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So Daniella is back and now she has to figure out a way to work with Kelly. How will their first day go? How will they interact with each other?

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Chapter 2 – First Day

She just shrugged, "long story. Look Kelly, we don't have to do this. I just want to make sure we can be civil. We are going to be working together. I can't be in the same room with you, on the same call and have you hating me" she said.

He looked up at her surprised and moved to stop her from leaving, stepping in her way. "Dani I…" he stopped when he saw Gabby come into the locker room.

"Sorry to interrupt but lunch is ready" she said.

Dani smiled and ignored whatever just happened with Kelly, "thanks Gabby, I'll be right there" she replied as she finished getting dressed.

She tied her hair back and closed her locker, taking a breath before turning to Kelly. "I am only here for 6-weeks, until I figure out what's next for me. I'll stay out of your life, just please don't hate me. I don't think I could take that" she told him before walking out of the locker room.

Matt noticed her looking like she was going to cry as she came out of the locker room. When he saw Kelly come out after her, he knew why. He picked up his plate and plopped down next to her.

"Are you okay?" he asked.

She shrugged, "can we get together for dinner or something later? We have a lot to catch up on" she asked.

He smiled and nodded, "it's a date. We'll get a drink at Molly's" he said.

The date was set. She was going to get together with an old friend and take her mind off what was going on in her personal life, at least she hoped. She hoped she could handle this. That she didn't take on more than she could chew. Only time will tell.

Dani was beyond nervous to start working. She knew she could do her job, she could do it in her sleep, but she was nervous to start working with Kelly. She didn't know how they were going to work together.

At least she had Matt to lean on. She could count on him if she needed him. Her first day was off to an awkward start. She tried to avoid Kelly as much as possible since their interaction in the locker room. She tried to find something to do.

Dani made herself busy stocking the ambo with their new trauma bags and equipment. The bags consisted of everything necessary to perform in field procedures. Gabby and Brett were excited. This was something new for everyone to experience.

Everyone could sense something more going on between Matt, Dani and Kelly. Only the chief knew the truth. He called his lieutenants into his office to clear the air.

"Chief, you wanted to see us" Matt said.

Chief Boden waved them in. "I want to make sure there are going to be no problems while Dr. Taylor is here" he said glancing at Kelly, who kept his emotions stoic.

"There are no problems Chief. Why would there be?" Matt said.

"I appreciate your diplomacy, but I know the truth of who she really is being Dr. Daniella Severide" Chief Boden said glancing at his lieutenant.

Kelly looked a little surprised hearing that Dani still went by Severide. "There's going to be no problem's Chief," Kelly avoided giving any details.

"I appreciate that lieutenant. Let's keep personal affairs at bay," he said to Kelly before addressing them both.

"Dr. Taylor has assured me that she does not intend to allow personal matters to affect her work. She has informed me that she will live her life and you, yours lieutenant. She would also like to go by Dr. Taylor as to not interfere with your life" Chief Boden said.

Kelly tried to keep his emotions at bay, but he was surprised and saddened. She was always thinking of him. That's why they separated in the first place.

"I promise Chief, there will be no problems from our end. We'll make sure Dani is welcome" Matt said giving Kelly some time to process everything he was hearing.

Chief Boden nodded and dismissed his lieutenants. He could see the turmoil on his lieutenant's face.

Kelly stormed out of the Chief's office and straight to the ambo. Matt ran off after him, stopping him from questioning Dani. He knew that's where he was going. He led him outside behind the truck to get some air. Kelly was feeling a whirlwind of emotions.

"Kelly" Matt started.

"Don't Casey. Don't even start. You know nothing about it. This is between me and my wife" he interrupted him.

Matt stood his ground, "she's not your wife anymore. You two have been apart for years" Matt replied.

"That doesn't matter. We never got divorced. We are still married and she's my wife" Kelly declared.

"Okay fine, then tell me how you are planning to work with her, pretending not to know her, having a relationship with your girlfriend all while still being married to her?" Matt asked.

Kelly glanced at her on the back of the ambo, laughing at something Gabby was saying. "I have no idea" he replied. That was the honest truth. He had no idea how he was going to deal with things.

Before he could even start to process, a call came in. you could tell the candidate was excited. They all made their way to the trucks and got ready to get on the scene. As expected, the ambulance got there first.

There was a storage container in a deserted parking lot. Dani, Gabby and Brett walked right up to it knocking on the sides trying to see if there was anyone in there.

"Hello, is there anyone in there?" Dani called out as she banged on the container.

It took a minute, but they could hear a faint something inside the container. Dani looked at the two paramedics. "There is someone in there" she said.

She grabbed some stuff out of the ambo and climbed to the top of the container. There was a little window on the top where she could climb in.

"Can you get in there?" Gabby asked.

"Yeah, there's little window. I am going in to see if I can find anyone" she said as she climbed inside the container.

"What do you see?" Gabby asked.

"There's a bunch of clothes and stuff in here. I am going to try and feel things out" she replied. She literally started rifling through everything in the container trying to find who she was looking for. After a couple minutes, she found what she was looking for.

"Dawson, I have a girl here. 15-16-year-old female, under nourished, unconscious, no response to sternal rub. Slight reaction to painful stimuli, faint pulse. Get me a warm IV bag. I am going to start a line. I'm going to start CPR. Get Squad 3 here now!" she relayed everything she knew.

"On it" Dawson said as Brett ran to get the IV and Saline. They got everything they thought she would need while she was in the container. She was their eyes in there.

Dawson called to update the truck companies over the radio. "Ambo 61 to Squad 3…Ambo 61 to Squad 3" Gabby radioed.

"Go for Squad 3. What do you got Dawson?" Kelly asked.

They were 3 minutes out. The Chief and Truck 81 coming with them, all listening in. "15-16-year old female, responding to painful stimuli. TD on scene, CPR has been started. Stuck in what appears to be a donation container. We need to get them out" she relayed.

"Copy that, hang tight. We're 2 minutes out" he replied.

They couldn't get there fast enough. Gabby and Brett were trying to help Dani when the Squad rolled in.

"Dawson" Chief Boden called.

"Chief, Taylor is still in there. CPR has been going for 10 minutes," Gabby was in the middle of giving report before they were interrupted by Dani.

"Dawson, the patient is now unconscious. Unresponsive to stimuli. What's the ETA on squad? She's deteriorating fast" she reported.

"We're here Dani. Hang tight, we're going to get you out" Kelly said.

Matt saw the panic and fear in his friend's face. "Hermann get the saw" Matt called taking the orders.

Before Hermann even got the chance to start towards the truck, the candidate ran to get the saw. It was heavier than she expected because she dropped it and broke it.

"Candidate is your name Hermann?" Matt yelled. She was just wasting time and delaying care.

"Jeff, get our saw" Kelly called out to one of his men. "On it" the squad member said.

Dani was doing her best to keep this girl alive. She was sweating her ass off; her arms were numb, and she didn't feel her hands anymore. She's been doing CPR like she's never done it before. This girl is still nonresponsive.

"Come on, live, please" she begged.

"Dani we're going to start cutting" Clarke called.

"Hurry up. She's falling fast" she replied.

It took them a few minutes to cut through the container. Once they got the sides to the container open, they saw Dani hunched over the patient pumping the girl's chest like no other. "Get the backboard and set up the warming blanket" she ordered.

Brett helped the guys slide in the backboard. The guys helped Dani get the patient situated. They rolled out the gurney as Dani traded off CPR with Brett.

"We need to get her intubated" she instructed.

As Dawson grabbed the equipment and tried to get the patient intubated, she was struggling. "I can't see the cords. Her trachea is deviated" Dawson called out.

"No trach?" Brett asked.

"Not with her trachea deviated. She needs a cric" Dani stated. They had only seen this done in the hospital. They had never done this on the scene.

"We can't do that" Brett stated.

"Okay, her chest is filling with air, let's do this" Dani said. "Keep bagging" she instructed Gabby. They began their first lesson.

Dani grabbed the medical bag from the ambo and set up the cric kit. She ignored everyone, in her own zone. "Okay, let's start the first lesson on what you are going to be doing" she said.

Dani grabbed the scalpel. She tore the girl's shirt and spread it, so her ribs were visible. Everyone watched as she pressed her fingers to her ribs and felt for some air.

"Find the space between the vocal chords" she started her instructions.

"Make a 1-2cm incision" she cut the woman's throat down by her ribs. Blood began pouring out of her onto Dani's hands. She ignored it and continued her work.

"Insert the canal and gently pass the tube through the canal and connect the bag to the cricothyrotomy tube" she said as they connected the bag to the tube and began bagging the girl.

They all watched air expel from the tube before they connected the bag. It helped relieve the air from the lungs, helping the lady breathe better. She reached and grabbed a stethoscope and placed it to her chest, "listen for breath sounds" she pressed the stethoscope, getting into the zone as she listened to the breath sounds.

"Okay, equal breath sounds bilaterally. Let's get her in the ambulance" she instructed as they made their way.

Dani and Gabby tried their best to do everything they could to try and bring the patient back as they made their way into the hospital.

As Dani related all the patient's vitals and the patient's status, they were getting her hooked up to the monitors and looking over her wound.

"Busy first day huh Dani?" Will teased.

Dani smiled and laughed, "a piece of cake Halstead, you know me" she replied.

As they got the patient stabilized, the trauma doctor came out and talked to them, "you did the cric?" the trauma doctor asked her.

She looked at him defensive before nodding, "yes, I did. She's got a pneumothorax and a deviated trachea. She needed an airway. What else would you have me do?" she immediately got defensive.

The trauma doctor smirked at Halstead before glancing back at Dani, facing her square on. "I didn't say anything about that. In a trauma situation under duress, you actually did a great job" he stated.

Dani scoffed, "like I need the infamous Dr. Rhodes telling me a good job" she teased before turning to Will, "I'll see you Halstead, tell Jay I said hi" she said to her friend before leaving with Brett and Gabby.

Dawson looked back to see Connor still looking back at her walking away. Gabby and Brett laughed, "I can't believe you just did that" Brett said.

Dani smiled and laughed, "Oh I know all about Dr. Rhodes. We'll be meeting again" she teased.

On the way back to the firehouse, the guys were talking about what happened.

"That was hot" Cruz stated.

"Ya think" Capp added.

Kelly tensed up listening in as the guys talk about Dani and what she did. When the ambulance came back from the hospital, applause and cheers rang through the firehouse. "That was beyond awesome Dani. You were totally kick-ass" Otis stated.

"Thanks, but it was really not big deal, just doing my job. In the ER in New York, I used to that same thing at least 20x a shift" she stated.

"Damn" the guys collectively replied.

She just smiled and waved them off. Dani made herself some tea, plopped down on the table and started her report. Matt made himself some coffee and sat next to her with a paper.

"Excuse me, Dr. Taylor," the candidate greeted her.

Dani looked up at her and put her pen down, "what's up?" she asked.

"Well I wanted to apologize" she started.

Dani looked up at her confused, "what do you mean?" she replied.

"Well, while you were in the container and Lt. Casey called for the saw, I was getting it from the truck and it fell. I'm sorry you had to wait a little longer" she apologized.

Dani shook her head, "well I appreciate it but as a candidate your job is to make mistakes. That's why we work as a team. We need to understand when to act and when to sit back and learn from others around us" Dani retorted.

"Yeah, thanks but everything turned out okay. That girl is going to be fine" she replied.

Dani gave her an incredulous look. She didn't understand anything Dani said. "You know, being a candidate is a special time. You get real, hands-on experience. You get to learn things from Lieutenants Casey and Severide that you will never learn from the academy. So, I suggest you sit back, shut up and pay attention" she started as she picked up her things and walked out of the common room.

The candidate stood there shocked. "She can't talk to me like that" she gasped.

"Yes, she can. I expect you to take her advice. She knows what she is talking about" Kelly said before leaving to find Dani in her office.

He stood by the door and listened to her phone call. "Hi this is Dr. Daniella Severide. Can you tell me anything about the jane doe that was brought in this afternoon by Ambo 61? Dr. Halstead and Dr. Rhodes took care of her, she had a deviated trachea" she tried to give them as much information as possible.

"Sure, let me transfer you to the OR so you can speak with Dr. Rhodes" the nurse stated.

"Thank you" she replied.

"This is Dr. Rhodes; can I help you?" he answered the phone.

"Hi Dr. Rhodes, this is Dr. Taylor from the squad call earlier. I just called to check on my jane doe. If you can give me some sort of update as to how she is doing?" Dani asked.

Connor took a seat at the nurse's station and made himself comfortable. "Hi, yes I remember. We took her straight to the OR for an exploratory laparotomy. She had a lot of internal bleeding when we got in there. Her lungs collapsed and with the deviated trachea, that was our first priority, to find an airway. We had her on a respirator and then clipped the artery and staunched the bleeding. Due to the severity of the damage, we put her in a medical coma to give her body some time to recover. Give her some time, but you definitely saved her airway before she got here. Feel free to visit, just give me a page. She's in the ICU" he informed her, giving her the real medical knowledge, she was looking for when she called.

Dani smiled through the phone, "Thank you Dr. Rhodes, I really appreciate you taking care of her. Your reputation precedes you" she teased.

Connor laughed, "as does yours Dr. Taylor" he replied.

Dani smiled, "you can call me Dani you know, especially if we are going to be working together from now on" she stated.

"In that case, call me Connor" he said.

Dani nodded, "okay, well I'll let you go. Thank you, Connor, I look forward to working with you in the future" she said before hanging up.

She put the phone away and let out a breath. She took one look at the picture frame she had on her desk and smiled wistfully, "thanks for the help Katie, I know you were looking after that little girl today and were helping me keep her alive until we got to the hospital" she said to the picture.

Kelly stood at the doorway and leaned back against the wall, closed his eyes and look a breath, trying to keep the emotions out of his face before he knocked on the doorframe to announce his presence.

Dani turned and looked surprised to see him there. She didn't know how to act around him since coming back. She was trying to keep things professional but then they had some moments that were confusing for her.

"Hey Kelly, what's up?" she was nervous that he heard her conversation. She didn't want anything more to fight about.

He walked into the office and shut the door. He walked over and took a seat on the edge of her bed. "I just wanted to make sure you were okay" he said.

She waved him off, "yeah of course I am. I used to do cases like this 20x a shift in New York, so it's no big deal to me" she replied.

Kelly gave her a pointed look, "I know you Dani" he stated.

She smiled, "yeah well the same can be said for you. What's really going on?" she asked.

He laughed, "nothing, I really just want to make sure you are okay" he replied.

It was at that point that she realized that he heard her conversation with the little girl in her picture frame. "Why wouldn't I be okay?" she asked.

He looked at the ground before giving her a knowing look. "I heard you talking to Katie" he said.

She looked down before giving him a surprising look and nodded. "I needed some help. She helped me when I was trying to revive that girl, so I wanted to let her know that I appreciate the help" she replied trying to keep the tears out of her eyes.

Kelly walked up to her and wiped the tears from her eyes as they found their way down her cheek. "She probably knows her mom had a rough first day at work and needed the help" he stated.