Stella's pov: it's been a couple days since I called it quits with Kelly and I think I am doing ok with the break up. Right now I am walking into work right now and I see Brett and Casey look at me I kinda just walk past them into the kitchen as I walk into the kitchen I hear the guys talk about me
O= pretty sure this is why there's a rule about not dating in the firehouse
H= the thing about rules is they don't work unless you enforce them
CZ= severide's been in some mood man
M= he has? Try riding in the back of the truck next to her
( pointed at Stella) ( then Ritter cleat his throat when he saw Stella turn around to see what the guys were talking about)
S= what
M= uh nothing
S= no what did you say
M= uh I was just complementing on how uh when did you start wearing your hair pulled back like that
S= OK you know what let's just get this out in the open yeah severide and I broke up no it will not affect our Millatti to work together we're both adults we're moving on. End of discussion
All= copy righy well stated
( Stella look toward the wall and notice a poster)
S= What is this fire safety dog competition? We should enter Tuesday
CR= oh no I'm not sure
S= oh she can win this thing trust me that dog is a superstar in the making
CR= right but I'm just not sure
S= travel around to different schools teaching kids stop drop and roll or you kidding me
CR= ok still

The alarm goes off
S= this is happening

General pov: they get a call about a bus and somehow A guy gotten about stuck under the bus and cheif had squad work on the guy that was under the bus while truck worked on the driver of the bus. Kelly got under the bus and told his guys to grab some cribbing and airbags to lift the bust off the ground so they can get the guy from under the bus out. Once the bus was lift up off the ground Kelly ask for one of his guys to get under the bus to help him out and Cruz try to fit but couldn't and he look for someone that could help and who was smaller and the first person he seen was stella and she agree to help

Kelly's pov: when I ask Cruz To help me out under the bus and then he couldn't fit I knew he was going to have someone else help but then he yelled for Stella I felt something on my chest last time I came face-to-face with her is when she broke up with me just thinking about her and seeing her beautiful eyes makes me feel sad but I knew sooner or later we would have to work together so I was just ready to see her Beautiful hazel eyes again. When she got under the bus I had her help me get the guy on the backboard as she was helping me out I kept looking at her Hazel eyes a couple of times once we are finally got him on the backboard she slip out underneath the bus first and pulled the backboard with her and once the other firefighters help take the guy to an ambo she help me up and then I yell for Casey to let him know he is clear to do what he needed to do. And then Stella ran over to where truck was getting the bus driver on the Gurney. And I just got out of the way and waited until I was need. I watch as Brett and foster was bringing the driver to the ambo with Stella helping and I decide to talk to her for a second.
K= hey thanks for helping me under there
S= anytime

Once stella walked away I watch her for a second then I help clean up the cash so we can head back to the firehouse soon.

Back at the firehouse

I go and put my coat and other stuff in the turn out room as I'm putting my stuff away I hear someone come in too and I look and it ends up being Stella. At first she doesn't say anything and walk past me to hang up her coat so I decide to speak up

K= this is harder then I though it was going to be
( Stella takes a minute to respond)
S= we are never going to be able to work together if we can't put this behind us Kelly
K= yea I agree

( they stare at each other for a few seconds and then Stella walks out of the turn out room)

Once Stella walks out of the turnout room I wanted to cry how can she be so strong right now I never felt this way after a break up before probably because they always leave and plus I've never really been in love with somebody as much as I am with Stella. I wish I could fix this mess I wish Stella and me can get back together soon but I don't know how I am going to fix this why does this hurt so much.

Stella's pov: once I bump into Kelly in the turnout room I left and went to the bathroom to splash water on my face to get my head back into work and not think about this break up with Kelly that much. Once I am done in the bathroom I went to the kitchen to get some food and as I was walking I hear people talking
DT= ok how would you describe your relationship with your dog
CR= friendly
H= really terrific
O= yeah she's a sweetheart
DT= wrong dogs aren't friends they aren't your child they aren't your sweetheart they are animals and they are looking for any signs of weakness and your voice and your demeanor and your body language to take advantage of dominance is the key for my leash corrections bitter apple spray
( she looks at Tuesday the dog) you know negatively enforcement's they are not supposed to
I didn't like how she was saying how to train a dog so I spoke up
S= excuse me
M= ah kidd this is the Denise she's the professional dog trainer I was telling you about very close friends with Trudy
S= uh-huh yeah nice to meet you Denise uh exactly how firm of a tug are we talking about with this leash collection thing
H= oh boy
DT= well here I will show you

Stella grab one end of the leash and Denise had the other end and then she pull hard on the leash and Stella didn't like how hard she pulled so Stella spoke up
S= thank you for stopping by uh I think we got it from here Denise
DT= excuse me
S= you are fired
M= oh let's not be harsh
S= oh we are beyond harsh get out of here Denise

( the dog trainer left and then Stella walk over to Tuesday)
S= hey don't worry girl she not gonna scare you like that again OK
M= look see uh I had
S= I will be training the sweet animal from now on and if I see any negative enforcement again you will be running to calls on the outside of your rigs
CZ=
( to Otis) that sounds like negative reinforcement

( he starts to laugh and then looks up at Stella and she gives him a look and then Cruz puts his head down to hide from Stella. Then Stella walks away with Tuesday.

Kelly's pov: it's the end of shift and I am packing up my stuff and headed over to work on that boat like I've been doing for the past couple days once I get there riley is there like always he always wants to help me out which I don't mind having company specially with someone bright like him. I teach him a few new things and then we get started on the boat and he then wanted to ask my Advice on something and I answer him. In the middle of me giving him advice his father comes into the garage and overhears and then speaks up and told his kid to get ready to leave once Riley left his dad got mad about the advice I gave his son and then left a few second later. This guy is one of those guys that think he is better then anybody else and he is the kinda of guy I hate. So I get back to work on the boat for the day.

The next day

I arrive to work on the boat again and I get the garage open while I grab my my tool bag from my truck as I walk to the garage Jeremy walks out of his house to talk with me.
BG= hey Took a look at the boat this morning
K= yeah
BG= let's say I'm not happy with the work
K= okay
BG= yeah I'm not sure what you were doing the sanding is an even the varnish looks like it was thrown up there with a spray can yeah maybe you're just not used to high end jobs I get it you work down market it's my mistake all I can say is I hope you are better at fighting fires and then restoring boats
K=watch your self
R= dad
BG= no Riley it's good you see this this is how you handle business recognize a bad hire make a change as soon as you can you keep the deposit anything more I am not paying
K= you know what I don't want your money

( Kelly hands him the garage opener to Jeremy and walks away and then leaves in his car)

After he fired me for a quick whatever I just left because that dude is a jerk nobody should deal somebody like him I just feel bad for his kid but hopefully he will treat his kid better then how he treated me.
Stella's pov: it's another day another shift I am getting ready to leave for work but first I got a wait on Herman because we've been carpooling to work every day for the last couple days. As I'm waiting for Herman I am reading a dog training book and then I hear knocking
S= it's open
H= hey Cindy made a batch of those muffins you rave about I told her if I lookI'd look at them any longer they will be gone so fast so
S= did she make them on her own or you ask her to make them
H= nah she just you I mean I might've suggested it
S= her man will you please stop fussing over me ok seriously I am fine ( Herman then just walks away with the muffins) hey whoa,whoa,whoa,whoa, whoa hey about face you can leave the muffins thank you
( he puts the muffins on the counter as Stella grabs something from her Herman notice the books)
H= hey what is this
S= un a dog training Bible that has got all the secrets on how to transform Tuesday into a perfect show dog
H= you're really taking this competition seriously huh?
S= well fire safety is a serious business
H= or you might say that you're throwing yourself into this because you don't wanna deal with the severide of it all

( Herman looks at Stella and she has that look on her face that Herman knows just to leave the subject alone and drop the conversation right then and there.)
H= All right eat your muffins I'm going to go knock the ice off the windshield and meet you in the truck give me 10 minutes
S= all right

So I Did as I was told to do sat down and ate my muffins and started to think about what Herman was saying how I might be throwing my self into this dog competition thing and not really thinking about this break up and how I feel about it but I not ready to admit his is right yet.

Kelly's pov: it's still the beginning of shift and I decide to walk to the kitchen to grab me something to eat as I'm walking to the kitchen I passed by the briefing room and I see Stella with Tuesday training Tuesday to sit still. So I decide to watch her for a few minutes. As I watch her I think how I miss hanging out with her and seeing her smile and I watch how munch joy is in her eye taking care of Tuesday I hope I can fixes this soon and winner her back. As I a watching her I didn't notice Matt walk and stop by me until he spoke up
MC= want to walk away with me and inspects the rigs
K= yeah sure

As I walk away I look back toward Stella for an extra second and then I walk with Matt to walk around the rigs like we always do.

A couple hours later

As I am in the kitchen with everybody the bells went off for squad, truck, ambo and Engine for a structure fire at 3386 north tahorma ave and one I hear that address I knew who lives there that is where I been working on the boat before Jeremy decide to fired me. So we all race to the house I get out of my rig first and cheif asked me what I know.

CB= severide how many live here
K= father and son son 10 they have a boat in the garage
CB= get in there and do a primary search
K= Copy that

Me and Cruz do the search i'm in the garage to make sure nobody's inside where the fire is and nobody is once were done we head out to the driveway and when we do Jeremy shows up.

BG= you did this
CB= hey hey
BG= this son of bitch lit up my boat he did this your going to jail asshole
K= look I don't know what you're trying to pull back the hell up
CB= enough Casey get him out of here
MC= come on back up
CB=
(to Kelly) you over there until I tell you otherwise

The cops show up to figure out what is happening

BG= good the cops are here ( to the cops) hey I am the homeowner I know who did this is he is right there that man right there (he pointed to Kelly)

Back at the firehouse

General pov: once everybody got back to the firehouse a detective showed up and ask Kelly question about what he knew where he was and then a second detective show up and asked him the same question when he was done with the second detective the third one showed up and Kelly wanted to get away from everybody and go to chief bodens office.
K= how long are they going to keep grilling me to you there's a three detective here asking me more questions
CB= The truth is on your side Kelly don't forget that does matter how many people you have to tell
K= you know what I think I think the boy lit his own boat on fire I think he wanted this reaction he's already came after me in front of his son made a show of it that's not enough
CB= Kelly come on

After I walk out a cheif bodens office and walk back to get question again I think this has been one of the worst weeks of my life compared to losing my dad like I don't have anything right now Stella broke up with me my dad's gone this guys trying to come after me so hopefully the situation gets solved soon because I would like to actually not deal with any more stress like this anymore
Outside the buffering room
S= this is beyond
Back inside the buffering room
DJ= so you were upset with void for firing you that's a lot of money
K= like I told the first officer the second and now you I've been on shift all day ask 30 who have seen me

(Someone walks in)
FI= boss
CB= Tom thanks for coming
FI= I am Captain Vanmeter office of fire investigation
DJ= detective Johnson major crimes did you find evidence of arson
FI= The source of the fire was a pile of flags soaked in oil based wood stain which makes perfect set up for spontaneous combustion
DJ= meaning
FI= the oil stain cures and has nowhere to off gas within the pile of rags so It generates its own heat and it generates its own heat and fwoom.
DJ= how long would it take for the spontaneous combustion to occur
FI= anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours
DJ= so theoretically Someone could have planted the pile legs in the morning headed off to shift and waited for the in someone could have planted the pile rags in the morning headed off the shift and waited for the inevitable
K= I didn't leave any rags out

Once the detective finish question me questioning me I left the room and was meet with Stella and Matt in the hallway

MC= you all right
K= yeah
MC= what happened
K= they told me to get a lawyer
S= that is unacceptable
MC= you want me to call someone
K= i'm thinking it won't be necessary

Once I walk away form Stella and Matt I walk to my office and I kind know who set the boat on fire but I don't want him to be in trouble because he's a little boy he only did it because he was mad at his dad. As I sit in my office I hear someone walking toward my office so I look up and it's Riley.

R= I started the fire
K= I know
R= how did you know
K= i've told you a dozen times how dangerous it is to leave oil rigs laying around how flammable they are and I've never once seen you leave them out
R= I hate him

( Kelly gets up and goes to hug Riley and then sees two chairs.)
K= here let's go have a seat. The way he acts towards you towards everybody that's his problem it's not your problem what is your problem is how you respond to it and like I told you before I don't have that part figured out I don't but I do know this isn't the way and I know it's not you the good news nobody got hurt hey we got lucky
R=
(he wipes away his tears)oh my gosh
K= Riley look at me we got lucky but going forward it isn't about luck it ain't about your old man or how he acts it's about you it's about how you decide to respond choose to be better than him
R= Okay
K= good man,now we have something hard we have to do
R= I did I told my dad

After me and Riley talk I walk him out to his dad and hope he gets the help he needs to express his feelings and how his dad treats him better.

BG= we're gonna to get him counseling I assure you
K= ( he looks at riley) you choose

(Riley turns and hugs Kelly goodbye and then doesn't want to let go)

BG= Riley get in the car. Riley!

Once they drove away I was sad a little bit because I'll miss the little boy but hope everything works out for him and for now I am going to deal with my own stuff and get back to work.

Matt's pov: I noticed the last couple shifts how Kelly is dealing with this wake up for Stella to me he looks like the person he was when she died but maybe worse because Stella he sees every day that means he cares so much about her. And then add on to the break up a guy wants to accuse him of setting a fire when he knows he didn't do it and everybody knows he didn't do it because he was here all day it made me think maybe I don't need to move out quite yet maybe I just need to live with Kelly for a little longer and help him get his head in the game again so I am at Molly's and I see but so I will give it to her and tell her to stop looking for me a house
MC= Brett that house in millennium park uh
SB= what
MC= that hell she sent me to look at I don't think it's gonna work out
SB= really I thought it had everything you wanted
MC= it's not the house uh I think I'm going to stay with severide for a while he'll never admit it but he need someone looking after him
SB= okay

Stella's pov: I am at Molly's working and I have been thinking about Herman's words a lot lately I hate to admit he is right. I have been trying not to think about my break up Kelly and with me throwing my self into enter Tuesday in that competition to take my mind off things might've not been a good idea. I wanted to show anybody that being single or being with Kelly I'm still bad ass but I am sad a lot the last couple of days without kelly Herman speaks up to interrupt my thoughts

H= as a fellow parent if I saw some strange dog trying to lick my kids face off I'd be a little pissed too
S= yeah yeah I might've gotten a little too into that
H= hey you know you keep telling me that you're fine and I hear you everybody deals differently but if you're not totally fine and you're just trying to find your way through it hey it's OK to doesn't make you any less bad ass
S= OK so maybe I'm not completely over it yet but I will be
H= yeah

Once herman walks away I feel better now. I have loved every advice that Herman has given me over the years since I came to 51. I look up to him like as a father so maybe I just need to tell myself everything will be OK. I hear the door opening and I look over to see who enters Molly's and it ends up being Kelly we just nod our head at each other as he walks past me and he heads over to where his squad guys are and then I tell my self I will be ok.