"I just don't see what the big deal is Kelly! My dad is a firefighter, yours is, you and Andy are going to become one, what makes me wanting to be one any different?"

The short blonde practically yelled at the taller, muscular male who only sighed in frustration but it came out as sounding more like an enraged 'arg' sound. These two and been bickering about this back and forth for days, but the argument had never gotten this bad to where they were both almost screaming at the other.

"You just don't get it do you Mercedes? It's DANGEROUS! I don't want you to get hurt. If you want to be close to the action, do something else, EMT, Paramedic, anything, just NOT a firefighter." Kelly had tried and tried to get through to her a thousand times but it never worked, she was just as hard headed and stubborn as he was.

"But, I don't want to do anything else, I've wanted this since I was a little girl and you know it! If you can't accept that and support me, then I guess we are through." She said, her voice sounding strong although her heart was pounding on the inside, and she felt shaky. She knew Kelly wouldn't give in and this was probably going to be then end of their three year relationship, but she wanted to be a firefighter more then anything.

"Fine. I guess you are right. We're done." Kelly said fiercely, but on the inside he was crumbling. He didn't want to let her go, he loved her. He never told her that, but he did. This woman, while they are only 19 and 20 was the love of his life, his high school sweetheart, his best friend since diapers, his everything.

Shock flashed across Mercedes's face as he agreed that they were in fact finished, instantly tears sprang into her eyes, but she held it together not wanting to look weak in front of Kelly. She nodded, turning on her heels she hurried out of his house and practically ran to her car where she wasted no time in driving off.

Kelly watched her, in three years sure they had fought, but never this bad. And every time she tried to run off, he always chased her. But not this time. He was dead set against her becoming a firefighter, he hoped that after she had time to calm down that she'd realize he was right and she'd come back.

But that didn't happen, Mercedes ended up moving in with her aunt who lived two hours away. She still kept in contact with Andy because they were still best friends, but she cut off all commutations with Kelly even though it killed her too. She done what Kelly had wanted her to do first, by becoming a EMT, but then she chased her big dream and finished the fire academy being top of her class.