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Otis walked in on shift, clutching his bag as he was scared for what was going to come. It was the first shift since the mistake. He had had a call from Boden that the board wanted to speak to him, that he would have a meeting at the CFD office soon and he was scared now. He was scared because he knew it was his fault.

Nervous he walked to the changing room.

''Kelly, how is Matt?'' He asked then as he saw the other lieutenant, sure that Kelly had visited Matt this morning, as he visited him every day.

''Don't ask.'' Kelly said as he was mad at Otis, mad that he had put his best friend in this position.

Matt walked through his memory again, into the living room. He was pretty sure he had gone back in time.

''Come on, we are going to pick your dad up…at the airport.'' His mom said and he saw himself, six years old, run past his mom, so excited that his dad was finally home after months. He had made a drawing, of his dad, in his uniform.

''Come Matt.'' His mom said then and she took Christie, barely 1 year old. Her mom put her in the car, in the child seat and Matt sat in the front, as his younger self climbed in the back.

They drove the airport and matt sat in the car, not sure why his memory had taken him to this memory…it was when his dad was returning from his first service outside of the country.

He looked at his younger self…so excited to his dad and he wondered if his dad had already changed for the worse at this time although it was not his last deployment. At the airport, they were waiting by the arrivals and his younger self was almost dancing around in excitement.

''I want dad to come now.'' Matt said, stomping his foot on the floor because it made him angry that

''Come on Matt, you waited for months…you can wait a little longer.'' His mom said but as it took even longer, they went to get a bagel. Christie was jabbering to her doll in the stroller. It would be the first time she would see her daddy in real life.

Matt kept looking around, worried that his dad had already arrived but had walked past them and Nancy smiled.

''Look, more men are coming.'' She said and Matt leaned against the fence, holding up his drawing in case his dad would come now.

Then finally the doors opened and his dad came running out in uniform, picked him up.

''Daddy!'' Matt cheered as he ran towards his dad and his dad lifted him up.

''Hey little man.'' His dad smiled.

Older Matt stood there, smiling as hand his dad were reunited. That had been so special then, that his dad was finally back and it had moved him so much. Now he just looked at the man that had ruined the family. Now he had been so happy that his dad had been back from his first trip in the army…but the next trip…he would come back a changed man.

Gabby sat beside his bed side, not ready to go back to shift and she had gotten this shift off from Boden. She was still holding his hand and looked at his face.

''Your face still says that you are fighting. Please keep fighting. I need you with me.'' She said and she laid down her head by his hand, his body still motionless.

''Please wake up.'' She just whispered, slowly starting to sob as she was so worried he would never wake up and that she would be without him forever.

Kelly walked around on shift, saw Otis by the truck then and he wanted to walk on but there was something he had to say.

''Otis, are you still coming on call with us?'' Kelly said then and Otis turned around.

''Yes…I mean I guess…Herrmann is temporarily lieutenant and he said I could work.''

''You really messed up there, Otis! I don't trust you on a call anymore.'' Kelly said angry.

''This is my job!'' Otis said, scared by the loud yelling.

''Oh yeah, jobs usually don't include leaving people in a coma.'' Kelly said angry.

''What is your problem?'' Otis asked angry, immediately knew it was wrong to yell to Kelly.

''You know what my problem is? You! You messed up and my best friend got hurt because of that. He might never wake up again and you know who I blame for that? Right, you!'' Kelly said angry and he was pulled back by Herrmann and Mills.

''Calm down, you are emotional.''

''I am not emotional! I am just angry at the man that is too stupid to put a ladder under the right window and I wouldn't put my life in his hands anymore!'' Kelly said angry before walking away, walking to his office, sitting down on the chair, angry. There were tears in his eyes. He felt bad for yelling at Otis like this…it was just getting to much on him that Matt was so badly injured. It frustrated him that they didn't know if Mat was going to wake up and he needed someone to blame.

He heard a knock on the door.

''Look, I am sorry for what happe-''

''Please just go.'' Kelly said, looking at the desk, not looking up at Otis. He knew he should apologize but he was so angry and frustrated that he couldn't.

''I am sorry.'' Otis said, just walking out.

As the door closed, Kelly softly started to sob, feeling bad for blaming Otis like this, but he just wanted his friend to be better. He just wanted Mat tto bebette,r eh didn't know what to do without his friend. But he realized he was only making matters worse now and he got up, walked to the common room where Otis looked almost scared.

''Look, I am sorry for what I just said. Instead of getting mad at you. I realize we should stick together.'' Kelly said and Otis nodded and they shook hands.

Before any of the men could say anything, Boden entered the common room.

''I just got a call from the CFD. Firehouses will be shut down again…and 51 is on the list….and the accident aren't making things better.''


NOTE: Kelly is getting back on shift and Otis tried to ask how Matt was but Kelly cut him off, because he was so upset with everything and needed somebody to blame and Matt is going back in his memory even more and it was a happy memory about his dad but we are going to find out much more about his dad that is not so good. Kelly flipped on Otis on shift because he still needs somebody to blame and was really mean to Otis but later apologized when Boden came with some really bad news.

Please tell me if Kelly was out of character or not, I am not sure.

Upcoming: More about Matt's past and Gabby is going back to shift.

Thank you so much for reading the first two chapters and I really hope that you like the idea of the story. Thank you so much again and please tell me what you thought by leaving a review so I know if I should continue this or not and I am really anxious to know what you think about this chapter.