Amber was sitting in Kelly's room waiting for him to wake up. He had fallen back asleep when they brought him upstairs. They had removed the tube in his throat while he was asleep. Amber was almost asleep herself when she felt someone grab her hand.
She looked over to Kelly to see his bright blue eyes staring back at her. "Hey there." Amber said while she smiled at him.
"Hey."
"How you feeling?"
"Been better. But not too bad."
There was a knock at Kelly's hospital room door and then in walked Connor Rhodes. "Hey Kelly. Dr. Rose"
"Hey Connor."
"Hey Dr. Rhodes."
Dr. Rhodes came closer to Kelly's bedside and sat him upright. "How you doing?"
"I'm alive."
Connor chuckled. "Yes you are and it's all thanks to Dr. Rose. She practically attacked Dr. Halstead when he tried to black tag you."
Kelly looked at Amber and smiled. "Thank you." Amber's cheeks had turned a light pink.
"I'm always going to save you Kelly. You just have to fight for me."
"Always." The two of them just smiled at one another. It felt as if no one else was in the room.
Dr. Rhodes watched the exchanged between the two. All he could think was how much they must love each other and would be perfect together. "I'm going to give you a once over Kelly."
"Sounds good Doc."
Dr. Rhodes began his assessment to see how Kelly was holding up. He examined his wound and checked his reflexes.
"Well all in all you look great. Couple days in the hospital and you should be good to go home. You'll be out of work for maybe 2 weeks after your discharged." Dr. Rhodes began to make notes in Kelly's chart.
"Thanks Doc."
Amber had been ignoring the pain in her abdomen since back down in the ED. But now that she knew Kelly was okay the pain had definitely increased and was now more noticeable.
Dr. Rhodes caught sight of the look on Amber's face. He could tell something was wrong. "Dr. Rose you okay?"
Kelly looked over at Amber to see she was as pale as a white sheet of paper. Kelly also noticed she was wincing in pain every so often. "Amber?"
But she didn't respond.
Dr. Rhodes walked over to Amber and crouched down in front of her. "Amber did anyone check YOU out after the explosion?"
Amber shook her head but it caused her to become dizzy and collapse onto Connor.
"Amber?!" Kelly tried to get up but it hurt to much.
"Kelly don't get up. Press your button for a nurse." Connor gently moved Amber off of him and laid her on the floor. Connor began looking over her while Kelly pressed the nurses button.
A women's voice came over the speaker in the room. "What can I do for you Mr. Severide?"
"Janet, it's Dr. Rhodes. I need a team in here. Dr. Rose has collapsed. I believe she is bleeding internally." Connor lifted up her shirt and noticed her stomach was blue and purple. "Call the OR let them know we will be on our way down."
"On it."
A minute later nurses and Dr. Halstead were in Kelly's room trying to help Amber. Kelly felt completely helpless watching them get Amber onto a bed and getting her hooked up to a heart monitor.
"Paddles. Her heart has stopped." A nurse cut Amber's shirt open and Dr. Rhodes took the paddles preparing to shock her. "Clear." Dr. Rhodes pressed the paddles to Amber's body sending a shock through her body.
The next couple seconds felt like an eternity but then the sound of Amber's heart beating again came over over the machine. "Alright let's move!"
Dr. Rhodes and the team of nurses rolled Amber out of Kelly's room and headed straight for the OR. Dr. Halstead stood back and watched as his best friend was wheeled away.
Kelly was crying and feeling completely helpless watching the girl he loved being rushed out of his room. Kelly saw Will still standing in his room and felt rage building up in his body. "Would you of black tagged her like you tried to do to me?"
Dr. Halstead snapped his head around to look at Kelly. Both men had tears rolling down their faces. "No. She has a chance. You got lucky. She got lucky saving you."
Kelly balled his hands into a fist. "You didn't even try! You knew how much I meant to Amber and you didn't even try!"
"There was a 1 in a million chance you would make it! I made the call to focus my time and energy on patients who had a better chance!"
"No you just wanted me out of the way! You didn't like that Amber and me were becoming close again!"
"Well excuse me for not wanting to clean vomit and blood off the bathroom floor again! I didn't want to walk in and find she had committed suicide and succeeded this time because you broke her heart again!"
Matt and Gabby were entering Kelly's room as the two of them were screaming at one another. Matt looked at Dr. Halstead in disbelief. "Will you need to leave. Kelly doesn't need you yelling at him!"
"Oh whatever Casey. You know I am speaking the truth."
"Leave!" Casey got right up in Will's face. "Or I will throw you out!"
Will rolled his eyes and exited Kelly's hospital room closing the door behind him. Casey and Dawson walked over to Kelly's bedside and sat down.
"Where's Amber?" Casey could tell Kelly had been crying.
"Dr. Rhodes rushed her to the OR. She got hurt during the explosion and is bleeding internally." Kelly sniffled back a few tears. "What if she doesn't make it? It's my fault. She was to busy saving me to save herself."
"Hey." Casey took ahold of Kelly's hand. "Amber is a doctor. Saving lives is what she does. She wouldn't of been able to go on knowing she didn't try everything to save you."
Kelly nodded his head and then his room phone started to ring. Dawson picked it up and handed it to Kelly.
"Hello?"
The surgical team rolled Amber into the OR and began prepping to go in and repair the damage that was causing her to bleed internally. Dr. Rhodes had just finished scrubbing and entered the OR when Amber opened her eyes.
"Hey Dr. Rose. You collapsed. You are bleeding internally but I am going to fix it." Dr. Rhodes had his face mask, surgical cap, and gloves on.
Amber looked up at Connor and felt the need to do something. "Can I talk to Kelly first?" Dr. Rhodes just stared at her. "Please Connor?"
"Alright. Bonnie call Kelly Severide's room." The surgical nurse called Kelly's room and put him on speaker in the OR.
"Hello?"
Amber could tell Kelly had been crying. "Hey Kel."
Kelly breathed out a sigh of relief. "Amber. Are you okay?"
"Dr. Rhodes is going to try and fix me. But I need to tell you something first." Amber felt a lump forming in her throat.
"Okay?"
Amber swallowed the lump and spoke. "I love you Kelly. I always have and I always will. I should have never left. If something happens to me on this table just know that you are my other half and I love you."
Kelly had began crying again as he heard Amber speak. "I love you too. I'll see you on the other side and we will sit down and figure all of this out. You're the other half to my heart and I love you forever and always."
"Forever and always."
"Bring my girl back to me Dr. Rhodes."
"That's my plan." Dr. Rhodes was smiling under his surgical mask.
"Goodbye Kelly."
"Goodbye Amber."
The phone call was disconnected and Amber was put under for her surgery. "Alright guys let's get Dr. Rose back to her other half." The surgical team in the room had all shed a few tears hearing Amber and Kelly confess their love for one another.
Dr. Rhodes made the first cut into Amber so he could go in and fix the internal damage.
Kelly heard the phone call disconnect and broke down crying. Dawson got on the bed next to Kelly and held him while he cried. Casey held onto his best friends hand and comforted him the best he could.
