Ryan: "Hey." she greets, patting Kelly on the back as she brushes past him to move over to her locker
Kelly: "Hey. Hey, you heard from Heather at all? Know how the kids are doing?"
Ryan: "Yeah. Um...as good as can be expected" she shrugs "Hear they're coming to the barbecue."
Kelly: "Good."
Ryan: "Yeah" she nods, seeing the look on his face "You okay?"
Kelly: "Yeah, I'm good. Why?"
Ryan: "Seems like you're on edge."
Kelly: "I'm fine." he shrugs, walking out the room
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Otis: "Hey, hey. Check it out." he cheers, pointing over to where a flier for the barbeque is pinned to the wall
Cruz: "Oh, yeah! Best benefit all year, boys!"
Vargas: "He's not lying."
Mouch: "We're there when you feed us."
Cruz: "Hey, you know about fire fans, Peter Mills?"
Otis: "They're chicks who follow firemen like flies to honey."
Ryan: "Bees, Otis. "Bees to honey."
Otis: "Whatever, we're still the honey" he waves her off, looking at where Matt comes up beside Ryan to pour himself a cup of coffee "Hey, Lieutenant, why do we have a goat on our truck?"
Matt: "Years ago, truck 81's first fire was at a goat farm in little Italy."
Otis: "Really?"
Matt: "Mm-hmm."
Mouch: "Nah. They used to have a goat at the station so they didn't have to mow the grass."
Otis: "Huh. I thought that's what candidates are for." he chuckles, glancing over at Mills
PA: "Smoke-eater in the house."
Otis: "No way." they cheer, heading to the entrance where they watch Hermann come into the room
Cruz: "Welcome back."
Otis: "Jesus, man."
Hermann: "They ticked a nerve in my leg. I may not walk straight again."
Vargas: "Candidate, get him a chair!"
Hermann: "Thanks, kid" he nods, slowly sitting down in his seat with a grunt "Ah, whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a second fellas, are any of my kids around here? My wife or her parents?"
Otis: "No, why?"
Hermann: "What the hell?" he shakes his legs out, standing up from his spot "I'm healed! Oh, I'm healed!" he jumps around, making them shake their heads at him with a laugh "It must have been living with my damn in-laws that was breaking me down!" he laughs, grunting a little when Otis moves forward to pull him into a hug "Ah! All right, I'm not that healed."
Matt: "You ready to get back?"
Hermann: "Yeah."
Boden: "Glad you're back, Herrmann. We're a better house with you here."
Hermann: "Thanks, Chief."
Boden: "Uh, later we're going to have a white board session about what happened in the Darden incident last month. I expect you all to be there. On another note, this is Nicki Rutkowski."
Hadley: "Hel-lo."
Boden: "She's going to be working with us next month, helping out with the payroll. Her father is one of my oldest friends. We were in the Navy together, so y'all just treat her like she's your very own..." he looks around the room, stopping at Cruz who checks out Nicki "Sister." he gives him a pointed look, making Cruz nod, quickly looking away
