Kelly and Stella : Coming Back Together Again

Couples therapy

Today they have another couples therapy session to which they finally told Jennifer that they were in couples therapy and their reasons behind it to which she understood and told them that was probably the smartest move for them. After couples therapy they plan on going home and playing board games since it's raining outside. Jennifer asked Stella to send a picture of Stella and Kelly on shift since it would be her last for a while so she sent Jennifer this one

They went after shift to their appointment. "I know it was such a busy shift so we couldn't catch one another at the firehouse for me to ask this but did you enjoy your last shift for a while" Kelly asked as they sat out in the waiting room.  "It was okay. Definitely busy and has left me very exhausted but I enjoyed it" Stella told him. "Yeah did it make you realize how much you won't miss those days while you're pregnant" Kelly asks her. "It made me realize I probably picked a good shift as my last one yes. I'll still miss them though and am excited for the day I can get back out there again" Stella tells him. "Are you going to be able to do the GOF stuff with the tiredness you've been having " Kelly asks her. "Yes a busy shift and a day full of GOF are very different things" Stella tells him. "Just making sure" Kelly tells her as they get called back by their therapist

Once they were in her office and seated she asked them how they were doing to which they told her they are doing good still. "Anything big happen or new lately" Amy asks. "Lots. We can start in the fact that Brandon is going to do both basketball and baseball this fall and winter. Ella is doing soccer this fall. School is starting back and we got into a big fight the other day due to another big thing which is I'm pregnant" Stella tells her. "Well oh my goodness congratulations to you both and y'all have definitely been busy lately I imagine with school starting and sports starting soon" Amy tells them. "We definitely have and thank you" Kelly tells her. "Yep very busy for sure but wouldn't trade it for anything. Thank you" Stella tells her. "So would y'all like to talk about the big fight y'all had or have y'all resolved it? Fill me in at the point y'all are at with it" Amy says. "We can talk about it. It's something that's going to require some solo work on my part for sure. We've only talked about it to move on from it to a degree but not fully yet" Stella tells her. "So what was the fight about exactly and what started it" Amy asks. "The fight was about what she's going to do for work while out from firefighting. She just had her last shift of that for a while but it was prior to that. We were talking about it and she's talking about doing GOF which I think is great but she talked about wanting to do 2 or 3 work shops that would take her away from home for 2-4 weeks at a time. By the time she would do all that if they all took 4 weeks that's 12 weeks right there of her pregnancy that she could be at home with me and the kids. She's 11 1/2  weeks pregnant right now. Now like I told her if she wants to go and do one right now and then just focus on her Chicago program and in the surrounding cities close enough to where she would still be home at night then that's fine with me I'll proudly support that but I'm not going to support her spending that much time away so close together especially when this is her last pregnancy. Let the kids enjoy it and let me be there for you through this one. She took it as I'm just not being supportive of her and reverting back to old ways. She told me she knew it was to good to be true about how much I've changed, my mask had slipped, and that I wasn't being supportive of her although I literally even at that time told her that I would support her in the other just not being away from us that much at one time. I then said some things I shouldn't have as well and told her that I couldn't believe she was picking a job over our children" Kelly tells Amy. "Oh wow so a lot of very hurtful things said by both of you there. Kelly was yours before or after hers" Amy says. "Afterwards but that's no excuse. We both should have walked away and chose not to" Kelly tells her. "Oh trust me I know it's no excuse and you're absolutely correct. Cooler heads far from prevailed. Stella can I ask you why you immediately despite him telling you he would support you if you just did it a little differently so you would be home more went off" Amy asks Stella. "Honestly it was triggering and opened my eyes to although I've forgiven him and even moved on to a degree that it's still a spot for me that can be a bit of a trigger sometimes and that's not something I realized still was sometimes which is why I said something that needs to be worked on in individual therapy with me because it's not fair to him because yes he has changed so so much for the better" Stella tells her. "When he said that you were choosing a job over your kids how did that make you feel" Amy asks her. "It hurt me pretty good and pissed me off. To say that I would ever do that is pretty insulting because I can't imagine doing that but also looking back now presently I can see where he can fairly say that it would essentially be choosing a job in a way over our children" Stella tells her. "Although he was right in your opinion his delivery was still really wrong there in saying it" Amy says. "I acknowledge that and have apologized for my part in that because yes I was wrong for that" Kelly tells Amy

"Kelly when she said all that about you how did that make you feel" Amy asked Kelly. "It really stung quite a bit because like I even told her at one point in that I've come a long way from where I was and that doesn't mean I'm always great now because I'm not but what you can't take away from me are the things that I have changed about myself and my level of support is one big one. To insult the work I put in to get to where I am now with it all was pretty hurtful. When she  popped up about how it must have all been some mask it pissed me off for the same reason. I didn't change my ways to just one day revert back to them" Kelly tells her. "I definitely could see why both of you feel like y'all did in y'all's reactions there. Can you both truly say that y'all have move passed the argument" Amy asks. "Yes which I think is due to the fact it was said in anger because had she said that in a moment we weren't arguing or anything I assure you I wouldn't be sitting here with her right now" Kelly tells Amy. "I can say the same. I knew he said what he did just wanting to hurt me like I had just hurt him and it did so great job" Stella said. "So if y'all moved past it then we'll either wrap it up early today or move onto something else. Last thing about this though is please remember y'all are both humans and there is nothing wrong with walking away until heads are cooler and if you feel like it's going that way it's even better to walk away then. One day either or both of you could say something in one that the other isn't willing to get past or over and neither of you want that to live with trust me" Amy tells them. "There is something else that I would like to talk about a little bit here but this is something else she needs to do in individual therapy as well mostly but I need to know what I can do to try to help her. We had planned on having a 3rd baby but it was going to be a little down the line thing when the timing felt right but obviously here we are and we're happy about it truly but also Stella is very scared of getting PPD again which is understandable and she's very scared about our relationship because of some of the ways it's went in the past with her pregnancies and me. I feel like that could have also been a driving force behind her blowing up the other day at my lack of support as she called it because she's tried very hard to implode it believing it's all to good to be real and all but she's doing it out of fear. When she gets like that what can I do to help reassure her" Kelly says. "Reassure her that you'll be there and nothing is going to happen to y'all just because of her pregnancy. A really big thing though is showing up and showing her truly how much you mean every word you say about being there for her through absolutely anything because it's not going to be rainbows and sunshine all the time and I know that because nothing is and in those times as her spouse it's going to be your time to really show her. You not doing that in those situations are just going to prove she was right about it all along" Amy tells him. "What if she fights me about trying to be there for her though because some days she does and tries to make it really hard" Kelly says. "Fight harder. You're a Severide so I know you can do it" Amy says with a laugh making both Stella and Kelly laugh. "No truer words" Stella adds. "Not wrong at all" Kelly said. "Is that where y'all want to end today at" Amy asks. "Fine by me because I think we've addressed everything that we needed to as a couple" Kelly tells her. "I agree with Kelly" Stella says. "Alright then we can stop there for today. It was nice seeing y'all and talking to y'all today. Congratulations again on the baby" Amy tells them. "Thank you" they both told her as they scheduled their next appointment and left. "How do you feel about that session with her we just had" Stella asks him as they got in the car. "I liked it. I think she had some good advice. Did you" Kelly replies. "Yes she wasn't wrong about what she said at all and again I'm truly sorry for blowing up on you like I did" Stella tells him. "It's fine I've done told you that. I fucked up too in that" Kelly tells her as they leave and head to get the kids before heading home.

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