Chapter 1
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This is my new fanfiction. Please leave a review if you like then I will continue writing and update once a week.
I'm writing this story in portuguese (my mother tongue). Then I translate it. So sorry for any mistakes.
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"I can't believe you're leaving. What will I do without you here?" Melanie asked sitting in an armchair.
"You will enjoy it as much as I, you are going to university too," Gabby said while was organizing some of her stuff in boxes.
"I know, but you are going away. Why did you choose the University of Pennsylvania?"
"Because I had to. You can visit me if you want."
Gabby was separating some clothes to donate, her mother had promised to buy new for her.
Gabby's parents were very proud, with great dedication she got the chance to study Medicine. They saw a bright future for her.
"Fine, but also be sure to visit us" said Melanie.
"Of course, when possible I will."
Melanie walked to Gabby and they hugged.
"I'm really going to miss you."
"You'll make me cry" Gabby said wiping away tears.
"When you left?"
"I still have to organize some things, so only next weekend," Gabby said returning to tinker her wardrobe.
"Okay, we have to celebrate before you go."
"I think we did it, not?" Gabby asked laughing.
"Yeah, but we went with our families. How about just you and me? It has a bar that my cousin said it is very good. What do you think?"
"I don't know."
"Maybe we meet some good guys."
"Ah the reason is this: the guys" Melanie laughed.
"Also. How long don't you kiss someone? I mean in the lips."
"Not long ago" Gabby replied.
"Tell me, if I answer for you." Melanie put her hand on her hips and stared at Gabby.
"Yeah, it does one year?"
"Exactly 1 year, 4 days, 10 hours and 20 seconds," said Melanie looking her watch. Gabby threw a sweater on her.
"You know me very well, I'm scared."
"So tomorrow night we will go to this bar. I will ask the address to my cousin."
"I have a headache just thinking that I have to convince my parents" Gabby said in frustration.
"Tell them you will sleep in my house and they won't worry too much. Gabby, you are 21 years already."
"I know, but my parents forgot that." Gabby was sitting on her bed while Melanie sat in the armchair. "We will do as you say: I'm going to sleep at your house tomorrow."
"I may finally wear those jeans I bought last week" Melanie said after crossing her legs.
"I have to see what I will use. I think I have nothing interesting."
"How about that black dress? It's beautiful! You should use it."
"Really, I had forgotten it. That's right I'll use it tomorrow."
Gabby was very anxious to start medical school, but was also grateful to have more time with her friend Melanie and her family in Chicago.
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"Matt, guess who I met at the mall today?" Nancy asked while preparing dinner.
"I don't know, who?" he asked as he set the table for dinner.
"Hallie. She asked for you. I said you was at home."
"Mom, you shouldn't have said anything," he said upset.
"Sorry!"
"Where's Christie? She should be helping here, this dinner is for her boyfriend."
"She is getting ready, you know."
"I hope he don't be late. Yesterday I had a day full of calls and I'm still tired."
"Don't worry, Jimmy usually punctual" Nancy said after tasting the sauce.
"Don't get upset, but you don't miss Hallie?"
Matt said nothing, just finished what he was doing and left the kitchen.
Nancy was very proud of the man that Matt had become. She had created Christie and Matt alone after her husband abandoned her. Matt was a firefighter and this was a dream he had since childhood and Nancy despite the risks that profession involved, she always supported him.
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"Gabby, before going to bed call me, okay?" asked Maria.
She walked to the car with Gabby. Melanie was waiting in the driver seat.
Maria treated Gabby like a baby. Gabby's father, Juarez, was more quiet. What about Gabby's brother? Antonio sometimes was very protective of her, but Gabby doesn't care, she loved her family.
"Okay, let's get out of here," said Melanie to Gabby.
When they arrived at Melanie's house, Melanie's parents weren't, they went out with another couple of friends.
Melanie's parents were lawyers and she would follow their career. Unlike the parents of Gabby, they caught not so much on her foot.
"My cousin goes with us" Melanie said as she put her earrings.
"Okay." Gabby went to the bathroom to brush her teeth.
Gabby was excited, she knew she needed to relax a little. And meet someone nice tonight would be great.
"So how am I?"
"You look beautiful, this dress is perfect! I bet the guys are going to line up to be with you."
"Melanie, sometimes you are so exaggerated. I only need one and that he be kind, have a good conversation and-"
"What?"
"When I meet I will tell you" she said laughing.
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"Matt, what are you doing now?"
"Watching TV, why?"
Nancy was in the living room watching TV with him.
"Let's go out!"
"It's 10 p.m."
"Really Matt? When did you become that old?"
"Don't exaggerate" Matt said as he shifted channel.
"Okay, but on a scale 0-10 tell me how excited is your night?"
The night for Matt it was really boring. It had been a while that he didn't go out to drink with his friends. He had just bought a house and he used his free time to reform it. Matt never had trouble living with his mother and sister, but he wanted to have his own space.
"5."
"It was what I thought. Let's go out. We meet there?"
"Text the address."
Matt changed his clothes quickly and took his car keys.
"Where are you going? Was Hallie on the phone?"
"Mom, I'm leaving. Good night!"
"Be careful, please. Good night!"
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The place was crowed.
"So Gabby? Excited about starting the university? " Emilie asked. She was Melanie`s cousin.
"I am, but a little apprehensive as well. New place, new people."
Emilie was journalist. Despite the difference age between Melanie and her cousin, they liked go out together.
"You'll be fine. At first it's hard, but you get used to it. I also studied outside of Chicago-" Emilie said pointing to herself proud "see it all worked out in the end."
"You are right."
"Yes, enough of this subject. We came here to have fun" said Melanie.
They made a toast.
"You want another drink?" Emilie asked.
"I want" said Melanie.
"Gabby?"
"No, I didn't finish this one. Thanks!"
Emilie left to grab for her and Melanie.
"There are many handsome guys. The fun begins!"
Gabby laughed at Melanie's enthusiasm. She was older than Gabby just two years. And it was always more carefree. Gabby wanted to be just a little. She felt that sometimes she carried the weight of the world on her back. She needed to attend her parents' expectations. She wanted to be a doctor, but that dream was born primarily in their hearts.
"Gabby? Gabby? Where's your head? Is everything okay?" Melanie asked.
"Yes, it's okay."
"Okay, I need to go to the bathroom. Wanna come?"
"Yes of course."
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Emilie was waiting to be served when she recognized a friend in the middle of that crowd. It had been some time since she saw him, but decided to go to him.
"I don't believe what I'm seeing!" said Severide when he saw Emilie.
"Me too" she replied.
They hugged.
Matt was just watching their interaction.
"Let me introduce you my friend Matthew, he works with me in the battalion 51-"
Emilie greeted him.
"This is Emilie, we studied together in high school."
"Nice to meet you" Matt said.
"Sev, you're great. Become a firefighter did very well to you" Emilie said smiling.
"Why? He wasn't always successful with the girls? "Matt asked chuckling.
"Hey," Severide said offended.
"And what do you do Emilie?"
"I'm a journalist."
"That's great."
"You are alone? Why don't you join us? "
"Actually, I'm with my cousin and her friend."
"Come stay with us."
"Okay, I'll call them."
"So you and Emilie?" Casey asked.
"No never. But I had a crush on her "Severide said.
"Hmmm. Finally found someone who didn't fall into your bed."
They laughed.
"Gabby, where is Melanie?"
"It's right there" Gabby pointed toward where she was. Melanie was talking to a boy.
"Wait here, I'll be back."
Emilie talked to Melanie that she had found a friend and would stay with him and Gabby.
"I found a friend, okay if we stay there with him?"
"Yes. It seems that Melanie doesn't need company now, "Gabby said smiling.
When they approached, Matt had his back to Melanie and Gabby.
"Wow" was what Severide said.
"What?"
"See."
Matt turned and when he saw her was taken by the same surprise.
He found her beautiful and the smile she gave when they got to them, messed with Matt.
"Gabby, they are Severide and Matthew-"
She had her hands busy and just said "Hi!" and they responded.
"And this is Gabriela, my cousin's friend and future doctor."
"Hmm, someone who, like us, will save lives" said Severide.
Gabby was confused.
"We are firefighters" Matt said and stared at her for a few seconds.
Severide cleared his throat drawing the attention of Matt and Gabby.
"What's going on here?" Gabby thought.
"Severide, how are going your parents?" Emilie asked.
Matt and Gabby watched Emilie and Severide talking about their lives.
"So Medicine School. Childhood dream?" Matt asked.
"In fact, I spent part of my childhood wanting to be a dancer, then teacher, the next day a writer until finally medical" she said laughing.
"Wow. That's a lot "he laughed.
"And you?"
"I wanted to be police until one day a house in front of our had a fire. The couple who lived in the house had a baby. When the firefighter came out carrying the baby in his arms I thought it was so amazing, so brave, that I told myself that one day I would be a firefighter."
Gabby saw sparks in his eye as he talked that story. She was delighted with him. Beside the fact that he was handsome.
"What a beautiful story!"
"Thank you! You want to sit? "
"I want." And they were sitting in the chairs they had at the bar.
"So excited about university?"
"Can I confess something to you?"
Matt looked confused, Gabby got a little more serious.
"Of course!"
"Several people have asked me that-"
"Sorry, I didn't want-"
"No, it's alright. It's that as much as I say I am, part of me doesn't seem convinced. I don't know what's going on with me " she said before taking another sip of her drink.
Matt felt bad for her.
"Can I ask you something? Feel free to answer or not."
Gabby just nodded.
"You're afraid of failing or perhaps disappoint anyone?"
Gabby looked at him for a few seconds wondering how he had read her mind as well.
"I ... I'm afraid to disappoint my parents, my friends and finally myself. Not be good enough know?"
"One more question? Do you want to be a doctor? Really want this?"
"Of course I do." Her response was immediate.
"So do it for you. If indeed your parents and your friends love you they will support you and if at any time you fail they will help you. I know we met less than an hour, but if you need anything you can count on me too."
"Oh, I feel like an idiot now." She said rubbing her hair.
"Why?"
"You came here to have fun and I'm here filling you with my existential doubts."
"Of course not. I said to you, anything."
"Thanks! But enough about me. Tell me something about yourself."
"What do you want to know?"
"I don't know, tell me anything."
"I bought my house and I'm renovating it."
"You are renovating?"
"Yes, I have a construction job."
"This is really cool."
"Yes, only customers who are sometimes a little boring." They laughed.
"Have you ever received a weird application to reform?"
Matt and Gabby had a good time and laughed a lot about Matts' stories.
" I really want to know your new house. Could you show me?"
"Yes, we can combine a day and I take you there."
"What if I want to go today?"
"Today?"
"Yep."
He looked at her, it was very hard to resist such a request. Especially with a smile like that.
"Come on."
They stood up. Gabby called Emilie aside and said she was going with Matt to his house, which he was renovating and then Matt would leave her in Melanie's house.
"Take care of her" Emilie told Matt before they leave.
"I'll."
The fact Severide trust Matt left Emillie relieved.
When they got into his car, Gabby asked Matt if she could turn on the radio, he said yes.
The path to his house was silent except for music playing in the background. From time to time one looked at each other, wondering how would end that night.
15 minutes after Gabby and Matt came to his house. Matt opened the car door for her. Then walked to the front door, Matt opened the door and Gabby came first.
"The house is without electricity, some rifle burned and I can only fix tomorrow, so I will use my phone to light."
"No problem. I use mine too."
"I think I have some candles somewhere. Wait for me here. I have no furniture yet, but I don't want you to get hurting. "
Matts' tools and equipment were scattered around the house.
"Yes, sir" Gabby giggled.
In a few minutes Matt returned with some candles and spread through the house.
"There's still a lot of work to do-"
"Matt, relax." She felt he was a bit tense.
"Sorry. So, this is my living room."
"It's very spacious, I like that" Gabby said after looking around.
"Come on."
She followed him into the kitchen.
Gabby ran her hands in the cupboards and countertop.
"You did that?"
"Yes."
"They were very good."
"Thank you."
They looked at each other for few seconds. The tension between them was increasing.
"So is there anything you still want to show me?"
He cleared his throat: "Yes." He pointed to the hallway.
Gabby followed him.
"This is the guest room. And this one is my bedroom."
They entered: "You lied to me."
Matt looked confused: "How?"
"You said you had no furniture in your house. And what is this bed?"
"You're right" and they laughed.
"One day I was looking at some things and saw that bed, I liked it a lot and decided to buy."
"Hmmm. Got it."
And again they were looking at each other and fixing the gaze. They gave a small smile.
Matt ran his hand through his hair.
Gabby just watched. She isn't those girls who come around with strangers, but Matt sent so much confidence and sincerity that she decided to risk it. She only had two boyfriends and the initiative always came them and not hers. However, the man in front of her was making her think differently, or was the beer she had drunk that she had left her in this way? She had only two beers, no, it wasn't the beer. It was he and those blue eyes.
"Anything else you want to show me?"
"Yes." He reached out grabbed her hand.
They went to the hall and he took her to the back of the house. He opened the door: "backyard."
"I don't believe. You did this?"
"I did. Did you like it?"
"I loved. When I was a kid we had one in our house. I loved that balance."
"Sit. I will push you."
Gabby sat down and he started swinging.
She seemed child, laughing. Matt was delighted.
Suddenly the house next to a light was on. And someone shouted for them to do silence.
It was late. And unlike they two other people were trying to sleep.
"Sorry!" Gabby said and put her hand over her mouth.
She rose quickly, they entered the house again and were laughing in the hallway. They stayed like that for a few seconds trying to catch their breath.
Gabby took off her shoes and left them beside her.
Matt took a step toward her and waited to see if she would move. Then he took another step. They were now separated by a few centimeters.
He put his hand on her face. She closed her eyes. He approached her and kissed her forehead, then gave a kiss on each cheek. Gabby continued with her eyes closed. He kissed her nose, her chin and finally her lips. Gabby immediately kissed him.
He put one arm behind her and pulled her. Gabby wrapped him in her arms, her fingers moving through his hair.
A few minutes passed and Gabby broke the kiss. With one glance they said to each other what they wanted and Gabby just nodded to ensure Matt that she really wanted him in that moment.
He lifted her in his arms, entered the room and he closed the door behind him.
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