A\N: So here it is the much wanted multi-chapter sequel to "Family Dinner" I hope the first chapter is just like everyone hoped to would be. I'm going to write seven chapters, one for each day Matt and Gabby baby-sit the twins; so if you have any suggestions or things you want to see please let me know and I'll see what I can do to add them in.
Disclaimer: I do not own Chicago Fire, NBC, Global, Disney or the makes of Risk.
Spoilers: None
Warnings: None
Parents For a Week
Gabriela was cooking dinner when she heard the front door open and then close again.
"We're home!" Matt called out as he walked in the door followed by Diego.
"Can you help me carry my hockey bag downstairs?" Diego asked Matt, "That's where I keep it."
"You get the door for me," Matt swung the hockey bag over his shoulder and carried it down the stairs and into the basement, Diego following behind him, "Where do you usually keep it?"
"In here," Diego walked into a storage room with everything from hockey bags to tennis balls. "Dad usually puts it here," He pointed to an empty spot in-between two other bags.
"Okay," Matt set the bag down and looked around the room, "You guys have a lot of sports equipment."
"Dad loves sports. Especially boxing and hockey; I like hockey and soccer and Eva dances, does gymnastics and plays soccer," He led Matt out of equip room and into a small gym, "This is where Dad keeps all of his boxing trophies and medals and where he works out when he's not a work. Sometimes he lets me use it."
"Your dad must have been pretty good," Matt saw all the trophies on the shelves.
"He could have gone to the Olympics but instead he went on a boxing scholarship to UofC majoring in Criminal Justice." Diego explained.
"You know a lot about your father."
"I'm going to be a cop just like him," Diego beamed with pride, "I want to work in the intelligence Unit. Have you been there? Do you know what they do?"
"No sorry Diego; All I know is that is top secret your dad doesn't talk about it much; it drives your Aunt Gabby crazy."
'It drives Mom crazy too."
"Diego! Matt!" Eva ran down the stairs, "Aunt Gabby says dinners ready!"
"Oh boy!" Diego licked his lips and bolted from the room and took the steps two at a time; he didn't stop running until he reached the dinning room.
"Well that was fast," Gabriela chuckled, "Do you come to dinner this fast for your mother?'
"Only when she makes something I love."
"Which is everything!" Eva finished setting the table.
"Yeah so; at least I'm not a picky eater. Eva won't eat so many things you could write a book on it."
"You could not," Eva shoved him as she passed.
"Eva be careful; that goes for you too Diego," Gabriela warned as she placed the dishes the table. "I don't want to have to separate the two of you."
Diego and Eva took their seats silently.
Arriving in the room Matt took in the scene and saw Eva and Diego laughing about something and heard Gabriela clattering around in the kitchen.
"Something funny?" He tilted his head to one-side as he observed the twins.
"No," Eva giggled as she looked at him.
"Is that so? Well do you always giggle like that?"
"No!" Eva broke into a fit of giggles.
"Well this is a nice change," Gabby spoke as she walked into the room carrying the last of the dishes. "I like it when you two are laughing and not fighting."
"We're siblings its our job to fight," Diego spoke.
"Yeah but its also your job to look out for each other."
"Like you and Dad do?"
"Yeah like that."
"So tell me about school; what are your favourite subjects?" Matt turned to the twins and asked.
"We're in grade three," Diego told him as he dished out some vegetables and put them on his plate, "I like math and science."
"What about you Eva what do you like?"
"I like reading and writing and drama class; those are my favourite subjects. I'm good at math but I don't like it that much. Only sometimes."
"When I was in school my favourite subject was gym; I was okay in my other classes but gym was my favourite."
"I love gym too."
"Yeah me too," Eva agreed with her brother.
"What about you Gabby? What subjects did you like in school?" Matt asked his girlfriend.
"Science and Math were my favourite subjects; I was okay in English but I didn't like it that much."
"Okay so if you need help with your science or math homework this week ask your Aunt Gabby. Not me."
"But not if Abuela and Abuelo are watching us." Diego told him, "Then we ask Abuelo most of the time."
"My parents are going to watch them when we're on shift," Gabby filled Matt in.
Matt nodded his head, "Right and Abuela and Abuelo is Spanish for Grandma and Grandpa?"
"Yeah," Gabby nodded as she swallowed a piece of meat.
"May I please be excused?" Diego asked.
"Can you eat a few more pieces of meat and some more rice?" Gabby looked at his plate.
"But Aunt Gabby I'm saving room for desert. It's fruit and I love fruit."
"Okay Diego," Gabby figured as long as he ate fruit he'd be filling up on healthy food, "Go scrap your plate into the compost and put your plate in the dish washer."
"Should I get a bowl and spoon for the fruit?" He asked as he stood up.
"Yes, that would be a good idea."
"Okay," Diego walked past the table and into the attaching kitchen where he did what he was instructed to do.
"Aunt Gabby?"
"Yes sweetheart?"
"Can I ask what fruit is for dessert?"
"It's fruit salad with grapes, melon, pineapple, apple and kiwi," Diego told his sister as he sat down at his seat beside her with his bowl and spoon.
"Okay," Eva took another spoonful of the multigrain rice, "I'll have a little bit more dinner."
"Eva, Diego, I'm very impressed with your manners," Matt complimented them.
"Thank you," Eva and Diego spoke at the same time.
"Yes, manners is something their parents have been teaching them since they were little," Gabriela pushed her chair back and stood, "I'm going to go get a bowl and spoon for the fruit."
"Aunt Gabby may I please be excused?" Eva asked after she had finished eating everything that was on her plate.
"Yes Eva you may, you've had almost two servings of everything."
"Thank you," Eva stood up and followed her aunt into the kitchen.
A few minutes after Eva and Gabriela had left the kitchen Matt had also finished eating and he stood up to bring his plate into the kitchen. As he went he passed Gabriela who was carrying the bowl of fruit salad into the dinning room.
Once the desert was finished being eaten everyone collected the plates and carried them into the kitchen. Some were loaded into the dishwasher we'll others were put into the sink.
"Matt." Diego asked as he washed his hands, "Can we start a new game of Risk?"
"Of course we can buddy," Matt ruffled the boy's dark hair, "Eva sweetie do you want to play too?"
"No thank you," Eva responded, "Aunt Gabby can you French braid my hair? I want it wavy for ballet tomorrow."
"A French braid" Gabby dried her hands, "Oh boy it's been a long time since I've French braided someone else's' hair."
"Do you remember how?" Eva asked hopefully.
"I can do it. I French braid my hair sometimes but I haven't braided your hair since you were little."
"Please Aunt Gabby? I still can't do it all by myself yet."
"I'll try my best sweetheart but don't expect if to be as good as it is when your mother does it."
"Okay," Eva ran off to get her ponytails and clips.
"A French braid? I don't think I've seen that done before."
"You know those pictures you like so much of me as a little girl?"
"Yeah."
"Well in most of those pictures my hair is French Braided."
"Ah; is it safe to assume you got your sense of fashion from your mother?" He kissed her cheek.
"Yes it is," Gabby sat down on the couch and watched Diego set up the game board and pieces.
"I'm ready Matt," He sat on the floor his legs underneath the table.
"Alright" Matt sat on the floor on the opposite side of him.
"Here Aunt Gabby." Eva walked into the room carrying a container of hair supplies.
"Thanks Eva," Gabby took the box and put it on her lap, "Now remember you have to sit quietly and very still."
"I will," Eva, promised, "I'm going to watch Diego beat Matt at Risk."
Two hours later Gabby had finished braiding Eva's hair and the game of Risk was getting down to the wire with both Matt and Diego having lost armies via the other.
"Take his army!" Eva cheered Diego on when it was his turn, "You can beat him!"
"No I can't," Diego shook his head, "His North American army is really strong if I take it I might loose."
"Well you have to do something," She through her arms up, "You just can't stay in South America forever!"
"I think I'm going to escape to Australia, that's mine. Yeah I'm going to get on my ship and cross the ocean."
"Okay," Matt moved his army pieces into South America, "I'm invading South America."
"Diego!" Eva hit the floor with her hands, "You should have stayed! I want you to beat Matt."
Diego picked up the dice and rolled it and he rolled a one, meaning that Matt won and won the game. "I want a re-match." He took the loss in stride, "And next time I want to play in teams."
"How about we take on the girls?" Matt suggested, "I think we can take them."
"Oh you're on," Gabby stood up, "Isn't that right Eva."
'Yeah we're gonna cream you!" She stuck her tongue out.
"Okay you two," Gabby chuckled, "It's already past your bedtime upstairs and get into your pajamas and brush your teeth. Matt and I will be up soon to say goodnight."
"They really are great kids," Matt said as be began to cleanup the board game, "I can't believe how well mannered they are."
"They are great kids," Gabby agreed, "You know," She watched him put the game away, "I know I've already said this before but you're going to make a great father someday."
"Yeah you know I think this week is going to be good for me; I missed being around kids all the time. How about you; do you see kids in your future?"
"Yeah I think so; I've always wanted to have a daughter, someone to take shopping and to teach all the things my mother taught me."
"Well I know you're make a great mother,"
Gabby blushed as she ruffled her hair and stood up as she heard whispers coming from the stairs, "Ssh," She pressed a finger to her lips and tiptoed into the hallway where sure enough in their pajamas Eva and Diego sat at the top of the stairs.
"Uh-oh! Busted!" Diego threw his hands over his eyes and over Eva's as well.
"I thought I heard voices," Gabriela walked up the spiral staircase, "How long where you two listening in?"
"Long enough to know you and Matt need to get married," Eva informed her aunt, "It's true love; just like Snow White and Prince Charming."
"Aright; that's enough Fairy Tales for you; now lets go of to bed both of you," She made sure they both were in there respected bedrooms before turning around only to see Matt standing behind her.
"You want me to tuck Eva in?"
"Yeah sure; I'll tuck Diego in and come in after."
"Then I can tuck you in," Matt snuck a kiss in before walked towards Eva's bedroom; which he wasn't surprised to find was painted pink and had a canapé bed.
"Well, well Princess Eva," Matt walked towards him, "Is this your royal chambers?"
Eva giggled, "You're funny Matt."
Matt leaned forward and kissed her forehead, "So you think I'm Prince Charming?"
"I think Aunt Gabby really likes you."
"Well that's good because you know she's my girlfriend," And as he said the word 'girlfriend' he couldn't help but grin like a teenage boy.
"Yeah I know," Eva smiled, "That's good, it's the first step to love. I know Mom and Dad like you too and Diego thinks you're cool. You're perfect for our family."
"We'll see what happens Princess," He made sure she was snugly tucked in.
"Matt," Gabby appeared at the door, "Diego wants you to go say good-night."
Matt gave Eva one last kiss on the forehead, "Goodnight Princess Eva, sweet dreams."
"Goodnight Matt,"
Matt rubbed Gabby's arm lovingly as he passed her on his way to Diego's room down the hallway.
"Matt," The boy smiled as soon as he saw him, "Do you like my room?" He asked eagerly.
Diego's room was painted a dark shade of blue and he had pictures of sports teams and trophy's everywhere.
"This is one of my Dad's gold medals," He showed Matt the medal, "He lets me keep it in my room."
"Wow, he must really trust you," Matt looked at the gold medal, "That's' pretty special."
"It was his very first gold medal he ever won. He won it when he was my age." Diego continued.
"Alright boys," Gabby leaned against the doorframe, "I think its bedtime for both of you."
"Aunt Gabby," Diego sighed, "Matt's a grown-up he doesn't have a bedtime."
"Oh," She winked at Matt as she walked into the room, "Well then it must just be you, now say goodnight to Matt and go to sleep. You can tell him all about your father's trophies all week."
"Goodnight Matt,"
"Goodnight buddy," He bent down and kisses his forehead, "Don't let the bed bugs bite you."
"I won't," Diego handed him the gold medal, "It just goes on the shelf," He yawned.
"Here," Gabby took the medal out of Matt's hands and put it where it belonged, "Goodnight Diego," She took Matt's hand and walked out of the room turning off the light and closing the door as she went.
"So," She led him towards the guest room down the hallway, "Why don't you go and get ready for bed and I'll go turn off all the lights downstairs and lock-up for the night."
Matt placed both his hands on her cheeks and kissed her, "Hurry back."
She caressed his cheek, "I will."
TBC
A\N 1: The idea for Matt and Gabby to talk about if they want children came from stagediva23; The part in this chapter though were just the building blocks Matt and Gabby will have more conversations about future children later. :)
A\N 2: Please leave a review and let me know what you thought of the first chapter.