One of you pointed out that Erin wa shaving a beer during she and Kelly's 'fight' in the last chapter, although she had found out she was pregnant beforehand. My brain must have been somewhere else when I wote the line, sorry!

I've started my summer job, and it's exhaaaausting, so from now on it will be one chapter a week only. Enjoy!

"What?" He stared at her as if she had grown a second head. "You-you're...what?"

She would laugh if she was not as freaked out herself. She had known for a day only, and her mind had been a wreck ever since. A baby. She was pregnant, and it was Kelly's, the man she was in love with, so this far it was perfect. But they had only been together for eight freaking months.

Holy shit, she could feel her heart beating faster as each second went by and Kelly still wouldn't give her an answer.

His gaze was lost somewhere, and he wouldn't look at her. She did not know if he was shocked, or angry, or sad, or... God, he wasn't going to walk out on her, was he? Because she was not sure she could take it.

"Kelly," she grabbed his hand and squeezed it, desperately searching his eyes. "Please say something. If you're gonna leave just do it now so I don't-"

"What?" He snapped up, meeting her nervous eyes. Finally he responded by squeezing her hand. "No, no, I'm not going to leave. I just... this is a lot to take in."

She chuckled humorlessly, "You don't say."

He frowned, cupping her cheek with his hand. "Are you- Are you okay?"

She pulled away and ran a hand through her hair. "I-I don't know. I'm still in shock."

"But..." he started, almost afraid to say the words. "Are you going to keep it?"

"I-I think so," She attempted to let a small smile appear on her lips. "Since I found out, I've been scared shitless but now, thinking about getting rid of it makes me sick to my stomach. I mean, it's there, and we made it, us together, and we're both adults and I think we're mature enough to care for a child...and I love you, so.. I don't see why not?"

He cupped her neck and closed the gap between them, locking his lips with hers in a loving kiss. It lasted a few seconds, and when he pulled away he noticed she had tears in her eyes.

"What does that mean?" She asked, shakingly touching her lips with the tip of her fingers.

"It means that I agree with everything that you said, and even if I have no idea how I'm going to be a father, I'll be with you every step of the way."

She didn't know she had been holding back a sob but it escaped from her lips and he wrapped his arms around her, puling her against his chest. He pressed his lips to her forehead and tangled his fingers through her hair, never wanting to let her go.

"I was so scared of your reaction," she admitted. She wiped her tears away and blew out a breath.

"I would never leave you. I'm not that kind of guy, Erin," He insisted, grabbing her hand.

"I know," she said while nodding her head. "But part of me is so used to being left alone, so I couldn't help it."

He sat back against the couch and pulled her against his chest. "It's over now. You're never going to be alone."

They fell silence for a moment, until Erin looked up to meet his eyes with a sheepish smile. "It's a good thing we got a two bedroom apartment after all."

He couldn't help but smile as well, running his fingers up and down her back. "Yeah, it is. Did you get an appointment yet, with an OBGYN?"

He felt her nod against his chest. "I have an appointment on Monday."

"Shit, I'll be on shift," He muttered. "I can ask the chief to leave the firehouse for an hour but that means I'd have to tell him."

She shrugged. "Everyone is going to know at some point right? I need to tell Voight soon as well, maybe we can tell our superiors but hold off sometime to tell our colleagues? What do you think?"

He ran a finger through her hair. "Yeah, that's a good compromise."

On Monday, when Severide got to the firehouse for his shift, the first thing he did was go to the chief's office; He knocked on the door softly and waited for permission to enter the room.

"What can I do for you, Kelly?" Boden asked, pulling his glasses off and sitting back in his chair.

Sheepishly, Kelly bumped his fists together back and forth. "I wanted to ask you if I could take a leave of one hour this afternoon. I'll have my radio with me of course and will be ready if there's a call."

The chief frowned and motioned for him to sit down, which he did. "And may I ask you why you'd request such a thing, as one of the lieutenants in this firehouse."

Severide took a deep breath before locking eyes with the man in front of him. "I'm going to be a father," He blurted out, causing Boden to cock an eyebrow. "Erin found out she's pregnant and she has her first appointment this afternoon, and I'd really like to be there, Chief."

Boden was shocked, to say the least. He had heard of Severide's reputation among the house. Severide, the Womanizer, who slept with a lot of women but rarely had any relationship. And there he was, saying he was going to be a father.

"First of all," Boden started, standing up. Severide did the same as the older man rounded the corner. "Congratulations, Kelly." He added, extending his hand. Severide took it without any hesitation and smiled.

"Thank you, Sir."

"And you can go to that appointment, just make sure to be available at any time if a call comes in."

"Of course. Thank you Sir,"

He was about to leave when Boden called his name. Hand on the knob, Severide turned around. "Take good care of your family, alright?"

"Sure thing, Chief."

Kelly rushed through the hospital halls until he reached Erin's room. He knocked on the door and popped his head into the room.

"Hey, sorry I'm late," he said as he entered the room. Erin was laying down on the bed, no doctor in sight. "I was out on a call, just came back."

"It's okay," she said softly when he approached the bed. He bent down to give her a quick kiss. "We haven't started yet."

She rubbed her thumb above his eyebrow, where a trace of smoke was imprinted on his skin. "Bad fire?"

He shrugged. "Everyone got out alive."

The door opened and the doctor came in, rolling an ultrasound machine in with her. "Hello Erin, how are you feeling?" She asked with a smile.

"Okay, I guess."

She smiled at the younger woman and turned to Kelly. "And you must be the father."

He extended his hand with a smile. "Kelly Severide."

"I'm doctor Harper, nice to meet you. So let's get this party started. Let's see how far along you are." She lifted Erin's shirt and applied some cold gel. An image appeared on the screen, but neither Severide or Lindsay could make out anything on it. But when a soft thumping began to fill the room, they were both taken aback.

"And that's your baby's heartbeat," The doctor added, but obviously the couple had figured that out by the look on their faces. Kelly grabbed Erin's hand and squeezed gently, sharing a soft smile with her. "Everything looks good, from the size of the baby, I'd say you are about 3 weeks along, so it means the baby due date should be around the 4th of February."

"So everything's okay?" Kelly asked, snapping his eyes from the monitor screen to the doctor's.

"Everything looks good. But the baby is very small as of right now, when you come back to do your three-month check up, we'll be able to see more. Would you like me to print a picture?"

"Yes, please," Erin answered, pulling out of her trance.

"Truck 81, squad 3, ambulance 61, car wreck, Lexington Avenue." Severide silenced his radio and threw an apologetic look at Erin. "I'm sorry, I gotta go."

"It's fine." She assured him with a smile. "I'll see you tomorrow night." They shared a quick kiss and Severide awkwardly waved at the doctor before leaving the room. Once he was gone, she looked at Erin.

"Firefighter?"

"Huh-huh."

"How is that, having a boyfriend with a dangerous job?"

Erin shrugged. "You get used to it. But there's still that aching feeling in the pit of my stomach every time he's called on a fire."

And now he was not just her boyfriend, he was the father of her baby, too.

"What's going on, Kelly?" Shay asked Severide as she caught him up when they got back from a minor call. He looked at her with knitted eyebrows.

"What do you mean?"

She rolled her eyes. "Don't get me wrong, it's just you're acting all giddy and smiley, I'm kinda worried."

"Ha ha," he shoved her shoulder as he kept walking toward his quarters. He stopped, buried his hands in his pockets, a sheepish smile appearing on his lips. "Can you keep a secret for a little while?"

She nodded. "Shoot."

"Erin is pregnant."

Shay's eyes grew so big that Kelly thought they would pop out of her head. "No. Freakin'. Way! Are you serious?!"

He ran a hand over his face, shaking his head as if the news hadn't really set in yet. "We...We went to get an ultrasound this morning. I'm going to be a father."

Shay shook her head with a dazzled smile. "Oh my god! I'm so happy for you!" She pulled him into a bone-crushing hug, causing him to laugh before wrapping his arms around her. She pulled back afterwards and placed a finger on his chest. "Hold on, I'm going to be the godmother, right?"

"Oh boy," he muttered. "We only found out yesterday, Shay. Give us sometime."

"Please," she scoffed. "I'm so going to be the godmother. How do you feel anyway?"

He shrugged. "Scared out of my mind? Excited? Somewhere in between."

"You're gonna be great. This kid will be lucky to have you and Erin as its parents, believe me. God, you're going to be a father! I cannot believe it."

She had been tossing around in bed for the last fifteen minutes, he was about to give up and go sleep on the couch.

"Are you awake?" She whispered in the darkness, settling on her back. He rolled his eyes. Thankfully, she couldn't see that.

"Barely." He muttered back.

"I can't go to sleep."

He sighed, "It's difficult to sleep when you talk."

"I keep thinking about stuff."

"Then stop thinking about stuff."

He closed his eyes, trying to go back to sleep. He heard her roll on her side, and then she tapped him on the shoulder. Once, twice. Sigh.

"Aren't you curious about what I'm thinking?"

He took a deep breath. "Huh-huh," He rolled on his back and faced her.

"What do you think everybody's gonna say when they find out?"

He rubbed his eyes. He was so goddamn tired. "I think everyone will be happy for us."

"You're probably right. Still I think we shouldn't tell anybody until a couple weeks."

He turned his head to look at her. "Um, I might have said something to Shay."

She lifted her head off her pillow with raised eyebrows. "You might have said something to Shay? Kelly, everybody at Molly's must know by now."

He chuckled and ran his hand up and down her arm. "I told her to keep her mouth shut for now. Have you mentioned something to Voight?"

"God, no. I need to build up to that one. I might wait until he's in high school."

He cocked an eyebrow, locking eyes with her. "He?"

"Or she. But I feel like I would be better at the mother-son relationship."

"We'll be alright."

"Yeah?"

He leaned over and pressed his lips to hers. "Yeah. Can I go to sleep now?"

She nodded. "Sorry."

"Oh, I should be relieved, you still haven't requested any weird cravings in the middle of the night yet."

She hit his chest. "Don't worry, it'll come."

Erin took a deep breath as she crossed the room at Intelligence to get to Voight's office. She raised her hand and knocked softly.

"Come in," she heard Voights muffled voice. She opened the door a little, popping her head in the space.

"Can I talk to you for a minute?" The older man nodded and invited her to take a seat. He then leaned back into his chair, folding his hands over his chest.

"What's up?"

She had rehearsed this moment in her mind since she had left home that morning. But right then, her voice was nowhere in sight.

"Erin?"

She reached in the inside pocket of her jacket and pulled out the ultrasound picture from the morning, setting it on the desk that separated them.

"How do you feel about being a grandfather?"

Fuck, that was the lamest thing she had ever said. Must have been the hormones of something. She was supposed to go in there, tell him she was pregnant and that he couldn't do anything about it, that he could not fire her. But, like a coward, she decided to use their family tide, and threw a set of puppy dog eyes on top of it for good measure.

Voight's eyes went back and forth between the picture and the woman he considered his daughter. "Is this a joke? Because I don't have time for this."

She shook her head. "I found out two days ago. Went to the doctor to confirm it."

"Is it Severide's?"

She rolled her eyes. "Of course it is, why would you even ask me that?"

Voight sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "So you're keeping it?"

"Yes, I'm keeping it. It might be surprising to you, or even to me, but ever since I found out, I can't stop imagining holding it in my arms and having a family with Kelly. I know we haven't been together that long but when it's the right person you know it, right? You're the one who told me that."

Voight pursed his lips before speaking, "So you're happy?"

"Very happy," Erin answered without hesitation. "Long gone is the Lindsay you met in the streets, Hank. I can do this. Kelly and I can do this."

"Alright," He said. "Then I'm happy for you," He stood up and opened his arms. "C'here."

Erin stood up and accepted his hug. "So that means no more going undercover for you." She groaned against his chest and pulled back.

"This is gonna suck. Can I at least scare the damn bastards in the interrogation room?"

He smirked. "That you can do."

She tilted her head to the side. "It means so much to me that you're okay with this."