A/N: I do not own any characters from Chicago PD, all characters and show references belong to NBC. I am so sorry that I have been gone for so long! I had no ideas to write this story, but I'm back on a roll. Also, I am SO sorry for this chapter.

BROOKE'S POV

I pull my gaze from Jay's eyes and focus on the paper in front of me. Benjamin Severide. That's my dad's name. I pull out some of the other papers in the box, they are all a bunch of newspaper clipping about fires, they all have one name in common. So he was a firefighter. I stare at the photo of him next to a very large warehouse that was burning, this all feels so surreal.

Severide. That sounds so familiar. I turn to Jay, "Why do I know this name?"

He rubs the back of his neck, looking like he's in shock, "Uh, there's a firefighter at 51, Kelly, he's Benny's son."

"Benny? Do you know him?" I question, setting the stack of papers down on the counter.

"I don't know him," He says, sitting down at the table. "I've met him a few times, that's all."

I sit down across from him, taking a few seconds to catch my breath. My father is alive, and lives in Chicago, not only that, but I have a brother. I can't help but smile at the thought. I have a family. Unfortunately, Jay is not sharing the same expression. "What?"

Jay sighs, putting his head in his hands. "You have another sister too, Katie, she's a little bit older than Annie."

My head feels like it's spinning. On one hand I want to know everything about them and on the other, getting attached seems so stupid. They have lived their entire lives not knowing I exist, it would be unfair of me to drop in on them like a bomb. And I know that my real father has known, and he never tried to find me.

"Do you think they'd want to get dinner?" I have absolutely no idea how to do this. How do you walk up to someone and say, Hi, I'm your sister! Without it being extremely awkward.

"I think Kelly would love to, he was so happy when he found out about Katie, well I've heard, we weren't close then." Jay says, his face lighting up.

I lace my eyebrows together, "What do you mean 'found out'?"

"Uh, well, Katie and Kelly didn't meet until a few years ago, they are half siblings."

I run my hands over my face, sighing, "Great, I'm not the only long lost sister." I stand and begin to pace around the kitchen.

Jay catches me, "Hey, he is going to be ecstatic when he finds out, I just think I should give him a heads up, he was a real mess after Katie left."

"What do you mean? What happ-?" My question was cut off by my phone ringing. "Hello?"

"Hi, this is Dr. Rhodes, your sister has been involved in an accident. You need to get to Chicago Medical Center as soon as possible."

I practically felt my heart stop, Jay was eyeing me cautiously. "O-Okay, thank you." I hung up the phone, staring blankly at it for a moment.

"Brooke?" His voice snapped me out of my daze.

I grabbed my bag and my coat, "Annie's been in an accident, I need to get to Med."

"I'll drive."

The ride there was agonizingly slow, and silent. I flash back to the last time Jay drove me to the hospital, the day I found out that Dan wasn't my father. I just can't catch a break. The buildings flew by, and I was pretty sure that Jay was breaking many traffic laws to get there, at this point he might as well just turn the sirens on.

He must have felt my gaze on him. "It's going to be okay."

I nodded, fighting back tears. "You know, I should really invest in a timeshare, I would pay way less for each visit." Jay chuckled at my poor excuse for a joke, lightening the mood for a few seconds.

When we reached the ED, I'm not sure he even parked in a parking space. I ran inside, Jay hot on my tail. I went straight for the nurses station, passing the set of chairs that Annie and I had sat in together not too long ago. "Hi, I'm Annie Hudson's sister, they said she was in an accident."

"Annie Hudson," The nurse said, glancing at her computer and then back at me. "She's in surgery. I'll have a doctor update you as soon as I can." I nod before giving her a small smile and taking a seat next to Jay.

I play with my bracelet, my knee bouncing while my mind last time I saw Annie we didn't even speak, and I've been actively avoiding her since then. I should have tried harder to fix things, I let Dan ruin our relationship the way I let him ruin everything else.

The wait feels like forever, but between Jay and I, we've gotten pretty accustomed to waiting rooms. As Dr. Rhodes, who I've only met in passing before, makes his way over, we both stand. Jay slips in hand into mine and I grip him tightly, almost as if he is an anchor.

"You must be Brooke Hudson, Jay," He gives Jay a nod of acknowledgement. "Your sister was T-boned by a drunk driver. To our knowledge, the car rolled and was stuck upside down. She suffered three broken ribs, one that severely perforated her lung, causing it to collapse. We worked to repair it in surgery, but the damage was intense so we might have to do a second surgery when she stabilizes." I take a deep breath and urge him to continue. "Our main concern is her head trauma, she had a severe laceration, in addition to being stuck upside down for several minutes. With the added issue of her collapsed lung, her brain was deprived of oxygen for several minutes."

I grip Jay's hand tighter. "What does that mean?"

"She has been unconscious since the accident and we are not sure if she will wake up." He says this is gentler than the rest. I feel Jay stiffen beside me, and the tears I have been holding back for so long slowly falling.

"C-Can I see her?" Is all I can choke out, Dr. Rhodes nods and leads us to the ICU. Jay waits just outside her room as I follow him in. The girl in front of me does not look like my sister.

I'm not sure of what I did to make whatever higher power up there so pissed at me, but I must have screwed up big time. I whimper when I take her seemingly lifeless hand in my own. I'm alone now, other than her, so I let the tears fall. I cry for Annie, for myself, who just survived a stint in the hospital, for Dan, not only is he an ass but he's not even here. I cry for my mom, she would know exactly what to do right now.

"Annie," I say, "I can't any more time in this damn hospital, I need you to wake up so we can bust out of here." I smile to myself, imagining Annie ripping her IV's out and us making a run for it. "I know, I know I've always been hard on you. I think it backfired, you didn't need me on your back. You could've gotten it all figured out." I cry harder, kneeling at her bedside. "I don't care about the Dan stuff, I forgive you for all of it, I just need you to wake up. Those can not be our last words Annie, I won't let it." I press her hand to my cheek. "I love you so much, you can't leave me here alone, you are the only family I have left." I can't talk anymore, the sobs consume me.

Suddenly her hand starts to move, my head shoots up, expecting to find her awake, but instead her whole body is shaking. "Annie? Annie! Nurse!" Soon a whole team of doctors, including Dr. Rhodes, come running in, pushing me back.

"She's hemorrhaging," someone calls out. I can't follow the extensive medical jargon, it sounds like they are yelling a bunch of random words at each other. The beep of the machine gets faster as I stand there helpless. "She's in v-fib!" The beeping gets faster and they bring in a large cart. I watch the machine flatline and my breath catches in my throat, this cannot be happening. "Charge to 100. Clear!" Nothing. "Charge to 200. Clear!" Once again, nothing. "200 again. Clear!" The white noise continues to prove that there is no sinus rhythm. All the doctors look defeated. "Time of death, 21:43."

"What?" I gasp? "No! Try again!" They all back away, giving me space to run back to my sister.

"I'm sorry Brooke. Her brain began to bleed, it was too much too fast, there is nothing we could have done." Dr. Rhodes says before exiting the room.

"No, no, no. Annie." I slump over her lifeless body and completely breakdown. "You can't be gone, this isn't happening, this isn't real." I feel a presence behind me, and a comforting hand on my back.

"Brooke…" Jay says, before wrapping his arms around me.

I struggle to get free, to get to her, but he won't let go. "No, let me go. I have to save her." I cry into his chest as he tries to sooth me. "I have to save her." After what feels like forever, I stop fighting and my knees get weak. Jay is the only thing holding me up. "She can't be gone." His arms are securely around my back while I hold on for dear life. "It's not fair, it's not fair, why did she have to leave too."

"I know, shhh, I know." Jay says, his voice breaking.

Somehow he manages to get me into the hallway so that the doctors can do what they need to do. Jay never lets go of me, not that I ever gave him a chance. He had finally convinced me to leave when we turn to face the last person I wanted to see right now.

My eyes meet Dan's, and I'm too exhausted to even glare. "What happened, is she-?" He cuts himself off when I shake my head. A sob racks through his body before he throws a punch at the wall. I flinch, tucking myself further into Jay's side while he wraps a protective hand around me. He catches his breath and turns back to me, the look of fire in his eyes is a gaze I've been met with many times. He stalks toward, getting angrier with every step.

Jay throws me behind him, "You are not getting anywhere near her." I poke out from behind him, looking over his shoulder to see Dan smirking.

"She doesn't deserve your protection, she should pay for this!" Dan boomed, and I hid once again. "It's her fault."

"How the hell is this her fault?" Jay yells.

"Annie was on the way to Brooke's apartment to apologize." Dan spits at me and I freeze, but Jay quickly recovers. I refuse to let myself even think about Dan's words, it will destroy me.

Jay takes a step forward and unintentionally puts a little space between us. "Don't you dare place this on her." He is obviously seething.

"I don't think you want to test me, boy." Dan says, taking a step closer to Jay.

Jay scoffs, closing the gap between them. "I'm a war vet, I've fought men a lot scarier than you." He lowers his voice. "And I've got a 9mm in my waistband, not to mention that I could lay you out with one punch." I gasp, I've never seen him like this before. "I don't think you want to test me. I suggest you go say goodbye to your daughter and then get your sorry ass out of here." Dan feigns confidence, beginning to walk away like he was the winner, but Jay grips him by the collar. "And stay the hell away from Brooke." He released him harshly and I let out a breath that I didn't know I was holding.

Go say goodbye to your daughter. All of a sudden Annie's death was real again. Jay watches Dan walk in the room before rushing back and swooping me up into a tight hug, the tears flowing freely again. "Let's get some sleep okay?" He says as he guides me to the elevator. "We can deal with everything else in the morning." With that he presses a kiss to my forehead and we exit the building, heading to his truck. I'm asleep before he even pulls out of the parking lot.