Best Friend To The Very End

A Dead Kid, A Notebook and a Whole lot of Maybes

'Remind me again which one of you picked the house?' Casey asked as the three of them stood out the front of the old derelict house.
'She did' Severide said pointing at Hannah
'Worst house in the best street, plus you second it' Hannah replied
Severide looked around at the other houses in the Maywood street.
Casey laughed 'Alright then, let's look at how much work it needs' He said walking up to the front door.
'Remind me again why I agreed to this?' Severide asked
'Cause you love me' Hannah replied
Severide smiled as he looked at his daughter
'You heard from mom?' Hannah asked
'Not yet' Severide replied 'Come on' He said walking up to the house

11:47 am

'You heard from Katherine yet?' Jay asked Erin as she sat at her desk looking through a file
'Yeah, She's with her parents in Wonderlake'
'What about Hannah'
'Her and Kelly were looking at the house' Erin replied getting short
'What about Cooper? You arrested him yet?' Jay asked
'Jay enough OK, I'm sorting this out'
'Like you did the last time?' He questioned
'I am sorting this OK, so just drop it, Jay.'
'Erin, he could have killed her!' He yelled
'Jay this has nothing to do with you so-'
'Hey' Voight yelled as he came out of his office 'That's enough out of you two'
'You do something Erin before were left with a dead kid, a notebook and a lot of maybes' Jay said before he went down the stairs and slammed the door shut behind him
'You OK?' Voight asked Erin
'I'm fine' She replied
'How's the case going'
'Slow' Erin replied 'I want to make sure it's solid'
'He won't get away with this' Voight promised
'I hope not'
'How'd he take the restraining order?'
'How do you think' Erin replied 'He won't get away with this'
Voight looked at her and nodded her head

7:04 pm

'Lindsay, we're going to Molly's for a drink, you gonna join?' Ruzek asked
'I've got some paperwork to finish up here'
'You've been at it all day'
'It's important, I'll catch up another time' Erin promised
'Sure' Adam said getting his keys 'Don't work too hard'
'Thanks' She replied

8:15 pm

'Detective?' Burgess questioned as she walked upstairs
'What is it, Burgess'
'Your accused, Cooper Harrington'
'What about him'
'I just thought you'd like to know he was involved in an assault we were just called to earlier'
'Did you arrest him?'
'He was the one who had been assaulted'
'Did he say who did it?'
'No, but I'm guessing you have a few ideas already'
'Yeah' Lindsay replied

8:34 pm

There was a knock at the door.
Kelly looked at Hannah as they sat on the couch watching TV
'You get it' Said Hannah
'You' Kelly replied
'Rock-Paper-Scissors?' Hannah questioned
'Ok'
'1-2-3' They both said at the same time
'Scissors beat paper, you're answering the door'
'Fine' Hannah replied getting up and answering the door
'Hey Erin' She said once she saw who was on the other side
'Hey Han, is Kelly home?' She asked
'Yeah, come in'
'Thanks' She said walking in 'Hows the ribs?'
'Better' Hannah replied as she forced a smile
'Erin, what are you doing here. Has something happened?'
'I need to talk to you, in private'
Kelly thought for a second 'Sure'
He looked at Hannah, 'Han I think now is a good time to call your mom'
'Ok' Hannah said walking into the other room
'Whats going on?' Kelly asked
'Have you been here all day?' Erin asked
'Yeah, since about 6' Kelly replied
'What about before then'
'At the house'
'Can anyone confirm that'
'Yeah' Kelly laughed 'Han and Casey. What's happened'
'Cooper was assaulted today'
'And you think it was me'
'Help me believe it wasn't'
'I didn't do it Erin' He replied
'What about the cuts on your hands'
'Training'
'Training?' Erin questioned
'I took it out on a brick wall at the hospital the other day, not Cooper. Why would I risk losing Hannah again'
'If I find out your lying to me'
'I'm not, I promise'
'Thanks' Erin replied

9:27 pm

'Hey Lindsay, you made it' Ruzek cheered as she walked up to the bar
'Hey Adam' She replied
'You want a drink?' He questioned
'No thanks' She replied
'You sure?' He questioned again
'I'm sure, have one for me' She replied
'You heard her Gabby, one more'
'Sure Adam' Gabby replied
'How many has he had?' Lindsay asked
'Nearly one too many' Casey replied
Erin laughed 'How was the house'
'Surprisingly livable' Casey replied 'At least Hannah picked a good one'
'So not much work then'
'Just a bit of paint and some work'
'I need to ask you something'
'Sure'
'The cuts on Kelly's hands, what are they from?'
'He took his anger out on a wall at med, why?'
'I just needed confirmation' She replied 'Is Jay here'
'In the corner with Adam'
'Thanks'
Erin walked over to where the guys were sitting.
'Hey' She said as she sat next to Jay
'Hey' He replied
She looked at his hands clasped around his beer
'Someone assaulted Cooper' She said
'Someone needs a medal' He said taking a drink of his beer
'You were right, I should have done something as soon as Hannah came to me' Erin explained
'You know Lonnie had been abusing Ben for years before he died, and I knew. For years'
'At least its justice' Lindsay replied