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a/n: Alright so here is a BRAND NEW story from none other than myself AND Milady 29, making this our second co-written story together. Now I'm nervous, AS ALWAYS, to post a first chapter to a story but I hope that you'll like it.


Kelly came out of the shower to a misty bathroom, one that he shared with his roommate and owner of the place Matt Casey. Kelly had spent a peaceful night in right before having to go on shift and he was thankful because he had a feeling in his gut that today was going to be a big one at the firehouse.

"Come on Sev, stop hogging the damn bathroom." Kelly laughed as Matt banged on the door. "If you stay in there any longer the paint is going to peel off."

"Hey, it takes time to take care of a body like this." He opened the door, a towel wrapped around his waist.

"Whatever. I need to shower before we're late for shift."

"I'm pretty sure I'm not the reason you'll be late for shift." Kelly laughed. The walls were not thick enough for him to ignore Matt and Gabby's morning activities. Kelly changed into his clothes and left the appartment with a coffee in a on the go cup.

Gabby finally showed her face as soon as the front door opened and closed, heaving for the bathroom for a shower of her own, deciding to save some time and take it with Matt.

"Gabby." Matt growled as she wrapped her arms around his waist from behind. "We're going to be late." He turned in her arms and pinned her against the shower wall, kissing her hard on the lips. They made out, Matt pushing his body against Gabby's wanting nothing more than to continue what they had been doing in bed. they stayed in the shower a little longer before they were forced to get out, their window to get to work on time shrinking.

They took one car to save time and the went inside, trying to go to the briefing room undetected but Boden had already started, the look on his face as they interrupted him showing he was less than impressed with them. He his meeting and everyone left, going to grab some breakfast.

"The two of you, my office." He didn't even look at them as he left the room, Matt cursing under his breath.

"Someone's in the dog house." Kelly whispered in Matt's ear as he left the room with a chuckle.

Both Matt and Gabby walked to Boden's office and were waved in by Boden who had his nose in some paperwork. They sat down and simply waited for him to finish and yell at them.

"Neither one of you looks like you were in any kind of trouble to be late to shift and the pre-shift meeting."

"Sorry chief, alarm problems, it won't happen again." Matt promised.

"And yet Kelly Severide managed to get here on time. Are we going to be having a problem moving forward Lieutenant? Gabby?"

"No sir." They said together before they were dismissed, Matt heading to his office, Gabby hot on his heels.

"I'm sorry I got you into trouble." She walked into his officer's quarters, closing the door to give them some privacy.

"It takes two to get into this particular kind of trouble." He smirked, turning around to face her, taking her hand in his.

"I know but if I hadn't gone in the shower with you, it wouldn't have happened."

"I'm glad you did. We just need to be more careful going forward."

"Yes Lieutenant." She laughed playfully before she left his office, giving him some time to get ready for the day, the coffee machine calling her name. When she made it to the kitchen, Sylvie Brett was on kitchen duty and everyone's plates were filled with food. Everyone was always thankful when they were able to eat before any bell rung for a call and they were Lucky that today was one of those days. Gabby poured herself a cup of steaming coffee as Brett came next to her, putting a hand on her shoulder.

"How mad was Boden?" She whispered, Gabby looking over her shoulder with a smile.

"Very but trust me, it was worth it." They giggled.

"So things are going great with Casey, I'm happy for the two of you."

"Thanks. I wasn't sure we'd be able to go back to that after everything that happened last year but I'm glad we did."

"Any plans of moving back in with him?"

"Kicking me out already?" She gave her a shocked expression.

"No, NO! I just figured that since you were in such a great place that you'd, you know, take that step again."

"We haven't talked about it yet." She looked as Matt walked back into the common room, taking his spot at the head of the table.

"What's stopping you?" Brett knew her friend was still going through something big and she wasn't pushing her into takeing any kind of commitment or decision.

"I'm just scared I guess." She confessed. "It's just that things fell apart last time and I don't want it to happen again."

"Aww, it'll be ok Gabby. You don't need to rush into anything."

"I'm just trying to avoid past mistakes." Matt smiled at her as their eyes locked but the moment was interrupted when the overhead paging system called them to an office building fire, requiring every hand on deck.

The day went by painfully slow even though it was filled with calls for all companies, either seperately or as a house and by dinner time, everyone was exhausted. Most of the guys were sprawled on anything they could settle on while Gabby and Brett decided to take care of dinner, pasta being the fastest and easiest thing they could cook up, being exhausted as well.

"I know everyone is tired but you guys did a great job out there." Boden called, most of the house looking at him, his own face covered in soot. He sighed and returned to his office. Everyone barely had time to finish eating that the overhead paging system sounded again.

Truck 81, Squad 3, Engine 51, Ambulance 61, Battallion chief 25, structure fire on the corner of 5th and Willis.

"Isn't that the youth center?" Herrmann asked as everyone made their way to their vehicles.

"It is so everyone have your eyes peeled for anything, big or small." Casey said as he put his gear on, everyone hopping in and heading towards the scene. Every truck stopped in front of the building, the flames already heavily envolved.

"Alright Truck 81 and Squad 3, we need to do a primary search."

"We've got the main floor." Casey called, everyone from 81 following him into the blaze.

"And we got the top floor chief." Severide called, everyone from squad in tow.

The visibility was already compromised, as they entered but they kept low and proceeded in doing thr primary search, hoping they wouldn't miss anyone.

"Brett, you're in charge of triage, there's back-up on the way to help." The younth center wasn't the biggest building but it housed a lot of teens in need and it was always harder when kids were involved. Truck quickly came out with some kids, most of them uncomfortable because of the fumes, needing oxygen mostly.

Capp was first to come out but he was alone and he ran towards Brett and her make-shift triage. "I need a collar and a backboard." Brett gave him what he needed quickly. "Be ready, we're bringing a kid out but we can barely see anything." Capp ran back into the grey smoke, barely seeing anything until he made it closer to the rest of Squad. He and Severide got the kid ready and rolled him on the side as Tony and Cruz took care of sliding the board Under him and strapping him in, everyone pitching in to lift him up gently and bring him back outside where Brett and Borelli could take care of him.

Most of Squad was out but Casey and Herrmann were still inside and the smoke was turning black. "Casey, Herrmann, report." Boden called into his radio, getting nothing but silence on the other end. "Lieutenant Casey report." He bellowed in the radio before everyone was forced on their knees from the blow of the explosion that came from the youth center

"Casey, Herrmann report." Boden looked up just in time to see his truck lieutenant and one of his oldest friend come out of the building with a victim in their arms.

"Sorry we couldn't answer chief." Matt said as he put the little girl on the ground. Boden patted him on the back and smiled.

"51, fire the hoses." He said, engine doing their job to douse the flames. When they returned from the call, the sun had long set over the city and they were all utterly spent. The job was hard but it was the best, most rewarding one to be able to save all these people. Part of the youth center would have to be rebuilt but they had saved everyone, leaving no casualties behind. 81 was the first company to move towards the common room for showers and some well deserved rest, Squad taking their usual spot at their table while some showered.

Kelly jumped down from Squad last and paused, pulling his phone from his pocket, a private number appearing on the screen.

"Everything ok Sev?" Matt wondered as he finished taking his gear off.

"I don't know, it's a private number." He answered. "Hello?" "Kelly Severide?" "Yeah, that's me." "I'm calling from Lakeshore Hospital. You're the emergency contact for Lisa Sampson." Kelly hadn't heard that name in a little over two years so he didn't understand why he would be listed as her emergency contact. "What's this about?" "I'm afraid there's been a terrible accident. How soon can you come?" "I'm on shift at firehouse 51. I'll try to figure something out and I'll be on my way. Thank you." He ended the call, more confused than when he had answered it.

"What was that all about?" Matt could see the confusion and the corcern on his best friend's face.

"What if I told you the name Lisa Sampson." He finally looked at him.

"I'd say blast from the past. What's going on?"

"I'm listed as her emergency contact and there's been an accident. I have to go to Lakeshore. Capp." Capp rose and followed behind Kelly, Matt right behind them. He gestured to Herrmann to follow them as they went to Boden's office, sensing that he'd need to be there for his friend.

Boden waved them in and they closed the door, needing some privacy. "What can I do for you?"

"I just got a call from someone at Lakeshore saying an ex was involved in an accident and that I'm her emergency contact. Can Capp be relieve Lieutenant while I'm gone?"

"And I can cover for Casey." Herrmann said, not needing anyone to tell him what needed to be done.

"We'll be back as soon as we get this sorted out." Casey promised.

"Alright but keep your radios on just in case." Boden requested.

"Yes chief." Both Matt and Kelly replied before leaving the office, the other three occupents watching them intently as they did.

Matt drove, sensing Kelly wasn't in any state to do so. He could see the clogs turnning in his head as they drove towards the hospital, trying to make sense of what could possibly be going on.

"We'll sort everything out, I promise." He put a hand on his shoulder. The drive wasn't very long and they parked as close to the door as they could and they went inside, directly to the nurse's station.

"My name is Kelly Severide. I was called about an accident involving Lisa Sampson?" The nurse looked through her files and motionned to a man who made his way to the two firefighters still in their gear.

"My name is Edward Summers from DCFS."

"DCFS? What does that have to do with Lisa Sampson and what happened to her?" To Kelly's knowledge, his ex didn't have a kid so it confused him even more.

"Lisa Sampson gave birth to a son, Dylan, two years ago and you're listed as his birth father." Kelly got the air knocked out of him at that revelation.

"What? No, this can't be." Kelly looked in the direction that Mr Summers did, seeing a little two year old boy sitting with a nurse, crayons in hand. "No, that's not possible. I'd know if I had a kid somewhere." Matt looked as Kelly's demeanor fell apart at this news. He put a hand on his shoulder but Kelly pulled away as if he had been burnt, turning on his heels and darting for the exit.


a/n: So after a very busy shift, Kelly Severide received some news that could possibly change his life but is this kid really his or someone's effort to find a father for a son that is now orphaned?

I hope you guys really liked this chapter and please, please PLEASE take a few seconds to leave a review, we really want to know what you guys thought about it. - Sarra