"Where are you going?" Cooper yelled as he slammed the door shut behind him "Hannah!"
"The hell away from you" Hannah shot back as she turned around and came back down the stairs
"Don't you speak to me like that" He said, getting annoyed
"I don't care"
"I've had enough of this Hannah"
"And you don't think I haven't for the last 4 years" She questioned "You can't just walk in and act like my dad and treat mom the way you do"
"I've been more of a father to you than he ever has"
"You don't know shit!" She yelled back
"I know that jerk left you and your mother to move to Phoenix by yourselves"
"And what you're the big hero who saved mom, you know nothing" Hannah yelled "And my dad is not a jerk, he actually cares about us"
"And I don't!?"
"No, all you care about is yourself and where you can get yourself. Like in bed with other women"
Cooper eyes narrowed and his fists began to clench "That's a lie"
"Is it, what about when they used to show up at our front door in Phoenix and the secret phone calls you would hide from mom"
Cooper said nothing.
"Maybe now mom might believe me" Hannah snarled
"you're one smart ass remark away from getting it" Cooper argued, annoyed
"What are you going to do about it?" Hannah replied, believing she was invisible
Cooper ran towards the staircase. Hannah turned around and ran up to her room, she began to panic knowing what he was capable of. She ran towards her room and tried to shut her bedroom door behind her, but before she had a chance Cooper was on the other side trying to keep it open.
"Get away from the door Hannah" He said, angrily
"No" She cried
In one swift push, Cooper put all his weight into the door, the edge hitting Hannah on the side of her face knocking her out of the way causing her to fall to the ground. Hannah quickly picked herself up of the floor
"Leave me alone" She cried
"I thought you were smarter than this Hannah. But then again you are his daughter" He said backing her up to the wall
"At least I'm nothing like you" She replied, hurt about what he said about Kelly
Cooper put his forearm under Hannah's neck, pinning her to the wall. Hannah began to panic. She looked across at her bed and saw he phone in the side pocket of her bag, just out of her reach. She looked back at Cooper.
"Do you have any idea of how hard the last 3 months have been, how you're just making it harder" He yelled
"You brought it all on yourself" Hannah replied blankly
Cooper began to grit his teeth. He pushed her against the wall, harder. She began to struggle to breathe. She could feel herself getting dizzy. She saw the time on her alarm clock, any minute now her mom would be home, to save her.
"You're threats don't work anymore, you're all talk. Do what you want to me, but don't you lay a finger on my mom" Hannah threatened, showing her inner Severide
There was a noise from down stairs. Hannah looked towards her bag again
"Hannah? Cooper?" Katherine called out "You guys home"
She looked back at Cooper and then at her bag. She tried to push herself away from the wall and out of Coopers grip. He felt her move and realized she was going for her phone. He tried to stop her. Hannah put her arm out and reached for her bag. Cooper tried to pull her away so she spun her other arm around and hit him in the face, causing him to lose balance and fall to the ground, making a loud thud. In the time she had Hannah reached for her phone and ran out her bedroom door and down the stairs
"Mom!" Hannah cried as she ran down the stairs
"Han? What's going on?"
"Hannah!" Cooper yelled as he came down the stairs
Hearing him coming Hannah ran for the front door to escape and call her dad. Her real dad, the one who actually cared about her. Katherine turned around to follow her daughter.
"No you don't" Cooper yelled as he reached for Katherine's hair and pulled her back. Katherine cried in pain. Hannah turned around and watched as Cooper pulled her mom by her hair and put her in a head lock.
"You go any further out that door, and it will be the last time you see your mom" He threatened
Hannah looked at her mom. She could see the fear in her eyes. Hannah closed the door behind her.
"Good, now give me your phone"
"No" Hannah replied
"Now!" Cooper yelled
"Just do it Hannah, please" Katherine begged
Hannah hesitantly handed her phone to Cooper who, in a fit of rage, threw Katherine and Hannah's phone against the wall.
"Mom!" Hannah yelled as she ran towards her mom.
Cooper grabbed Hannah by the arm, pulling her back "Try a stunt like that again and it won't end so well" He threatened
Hannah didn't say anything. Cooper let go of her arm and stormed out the front door. They heard a car's engine start in the driveway and speed off into the distance. Hannah crawled over to her mom, still sitting on the ground. "Mom. I'm sorry" Hannah cried hugging her mom
"It's OK sweetie" She reassured, cradling her daughter.
The next morning.
Hannah walked up to her mom's bathroom. She saw through the half open door her mom standing in front of the mirror covering the bruises from the night before with makeup. Something she had become quite good at
"Hey" Hannah said quietly as she stood in the door way
"Sweetie" She said as she turned to face Hannah. She could see the half covered bruise on her mom's cheek, along with the others on her neck and arms
"How are you going to hide those ones" Hannah asked, referring to the bruises on her arms
"Good thing its cold today" She joked "What about you" She asked as she looked at the bruise on the side of Hannah's face
Hannah didn't say anything
"Here I'll put some make up on it for you" Katherine said, reaching for the foundation bottle
"No" Hannah replied "It's about time people found out what he's really like"
"Hannah. Please don't do this" Katherine begged
"No. there's people here who can help us. Dad, pop, the police"
"Hannah it'll be OK"
"How can you say that, he could have killed us last night"
"He's just stressed ok, and Kelly just tipped him over the edge I guess"
"You can't keep making excuses Mom. He's not stressed, it's not dad, and it's just him. He's a control freak, he always has been"
"Promise me you won't tell anyone" Katherine asked
"I don't want him to hurt you anymore" Hannah said picking up her school bag and walking down the stairs
"Hannah?" She heard her mom call out as she walked down the stairs.
Hannah walked out the front door and began to walk to school. The cold air ran down the back of her neck so she pulled her old squad 3 beanie further over her ears and pulled her hood up over her head. She put her hands back in her pocket and continued on walking.
Katherine's phone began to vibrate along her desk as it rang. She looked down at it expecting it to be Hannah of Cooper, but unknown number took her by surprise.
"Hello, Katherine speaking" She answered
"Hello Katherine its Ms Willoughby, Hannah's teacher. I was just wondering as to why she hasn't come to school today?"
"She left this morning, but I haven't heard from her yet" She replied
"Do you want us to contact anyone"
"No I'll call her father, she wasn't feeling well this morning so she might have gone to his today" Catherine lied
"Ok, when you find her let us know please"
"Will do" Katherine replied before she hung up her phone
Katherine quickly dialled Hannah's number. There was no answer.
"Han, when you get this call me please or your dad. Just let us know you're OK" She left on her messages
She decided to call Kelly
"Hello" A voice said on the other end on the line
"Kelly, It's Katherine"
"Katherine what's going on?" He questioned
"You haven't seen Hannah today?"
"No, I'm on shift today, what's going on?"
"She didn't go to school this morning"
"what happened?"
"It's a long story, can you just try and call her, she's not answering my calls"
"Yeah sure" Kelly replied before hanging up the phone
Kelly searched through his contacts for his daughter's number. He pressed dial and waited until she picked up the phone. No answer.
"Han, can you call me please. You're not in trouble" Kelly said
"what's going on" Capp asked as he sat at the table with Kelly
"Han, Katherine said she skipped school today, and now she's not answering any of our calls"
"She's just being a teenager, she'll come home tonight"
"What would you know about teenagers Capp?" Kelly questioned "It's not like her to skip school"
"A lot changes in two years Kelly"
"Yeah, too much" He said to himself
Kelly picked his phone up again and tried to call Hannah again
"Hello" Hannah answered hesitant
"Han, where are you" Kelly asked
"Don't worry, I'm OK" She replied
"Just tell me where you are and I'll come and get you"
"Dad, I'm fine" She reassured
"Just promise me you'll be OK"
"I'll be fine"
"I love you"
"I love you too dad" Hannah said before she hung up the phone
"She OK?" Capp questioned
"I dunno" Kelly replied
"I guess she's not the little six year old that used to boss us around on squad all those years ago"
"No, she's not" Kelly smiled "I better let Katherine know"
As Kelly picked up his phone the Firehouse alarm rang
*Engine 51. Truck 81. Squad 3. Ambulance 61. House fire*
Kelly got up out of his seat and jumped in the squad truck. Before he put his phone in his pocket he messaged Katherine
"Han OK." He wrote.
It played in the back of his mind, how she could be so distant. The day before she was so happy now she didn't want to talk to anyone.
"Don't worry about it" Capp reassured Severide, from the back of the truck
"Yeah, I know" Severide replied knowing he had to forget about his problems for the moment and focus on the job at hand.
As the trucks pulled into the fire house Severide saw someone sitting at the squad table, playing with Pouch. As they got close they could see who it was.
"Hannah?" He called out as he got out of the squad truck
Hannah turned around. Severide could see bruises on her face and her neck
"What happened?" He questioned
"Nothing" Hannah said looking the other way as Severide looked at the bruise on the side of her face
"Han?" He questioned "Did this happen at school?"
"No" She said quietly
"Well then what happened" He asked again
"Mom and I need help, we can't live there anymore"
"Come with me" He said walking to his lieutenants quarters "Casey" He called out
"Han what happened, why do you and Katherine need to leave" Kelly asked as Hannah sat on the edge of the bed and Casey closed the door behind him
"Cooper wasn't in the best of moods after you left" Hannah said looking at Kelly
"Cooper did this?" Casey questioned
Hannah nodded her head
"When?" Kelly asked
"Last night after you dropped me off, I kind of got in an argument with him."
"About what?"
"Stuff, He didn't like some of the things I had to say so he pinned me against the wall"
"What about the bruise on your face?" Casey asked
"That was the door, he was trying to open it and I was trying to keep it shut"
"What about your mom, was she home"
"Not at the start, but then she got home and I tried to call you but he grabbed mom by the hair and threw her against the wall"
"Is she OK?" Kelly asked
"Yeah" Hannah said quietly
"You want me to call Antonio?" Casey asked
"No, call Erin. Might be better" Severide replied
Matt went outside to call Erin, leaving Hannah and Kelly alone
Kelly sat next to his daughter and put his arm around her "It's going to be OK" He reassured as he rested his chin on her head
"How do you know that. Were never going to leave him" Hannah cried.
"Because I know good people" He reassured
There was a knock at the door
"Yeah" Kelly called out as he sat, hugging Hannah
"Hey" Erin said as she walked in
"Hey" Kelly replied
"Matt told me what happened" She said to Kelly
Hannah looked at Erin, then at Kelly
"Hey Hannah, I'm Erin" She said, introducing herself "You want to tell me what happened?"
Hannah look at Kelly
"It's OK" He assured
"I got in a fight last night."
"Who with?"
"Cooper, my mom's boyfriend."
"What was it about?"
"Probably something stupid" Hannah said quietly "He keeps trying to act like he's my dad, but he'll never be"
Erin looked at Kelly
"Hannah where's your mom at the moment?"
Hannah shrugged her shoulders "At work most likely."
"Yeah, she called me before" Kelly added
"Can you call her, and get her to come here"
"Yeah, sure" Kelly said going outside
Erin looked at Hannah, pulling her jumper sleeves over her hands, looking down at them
"You want to tell me what really happened?" Erin asked
Hannah looked at her but didn't say a word
"You can trust me Hannah"
"I already told you"
"I can tell you're hiding something"
"We just had a fight and he pinned me against the wall, that's all"
"Did he hurt your mom?"
"He threw her against the wall, but" Hannah said trailing off
"but what Hannah?"
"He said if I tried a stunt like this again it won't end so well"
"He threatened you?"
"I deserved it though, I should have kept my mouth shut"
"Hannah no one ever deserves to be treated like this" Erin explained "When your mom gets here we'll see what we can do"
"No you can't let him know about this" Hannah said panicked "He'll do something crazy"
"You guys will be OK"
"He won't leave us alone"
"We can get a restraining order so doesn't go near you guys again"
"A piece of paper is not going to stop him"
"It's more than a piece of paper Hannah, if he breaks the conditions he'll be locked up"
Hannah didn't say anything.
"We'll get through this, OK" Erin reassured
Hannah nodded her head in agreement
"Kelly where is she?" Katherine asked as she walked up to the fire house
"She's OK, she's in my quarters with Erin" Kelly explained
"Erin?"
"Yeah she's a detective from the 21st"
"You called the cops" Katherine panicked
"Just Erin" Kelly reassured "It'll be OK"
"You don't know Cooper, if he finds out about this I don't want to think about what he's going to do"
"Katherine he won't hurt you again, I promise" Kelly promised "Erin needs to ask you a few questions, come on" He said walking towards his quarters
"Mom" Hannah said as Katherine and Kelly walked in
"Hannah" She said hugging her
"Mom I'm sorry"
"Han this isn't your fault" Katherine reassured her
"Hi Katherine, I'm Erin"
"Hi"
"Han you want to go hang with Matt or Pouch while we talk" Severide asked
"OK" Hannah said as she went outside
"Do you want to lay charges on Cooper for the assault?" Erin asked
"No" Katherine replied "I don't want the police involved"
"Katherine he assaulted you and Hannah, it's not safe for you guys to stay there"
"If we leave I don't know what he'll do, we've got nowhere to go."
"What about your parents?"
"They only have one bedroom"
"We can arrange emergency accommodation when and if you decide to leave"
"When are you supposed to be moving back?" Severide asked
"In about a month or so"
"What if instead of leaving for Phoenix you guys stay here, I'll help you find an apartment"
"That won't work"
"It's worth a shot"
Katherine sat there quietly
"Where's Cooper now?" Erin asked
"I don't know. He left last night and I haven't seen him since then"
"OK, If anything happens, no matter how small, you give me a call" Erin said as she gave Katherine her card
"Thanks" Katherine replied "I think Hannah and I should go home now"
"Are you sure that's safe?" Kelly asked
"He'll be OK"
"Come Hannah time to go home" Katherine asked as she walked into the Kitchen with Kelly
"See you Pouch" Hannah said as she got up out of her chair "See you Brett, See you Borelli"
"See you another day Han" Borelli replied
"See you" Brett replied
"Come on squirt, I'll walk you guys to the car" Kelly said as he put his arm around his daughter
"Why can't I stay with you dad" Hannah asked
"I working tonight"
"But I can just hang with Brett and Borelli, they don't mind"
"It's more complicated than that squirt"
"Don't worry, we'll be OK" Katherine reassured as she unlocked the car
"I love you" Said Severide as he hugged his daughter
"I love you too dad" Hannah replied, not wanting to let go of her dad
Hannah got in her mom's car, while Katherine stayed out to talk to Kelly
"You sure it's safe to go back there?" Kelly asked
"Yeah" Katherine replied, unsure "He'll have cooled down"
"What about Hannah, you really want to take her back to that?"
"She hide in her room I guess, she always does"
"Katherine you don't have to go through this"
"Hannah and I need to get on with our lives, and you do too. We're not what we used to be"
"But we can try again, for Hannah"
"She's good for you, Erin. Looks like she keeps you in line"
"Erin and I, were not-"
"You stay safe" Katherine said as she got in the car
"It'll be OK" Katherine said as her and Hannah pulled into the driveway and saw Cooper's car parked out the front
Hannah didn't reply. The two of them got out of the car. Hannah walked behind Katherine as they walked up to the door.
"Hey" Cooper said as they walked through the door
"Hey" Katherine replied
"I'm going to my room" Hannah said blankly as she ran up the stairs to her room
"Don't worry about her, she's just being a teenager" Katherine joked hesitantly
"I'm sorry about last night" Apologized Cooper "It won't happen again"
"It's OK, you're stressed, we understand" Katherine lied
Hannah stood at the top of the stairs, listening to their conversation. She knew he wasn't sorry, she knew this wouldn't be the last time it would happen. She walked in to her room and threw her bag on the ground, she sat on her bed with her head in her hands. She didn't want to be in this house but she didn't want to leave her mom. She thought of ways she could get her mom to leave but she knew they'd never work. If she wanted to get out of there she had to do it herself. She reached for her school bag and tipped everything out. She went over to her drawers and began to grab clothes and shove them in. She got her phone and her beanie along with a jumper. She ripped a page out of her school book and took a pencil out of her pencil case.
"Mom," She began to write
she hesitated as thought what to write. She looked at a photo on her pin-up board above her desk. She saw the many photos she had of her and her mom and Kelly, then just the photos of her with her mom or Kelly. Maybe running from it wasn't the tight idea, but how could she get her family back to the way it was. She needed help, her mom needed help to see what was really going on, but she knew she couldn't help people who didn't want to be helped. Something her dad taught her from a very young age.