Hi everyone! I hope your summers are going well. I wanted to get this chapter out this week. I am on VACATION, so more chapter updates will be coming out!

This chapter will devel more into Kelly and Katina's relationship. I have said throughout the story that their relationship is special, so this chapter will explain that some more.

Previously….

Everyone turned their attention to Matt coming down the stairs with Mia in his arms. Kat looked into Gabby's eyes and could see how happy she looked when she saw Matt with Mia. She felt for the young paramedic. She wanted Matt so bad; it was obvious to everyone but them. No Kat made it her mission to help them get together. She wanted their friends to feel the happiness that she was feeling.

Chapter 7

Matt came down with Mia and set her on the ground in between him and the table. She latched onto the table and started bouncing. She was beginning to stand and tried to walk. She hasn't started walking yet, but she's contemplating it. Kelly always said that she was made of brilliance and she would do everything early, so they were already ready. They wanted to be prepared early in case she actually started walking early.

"My little Mia" Kat said being over to reach for Mia to pick her up and put her in her lap. She really missed her while she was in the hospital. Of course Matt and Gabby brought her to visit in the hospital, but she really missed her. She missed out on everything.

"Hey, you are not supposed to lift anything over 5 pounds" Kelly yells at her. "Come on Kelly, how can you say no to this cute little Love Bug?" Kat asked cupping Mia's face and telling her to look at Uncle Kelly. He smiled down at his girls, "Easy no! I don't want you to hurt yourself" he said. Kat pouted and stared up at Kelly with her lip jutted out. "Uncle Kelly is being mean. I missed her Kelly. I haven't seen her in a week" Kat protested. "I don't care. You just got out of the hospital and I am not going to let you break the rules, hours after you got home" he said.

Kat huffed in frustration. "Fine, Matt would you kindly place my niece in my lap, since Mr. Meanie won't be nice and let me pick her up" she said. Matt laughed and put Mia in her lap. Kat wrapped her arms around her and squeezed her tight against her. "I missed you princess" she said before kissing her head. "I love you so much" she added. Kat leaned back to rest on the couch with Mia lying on her chest. She was playing with Mia's hair. She just enjoyed being with her goddaughter.

Matt sat next to her on the couch and smiled at the scene. "You trying to break the rules already?" he asked with a smirk on his face, putting an arm around the end of the couch, so it was over her shoulders. Kat smiled at her friend and looking down at her little girl; "she's my baby. I can't help it. She's the world to me. I can't ever say no to her. She already has us wrapped around her finger" Kat said. "Yeah, and I said no to her. I wouldn't let her pick up Mia so I'm the bag guy" Kelly said to them as he joined them on the opposite couch. "Yeah, you had to be a big meanie and deny me my little girl" she told him.

Kelly laughed, "Yeah because I don't want you to get hurt hours after you got out of the hospital. Whatever" he said heading to get some food from the kitchen. Gabby made enough food to feed an army. He loved it when she cooked; or when Kat cooked. They were the only girls that could cook the best. They definitely cook their way into his heart. "You want something to eat? Gabby made a ton of it, and you know her, it looks delicious" Matt said looking over at her.

"No, I'm okay. I'm not really hungry" she said holding her head as she leaned back on the couch to rest her head. Her head was hurting a little, like she was getting a headache. "Are you sure? There's tons of food." He asked giving her a look. Kelly looked over and met Matt's gaze over the couch. Kelly had told Matt that her appetite had gone down since the surgery. "I'm okay really. I had a huge breakfast at the hospital. You know they don't let you leave without eating" she said. "Alright, as long as you are okay and full" he replied. "Matt, I'm fine. Go help yourself" she smiled giving him a kiss on the cheek.

"Okay, I'll be back" he said. Kat smiled and watched as he made his way to the kitchen. "Okay, go and have fun" she replied waving him off. He went over to the food line and made himself a plate staring at Kelly. He shook his head and told Kelly that she didn't eat anything.

"Hey Katina, how are you feeling? You doing okay?" Chris Hermann asked as he sat next to her on the couch. "I'm okay. Hanging in there; this is all just so tiring. I can't do anything normal" she said sinking back into the couch some more. Mia was nice and settled into her stomach. She was lying with her feet up and her hand clutching Kat's fingers. Chris looked her over to make sure she was really okay. He was like the dad of the group. He always watched over the new young guys.

"You sure, you feel okay?" he asked looking her over. She smiled at him in concern before continuing to play with Mia's hair. "Yeah, I am totally fine. I am glad to be home. I missed everyone" she replied. He smiled and patted her back, "we missed you too. Do you want some water or something to eat?" he asked getting up. Kelly came over with a huge plate of food and a glass of ice water. "Beat you to it there Hermann" he said putting the food in front of her and setting the water down so he could cut her chicken.

"These are not all for me?" she said looking at him like she was crazy. She wouldn't eat this much normally; there was no way she was going to eat this much coming out of the hospital. "No, they are mine, but I thought that I would share, since you have to eat" he emphasized. She glared at her new fiancé. She only ate it because she knew that if she didn't, she wouldn't hear the end of it.

They had a really good time. After a couple of hours, people started leaving. The only people left were Mills, Kelly, Matt, Gabby and Leslie. Kelly had put Mia to sleep, so it was just the adults. Kat was laying on the couch with her head in Kelly's lap. He was lying across the couch so his feet were resting on the coffee table. The TV was on, but she really wasn't paying attention to it. She was almost asleep when Matt's phone went off. That woke her up. She looked up to see him talking about a job deal for his construction business. Kelly started playing with her hair only too notice that she was awake.

"Hey, I thought you were sleeping. What are you doing?" he asked. "I'm thinking that I should have brought some chart with me from the hospital, so I don't die of boredom for the next month" she teased slowly turning so she was lying on her back and could face him. He looked down at her and laughed. "You are not going to die of boredom. I won't let you," he started to lean forward so only she could hear what he was saying, "I still have tons of things I want to do to you" he said with a sly smirk on his face. Kat couldn't help but laugh. God help me! She thought to herself.

Then Leslie announced that she was leaving. "Hey, where are you off to?" Kat asked as she grabbed her purse and jacket. "I have a hot date. We are going out for drinks" she said with a big smile on her face. Katina loved how smiley and excited she was. "You look so cute right now" Kat teased. Leslie giggled and came over, "I hate you" she teased as she leaned over to give Katina a kiss on her cheek. "I love you too" she said as Leslie left.

Within another half hour, everyone left except Matt and Gabby. Kelly and Gabby were cleaning in the kitchen, so it was the perfect opportunity to talk to Matt alone. "Matty, can you come help me change? I want you to help me upstairs" she said. Kelly came over, but Kat put her hand up. "Let me help you" he said leaning over to help her up. "No, I want Matty to help me. You help Gabby clean the kitchen. While you are in there, you can prepare some pasta, chicken, and some of that chocolate strawberry pudding for Mia for tomorrow" she said. He looked at Matt suspiciously before walking back into the kitchen. "You don't drop her Matt or so help me GOD!" Kelly threatened. "Kelly, relax" Kat said. Kelly nodded and put his hands up in defense.

Matt came over and wrapped his arm under Kat's knees and one arm around her back and picked her up. Katina squealed and wrapped her arm around his neck. "Matt!" she squealed. He smiled and walked upstairs with her in his arms. They walked into her room and he placed her on the bed. "I have some sweats and an academy t-shirt in the top drawer" she said. He picked them up and placed them on the bed. "Do you need underwear or a bra or something?" he asked with his face turning bright red.

Kat smiled and squeezed his cheeks. "You are so cute Matty! Don't worry; I have underwear and a bra on. All you need to do is help me put my clothes on" she said. He nodded and helped her up. He helped her take off her shirt and shorts. Then he helped her change into her new clothes. "There you go. All set" he said. "Thanks Matty. I want to talk to you for a second" she said.

Downstairs, Kelly followed Matt all the way up the stairs. "I wonder what they are talking about up there" he said as he helped Gabby pack up the kitchen. "I think I know what they are talking about" Gabby said looking up sheepish. Kelly looked over at her curious. "What are they talking about then?" he asked her. He's never seen Gabby like this before. "I kinda like Matt" she said really fast.

"No freaking way! You like Casey?" he asked. She glared up at him. "Yes, I like him. Before he was with Hallie and I was with Mills, but then now he broke up with Hallie when Kat was in the hospital. She made him choose between them and us and he chose us. But he never elaborated, that was just it. I was telling Kat about it, so I think she is talking to him about it" Gabby said. Kelly wrapped an arm around Gabby's shoulders. "Don't worry. Kat will figure it out for you" he teased. Gabby nudged him in the ribs.

Upstairs, they were having slightly the same talk. Matt sat next to Kat on the bed. "What's going on? Are you okay?" he asked. She smiled and nodded, "yeah, I am fine. I want to talk to you about something else though" she said. He shrugged and came next to her. He wrapped his arm around her and rubbed her arm up and down. "What's up Kat?" he asked.

She let out a breath and put her hands in her lap. "I heard some interesting news today" she said. He looked at her curious, "Really, what did you hear?" he asked. "Well, I heard that you broke up with Hallie and I want to know what this means now for you and your love life" she said. He got up and started pacing. "Yeah, it was actually when you were in the hospital and Severide asked Gabby and I to watch Mia. Hallie was over and she wanted me to choose between Gabby and Mia and her. I couldn't believe she did that, but made the choice. I chose Mia and Gabby. Like what the hell, why did she make me choose? Now I have to figure it out" he said.

Kat nodded in understanding and rubbed a hand up and down his back. "Matt you will, but in the meantime, you need to stop sending Gabby the wrong messages. I mean you know that she has feelings for you. Don't tell her I told you this, but she thought you bonded with Mia when you were watching her. Tell me, she is telling the truth? Did you bond with my baby girl while I was in the hospital?" she teased.

She could already tell the answer when he started blushing. Katina couldn't help but laugh. She loved that he would admit it. She wanted Gabriella and Matt to be together since she met together. She's known Matt forever and he was the sweetest guy any girl will ever have the pleasure of calling him hers. Any girl would be lucky to have him. He always looked out for her as a kid; Matt came to her defense where Severide liked to tease her.

"Matt, do you remember that day in high school when we had that half day from school? You, me and Kelly walked back to the firehouse and got ourselves into some trouble" she teased at the memory. He chuckled and nodded; "if I remember correctly, it was you and Kelly who got into trouble, I was the lookout" he defended himself. She laughed and held her hands up in surrender, "oh excuse me, you were still guilty by accessory" she teased. He nodded and looked as if he was remembering the day, just as she was.

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KELLY= 18

MATT=17

KATINA=16

Katina, Matt and Kelly were all walking home from school. They wanted to go to the firehouse, so they could see their siblings and parents. Kelly's dad was the Squad Lt; Matt's brother worked with Katina's brother in Squad Team 3.

They walked into the firehouse to see the garage empty.

"Where are they?" Kelly asked. Kat pushed her way in between the boys and turned to walk backwards, so she could face them, "they are probably in the squad room" she said leading the way. As expected, all the guys were sitting around waiting for a call. They greeted the group loudly when they saw them. "Hey, would you look who it is, it's the college bound kids" Jason, one of the squad members teased. Brian, Kat's brother; Mark, Matt's brother; and Benny Severide came over to greet their family members.

"So, how was school?" Brian asked. "We did well. School was great. We had a half a day today. Instead of going home, we wanted to come here" Kat replied to her brother. "Oh good. So did you have fun today?" Benny asked. Matt and Kat scoffed, "I know Kelly did "she said. Benny and the brothers look at him surprised. "What the hell did you do Severide?" Mark asked. "I didn't do anything. I just got some numbers today" he said with a smirk.

"You know maybe if you thought with your brain rather than your endowed body part, you would have done a hell of a whole lot better in school than you did" she said. The guys couldn't help but snicker when Kelly's face fell. "Why don't you put your actions were your mouth is? All you do is talk, let's see the mighty Katina Amoretti in action" he said walking up to her so they were face to face. Kat looked him straight in the eye. There was no way in hell she was backing down from this challenge. Someone needed to push Kelly Severide off his pedestal.

"Time and Place" she said. He smirked and looked back at the Squad Team who were watching the couple amused. "Hey dad, you mind if we use your squad equipment?" he asked. "You sure about this?" Benny asked. Kelly looked and Kat and cocked his head, challenging her even more. She looked at Benny and nodded, "who in their right mind would miss a chance to see Kelly Severide get beat by a girl?" she teased. Benny nodded, "Okay, set it up boys" he said to his squad team.

The guys got up to set up the training course. Kat went with Brian to change. She put on her volleyball shorts and top. She was tying her hair back into a pony tail when Matt came in. "Kat, come on. He is just teasing you. You don't have to do this" he said. She smiled at her friend. He was always the peacemaker between Kelly and Kat. They were the stubborn ones. "Matty, come on. He is always in my face. I need to do this. I need to prove to him that I am just as good as he is and better" she said. Matt understood. Kelly picked on her more than anyone.

"Okay, Let's go kick some ass" he said. She smiled and walked out with him.

In the men's locker room, Kelly and Benny were having a similar conversation. "Kelly, why are you always instigating fights with this girl? Leave the poor girl alone" Benny said to his son as he got ready. "Dad, she always acts like she is better than me. Now I am going to prove that I am better than her" he said before walking out. Benny looked at his squad, who all had the same look on their faces. "This was going to end badly."

Mark, Brian and Benny all stood in front of the group. Brian stood with his sister, while Matt and Kelly stood with Benny. "Are you sure you want to do this and become competitors?" Benny asked. "Yeah I am ready. Thanks Benny, and I am sorry, but I am going to whop your son's ass" she said. He couldn't help but laugh and held up his hands. "I am Switzerland. You all know the course; I don't have to go over everything. I want this to be fair and everyone equal in opportunity. Good Luck and get ready" he said.

Kat and Kelly started at the same entrance. They were both really ready. They just wanted to prove each other wrong so much, that nothing else mattered. They got all their required gear on for the zero visibility, find your fire fighter, disable PASS alarm and drag him to the extraction point. Kelly was wearing his dad's gear, while Kat was wearing her brothers.

"PASS ALARMS" Benny yelled and watched as they turned theirs on, "And GO!" he yelled.

Both Kat and Kelly had done this drill various times before. When Benny called go, they dropped to their knees and followed the sound of their dummy firefighter. Once Kat reached her dummy, she disabled the alarm and hurriedly dragged him to the open garage door. She didn't even look to see where Kelly was. The one thing her brother told her in the locker room was don't look back and give it your all, so that's what she did.

Kelly saw Kat get to her dummy first. He made his way over, disabled the alarm and bounded for the garage door. He was just a fraction behind her. He would not let her win. There was no way.

"Come on Kat! Come on little sister" Brian was cheering her on.

"She's actually winning" one of the squad members said.

"She's kicking his ass. MOVE IT SEVERIDE" another member yelled at the two teens.

Kat made it to the door first and stood up her dummy. Once his feet were touching the ground, Benny stopped the stop watch.

"TIME" he yelled.

Kat and Kelly pulled their masks off. Kat was so happy she couldn't stop smiling. She knew she had done well. Kelly was praying that he made it. He wasn't sure, but he knew that if he didn't he would never live this down.

Benny looked at his stop watch in utter disbelief. He did not believe the numbers on his screen. Everyone was looking at him expectedly. "What is it Lt.? Who won?" Mark asked. He was more intrigued then any. He has known the kids for as long as they were born. He knew the secret tension between Kelly and Kat…his brother had to be the peacemaker between the two.

Kelly and Kat looked up at the time piece. They were waiting to see who won. It all depended on this.

"Katina won with a time of Two fifty-six" he said. Kat dropped her dummy and ran into her brothers arms. She jumped him with her legs around his waist with her hands pumped in the air and a big smile on her face. "Good Job Sissy!" he cheered.

Kelly grabbed the time piece. "No freaking way!" he announced. "I am sorry son, but she wiped the dust with you" Benny said sympathetically.

Kat got down from her brother and walked over to Kelly. She put her hands on his shoulders and stood on her tip toes so she was face to face with Kelly. He looked at her confused and curious. She leant forward and kissed his cheek. She lingered there and went to his ear, "good try, but I guess you just weren't good enough" she said kissing him one last time before pulling away.

She walked over to Matt and gave him a hug and a kiss on the cheek. Kelly was watching jealous. He didn't like how Matt was holding her. "Oh, so you can kiss me then you go and kiss Matt, what the hell?" Kelly asked. Kat turned and glared. She let out a breath and mentally counted to ten. "Kelly grow-up. You are just a sore loser" she said.

Ambulance 61, Squad 3, Truck 81….Construction Site Crash….

The teams got into gear. Mark, Benny, and Brian all stuck their heads out the windows and said all at the same time, "BEHAVE AND BE NICE!"

The kids all stood there and nodded. Kat and Kelly were glaring at each other. Matt was standing in the middle of them. Once all the trucks rolled out, they turned to each other and were ready to pounce on each other. Matt stood in the middle of them and put his hands out. "Whoa, Whoa, Whoa…you guys are not going at it with each other" Matt said.

"Okay then, let's do this like fire fighters. We'll see who can get their gear on and off the fastest" Kelly said. "Are you kidding me? Do you really only think about competitions?" she asked. He smiled and smirked at her. "What are you afraid I'll beat you?" he replied. She cocked her head and smirked, "Let's do it!" she said.

"Matt you stand watch" Kelly said before they walked into the dress room. They stood there ready to go. Matt knocked on the door to indicate go time. Kat took off all her clothes so she was just in her undies. Kelly couldn't help but stare at her. She was hot and he couldn't help but notice. "Damn Kat, you are hot" he said before walking forward and pushing her against the wall. She was only dressed in her brother's pants and a staples bra, because she wore a strapless dress to school. She looked up at him confused.

"What the hell are you doing Kelly?" she asked. He smiled, leaned down and smashed his mouth onto hers. She was shocked at first, so she didn't respond, but when she got over it, she wrapped her arms around his neck and deepened the kiss. He smiled against her lips and pulled her up so she had to wrap her legs around his waist.

Matt was standing outside the door waiting. He didn't hear anything, so he was getting concerned, but he couldn't go check on them, because the trucks were back. Their family members came down, unloaded their gear, and looked at Matt curious.

"Where are the other two?" Brian asked. Before Matt could answer, they heard banging coming from the dress room. Matt opened the door and walked in, followed by the fire fighters. They were shocked at the two teens in a hot make-out session.

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Matt and Kat laughed at the memory. "Yeah, that day did not end well. But I did learn something about you" she said looking at her best friend. He looked at her curious. "What's that?" he asked. "That you would do anything for the people you care about. So please take my advice and open your heart to Gabby and you won't be disappointed" she said. "I'll think about it" he said. She nodded and grabbed his waist to walk out.

He wrapped his arm around her waist and picked her up. He carried her back downstairs.

Downstairs, Kelly noticed Gabby looking at the stairs every five minutes. "Gabby, she is going to be okay. She is going to tell him to get with you now that Hallie is out of the picture" he said. "Kelly, don't say that. I don't want to be his rebound girl. I want to be his girl. The one he comes home to. The one who he tells his problems to; the one who cooks for him, does his laundry, cleans his house…" she cried.

Kelly was never good when the girl started crying so he decided to make light of the situation. "Well I hate to break it to you Gabs, but the woman you just described is Katina. She is like his mother. He asks her to do everything for him. I think he needs to get with you so he can leave my fiancé alone" he teased. Gabby couldn't help but laugh and give him hug. Kelly wrapped an arm around Gabriella's shoulders and pulled her into him.

She slapped his chest in joking. "Kelly" she said. He rubbed her shoulder, "don't worry, it'll work out" he said.

Then their attention was at the stairs because Matt and Katina had come down. They stood at opposite ends of the apartment staring at each other.