A few days went by and Erin was up and walking around in her room and around the hospital hallways. Her leg was getting a lot better, but she still walked with a small limp. Today was the day they were releasing her, and she was very eager to get back to work, though she knew Voight would shut it down immediately the second she asked. She was just happy to be getting out of that hospital.

"Here babe." Kelly said, coming into her room and handing her a little suitcase that had some of her clothes from her place. "Thanks." she said and changed, refusing all help from Kelly. "Erin, what are you doing?" He asked as she started talking off her sling. "I kinda need this off in order to get my shirt on, Kelly." She set it on the bed and started to put her arms through the sleeves. "Here."

Erin shook her head, "I got it." Kelly gave her a small worried look as she winced, pulling her shirt over her head and down. He glanced at her wrapped up side. "I'm fine." He almost immediately started putting her arm back in the sling. "The doctors want you to wear this for another few days. So I'm gonna make damn sure you're gonna wear it for those few days." Erin chuckled.

"Kelly, I am fine." She said, touching his arm. Kelly nodded. "I know. I know you are, but Erin, you were involved in a bad accident week ago. According to Gabby, you should be dead right now..." "Gee, thanks for making me feel great, babe." Erin laughed. "Erin..." Kelly said, his voice serious. Erin looked up at him. "You had major surgery. I don't want anything to happen to you. I can't do this again." he said, looking around the hospital room.

Erin was about to say something when the door opened, and Voight's head popped in. "You ready to get out of here, kid?" Erin smiled. "I've been ready." Kelly and Hank chuckled. Kelly grabbed her suitcase for her and Erin checked out of the hospital. "I'll meet at your place. I got an errand to run before I get there." Hank gave her arm a little squeeze and she got into Kelly's car.

Once they pulled up in the parking lot of Erin's apartment building. Erin felt a lot better. She just needed to get out of her apartment. They walked up the stairs and Erin opened up her apartment. "Oh my god." she said, walking past her living room and into her bedroom. "What?" Kelly asked, following her. Erin laid down on her bed. "My bed." Kelly laughed and sat on the edge of it and Erin smiled at the way her bed felt on her back. "I have definitely missed it." she laughed with Kelly.

"You hungry?" he asked her. She nodded and he picked up the phone. "Chinese?" Erin nodded again as she got up off her bed and started to unpack her bag. She grabbed her ruined shirt that she was wearing from the accident and she just stared at it for a minute. Stained with dirt, blood and had a couple holes in it. Kelly ordered their food and walked back into her room, stopped as he saw the shirt in her hand.

Erin looked up at him. "Kelly." he sighed, knowing what question was coming. "I gotta know." He sat down on her bed. Erin sat down next to him, her shirt still in her hand. He ran an hand through his hair before he started. "It was bad, Erin..." he trailed off.

"When I got there, all I saw was the car. Upside down, the side crushed in. When we got the call, Gabby got a phone call from Shay, telling her it was you. I didn't expect what happened to happen. After we got you out of the car, they loaded you into the ambulance and Hank and I got in there with you. I've never seen him like that." he said, thinking back to when Hank was crying the back of the ambulance.

"We were all so scared. You lost a lot of blood from your side. Then your, uhh..." he trailed off, tears coming to his eyes. A tear left his eye and his voice broke as he said, "Your heart stopped." Erin let tears come to her eyes as she realized what had happened to her. I died? Erin started to rub Kelly's back, letting him know it was okay to stop. "Dr. Willhite did emergency surgery..." Erin sighed, "oh Alec..."

Kelly wiped his eyes. "I'm sorry." Erin shook her head, wiping her own eye. "No, I'm sorry, Kelly. I shouldn't have made you tell me." Kelly looked up at her. "But you deserved to know. You deserve to know how strong you are, even when you're not trying to be. Did you see how many people came to see you after the accident? People care. You have so much to live for, Erin. You have all those people and so many more who love you. You shouldn't have spent another minute worrying about what happened. You know now. You know that everyone loves you and you're so strong. I love you, Erin."

He leaned forward and kissed her, lovingly, not caring that she was crying. Erin cupped his face and continued to kiss him. She finally backed away as a sob escaped her lips. "Baby, what's wrong?" Erin shook her head. "No one has ever told me that before." Kelly looked confused. How could no one ever tell Erin that she was worth it?