Chapter 2

It had two months since Erin and Kelly found our that they were having a little girl. Both were super excited and of course they had to share the news with both of their coworkers. On this particular morning the expectant couple had just gotten up to start their daily routine. It was 715 and both of then had to be at work at 830. A freshly showered Erin walked down the stairs of their townhouse in her bath robe and she smiled as she took in the aroma of breakfast that her boyfriend had made. Ever since they had gone to the doctor, he had personally made sure she was getting three balanced meals. He always made her breakfast and usually they were both home to enjoy dinner together. During lunch, Kelly would either take her lunch or have one of his squad mates take her something over if he was in the middle of something. Erin was surprised at how great of a cook he was. He does something that amazes her every day. Erin walked over to the counter and sat down on one of the bar stools. She looked down at the plate he just sat in front of her. There was French toast, turkey sausage and scrambled eggs. She had been craving eggs practically her entire pregnancy. "Babe, this looks amazing." She said as she took a bite of her french toast. He just smiled and gave her a glass of orange juice.

"Don't forget, I'm covering a shift tonight so I'll be working a double. You'll still get off at 7?" Kelly said as he finished packing a bag of snacks for her. She was also obsessed with Greek yogurt, so he packed her 3 cups and 3 bottles of water and her prenatal vitiamins in the bag.

She nodded and when she swallowed her bite she looked up at him. "Yup, I'll call when I get off and if you're not on a call, I'll come over for dinner. I'll pick something up." She said. She finished up her food and stood up but almost lost her balance. He went over to her and caught her. "Whoa, I don't feel so good." She said as she buried her face into his chest. She started sobbing. He put his arms around her kind of confused. This hormone business was hard for him to keep up with.

"Yeah, you're not going to work today." He said as he directed her to the couch. He helped her lay down and covered her up with a blanket. "I'm gonna call off my first shift, if you're better later then I'll go in on the second one and I'll see if Dawson and Casey will come sit with you." Erin nodded and handed him her phone. He took it and called Voight. Voight said that they would be fine without her today and told him to take care of her. After getting off the phone, Kelly called Boden and explained what was going on. Boden also agreed that it was no big deal and he told Kelly to keep him updated.

Kelly hung up the phone and places both phones on the living room table. He went back to the couch and Erin was already asleep. Kelly sighed and picked her up and carried her back I their bedroom. It wasn't that he didn't want to spend the day with her, because trust him, he did but he was worried. It wasn't like her to be okay with taking a sick day. Kelly covered her up and went back downstairs and cleaned up from breakfast. He came back up and got back in bed with Erin.

Meanwhile, at the firehouse there was a little but of tension over Severide not being there. Shay and Severide used to be best friends, but since he got Erin pregnant, their friendship dwindled. Erin made it pretty clear that she wasn't comfortable with Kelly and Leslie being friends. (Remember, she's not a lesbian). Erin was convinced that they had to have had a past together, but Kelly insists that he didn't. Shay, Dawson and Casey were sitting in the rec room at 51 when shay spoke up.

"I can't believe that Kelly called off shift. He's been here for 4 years and he has never once called off but now this girl is around and he's not coming to work." Shay said as she leaned back in her chair. Dawson and Casey just looked at each other.

"Shay, isn't that kind of insensitive? I mean, she is pregnant. Plus, I think that she's been really good for him. It's obvious that he really cares about her." Casey said to Shay. In return, Shay glared at Casey and simply got up and walked away. Casey looked over at Dawson looking confused.

"Lindsay made Severide choose between her and Shay, and it's clear who he chose." Dawson said as a matter of factly. Casey just nodded in understandment. "But you know what, I really like Lindsay and I understand why she gave an ultimatum. She loves Severide and she's scared. I would be too, I've always wondered if something went down with Shay and Severide. Casey just raised his eyebrows and pondered.

Back at the prescient, Hank came out of his office. He looked over and saw a bouquet of light pink flowers and a box of chocolates had been delivered to Lindsay. "Halstead, who are those from?" Hank said as he looked at Lindsay's partner. "I'm assuming the firefighter." Halstead said not thinking much of it.
"No, he called in sick for Lindsay an hour ago, he wouldn't have sent her flowers when he knew she wasn't coming in today." Halstead stood up and by now everyone was intrigued. Hank walked over and picked up the card, read it and put it down. "Damn it." He said as he grabbed the flowers, chocolate and note and headed for the door. "Halstead, you're with me. The rest of you, wait for my call." Voight said as he went into the foyer of the building. Platt spoke up. Sargent Voight, detective Lindsay has been admitted to the hospital. Apparently it's serious." She said to him. Voight and Halstead looked at her and left in a hurry.

At the hospital, Kelly was sitting in the waiting room and he was a nervous wreck. About 30 minutes ago he was laying in bed with Erin and he felt wetness. He pulled back the sheets and there was blood. He freaked and called 911. Dawson and Shay responded and rushed Erin to the hospital. Now all Kelly could do was wait and hope that she hadn't miscarried. They would both be devastated.

Voight and Halstead rushed into the emergency room and they found Severide. Severide stood up and before he could say anything Voight handed him the note that accompanied the flowers.

Detective Lindsay,
I heard that you're expecting! Congratulations. I sent you pink flowers because I felt that it was appropriate. I knew what it was like to be a father once. Until your boyfriend and his father took that away from me. You see, my son was Vince Keeler. I know what they did and trust me when I say that both of you will pay. You will feel the pain and suffering of losing an innocent child, I will make sure of that. Enjoy your time with your family while you can.
Xoxo
Mr. Keeler.

Kelly was sick. On top of not knowing the condition of his girlfriend or his daughter, he just found out that their lives were being threatened. He looked at Voight, desperation in his face.

"Kelly, I will do everything in my power to keep him away from your family. This is not the first threat that Erin has received from him but it is the most severe." Voight told him. Kelly's head shot up.

"What the hell does that mean? You know that he's threatened her and nobody told me?" Severide said. He couldn't believe this. "You promised to protect her!" Severide shouted at this point he didn't care how loud he was being. He was pissed.

"She asked us not to say anything, but at that point we didn't think it was a serious issue. Do you know how many bogus threats she has gotten? I betcha she hasn't told you a single one?" Halstead said to Severide. "Just like you don't tell her everytime you almost get hurt on the job." Jay said. Severide sighed and looked at both of him. "Please make sure nothing happens to her." Severide said.

Casey, Dawson, Herman and Mouch had all showed up at the hospital by now to see how Lindsay is doing. They were all making quiet conversation when a doctor came out.

"I'm looking for Kelly Severide?" The doctor said. Kelly walked over to him. "I'm Kelly, how is my girlfriend and my baby?" Kelly asked nervously.

The doctor looked at him. "Your girlfriend went into preterm labor and it was too far along to stop. Luckily we were able to safely deliver your daughter. She is barely 30 weeks along so she will struggle but she is stable. She is in the NICU. We had to hook her up to machines because she can't breathe one her own yet. She's not out of the woods yet but babies born at 30 weeks develop normally and usually have no issues." Severide sighed in relief and so did everyone else. Then his attention turned back to the concern on the doctors face.

"Your girlfriend however lost a lot of blood. We finally got it to stop but we had to put her into a medical induced coma to keep her body from going into shock." Kelly's heart sunk into pieces. "There is a good chance that she will be just fine but only time will tell". The doctor finished. Everyone rallied around Kelly and gave their support.

" you're more than welcome to go see your daughter and go visit her mothers room. If you talk to her there is a good chance that she will be able to hear you." The doctor said.

Kelly went to the NICU to visit his daughter. Even with the tubes and cords hooked into her and the oversized diaper, he thought she was the most beautiful person he had ever seen. That was his child, his daughter and he had an instant urge to protect her. To protect her from being sick, to protect her from not losing her mother and to protect her from this asshole who threatened his family.

After seeing his daughter and knowing she was okay he heads up to Erin's room. Voight had placed Atwood and Burgess by the NICU to make sure nothing happened to that baby. He was taking Mr. Keelers threat very seriously. Severide walked into Erin's room and sat down in the chair next to her bed. He was immediately overcome with sadness. He remembered what the doctor said and he started talking to her, while trying to hold back the tears.

"Hi Beautiful! The doctor told me that you could probably hear me talking to you, so here goes. So umm, we have a daughter! She's absolutely beautiful. She looks just like you. I never imagined that I could have so much love for someone, but when I laid my eyes on her, I fell in love. I can't wait until we get to hold her. She's doing great. She's little but the doctor said that she is going to make it." He said and then he paused. "But baby, I need you to make it too. I can't do this by myself. I can't raise this baby without you. You're her mother and she needs you. Hell, I didn't even get the crib put together like you asked me to do." By this point he was completely overcome with emotion. "This isn't right. You need to be okay. You work in a dangerous profession everyday, and it's childbirth that wants to take you away from me." Kelly sobbed. He laid his head down on the side of her bed and kissed her hand and just cried. Shay was standing by the door watching but Severide didn't notice her. She didn't like seeing him like this and it made her realize how much she wanted Severide to be hers. At that moment she decided in her mind that she was going to be the one for him and she was going to raise his child with him. She gave a satisfied smile and walked away.

So there it is! What do you think?

Coming up:

Shay starts to get creepy

Hank and Jay track down Mr. Keeler.

Severide slowly loses hope and starts to accept that he might become a single parent!

Baby Juliette comes home (:

Lindsay will wake up! It just won't be rainbows and butterflies when she does! But don't worry these two will always end up happy in my story even if I put them through hell (: