Platt called them.
"Burgess and Tanner! Thank you for joining us this morning, I hope we weren't rushing your morning stroll" Platt said sarcastically to them.
"Sorry Sergeant." Kim said. "I had to check in on Lindsay before I came in," she added in a hushed whisper.
Kim has checked on her every morning since Justin's funeral last week and Halstead checks on her every evening. It was the arrangement Kim and Jay made the day the doctors took Justin off life support.
"Oh, no problem then. How is she doing?" Platt asked in concern.
"She is still grieving but hopes to be back at work next week."
"Good, I'm glad she is taking the time to do this properly. The girl has been through a lot." Platt said thinking of how hard Lindsay took it when Nadia died over a year ago.
Platt shook herself out of her thoughts Nadia and added, "Why don't you two take a car and go get out on patrol."
"Sure thing Sergeant." Allie said taking the keys out of the Sergeant's hands. She headed out the door with Burgess following her.
After shift Kim was sitting at a table at Molly's with her former partner Atwater and her friends Sylvie Brett and Dr. Will Halstead.
"So how is the new partner, Burgess?" Atwater asked before taking a sip of his beer.
"Alright, she is fresh out of the academy, she is like a cute little puppy I have to train not to pee on the carpet." Kim said getting a chuckle from Will and Sylvie. "She met Ruzek this morning though, so I spent most of patrol trying to explain that without too much detail and explaining she shouldn't get into a relationship in house," Kim said. She then took a long sip of her drink thinking about not just how painful that conversation was but how painful everything with Ruzek had been. Her and Roman at least ended on good terms, and things weren't that serious. But everything with Ruzek, it still felt like an open wound.
"So you learned your lesson after two failed relationships in house?" Atwater asked with a smirk.
"I learned my lesson for all relationships." Kim said. "I am taking a break from all relationships for a long time. I need to focus on the job for now, after everything that has happened I need to keep my head on straight."
"Good, for you girl." Sylvie said clinking her beer with Kim's.
"Well on that sad note for all the men of Chicago I will go get us another round." Will said as he got up from the table.
This is all I need now. Kim thought. I don't need a guy, just the job, good friends, and a cold beer. Unfortunately, a moment after this thought she sees the door of Molly's open and Ruzek walk in making her heart sink. Because the only other thing I need I ruined and won't ever be able to get back.
A/N This is my first FanFic and I'm not a writer. Let me know what you think. I am open to suggestions.