Saving Stella - A Stellaride story

He's a Severide (23)

Stellas POV

I've been driving round for about an hour now, Toby starts to let out little cries as he starts to wake up I try to lean my arm round to reach him to pass him his pacifier but I cant reach and I drop it under the passenger seat.

I decide to pull over, grab his pacifier and go round to look at Toby and settle him, I look for his teddy but can't find it anywhere, realising I must have dropped it before getting to the car. once he is settled I decide to get back into the car where my phone lights up, with a missed call and voicemail from Kelly, I ignore it as I decide I should head home, this was a stupid idea, there is no where I could have gone and its getting cold, I should have thought about Toby. 

I check my mirrors before I pull out of the lay by and start driving home. I didn't realise how far I had driven. we were almost home and I was stopped at a red light and decided to call Kelly back, I knew he would be worried, I connected the phone to my car so I didnt have to hold it, it rang 2 times before he answered "Stella, where are you, Ive been worried sick, are you both okay" He quickly said as he answered the phone 

"Kelly, im sorry I didn't know what  was thinking, I just couldn't stop all these horrible thoughts going through my head, I had to get out of there, I wasn't thinking....I thought you would be better of without me, without us, I thought you missed your life before us" I said as I started to get teary remembering how I felt earlier as the light changed to green I continued driving.

"What, Stella no, that is not how I feel at all, you have made me a better man, I love you and Toby more than anything else in this world, and I wouldn't change that for anything. Im a different man when it comes to you Stella, I'm a better man." I smile at his words as I realise how much I have fell for kelly 

"Kelly, I love you, and I'm sorry for all that i've put you through, I will get more help,  remember when you said, your going to be the man I deserve..." I pause "well Im going to be the woman you deserve, Im going to get better...for you and Toby, I am on my way back home now" I finish 

"I love you too Stella, I will meet you there okay" he responds as I nod, realising he cant see me "yeah, I wont be long...I love you"  I finish. 

I hear kelly respond back with an I love you too, as a bright beam of lights catch my eye in my rear view mirror I could see what seemed to be a truck coming up fast behind my car "what is this jerk doing" I whisper as I hear kelly again "whats wrong" he sounded concerned "some jerk speeding up behind me" I speed up also to get some space between us, but I come to another red light and stop "The lights turned red, Kelly hes not stopping, hes gonna hit u...." I feel the car smash into us as Im ejected forward, but held back by my belt, I bang my head on the steering wheel as the air bags fail to deploy, just then the world starts to fade out

"Stella...Stella...talk to me..." I hear kellly scream down the phone before it all goes blank

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Kellys POV

"...hes gonna hit u...." I hear from Stella followed by a big crash. I stop my car as I listen to see if stella says anything but nothing 

"Stella...Stella...talk to me..." I start to panic as I try to locate where her phone is, as our locations have been shared ever since the night toby was born. her location appears on my phone 

"Stella I know where you are, please hold on" 

I load up my radio that's in the car and radio through to 911 to report the accident at Stella's location, they tell me they will dispatch every unit available nearby.

I start my car again before doing a U-turn and heading to Stellas location. 

once I arrive I see multiple fire trucks from station 27 and 66  along with multiple cops cars and 2 ambos. I look around the scene as I try to move closer to the vehicles but Im held back by some police officers

"let me through" I hold up my badge "im from firehouse 51, lieutenant Severide and that is my girlfreind and son in that car" He looks at me sympathetically as he reluctantly lets me through and I run over to the cars. I see them trying to use the jaws to open the back passenger door of stellas car, I try to look in but I'm unable to see anything I move around to to try get closer 

"Kelly!" I hear from one of the ambos as I see stella sat on the back of one of the ambos wrapped in a blanket. she takes off the blanket from around her as she runs over to me and I run up to her

"You're okay!" I say as I embrace her tightly and she hugs me back before stepping away

"Im okay, I just lost consciousness from hitting my head on the wheel...but kelly, Toby hes still in there, the door is jammed...kelly I didn't hear him crying, he should have been crying, he always cries, and now when I needed to hear him cry he wasn't" She says Panicking, I hold her arms and pull her into me as I wrap my arms round her as my eyes stay fixed to the car as I watch them try to get Toby out. 

"hes got to be okay, I wont live with myself If he dies, this is all my fault, I should have stayed at home" I hear Stella cry into my chest and I just hold her tightly

"Hes going to be okay, they will get him out" I say as I try to hear what they are saying but I can't.

"stay here, Im going to help" I say as I leave stella and run over to the car 

"wow sir you cant be here" I hear from one of the firefighters as I show them my card 

"sorry lieutenant, but this is our job, can you back up whilst we..." I interrupt him 

"that's my son in there, I can help" I scream as I try to help them break the door off but they pull me back as a police officer hold my hands behind my back restricting me to do anything but just watch. 

I watch as they pull the door off and rip the belt from Tobys car seat as they check his pulse 

"ive got a pulse, but hes not breathing" my legs buckle from underneath me as I fall to the floor, the police letting go of me as I feel Stella wrap her arms round me as we both watch them quickly take Toby out of his car seat as one of them carries him quickly over to the empty ambo. 

I push Stella off me as I run over to the ambo but they shut the doors before I can see him as the sirens go on and they drive off "where are they going, which hospital" I shout as the fireman who brought him to the ambo looks at me "Chicago Med, do you need a lift" I shake my head as I go back to Stella "this is your fault, if he dies I will NEVER forgive you" I scream at Stella as we both get into my car I finally let the tears fall from my eyes as I drive to Med. 

"Kelly, talk to me...I didn't mean for this to happen" I hear from a crying Stella but I ignore her as I refuse to look at her.

Once we arrive at Med, we both jump out and run inside and I am the first to the desk

"hey, our son was just brought in by ambulance from a traffic collision, hes 2 months old, his name is Toby" she types on her computer then looks at me, hes still in critical care at the moment, take a seat and I will get a doctor to grab you when hes stable.

I nod as I turned round to see Stella sat on one of the chairs with her head in her hands as I heard her crying. I wipe my face as I walk over to her slowly and sit next to her and she looks up at me with her bloodshot eyes as I notice the necklace I bought her in her hands, shes holding onto it tightly. 

I take her hands in mine and pull her in to my chest "Im so sorry, I shouldn't have shouted at you, I panicked, just know I didn't mean it, this is not your fault, Its the jerk who was speeding up behind you" she doesn't respond as she just cries into my chest, and I kiss the top of her head.

 "he is a Severide, hes a fighter, hes going to be okay" I try to reassure her as we sit and wait for news.