Chapter 6

It took her a few minutes to realize where she was when she woke up. She was in Kelly's bed with his arms wrapped around her.

"Morning," he said.

"Morning," she said, "So about last night... Was it.. Was I..."

"Yes," he said kissing her neck. "You were great."

She flipped around to face him. "I love you."

"I love you, too."

She groaned as she looked at the clock. They needed to get out bed or they were going to be late for work.

"I wish we could stay like this forever."

"Me, too," he said, kissing her neck.

"This is good, right? Us?"

"This is very good."

Their shift that day ended up being a turning point for their relationship. One of their runs was very emotional especially for Shay. The firefighters rescued a little girl named Sara from a fire. Shay had started an IV for her and talked with her while Severide and the squad got her out from the rubble. Unfortunately Sara coded on the way to the hospital and they couldn't get her back.

When Shay and Dawson got back, Shay went straight back to the locker room not wanting to talk to anyone. Severide could tell something was wrong so he pulled Dawson aside. When she told him that the little girl didn't make it, he immediately took off after Shay. He knew that she would be taking it hard. She was emotional and really cared about others, part of what made her a great paramedic.

She was standing in front of her locker trying not to cry. She knew it wasn't her fault, but she wished she could have done more. She was only 7 years old. When she felt arms around her waist, she knew it was Kelly and her body relaxed against his.

"Kelly," she said, a sob escaping her throat.

"Hey, hey, shhh," he said, turning her around so she was facing him. "Shay, it wasn't your fault."

"I know, but I told her everything was going to be okay. She was so young. Why couldn't I save her?"

She buried her head in his chest and he stroked her hair. He really hated seeing her like this. He would do anything to make her not hurt. He moved so he could see her face and wiped a tear away from her cheek.

"Can you stay here with me? Just a little while longer?"

"Of course. There's no where I need to be."

"You're always here for me," she said, kissing him again. This time this kiss lasted longer and was more passionate than before.

"Anyone could walk in on us," he said.

"I don't care."

"Really?"

"I want to tell everyone. I'm tired of hiding how I feel."

She kissed him again and reached around to pull off his jacket. He pulled her shirt off before stopping. They couldn't do this in the locker room. Well, they shouldn't be doing this at work at all, but he really couldn't control himself.

"Come here," he said, pulling her up and leading her to his lieutenant's area. He closed the door and pulled the blinds closed before laying her down on the bed. He couldn't believe how lucky he was.

While Shay and Severide were in the back, Dawson spotted Mills and Cruz heading back to the locker room. She didn't know what was happening back there, but she didn't want to risk the guys walking in on them.

"Hey, guys, I don't think you should go back there right now."

"Why not?" Cruz asked confused.

"Shay's had a hard day with that little girl dying, and Severide went back to comfort her. I think maybe they just want to be alone."

"Yeah, she was pretty upset," Mills added.

"I'll just be a second. I just need to grab something."

"No," Dawson insisted.

"Hey, guys, why are we are hanging out in front of the locker room?" Casey asked.

"We just need to grab something, but Dawson said we can't because Shay and Severide are back there."

"Seriously?" Casey said exasperated. "Are Shay and Severide having sex back there? Because this is ridiculous."

"Wait, what?" Mills asked now really confused. "Did you just say..."

"I thought that's what you all were talking about. You all didn't know?"

"No," Dawson said, slaking her palm against her forehead.

"Shay and Severide are having sex?" Cruz practically screamed. "How long has this been happening?"

"A couple of weeks," Dawson said, "but you can't let them know that you know."

"I don't even think I do know what's going on," Mills said. "I thought she was a lesbian."

"She was," Dawson said. "But she loves Severide, too."

"Leave it to Severide," Cruz responded.

"Hey," Severide said, opening the locker room door with Shay by his side. "What's going on?"

"Nothing," they all said in unison.

"Okay," Shay said confused. "Was that weird or was it just me," she whispered to Severide as they walked to the common room.

"No, that was definitely weird."

"You had one secret to keep, and you couldn't do it," Dawson told Casey.

"I'm sorry. I'm an idiot."

"Yeah, but you're lucky I love you," she said kissing him.

After the shift ended everyone went to Molly's where Shay and Severide were prepared to tell everyone about their relationship.

"Hey everyone" Severide yelled, grabbing Shay's hand, "We have something we want to tell you all."

He waited until it was quiet. "So for the last few weeks Shay and I.. Well.. We're..."

"Oh come on!" Otis shouted. "We all know you're together!"

"Wait... You all know?" Shay asked. "Dawson!"

"Hey, don't look at me. It was Casey."

"Seriously? I tell you one thing, and you blab it to the whole house?" Severide tried to act mad, but he was too happy to really care.

"I just told Mills and Cruz."

Severide raised an eyebrow.

"It just slipped out. Sorry man. But we're all really happy for you."

"It's cool," he said, pulling him into a hug.

"Are you all really happy for us?" Shay asked.

"Of course we are," Otis said. "I mean, I think we were all a little confused since we thought Shay was a lesbian."

"Shut up, Otis," Hermann said, throwing a towel at him.

"What? I'm just trying to say we're happy for you."

"And we're so glad everything's out in the open," Casey added.

They all laughed. For the next few minutes everyone took turns congratulating the couple, and while the boys were having their moment, Shay and Dawson took the opportunity to have theirs.

Shay hugged the other paramedic. "Thank you," she said.

"For what?"

"For being my friend."

"Shay, you know you're my girl."

She smiled. "Yeah. You and me. And Casey and Severide, now, too."

"Of course. It's the four of us against the world."

Shay spotted Severide across the room. They locked eyes and he smiled as he walked over to her. He pulled her into his arms and kissed her. It felt so good to be bake to show everyone how he felt.

"I love you so much, Leslie Shay."

"I love you, Kelly Severide."

They were surrounded by their friends who loved and supported them no matter what. Life really couldn't get any better.

Okay, I hope everyone liked this chapter. I'm going to do one more chapter for this story! Thanks for all the reviews.