It's a bit shorter but I just wanted to get it uploaded as I am continuing with this story but another idea came to me so I have two stories being written at the same time.

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"Matt?" He called worried.

"Kelly?" Matt replied drunkly laughing "You come to join me?"

"No, your going home..." Kelly muttered grabbing Matt's arm and leading him back to his car where he shoved him into the passenger seat where he fell asleep immediately, Kelly then drove back to his own penthouse and carried Matt inside where he put him down on the couch.

"Kelly?" A tired Shay asked.

"Hey Leslie, he just got out of hospital and I find him stumbling out of a bar" Kelly said holding up his hands in defeat.

"Drunk? That won't feel good tomorrow with the painkillers he's most likely on"

"Will it be dangerous?" Kelly began to worry.

"He should be fine, he'll just be in pain for a little while."

"Well, lets try and get some sleep then we can check on him in the morning" Kelly said moving towards the stairs.

The next day, Kelly was awoken by a scream, he quickly ran down the stairs to see Matt sitting up on the couch clutching his chest.

"Matt? Matt you ok? SHAY!" Severide shouted kneeling down next to Matt.

"What's going on Kel... Matt?" She replied coming down the stairs noticing Matt. "Told you the alcohol would counter-act the painkillers he's on"

"What can we do?" Severide asked as Matt laid his head back on the couch breathing heavily with his eyes closed.

"I'm fine" Matt muttered

"No your not! You just had surgery yesterday to fix a tear in your lung, you went and got drunk so you cannot have any painkillers until it's out of your system!" Shay shouted.

"Can we do anything Shay?" Kelly asked.

"No, he's just in a lot of pain but painkillers won't work due to the alcohol. Now I'm going to get ready for work" Shay said walking off.

"I'm... going home" Matt said standing up from the couch.`

"No! Your in pain you can't be alone right now" Severide said getting in Matt's way.

"Get out of my way!" Matt said pushing past and walking out onto the street. Once again he did not have his car. Somehow he made it back to his house where he went upstairs and collapsed onto the bed. Severide got ready for work and left with Shay for the firehouse.

A few hours into shift he spotted Matt walking up to the doors to greet the chief. He also noticed the pink slip folded in his pocket. Casey and Boden walked to Boden's office. Severide waited outside until they exited shaking hands. Casey quickly walked off but Boden remained, pink slip in hand.

"Chief?" Severide asked approaching.

"Severide?" Boden responded aggressively.

"What's going on with Casey? Severide asked.

"Transfer as I think you know" Boden said glumly.

"Seriously? Where's he going?" Severide asked "Does his team know?"

"No idea yet and I'm telling them next shift" Boden replied before turning back to his office.

Severide went to his own office and placed his head in his hands. Casey was transferring. All the years they had worked together he hadn't pushed Casey for his true feelings. He knew when he was hiding something but with the Darden thing he wasn't bothered enough to try and work out what. He had noticed how he was never at social events but he didn't care. The three of them always went out for beer and met up outside of work, his team never had to ask him so it was ultimaetly his fault that Casey was home alone every night, but then again where was Hallie? Shouldn't she be hanging out with Casey?

"Hey Severide, you ok?" Hermann asked when Severide walked into the dining area.

"Yeah, hey um... Do you know what's going on between Casey and Hallie?" Severide asked cautiously.

"I have an idea" Cruz spoke up.

"An idea?" Severide questioned.

"Well he never leaves his office so he hasn't told us anything definate but from what I got I saw of Hallie they broke up" Cruz shrugged

"But they were engaged!" Severide replied

"Apparently not anymore..." Cruz said quietly.

"Ok, well when was the last time any of you met up with him outside of work?" Severide began to question.

"I don't think any of us have..." Hermann said realising what Severide was saying

"So is that why lieutenant is always in his office not with us any more and he never smiles any more... because outside of this firehouse he has no one?" Mills asked from behind the counter.

"We need to get this sorted" Hermann said

"Yes we do" Severide whispered under his breath as he left the room.

The rest of the shift passed slowly, only one call of a car crash.

A few days later Matt Casey's team was sitting in the dining room waiting for their lieutenant to return as he was officially allowed to return to work as his lung had fully healed.

"Where is he?" Hermann asked half an hour into shift "He's never this late"

"Maybe he had another day off, it's within his rights you know" Mouch said.

"Maybe..." Hermann whispered.

No body saw Casey for the rest of the shift, thinking he was just taking the day off. Severide barely spoke to anyone except when on calls. Chief Boden was trying to find a way to explain to his mean what was going on.

The end of shift came and the men were just walking out into the car park as Casey began to walk towards them.

"Your a little bit late Lieutenant" Cruz joked.

"Actually Joe, I'm right on time" Casey replied professionally as he continued to walk past. The use of his first name shocked him.

"Lieutenant?" Hermann asked.

"I'm no longer your Lieutenant so you can call me Matt" Casey replied half turning around.

"What's going on?" Mills asked.

"You haven't told them?" Casey asked Boden who had just left the building.

"No, not yet" Boden replied.

"Told us what?" Otis asked joining the conversation.

"Matt has put in for a transfer" Boden paused "But as no spots were currently available and he needed an immediate change he has swapped shifts with Lieutenant Whaley" All the men turned to look at Casey as he disappeared into the fire house.

"Chief? What's going on? Why does he want a transfer?" Hermann asked

"I do not know Christopher, I do not know" Boden muttered walking to his car glumly. All the men followed suit, slowly getting into their cars and driving away. Casey was standing behind the doors and watched sadly as one by one the cars pulled away and were quickly replaced with his new team.

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