Here I am :D Thanks very much for the reviews and the follows. Somone asked me to do longer chapters and that's what I'll try to do starting with this chapter. Here we have some drama, some sweet Linseride and a very confused Cruz hahahah.

Let me know what you all think, reviews are important for an author. Especially one that, like me, wants to make the fans happy.

In the next chapter we'll have new faces and some clue about Audrey's past. And of course our Linseride :)

Thanks a lot to Chicago Firestarter for the help. She's really an angel not just a awesome writer.

Enjoy :)


4

Audrey looked around searching for the pepper. The firehouse was a nice place; warm, safe and those firemen were friendly enough to make her feel at home pretty much immediately. The only annoying thing was that damn bell! She always knew firefighters had a hectic, rough life but that bell… She was tired of it after just two months, she couldn't even imagine how tired those men were.

There was Cruz, a big hispanic man, Otis the Russian guy always with something to say, Hermann father of five children with a bad business acumen, Mouch, real name Randy, Clarke the silent man, Lt. Casey and his beautiful girlfriend Gabriela, Lt. Severide, Shay, Capp, Tony, Chief Boden and Peter Mills. Oh and Pouch of course.

She really liked all of them already; they were all nice with her, but she had her favorite picked out - Peter Mills. The guy could cook very well and Audrey was happy about that, he could always help.

"Hey Audrey!" called Hermann. "We're starving."

Audrey smiled, "Be patient Hermann. It will be ready in ten minutes."

"Yeah, what are you cooking by the way?" asked Cruz.

"Golden chicken," answered Audrey.

Cruz looked at the others shaking his head. Confused… he was confused.

Kelly laughed and walked toward Audrey to get some water. "You confused them with your golden chicken."

The woman turned around and faced the men, all looking at her with their curious and perplexed eyes. "It's chicken with breadcrumbs, some olive and some tomato, nothing so weird. Relax guys," she told them. "And by the way you really shouldn't judge, you know? You're not that expert and good with all this cooking stuff, otherwise I wouldn't be here."

"Amen!" exclaimed Mouch from the couch.

Truck 81. Squad 3. Ambulance 61. Car accident.

Everybody stood up and Casey looked at Audrey. "The golden chicken will have to wait," he said following the others toward the trucks.


Adam didn't know for sure how it happened, everything was kind of a blur. He remembered a car coming really fast in front of theirs, Erin tried to avoid it and the scream when they hit the bridge going right down to the lake.

He shook his head looking around him. He wanted to scream but his voice was like… lost. Lost somewhere in that bed of water around him.

"Lindsay…" he murmured. He waved his arms in the water but he couldn't see her. He could hear the sirens but that sound seemed so far away. "Lindsay! Erin!" he yelled.

He went underwater, hoping to find her but he couldn't stay down as long as he wanted and when he resurfaced the firefighters were ready to go get them. He closed his eyes for a second and then he looked directly to the river bank. Was it Kelly Severide over there? Did he know Erin was the one underwater, probably trapped in the car?

"Hurry up!" he yelled. "Erin is down there."

From the bank, Kelly frowned looking at the man in the water. It could have been just his imagination but he was ready to swear he heard Erin's name. It took a few seconds for him to recognize the man and when he did everything became terribly real.

"Oh my God!" he said racing in the water.

The chief looked at his lieutenant not quite understanding at first. He was definitely missing something. "Casey!" he yelled "What's going on?"

"The one in the water is Adam Ruzek. Lindsay's colleague," Matt answered quickly ready to do everything he could to help Severide.

Boden walked toward the water, following Matt and his men. "Are you telling me Det. Erin Lindsay is the one to rescue?"

Matt nodded and the chief felt something hurting in his stomach. He didn't know the woman very well, but sure as hell he owed something to that girl. She had taken care of his firehouse so much; protecting Kelly, saving Katie from Keeler, helping Otis when he was a suspect, helping Cruz's brother. She was there every time they needed and he was so damn grateful for that. She was a young, brave, good woman and now she needed them.

"Gabby! Shay! Be ready with that gurney. Mills help Clarke bring that man out of the water," he ordered try to maintain the control. "Cruz be ready to clear the road with the truck; when Kelly brings Lindsay out of the water, we have to be ready to take her to the hospital as fast as we can."

Cruz nodded watching the lake. Erin Lindsay helped him so much when he needed, she was the only good thing in Voight's unit. She and Antonio. He watched the sky praying to the God he believed in, stopping next to the truck ready to do everything he had to.

Mills and Capp placed a very frozen Ruzek on the river bank and turned around to look for their lieutenant.

Adam ran his hand through his hair not moving when Shay and Gabby covered him with a warm blanket. "Lindsay…" he murmured shaking.

"I'm sure she will be okay," Shay told him rubbing his back, "Kelly is gonna bring her out of there."

He nodded without even realizing that his head was moving and stood up when he saw Kelly resurface with Erin in his arms. He let the blanket fall and helped Kelly putting Erin down on the asphalt. Shay moved him roughly out of the way while Kelly removed the mask from his face, his blue eyes full of fear and tears.

Gabby stopped working on Lindsay after a few minutes and she looked at Shay shaking her head very discreetly.

"Why did you stop?" yelled Kelly. "Do something!"

Shay looked at her friend. He was terrified, she couldn't remember having seen him like that before. She put her hands on Erin's chest and started CPR again. She prayed silently, hoping that, if there was a God, he was going to help them right there, right then.

After a few seconds Erin coughed the water out, letting everyone sigh deeply with relief.

"Erin…" whispered Kelly taking her hand, "Erin can you hear me?"

She opened her eyes for a second, just a second before closing them again, her heartbeat very weak. She coughed once more, blood this time and Kelly felt his heart stop.

"Damn!" yelled Gabby.

"What's going on?" asked Kelly not really willing to move from Erin's side but pushed by a worried Shay.

"She probably has some internal injury. We have to go to the hospital. Now!" said Shay. Mills brought the gurney closer and they pulled Erin on it rushing her to the ambo. It was bad. Very bad.


Kelly ran a hand through his hair and stopped it on his neck. He felt tense, nervous, scared and all he wanted to do was scream or cry, or hit something, maybe all these things together. He rested his back against the wall right next to the door through which the doctors had brought Erin after they arrived.

The chief's prayers to wait with all of them in the waiting room unheard. He was not moving from there. This was his girl behind that damn door. He smiled thinking about the night she "officially" had met Shay, Dawson and Matt.

Erin moved her hands up and down her thighs. She was really really nervous. Nervous like never before in her life. Kelly laughed shaking his head.

"It's not funny Severide!" she said looking at him. His vintage, masculine car filled with his amused laughter.

"I'm sorry," he said, "I just don't understand why you are so nervous about this dinner. You already know them."

"Yes. But I know them as Erin Lindsay from CPD, not like Erin Lindsay their golden boy's girlfriend."

"Golden boy?" asked Kelly.

"Yes!" answered Erin. "I'm meeting your best friend, your "work brother" and his girlfriend. Actually she's the only one that doesn't make me nervous. I know her better than the others. Because of Antonio, you know…"

"Uh-huh," Kelly nodded stopping the car, "so… are you?"

"What?"

"You just said you're my girlfriend. Are you?" His voice was a little unsure and Erin found it cute somehow.

"Let me think; we kissed, we made love, then we went out on a date, we spent a lot of time together and now I'm officially meeting your friends," she said. "Yes! I'm definitely your girlfriend Severide. Sorry but you're stuck with me lieutenant." She caressed his short hair smiling.

He closed his eyes enjoying the feeling her hand was able to give him and sighed. "I'm glad I am," he said sincerely. "Are you ready to meet the golden boy's team?"

She nodded and reached his lips to kiss him softly, "Ready."

Kelly melted in tears and slid to the floor hiding his face in his hands. She had to be ok. She had to, because he loved her.


Hank Voight slammed the car's door and quickened his pace. All he knew was that Erin and Ruzek were in a car accident and Firehouse 51 helped them. Ruzek was perfectly fine, Erin was in bad shape.

"I'm Detective Hank Voight," he said to the first nurse he met. "Erin Lindsay was brought here. She was in a car crash."

The nurse, a huge black woman named Sandra – or at least that was what the tag on her uniform said – shook her head going behind the desk. "I'm sorry I don't know anything about it."

"Would you mind finding someone who knows something?"

She glanced at him with a look that said something like Don't you see how busy I am? and she put a hand on her hip. "Sir, I really have a lot of things to do and..."

"My daughter was brought here after a car accident. All I know is that she's not doing well, she's probably in the OR right now. I'm worried about her and good manners are not really my style. So stop whatever you're doing and tell me how she is," yelled Voight.

The nurse stared at him, not even a blink, and typed something on her computer. "Erin Lindsay, 33 years old. She's in OR 3, second floor."

Voight walked toward the elevator with Antonio and Halstead thanking the woman before following him. When the metallic doors opened on the floor, Voight saw the entire Firehouse 51 in the waiting room. Chief Boden was right next to the elevator, looking at his men with a worried look on his face.

"Voight!" he said when he saw him.

The sergeant turned to face him. "How's Erin?"

"We don't know anything yet. We did all we could, now we just have to wait."

Voight nodded, "Thanks chief. You helped her."

"Like she helped us, all of us. She's like family to us. We are here for her," said the chief. And his tone was letting Voight know that Erin was really the only reason they were there. Nothing else, especially not him. Not after all he had done.

"What about Ruzek? Where is he?" asked Halstead.

"He's fine," answered Boden breaking his eye contact with Voight. "He's in room number 26, he's getting some routine tests done."

Antonio nodded as he stepped with Halstead in the direction of Adam's room leaving Voight alone with the firemen, his phone in hand to call Olinsky.

Let's just hope they don't kill each other in the meantime, he thought.


Matt gave Severide a bottle of water and sat next to him on the floor. He was worried about Erin, but he was worried about Kelly too.

He had never seen his friend like that, maybe just when Shay nearly lost her life in that bad ambulance crash last year. But there was something totally different in Kelly's face right now. He sighed realizing what it was and smiled a little, not really surprised.

It was clear since the first moment they had met that there was something special between Kelly and Erin, something chemical, something immediate, undeniable and in that moment it was clearer than ever; Kelly Severide was obviously in love with that woman.

"She'll be okay. Just wait and see," he told Kelly.

"How can you be so sure about this? She was coughing blood Casey."

"She's a tough one that one."

Kelly nodded closing his eyes for a second. He stood up when a doctor came through the door and looked at them with a smile on his face.

"Are you here for Erin Lindsay?"

Kelly nodded, feeling his heart beating so fast he thought it was about to explode. "How is she?"

"She'll be ok," the doctor answered. "She's a tough one that one."

Kelly sighed and thanked God.

"I told you!" Matt told him. "I'm gonna go update the others."

Severide nodded watching him walk away. Then he looked at the doctor. "Can I see her?"

"Sure," he said. "Follow me."

They walked the hallway and stopped in front of a glass door.

"Go on in," the doctor instructed, "But just five minutes. She needs to rest."

Kelly push the door and walked slowly. He reached Erin's bed and kissed her forehead. "Hey gorgeous," he whispered smiling. He cried caressing her face with two fingers. "The doc said you are a tough one." He kissed her lips softly letting some tears fall down his cheeks. "My little warrior," he said before kissing her lips again. "Wake up soon Erin. There's something really important I have to tell you."

Kelly gently sat on the bed and smiled looking at her. She was sleeping and he was not going anywhere. Not without her.