"Breathe baby, breathe!" Casey cried out as he performed chest compressions on the love of his life in the back of Ambulance 61 as they raced to Lakeshore Hospital.

Finally they arrived at the hospital. He and Dawson handed her gurney off quickly to the awaiting medical team before following them inside. Casey paced back and forth in the lobby... waiting. All of Firehouse 51 was here too... waiting, and praying.

Some movement from the hall caught his attention. It was the doctor. Casey walked down the hall to meet him.

"Lt. Casey, I'm so sorry... she didn't make it." The doctor said.

"No" Casey said as sorrow over took him. He embraced the doctor and cried. Casey felt like the whole world was coming undone.

"We're keeping her on life support because there may be a chance we can save your child." The doctor said as Casey continued to sob on to his shoulder.

"W..what..?" Casey said pulling back a bit to look the doctor in the eyes.

"Your fiancée... is in the early stages of pregnancy..I'm sorry I thought you knew."

The doctor barely got to finish his sentence before Casey bolted from the hallway and into Hallie's room.

He saw her lying there... all burnt up and smoky. She was still beautiful though. He watched her chest rise and fall with the click of the machines. Casey didn't know what to feel, so he pulled up a chair to her bedside, took her hand, and continued to cry.

Knock knock

"Casey?" Gabby said coming into the room. "I brought you something to eat... in case you might be hungry."

"Hey Dawson.." Casey said sleepily as he rubbed his eyes. He must have dosed off.

"You ok?" She asked, coming to sit beside him at Hallie's bedside.

"She's dead." Casey said in response.

"But her baby's still alive... and when it's born well.. you'll always have a little piece of her always with you." Gabby said.

"Gabby I don't even know if she wanted this baby... she was never sure about having kids.." Casey said as tears welled up in his eyes. "I don't know how to feel about any of this... I think I'd just really like to be alone right now.."

Gabby nodded, "We're all here for you" she said placing her hand on his back before leaving the room.

"Hi.. are you Matt Casey?" A woman said as she stood in the threshold of Hallie's room.

"Yes" Casey answered as he sipped some coffee and forced himself to eat breakfast.

"I'm Wendy.. I am... I was a friend of Hallie's at the clinic... I came to give you my condolences. She talked about you all the time." The woman said as tears began falling from her eyes. "And I'm sorry you had to find out about the baby like this... she was going to tell you."

"She knew?" Casey said cutting the woman off.

"Yeah, she found out yesterday... she was going to tell you last night after her shift... haha 24 hours and 1 minute she said she was going to be in bed with her fiancée, telling him he was going to be a father. She was so excited... she didn't think she would be, but she was.. so very excited."

"Thank you" Casey said, over come with emotion.

It was going to be long road... and this baby wasn't out of the woods yet... but if it survived... like Dawson had said, a little piece of Hallie would always be with him.

Hope you liked the first chapter! Stay tuned for more :) I'm really excited about this story! R&R :) If you'd like to see some really cute pictures for this story you can go to my website "Hayleigh's Comet weebly" or use the link on my profile. Peace and Love :)