KV= Kieth from the fire HV= hank voight HU= Haley Upton j= Jay Halstead CG= Grissom

Stella's pov: right now I am running a little late to work so I speed a little to work and I want into the locker room prep course I want in the somebody and it happens to be Kelly

S= sorry
K= no problem
S= I was nothing I haven't seen before though you know there's no need to cover up
K= i'm not typing up just putting on my gear
S= totally I know

One Kelly walked away I had to get his tone body out of my head so I can focus on work for the day. Within two minutes of me arriving at work the bells go off and we head to a fire one squad gets inside the place that has the fire me and Mouch try to find the person who is trapped in the fire the person calls out and says he is in the bathroom so I go and save him course he's only in a towel why am I only warning in the people with towels on their body today so I guess this dude was taking a shower when he noticed the fire so that's when he called us I got him out safely and we got the fire out and then we cleaned up after and headed back to the firehouse as I was putting something in the driver side compartment and walking inside when some guy yelled for me

KV= Stella kidd Right
S= yeah
KV= i'm Keith from the fire this morning
S= oh yeah sure I remember how you doing
KV= Great thanks to you I'm sure people bring you guys stuff all the time so try to be creative

( he hands her something)

S= beer man that's really sweet of you
KV= I make it home
S= well thank you see you around Keith ( she starts to walk away)
KV= wait Stella
S= mmm-mmh
KV= any chance I could take you out sometime dinner or a drink
S= uh no this is a classic thing you know asking a firefighter out after a safe there's even a name for it it's called a rescue crush but it will pass
KV= just curious how many days in a row I have to show up to prove that it's not just a rescue crush and that I actually think we would have fun together
S= I don't know
KV= 10 maybe 20
S= I work at Molly's on Walcott tomorrow night if you want to swing by I'll have a drink with you
KV= i'll be there
S= okay
KV= enjoy the beer
S= thank you Keith

Once I walk away from Keith I kind of laughed because this is the first time ever that anybody has ever done that rescue crush me I've heard about it from other firefighters but maybe it's cause I'm a girl I don't get hit on as much as they do plus it kind it was with Kelly for a while that everybody know to not hit on me not that I'm complaining I don't like this whole rescue crush thing anyways. Also even though me and Kelly have been broking up for a while i'm still so in love with Kelly right now I don't know how I feel about moving on from him plus I don't want to just jump into another relationship after him specially since we work together all the time I don't want to be mean towards him and have new relationship all sudden. But right now I see how it goes

Kelly's pov: We are back at the fire house cleaning up our gear from McCollum earlier when all of a sudden these cars show up and it ends up being Grissom and his guys and he wants to talk to her Boden in private along with me and Matt

CB= so what's this favor you think I owe you
CG= you already forgotten your troubles with the assistant deputy commissioner I'm the one per his father's request ( pointed to Kelly) get gorsch off your back
K= you're the one who put grosch on his back
CG= if you're still confused why I needed someone keeping an eye on 51 I'm happy to have that conversation
CB= let's just talk why are you here
CG= The police commissioners office reached out to me and requested a little internal departmental synergy Pantley there's some cop on the intelligent unit that is trying to tarnish CFD Image and I need to make sure it doesn't stick
( Matt notice something in the hallway)
MC= is it hank voight
CG= how did you know
MC= because he just walked in
( Matt goes and opens a door for Hank)
J= thank you
HV= commissioner Sergeant Hank voight detective Halsted and Upton
CG= sarge who what is this all about
HV= we've a spate of break ins over the past few weeks pretty bold colors I mean no hair day or night any location business was the dental and there doesn't seem to be a lot that can't stop these guys we had no idea how they were getting in till you guys reported the empty lockbox
HU= every place that has been hit has a lock box when we check them out building keys are still inside
K= so you think somehow somebody got keys to the building from the lock box deals what they can and then replaces the keys to cover their tracks
J= exactly until the day they started a fire and they had to leave in a hurry
CG= sergeant can you skip to the part where you try and convince me that there's a firefighter behind all this
HV= well firefighters know which building have lockboxes and they're The only ones who have access to them I mean building owners don't even have a key
MC= there's only one key for company and they're all accounted for
HV= all right there's been a robbery roughly every 72 hours and it's always been during CFD's second shift
MC= so you're saying some firefighter from the second shift is swiping the key from his company swig and using it to commit a robbery while on shift
J= well more likely they're passing the key off to you and accomplish his than caring out The robbery
MC= even then you'd have to return the key to the week before anybody noticed
J= well it helps that every robbery has taken place within five minutes of engine 66
MC= (to boden) The ones that roll up late to the fire
CB= yeah
K= what do you need from us
HV= we want to enable a family firefighter inside 66 to help us sniff out the bad guy
CB= an informant ( hank nods his head)
CG= OK well it's better than a few dozen cops storming the place with a warrant and start jamming up my fire fighters give us a little control over the situation
CB= do you have someone in mind
HV= joe Cruz
K= no never gonna happen
MC= joe Cruz is it your biggest fan not after what you put his brother through
HV= well I don't need Joe Cruz to like me The point is I trust him and I know he can handle himself
CG= then Joe Cruz it is
K= whoa he's one of my best guys you're not going to use him as a pawn and whatever pissing match you got in to with the police commissioner
CB= Severide

We talked for a few and I finally agreed to let Joe go on a cover for Hank and then we go talk to Joe and he is hesitant at first but then agrees to it at the end so then we come up with a plan for him to say that he hast to go to another firehouse and the guys don't exactly get it but as long as they play along with this they should be OK.

Stella's pov: i'm at work right now and I decide to go talk to Emily and Brett and wait to see if Keith shows up

EF= does this kind of stuff happen often getting shifted to another firehouse
SB= once in a while
S= yeah severide wasn't happy about it ( she looks at the door and see Kieth enter) look you actually came
( Brett And Emily look at the door)
EF= of course he did he's smitten
SB= and very adorable
S= I'll be back
EF= bye

Kelly's pov: me and Matt decided to go to Molly's tonight get our minds off of losing somebody for a day for an undercover gig as we were watching TV I noticed in the corner of my eye Stella walking behind both of us so me and Matt both look toward where she walked and she walked toward guy

MC= is that the guy from the fire
K= yeah
MC= if you're still carrying a torch you might want to talk to her
K= nah it's all good this business with Grissom it feels somehow personal he takes my best kind of squad if Cruz isn't back after next shift we're gonna have a problem
MC= it sounds like voight The one who came up with a plan not Grissom you don't like the guy I don't blame you but this situation seems to me Grissom is trying to do right by the CFD
K= or he's trying to cover his political hide

Stella's pov: it's the next shift and Grissom and his guys came back to the firehouse again I wonder why they're here again but I wonder what Kelly is feeling because last time him and Grissom talked he yelled at Kelly for something and for no reason. As I am looking out on the apparatus floor Kelly comes to stand next to me so he can put his paperwork on the desk so I decide to speak up in this moment

S= Grissom's motorcade
K= he must be here to see chief boden again
S= you going to join him
K= not if I can help it
S= how things go last shift
K= can't really talk about the details
S= Forget the details I just mean like how must be tricky seen him motion let you know after all that went on with you too and your dad
K= wasn't issue conversation was all business
S= hmm OK good

I just walk away at that point maybe he will talk about it to somebody because I think he's still hurt with the whole situation

Later in the shift

me and the girls were heading into the kitchen to get some food to eat but apparently we totally forgot it was Cruz's day to cook and since he's not here we have no food and we just have to eat Ramen noodles so we sit down and talk for a few.

EF= so are you going to see our friend Keith again
S= uh I don't think so
SB= why not
S= well there's the rescue crush thing Plus he wants a fitness center that has germs all over so he is traveling all the time and how is it going at that cute single Hass to be something wrong with him you know
( they laugh)
S= what
EF= that's a lot of excuses
SB= not to mention you haven't had a date since the whole severide wake up come on give adorable Keith a chance
S= he is pretty adorable
EF= yes ( they all laugh and the bells go off)

Kelly's pov: we just got back from a call where to save a lady from almost falling toward death on the edge of a window to escape getting hurt by the wife that she slept with his husband. And during that call I will realized how much Cruz is needed during a call so I hope he is back next shift or else I am going to Yell at people as I am doing the paperwork for the call Grissom shows up in my office

CG= hey Kelly
K= if you're looking for voight he just went into chiefs bodens office
CG= not looking for voight or boden came to see you how you been
K= so you came to make small talk
CG= just wanted to know how you are that's open it works stretch I can't tell you how many times I've been in some meetings or other and still think it to myself better call Benny see what his take is on it
K= well I'm fine if that's what you want to do now
CG= I know things have been tense between us and your chief and I aren't always on the same page which doesn't make it any easier but if there's anything you need say the word Benny would expected me to look out for you and that's what I plan to do ( Grissom gets up and leaves)

Once he leaves I think about what he just said and then also what Stella says because I trust Stella more than I trust him

the end of shift

As I am walking to the locker room I see Stella leaving so I catch up to her to thank her for always being there for me and thank her for the words that she said to me

K= hey Stella... I just wanted to say you were right about the Grissom situation it harder than I thought you know
S= yeah of course
K= you made me think ( he sees Keith getting out of his car)
S= um we're both tripping it out to Wilmont today doing some down market snowboarding you know hopefully I don't break my arm
K= that sounds like fun... uh thanks again for checking in about Grissom like I said it made me think
S= I'm glad i'll see you next shift
(Matt comes out )
MC= you okay
K= yeah i'll be hell a lot better once Cruz gets back

General pov: Cruz ends up help solve the case with the robberies and he is back the next shift