Full Summary:

A young teen who had been abandoned by her mom shows up at the firehouse looking for her uncle. What happens when the girl tells Kelly who she is? Will he acknowledge the child of his estranged sister? And why was she abandoned in the first place? And how does Bosco fit into everything?

A Young Loner:

A Different Kind of Home:

Angeliqua 'Angel' Omari has always known that she had an uncle, somewhere in the Chicago area. Growing up in New York, she only knew what she had been told. She knew that her uncle was a firefighter but beyond that not much. Angel never really liked her first name, hence the nickname Angel. It had always pissed her mom off that she would choose her nickname over her given name. And to make matter worse, she didn't want to be anything like her mom who fell apart after her father died. But that didn't mean that she didn't know what she did want to be.

She always had her laptop with her, wherever she went, no matter where she was headed. It was a comfort to her that she could open it up and just do whatever she wanted. And it also told people around her that she didn't want to be bothered. It wasn't like she didn't like talking to people, it was just that she had learned not to get her hopes up; they tended to be dashed early on. With the help of some of her father's co-workers, she had moved all of her stuff into Officer Boscorelli's apartment because he seemed to be the one that understood her more.

In fact, if it hadn't been for Bosco, she never would have found out where her Uncle Kelly was nor would she have known that her mother's maiden name was Severide. She couldn't really remember her mother's name, but that didn't stop her from reaching out to the only living relative she had left. Bosco and Faith helped her send an email to her uncle via the Chicago Fire Department and though they were optimistic about the answer that might come back, they were hoping that he would take her in and at least get to know her.

Faith's daughter Emily and Angel were best friends, had been since her father had gotten the job at the Firehouse across the street from 55th Precinct. Faith had brought her daughter to work one day so the girl could do her school project on the Fire Department and Angel had been sitting outside the Firehouse doing her own homework. She was plugged into her laptop, headphones on listening to music and typing something in a word document. After Emily had gotten what she needed for her project from the fire fighters and paramedics, she had gone outside to write it up, sitting next to Angel in the process.

Angel had taken out one of her headphones and the two talked while they did their homework. They became fast friends after that day and if Angel wasn't at home, the firehouse or school, she was over at Emily's house doing her homework or on the weekend spending the night. Angel would take the bus to and from not only school but also the firehouse as well as Emily's house. After 9-11 had taken her father's life and her mom had fallen into drugs and then skipped out on her all together, she found herself packing up everything that reminded her of her father with all of her stuff and moving over to Bosco's house so that she wouldn't have to go into Foster Care.

Angel was in high school now, and though she wanted to stay in New York, she knew that she would have to go see her Uncle in Chicago. She only hoped that those she cared about in New York would either come with her or visit her whenever they could. Emily was already working on college applications in Chicago so that she would be near her just in case she decided to stay in Chicago and go to school there. But with all her 'not so normal' family in New York, she didn't know if she could survive living so far away.

A Friend To Many:

Angel was on the bus, headed for Chicago. Her uncle had gotten back to her and wanted to meet her. She had her bags under the bus and her one carry-on bag with her laptop + charger, phone + charger, IPod + headphones and a few movies to keep herself occupied. There was no telling how her uncle would respond to her, so to ease the tension, she had had Bosco buy a bottle of wine so she could bring it to him. It was also in her carry-on bag so that it would not get broken in the undercarriage of the bus. She was going alone because nobody could get off of work and Emily was in school or else she would have been on the bus as well.

She was writing in her journal, about what was going on and what she was expecting to happen. She had started writing a journal shortly aft 9-11, because it made her feel so much better to be able to get her feelings down on either paper or her computer. She always backed up her files on her computer because if she didn't, she could lose everything. Not only was it backed up, she also had a flash-drive that she kept everything on. Her music was all backed up and she knew that in order to keep her stuff safe, it had to be in different places.

In her two suitcases, she had clothing to last a few months, books to read, more movies, some puzzles, college applications to fill out, different types of shoes for the different weather. In her snowmobile bag, she had all of her winter clothes, her helmet and the keys to her snowmobile, which at the moment was at the 55th Precinct because she had been living in an apartment. Bosco had said that he would drive to Chicago with some friends from New York and bring her snowmobile with so that she could have it during the winter.

Even though Angel was only fifteen, she had been riding snowmobiles almost her whole life. It was something her father had done with her and she was good at it. When they couldn't get out of the city due to severe weather, Angel would hook a sled (with plastic tubs secured to the sled) to the back of her snowmobile and collect grocery lists & money from her neighbors and then head out to get the items. Even the gang members had given her money to bring them food and anything else they needed. When she was done with her neighbors, she would spread out to the surrounding neighborhoods and do the same thing. And every time she brought back the extra money, she was told to keep it, as a tip of sorts. When she was done with the neighborhoods, she would head to the local police precincts and firehouses to see if they needed any groceries and if they did she would go shopping for them as well. By the time she was done shopping for everyone else she had racked up nearly three hundred dollars in tips.

Remembering those times in New York always made her wonder if her uncle would let her do the same thing, during severe weather of course. If she was allowed to stay, that is. If he didn't want her living with him, she would just go back to New York and live her life, but she was betting on him not letting her out of his sight now that she was back in his life. When her laptop started to die, she put it away and pulled out her IPod so that she could get some sleep. Her carry-on bag also had a pillow and blanket inside so that she didn't have to be cold while she slept; the pillow was so that she didn't have to use the window as a pillow and be cold that way as well.

What will Kelly think of his niece? Will he ask where his sister is? And how do the others at the firehouse react to hearing that Kelly has a niece? How will Shay feel?

More to come in next chapter…

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