Hello everybody! This is the first fanfic on the site about this pair so we hope to do them justice. We know that Elise hasn't been on the show for over a year but we do have a feeling she's coming back soon. In the meantime enjoy this story and if you do, please let us know. It always means a lot to us to know what you guys think. This is too long already so let's cut to the chase:
"The Bet"
"And stay the hell away from my sister, got that?"
Peter Mills' right hand had moved faster than Severide's reflexes. Even though he was used to a couple of boxing sessions a week, the other firefighter's hook had caught him completely off guard.
Kelly was on the floor but could hear the last words spoken by Mills before he exited the common room furiously.
Everybody from truck 81 and squad 3 had been there when the fight started.
In a way, Severide had that coming. Maybe he hadn't anticipated the punch, but Mills had reasons to act the way he did and who could blame him, actually? Any guy in that situation would've done the same. Hell, Kelly himself would be more than pleased to hit the asshole that had hurt his sister. But the problem was that Peter didn't know the whole story. He hadn't heard Severide's version yet. And even though Kelly respected the other fireman for defending his family he just wouldn't be able to comply with Mills' request. Severide couldn't stay away from Elise. At least, not anymore.
Two months earlier:
It had been a long while since last she was there. After Renee and the whole baby episode, he hadn't thought about her anymore. Not that he had forgotten her or anything like that, it just seemed like he had finally accepted the fact that she wasn't going to fall for him. Ever. It was better that way, really. Kelly had never been very patient when it came to chase women. He really hadn't thought about her. At least not until that morning.
When Elise arrived to Firehouse 51 with the ingredients for that day's lunch, Severide found it hard to believe that he really hadn't thought about that incredible pair of eyes not even once since last time she went to visit them.
As soon as he saw her, the fireman ran towards her in order to help with the bags and boxes she was carrying.
"Now that your brother is on the squad he doesn't have to worry about lunch anymore." Kelly said easily taking all the things she so effortfully was trying to hold.
"Actually, coming here was my idea. I figured that none of you had been a chef before becoming a firefighter."
She said and smiled. Severide smiled back at her almost unconsciously.
"Well, you figured right."
They stared at each other for a moment and Kelly mentally cursed himself for giving up on her so easily. Before he could say anything in an attempt to get back the time he had lost, Elise spoke:
"I think you should take those things to the kitchen so I can start cooking."
Now he remembered why he had pulled back in the first place. Elise was, as cocky as that sounded, the only woman he had ever met who looked unaffected by his presence.
Since they were formally introduced by Peter Mills, Kelly had shown her clear signs of interest. Elise, however, didn't even seem to notice.
"You got it. I'll take everything."
"Good. I gotta have a word with Peter first, but I'll meet you there in a second, ok?"
"Yeah, of course." He said and grabbed the last bag from her hands.
Elise then walked away in order to find Peter around the Firehouse and Severide stood there for a moment longer, just observing her.
"Ouch. That must've hurt." A voice echoed from truck 81.
"What?" Kelly asked turning to the source of the sound.
Cruz and Otis were organizing some things in the garage.
"Your failed attempt to impress Mills' sister." Cruz explained.
Severide just laughed:
"I have no idea what you're talking about."
Otis and Cruz looked at each other in disbelief.
"At least have the decency to admit that you've just been rejected, Severide." Otis said and then carried on "Look, I now that this might come as a shock to you and, believe me, to me too but apparently not all women in the world get wooed by the amazing Kelly Severide."
"I'm shocked myself bro, I swear." Cruz commented ironically.
Kelly was irritated to say the least. Having Cruz and Otis mocking him was, by far, the lowest point he had reached reputation-wise. And the worst part was: they actually had a point.
Severide, however, wasn't willing to be humiliated anymore, not by those two at least:
"So, you guys think I can't get Mills' sister, is that it?"
The firefighters, who up until then, were laughing uncontrollably, got serious. It took a few seconds for Otis to finally speak:
"Well, I think it's been proved that you don't stand a chan…"
"So, you're willing to put some money on that?" Severide cut him off.
Cruz and Otis glanced at each other briefly. If they said no, they would be indirectly implying that Severide could indeed have any woman he wanted.
Cruz cleared his throat:
"How much?"
Kelly thought about it for less than a second:
"Two hundred dollars…each."
Otis' eyes widened:
"Man, that's a lot of money."
"Well, if I don't stand a chance as you stated earlier, I don't see why you shouldn't do it." Severide teased.
After a five-minute debate on whether or not they should take the bet, Cruz and Otis were finally in. Kelly was very pleased with how the situation had turned out to be: not only had he managed to shut the two firemen up, but also was about to get four hundred dollars richer in a near future. He adjusted the bags and boxes around his arms so they wouldn't fall and headed to the kitchen.
That was going to be fun.
