Chapter 20
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(Two weeks after the Hydrant incident)
Somehow the media got told of our broken hydrant situation at that apartment fire two weeks ago, and when I arrived for my shift; I was barged into by reporters. I honestly did not have answers for them, since I was not present at the call that night due to my concussion that I had suffered that afternoon. "For the last time, I do not anything and I would like you people to leave my colleagues alone". I said in a very pleasant tone as I closed the garage to the firehouse and locked it so that we could have some peace and quiet for once. I silently sighed to myself as I felt a pair of strong arms catching me, because I almost tripped on one of Pouch's dog toys. I looked up, and discovered that that person, who caught me, wasn't Severide. It was Casey; at that moment, I breathed sharply and was lead to the locker room by Casey. I had been thinking a lot about that letter, I hoped that he would understand my decision. Last week, I talked with Chief about if I married Severide and he said that I would have to make a request for a transfer because the state did not like favoritism amongst the firehouses. You see, it would be different if we were just a volunteer department-they had different regulations about those firehouses, but we were Full time, paid part of the fire department. I sighed quietly to myself in hopes of Casey not noticing, but he did. "What's wrong"? He asked gently. "Well, if I marry Severide-you're going to lose me, because of state regulations." I sat on the bed, and continued, "But I am not going anywhere, I just will explain to Severide my problem and if he does not understand how close I am to all of you, then fine. This job is the most important thing to me; it gives me meaning and friendship." At this point I felt my eyes start to well with the threat of tears, but then I felt a hug holding me gently and then, a kiss on my cheek. An eternity later, I heard the locker room door open, and I instantly knew who it was, and he did not look too happy.