It was day 3 of Shelby having withdrawal symptoms. Kelly was trying to make sure she was comfortable but it wasn't easy. She was restless. She kept moving around wasn't sleeping. She was becoming paranoid and easily agitated.

Kelly stepped into their bedroom with a few pills to help curve some of the withdrawal. He was doing his best to help her taper off the pills.

Shelby was laying on the bed in shorts and a tank top sweating. Kelly came over and took a seat on the edge of the bed next to her.

"Hey baby. You need to take these. It'll help."

"No. I want to be done and the sooner I stop all together the better."

"Shelby please."

"Kelly I said no!" She rolled away from him.

"But April said..."

She cut him off. "I don't give a damn what April said!" She snatched the pills out of Kelly's hand and threw them across the room. "Please just leave me alone."

Kelly got up and left the room. He went and sat on the couch putting his head in his hands. Things were tougher this time. She was more angry. He didn't know how he was going to make it through this time. They were only a few days in.

Kelly picked up his phone and called April.

"Hey Kelly."

"Hey April. So what happens if Shelby refuses to taper off the meds and won't take any at all?"

"It's not good Kelly. Some people do fine others not so much."

"What do you mean?"

"People have died due to the symptoms of withdrawals."

"What do I need to look for?"

"Excessive puking and diarrhea. She'll become dehydrated."

"Okay thanks April."

"Kelly you should really think about taking her to a clinic where someone will be with her 24/7."

"I can handle it April."

"Alright well call me if you have any questions."

"Thanks April." Kelly hung up the phone and just leaned back on the couch. He was frustrated and angry with himself because he felt like this was his fault. Why hadn't he seen the signs earlier?

Kelly's phone started ringing. He picked it up to see it was Erin calling. He quickly answered it. "Hey Erin. Any news?" Kelly had given Erin the phone number that Shelby had listed in her phone as Mike.

"Yes. We found him Kelly."

"That's good. Is he going to Jail?"

There was a moment of silence before Erin spoke. "Kelly he's dead."

Kelly couldn't help but be a little happy. "For how long?"

"We don't know for sure maybe 3-5 days."

Kelly's heart sank. He knew why Erin was calling. "You don't think Shelby killed him do you?"

"We don't know yet Kelly. We are waiting for the Autopsy results. You said Shelby was injured a few days ago?"

"Yeah she has a gash above her right eye. And some bruising as well."

"If she did do this it sounds as though it might of been in self defense."

"Can we not tell her till she is done with withdrawals? I don't want her to relapse."

"I'll see what I can do. No one is going to miss this guy so this maybe one of those things that just goes away. But I make no promises Kelly."

"Okay thanks Erin." Kelly hung up the phone.

He then went and grabbed a beer out of the fridge. He popped the top off and chugged it. He was trying to be strong but it was becoming increasingly harder.

Kelly grabbed another beer. He then laid down on the couch. Just hoping this was all over soon.

Kelly had taken to sleeping on the couch for about the last week. He made sure Shelby was okay everyday but that was about all the interaction they had. He didn't want to fight with her or make things worse.

At least now he knew where she was and knew this would all be over soon. Kelly woke up one morning and headed to check in on Shelby.

He opened the bedroom door. She wasn't in bed. "Shelby?" Kelly walked over to the bathroom and opened the door. Shelby had her head in the toilet puking whatever was in her stomach.

Kelly went and sat on the floor next to her. He pulled her hair back. "Hey why didn't you come get me?"

"I didn't want to wake you."

"It's going to be okay."

Kelly sat there with her while she puked for a bit longer. 5 minutes had passed and she hadn't gotten sick. "Let's go get you some water." Kelly helped her stand up and walked her to the kitchen.

They walked to the fridge and Kelly pulled out a water bottle. He was handing it to her when all of a sudden her eyes rolled to the back her head.

She collapsed and started having a seizure. Kelly immediately dropped the bottle and got on the floor next to her. Kelly got her on her side and put her head in his lap.

He kept her as safe as possible. He pulled out his phone and called 911.

"911 what's your emergency."

"This is Kelly Severide firefighter for Squad 3. My girlfriend is having a seizure."

"Alright Kelly. What's your address?" Kelly rattled off his address. "Alright paramedics are on their way."

Shelby finally stopped seizing after about 5 minutes. There was a knocked at their apartment door.

"It's open!"

Brett and Dawnson came running into the apartment. Truck and squad were also there.

"Kelly what happened?" Brett got down on the floor next to him.

"She was throwing up this morning. She finally stopped throwing up I got her to come get some water. She collapsed as I was handing her the water. Then she started seizing"

Gabby was checking her blood pressure. "Her blood pressure is real low. We need to get her to Med ASAP. I'll start a line. I bet she is dehydrated."

Gabby got the line going and started to push fluids in. Casey and Cruz helped get Shelby on a backboard. They got her loaded into the ambulance.

Brett took off towards med. Kelly was in the back with Gabby.

"I should of listened to April and took her to a clinic."

"Kelly do not blame yourself. It is going to be alright." Gabby looked at the monitors. "Brett step on it! She's going into V-Tach!" Gabby waited for the monitor to charge up. "Shocking. Stand Clear!" Gabby delivered a shock to her heart. Nothing.

"Shelby come on! Don't do this!" Kelly was crying. He wasn't ready to lose her.

"Shocking. Stand Clear!" Another shock was delivered to her heart. Shelby's body arches off the bed. A few seconds passed and her heart started beating again.

Brett pulled into med and Jumped out of the drivers seat. She threw the doors to 61 open. April and Dr. Halstead came running out of the ER.

April stopped when she saw Kelly. "What happened?"

"She had a seizure." Kelly was crying. April had never seen Kelly Severide cry.

Brett gave them the information they needed and they wheeled her into a trauma room.

"Kelly you are going to need to wait out in the waiting room."

"April please?" Kelly was begging her.

"Kelly I will come get you as soon as we know something."

"April get in here! Her heart stopped again!" April closed the door to the trauma room and went to help Dr. Halstead.

Kelly just stood there staring into the room. Praying she was going to be okay. Capp and Cruz had to practically drag Kelly to the waiting room.

They all took a seat waiting to hear how one of there own was doing.