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Chapter Eighty-Nine
Turning his head to look at his best friend while taking another sip of his beer, Kelly just looked at him as he was a bit shocked at what he just said. He wants to create a health clinic? And name it the Shay-Darden-Severide Memorial Health Clinic. I mean, he's honored; but it's also a bit confusing. "Where the hell did that come from?" Matt shrugged when he heard his best friend ask him where it came from, as he wasn't exactly sure where it came from. The name either. It just came from that dream that he had recently, and he wanted to share it with his best friend to get a conversation going. He wanted to change the topic and try and make things a bit lighter at the moment. "Okay, so what exactly are you talking about?" Matt smiled when his best friend asked him what he was talking about. "This was actually something that I wanted to talk to you about today. Maybe it can help distract you for a while." Kelly just looked at his best friend when he said that, still not completely understanding what exactly he was talking about. "Distract me for a while?" Matt took a breath.
"Me and Gabby, we're thinking about starting a company with some of the money I got." Kelly was a bit taken aback when he heard Matt say that, as he never thought that he'd heard his friend say that. Then again, he did have his own construction business when he was still in Chicago. So, he shouldn't be THAT surprised he guesses. Then again, for some reason he just thinks that this is something more than he wants to think about. He wants to believe that there's a lot more to the idea that he has. "So, what exactly are you thinking about? Like, is this why you wanted to talk to me here?" Matt shook his head. "Hey, I wanted to talk to you about a lot of things to tell you the truth. I wanted to check how you're doing too. I mean, I know how I felt when I learned that me and Gabby lost the baby." Kelly agreed with his best friend when he said that, well aware that was something that the two of them were going to be able to bond over from now on. "I hate that we have that to bond over now." Matt agreed with his best friend when he said that, sighing as that was true now.
"Yeah, not the best thing to bond over." Kelly just agreed with his best friend, proceeding to take a breath as a way to make sure that he continued to breathe. "Yeah, so I was thinking that I could do this like construction or firefighter company. I'm really not sure what I want to do yet. All I know, is that I am not going to be just sitting around and doing nothing." Kelly agreed with his best friend when he said that, turning in his chair so that he was facing him. "And that's actually why I wanted to talk to you about this now." Kelly looked at his friend. "What exactly would that be? I mean, it's just our first day here." Matt agreed with his friend when he said that. "Yeah, and I'm glad that you came. By the way, I mean it when I say that you can stay as long as you want. Especially now that I know what's going on in between you and Stella. And that leads me to what I was going to tell you." Kelly agreed with his best friend when he said that, letting him talk. "What's going on man?" Matt took a breath when he heard Kelly ask him what's going on right now. "Listen, there's nothing certain now."
Kelly agreed with Matt when he said that, still letting him talk. "Heck, Gabby didn't even want me to talk to you about this yet since we need to figure things out yet; but I feel like I should because it could give you options, and stuff that you can think about while you're here." Kelly laughed, just looking at his best friend. "Okay, am I going to have to guess what it is? Or are you finally going to tell me what it is?" Matt smiled when his best friend asked me that, well aware of the fact that he needs to tell him what his and Gabby's plans are for the future. "So, we're thinking about what we want to do with all of this money that we got. I mean, it's a lot and we need to do something with it other than shop." Kelly laughed. "Hey, if you want to buy me a Tesla as a Christmas gift…" Matt just went to stop his friend by laughing, not going to do that. "Okay, not happening! So, you can put that back in your dreams and ask your genie for the money!" Kelly smiled, agreeing with Matt. "Either that, or we can do a loan situation. That's the only way you're getting a Tesla with my money." Kelly smirked.
"No interest though!" Matt just laughed when he heard Kelly say that. "Ok, can I at least tell you what I'm thinking for my money?" Kelly agreed with his best friend, deciding to let him do just that. "Well, like I said. Me and Gabby are thinking of starting a company. And I was thinking of doing something related to firefighters. Maybe I can do like firefighter training places or something. I don't know, I'm still figuring that out to tell you the truth." Kelly agreed with his best friend when he said that, clearly able to see that he doesn't have everything set up yet. "And of course, I can't promise you anything; nor can I promise you that it would ever be successful. I don't want you to just say anything yet if you aren't ready to do it. But that's just what I'm thinking. And then we do stuff for like mental health and stuff. I have no ideas just what I want to do but…" Kelly just interrupted his friend, smiling at him. "You want to do something, and you wanted to know if I wanted to help?" Matt took a breath when Kelly asked him that, knowing that he needs to explain now. "Listen, I am not going to say that you're going to feel the same way that I did after I left Chicago. However, I am going to tell you how I felt anyways." Kelly agreed with Matt when he said that, deciding to let him explain all of that; something that he wants to hear.
Matt's POV – Part One:
As I got ready to explain the real reason why me and Gabby decided to leave, I took a breath due to the fact that I knew I needed to do this. I needed to tell him so that he understood the real reason why I decided to leave Chicago. It had nothing to do with him. Rather, it was a personal decision that I needed to make. I needed to make it for my mental health, and for Gabby's mental health. The way I see her now, it's like she was when we were still in Puerto Rico. She's happy, she's all bubbly, and she's so relaxed. She feels so much better, and so do I; especially since it's actually allowed me to grieve more for Andy. I never knew just how much I still had to grieve for him, and being here has made so many things clear; like just how toxic my relationship with Hallie was, and how I never should've stayed with her. I should've never gotten back together with her when she came back, and I should've just been with Gabby after that Christmas party. If I could go back, I would do it in a heartbeat and we would've started our journey to marriage then rather than an entire year later.
"So listen, I am going to tell you a lot of things, and you're just going to have to listen how much being away from Chicago has helped me. And then, you can judge for yourself if you think being here can help you this way." Kelly agreed with me when I said that, smiling at me. "Okay, so this is the first thing I learned. I learned that I feel like I should've never gotten back together with Hallie when she came back around the Molly's opening." Kelly was just shocked when I said that. "Really?" I agreed with Kelly when he asked him that. "Just being here with Gabby, it made me realize that I love her more than I ever loved Hallie; and I had a chance to get together with her 6 years ago around Christmas 2012. I blew it, and I pushed her away; but I should've pulled her in and been with her. That's what I learned over time. I have always regretted it, and it's why I feel so blessed to have a third chance with her honestly. She's the one for me." Kelly agreed with me. "And you only learned this, because you got away from Chicago." I took a breath and agreed with Kelly, nodding.
"I swear, I wanted to say so bad that Chicago was my home. That I could live there and raise my kids there with Gabby. But I just couldn't do it because I was always so damn depressed there. Everywhere I looked, I could see either a fire, or something else. Either it was a fire we fought, or a memory I made with either Andy or Hallie. God, that ring shop on Lower Waker. You know, the one underground?" Kelly agreed with me. "Yeah, the one where you got Hallie's engagement ring." I agreed with Kelly. "They just opened one near our new place in Chicago, and I had to see it all the time; so that wasn't good. And then add in the fact that I had bad memories, and there was just a lot. Then you add in the fact that me and Gabby had so many fights there and lost a couple kids there…it was just so depressing to be there. Heck, the fact that I was abused by my dad there." Kelly took a breath when I said that, well aware that was probably something that was hard. "Yeah, I guess that does make it hard." I agreed with Kelly when he told me that, taking a breath as I looked at my best friend.
"I know, thinking about dads is probably hard for you right now." Kelly laughed when I said that, agreeing with me. "Yeah, it is. But I know why you had to mention yours. Honestly, I hadn't even thought of that; I mean, as one of the reasons for…" I agreed with Kelly when he told me that, well aware that was the case. "Hey, don't even worry about that Kelly. I know that you didn't, and I get that. Heck, I'm sure that a lot of people at the firehouse didn't think about that. It's not something that I like to share. But I do share it with certain people. You know, Gabby knows, my sister knows, and I think I told Andy and Heather. I'm not sure though." Kelly agreed with me when I said that, smiling at me. "Still, I'm glad that you guys having this great life for you guys. I mean, am I a bit jealous over the fact that you're wealthy?" I just laughed when I heard Kelly say that, well aware that he was. "Oh, shut up, I'm owed that money." Kelly looked at me when I said that I'm owed the money.
"OK, how exactly are you OWED the money?" I smirked. "After all the shit that my dad put my through, the son of a bitch better have had a bunch of money given to me. I mean, you abuse me and my mother; and then you hide the fact that we're wealthy from us for years? I am so not impressed." Kelly laughed when I said that, agreeing with me. "Okay, I agree with you there man. For that reason, I agree with you that you're OWED the money from what your dad did to you." I took a breath when he said that. "I've also made a vow that I will never do what my father did to me and my mom to Gabby or my kids." Kelly just sat up when I said that. "Hey, look at me Matthew Casey!" Turning my head, I looked at him. "You have way too big of a heart to ever abuse your children or your wife! I want you to hear me when I say that." I took a breath when he said that. "Yeah, doesn't mean that I still don't plan on giving back in the future." Kelly agreed with me.
"Care to share in what type of ways that you plan on giving back?" I smirked. "Gabby already told me that we're making a yearly donation to her charity, and I plan on also donating yearly to the CFD Charity. I am not going to let my brothers and sisters go without health care." Kelly agreed with me when I said that, clearly able to see that I was going to use my big heart to give back. "So that's why you want to start a company, so that you can have all of that money to give away." I agreed with Kelly. "That, and I want to create a legacy for my kids. I mean, there's a lot of chances. God, we can do so much. Heck, Gabby is even thinking about talking to Herrmann and asking him whether we can buy a Franchise of Molly's and start it here." Kelly laughed as I said that. "So, Molly's Three?" I shrugged. "More like Molly's on the Beach." Kelly smirked when I said that. "Bikini clad waitresses." I just looked at him when he said that, laughing at the idea. "Oh, hell yes!" Kelly smirked..
Hitting our beers against one another's, we both smiled at each other. "By the way, if my wife asks anything about that…you tell her that I didn't say anything about that. Got it?" Kelly agreed with me when I said that. "Sure thing Boss." I smirked when he said that. "Aw, I like the sound of that. Things wouldn't change." Kelly groaned. "Yeah. By the way, can we live here for a while if we stay?" Matt smirked. "Severide, you can stay until we have the kids. Then, I got to kick you out." Kelly was a bit confused. "Why do you need to kick me out then?" I smirked. "Because I'm already going to be crunched on time when it comes to sex opportunities, I am not going to be suffering from you too." Kelly just laughed when I said that, before seeing that it was starting to drip a bit. "Oh shit, it's going to rain." I felt it too, and just agreed with him. "Let's go sit in the living room." Kelly agreed with me when I said that, getting up so that we can go sit in the living room together.
Walking into the living room after it started to rain, Kelly smirked as he went ahead and proceeded to sit on one part of the couch so that he could put his feet up and just relax. At the same time, Matt went to walk into the living room with his best friend; smiling at him, Matt could clearly see that he was already making himself at home. "I see that you're already making yourself at home." Kelly agreed with his best friend when he said that, smiling as that was definitely what he was doing. "Hey, you said that we can stay here as long as we need to; I might as well make myself at home then." Matt laughed when Kelly said that, going to take off his sandals before sitting down on the couch. "By the way, sandals off." Kelly just looked at his best friend when he said that. "Uhm why?" Matt looked at him. "Did you just question me about putting your SANDALS ON MY WIFE'S WHITE COUCH!" That's when Matt heard his phone ring. Going to grab it, he looked at the Caller ID.
"Who is it man?" Matt smiled. "I need to take this." Putting his phone up to his ear, Matt smiled. "Hi baby." Kelly then got nervous. "Put me on speakerphone, now!" Matt agreed with his wife when she said that, going to do just that. He then held the phone up. "Kelly Severide, do you want to keep sleep here with your girlfriend during your stay here at Casa Casey?" Kelly gulped when he heard Gabby say that. "Of course, I do." Gabby then spoke up. "Then get your filthy sandals off MY WHITE COUCH or else I tell your girlfriend to lock you out of your guest room tonight!" Stella agreed. "And I'll do it, because I don't want to be yelled at by our hosts; and that includes the man who MIGHT BE PAYING OUR SALARIES!" Matt laughed when he heard Stella say that, as that was the truth. "Oh, now isn't that the truth. Me and Kelly are going to talk about that, I promise." Stella then spoke up. "Oh, me and Gabby are talking about what she wants to do with a clothing line."
Matt smiled when he heard Stella say that. "Let me guess, you're interested in that?" Stella agreed. "However, it might not just be Casey Apparel." Gabby then added on. "If me and Stella are co-partners in it, we might to Casey-Kidd Apparel or CKA." Matt sighed. "We'd have to check with lawyers first, because I am not sure if Calvin Klein has that trademark; so we'll have to talk to the lawyers at a later date okay babe? Right now, I need to talk to Kelly about the fact that it looks like he's stuck if he wants to continue to be in a relationship with Stella." Stella agreed with Matt when he said that. "Yes, you are going to have to talk to him about that." Matt agreed with Stella. "I promise Stella, I'll talk about it. Call me if you need anything babe." Matt then went to hang up and took a breath as he turned to look at Kelly, well aware that they are going to need to talk about this right now; more specifically, about how it may look like he's already stuck here with Stella.
Matt's POV – Part Two:
"So, it looks like you're stuck here with Stella." Kelly laughed when I said that, agreeing with me as he went to take off his sandals and then put his feet up. Taking a breath, he looked at me as he knew that was the truth. And the truth was, it seemed like he was quite interested in the idea that he might be stuck here in Hawaii with me. "For some reason, I am quite interested in the idea that I'm stuck here in Hawaii with you guys." I agreed with him when he told me that. "But it'd be really nice to have you here, as it means that I'm going to be able to have someone whom I trust more than anything as my right hand man. I mean, I would want you to be my right hand; especially when it comes to me needing that while Gabby's pregnant. Heck, maybe you can have it too when you and Stella decide to try and have a kid again." Kelly agreed with me when I said that, well aware that was going to be the case. "You like this idea, don't you?" I agreed with Kelly, smiling at him. "Oh, I love that idea a lot. I mean, I love the idea of my best friend being here." Kelly smiled when I said that, agreeing.
He then went to take a sip of his beer and just smiled at me, well aware that it would be the truth. "Oh, and you also love the fact that you would have a babysitter here in Hawaii." I smirked when he asked me that, agreeing with him. "Well, that's definitely something that I enjoy. But no, I would probably ask my mother-in-law to babysit first. She's living here now in a place here. I bought it for her." Kelly just looked at me when I said that I bought my mother-in-law's home for her. "Really?" I agreed with Kelly when he asked me that. "Yeah, I bough her place for her; I mean, it was also for my wife as she wanted her mom to be here for when we have the twins. And the truth is, I want whatever she wants." Kelly agreed with me when I said that, smirking at me. "Oh, that's not the only reason; it's also because you want sex." I agreed with Kelly when he said that. "Less often, as she's really tired now a days." Kelly looked at me, getting quite worried about that.
"Is she okay?" I agreed with Kelly when he asked me that. "Yeah, she's just 15 weeks pregnant with twin boys." Kelly smiled when I said that. "You love the fact that you're having boys, aren't you?" I agreed with Kelly when he asked me whether I loves the fact that they're having boys. "Yeah, I loved watching Andy take care of Ben and Griffin when they were young; and I want that too. But having twin boys is going to be nice." Kelly agreed with me, smiling. "God, Andy would be so happy for you and Gabby; we all know that you've wanted this for the longest time in the entire world." I agreed with Kelly when he asked me that. "I'm just glad that I'm going to be a dad before Cruz. By the way, he dating…" Kelly agreed with me when I asked him if Cruz was dating that woman he saved. "Yeah, they're dating now. He's happy." I agreed with Kelly when he said that, smiling at him. "And are you happy?" Kelly agreed with me when I asked him whether he was happy.
"Yeah, I am happy; and I am just happy that I'm here with you." I smiled when he said that, well aware that was the case. "So, what else do you want to do today?" I laughed. "I was thinking of starting the work of doing the forms and stuff to create a company. But I can't do that because I need to confer with Gabby first and figure out what name she wants to use." Kelly just looked at me when I said that. "Why do you need to talk to Gabby about that? I mean, it's your company." I snickered when Kelly asked me that. "You have no idea about marriage, do you man?" Kelly looked at me as I said that. "Yeah, I guess I don't." I agreed with him. "I need to work with my wife to pick a name, and I can't just pick one alone. So, we can't incorporate for a while. Plus, I would rather just try and figure it out slowly. First, we need to figure out what we even want to do for a business in the first place. We aren't exactly sure of that yet."
Kelly agreed with me when I said that. "Well, I am sure that you can figure something out." I agreed with him, smiling. "I was thinking that I can definitely do fire training. I want to try and get into that. If you want to join me in that, maybe we can figure something out. I was thinking of building fire training facilities, that can also double as educational centers. I don't know if that's too far fetched or if you think that'd be a bad idea since most fire departments already have fire academies." Kelly bit his lip. "I mean, you could always try and take over as an operator. You can be the one who runs it. I mean, I could talk to Grissom and see what he would think of that; or I can even get you some of the stuff that they teach at the academy." I smirked when he said that. "I already have some for the Lieutenant and Captain Courses. You probably have one on being an arson investigator don't you?" Kelly agreed with Matt when he asked him what courses he has.
"Yeah, I have taught arson investigation courses before; and I have also taught what it's like working at a firehouse." I was about to take another sip of my beer when I looked at him, having just thought of an idea. "Oh god, I see that idea in your head." I laughed. "God, this is crazy. I was thinking. We build a firehouse to train firefighters, and then we do drills there and everything. They do courses and just learn what it's like on shift. They do fake fires and stuff like that. And then we have those structures on the property too. You know, like the ones that they have in Chicago." Kelly smiled when I said that, probably liking that idea. "I like that idea. But that'd cost a lot of money." I agreed with Kelly. "I already have a bunch of it." Kelly laughed. "Yeah, but I think we need to go small first." I just looked at him when I heard the 'we' part of what he just said. "Hold on, you said WE. Does that mean?" Kelly laughed. "Hey, I'm already stuck here with Stella staying here."
I laughed, shaking my head when he said that. "Yeah, you kind of are man." Kelly smiled when I said that, proceeding to take another sip of his beer. He then smiled at me. "So, you really think that you can do all of this while also starting with being a dad?" I shrugged when Kelly asked me that, not sure really. "Yeah, I haven't figured that part out; the whole part where I'd have to balance being a dad, and also trying to start a business." Kelly agreed with me when I said that. "Then I think it'd be best if you start small, and then work your way up." I agreed with him. "Maybe I can start with running a construction company since I know that." Kelly agreed with me, well aware of the fact that I know how to run a construction company. "I can see you doing that quite easily honestly." I nodded, smiling at my best friend. "Now, I just need someone to help me; because Gabby's going to need to rest. I can't really ask her to go through that stress."
Kelly just shook his head. "You want a commitment don't you? A commitment from me that I'm going to stay." I nodded when Kelly asked me that, going to take another sip of my beer. "I am not going to hire you, before I know that you're going to be moving here. I mean, your girlfriend is already staying here….so you might already be stuck here man. I mean, if that's what you want. I will understand if you want to go back." Kelly shook his head when I said that. "I don't think that I really want to go back if Stella's staying here. I want to be with her more than being in Chicago." I smiled when Kelly said that. "Yeah, I learned that the hard way. Nothing like your wife moving to Puerto Rico, and then wanting to move away again to teach you that you want to be with her more than a city. I should've left with her in the first place." Kelly agreed with me when I said that. "Yeah, but you guys are in a much better place now. And that's all that matters right now."
I smiled, agreeing with him when he told me that; and I was really happy that was the case too. I want to be in a much better place with Gabby, and that's exactly where we are right now. We're in such a great place, and I'm really happy about that. There's nobody else that I would rather be married to, and I truly am in love with my beautiful wife; I will always be madly in love with her, and I am so glad that we're still married. And not just still married, but that we'll always be married.