"Okay so Kelly asked me to meet him at his fire buddies bar we're staying for one beer and then heading to dinner." She said putting on makeup in her entry way mirror.
"That's fine what's this?" Vivi held up a glass cube holding a preserved red rose.
"Kelly gave it to me." She turned lipstick tube in hand.
"He gave you a paper weight…. Nothing says love like random shit to pile on your desk." She said sitting it back on the coffee table.
"It never dies Vivi, that's why he gave it to me." She said dryly as Vivi walked toward her.
"That's not nearly as douche baggy as I thought. Sorry." They trade lipstick and mascara and apply quickly.
"It's cool, let's go." She can't find her jacket and remembers Kelly had left his leather jacket on her couch last time he was there.
She's taking a pleasant trip down memory lane to the shower they had taken together day before yesterday. "Yo! LIvvy, you're smiling like a loon." Viv breaks her reverie.
"Let's go." She said swinging his jacket on.
-/-/-/-/
"Do you have any idea where we actually are?" Vivi said peering out the window at the darkened run down streets.
"Not a clue, Kell said it's on Prendergast." She squints reading a street sign.
"Call Kelly Severide." She commands Siri.
"Calling Kelly Severide." Siri returns
It rings once twice…. "Hey baby, hang on." She can hear shouting and music "Okay sorry hey sweetheart." He answers leaning on the wall outside Molly's single bathroom.
"Hey I'm on Pederast and I'm lost."
"What do you see?"
"Hardware store, smoke shop, graffiti and a bum. Please come outside I'm not getting out of the truck without you. Homeless people scare me don't judge."
"You're a street and a half over you're on west pederast. Go to the end and turn right it's gonna get worse before it gets better." He said trying and failing to hold back his laughter.
"I hate you right now Kelly!"
"You worked at Porter Street!" He points out.
"During the day!" She defends shouting at him.
"Okay, I'm turning."
"And I'm going outside." He walks toward the door.
"What's Liv drinkin?" someone asks.
"Sam Addams Amber Lager." He answers hitting the door.
"Oh ok I can see you Kelly." She said seeing him leaning on the wall outside Molly's entry way.
He walks toward her truck as it drives up. "Who's in the- Shay's here you know that right and she just broke up with Devon Viv'll be like chum in the water."
"You're on speaker Douchey McFireballs."
"I meant pretty chum."
Liv just laughs.
"Olivia stop laughing." He whines.
"That was good….Vivianne one Kelly zip."
"Hang up and park you two smart asses."
-/-/-/-/=
They walk up the path and see a huge roughhewn wooden ramp. "This is gorgeous work." Liv comments
"It looks like Owen's." Vivi Says.
"It is. He designed it and Casey built it. After Owen saw the one at my place I was barred from touching anything you would use. I did add the Christmas lights so it would be easier to see at night." He smiled at them.
"Thank you, you didn't have to do this you know I'm used to making do." Liv replied brow crunching in thought even as she smiles.
"That's the whole point. You shouldn't make do unless you've got no choice." Kelly retorts.
"I don't like Liv's boyfriends ever…please don't make me like you. It feels wrong." Vivi said plainly.
He leaned down to kiss her. "Uh no, it sold out here save that shit for inside." Vivi complained.
"Hi babe sorry about my little ray of sunshine over here." Liv replied all sarcasm and smiles.
He walked over behind her and pushed her inside.
-/-/-/-
"Livvy!" Mills shouted the second she came in the door.
"Mills! You drunk buddy?" She shot him a smile.
"A little."
"Cab. Promise me."
"Yes mother,"
"That's not an insult I find complimentary."
"Sit with me?" Kelly asked.
"Sure." She shrugs out of his jacket.
"Whoa, hot mama." Mouch said placing her beer on the table top.
"Hey Mouch," she adjusts her off the shoulder sapphire blue kaftan top.
"Got a hot date?"
"Not unless dinner with my lesbo sister counts." She said dryly.
"Nice Liv." Viv pops her gum and feigns hurt feelings.
"I love you Vivianne. Introduce yourself around the blonde plays for your team." She said transferring from her chair and into the booth next to Kelly.
He shifts around so that he sits with his back on the wall. He pulls her into the gap of his hips. She makes sure his legs are straight out of the booth seat and leans back into his chest.
A blonde brings Kelly a beer and eyes her. "You slept with her didn't you Kelly Benjamin."
"That's Zoya and only once." He loops his arms around her shoulders and kisses the crook of her neck
"You say that like I should be proud." She answers.
"Well if you hadn't given it up so quick…" he smiles.
"I did not! It was like our tenth date!" She defends herself and takes a pull on the beer bottle in her hand.
"Seventh." He swigged his beer.
"Are you sure because…." She sits the beer down and wipes the condensation on Kelly's jeans.
"Oh babe I'm positive. We only made it as far as the couch." He laughs and she feels it in her back.
You've turned me into a whore." She whispers.
"You say that like you're ashamed baby." He laughed dodging her elbows to the gut.
"Okay, I surrender Liv! Jesus you elbows are sharp."
"How'd your day go?"
"Eh I have a sister." Kelly says like its nothing.
"Do what?" She leans up and twists to look back at him.
"Beth, the step mom thinks Benny is still running around her, he hasn't moved back in doesn't see the boys could I please go check it out."
"And you do, for your brothers." She slumps back into him.
"Right. I assumed my sister was his lover."
"OOOh nice sweetheart."
"Oh it gets better; she's twenty one about that many years ago Benny left me and my mom." He clears his throat obviously uncomfortable with unexpectedly sharing so much in a public place.
"Damn I'm sorry Kelly."
"Don't be," He kissed her shoulder.
"What do you want to do about it?"
"Still thinking on it." He laces their fingers together.
"So how was your day babe?"
"Alright I guess, I heard they had to up Sadie's Chemo and I lost a kid today from an MVA."
"Olivia, that's the very definition of a shit day."
"I know and to think I was only there to catch up on paper work." She slugged back part of her beer.
"If I'm goona drink with you, feed me I haven't eaten all day."
"I'll order a pizza, you don't wanna eat anything Otis has touched and Hermann burns water."
"And Gabby?"
"Is busy flirting with Casey."
"Love is in the air it must be because Valentine's Day is around the corner."
"It definitely is, that thing you feared is happening." he nods toward Shay and Vivi talking at a corner table.
"Don't rub it in." She whines.
"You make me happy Livvy." He smiles into her hair.
"Back at you."
"Okay so what does Vivi do?"
"You mean other than flirting like she's trying to get into a closeted nun's pants? She's an event planner." She gestures at her with the beer bottle.
"You know what Owen does. Lang's an Art teacher Sarah Anne teaches Kindergarten, Lindsey's an art curator. Liam's geology major and Rainey wants to go to beauty school."
"Your Parents."
"Dad's a lit professor and Mom's a social worker."
"Lots of teachers and healers huh?"
"When you don't have parents the next best things a teacher." She said honestly.
"What kinda Pizza you want?"
"Surprise me. Viv's allergic to olives." He dails a number.
"What made you want to be a doctor? Hello, I'd like a Chicago style supreme no olives. Yeah, cash 4415 west pederast."
He hung up. "I saw Lang mistreated a lot because of his diagnosis, I've always tried to fix it for other kids."
"We're you mistreated."
"Sometimes, but it wasn't anything I couldn't handle."
"Mean girls?"
She shakes her head yes. "And short sighted boys."
"As gorgeous as I know I would have found you to be… you'd have scared the shit out of high school Kelly."
"Why?" She smiles at his honesty.
"I was shallow."
"I was angry; I wouldn't have trusted you anyway."
"You trust me now don't you?" He asks lowly resting chin on her shoulder.
"I do."
"Well since we're working Valentine's Day what do you wanna do if we get five minutes together?"
"You mean I can pick something besides sex?" She tilts her back and casts her eyes up at him in question.
"There's a quickie and then there's barely there."
She laughed and twisted slightly to kiss him.
"Finally! Took you long enough." Her hands hold his face and she kiss him again slow and deliberately.
"Damn woman."
"Damn right." She retorts sitting back in place.
"How long you give em?" Kelly said pointing to Shay and Vivi leaned up over a table talking.
"Until they screw or break up?"
"Either."
"About as long as it'll take the pizza to get here." Liv teased laughing at her own joke.
"Shay gave us six months."
"Ouch."
"Hey, just because I usually move on quick doesn't mean I will." Zoya brings them another round.
"Doesn't mean you won't either." She said morosely watching the woman walk off.
"I guess you'll just have to trust me."
"I will. Trust you I mean."
"Your hair's half up." He points out like he'd just noticed.
"Yes Kelly that's called compromise."
"And the weird beehive thing? What's that?" He smirks
"You're an ass." She turned to hit him.
"Wait! Come here!" He dodges one hit but she lands a slap to his upper arm. " Ow! That hurt!"
He kissed her. "It's weird but I like it." He said against her lips before deepening the kiss.
"I like kissing you but twisting hurts."
With a few turns and tugs he has her sitting in lap facing him. "There."
"The advantages of dating muscle bound jocks." Her sister calls out.
"Gross." Shay calls out at the public display of affection. "Freakin' breeders."
"That breeder's my sister and he makes her happy." Vivi watches them making out in the corner booth and smiles.
"I didn't mean-"She defends.
Vivi looks back at her. "Yes, you did and if you want this thing to go anywhere? And I have a feeling you do because I can read you like a book, you better be more than tolerant to my sister you better be nice because she may be his girlfriend but she's my best friend." She demands
"That bossy thing that turns Kelly on runs in the family doesn't it."
"You have no idea."
=/-/-/-
Kelly stands and watches Liv the throw crepe paper up to a brown haired girl. "I feel like I haven't seen you in ages Liv."
"That's because you haven't, how's the intelligence gig?"
"I like it. You still seeing that guy?"
""The fire fighter? Yeah, where should I put the cupcake station?"
"Glass wall it's easier to clean icing off." Kelly answers walking into the room and out of his hiding spot in the corner.
"Holy five alarm fire batman!" Erin said.
"I know he has that effect." Liv grins to herself.
"Erin, meet Kelly."
"Kelly Erin."
"Nice to meet you I can't stay long I just wanted to drop off some flowers for Sadie and to tell you to meet me out in the court yard at nine." He walks over to her.
"Why?" She places her hand on stomach and he puts his hand over hers,
"It's a surprise. Sadie's flowers are shaped like a cupcake. Think she'll like it?" He inclines his head in question.
"That's sweet Kelly, she love it."
He shrugs. "Chemo sucks; Kid needs a reason to smile."
"Squad three rescue at Hudson Bay submerged car." He kissed her. "Bye."
"Squad three is responding. Nine minutes out." He radioed back running off.
"Be careful!"
"Nine Courtyard!" He said turn and running backward.
"I'll be there." She said as He shoots her a smile and waves bye before turning for the elevator.
"On the scale how high?" Erin asks.
"I'm not answering that while he can still hear me." She said through her teeth.
=/=/=
The Valentine Party starts at 7 and she leaves it in Vivi's capable hands. "Remember they're kids you're catering to a different crowd Sis."
"Doctor Grayne to E.R."
She does a needle thoracotomy on a kid with anaphylactic shock.
"Dr. Crider, in situations where its gut versus brain go with your gut. You could have scoped the intubation and not needed to jam a needle in the kid's neck okay. Think but don't overthink and if you don't know ask but making me look sloppy isn't going to do you any favors." She tears into the intern on her service.
"Damn baby, be nice to the baby doctors." Kelly teases.
"No one was nice to me Kell, and I survived." She said without turning to face him. "Go, with the kid Crider. Jesus!" She sighs tiredly as the kid and her intern are whisked off to admissions.
"Got a minute for me I have a medical problem, I'd like my physician girlfriend to see too." Kelly asking tipping her chair back.
"If you're here because you have a priapism I am going to kill you." She lets her wheels down wheeling her through a knot of people.
"What's that? Sounds sexy when you say it like that."
"A raging hard on that won't go away." She answers taking her hair down.
"Not sexy, painful very painful." Kelly corrects himself.
"You think that's bad we take a needle and-"
"Stop Livvy! Shut up!" He says before he hears too much.
"What did you need?"
"Nothing but you." He leans down and kisses the top of her head.
"Medical problem?"
"Well that was a line but I am allergic to the river algae please feel free to check me over."
"Do you ever stop with the innuendos?"
"No."
"Where are we going?"
"You'll see. So, I got the panty gram you sent me." He said making a turn.
"And you liked it?"
"I did, I was also in a full firehouse." He grins.
"What?! Kelly! I assumed you'd open it privately." She said a blush creeping into her cheeks.
"It was in a non-descript envelope, I had no idea what it was. Not to worry the men and Shay were jealous. Otis even offered to marry you."
"Too bad for Otis short Russians with weird mustaches aren't my bag." She said and they come to a stop.
He opens the door to the sun room and set in middle of the floor is blankets and pillows and a picnic basket. Hanging from the ceiling is glow in the dark stars.
"It's snowing and you can't see the stars anyway so I changed things up."
She rolls further into her favorite room in the entire hospital. "This is great, how long do we have?"
"Clarke's covering for me so about an hour or until you get called away."
"I thought dragon lady was making it hell to do anything unannounced."
"According to dragon lady its bad form to date a rescue."
Liv transfers from her chair to the floor. Kelly flips off the lights and joins Liv on the blanket.
"And what did you tell dragon lady?" She leans back into his chest.
"I basically told her to go fuck herself that my life outside the fire house had no bearing on my work and I was just as likely to meet you another way, but I did rescue you and that's our story."
"Kelly! If you aren't careful they'll fire you!"
"No, they won't I'm damn good at what I do and firing a second generation fire man for something like that makes her look bad she doesn't have the balls for it."
"Look in the basket Livvy." He said twirling the end of her French braid through his fingers.
She opens the basket and pulls out a carton of banana pudding from Magnolia bakery, and Coca cola in glass bottles. "No way, you remembered!"
"I did, anytime you call something a guilty pleasure with that kind of look in your eye a man remembers. You forgot to tell me you have to stand in line until next Valentine's Day to get it though."
He kissed her softly.
"Take your lab coat off." He says against her mouth before moving further down her neck.
"Not to disappoint you honey, but I really do want to eat that I'm hungry."
"Alright you'll get your way this time." He relents smiling.
They eat sharing a spoon and passing the carton back and forth. "You're right it's good."
She pulls a wrapped gift from her lab coat pocket.
"This is for you, I was going to go with a romantic gift but you aren't the easiest guy to shop for and-"
"Can I open it? I love presents."
"Yeah." He tears into it to reveal an expensive looking phone case. "It's crush resistant, flame retardant and water proof. Don't actually call me when you're fighting a fire though. That doesn't seem safe."
"Well I'm sure fighting fires and texting is illegal but I do need this I've lost like four phones to water damage!"
"Boom no more water issues!"
"Boom? You really need to limit your time with Rainey."
"But I love my Rain; did I mention I'm taking her to see Lorde? Tickets were her valentine from my parents."
"Here." He hands her a small wrapped box. "I hope you like it; I saw it and thought of you."
She opens it and inside is a gold ring formed into a squared knot. "It's a love knot; according to the saleswoman really I think she was just making it up to get me to buy it."
"No, Kelly she was telling the truth I'm Irish it's a Celtic love knot." She said softly putting it on her right ring finger
"I understand you weren't trying to imply anything but… you know I love you right Kelly." He goes still and utterly silent in a way that makes Liv wish she could draw the words back into her mouth. She leans up to look at him waiting,
"Huh, I uh, thank you."
"Okay, that's-I'm just going to go because-"She scoots away from him on her hands.
"Liv, wait I didn't-"
"They probably need me anyway Kelly."
He brushes glitter dusting her eyebrow away. "Please stay-"he watches her get in the chair and go to leave. When she rolls past him he reaches for her. "Liv don't do this, I don't…"
"Don't touch me." She says tersely.
The door slams.
"Fuck! That's just great!" he pitches the empty pudding container at the wall.
-/-/-/
"The woman said I love you and you said thank you?" Casey asked shuffling playing cards.
"She caught me off guard, and I froze. I was dumbfounded I didn't know what to say."
"Obviously, something tells me thank you was the wrong thing to say to this particular girl."
"Do you love her?" Dawson asked simply from across the room.
He considers for a moment now that he has distance from the situation. "Yeah I do."
"Then tell her and fast because the shit's making the rounds with the Grayne's and Owen Liam and Lang have all taped a big fat kick the dumb ass sign to your proverbial back." Shay adds leaning on Kelly's chair.
"What I'm sleeping with Vivi." She answers the unasked questions.
"Saw that coming."
"Just say it man, it's time you turned in your player card anyway my friend." Herman advises.
-/-/-/-
"Hey Babe, listen I know you're mad at me and you have every right to be but we need to talk and I don't want to say this over the phone. I'm going in late today I'll meet you for lunch in your office. I miss you…a lot ok bye." He hangs up stashing phone in the car. He goes for his daily run.
=/=/=/=
"I don't know Mom; he never showed he was probably going to dump me for being too clingy and weird." Liv answers and eats a bagel while checking her files.
"Doc, male twelve years old coming in with a brachial artery laceration maximal blood loss." Crider says.
"Gotta go Mommy." She hangs up.
"Call vascular and the blood bank get enough to replace full volume."
She turned a corner and runs directly into Kelly.
He looks tired and is covered in blood. "Are you alright?"
"Cut on my calf I'm fine. Take care of him."
"What's his name? Crider go stitch up my boyfriend's leg and give him a tetanus booster. Leave a scar I'll whip your ass."
"His name's Nathan we're still gonna talk Livvy."
"Not now we're not."
"I need a central line kit, get that blood into him pronto. Tell the OR we're coming." He watches her put in the line quick as lighting.
"He'll be fine Grayne's a slave driver but she's damn good." The timid brunette standing next to him says.
"I know." He whispers mostly to himself.
=/=/=/=/=/=/=
They are standing and doing a quick survey of the damage done by the derailed train. Kelly sees a familiar red head and cobalt blue chair.
"Oh hell no."
"Olivia!" He shouts approaching her at a sprint.
She looks over. "I don't have time for this Kelly, I'm the peds trauma doctor and you obviously need the extra set of hands so please let me do my job. Cold air makes fire spread right? Go!" She looks at him unflinchingly. Chief barks a command and he goes.
=/=/=/=
There's a break in the action. Kelly kneels down beside her. "How's it going Doc Livvy?"
"Not well, I need more supplies more hands and fucking ambulance right the fuck now! Yo, Shay gets over and prove to me you're more than a pretty face. Midline fib fracture with protrusion and possible compartment syndrome I need help splinting it."
She looks up but only for a second to intent on her work. "Liv look at me. I have to shut off the gas mainline to the tanker if you feel the ground shake or you think it's gonna blow i want you to get in your chair and get Shay and run. I don't care about anything else just run ok?"
She stares at him a second. "I don't run."
"Do it Liv, I'm scared for your safety." He pleads.
She rips tape length with her teeth. "Would you leave? No, then I guess you have your answer and if you expect me to tell you I love you again, think again because I still mean it but it's on you now. Don't blow yourself up. I will revive you just to kill you myself if you do." He grabs her face and kisses her. "Gotta go baby."
"Severide" She calls out as he walks off. "Don't blow up it'd be waste of a gorgeous face."
"Yup, totally love her, totally." He mutters to himself laughing.
=/=/=/=/=
He's busy working and she's spending time with her sisters so they don't get time to talk.
The alarm sounds. Building collapse Killian Arena 4422 Elburn. Truck 51 squad 3, Ambulance 61 battalion 25. Kelly stands but cannot move.
"Shay where was the concert Liv was taking Rain to?"
"Oh god, no." She says and watches Kelly turn ghostly white.
"You're with me Severide." Bowden demands.
"I'm the commanding officer for my squad, you can't just-"he complains
"Are you thinking of anything but her right now? I thought so get in the damn car Kelly." He yanks him toward the SUV.
-/-/-/-/-
The building looks sound from the outside and for a moment his heart lifts until he sees one whole section of the old building is totally flattened to rubble.
"Stay the car Kelly!"
"Are you out your mind?"
"I know she's your woman and I know you are scared but you are no use to anyone like this especially her if she's hurt. Go to the Red Cross tent and see if she's with the people in a non-collapsed section but stay out of the hot zone we clear?" Bowden says not waiting for an answer as he gets out of the car to control his portion of chaos.
"Livvy!" Kelly shouts getting out the car and sprinting to the white tent. "Olivia!" he begins searching "Rainey!"
He searches but can't find her he slumps to the ground in corner of the tent and pulls out his cell phone. The sight of it in its stupid indestructible case makes his eyes well with tears. "Damn it Liv." He dials but it rings endlessly in his ear.
Rescue and medevac copters whirl over his head and he listens to the chaotic commands and instructions to multiple firehouses for what feels like hours.
"We got her Severide. I saw her hair." Mills says through radio static.
He's on his feet and running straight for the hot zone. Not really hearing the radio chatter anymore he's too intent on his goal of getting to her.
It takes Casey, Cruz, and Mouch to stop him from running up on the scene.
"Let me go! I'll take you all down let me go." He yells trying to break through them.
"It's bad Kelly. You don't want to see her that way." Casey said close to his ear.
"How bad?" He looks at his friend waiting for the other shoe to drop.
"Liv has a closed head injury possible skull fracture and Rainey is going to lose her leg."
"Was she conscious when you found her? Is she conscious?"
"She told me not move the rebar from Rainey's leg it was keeping her phemoral artery from bleeding out she said your name and then went out."
Dawson and Mills come carrying her out. "I mean it now, let me go." He orders.
"Shay's with Rainey in the Helo. You want to ride with me? No hysterics and no touching her got it?" Dawson demands.
"Gabi, come on. You can touch her and talk to her it might help just don't touch injured places." Mills amends.
"Why's she not being air lifted?" Kelly asks and they all hear his fear but don't comment.
"Other injured are more severely hurt and I can get her there in time she's holding steady for now. Do you trust me?" Dawson asked. He grabs her hand that's dangling from the gurney and back board.
"Yes, i- yes I trust you. I'm right here Liv? Right here just hang on ok? Just hang tight a little longer." He said running beside them. He sits in the ambulance floor touching her bare foot. They fly down the road to Lakeside.
"Gabi, she can't feel anything below the tops of her thighs. She can't feel me touching her now."
"Christ, okay come up here but I'm serious-"
"No touching injuries I got it." Kelly said moving up the right side of the ambulance.
He grabs her hand. "Okay Baby, you got this. Just keep doing what you're doing okay, fight." He kisses the back of her hand. "I never saw you coming, and I still don't sometimes that's why I didn't say it back. Not because I don't love you but because I thought I'd say it first…I just I need you okay so don't go anywhere. You're the best save I've made in a long time. I can't lose you." He tells Liv completely ignoring Gabi for the moment.
"And I hope Gabi knows how much it's killing me not to get the hair out of your eyes right now." Gabi laughs.
"Really?"
"She hates having hair in her face."
Alarms start going off. "Her stats are dropping I gotta tube her. You cool to watch?"
"I'll help. What ET tube do you need?"
"A seven."
"Come on Livvy, fight me girl get good and mad." Gabi advises.
=/=/=/=
After a very long surgery to remove blood clots and pressure on her brain they wait for her to wake up. Taking shifts and turns at her side. Kelly doesn't leave he's afraid too. He remains at her side day in and day out eating little and sleeping less.
"I'm going to piss her off watch." Vivi announces and puts on a Lady Gaga CD. She begins dancing around the bed to Bad Romance.
"Come on Handsome." She offers her hand to Kelly.
"I don't dance." He rolls his stiff neck.
"Douchey McFireballs…you're lying come on relax a little bit gotta laugh or we'll cry and something tells me you've done more than your share." She pulls him to his feet making him dance.
Two songs later.
"The least you could do is play some reputable lesbian music, some Melissa Etheridge or some shit. Turn off Lady Gag Me." She said low and grumpy.
"Holy shit it worked! Livvy!" Vivi said jumping up and down a little.
"Did you jump ship? He's hot." Liv cracked an eye open and cocked her head at Kelly.
"No, that one's all you honey." Vivi answered laughing.
"My throat hurts. And that's my hoodie Viv."
"Here," he pours a glass of water. "It's from the ET tube, it'll go away." He kissed her temple. "Drink slow Liv."
"You are a major improvement over Carver Collins and that's for sure. Wow, I must have some form of retrograde amnesia because I have no clue who you are." She tries to sit up. "Whoa."
"No don't sit up, its okay, stop diagnosing yourself Livvy." Kelly said.
"Vivianne, get the doctor and call your parents." He asks.
"What's your name?"
"Kelly. My name is Kelly Severide. What year is it?" He sits with her on the bed.
"2011 is that wrong?"
Unable to help himself he holds her hand. "Don't worry 'bout it baby. This is going to sound really odd right now but I need to say it okay? Because I almost lost you and lost my chance and I'm not doing that ever again. I love you so, so, much."
"Uh…Thank you." She said confusion coloring her response,
Kelly laughs. "You're welcome."