Chicago's Girl (K.S.)

Just Drink Your Beer

A few days later. At the Firehouse. 

Hermann walked inside "hey, guys!"

We all gave him a quick glance before going back to our business. 

Hermann "so i am back. I passed my physical"

Kelly sat down next to me and started to eat his food. 

Hermann "it's no big deal. It's just-"

Suddenly every jumped up and rushed to him excited "welcome back!"

Everyone hugged Hermann. 

Casey "good to have you back, Hermann"

Hermann nodded "thanks, Lieutenant. When's your big day, Mouch?"

yeah, Mouch had proposed to Trudy and she said yes. 

Mouch "oh, well, we haven't exactly set a date yet. We don't want to rush anything."

Hermann "yeah, of course, man. You're young"

I held back a laugh. 

Kelly shook his head amused at my reaction.

Hermann "you got your whole life ahead of you. Why rush?"

Mouch "i see your sense of humor's still intact. That's too bad"

Chief "Casey, Severide, i need to talk to you"

Casey and Kelly looked at each other before walking away with the Chief. 

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I was playing in the garage with Pouch when the speakers went on. 

Chief "all personnel report to the common room immediately"

 I patted my thighs "come on, Pouch"

Pouch jumped into my arms and i walked with him into the group room. Everyone was here, watching the TV. 

Reporter "Meteorologists and the National Weather Service is confirming that the tornado that touched down here at Naperville had sustained winds -"

Jimmy and Brett walked in. 

Brett "what's going on?"

Kelly "Another tornado. In Naperville"

Brett walked to me and started to crawl Pouch behind the ears. 

Jimmy "That's like 30 miles away"

Reporter "as you can see from these images, the surrounding community has been utterly devastated, and at least three people are confirmed dead so far. And we now have breaking word that the storm cell responsible for these deadly tornadoes is now headed directly for Chicago. The National Weather service has upgraded the city from tornado watch to a tornado warning. Conditions for severe weather have gone from favorable to imminent. Again, Chicago is now under a tornado warning. Residents are advised to seek shelter immediately. "

Everyone looked at each other. 

In the garage.

Tony closed the door. 

Chief "Everybody gather up. As you've heard, we have a potential tornado on our hands.  we're gonna take every precaution to keep safe"

Cruz "it's not even raining anymore, Chief"

Otis "Actually, there's this YouTube video of a tornado in Kansas; sunshine in the west, funnel clouds in the east. Pretty crazy, you guys"