Happy Endings (Chicago Fire FanFic)

Chapter Seven

"Are you sure you're ready for this?" Kelly asked, standing in the doorway of her bedroom watching her as she got herself ready for work. "You don't have to rush back."

"I'm not rushing back, it's been three weeks." She told him. "I'm only going in for half a day to see how I feel. I'll be fine."

"If you change your mind you can call me and I'll come and get you straight away." He offered quickly.

"You've got to go to work too Kelly." She reminded him. "I'll be fine." She smoothed out the black pencil skirt and white shirt that she'd picked out to wear to this department meeting, slipping her feet into her heels.

"You'll be great." He nodded, although he couldn't help but worry she was doing too much too soon. It had been a strange couple of weeks, she hadn't heard anything from Jack but it hadn't escaped his notice the way she kept looking at her phone as though she was expecting it to ring any second.

"I've gotta go. I'm going to be late for this meeting." She said, turning to face him. He was still standing in the doorway and she couldn't get past him. She smiled, stepping towards him and wrapping him in a hug. "I'll be fine, I'll call you at lunchtime?"

He wrapped his arms around her and held her tight for a moment. "You could always swing by the firehouse and have lunch with us if you like?"

"That sounds like a great idea." She nodded. "Now come on, if you don't let go of me I'm going to be late." She laughed.

"Okay." He laughed, letting go of her reluctantly. "Just promise me you'll be careful and call me if you need me?"

"I promise!" She called, already halfway down the stairs.

He stayed stood where he was until he heard the front door slam. He turned around hearing the sound of laughter behind him. "What?" He asked, looking at Shay.

"You've got it real bad Severide." She laughed, pushing past him to get to the stairs.

"I know." He groaned, turning and wandering into his room to start getting ready for work.

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The morning at work had passed in a blur. She'd been to a meeting, seen a few patients, read hundreds of emails and suddenly it had been lunchtime already. She wasn't entirely sure what she'd been so worried about. She'd had a few strange looks and heard a few whispers from the nurses about her sudden disappearance and reappearance but that was to be expected, there was always going to be hospital gossip.

Kelly had texted her a couple of times to see how it was going and she'd been quick to reassure him that she was fine and it felt good to be back to normal. She'd promised to swing by the firehouse for lunch on her way home.

She couldn't help but feel a bit anxious at the thought of it. She'd heard all kinds of stories about the people at Firehouse 51 but she'd never actually met most of them and the idea of meeting Kelly's friends made her stomach churn. She knew what the problem was, why she was worried about what they might think of her- she liked Kelly. She was doing her best to stick to what she'd told him, what she'd told herself, she should have some time on her own and figure out who she was now that she wasn't with Jack. It was easier said than done though now that she was living under the same roof as Kelly. Spending their evenings on the sofa together watching tv, grocery shopping together and everything. It had given her an insight into what life might be like with him, how easy it would be to be happy with him, and her resolve was starting to waver slightly.

Taking a deep breath and pulling herself together she walked up to the entrance of the firehouse, her heels clicking on the concrete as she walked. "Hi." She smiled as an older man greeted her at the entrance, then she realised she recognised him as the bartender from Molly's. "I'm here to see Kelly?"