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Abbey's POV
"Five already?" I mumbled before getting up to shower and get dressed. I quickly cleaned myself and put my hair up in a lose bun. I was a bit lazy so I put on a pair of jeans and a loose fitting v-neck tee. I went down the stairs and my nostrils were filled with different aroma's.
"Smells great in here." I smiled sitting at the island.
"Your favorite."
"Mmm french toast. Thanks Pete."
"Thanks for picking up behind me last night."
"It was nothing but seriously Pete, you should slow down you're exhausted." He placed a plate in front of me and I started eating.
"I know, I've been feeling it recently."
"Maybe you should work less hours at the diner. Your mom would understand." I was eating between sentences.
"I know I should but if I'm there it's because they need the help." He put his plate of eggs and bacon in front of me on the counter and leaned against it to eat.
"I can pick up some of the work too, it's ok."
"But then you'll be tired too."
"No I'd still be doing only two things while you're doing three."
"Fine, We can talk to them tomorrow when we're off."
"Perfect." I put the last bite in my mouth and went to put my plate in the dishwasher. "Move it Mills or we'll be late." My mouth was still full.
"Relax we're ten minutes away."
"Yeah and we have twenty before shift." I had my toothbrush in my mouth by then. He quickly brushed his and took my car to work. I had worked really hard during my EMT certification to buy my car. I had done double diner shifts both in the kitchen and as a waitress so I could buy my dream car. It was a beautiful black range rover and it literally took ten minutes to get to the firehouse.
"Race you inside." I laughed getting out of the car. We got to the door at the same time and when I got in first, I turned around and started to brag laughing before I bumped into a hard body. I turned around and I was face to face with Casey.
"Sorry lieutenant." I couldn't stop laughing.
"Sunshine as promised." He said as I straightened, as my hysterical laughing was over with.
"I told you, I'm a woman of my word."
"Now I know." He smiled.
"I'll see you two back in the common room." I did my usual fist bump with Mills and I was gone. I knew he wouldn't be far behind me. I quickly changed in my blue EMT clothes and headed for the common room to get some much needed coffee. It took about two hours before we had our first call. The day went by really fast because it was one of those days: one call after the other.
My first week had gone rather well but I had yet to be tested on a hard call but that was short lived.
Truck 81, squad 3, ambulance 61, battalion 25, man on bike hit by a car on bridge heading downtown.
I was sitting in the back nervous as hell for unknown reasons. It had been more than a week. It didn't take much time for us to get to the bridge. A car was wrapped around a pole and I couldn't see any sign of the biker. I put on my blue gloves and pulled the gurney out.
Shay and Dawson met me out back and my orders were given to me. I bent down at the front of the car and found the biker. I reached my finger to check for a pulse and there wasn't one. I shaked my head signaling he was DOA. I got up to find the driver's seat empty.
"Where's the driver?" I asked. The three of us looked around and I spotted him. He was at the bridge, over the railing. Before anyone could stop me, I was running in his direction. I stopped a few steps from him.
"Hey there. What's your name?"
"John."
"John, my name is Abbey, I'm en EMT. Let me look at your arm buddy."
"Don't come closer. I'm sorry, I'm sorry." He kept saying.
"What are you sorry about John?" I was trying to keep him from jumping in the water.
"I didn't see him I swear." He continued. "I just killed someone."
"No you didn't. He's fine. Just a couple of broken ribs and a concussion but he'll be fine." I was willing to say anything to keep him from jumping.
He turned around and looked at me before jumping.
"Fuck." I cursed going over the railing myself. "Man in the water." I screamed and jumped after him.
MILLS POV
I heard Abbey's scream and turned around just in time to see her jump in the river.
"EMT in the water, SEVERIDE!"I screamed. I ran over to the bridge and Severide was right behind me with another diver.
"We need to help her, she jumped behind him."
Severide tied himself and Capp helped him down. I looked in the water hoping I would see her surface.
Abbey's POV
My instinct kicked in and I jumped in after the guy. I expected him to give up a fight just like a drowning victim would and it's exactly what I got when my body hit the water. John was panicking and trying to pull me down with him. I ended up punching him in the face, knocking him out cold in the process. I pulled him up as I felt pressure in the water from someone jumping in. Severide was the one that came in after us. He swam to us, and one look in his eyes and I knew he was mad at me for being reckless. He made a cuff knot and put the guys wrist through them and pulled on the rope so he could be pulled out and looked at. As soon as it was back down, it was my turn.
"You're next!" I knew better than to say anything. I put my wrists through the loops and let Capp and the others pull me back up. As soon as I back over the railing and to safety, there was a blanket wrapped around me by Mills.
"Don't EVER scare me like that again." He pulled me to him.
"Sorry, there wasn't any time to waste." I insisted.
"Come on, let's get you back to 51 and in some dry clothes." Dawson and Shay were already on their way to Lakeshore so I took a ride in the back of Truck. I sat through the most uncomfortable 15 minutes of my life. They were all staring at me.
As soon as I was done with my shower and in some clean clothes, I barely had time to step foot in the common room that I flinched at the sound of his voice.
"Abbey, my office." Chief Boden was a bit further down the hall. I turned on my heels and followed him in his office where not only Dawson was standing but also lieutenants Casey and Severide. I knew that they'd be mad at me the moment I decided to jump. I closed the door carefully and turned to face them all.
"Are you out of your mind?" Asked Boden roughly.
"No sir, I had to act quickly so I jumped after him."
"Under no circumstance do you jump after someone in the water. It's Squad 3's job to do that and Truck 81, not you."
"You can't just act on it. You have a job to do and it's with the ambo. If you wanted to be a firefighter, you should have done that. You're an EMT, act like it." I had never heard Dawson mad before.
"Yes, mam. It won't happen again."
"You can go now." Boden ordered me. Both guys didn't need to say a word for me to know they were mad and it was not my place to act all heroic. Shift was almost over so I just decided to keep to myself reading a book sitting on my cot.
"What happened in there?" Mills came in the sleeping section.
"Nothing, don't want to talk about it." I didn't even look up from my book.
"Fine. I know better than to go fishing for information when you're like this. Want to strap on some gloves after shift at the gym?"
"Yup." Mills knew me well enough to know what it meant when I was like that. The rest of the shift was eventless so we packed up our things and went directly to the gym. I suited up in shorts and a camisole with my sneakers and met up with Mills at the ring. I sat on the floor of the ring and wrapped my hands in bright blue wrappings. Mills just put on the pads because we both knew what this session was about: me blowing off steam. I had taken up boxing a few years back and it was the best place to clear my head. Mills was more than willing to be my punching bag.
I started punching and he was blocking me without ever fighting back.
"You want to talk about it?" he asked in between punches.
"Nope." I made a punch combo shot which he blocked easily.
"You know they just told you that to keep you safe right?"
"I said I don't want to talk about it." I punched again.
"They're looking out for you, you know your father would have wanted that."
Anger was boiling up in me. I really didn't want to talk about it. "What are you? A black Dr. Phil? I told you to drop it." I punched a few times but he missed one that he received in the jaw. I was still pretty pissed but I instantly felt bad.
"Sorry." He pulled off a glove and held onto his jaw.
"It's ok, I pushed."
"I shouldn't have taken it out on you."
"Nice punch though." I turned at Casey's voice.
"You stalking me lieutenant?" I teased.
"What if I am?" he smiled.
"Are you looking to get a beating too?" I checked Mills again to make sure I hadn't broken his jaw.
"Maybe you need to be taught a lesson." He had the cockiest smile, I didn't peg him for the over confident type.
"Get ready while I get some ice for Mills and we can see who beats who." I helped Mills off the ring and he sat on a chair while I went to get some ice.
MILLS POV
"Does she always have that mouth on her?"
"Only if you give her a reason to." I smiled and it instantly hurt.
"Duly noted." He laughed."
Abbey's POV
I came back with a bag of ice that I gently put on Mill's face before turning to the ring where Casey was getting ready.
"Are you sure you can do this?"
"Oh yeah, you should be careful with that mouth though, it could get you in trouble."
"Thanks for the warning but I already know that." I laughed. It's the one thing mom always warned me about. "You ready?"
"Yeah, give it your best shot."
We met in the middle of the ring and bumped our fists together.
I knew my fighting style but, Matt on the other hand, I had only seen him pack on a few punches on the bag at the house. Matt threw a few punches that I expertly missed and countered with a few of my own. For the next fifteen minutes, we were exchanging a few punches but nothing that could do real damage. Then I backed away a bit and stopped.
"You're kidding me right?"
"What?"
"You're going soft on me because I'm a girl."
"No I'm not." He insisted.
"Then prove it!" I dared him.
"You asked for it." Matt put in an honest effort to fight me as an equal opponent. He got in closer to me and made more direct punches. I got a few on the jaw and gave a couple good of my own. We didn't hurt each other and that was really the point but when we stopped, we were both panting.
"You're not bad." He shook my hand for the first time in almost two weeks.
"Not too bad yourself." He had a good, firm handshake. I like that. Dad always taught me that a good, firm handshake could tell you a lot about someone. He turned around and started to remove his gloves and I was about to step off when I had an idea of what to do with my evening.
"Are you doing something tonight lieutenant?"
"Nothing planned so far."
"We're having chinese for supper and comedy movie night, want to join us?"
"Sure, that'd be great. What time?"
"Around six, the address is 14 chestnut street."
"I'll bring the beer."
TBC..
a/n: Here is chapter 2. This is a quick update I know but I figured I had it so why not post it. Next chapter will be at Mills and Abbey's house. Hope you enjoyed this chapter and will leave a review.