After Casey confronted his feelings, A true realization slapped Kelly in the face. Casey was truly trying to help his best friend, he along with everyone at 51 could see how he truly felt about Stella Kidd. It was painfully obvious how she had changed him since she arrived on the scene at 51 a couple years ago. The Kelly they all knew before was different. Sure, they are great friends and that was true but Kelly denying how he was really feeling was only hurting him. After he defied direct orders from Boden and busted his way into that house, all to save Stella. No care in the world about consequences. Casey could not understand why he kept masking his feelings. As they walked through Med, he bluntly said to the squad lieutenant.
"That feeling, that connection, won't go away. Just because you don't want it to be there"
Those words had Kelly's thoughts spinning around in his head. Casey was right, although he was wrong about one thing. Kelly did want those feelings, that connection...with Stella.
As Stella was not only his friend but also his roommate. He knew she was at Molly's the next morning. He didn't want to wait, he needed to talk to her. He thought he could invite her for lunch and go from there. He wasn't expecting Stella, who had enough to force him to express his feelings right then and there.
"For once, can you just tell me what your feeling"
Kelly froze. There was no turning back now. Stella had called him out. It was now or never. Fear paralyzed him. Running away from this would almost certainly ruin any chance he has with Stella. No more denial. Time for those walls to come down.
"You really wanna know?"
"Yes Kelly, I'm tired of doing this dance. I feel like we are constantly taking one step forward and then two steps back. It's too hard. I can't handle that with you anymore"
Kelly inched closer.
"Stella. Communicating my feelings isn't easy for me. Truth is. I have had feelings for you for a while now. When you were trapped in that house, it destroyed me. All I knew is I needed to get to you, protect you, save you. I Love You, Stella Kidd"
Stella was wide eyed, could not believe what she was hearing. Where did this Kelly come from? Stella was smirking while staring into his beautiful blue eyes.
"Stella...What...You're staring...Can you say something?"
"Well...Not much to say. Except I LOVE YOU MORE, KELLY SEVERIDE"
