Trials, Tribulations and Triangles 2. - Chicago PD/Fire

Birthday Celebrations

Saturday January 19th - Evening

Today had been one of the hardest Lexi had ever faced. It was her birthday, her first birthday without her sister. The first birthday since Shay had been killed. Lexi couldn't say 'passed away' it made it sound like she had died peacefully in her sleep or something, she hadn't, she had been killed by a psycho arsonist.

Lexi had spent the day in her apartment, she had woken early, but lay in bed until way past midday. Unable to find a reason to get out of bed. Her phone kept chiming alerting her to messages or ringing but she ignored them all. She couldn't face people wishing her a happy birthday, it wasn't a happy birthday.

She had dragged herself from her bed at two p.m. read all the messages and listened to her voicemails but didn't respond to any of them. She hadn't received messages from Jay, Kelly or Gabby, Lexi knew that they would understand she didn't want to hear 'happy birthday' from anyone.

Lexi forced herself to go through the motions of showering and dressing in a zombie like state. She opened her dresser draw to take out a pair of socks and the light glistened off the silver chain that sat in the corner of the draw. She pulled the chain out, her engagement ring swinging on the end. The corners of her mouth twitched in to a sad smile and she ignored the tears that welled in her eyes before fastening the chain around her neck, the cold metal shocking her as it touched her skin. She lifted the ring and kissed it gently, thinking of Shay.

Lexi closed her eyes, imagining the huge grin on Shay's face as she stood beside Kelly in the shop as he handed the cashier his credit card for the ring Shay had chosen for her sister. Thinking about the excitement Leslie probably felt at the prospect of being able to help plan her sister's and best friend's wedding. A wedding that was never going to happen now.

A pang of sadness swept over her, today sucked. She wiped the wet tears from her cheek. The buzzer on her door chimed around the otherwise silent apartment startling her.

She slowly walked down the stairs to answer the door, not wanting to face whoever it was. She couldn't plaster on a fake smile for anyone today, couldn't pretend everything was ok, not today, she wasn't strong enough.

Lexi opened the door, Kelly stood staring at her tears already streaming down his face, his eyes red and puffy from the tears he had already shed. Neither of them spoke, Kelly crashed in to her, his arms fastening tightly around her waist as she clasped her arms around his neck. Kelly walked Lexi backwards his arms still secure around her and she pushed the door closed over his shoulder. Kelly buried his head in the crook of her neck and clinging on to each other they sobbed.

Eventually the ocean of tears ran dry, and Lexi led Kelly upstairs in to her apartment. She went to the bathroom, splashing cold water on her face, trying to soothe some of the puffiness from her eyes, dripping water down her shirt in the process. She took it off exiting the bathroom.

Kelly sat on the end of her bed, noticing the chain around her neck he stepped in front of her abruptly stopping her in her tracks. He pinched the ring in his fingers admiring it. "I miss you both so much Lex" Kelly let the ring drop, staring up at the ceiling to hold in tears he didn't think he had left.

Lexi avoided watching him hold back more tears, looking around him. Her heart ached, her chest felt tight, she was physically hurting. Hurting because she missed her sister, felt pain because she was the reason her sister was gone, she hated the sorrow in Kelly's eye's, despised seeing Kelly cry. But she could help ease Kelly's suffering, that's one thing she could do. She put her hands on the side of his face and pulled it down to her, kissing his lips softly.

Kelly grabbed her hips and pulled her body against his as her tongue played with his. Her hands roamed down his body to the hem of his shirt, finding his skin she ran her hands up his torso, feeling his every muscle. Gripping his waist on either side she walked backward to the bed, she pulled her hands from his body and pushed his jacket off his shoulders.