Always

That had been Kelly's last words to her after their fight.

Always

That had been the start of their contract.

Today was the funeral of their fallen paramedic officer, Leslie Shay. They all had their formal uniforms for the procession. Severide and Dawson were barely containing their teams, like the rest of the teams, as they stood side by side at attention in front of the coffin covered by the American Flag. Where their best friend, co-worker, sister lay. Unmoving. No longer part of this world. But forever part of their lives. The girl who bounced back after a serious ambulance crash with her sidekick and best friend Gabriela Dawson, the girl who bounced back after being seriously injured with a piece of rebar saving hundreds of people after Chicago Med was bombed. The girl who could bounce back from anything, she couldn't bounce back from this. She had skirted around death twice, but couldn't make it out of this accident.

Gabriela could remember the day it all went to hell. It was Boden's wedding day, Casey had proposed after six months of dating, then they were called to a building where two people were injured before she could answer his question. Severide and Shay had finally made up, and Casey had asked for Dawson and Shay to assist a casualty with a suspected broken neck. They had traded places, then the roof collapsed sending Dawson flying and a beam onto Shay, giving her the fatal blow to the head.

Gabby remembered trying to resuscitate her friend. She remembers waking up with her head pounding, she couldn't see Shay. All she thought was 'where is she?', she remembers finding Shay unconscious, not moving. Not breathing. She remembers showing up on her brother and sister-in-law's doorstep, crying. Blaming herself for her best friends death. Blaming herself that if she didn't trade places with her, Shay would still be alive. Antonio wrapped his arms around her and tried to comfort her as best he could. He couldn't fix this. He couldn't fix his baby's sisters broken, grieving heart.

Gabby was snapped out of her daydream when the priest called her up to the podium to do her eulogy.

'Uh...I'm sorry, I haven't really written anything so I am going to speak from my heart...Leslie Shay, she...was amazing...' She says, choking up on her words and sobs. 'I don't know what I am going to do without her by my side.' Gabby cried, as she leaned against the podium crying. Casey made a move to go help her down but Severide had beaten him and wrapped his arm around her and cried with her.

'Leslie Shay...was our best friend...our sister...our co-worker...a member of this firehouse and police district...Nothing and no one is going to change that...'Severide stuttered out between his sobs and Gabby's sobs while trying to comfort her.

1 hour later

'We are having a memorial for Shay at Molly's tonight and you're all invited. We hope to see you there.' Herrmann said as everyone dispersed after the burial.

Molly's

'Hey, how you holding up sis?' Antonio Dawson asked, wrapping his arm around her shoulders as she stared up at a blown up picture of Shay.

'I just want to wake up from this nightmare. It should of been me.' Gabby said roughly, her voice rough from all the crying in the last week.

'Don't say that Gabs, it could of happened to anyone.' Antonio said, dragging her away from the wall and sitting her down at the table Laura was sitting at.

'Don't try and sugar coat it Antonio. I need a drink. Or few.' Gabby said, getting up and leaving towards the bar to get rounds for everyone.

Gabby had just arrived back at the table with drinks for everyone when a song started to play on the jukebox.

Gabby started to sing a long as she knew Shay loved this song.

"Only need the light when it's burning low,

Only miss the sun when it starts to snow.

Only know you love her when you let her go."

And as the song started, everyone joined in. In remembering the girl who changed their lives forever. And the girl who will always be apart of their lives no matter where they are, what they do or if she is even on this Earth.

R.I.P Leslie Elizabeth Shay.

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