Hello! Thank you so much for clicking on this story! This is the first chapter of my new (short?) story when the stakes are high. Without further ado I will let you get to the story! Please do let me know what you thought in the end of the chapter and please enjoy.

Gabriela Dawson woke up as the alarm went off. She rolled over, wanted to roll against Matt and wake him up with a kiss but he was already missing from the bed. Surprised she got up, walking to the kitchen where he was making breakfast for the both of them. She walked up behind him and wrapped her arms around his bar upper body then.

''Good morning.'' He turned around and kissed her.

''Good morning.''

''What are you doing.''

''Playing billiards with elephants.'' He joked and she smiled.

''Oh, really, are you going to be that way today?''

''Making breakfast for my favorite firefighter.'' He smiled as he put the plate down for her and sat down in front of her as she smiled.

''Funny, you are my favorite firefighter as well.''

They shared a kiss over the table and finished breakfast then, packing their bags and Gabby was grabbing some of the cookies she had made yesterday from the fridge to take them to the firehouse for the others.

''Are you sure you want to take all of those?'' Matt said with his big puppy eyes, almost looking sad that all of the cookies were going to leave to the firehouse.

''Oh yes, well there is still some left for you.''

''Good.'' He said and suddenly grabbing her, kissing her and she looked at him with a smile then.,

''Where did that come from?'' She giggled.

''Well, I guess I just really love you...and since we don't kiss on the job, I guessed that now would be a good time.'' He said and she smiled at him again, kissing him again then, biting his lip softly as they kept on kissing, French kissing.

As they broke up their kiss, Gabby suddenly sat the clock on the wall and saw that they would be running late if they wouldn't get changed to something else than their underwear and they hurried to get ready, but still in time they were ready to leave.

''Alright, time to leave.'' She said and he had his arm around her as they walked towards the car, driving to the firehouse. She looked aside, smiling as she was so excited to go to work, as she loved her job and even more, because she got to work together with the man she loved and so many other people she cared about so much.

''Matt...I just...I just want to ask you...sometimes I feel like you won't send me into buildings...because you are worried about me and appreciate that because I care about you and you care about me, but I really want you to treat me like the others.'' She said then and he looked aside while driving for a second.

''I don't...I don't do that purpose, but I will keep it in mind, okay? Cause you are an amazing firefighter and I really don't want you to think I try to push you back.''

She smiled and took his hand on the clutch for a second.

''It's good that you say so, because if we don't talk - I don't want our relationship to run into troubles again.''

''Me neither...and I love you.'' She assured him again. He parked by the firehouse and they walked inside together.

They had barely gotten ready for shift and drank their first coffee and enjoyed Gabby's coffee when the alarm already went off.

''Ambulance 61, truck 81, squad 3...''

All of them jumped up and they ran towards their vehicles. They rushed away and made their way to the unstable structure they were called for.

There arrived at the scene, looking up at the 4 floor flat that was there, but surrounded by the rubble as a crane from the construction work beside it had hit it.

''Casey, wait for further orders.'' Boden said then and Severide and his men ran in to search the second floor, as they were told the rest of the building was empty.

People were sitting on the ground, getting help for the small injuries they has sustained and Casey stood beside Boden.

''Any word if there are any more people inside?''

''We got word there are people on the second floor, Severide and his men are searching there. I don't want any more people in there because of the bad structure.''

Suddenly one of the people that was sitting on the ground got up and walked to Boden.

''You are only searching the second floor?'' He asked then, Brett wanting to take him back to the spot where they were treating them.

''Are there people on any other floors?''

''There might still have some people on the top floor .'' one of the boys said to Boden then. Casey heard it as well and nodded at Boden.

''Get two people in there. Quick inside, quick outside, we have no idea how long the structure will last.'' Boden said. ''I am calling Severide to come out soon as well.''

He was not sure if it was still okay to send somebody in, but he also knew that they couldn't leave those people stuck up there.

Casey nodded and walked to his crew.

''The structure is really unstable, but there might be some people on the top floor. Otis, I need you to put the ladder near the window, just in case.''

Otis nodded and Matt looked at the others, knew that two had to go in and they didn't how it would go.

Gabby looked at him and he knew that he could not keep saying that she couldn't go in. Especially not after that she had said this morning. Even though he didn't it on purpose and he preferred sending nobody in, he knew that she wanted to go in and

''Okay, Herrmann, Dawson.'' Casey said and Dawson and Herrmann nodded, grabbing the last bit of their gear before walking in. Matt looked as Gabby walked into the building with Herrmann. She was a great firefighter and he knew that she would do an amazing job. He was so proud of her and how she was a firefighter now. He had never doubter her and she had proved herself so much.

He did feel a tiny bit nervous because they had no idea what the state of the building was.

''We are on top floor now, over.'' Sounded from his radio and he was glad to hear Gabby's voice.

''Dawson, Herrmann, please do a quick sweep and leave as soon as possible.''

''Understood, over.'' Gabby said over the radio and he kept looking at the building, worried about Dawson and Herrmann, but for now the building seemed to hold.

Herrmann and Dawson were looking over the top floor. Rubble laid everywhere and walking her, she was scared as well that the building would give in, but since Boden had told them to go in, she trusted him that it would be okay.

But weird enough, while they were looking, there was no sign of everybody here.

Dawson suddenly froze as she felt somebody putting something against the back of her head, hearing some clicking noise and she knew it was a pistol. A long arm stretched around her, turning her radio off. She realized how she started to shake, scared. She felt the cold metal of the pistol through her hair. Her hands were trembling, her breath shaky as she finally held a voice behind her.

''Hands up, drop your crowbar...and don't make a noise.'' a whisper sounded in her ear.

NOTE: So here it was, the first chapter of When the stakes are high! It started out so sweet but then...then it all went south...what is happening to Dawson and are she and Herrmann going to be okay?

Thank you so much for reading this first chapter and I hope that you are interested in this story! I am planning of making it about a 10-15 chapter story. I hope that you are excited for the next chapter and that you want to read more. Please let me know what you thought and hopefully till next chapter!