A\N: This story is a sequel to "A Simple Dinner" and for you to truely understand this story it would make sense for you to first read it. The title of this story was created by Fire Fighter 13. This chapter is decicated to her and to her friend "J". This chapter takes place on Serena and Michael's first birthday, I hope everyone enjoys it. Please remember to review.

Disclaimer: I do not own Chicago Fire, NBC or Global

Spoilers: None

Warnings: None

One Year

"Ghbga," Serena smiled as she squished two pieces of banana between her fingers and rubbed them together.

"Hibie." Michael turned his head and observed what his twin sister was doing, "Nmgh," He threw his sippie cup to the ground and laughed as it landed with a thump.

"I'd love sub-titles when they talk," Gabby took a baby whip and whipped off Serena's hands.

"Sometimes I think I don't want to know," Matt smirked as he gave his son back his sippie cup.

Michael smiled in response as he reached for Matt's bagel.

"Hey, hey," Matt smiled, "You have your own food," He held up a piece of banana but Michael was clearly not interested as he reached for his father's food again.

Dowg," Serena clapped her sticky hands together and smiled as she finished all her banana slices, "Gogo," She said her and Michael's word for yogurt.

Gabriela stood up and walked to the fridge, on her way back she got a granola bar and un-wrapped it, "No different then us," She handed Matt the granola bar, "See if he'll eat that, it's pretty soft."

"Come on buddy," Matt offered his son soft granola bar but the infant was quite content sucking on his now empty sippie cup.

Michael shook his head.

"Okay fine," Matt gave-in to his son's earlier request and tore off a few small pieces from his bagel and offered them to Michael. Michael immediately grabbed the pieces and ate them.

"It's just us," Antonio's key unlocked the front door and a very excited Maria tore off her shoes and scrambled into the kitchen.

"Happy Birthday Serena and Michael!" The six year old smiled excitedly, "We got you lots of presents."

"Did you?" Gabriela eyed her older brother as he walked into the kitchen.

"Couldn't help myself," Antonio shrugged his shoulders as he kissed Gabriela on the cheek.

"Dad," Thirteen-year-old Carla flipped her long brown hair out of her face, "Tia's boyfriend is having a party tonight, can I go?"

"Absolutely not," Antonio shook his head furiously.

"But Dad-"

"No and that's final," Antonio sent her warning glares.

"Fine," Carla rolled her eyes as she leaned against the kitchen table.

"And don't you roll your eyes at me."

"Where's Dani?" Gabriela changed the subject.

"Oh, she's at Freddie's hockey practice, Diego went to but they should be here in the next hour or so."

"Dad Tia says I need to go-" Carla cut into the converstation, "It's like really important."

"Well its like really important that you obey me," Antonio responded sarcastically back, "Now put that phone away and go downstairs. And if I see your fingerprints anywhere near the liquor cabinet there will be hell to pay."

"Daddy you need to add money to the swear jar," Maria told her father, "You swore."

"You're right I do," Antonio spoke before Carla had the chance to. "Now go downstairs sweetheart and play for a bit. The adults want to talk."

"Okay Daddy," Maria skipped towards the basement with a very belligerent Carla behind her.

The door was slammed shut by Carla and Antonio cursed in Spanish, "I swear that girl's going to get thrown in jail by the time she's sixteen," He ruffled his hair.

"She's still giving you a hard time?" Matt questioned. Upon entering high school in September Freddie had immersed himself in the school's extracurricular activities while Carla began going to parties and hanging out with the wrong crowd.

"Last night I picked her up from a party. It was getting out of control and the police got called in to crash it. A buddy of mine recognized her last name and called me. She'd been drinking, at fourteen! Can you believe it?"

Gabriela's eyes widened. The last she had heard was that Carla wasn't doing as well as she could be in school and was wearing inappropriate clothes and getting caught out of uniform.

"Drinking? Are you sure?" Gabby finished feeding Serena, "That doesn't sound like Carla."

"Oh believe me Gab's I'm sure," Antonio took a deep breath. "I'm a Vice Detective and my own daughter was drinking underage. I don't need to tell you what can happen when girls start out like that. First drinking, then drugs and before she's twenty she'll be-" Antonio couldn't bare to finish his thought.

"Antonio would you relax," Gabriela patted her brother's shoulder, "This is just a faze alright, all girls go through something like this."

"Yours wasn't as bad." Antonio raised an eyebrow.

"That's because I had you to talk some sense into me," Gabriela tried not to blush.

"Freddie's trying to look out for her but when he does she just rebel's more. I've never seen them fight for this long. They haven't spoken since Halloween.

"The dance right," Gabriela sighed, she remembered Antonio vividly describing how his thirteen-year-old daughter changed costumes as soon as she got to the school dance. She went from being a vampire to being a naughty police officer; a costume that consisted of a top that barley covered her a mini skirt and fish net stockings. When Freddie saw what his twin sister was wearing he confronted her and threatened to tell their parents if she didn't change. Carla pushed him aside and refused to listen so he got out his cell phone. It got her grounded for two weeks. The first time she had ever been grounded.

"Yeah the dance," Antonio repeated, "Remind me to send Maria to an all-girls high-school. That is if I don't die first."

"Antonio, maybe….and don't take this the wrong way but maybe you're being a little to hard on her. I mean the more strict you are the more she'll rebel."

"Gabriela…" Antonio shook his head, "I know what I'm doing okay, just let me raise my own kids and you worry about yours."

Gabriela nodded her head. She prided herself on knowing her older brother better then anyone and she knew he needed sometime to clear his head and sort things out.

"Gfba," Alerted all eyes onto her as she stood up on wobbly legs and took step as in an attempt to walk towards Matt who was playing with Diego. "Da," She took another step before falling and letting out a sharp cry.

Michael not to be outdone by his older sister (by two minutes) also stood up and took his first step as well.

Gabriela who had filmed both events was didn't think she ever been happier. Both Serena and Michael had been close to walking on their own for weeks at a time and they finally did it, on the same day.

Michael who squirmed to get out of Matt's hold stood up again and walked a few steps before falling. He however didn't' cry, he stood up and took a few more steps.

"You're never going to get anything done ever again," Dani warned, "Having two one year olds running around is not fun."

"Hey!" Carla and Freddie complained in unison.

"It's true, you too were quite the handful," Dani told her eldest the truth.

"I remember by first time baby-sitting when you were two. You guys were all over the place, I swore I never wanted children."

"That might have been my purpose," Antonio smirked, "You know since-well you know, All the adults in the room knew which event in Gabriela's past he was referring to.

"What? What?" Carla caught on pretty fast there was something she didn't know.

"Nothing," Dani waved the event off.

"No I-" Carla began protesting when the oven timer went off signaling dinner was ready.

After Happy Birthday was sung Gabriela carefully placed the cake in front of Serena and Michael. She had baked the cake herself and she had to admit it turned out pretty okay.

"Yuna," Serena dipped her fingers into the cake and attempted to pull it towards her.

"See it always happens," Carla crossed her arms, "Babies are so stupid," She sulked.

"Hey, hey watch it or you'll be grounded more then a month," Dani scolded her daughter.

"For the eleven thousandth time everyone drinks!" Carla stalked miserably away from the table and slammed the basement door shut.

"I'm sorry," Antonio turned to his sister and brother in-law, "I'll go and have s few words with her."

"Let her have some cool down time, she'll come up when she's ready," Dani took her husband's hand in hers and squeezed them.

"Yummy cake," Maria took a bite and licked the frosting off her lips.

Instead of eating his cake Michael dipped his face into it and rubbed his hands over his face. This caused the cake to smear and even get into his blonde hair.

Serena laughed as she saw what her brother did and put her hands into her own piece of cake and smeared it all over her face. Then she picked up a piece of cake and mushed it onto Diego's face.

"Serena," The seven year old was less then impressed with his cousin, "You have to eat the cake."

"Here honey," Dani helped her son clean his face.

"I'm so sorry Diego," Gabriela apologized to her nephew, "You know she's just a baby though right. She's still learning, she didn't know it wasn't okay."

"It's okay Gab's," Dani shook it off, "It's no big deal."

Cake all over his hands and face Michael giggled in delight as he took a piece of Matt's cake and plopped it into his mouth.

Matt grinned, "What's with you and stealing my food huh," He lifted Michael out of his high chair and sat the very mess baby on his lap then he took Serena out of her high-chair and with both twins in his arms he stood up, "Let's go get you cleaned up before you open presents."

Later that night Gabby and Matt stood at the door and watched, as their now one-year old twins were fast asleep in their cribs. Needless to say it had been a very long and exhausting day for both of them so when it came time for them to go to bed they both went down very easily.

Wrapping his arms around Gabriela Matt pressed his face into her shoulder, "Do you ever think about having another one?"

Gabriela turned around in his arms. She had thought about it, she had thought about it a lot. In fact she knew the second she had given birth to Serena and Michael that she wanted to have another baby, another living thing she and Matt created grow inside of her.

After everything that had happened though, after Matt had been diagnosed with PTSD and what had caused it she had started to wonder if maybe two was enough. If maybe that was all Matt could handle, all they could handle.

"Do you?" She repeated the question back.

"Yes," Matt spoke without hesitation, "But when they're older. Next year, when they turn two then I want us to start trying again.

"Why two?" Gabriela wondered.

"I don't know," Matt shrugged his shoulders, "It just seems okay, I mean I can't see us having another baby now and I don't want to wait three years.

Gabriela took a step closer to him, until their lips were inches away from each other, "How about," She softly brushed her lips against his, "We compromise, we start trying in in April when they're one and a half. That way if it takes us awhile…you know…uh-" She bit her lip, "I forgot what I was going to say."

Matt kissed her, "I don't think it'll take us long at all," He said once the need for air forced their lips to break apart, "It didn't the first time."

"No," She tried not to blush, "But that was when we had time and privacy. We won't have much time with two kids running around.

"Well then we'll just have to go away on our own for a bit. It'll be our anniversary in June. That'll give us an excuse to get away."

"Without the twins?" Gabriela pursed her lips together, "I don't know."

"Well if you think we can't make a baby with them around," He took her hand and led them towards their bedroom, "Then we need to get away.

"I think we can do that."

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