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Chapter 2

"So what you doing here?" Nora asked as they walked to the truck bay.

Mills gave her a slight smile grabbing his gym bag tighter. "I'm the new candidate on 81."

"That's fantastic. We've been waiting for you!" Joe said grinning as he slightly turned around.

"Really? Great!" Peter said, looking around the garage.

Nora smiled as Cruz just rambled, not really letting the poor kid talk. "So Peter Mills, is it?"

"Peter. Well actually Pete."

Nodding his head, the driver of 81 showed their new candidate around, pointing out the important things of the station. "So gym's through there. Uh there's a TV in the kitchen, but the satellite's busted."

"Yeah, and none of these men were able to fix it so we could enjoy some television." Nora chimed in, earning a playful glare from her friend.

Cruz pulled her closer with his arm around her shoulder, causing Peter to blush slightly and give them an awkward look. He scratched the back of his head and cleared his throat, not really wanting to look at the pair of them.

"Uh, we got the equipment room." Joe pointed beside him and then awkwardly turned around pointing at the group of men sitting at a table in the bay. "Rescue Squad A-holes, they think they own that table."

Kelly glanced briefly over at the trio. Nora knew there always had been a kind of playful rivalry between Squad 3 and Truck 81, but ever since Andy's accident it was nearly hostile.

"Well if you boys would excuse me, I have to get some sweets for our guests out." Nora said, taking her leave from Mills and Cruz.

She walked past the Squad table catching the eyes of Severide, who then turned back to his magazine. But before she finally left through the door to the break room/kitchen, the blonde turned back to the four men sitting there.

"Would you guys care for some food?"

Hadley, Capp and Tony, the driver, all nodded their heads, while their Lieutenant still only looked down at the magazine.

Sighing, the young woman shook her head and went into the kitchen, getting the food ready for their lunch. Casey had asked her before if she needed the help, but Nora declined, wanting to be the only one in the kitchen.

That was her area of expertise without having visited culinary school. Even after such a hard time, the team members still found comfort in sitting at the table and enjoying Nora's food creations.

She took off her flower print flats, loving the feel of moving barefoot on the cold floor, and rolled up the sleeves of her light gray shirt. Putting her hair up into a ponytail so it wouldn't get in the way, Nora started cooking the vegetables and getting the beef ready to cook in the oven.

Once she had finished with that, the blonde went to the fridge and took out the mini cupcakes she had made for the group of children that visited the station that day.

Nora always loved working with the kids, because she saw in their eyes that they looked up to the men and women risking their lives at that job every minute of every day, to her the meaning of a true hero.

She took the sweets outside to the second bay where Otis was telling the class about their job, but to her surprise it wasn't Brian that stood there, but Peter. The blonde put the tray down on the table next to the door and leaned against the frame, crossing her arms, watching as the candidate told them about the pass alarm that every firefighter had on their bunkers so they could get found by their team.

As he was done, she took the tray again and walked over to the children. "Hey, that was amazing, Peter Mills." she said smiling. "Don't you think so too?"

The kids nodded their heads and thanked the dark skinned young man and applauded him for his lessons.

"Well now that we are done here today at the station, I got you all some treats because you guys have been the awesomest class I've ever seen her at 51."

They jumped up and ran over to the blonde, each taking one of the baked goods and thanking her for it, before joining their teacher where they had been only seconds before.

"Thank you Ms. Herrmann, I really appreciate the gesture." The teacher said, smiling softly at Nora and then ushered the kids back to their places, glad that she got something for them.

Glancing over at Peter, Herrmann's niece grinned and put her hand on his shoulder. "Well, you just did your first of many class encounters." she said, walking back to the doorway before she stopped and turned to him. "And you did a great job, really."

Kelly watched her leave again. He had tried to talk to her, knowing that Nora had had a tough time, too, not only with Andy's death. Taking a deep breath he went back to his card game and listening to Peter telling the kids more about the station

"Throw in for the cooking club!" her uncle voice called through the break room, making everyone stand up and give some money for her to spend on the food she cooked for the station. "Hey short arms, long pockets."

Shaking her head, Nora cleaned her hands on the rag she used to pull out the beef. "Uncle C stop it."

"How'd Herrmann get the chef job?" Vargas asked after he had put down his money, sitting at the table behind Mouch who was currently reading the newspaper sitting on the couch.

"No gag reflex. But the chef job still belongs to our sweet Nora." the oldest firefighter on the Truck said, turning around and smiling at the blond.

Casey walked up and did the same as everyone, pulling out some money and giving it to her uncle, while she prepared their lunch. "Otis! Who's giving the tour?"

"Candidate." he replied, sitting down at the table.

Nora laughed softly causing them both to turn to her. "Well he did a really good job, if you ask me. And I even think the kids liked him a bit better than Otis."

Grinning, the blonde went back to the veggies and the beef before Matt or Brian could say anything else.

The lieutenant of Truck 81 left the kitchen and searched for his new crew member. Nora followed after him, knowing that something was to go down if both, Severide and Casey were there.

She could here the alarm going off, as Peter demonstrated it.

"That's loud, isn't it?" he asked and she could see the kids nodding their heads, as she came to stand next to Matt, who gave her a questioning look.

Nora just shrugged her shoulders, listening again to Mills story.

"This house is special because it has a Rescue Squad. Squad 3 serves a big piece of the city." he explained and everyone looked over at the table where Kelly and the rest of his team sat at. "They're experts at water rescue, extraction, pretty much everything. They're like the best of the best."

Rolling her eyes, Herrmann's niece leaned against the door frame, knowing that Peter was currently inflating the already big ego of Lieutenant Kelly Severide and his Squad team some more.

"Why aren't you with them?" one girl of the class asked.

Mills was a bit taken aback, but got back on track with his answer. "Well, I mean, I plan to be. My father was a member of the Squad years ago."

That was when Matt jumped in. "Mills, right?"

Peter turned his attention over to the Truck Lieutenant and Nora let out a soft groan. "Here we go." she whispered to herself, making the teacher raise her eyebrows at her.

"Last to show, first to go. That's the Rescue Squad." Casey said, pointing over at Kelly, who turned his chair around.

The dark haired Lieutenant rearranged his cards as he spoke for the first time in a while that day. "You truck guys do such a good job getting everything ready for us. Why would we want to take that away from you?" he finished looking over at Casey.

Laughing, Matt continued with his childish argumentation against the Squad team. "Kids, you should know they make that rescue helmets extra big to fit their heads inside."

Not missing a beat, Kelly made his move, too, Nora and Peter staring in disbelief at the two grown men. "There are two types of firefighters. Those who are on squad and those who wish they were on squad."

Pointing over at Casey, Severide grinned down at the kids, who couldn't quite follow the argument between the two. And if Nora was truthful she couldn't blame them, it was a hard task for her, too.

Matt oohed, rolling his eyes, while Nora gave Peter the sign to lead the kids away before the scene between the bull heads Matt and Kelly escalated.

"Come on, kids." he said and led them out and away from the bay as Nora threw the teacher an apologetic look.

Bet I get an application from him by the end of the month." Kelly said.

Matt threw a sour look at the dark haired man in front of him, wishing to knock his grin off of his face. "If he wants you, you can have him."

"Can't you two keep it in your pants for just a few hours. Do you always have to measure your dick in front of anyone. If you got to fight then do it somewhere else." Nora said loudly, making the two lieutenants stare at her open mouthed. "And I also wanted to let you know, the foods ready."

Tony, Capp and Hadley who had been sitting at the table, too, were now up and ready to go through the doorway leading to the kitchen, while both Casey and Kelly were still in their spots from seconds ago, while the alarm sounded.

"Pin-in accident, Columbus Drive Bridge. Ambulance 61, Engine 51, Truck 81, Squad 3, Battalion Chief 25." the dispatch announced, making Nora groan in resignation.

Everyone rushed past her getting to the trucks. Her uncle was the last to leave the break room and pulled her in his arms. "Please be careful out there." she said, kissing his cheek.

"We're always careful." Herrmann said smiling at his niece.

"I'll leave the food in the fridge so you guys only need to warm it up again." She called as they got in their bunkers and in the truck. "See you guys tomorrow."

The station members waved her off as they left the bay. Only the Squad members weren't rushing. They still waited a few minutes before finally getting up. Kelly had been watching Herrmann's niece. He wanted to talk to her, but every time he wanted to take his chances, a call or one of the teams would get in the way.

Sighing loudly he stepped into his bunkers, getting ready to head out and after the trucks.

"Nora! Table 4 for you." Lenny, the cook called from the kitchen, signaling the blonde that the orders were ready for her to get out.

Turning around she grabbed them and went back out to the diner area, walking up to the table that housed five guys, all younger than her.

"Finally baby, I thought we would have to eat you up, if we didn't get our food soon." one of them said.

"I'm really sorry you had to wait. But it's quite a busy night tonight, maybe I can bring you guys some drinks for free?" she said putting the plates down on their designated places.

Another one put his hands around her waist and pulled her closer to him. Nora stumbled slightly but regained her footing and put her hand out on the back of the seat, so she could push herself away again. "How about your number, too, sweetness."

"I'm"

"How about you leave her alone, you little shit?" the man at the bar asked, turning around and having a murderous look in his eyes.

He was probably around Matt or Kelly's age and about Kelly's built.

The guys cowered away from him and left Nora alone for the time they were at the diner.

"Thank you, sir. I'm really sorry for the inconvenience." she said holding tightly onto her tray, as she stood next to her rescuer.

The man laughed softly, shaking his head. "Don't worry about it. I just witnessed these guys harassing you and I couldn't stand for it."

Smiling she went around the bar and grabbed one of their specials – homemade Triamisu. I know it's not much, but I hope it's okay. It's on me." she said and put it in front of her rescuer.

"Thanks, you didn't have to. I'm Michael by the way." he said, holding out his hand for her to shake.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Nora."