Concrete Angel

Questions and answers (7)

Stellas POV

I turn over in Kelly's bed to face him, he was already facing me and smiled slightly as I looked at him as I bury my head into him"Kelly, I'm still struggling to process all this..." I say as he rubs my back "how are we supposed to explain this to her, she's going to ask so many questions and we just don't have the answers" I ask Kelly as I look back up at him.

"If she's anything like her mom she will take it like a trooper, yes I expect she's going to ask a few questions and yes she's going to be heartbroken, but as always we are going to hold her" he says holding me tighter "reassure her and remind her how loved and supported she is, we let her cry if she wants to cry, and let her tell us how she feels, assure her, her feelings are important and tell her it's going to take time to feel better but whenever she needs us we are going to be there for her, whether she wants us to be some ears to listen, a body to hold or even just our time if she wants us to do something with her to keep her mind occupied, she will get through this" Kelly says as I wipe my eye.

"She's just a child, death shouldn't even be a conversation we have to discuss with her. I don't think I'm strong enough to see her little heart break yet" I say as kelly now wipes my tears. "I know it's going to be hard, but we have each other, we can do this...you, can do this" he tells me as he kisses my forehead.

He lifts his arm up and checks his watch "come on shift is about to end, our little girl will be waiting eagerly for us to pick her up" Kelly says as I nod and sit up, I watch him stand up as he grabs his phone of his desk "think I should ring my mom? Give her a heads up?" He asks as I shake my head "no Eliza will pick up on the change of mood, let her be happy for a little longer" I say as he nods.

I stand up as I run my hand over Kelly's shoulder as I walk past him "going to grab my stuff from my locker" I tell him as he nods "I'll meet you in there soon" he says kissing me before I walk out his office as I head to the locker room.

I sit on the bench in front of my locker as I rest my arms on my thighs as I look down and close my eyes. The image of Quinn's eyes looking up at me as she took her last breath all I can see, I open my eyes quickly and shake my head.

"Hey, stella you okay?" I hear violet say as she walks into the locker room I look at her and nod as I stand up and wipe my nose "yeah, all good, just been a tough shift" I say as I open my locker and grab my bag and take out my change of clothes.

"Me and Brett headed to med earlier, we stopped by to see Quinn's body, we remember you telling us she liked teddies so we left one with her, she looked peaceful" violet says as I close my locker and rest my head down. "Sorry I didn't mean to upset you" she says as I shake my head and look at her "noo...no you didn't it's fine" I say with a slight smile.

"Did they mention anything about family?" I ask her as I start getting changed "they couldn't find any contacts, her only next of kin were her mom and dad and with them now being locked up it's been left down to the state to organise her burial, but for now she's just going to stay in the mortuary until it's organised" violet says as I put my jacket on and put my bag over my shoulder.

"I'm not going to let that happen, she was a special girl she deserves the best send off" I tell Violet as she walks over to me and rubs my arm before pulling me into a hug "I'm with you on that and I'm sure everyone at this firehouse will agree" she says as she stands back she looks over my shoulder as I turn around and see Kelly with his bag on his shoulder.

"You ready to go?" He asks as I nod. I look back at violet as she smiles "you can do this, we are all here if you need us" she tells me as she misses my cheek and walks past me, tapping Kelly's shoulder as she leaves.

I look at Kelly as he smiles at me sympathetically and holds his hand out to me. I walk over to him and take his hand as he kisses the top of my head, before we start walking out the firehouse and to the car.