His Forever Flame

2. Back Story

5 years ago....

He had no idea who she was or where she came from, but she was smoking hot. She walked, no more like swayed, into the bar with Kelly Severide. He assumed she was Kelly's date, and Kelly was one lucky sonofabitch if she was because she was smoking. For whatever reason Jay could not take his eyes off her. Every time she moved, every time he heard her laugh, every time she did anything his eyes were drawn to her.

Damn why did he have to be underage. He was dying for a drink he couldn't have. His brother sitting on his right side had wanted bar food even though Jay couldn't drink, but he hadn't been paying Will any attention in the last 15 minutes since she'd walked into the bar.

Lauren felt his eyes on her the minute she walked in. She couldn't believe Kelly had talked her into coming to a bar with him. She wasn't even 18 yet, but Kelly promised her it would be fine. She was in Chicago for the entire summer, and she figured since she would be staying with him, she needed to adjust to his lifestyle.

She could hear her mother's objections clear as day, but Lauren pushed those thought out of her mind as she listened to the conversation swirling around her. She was still trying to learn the names' of all of Kelly's friends, but it was proving difficult; especially when she constantly felt a pair of eyes on her.

Finally, she decided to go up to him and see what was his problem. She used to be shy, quiet, never venture out into the unknown, but ever since she found her life had been a lie, she was becoming more vocal and opinionated. She found she actually enjoyed venturing out some, especially since it drove her mother crazy.

She walked up to the bar where he was sitting. He never saw her coming because he'd turned back to hear what Will was saying. He hadn't really focused on the conversation, but from what he gathered Will was talking about med school again. That's all Will dreamed about. He was a senior in college and was planning to move to med school as soon as he graduated. Jay on the other hand, avoided med school like the black plague and joined the Army. He was on leave right now because he was fixing to join the Rangers and begin his training. He had until August to spend time with his friends and family before he would be off to Fort Benning to begin training.

When he felt a hand on his back, he stiffened. He could tell it was a feminine hand, but he didn't know who it belonged to. He turned to look at the hottie he'd had his eye on all night.

"Hi. I'm Lauren Severide," she said in her cute little voice. God everything about her was cute and sexy Jay thought. It was only after he introduced himself that he realized her last name was Severide too.

"Are you related to Kelly?" he asked. He could only hope she was, and she wasn't a wife Kelly had hidden away.

"Yes actually I am. I'm his sister. I just found out about him and he about me over Easter. I live in Tennessee so this is the first time I'm actually getting to visit him."

Jay swallowed his tongue. She couldn't be his age; she looked younger than him, but he couldn't take his eyes off her. "I just wondered why you've been staring all night."

And that did it for him. He was gone, totally smitten with her. "Umm... well.... I..." He didn't know what to say. He could hear Will laughing on his other side, and he wanted to smack him, but he knew that was not possible at the moment. About that time Kelly came wandering over.

"Well there you are Sis." That was still taking her some time to get used too. "Sis" one word was all it took for her to feel protected and loved. She'd always wished she had an older brother and now she did. She was just hoping he wasn't fixing to ruin her chance with this good looking guy. Because when he wasn't checking her out, she had been checking him out too.