Agent Severide

Chapter 22

Zoey's Townhouse, Bucktown Chicago 

3 and a half weeks later...

The last few weeks flew by, Zoey spent her time hanging out with her brother and hooking up with Jay on and off but they hadn't talked about what they were again since the night he found her having a breakdown in her kitchen. The detective didn't even push her to talk about it but she knew eventually he would start asking. 

The blonde had been packing her house up since Kelly left for shift two days ago meaning come morning he'd be home. Zoey had managed to pack her living room and kitchen into boxes throwing out everything Jack left not wanting to look at it. She was going to put everything in storage and teh rest she'd leave at Kelly's; but in all reality Zoey had been thinking about getting an apartment in Virgina like Morgan had suggested many times. 

Zoey wasn't sure if she wanted to get an apartment in Virginia, she didn't mind the hotels because in her mind Chicago is home. It's where her brother and all her friends were that felt like family. "Zoey, Youe here?" Kelly's voice echoed through the mostly empty house. "In here" she called out to him as she was taping up another box. "Going somewhere?" he asks confused noticing all the boxes and the empty house. 

"I'm selling the house, I fucking hate it here. This place no matter where i look is just another spot I almost died," she replied shaking her head looking around the room. "That was were Jack beat the crap out of me the first time than choked me unconscious because I didn't do the dishes," teh blonde said pointing at the kitchen before walking over to the front hall where the stairs were hearing her brother following close behind. "This is where her shoved me down the stairs and choked me out again after he tried to apologize for hurting me and I didn't tell him'Oh It's okay, I lost it at him and tried to leave," Zoey shook her head figting tears. "This house is bad memories to and teh energy in here...I can't live in a place that will never feel like my home," she finally said as a tear fell. "So where are you going?" he asks, "I'm putting my stuff in storage, keeping a couple things at your place. I haven't really decided if I want to get a small apartment here of if I just take Morgan's advice and commit to a space closer to work; rather than hotel rooms," the blonde said. 

"Why don't you just stay with me? You work all the time and so do I, When you are home we already spend the entire time together other than this mystery guys you've been seeing that you still won't tell me about," Kelly says with a smirk nuding his little sisters arms. "Okay but what about if you want to have hookups? we just walk tehm out in front of eachother?" Zoey asked giving her brother a serious look. "If you're that worried about me embarassing you, Don't. I won't get involved in who you sleep with or see as long as they're treating you right," Kelly said with an eyeroll. "Really?" she asked him crossing her arms not fully convinced. 

"Hey, I don't need you sticking your nose into my hookups either," her brother replied earning a nod from the blonde. "Okay, but I'm covering the water bill, eletricity and half the rent," she replies as her brother said no. "Yea, trust me take that extra money for other shit, and if I'm living there I'm paying my share. If you could cover food since I come and go so much for work half the time I just get takeout," Zoey said as her brother agreed. "I'm gonna call Casey and see if he and Gabby will come help us move some of these," Kelly told her with a smile as he pulled his phone out dialling his collegues number. 

Zoey went back to packing the last couple boxes downstairs before she made her way upstairs to her bedroom. The blonde began packing everything and got halfway through when Gabby appeared in the doorway. "Need a hand?" she asks with a smile walking in and hugging Zoey. "Thank you for helping Kelly and I with this on such short notice... I just can't stand to be in this house anymore" she said with a sigh shaking her head as Gabby noded. "You don't have to explain it to me, wanna drink?" the brunette asks holding out a bottle of Ciroc Vodka. 

Zoey graciously took the bottle chugging at least two shots before passing the bottle back to the brunette. "So I saw you and Jay leav Molly's a few weeks ago and then you haven't come back since? What's going on there?" Gabby said more than asks earning a sigh and a look from the blonde who didn't say anything just kept packing as Gabby did the same. "We um... We kinda hooked up" Zoey said quietly as she closed and taped a box shut. "Ouuuu, tell me all about it" Gabby said now invested. "There's nothing to tell we hooked up twice, I'm not really looking for a relationship after Jack." Zoey said pausing before she said the name. "Take it from me, Jay is nothing like your ex. He's genuinely a great guy and I probably would've dated him if Casey and I hadn't got together." Gabby said causing the blonde to pause looking at her friend. 

"Wait you and Jay had a thing?" Zoey asked wondering why she's just hearing about this now. "More like a fast fluke," Gabby replied with a shrug. "So he's a fuck boy?" Zoey stated more than asked, great. "I never said that, he's just dated a couple people and it didn't work." Gabby said with a sigh as she watched Zoey go back to packing what was left in the nearly empty room. "Haven't we all?" the blonde said before picking up a stack of two boxes before heading out of the room and halfway down the stairs. "Whoa, Zo. Stope rushing. Your gonna trip youself" Kelly said as one of the top box was lifted from her and her brother came into view. "I don't need you flying down the stairs again," he said as the two Severide siblings began leading the boxes into Kelly's mustang and Casey's truck.

The house was cleared in less than an hour as Zoey left the key hidden in the yard after locking the door where the real estate agent told her to. The blonde looked over the house one last time before climbing into the passenger seat of her brothers mustang as they sped off in the direction of her new apartment she's sharing with her older brother. 

This is gonna be interesting, Zoey thought to herself as she, Gabby, Kelly and Matt helped her bring all the boxes oh her stuff into the apartment. "Wanna head to Molly's get a couple drinks before you leave tomorrow?" Her older brother asked causing everyone to look at her wide eyed. "You leav tomorrow?!?" Gabby nearly yelled as Zoey noded. "I gotta go back to work, I've been off for a month, it's been nice but holy shit I'm board out of my mind." the blonde said. "Alright let's go, first rounds on me." Gabby said as the four of them headed for the door.