K= hey you S= hey K= are you okay S= yeah I'm just in a little shock right now K= really why is that S= well the chief just handed me this packet to get me ready because he wants me to represent our district at the leadership conference next week and I don't know what to think K= wow that's amazing Stella S= I know but I don't know what to say K= come in here and take a Seat on my bed to clam your nerves ( in Kelly's office) S= I just don't see where I fit into all this K= what do you mean S= I don't have any leadership experience to share K= chief thinks you do S= yeah but he's got a lot on his mind I mean maybe he didn't read it all the way through. Maybe he thinks that because I am a woman K= no no S=( she sees a part in the packet that she looks at) look there's a whole breakout group on scuba rescues Kelly I've never scuba'd in my freaking life (Kelly Laughs at her) It stop stop it's not.... it's not funny K= Stella breathe you're working yourself up no one cares if you can dive or not S= you don't know that..... I need to get back to work ( Stella leaves his office)
Kelly's pov: i'm actually surprised that she thought of Stella for this leadership conference who knew he was thinking about him. I Kinda have to laugh at her because she's so cute when she works her self up like that like she can't do anything she puts her mind to. She is one of the best firefighters in this house not that anybody needs to know that. After a few minutes after she leaves I decide to get up and go tell Matt about Stella been chosen for the leadership conference
K= hey MC= hey man what's up K= you remember that list of people Boden wanted us to look at for the nominees for the leadership conference next week MC= yeah the one in Springfield K= that will be the one MC= what about it K= well I just found out that he has chosen somebody already MC= really who was the person he chose off the list K= he actually didn't choose anybody off the list he chose our very own Stella kidd MC= wow that's exciting she must be happy K= she might be happy but right now she's in a state of shock she's surprised that he chosen her and then also learned that she might have to teach people about scuba diving when she's never scuba dive in her whole life MC= Poor Stella but at least she has you to teach her how to scuba dive if she needs it K= that's a good point besides I think she's the best person for this job she's one of the better firefighters in this whole house MC= put it away more but as long as we don't tell anybody else these boys will get very mad if we say that she's the best K= I won't tell anybody trust me MC= that's good The next day at Molly's K= chief still all up in your business about Gallo MC= he just needed a little time to see what I see that's all where is kidd K= on A mission to read every firefighter manual in existence MC= oh my date just arrived K= you asked out smart girl MC= mmm
After Casey left with his date I decided to try to call Stella to see how she's doing on reading those fire fighters manuals but she didn't answer so I left her a voicemail and hopefully she can call me back if not I will just talk to her at next shift
The next day on shift
K= how did it go with smart girl look like you two were hitting it off MC= oh we hit it off all night K= uh- oh MC= yeah maybe washed into that one couple red flags went up and I blew right past them so now I'm thinking I need to Extricate myself just not sure how K= my advice when in doubt do nothing this problems have a way of solving themselves
We walk onto the apparatus floor with the new technology system going off like crazy so the chief has Casey call the smart girl that he has contact with to come fix it before everybody loses their minds with the new system. While Casey does that I go inside and find Stella to talk to her and see how everything is going
In the bunker room K= everything okay you never called me back last night so S= i'm just a little... look I.... I know you were trying to help me the other day and I shouldn't have snapped at you.... this may be hard for you to get but I'm just not like you. You know I.... I didn't spend my whole life been groomed for command I wasn't raised around a bunch of men in white shirts saying that they expect great things from me when I grow up I was one of two women in my academy class and we were treated like it was a gift for us. You know just to be there so you know Um something like this like a nod form boden just not something that I that I gamed out before in my head K= that's called self-doubt which I know is foreign to you S= sure K= what I'm saying is you're not alone I've got with plenty of it myself but you know who I never doubted not once S= hmm K= you
He pulls her over to his bed that he was sitting on they kiss and he pulls her into a hug after a few minutes stella speaks up
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S=Thank you K= you're welcome I just don't want you to ever doubt yourself but you can never be a great leader one day because you will be an excellent leader S= well thanks I better get back to reading these manuals to catch up before next week for the leadership conference K= if you need any help just let me know S= I will thanks babe K= no problem ( they kiss)
Stella's pov: once I had that deep conversation with Kelly it made me feel better that Boden decision by choosing me to be the leader at this conference I think I've been this way maybe with me being a leader there it shows that women can do anything a man can do and better. So for the rest of the shift I read anything related to leader ship in these fire fighter manuals. After shift when I'm at home late at night I get a text from Kelly saying to meet him at this location for a surprise date so I get dressed and head over that way. Once I climb stairs up to the rooftop I noticed nobody's around so I call out
S= hello K= over here S= okay I was 100% sure you would text me the wrong address this is your surprise date K= gonna teach you some scuba basics you won't become an expert but you won't have to say you never done it before S= Kelly you don't have to K= I know... try this on ( hands over a scuba suit) S= you know now that you mention it this actually would be a pretty good look on me..... do you want to come help me try this on yes or no
I am so happy that Kelly being the most supportive boyfriend ever and it doesn't help that he does scuba diving and he can teach me before this conference next week. So we go into the bathroom area to change into my scuba suit before we put it on we have a little fun. Once we have it on and had our fun we go out and he teaches me a couple scuba tricks in the pool but also we have a little fun while we're in the pool with splashing each other
Authors note: I love all the stellaride content in this episode it really showed that they will he want Kelly to be that supportive boyfriend that we know he can be and it took him this long to figure that out. I love the dead finally giving Stella a storyline and it's a great storyline about women being a leader and a job where it's male dominant. So thank you chief for choosing Stella for this leadership conference.
