Chicago Love (M.Casey)

3. 𝓘𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓵𝓵𝓲𝓰𝓮𝓷𝓬𝓮

When I woke up and looked about it took me a couple of minutes to figure out where I was. I was in Matt's bedroom.
"Morning sleepy head" I looked over at Matt who was on his phone probably scrolling through facebook or instagram

"How did we get back here?" I asked rubbing my face

"We walked" He shrugged putting his phone down and turning to face me

"You walked, I walked, We walked" I said trying to piece it together in my head

"Yeah. Here" Matt handed me a glass and some painkillers and I took them

"Thank you" I smiled and he nodded
"Why are you so kind?" I asked turning onto my side to look at him

"Because you're amazing and if I didn't your twin would kill me" I shrugged

"At least the second one is true" I looked down to see I was wearing Matt's lieutenant t-shirt.

"Cindy phoned me. She's taking all the kids including Alex to the zoo. I think she said" I nodded

"Sounds fun for a non hungover person" Matt chuckled

"You okay to walk?" He asked as I sat up. I reached over and slapped his arm and Matt chuckled

"I'm hungover, not drunk" I rolled my eyes after getting out of bed. Damn it, it's cold. I looked over at Matt who was throwing his hoodie towards me. I caught it looking at him

"Was warming it up for you?" He smiled. I could tell he was lying but it was sweet anyway. I kissed him before opening the door and walking out the room as I pulled the hoodie on still shivering

"And the devil rises" I rolled my eyes

"Haha that's the funniest thing I've ever heard" I sarcastically replied rolling my eyes as I walked through to the kitchen. I poured myself a cup of coffee before

"Katie texted me cause you know she likes me better" Kelly said and I rolled my eyes

"I don't get how anyone can like us better except mom and Benny" I replied

"I was their favourite" He shrugged

"No way. You were always in trouble"

"You went against dad and became a firefighter" He replied

"And if I didn't you wouldn't be standing here right now" I reminded him

"Oh come on Jamie" He said giving me that look

"No Kelly. I always push myself to be better than you or when it comes to firefighting and someone sees the name Severide they always compare me to you or Benny. So no. I am not going to stand here and listen to you act like you are better than everyone else around you. I am fucking good at my job and I might have my flaws and I might not be as strong as you but that doesn't mean that I'm not god damn good at my job and you also have your flaws Kelly. Everyone does. You're not perfect" I ranted

"Jamie" I could see the sorry look on his face and I didn't care

"No you don't know what it was like being at 19 or in LA being the only female firefighter. No one listened to me and I pushed myself until I broke and then I came back here to get away from being compared to everyone else and to come somewhere where there are female firefighters that continue to risk their lives everyday. But maybe it wasn't the right choice. Maybe I should have taken up the Indiana job offer"

"Jamie I'm so sorry" Kelly said getting up and I took a step back

"I love Chicago. Chicago will always be my home but maybe Chicago isn't like me. Maybe I'll be like mom"