Chapter 4

The door bell rang and Matt had to get up. "Can you stay with these two for a while." Matt asked Adam before leaving the room to answer the door. The sight that greeted him wasn't one he expected.

Kelly Severide, the bad ass lieutenant of Firehouse 51 was standing on his porch with tears running down his face and a create of beer under one arm. "The baby isn't mine Matt, Renee has left me and I don't know what to do."

"You best come in man, take a seat on the couch I'll get the kids to chose a takeaway and order it." Severide walked into Matt's house and sat himself down on the end of the couch closet to Matt's favourite arm chair. "Kids! Get down here and order some takeaway, it's your choice but make sure there is enough for me and Severide." Matt called up the stairs, "Oh and don't come in the front room yet me and Kelly need to have a chat." Matt went into his living room shutting the door behind him and sat down in his arm chair.

"What do I do Matt. The baby isn't mine and I was so looking forward to being a dad. You've got Chloe and Adam and this was going to be my chance to prove I can settle down and not be like my Dad and take flight at commitment."

"Severide, you will get another chance to be a Dad, I'm sure, in fact I know that Shay still wants a baby, I'm assuming you're going to move back in with her. If not there's plenty of room on that couch because you're certainly not sharing a bed with me!" Casey laughed, but the look Severide gave him told him this wasn't a time for joking around.

"I just wanted to have a little family Matt, I mean you know what's that like right because Hallie didn't want to have kids and you did."

"That's right but this is totally different circumstances, I never thought Hallie was pregnant with my child unlike Renee with you. And you know what these kids here they look up to you like a father figure just as much as they do me. The difference is you can give them back to me when they get to much. And Kelly one day you'll make a brilliant dad."

Severide took a depth intake of breath to clear his nose where he had been crying and tried his hardest to smile at his friend. "You know what Matt you're right just because this didn't work out doesn't mean I'm never going to be a dad. Thanks for listening to me go on and crying and all that. Right where this takeout I'm starving? Do you want a beer?"

Matt laughed at his oldest friend " Sure I'll take one of your beers after all you bought them into my house would be rude not too." Matt took the beer out of Severide's hand. "You know if you need to unload anytime you can always talk to me and if that's not what you need we can always go down the gym and take to the ring."

"Cheers Matt that means a lot to me man."

The rest of the evening was spent with Casey and Severide taking the mick out of Chloe for her first ever date, Severide said he too wanted to meet the guy but like Matt had told her earlier he couldn't promise to frighten him off. Once the kids had gone to bed Matt and Kelly sat on the couch and watched the highlights of the day's game. When it got late Severide called Shay to come and get him.

Once he heard Shay sound the horn on the car he got up off the couch and thanked Matt once again and wrapped him into a manly hug before walking out the door and into Shays car to go home.

CFD

The next morning Matt was helping Ben to do his trainers, when Griffin entered the lounge kicking his bag forcefully in front of him. "Griffin stop kicking you're bag you'll smash your lunch." Matt Said Sternly. "You guys know the drill right my sister Christie will pick you up from school today and you'll stay at hers tonight whilst I'm on shift, tomorrows a big day. So I'm going to pick you up from school early." Matt said as he lifted Ben off the couch.

"I told you I'm not going!" Griffin yelled.

"Griffin remember out chat from the other day outside the firehouse." Adam said he had come down the stairs as Griffin yelled at Matt. "Matt, Chloe wants to see you upstairs we've been talking about some stuff and she has an idea she'd like to run past you." Matt nodded and just as he was about to leave the room Griffin launched another almighty kick at his bag and it went flying across the room.

"Griffin! I'm picking you up early tomorrow and that's the end of it."

Matt climbed the stairs to Chloe's bedroom, she was sitting on her unmade bed packing her bag for school. Matt stood in the doorway for a while and watched her amazed she was so organised in her school life but her room was a complete mess.

"Hey, Adam said you wanted to talk to me." He alerted her to the fact he was there but she was still startled when he started to talk.

"Yeah, Matt I know things are a bit rough round here at the moment and we haven't exactly spent allot of time together, but Adam and I really really love you. At the moment you're the one constant in our lives and I guess what I'm trying to say is would you please adopt us and make us your kids officially."

"Chloe, I don't know what to say I'm honoured that you think of me as a father figure but please don't think I'm trying to replace your dad."

"No Matt we know you're not trying to replace him but we really want you to adopt us and make this official we think of you as our dad now even if we did rebel against your orders in the past."

"Okay, Okay, I'll look into it."

"No need I have the forms here" she said as she pulled a stack of papers from her bed.

Casey chuckled at her organisation once again. "C'mon lets get going or you'll be late for school. " Matt walked out of the door.

CFD

Later that day Casey approached Dawson in the garage area. "Hey, Shay could I steal Dawson from you for 10minutes I really need to talk to her."

"Heyy, you don't need to ask her permission I'm PIC on ambulance 61!" Gabby laughed before climbing off the rig and walking with Casey out to the front of the station. "So what's up?"

"Chloe and Adam have asked me to adopt them."

"Really Matt? That's great they already see you as a father figure now they want to make it official and you always wanted kids right, I know its not ideal but you at least get to have your own little family and maybe one day you'll still be able to add to it."

"I know all that Gabby, that's not what I'm worried about. They want me to adopt them now but what happens if a year down the line when it's the anniversary of their dads death they decide that they weren't ready to be adopted."

"They've asked you to adopt them that's a good sign Matt. I'm not saying go running into it like it's a burning building, give it time to vent and then broach the subject with them again see what they say."

"Yeah but..." Matt's reply was cut off by the alarm. "Truck 81, Engine 51, Squad 3, Ambulance 61, Battalion 25 building collapse." Gabby and Matt went running back into the station.

"Thanks for the chat Dawson." Casey shouted over to her as he pulled on his bunker gear.

A/N: Thought I would leave this chapter here we all know what goes on later in the story and I wanted to update for you guys. Will try to make sure the next chapter is longer. Oh and surprise I'm a fire-fighter in the UK so if things are named differently from in the episodes that's why, and also explains why it takes me a while to upload. Once again please review.