"Will you write?" The ten year old girl asked with tears in her eyes.

"Everyday." The twelve year old boy replys before pecking her lips as they sat under a tree in the meadow." Why do you have to move away?"

"My dad got a job in the city, he couldn't pass up."

"You are my best friend Gabriela Dawson." The blonde haired boy hugged the dark haired girl." I will come visit you as much as I can, if my father allows." He looks to his arm covering over the bruising that clearly showed.

"Gabriela it's time to go." He mother yelled from affare as she waived .

"I will see you again." Gabriela promised." Goodbye for now." She smiled hugging him.

"Goodbye for now." He smiled before pulling her in one last hug.

15 YEARS LATER

Gabby stood in the closet of her apartment standing on her tippy toes reaching for a box of shoes." You really need to clean out this closet more often." She chuckles to herself just as the shoe box and three others fall hitting her in the head." Owe." She cries out before looking down at one of the boxes that fell opened up exposing a bunch of letters." Oh wow." She whispers bending down picking up the box. She walked to the couch sitting down pulling one out as she studied the envelope for a minute before pulling the note paper out opening it .

Gabriela,

I miss you everyday, you are my only friend here and I wish you were still here. Hope to see you soon.

Love, M

Gabby ran her fingers over those words before picking up her cell dialing." Mom." She speaks as it connected." It's Gabby, you'll never guess what I found cleaning out my closet?"

"I'm surprised you found anything in there." Her mother teases on the other end.

"Haha." Gabby rolls her eyes." I found those letters." She said excited." From my friend that I would always meet in the meadow years ago before we moved her to Chicago."

"Ah yes your first love."

"Mom." Gabby blushed as she pulled another letter out of the box." I was only 10 how could he be my first love?"

"True love doesn't care your age sweety." Her mother chuckled.

"Oh mom stop."

"He was such a sweet kind boy, but he had a rough family life. "She told her daughter." What ever happened to him?"

"I don't know." Gabby sighed." The letters started dwindling and after two more years the just stopped coming completely."

"I always told you he was special Gabriela." He mom pushed." You should look him up."

"Yeah sure." Gabby chuckled." What would I say hey remember me? He's probably married with kids by now."

"Well you don't know unless you find out."

"Well aren't you anxious to get me married off." Gabby chuckled." Oh look at the time I should get to bed I have shift tomorrow."

"Goodnight my darling daughter. And don't forget Sunday is Antonio's birthday so dinner is at 3:00."

"How could I forget." Gabby laughs." Goodnight love you mom."

"Love you too Gabriela."

Gabby hung up the phone placing it on the coffee table before looking back down at the box of letters on her lap." What ever happened to you?" A single tear down her cheek as she put the cover back on the box. Gabby let out a deep breath before getting up moving back to her closet putting everything back in it's place. She shut the door slowly moving thru her apartment shutting off the lights. Gabby stopped in her bedroom door way hesitating for a moment before moving back to her closet." I'll take you with me." She says grabbing the letters moving to her room.

The next morning Gabby awoke exhausted hitting the snooze button. As she stretched in bed sitting up she crinkled the papers of all the letters spread out in her bed." I shouldn't have stayed up reading all night." She chuckles collecting all the notes grabbing the box from her night stand." Maybe I will look you up." She mumbles looking at the box before putting back on the nightstand then getting up from bed making her way to the shower.

Gabby walks into station 51 later that morning. "Hey my best friend." She cheers running into Shay in the locker.

"Why are you so cheery?" Shay grumbled." Oh wait don't tell me." She waives her hands shaking her head.

"Uh, no." Gabby smacked her arm." Such a dirty mind, but why can't I just be in a good mood?"

"Did you turn lesbian over night?"

"No." Gabby huffs.

"Oh well." Shay chuckles as both girls pull their uniform shirts on." That's too bad for me." She teases." But seriously what has you so happy?"

"Well it's kind of a long story."

"Well we have a long shift ahead of us." Shay grins." Come on tell me over coffee."

Shay and Dawson make their way to the common room bumping into Severide in the hall." Chief said common room 10 minutes." He brushes by in an equally happy mood.

"Why are you so happy?" Shay squints her eyes at her room mate." Last I saw of you you went to bed alone last night?"

"Oh I have secret moves." He chuckles." No but we have a new guy starting today." Severide calls out as he never stopped walking.

"New guy on squad?" Gabby says confused." Didn't know they needed anyone else."

"Beats me." Shay shrugs pulling Gabby towards the coffee pot now." So what's the good news?"

Gabby took at seat at the round table with her coffee facing the coffee pot where shay stood." I found a shoe box last night." Gabby starts to tell her.

"Really how did you find anything in that closet?"

"That's what my mom said." Gabby smiles." Anyway this shoe box was filled with these letters from a boy."

"A boy." Shay choked on her coffee." Are we robbing the cradle now?"

"Shut up." Gabby rolled her eyes." There from fifteen years ago." She answers snippy.

"Oh Iike where this is going." Shay slips in the chair across from Gabby." Love letters?"

"Shay." Gabby raised her eyebrows." I was ten he was twelve."

"So?"

"So?" Gabby made a face you sound like my mom again." She chuckled." Anyway, we were really close inseperable, until my family move here to the city. We wrote letters for a while but they eventually stopped coming and my letters started getting returned to me." Gabby took a deep breath now." I was considering looking him up."

"Wow that is so cute, your very own pen pal." Shay looked at Gabby looking for more details.

"What?" Gabby raised her eyebrows again.

"Did you, you know." Shay motioned with her hands." You know."

"Shay I was ten." Gabby rolled her eyes before a smile spread across her face." But he was my first kiss."

"Really." Shay sighed.

"Really." Gabby looked down to her coffee mug." I have never felt a kiss like that since."

"You were ten." Shay says confused.

"I know." Is all Gabby answers.

"What is his name?"

Before Gabby could answer Chief walked in to the common room." Everyone I would like to introduce our new truck Lt. Matt Casey." He announces as Gabby spins around in her chair hearing the name." He is replacing Lt Johnson who transfered out, I'm sure you will give him a warm 51 welcome.

"Thank you." Matt replys with a nod.

"Matthew." Gabby jumps up from her chair as the two lock eyes." It's me." She smiles taking a step closer as everyone watches their encounter." Don't you remember?" Gabby plays with her hair and fixes her shirt.

"Gabriela?" Matt takes a step closer still looking unsure."Gabriela Dawson?" He asks more confident taking another step.

"It is me." Gabby smiles.

"It's been a long time." Matt says as they hold each others gaze." Well come here." He says excitedly holding his arms open.

Gabby instantly bridged the gab between them wrapping her arms around his waist as he wraps his around her shoulders." Too long." She mumbles against his chest feeling the warmth of his body, but feeling like a ten year old girl again.