Chapter 11
"She's pretty," Casey said as he helped himself to a beer.
"Yeah. Yeah, she is. Hell of a mechanic too."
"She's the boat mechanic?"
Kelly nodded.
"I'm sorry, Man. I didn't know."
Kelly reached into the fridge and pulled out another beer. "Shit happens."
He started up the steps to his room, wondering if he should try to contact her.
Parker unlocked her apartment door and kicked off her shoes. She headed for the shower. She was hot, bothered, and pissed at Kelly's roommate. She hated taking cold showers, but this one warranted a complete ice bucket challenge on top of it. Her phone buzzed. She pulled it out of her pocket. Kelly. She unlocked the phone.
"Kelly," she said.
"Hey, Parker. I just called to say I'm sorry. I didn't expect Matt to come home."
"Just bad luck, huh?"
"Yeah. Listen, if you're not busy tomorrow night, could we try again?"
She wondered if he meant try for sex or try for another date. She had plans and she wasn't changing them. "Cubs game with Grandma tomorrow," she said.
Kelly scratched his head. Had it only been a month since he had met her? It seemed like longer than that. If she had plans with her Grandmother, that meant that they wouldn't be making love tomorrow night.
"So, what's going over at Castle Severide?"
"Nothing. Just holed up in my room. Matt's downstairs."
She thought for a minute, then glanced at her watch. "Want to come over? I can get a pizza here in about half an hour."
Kelly thought for a minute. He doubted if they would be doing much of anything, but at least it would get him out of the apartment and away from Casey. "I can do that. I'll see you soon."
She nodded and placed a pizza order. She hurriedly took a cold shower because she needed to cool down. In the back of her mind, she wondered if Kelly had called to see if they could resume where they had left off. He didn't know what was going on in his mind.
Kelly dressed in jeans and a tee shirt. He bounded down the stairs. "Going out, don't wait up," he told Matt.
"Drive careful," Matt called.
Kelly started the car and took off toward Parker's apartment. He was still pissed at Casey. He was also pissed at himself for calling Parker and pursuing this. He wondered why he was working so hard. There were a million other girls in the city that would gladly have sex with him, yet he couldn't see having sex with anyone but Parker at the current time. A thought crossed his mind and he quickly felt a knot form in the pit of his stomach. He quickly dismissed it. There was no way that the thought was even the least bit remotely possible. He shook his head, and shook it again. He told himself to dismiss that thought entirely. Kelly Severide did not fall in love.