Benny Severide was a proud man. He was proud of both of his children going out into the world and making something of themselves. Kelly was a successful firefighter and Christina, or as she preferred it Christi, was a first grade teacher. He had done odd jobs and held a few different jobs as his children were growing up. His wife's passing had made him turn to the bottle and drink. He had lost his job and then his children were taken from him and placed with their aunt for a while until he straightened out and got a job and proved to D.C.F.S that he could take care of his children. He was walking down the hall to his daughters room carrying her favorite breakfast food, a few magazines, a book and a pink teddy bear for her. He walked into her room and found her curled into….what was his name again? He stood there for a moment thinking of what his name was. Kelly had told him a few times before and it was on the tip of his tongue. MATTHEW CASEY! That was it! Matthew Casey. He smiled seeing the smile on her face in her sleep and how he had his arms wrapped around her protectively. Both were sound asleep and she had her head on his shoulder and he had his head resting on top of hers. He had to admit they did make a lovely couple. He would have to ask Kelly of how long the two of them were together for and if he should be expecting the boy to be coming to him asking for his baby girls hand or even grandchildren. He quietly went into the room and placed everything on the small table on wheels then left the room letting the two sleep. He went out front of the hospital and had a cigarette as he saw Kelly coming up with a cup of coffee in one hand and a bagel in other.

"Morning Kelly. Let me ask you something."

"Morning Pops and sure."

"How long have your sister and that Lt. Casey been together? They make a lovely couple."

"Excuse me?" growled Kelly. Casey was only supposed to keep her calm throughout the night while he wasn't there! He wasn't supposed to pull a move on his baby sister! What the hell was wrong with him! He was going to kill him!

He stalked into the hospital and went right over to her room and he heard a quiet conversation going on between the two of them and he looked and saw them in the same position they had fallen asleep in. They still had their eyes closed but they were talking and Casey was lightly running his fingers along her spine giving her a ghost of a shiver causing them both to smirk lightly. He stood there silently listening to the conversation.

"What do you think your dad and brother will say?" he heard Casey mutter.

"Kelly will flip his lid but I have something against him that will make him shut up and just accept it. And my dad accepts it. Since he didn't start yelling when he came in and left the stuff for me. If he didn't he would've started yelling. He and Kelly are the same with the tempers and stubbornness." She explains.

Casey nods, "You know what a way to meet. Every time the family picnics came up he would always say that you couldn't come for one reason or another."

She snorts. "He's a protective asshole sometimes. He doesn't want any guy with me. He thinks no one is good enough for me."

Casey chuckles, "I was like that with my sister. I eventually came to accept it as long as she was happy, then I was happy for her. And now, her husband and I have a decent relationship."

She smiled and nodded, "That's good, but I'm not really sure with Kelly. He can be complicated."

After that he walks in and snorts, "Well I may be a protective asshole and complicated but I do it to keep you safe. You've cried enough over assholes. And what the fuck Casey!"

Both Casey and Christi jumped out of their skin hearing Kelly.

"Big brother, two words. BABY! PICTURES! I could stop by one day with the box and "accidentally" leave it there where someone can so happen to find them and take a look through them." She smirks.

He narrowed his eyes and growls, "YOU. WOULDN'T. DARE!"

"I would. Try me. I'm happy and I can date who I want. I'm not sixteen anymore where you can just intimidate me. And I have the pictures at my disposal. Dad doesn't seem to have a problem with it. Just suck it up and play nice. If not the pictures come out!"

Kelly growls deeply, "Fine, but I'm warning you right now Casey you hurt my sister in any shape or form I will kill you. I will protect my sister no matter what. She's been hurt and played more times than I can count. I swear the first time I find out she's crying because of you I will hurt you. Got me?"

"Yeah I do. Can I just ask why when she told you to leave last night you did when Christi and I barely know each other and let alone didn't even know each other's names?"

Kelly sighed rubbing the back of his neck sighing, "My back and shoulder were screaming so I needed a hot shower to loosen the muscles and get a couple pain killers then I was going to come back but I crashed in bed after I took the pain killers. They knocked me out. I woke up this morning and headed right back here after grabbing a quick bite to eat."

Christi frowns glaring at him.

"YOU STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT LOOKED AT YOU IDOT!"

"I have and I'd be out six months to a year. I'm fine, I can live through the damn pain. Just carrying that kid last night flared it up. I'm fine!"

She sighs and rolls her eyes, "Stubborn asshole."

"Annoying brat."

She giggles and then starts coughing and Casey helps her to sit up and rubs her back lightly patting it then she starts gasping for breath. Kelly runs out into the hall and grabs a nurse from the nurses station and grabs a nurse telling her what was going on and then she runs into the room and gets the oxygen mask on her and turns it on telling her to take slow breaths and she nods doing that curling into Matt's side as he rubs her back.

"Just relax; they'll get your lungs cleared out soon."

She nodded and was slowly breathing until she was able to breathe normally and the nurse came in and took it off of her and then the last person they would ever expect to walk in to check her over came in.

Hallie.