Cruz stopped in front of the office of the therapist where Otis had had physical therapy. Now after a week, they gradually got into therapy to get him back on his feet. All he wanted was to get back at work as soon as possible, but with his leg hurting so much during the therapy, he was concerned it was going to take a while.

''Everything alright?'' Cruz asked concerned as Otis sat down in the car.

''Yeah. Yeah it went well.'' Otis said but it didn't sound to convincing.

''What is wrong?''

''I don't know. Just want to get back to work tomorrow. But I can't and I know that.'' Otis said a bit upset.

''You will be able to get back when you are recovered.'' Cruz said when he started driving.

''I know, I know. I don't know why I am upset. Just a bad day. I guess.'' Otis said, looking out of the window. As they were driving, the houses past and all he wanted, was to get home and walk home. His leg just hurt so much.

He didn't want to drown into self pity, but he couldn't help but wonder why all bad luck always seemed to hit him. And even more, he had tried to get into contact with Sylvie, but after their awkward conversation in the hospital and her almost ignoring him in Molly's, nothing had happened. Not that he had expected, he just hoped that getting shot finally would give him the luck that he had been hoping for for so long, but even now he just wondered what was going to happen now and when something good would finally come his way.

''Still drowning in self pity?'' Cruz asked as he looked aside at Otis.

''Yeah.'' Otis sighed.

''I am sorry you always had this bad luck, but pitying yourself is not going to help you.''

''Yeah, I know.'' Otis said then and he knew Cruz was right, he just didn't seem to be able to get out of this lousy feeling.

At a mechanic shop close by, Thom Miller looked as his old friend pushed his motor bike inside.

''Hey.'' Kelly Severide said he pushed his motor bike into the shop.

''Well well, what did you do now!'' the mechanic asked as he walked into the shop.

''Sorry Thom, got some work for you.'' Kelly said as he stopped then, putting the bike against the wall and pointed at all the scratches on the side.

''That is not good looking, but I will fix it.'' Thom said as he inspected the bike.

''Yeah, had a bit of an accident.''

''Sorry man, heard what happened at your firehouse. Looks like it has been a shitty week for you.''

''They didn't scratch up my ride.'' Kelly said then, knew it was all to blame on himself.

''Oh please tell me you didn't go drinking and fell with your bike.''

''You know me better than most people.'' Kelly admitted, scratching his neck. Yesterday night after drinking a few drinks to many, he had made a sharp turn on his bike, too stubborn not to go on his bike and fell down. The whole side of his fast baby was scratched up now.

''Man man man. You know what, it is going to be just a paint job. It's on me. Just figure it out and don't go drinking, okay?'' Thom said.

''Thanks, I appreciate...and I am going back to shift tomorrow, sure it is all going to be fine.'' Kelly assured him.

Matt looked as Gabby walked into his room.

''Are you sure?'' She asked worried.

''Not going to collapse, I promise.'' He said then and she helped him up from the bed. Taking it much slower than the other time they walked and Matt even sat down along the way.

But she was just so proud that he was doing it and that he was taking it easy this time.

They walked slow, but for a while and she just hoped that he would get his stamina up again.

Later, when she returned him to his bed he seemed floored.

''Is your heart okay?'' She asked concerned.

''It feels...alright.'' He panted. She figured everything was going to cost him energy now and drain him, but she was just glad he seemed to be okay now. His heart was still beating fast, but he didn't seem too worried, so neither was she.

Laying back on the bed, he panted for a minute, his hand on his chest, but his breathing seemed to stabilize now.

Moving closer to him, she saw he looked at her concerned.

''What is wrong?'' She asked worried.

''Well...you are going back to shift tomorrow and I really wonder how that will go for all of you.'' He mumbled.

''Me too. It's going to be weird, but maybe it is good to go back. To get the elephant out of the room, so to speak.'' She said. She looked at his chest then. The dressings were gone now and right in the middle of his chest there was a scar from the surgery.

Carefully she traced the line over his chest.

''I am just worried about all of you.'' He admitted then.

''It is going to be fine, I promise.'' She said then, caressing his hand and kissing him then. Slowly they started to make out. The monitor he was still attached to suddenly went up and Gabby smirked for a second.

''Be careful now, or the nurses will know.'' He whispered with a smile, but she kissed him again. Finally she let go of him and looked in his eyes.

''It's gonna be fine.''

''I know. Soon I will be there too again.'' He mumbled with a smile, still caressing her hand.

''Yeah, you better.'' She smiled then but with him walking around today, she was sure that he wasn't going to be off shift for long.

Danny Borelli walked to the kitchen for a midnight snack, almost jumping when he suddenly saw somebody sitting on the couch.

''hey, not in bed yet? Early morning tomorrow!'' Danny said as Jimmy was still watching TV.

''Nah.'' Jimmy shrugged, grabbing the bottle of beer beside him and Danny frowned.

''Drinking beer before shift is not really smart?''

''because I am not going.'' Jimmy said.

''Well then you have to go talk to the CFD. You can't just bail out.'' Danny said strict.

''I don't care. I thought this job was all I ever wanted, that we were saving people and we weren't able to save somebody and almost lost multiple of our own!''

''And that is bad and it shouldn't have happened. But you can't keep hiding from it all. You need to step up and leave the job or go back to shift tomorrow and honestly, I think you need to go back to shift. It is not easy what happened but it is not easy for anybody that was there and together you will get through it. I am sure.'' Danny said.

''Maybe.'' Jimmy said, wanting to walk away but his brother cornered him.

''Listen Jimmy. I know it is not easy, but you need to go back to shift tomorrow and it will be okay, I am sure. You are part of a house that looks out for each other and they will help you through it. Running away from it won't make it any better.''

''Yeah. Okay.'' He said then, finally pushing past Danny and into his room, still not sure what to do about tomorrow.


NOTE: Things are not going well for most of them and how will it go now the first shift is coming up?

Thank you so much for reading this chapter and please let me know what you think by leaving a review! Really want to know what you think and the last chapter doesn't seem to received well so I am really concerned here if something is wrong!