It was a long 3 days since Ally visited the fire station. Being away from Kelly made her realize just how important he has become in her life. Everywhere she looked in her apartment there was some memory of them doing something and she hated it. She was in love with him. Period. To forget him, Ally submersed herself in work. She was picking up extra shifts and was beginning to feel normal again finally.

On day 5, Brandi and Ally were on shift and called to a multiple vehicle accident on a bridge. When they responded the fire trucks were already there and firemen strung all over. Ally took a deep breath and looked at Brandi.

"Come on," Brandi smiled. "...you got this."

They exited the car and walked up to Chief Boden.

"Ladies." Boden nodded.

"What do we have Chief?" Ally asked.

"Vehicle A was speeding, lost control and started an 18 car pile up. There is a minivan that went over but luckily, got snagged in some power lines. The city has shut the power off so we can go get them. I have Severide and Dawson repelling down now to see who is in the minivan."

"Chief!" Darden yelled.

"I'll be right back." Boden nodded to them.

Ally realized she wasn't breathing, Kelly was the one going after the minivan.

...w...

Kelly made it to the van and opened the door after some persuasion with the crowbar. The woman in the drivers seat was unconscious and bleeding from the nose. Kelly reached in to see if she had a pulse after Dawson requested him to do so. He looked up to Dawson and nodded his head that she was alive. He turned his attention to the three kids in the back, a child in a car seat crying, a four year old girl crying, and an a older male trying to calm to other two.

"Hey!" Kelly called to the older kid. "What's your name?"

"M-Matt." The kid was breathing heavily.

"Matt, I'm Kelly with the Chicago Fire Department. I'm going to help you but I need you to help me, okay?"

"O-Ok."

"Can you roll this window down?"

Kelly looked back up to see when his help was coming down and met eyes with Ally. The sound of the window rolling down made him look away from her.

"Chief," Kelly called over the radio.

"Severide, go ahead."

"I have an unconscious female driver with three kids in the van. The kids look okay but the driver is alive but unresponsive."

"10-4. Let's get the kids up and we'll see about her."

It took about an hour to get the kids up to the crew, but the woman was still unconscious. Dawson repelled back down to help get the woman up to the bridge. Kelly then began heading up after Dawson and the woman were pulled to safety. As the crew pulled Dawson to safety, a fuel truck exploded nearby sending debris and fire everywhere. The winch that was holding Kelly snapped and he fell back onto the opened van door. The force of his body hitting the van made it fall more and turn to the side throwing Kelly into the passenger floorboard.

He let out a loud groan from the pain shooting from his right shoulder up through his neck, leaving him immobilized.

...w...

Ally slowly stood after falling to the ground from the concussion of the powerful explosion. Firemen and Officers were scrambling around the scene, all except for Boden, who was holding onto Kelly's rope. Brandi stood up from the ground, looking at the chaos surrounding them.

"Ally! Are you okay?" Brandi asked with a look of concern.

"Yea... You?"

"Yes."

"Chief!" Ally ran to Boden who was staring down at the van.

"Severide fell off the rope and into the van. The van shifted, I don't know if he's okay."

"Kelly!" Ally screamed after him.

"Where is everyone?" Boden asked.

"Helping with the explosion, a lot of people were hurt. I'm going to see if they need help." Brandi ran toward the crowd of people.

"String me up, I'll go!" Boden yelled as he was looking for someone to take the rope.

"No sir, your men need you here. I'll go."

"You're not a fir..."

"Right, I'm not a fire fighter, I'm a Chicago Officer that can repel. Get me harnessed and down there, sir!"

"Fine."

Ally removed her blouse and vest before putting on the harness she grabbed from the truck. She was thankful that she was wearing a black tank top today because this was going to be a pain and there was no was it was going to get done if she was wearing her uniform blouse. Once she came back, she helped Boden tie off Kelly's line. After securing the ropes, Ally climbed over the concrete wall and Boden lowered her down to the van. Ally approached the van, her breath becoming shorter and faster, trying not to look down. She was also afraid of what she might see once to the van. Was Kelly okay? Was he even there?

"Kelly?" Ally anxiously yelled out.

"A-Ally?" Kelly muttered, coming into consciousness.

"Yes!" Ally spotted him on the floor of the passenger seat. "Can you move?"

"My neck and shoulder are killing me, but I can move. I won't be able to hold onto anything."

"Kelly," Ally waited for him to look into her eyes. "...I got you."

Kelly reached out with his left hand for help getting up. His harness was tangled around the seat from the rotation of the van during the fall. Ally carefully moved her way over the seat, untangled the harness rope, and moved Kelly into position to be raised up.

"Ok Chief, I've got him. Bring him up, slowly, he suffered injuries to his neck and shoulder."

...w...

Kelly was sitting in the back of Dawson and Shay's ambulance with his right arm iced and wrapped. Ally waited until he was alone before she walked up and leaned against the door looking at him.

"I'm sorry." Kelly frowned.

"For?" Ally stepped up into the back of the ambulance and sat next to him.

"For being a stupid ... selfish ass."

"Kelly..." Ally began.

"No," He stopped her. "...I got scared because I couldn't handle the dangers of your job. Then this happens and you helped me out of that van without hesitation. I want to be as strong as you...with you. It may take some time... if you'll still have me."

"Babe," She smiled and touched his cheek. "...I may do things that you don't approve of and you will do the same thing. I know that you love being a fire fighter and I will never ask you to stop doing something that you love. I just hope that you think that way too because I will not stop doing what I love doing for you."

"I will never ask that of you."

Ally smiled really big, forgetting about the last few days. She was just happy to see and be next to him again.

"Ally, I love you." Kelly said.

Ally gasped silently and stared at him, she was not expecting this.

"Kelly..." She tried to speak.

"I'm sorry. I know I've been dis..." Kelly stammered feeling as though he made a fool of himself.

"I love you." Ally chuckled as he stammered.

Kelly stopped and stared at her as if he wasn't sure she really said that. Ally smiled and nodded at him as if confirming she said it. He smiled and wrapped his left arm around her, hugging her tight. Ally pushed back just enough to surprise him with a passionate kiss. She had been wanting to end all the fighting with a kiss for the past 4 days and was not going to let another moment go by.

"Marry me..." Kelly whispered against her lips.

Ally's hug tightened from the shock of the moment, causing Kelly to gasp aloud from the pain in his shoulder. Ally let him go immediately, concern spreading throughout her face. They both stared at each other...

"So was that a yes?" Kelly asked with a big grin on his face.

She stopped for a moment, thinking of the time they had spent together. The past 6 months had been the best 6 months of her life, but was it too soon? Was this really going to happen? Was she ready? Her head flooding with questions and concerns. She looked up at him, big cocky grin on his face, a deep stare into each other's eyes... She realized that she almost lost this man today and one of her biggest regrets, would have been that she did not embrace him sooner. Thinking of that moment, a tear fell down her cheek. She realized that there was no one she would rather be with, that matters so much to her...

Ally started to blush as he reached up and wiped away her tear. She leaned in closer and whispered softly into his ear...

"Yes."