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FOUR MONTHS LATER

Kelly made his last round through the apartment, making sure that he hadn't forgotten anything for his shift and nothing for Dylan's sleep over with Benny.

It was a bit of a mess, but with Severide not exactly enjoying cleaning the flat and Dylan doing his fair share of making a mess. They had just had breakfast and Dylan was still running around the kitchen while he picked up the dishes.

''Gooo!'' Dylan said as he tugged on Kelly's shirt.

''Yeah, go get your jacket!'' Kelly replied when he suddenly saw Dylan was still carrying half of the Nutella jar around on his face.

''No no, you can't go to daycare like that, come here!'' Kelly said as he snatched Dylan from the ground as the toddler made his way to his jacket.

''No daddy!'' Dylan laughed as Kelly lifted him up.

''Yes, your whole mouth and cheeks are still covered in Nutella!'' Kelly said as he sat Dylan down on the counter, grabbing a wet towel. Soon they walked to the car together, Kelly ready to go to work and Dylan running with his cars backpack tied on his back, excited to go to daycare. Kelly had been really worried but Dylan liked it a lot there.

''Alright, so Benny will pick you up from daycare and he will come to the firehouse with to pick up some stuff and then you will sleep over there and I will come pick you up in the morning, okay?'' Kelly told him just to make sure Dylan knew what was happening since Kelly didn't want him to have the feeling he was being dragged around.

He brought Dylan to daycare, making sure he was alright there before he headed to work. It had been really hard to start in a rhythm but now he always got him at daycare on time and was at his own work on time and even though he had feared that it was not good for Dylan to not be home multiple times a week when Kelly was at shift, he was doing fine.

''Dylan settled at daycare again?'' Brett asked. All of them had been a bit concerned as Kelly was not sure how to start this but it was going fine now and he was such a good dad.

''Yeah, he is coming over later with Benny, just to see me really quick.'' Severide said. Even though he didn't always come by, he refused to go to sleep at Benny's if he hadn't seen his daddy.

''Aww, that is really sweet.''

''Tell me that when he is going to eat all your food when he comes in.'' Kelly laughed. After some time, he left to his office as there were some reports he still had to finish.

It had not been easy these past four months and Kelly had been worried how it would be going as they had to settle in a daily life and especially the first few weeks, it had been a lot of adjusting but now it was fine.

Kelly was working in his office when there was a knock on the door, Gabby stepping in.

''Hey, what does Dylan want for his birthday?'' Gabby smiled. ''I mean, assuming you're still going to celebrate it.''

''Uh, yeah!'' Kelly said but he had to admit that he hadn't really thought about it, even though his birthday was next week already. ''I uh, he likes cars.'' Gabby chuckled. It was clear to her that Kelly had no clue.

''Have you planned his party yet?''

''No, I honestly totally forgot about it. Not about his birthday, but the party.'' Kelly admitted. Gabby sat down on the edge of his bed and Kelly turned the chair around.

''Hmmm. So it is just a children's birthday, you could just do it at home. Who would Dylan want to be there?''

''Probably you and Matt, Benny, maybe Christopher and Cindy and Kenny. Oh and Wallace, Donna and Terrance.''

''See, that's good. Do you want me to make a cake?''

''Oh that would be great!'' Kelly sighed relieved.

''He likes strawberries right? I will make a strawberry cake in the shape of a car.''

''Seriously, if you were not engaged to Matt, I would kiss you.'' Kelly said so happy that she could help him out a bit.

''I will get Matt on decorations. I think we have some laying around. All you need to do is get the invitations out and decorate with Matt on the day itself.'' Gabby chuckled.

''So what would be a good gift for him? Anything useful or anything he really likes?'' Gabby asked then.

''Well he still really likes cars, he is a bit short on clothes now and he is growing up so fast and you're probably better at looking out clothes for him than I am.''

''So far you have not dressed him like a total idiot.'' Gabby smiled. ''Let me know if there is anything else I can do.''

''Thank you so much.'' Kelly said and he meant it.

There was short call in the shipyards but he was back in time before Benny came by with Dylan. Kelly had just returned when he came running through the doors of the common room and jumped in Kelly's arms.

''Hey little guy, how are you? How was daycare?'' Kelly smiled.

''Good!'' Dylan smiled as he hugged his dad. They walked to the locker room where Kelly has some of the stuff Dylan needed to stay with his grandpa tonight and they got the stuff before walking back to the common room.

Dylan was still holding his hand as they walked to the car, Benny also glad to see his son as well. Even though they had not been on the best grounds the past few years, they were on better terms now that they saw each other more often because of Dylan. He understood his dad a bit better now and even though he had wished that his dad had been there a bit more often with him but now that he was a dad himself and found out how much it took, he wasn't happy with his dad, but he somehow did understand it a bit better.

''Hey, have a good evening with grandpa and I will see you tomorrow morning.'' Kelly said as he helped Dylan in the car, kissing the boy on his forehead. Dylan nodded, giving his dad a small hug and wrapping his arms around Kelly's neck.

''Love you.'' Kelly said, running his hand through Dylan's hair.

''Love you daddy.'' Dylan said and Kelly waved as Benny drove off.

THE NEXT WEEK

Kelly was making sure Dylan was dressed since people would be here within half an hour. This morning, Matt had come by to bring the cake that Gabby had made for Dylan's birthday and they had decorated the living room together. Dylan was beyond excited to start eating the cake but Kelly told him to wait until the other people were here.

Matt and Gabby were the first to arrive and excited, Dylan unpacked the gifts, finding some small toy cars, clothes and in the birthday card, which Kelly read to him, Matt and Gabby promised to take him out to the new pancake restaurant close to them.

''You are spoiling him!''

''Well, he is the only we can spoil so far.'' Matt said, wrapping his arm around Gabby, Gabby looking a bit disappointed because becoming pregnant still hadn't worked out for them.

''Alright, show me what your new bed looks like!'' Gabby said as she took Dylan's hand, knowing that Dylan had gotten a new bed and some other new stuff for his room from Kelly. The other visitors arrived and they got the cake ready with some candles.

''Alright, come on Dylan, blow out the candles!'' Kelly smiled, secretly helping Dylan a bit as he was standing behind him and excited, Dylan smiled as all the candles were out. They cut the cake and everybody got a piece, sitting all together.

After the cake the kids were playing and they were all sitting together. Dylan had gotten new toys and half a new wardrobe from Matt and Gabby, as well as a promise they would go out for pancakes with him soon.

At the end of the afternoon, Dylan was tired out from playing with Kenny and Terrance and honestly, so was Kelly from running around to serve everybody and making sure the kids were okay as well. The visitors left after having dinner all together and Dylan seemed to be close to crashing and he fell asleep against Kelly as soon as Kelly lifted him up and carried him to his bedroom to put him to bed.

''Happy birthday little guy, to many more years.'' Kelly smiled, kissing him on his forehead again and tucking him in, so proud of his little son, so happy to have him and hoping for so many more birthdays together to come.


a/n: Kelly and Dylan celebrated an important milestone and everyone was there to party with them. As always, please take a few minutes to leave a review behind, we can't wait to find out what you guys think. - Sarra and Milady