Chapter 2

When they arrived on the scene the house was already in full blaze. Chloe and Adam watched as Matt and Severide went to Chief Boden to get the orders of what he wanted them to do. Before long both of the men the kids had known all their life had transformed before their eyes into the men that the other fire-fighters respected they were shouting orders and then they both went running to the building.

Chloe hated this part of her godfathers job, she had spent loads of time around the firehouse as a child and it didn't get any easier seeing Casey run into the burning building even though she knew from experience that he would soon emerge from the fire. The sound of radio going off brought her back to reality.

"May day may day I'm trapped in the basement" Chloe panic heightened for a while until she realised that the voice belonged to Kelly Severide, this didn't make it any better in her mind but at least Matt was safe. By this time Chief Boden had his breathing apparatus on and was ordering Hermann to go in with him, two others followed dragging a charged hose that was to be used to rescue Severide. Chloe's panic for both Casey and Severide was over when both men emerged from the building.

They were followed by the rest of team, "House is empty Chief" Capp stated in a deadpan tone.

"Arghhh" Severide let out a roar of frustration and kicked out at the trolley that was left outside the house. "1751, that's my badge number" He said to Casey whilst looking up at some graffiti on the wall.

"Its probably nothing, kids use numbers to tag all the time now." Casey replied, he then walked over to his goddaughter and gave her a hug, she broke down crying in his arms.

"I can't lose you as well Uncle Matt, not after I lost Dad just a few weeks ago and mum when I was born, you was the one constant in my life before we moved and I cant lose you again I just can't." She sobbed into Matt's turnout coat whilst he whispered soothing things in her ear, when she had calmed down she pulled away and he had to stifle a laugh. "Don't laugh at me Matt I'm serious I can't lose you as well!"

"No, no Chloe thats not what I'm laughing at its just you've spent two minutes sobbing into my turnout gear which has given you panda eyes from your makeup and the rest of your face is now covered in black soot." Matt responded softly.

With that the Rescue Squad Truck left with Adam waving out the window, "Later Losers" he shouted whilst blowing a raspberry at them much to the amusement of one Kelly Severide, Matt and Chloe laughed as well and she rode back to the fire station with Matt and rest of the Truck Company. When the Truck arrived back at the fire station Cruz drove it through the back doors so that it was facing the right direction for the next time they went out, the guys all kicked off their boots and turnout trousers, Casey hung his turnout jacket on the door of the truck and zipped on his fleece, he watched as the others went to the kitchen area and he went to his office to write up his report on the call.

CFD

Later that day the chief called everyone into the briefing room. "The state has decided to tighten its belts and 51 is up for closure so we're going to have to tighten ours." The general census from the house was they didn't really understand what that meant so the chief continued, " This means no side trips the states going to be monitoring everything including fuel." With that the chief gave a nod to his two Lieutenants and took his leave.

"What does that mean Uncle Matt? Are you going to lose your job? Does that mean the state will take us away from you because you won't be able to support us?" Chloe fired questions at Matt and Adam nodded in agreement.

"Guys it will be fine event if the state does close this house they have to find me another job at another house, and no-one will be able to take you away from me, I'm your legal guardian I'm not going anywhere." Matt replied and whilst this calmed Adams nerved it did nothing for Chloe who left the room trying not to cry, Matt went to follow her out but Severide got up off the chair he was sitting on.

"It's okay I'll go." He said on his way out and Matt nodded his head in thanks.

"What was that all about?" He said to Adam.

"Well whilst I cope pretty well on my own Chloe doesn't she always needs someone there to be able to unload on and she had Dad and that was fine until he died and because she's always spoken to a parent figure about her problems she wont talk to me, so she's struggling to come to terms with your dangerous job. She would never make you give it up and she is really proud of what you do but I don't think she can take losing another person she cares about, come to think of it I don't think I can either." Adam replied, Casey was taken back this was the first time that Adam had opened up about his feelings on losing their father Casey thought he was still coming to terms with it but he obviously kept his feelings bottled up to be strong for his sister. Deep down Casey was proud of his godson for what he had just opened up about and pulled him into a hug.

"I best go out and find your sister." He said as they pulled apart awkwardly, both still very aware of the men still sitting in the briefing room.

"Hey squirt." Kelly said as he approached Chloe who was sitting on one of the bunks in the sleeping quarters. "What's going on with you, why are you so worried about Matt? He's one of the best fire-fighters I've ever worked with and he will never leave you two."

"I know he won't ever leave us intentionally but Kelly you guys do such a dangerous job what if he dies in the line of duty, like Andy Darden or Mills dad. I want him to be there to scare off my boyfriends I want him to be the one to walk me down the aisle. And he won't be able to do that if he's dead."

"Chloe he loves the pair of you and he wants to do all of that stuff too, he was so cut up when you two and your dad left. He was so used to seeing you, and even I know you have fears of losing him but he has the same fears he's only just go over losing Hallie. When he enrols you in school tomorrow for the start of term it's going to be him worrying more than you because you're going to be in a school full of hormonal teenage boys and girls and it's a pretty cruel place" This seemed to calm Chloe down enough for Severide to pull her into a hug, she calms down even further when Casey sits down on the bunk on the other side of her and wrapped his arms around her awell. They are interrupted by Hermann coming in and shouting to Severide that his cars on fire. The three of them going running out onto the drive just in time to see Severide's pride and joy go up in a fireball.

CFD

Casey, Chloe and Adam walk out of the school and into the town centre to get the kids some supplies ready for school on the following Monday (Its Thursday now). They shop around for a while and pick up all the supplied that the kids will need before heading over to the mills family diner and getting their dinner.

When Elise bought Casey the bill he paid up and the three of them headed back to Casey's house to have a quiet evening in before his shift in the morning, Chloe and Adam were going to go with him for one final shift before starting school, they would then spend the days at school and the nights when Casey was on shift at the fire house.

Casey, Chloe and Adam spent the night watching Skyfall the newest James Bond movie, they spent the movie in silence Chloe and Adam thoroughly engrossed and Casey spent the time reflecting on how lucky he was to have the two teenagers in his life. He thought about having his own kids one day but unless he found someone after Hallie he didn't think that would happen so he was determined to make the most of bringing up his godchildren. As Casey was thinking of other mindless things he missed about being in a relationship the thought of Hallie in those pictures started to fade and was replace by Gabriela Dawson. Casey quick shook his head as if to rid himself of those thoughts, he couldn't be with Dawson could he?

CFD

Truck, Squad and the Ambulance had just pulled into the garage around 5o'clock the next day and the crews jumped out and took off their turnout gear, leaving it in the garage before continuing to the kitchen. Chloe and Adam looked up from what they were doing at the table to the sound of all the guys laughing.

"So had fun just hanging around did you Matt, it must be your weight Shay and I managed to get across that ladder just fine perhaps we should speak to the Chief about sorting out you wellness programme to make a bit lighter." Dawson teased.

"Well Dawson perhaps I should move to you just how light and in shape I am." Casey said and quick as a flash he whipped his shirt off to uncover the chiselled features of his chest. Chloe didn't miss Dawson looking her godfather up and down whilst biting her bottom lip but obviously he did because she looked away. "What this Dawson have I embarrassed you with my superior physique." Matt said sarcastically as he put his shirt back on.

Gabriela headed to the kitchen area to make some food for the guys. "Chloe you wanna help me?"

"Sure" Chloe replied walking over to meet Gabby in the kitchen area.

"So looking forward to School tomorrow?" Gabby asked.

"Yeah I guessed I just don't want to be the freak show with no parents that has to be looked after by her godfather."

"Hey no-one is going to judge you, they don't know you, to them you're just a new kid starting at school, you don't think you're brother has the same fears? You just have to be yourself and don't try to please anyone other than yourself it's a tough place high school but you're be okay. If you need to talk about anything I'm here for you, I know you have matt but he's not going to want to hear about girl problems so I'm your girl with a little help from Shay of course." Dawson replied hoping that she wasn't to fiery with her answer.

The dinner went off without a hitch and there were no calls so for the kids last dinner with everyone before they start school it was a peaceful one, like a family dinner should be. Afterwards Adam went and sat on the couches with Truck and Squad crew whilst Chloe sat at the table with Shay and Dawson playing card games.

"Truck 81 Ambulance 61 Single Car Accident 87th Avenue". Dawson and Shay shared a glance with each other before getting up and leaving the table and the guys from truck let out a groan, they ran off to the truck . Adam still thought it was pretty cool to run off to whatever the day may hold for you and he hadn't told Matt that he wasn't going to bother college and instead he was going to enter the Fire Academy, for as long as he could remember he'd always wanted to be a fire fighter, when he was growing up his heroes had been Casey and Severide.

Around an hour later the Ambulance came back and parked in the garage shortly followed by the truck, Matt walked over to Chloe and Adam and knelt down in front of them. "Guy our little family has just got a little bit bigger, unfortunately that call we just responded to was Heather Darden's car she's facing a DUI charge and Ben and Griffin are going to have to come and live with us."

As soon as Matt had got up so he wasn't blocking the way Adam stormed out of the room...

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