Chapter 2 – Surprise Dates.
Lexi knocked on the door of the apartment her sister had given her the address for. They hadn't got much time to catch up last night in the bar. After Lexi had recruited Jay, they had joined Shay, Kelly, Gabriela and Matt at their table, swapping stories and drinking.
Lexi knocked again after her initial knock went unanswered. She raised her hand to knock again, ready to do her Chicago PD knock when the door opened revealing a shirtless Kelly Severide. He wore a pair of grey sweat pants and a smile as soon as he realised it was her "Morning" he greeted, holding the door open and motioning for her to go inside.
Lexi smiled "Morning", she walked in to the apartment and looked around, "wow nice place"
"Thanks. Coffee?" he offered walking in to the kitchen.
Following him, Lexi declined "No thanks. I'm here to pick up Shay, I'm taking her for breakfast"
Kelly chuckled "she's not here, after you left last night she hooked up with some girl and disappeared"
Lexi shook her head, typical Shay behaviour. "Ok, thanks, I'll get out of your way" Lexi turned to walk out of the kitchen.
"What's the rush?" Kelly asked "I've got coffee and bagels right here" he flashed her his white teeth in a cheeky smile.
"Thanks, but I'm good"
"Come on," he walked around the breakfast bar that separated them "I make a damn good bacon and egg bagel"
Lexi eyed him a little suspiciously, he was too much of a player for her liking, you could tell the way he carried himself. "I can tell your going to be trouble Severide" Lexi told him, walking around him to start making coffee.
Lexi made them both a coffee whilst Kelly fried up some bacon. Lexi sat at the breakfast bar with her coffee and admired the view. Kelly had a good physique, he clearly took care of himself.
Kelly turned with the hot pan in his hand and placed some bacon on a plate in front of Lexi to drain off some of the grease before putting it on the bagels. Lexi reached over snatching a piece of crispy bacon and Kelly smacked her hand with the spatula he had been using.
Lexi broke a piece of the bacon off "You know that's assault of a police officer" she popped the bacon in to her mouth.
"You can cuff me anytime you like" he smirked at her, his eyes twinkled, and she swore she saw him flex his arms a little.
Lexi rolled her eyes, like she had never heard that one before "oh my god, do them cheesy lines and that smile actually work?"
"Obviously not"
"I know your kind" she told his back as he turned to the stove to get the eggs.
"My kind?"
"Yeah cocky, self-assured, arrogant, knows he's good looking, too charming for his own good" Lexi explained as he placed the eggs on the waiting bagels.
"You think I'm good looking?"
"See out of everything I said that's all you heard"
Kelly laughed, he liked this girl, she called him on his bullshit and wasn't scared to tell him straight "Your wrong about me"
"I don't think I am" she accepted the plate with her bagel on that he offered as he walked around the bar to sit beside her.
Sitting on his stool he swung it round so he was facing her. "Let me prove it, let me take you out"
"No thanks" she took a bite of her breakfast. He had been right, he made a good bagel it was delicious.
"Why not? Your single right?" she nodded in answer to his question unable to answer with a mouthful of food "You're not with that Jay guy?"
Lexi swallowed and took a sip of her coffee "That Jay guy is my partner and no we're strictly professional, but it doesn't matter I don't date Shay's friends."
They both heard the front door close and waited for Shay to enter the kitchen, "I'm so sorry" Shay threw her coat over an empty bar stool and grabbed Kelly's bagel, taking a huge bite.
"Hey!" Kelly whined taking back his half-eaten breakfast "right just for that tell your sister to go out with me"
Shay looked at her sister and nodded towards Kelly. "Go out with him"
"Really? You always hated me dating your friends, after Theo you made me vow to never date your friends again"
"Yeah, I know but this is Kelly. I know you'd be good together, plus you both love me and wouldn't do anything to screw it up right?" she widened her eyes looking from one to the other to emphasise her point.
A smug grin hung on Kelly's lips, "See"
"Just because she approves doesn't mean I'll go out with you" Lexi told him as her cell phone chimed in her pocket, notifying her she had a message, retrieving it she read the message from Voight. "I've got to go" She jumped off the stool, took the last bite of her bagel and kissed Shay on the cheek.
"Hey, what about me?" Kelly asked tapping his cheek. Lexi rolled her eyes at his audacity but obliged and kissed his cheek before walking out. "To be continued" Kelly called after her.
"Shay, Shay, Shay" Kelly called chasing after her in the corridor of Firehouse 51, he caught up with her before she made it to the locker room.
Shay stopped and turned to face her best friend "What's up? I need to get ready I'm going to be late"
"About that" Kelly began "let me have your ticket?"
"What?" Shay chuckled "why?"
"I've been trying to convince Lexi to go out with me for like a week now and she keeps refusing. This way she won't have a choice!" Kelly pleaded his case "come on for me"
Shay laughed at him "no way, Lexi would kill me" she began walking towards the locker room.
Kelly caught her arm stopping her pace. "Please, I'll do your laundry for a month!"
Shay peered at him, he really wanted this, "I want a hundred bucks too, the tickets weren't cheap!"
Kelly pulled his wallet from his back pocket, took a hundred-dollar bill from it and Shay snatched it from him putting it in her jacket pocket. Kelly kissed her cheek walking past her to the locker room to change, "just so you know I'd have paid two hundred and done your laundry for two months" he told her. Shay shook her head at him laughing, all this for a date.
Lexi stood in the locker room applying lip gloss in the mirror that hung on the inside of her locker door. She was rushing, Shay would be arriving to pick her up in less than twenty minutes. Lexi tipped her head upside down, ruffled her hair to give it some volume, then stood back up and began spraying hair spray in her hair, it would have to do as would the make-up she had applied in the poorly lit locker room. Her and Shay had dinner reservations and theatre tickets, they couldn't be late.
Her phone began to ring, she saw it was Shay on the caller I.D, she ignored it, she was probably calling to say she was outside and to hurry her ass up. Lexi threw her phone in to her bag, took the knee-length black figure-hugging dress from the hanger and stepped in to it. She pulled it up over her shoulders as she walked out of the locker room carrying her shoes.
Whistles and shouts of "Damn!" greeted her as she walked on to the floor of the Intelligence Unit. "Shut up and someone zip me up!" Lexi told them pulling her hair out of the way of the zip so Dawson who was stood closest to her could fasten her dress. Lexi held on to Antonio and stepped in to her 4-inch purple stiletto heels.
"You look amazing" Jay told her from his desk
"Thank you" her phone chimed in her pocket again signifying she had a voicemail message, "I've got to go" she told them waving over her shoulder as she walked down the stairs.
"See you at Molly's later?" Jay called after her.
"Probably."
Lexi made it through reception and out of the main precinct door without too many comments or leering looks. Lexi stood at the top of the steps looking for Shay's car. She scanned the line of parked vehicles and stopped when she saw Kelly Severide leaning on the bonnet of his Black Camaro a bouquet of white roses in his hand wearing a suit and tie. He had clearly been watching her the whole time, waiting for her to notice him. They made eye contact and Kelly waved the bouquet at her.
Lexi descended the stairs and walked to him. "Wow, you look amazing" He told her looking at her from head to toe.
"Where's Shay?" Lexi enquired approaching him.
Kelly offered her the roses explaining, "She sends her sincerest of apologises but she can't make it. One of the medics for the next shift were running late, she agreed to cover for them" Lexi accepted the flowers smelling them. "She knew how much you wanted to see the show and didn't want you to miss out, so she asked me if I'd take you. Of course, it took a lot of convincing on her part and she owes me like a hundred favours" Kelly joked.
Lexi shook her head "I will kill her when I see her!"
"Come on" Kelly stood up straight and held his arm for her take it "I promise I will be on my best behaviour, you might even have some fun!" he told her escorting her to the passenger side of the car.
"Maybe I should go back and get my taser"
Kelly laughed opening the car door for her "Kinky, I like it."
"Oh god" Lexi groaned laughing as she got in to the car, "what am I getting myself in to?" she asked as Kelly walked around the car and got in to the driver's seat. "Just for the record, this isn't a date!"
Kelly sniggered "we'll see"
"You were totally crying" Lexi teased Kelly as they walked back to his car after leaving the theatre.
Kelly shook his head chuckling at her teasing him "I had something in my eye"
Lexi had had fun with Kelly. Their conversation at dinner had flowed, he had asked her questions and seemed genuinely interested in her answers, Lexi had tried asking questions about him which he had half answered then steered the conversation elsewhere.
"oh, I see the big, strong fireman can't admit he has emotions" Lexi laughed as they walked through the parking lot towards his car.
Kelly jogged a little in front of her reaching the car before she did, so he would be able to open the door for her. Lexi stood beside him waiting for him to open the door, "I'll admit I was crying, if you admit this was a date"
Lexi stopped laughing but her smile didn't fade, "Okay Severide" She leant against the car facing him "I had fun tonight" she leaned in and kissed him, pulling away she whispered "and it was a date" she wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him in to her she kissed him again "and now there's nothing I want more than…" she kissed him passionately as he held her by the waist, his hands roamed to her ass and he squeezed. She could feel him getting excited, she pulled out of the kiss and said, "to take off these damn shoes!"
Kelly laughed, a proper laugh from the stomach laugh. "Tease" he chuckled opening the car door for her.
"What you think dinner and a show and I'm all yours?" Lexi got in to the car "Please, it takes more than that to get all of this!"
"And I'm more than willing to find out exactly what it does take" he kissed her before closing the door.
Kelly held the door of Molly's open for Lexi to enter then followed her in. Shay and Casey were sat at the bar talking to Gabby who was cleaning glasses.
Lexi kissed Shay's cheek and greeted Matt and Gabby as Kelly shook Matt's hand and ordered a beer and a Gin and Tonic from Gabby. "I take it from the kiss on the cheek I'm not in trouble for the match making?" Shay asked Lexi taking a sip of her vodka soda.
"No trouble, I had fun" Lexi admitted to her, smiling at Kelly who stood on the other side of Casey leaning on the bar waiting for Gabby to serve their drinks. "How was the rest of your shift? What time did you manage to get away?"
"Rest of my shift?" Shay asked as Kelly walked around Matt to give Lexi her drink.
"Ah crap" Kelly smirked putting his arm around Lexi's waist and pulling her in to him "I may have told a little white lie, Shay didn't have to work"
Shay laughed "is that what he told you?" Kelly began to laugh knowing he had been caught out "He paid me a hundred dollars and agreed to do my laundry for a month if I gave him my ticket!"
"Is that so?" Lexi asked looking at Kelly.
"It was totally worth it too" Kelly confirmed leaning in and kissing Lexi.
"And hey" Lexi whined looking at her sister, "you sold me short, I'm worth at least two hundred"
Shay laughed "that's exactly what he said"
Jay glanced at his partner riding shotgun, she was looking down at her cell phone, grinning from ear to ear and chewing her bottom lip. "You know your going to have to hide that smile when we get to the victims house" Jay advised her.
Lexi laughed, cleared her throat and clicked the lock button on her phone before putting it in her lap. She felt like a teenager, giddy and giggling at her phone.
"Severide?" Jay questioned.
Lexi peeked at him quickly, his expression was tense, "Maybe" she replied, "Jealous?"
"You know I am" Jay admitted not taking his eyes off the road. "But its nice to see you smiling, I want you to be happy." Jay sincerely meant it, he wanted her to be happy, he liked to see her smiling, even if he wasn't the reason behind the smile.
Lexi felt like shit, she knew she shouldn't be throwing Kelly in his face, but she also needed him to understand they were partners and friends, nothing more.