Disclaimer: I do not own any of the CF characters.
Timeline: this takes place somewhat later than where the series are now.
''May I take you bag, madame?'' Casey bow excessive and giggling she hung her bag over his stretched arm and he laid it in the back of his pick up, strapping it against his bag and opened the door for her.
''I could drive if you want to get some sleep.'' She offered as he sat down in the drivers seat and fastened his seatbelt. They just had returned from shift and the get the maximum out of their weekend away, they had decided to leave immediately after shift. She had gotten some sleep between the calls but he had been busy all night and she was worried he was tired.
''Don't worry about it.'' He eased her mind as he started the car and drove away. Although Gabby had her license, he knew she didn't like driving his pick up as it was pretty old and she was afraid she couldn't park it well enough.
''We just have to pick up the key at my parents house.''
Casey nodded and asked her to take his sunglasses from the dashboard as he drove to her parents house. It was pretty easy to get there, especially since it was only a few blocks away now they had moved to their own apartment. He parked the car and got out of the car, knowing that if he wouldn't come with her, it would take until late tonight to even get at the cabin as she would keep chatting with her mom for hours. He liked her mother a lot, but right now he just wanted to get to cabin as they hadn't had a lot of time together recently. Gabby was still busy with her training at the academy and he had been working every hour he was awake, if he wasn't on shift he was working on their apartment.
''Hey Marlina.'' He greeted her mom as he followed her inside. He felt at home in their house especially now he had been here very often and they even had been staying in the house for a few days when her parents were on holiday.
''Matt, you had your apple today?''
Matt frowned and sighed then with a smile and he caught the apple Gabby's mom threw at him; ''An apple a day keeps the doctor away, remember?'' She laughed as she walked away with Gabriela to get the key.
Casey shook his head, looking at the apple in his hands, every since he had been in the hospital with his brain injury and a few weeks ago again after the surgery that had fixed his problems with his memory because of the pressure in his head she had been giving him apples. He thought it was cute and he took a bite as Gabriela and her mother walked back.
''At least he does what his suegra says.'' Marlina laughed as she hugged Gabby and looked at Matt; ''Have fun and look out for my daughter.''
Matt grinned, he knew she meant he had to look after her daughter but he couldn't let this one pass.
''Ah, you know me, I would never let her have a bad influence on me.'' He said with a cheeky laugh as they walked outside and they got back in the car.
''Oh, I have a bad influence on you?'' Gabby laughed as she took the half-eaten apple from him so he could drive away and she brought it to his mouth so he could take a bite again.
''Absolutely, but what is suegra?''
''Mother in law. Remember that spanish for dummies book she gave you? You should read it.'' She laughed.
''I know you are my tesoro.''
''Good boy.'' She said like he was a dog, rubbed him over his head and held the apple out for him and he took a bite again and she finished it.
They drove on the interstate out of Chicago and Gabby fell asleep as she was slowly started to feel tired. Casey looked aside with a smile as she was asleep. Somehow, she hadn't been sleeping very well in their new apartment as it was close to the trains and while he slept through, she kept waking up every time one passed, but she said she would get used to it eventually.
He leaned over her to grab another CD and was happy he didn't wake her as he pushed into the CD player and enjoyed the new cd he had ordered a few days ago, knowing they were going on the trip.
When he parked the car by the lake two hours later he carefully woke her up.
''Hey, we are here.''
She woke up and smiled as he got out of the car and grabbed their bags. She walked to the door, opening it so he could walk in with the bags and he brought them to the bedroom. It had no been the bedroom he had been sleeping when he had been here a few months ago for the fishing trip as it seemed wrong to sleep her parent's room as he didn't know them back then, but now he knew them and knew it was fine.
''I am going to chop some wood.''
''Oh aren't you the cutest little primal man.'' She laughed.
''It get's cold at night in April.'' Matt shrugged. ''Besides, a fireplace should be used, right?'' He smiled and she nodded.
''Off you go, Bear Grylls.''
Matt laughed and walked back to his truck to grab his axe, walking into the forest, looking for some big branches while Gabriela made their bed and walked outside, checking the lake water. It wasn't really warm, but it was warm enough to swim in and she walked on the truck, grabbing the box they had taken with groceries and packed them. There was a small refrigerator that could be used through a plug and she got the aggregate running, as she had done many times before when she was here with her parents.
''Welcome back Cody Lundin.'' She laughed as Matt walked inside, one of his sandals missing but he was holding a large stash of wood in his arms.
''Who is Cody Lundin?''
''The guy from Dual Survival who does not wear shoes.''
''It ripped when I was out there.''
He lifted his food and Gabby looked worried at the large cuts in the sole of his foot.
''I had to walk back with only one.'' He said with a wry smile and she pointed him to sit down.
''Pff, city boys.'' She rolled her eyes as she cleansed his foot, referring to the fact she was from a smaller town and had only moved to Chicago when she was older, while he had been living in Chicago his whole life.
''The cuts aren't really deep, I think you will live.'' She said and he pouted; ''Boo boo kissy?'' She kissed him and he walked to the bedroom to look for his other flip flops in his bag and she got the last things cleared up. She loved moments like these with him, as he acted so different than when they were in Chicago, especially when they were on shift. On shift he was always so serious, while here he was just goofing around.
''Doesn't it hurt?'' She said worried as he walked back into the kitchen, wearing another pair of flip flops.
''I had a boo boo kissy, remember?'' He smiled and they walked to the porch together, looking over the lake.
''What did you do here for those two weeks you were here?''
''Fishing...and thinking...and more fishing...sometimes I slept.'' He looked aside as they leaned against the railing.
''Sometimes?''
''I had a lot of nightmares and since it was the middle of the summer...it was too hot to sleep most of the nights.''
''We usually slept outside on the porch in the summer - me and Antonio.''
''If only I had been smart enough to take a mosquito net.''
''True, you won't survive it without that.''
She came closer, laying her head against his shoulder as she laid her head against his shoulder as the sun was slowly setting. Matt walked inside to get their vests as it was indeed getting chilly now and he returned with their vests and a bottle of wine and Gabriela got the grill in the corner of the porch on while they sat down on the small bench looking over the water and Matt pulled the table closer.
They cuddled up as they waited for the grill to get warm and the sun was almost down when they laid the meat on the grill.
''Come on grillmeister, I am starving.'' She joked as she got their plates filled with Salad and he the finally laid the meat on it.
''Perfektion braught Zeit, nah?'' He joked as he got the grill off and sat next to her again, taking his plate.
''I didn't know you can speak German - I have no idea what you just said.''
''I read German for dummies. No, I actually have some German family whom came over when I was younger so I followed German in high school because I wanted to be able to talk to them but they kept postponing every year.'' He laughed, eating his dinner. ''I said perfection takes time, just like we did.''
''I thought your family was from Irish descent.''
''My dad's. My mom's mom - so my grandma - was German.''
She nodded and they finished their plates. Matt didn't talk about his family very often, so it came as a total surprise.
''Und jetzt, kann ich dich necken.'' He grabbed her empty plate as he stood up and walked to the kitchen and Gabriela took the wine and their glasses as it was getting colder and colder and it was time to go inside.
''Stop it Matt.''
''Oh, when you speak to me in Spanish to me it is fair?'' He said with a cheeky smile as he started to light the fire. ''I wasn't sure if you spoke German, so I never dared to call you ugly in German before.'' He teased her and she shook her head, leaning against the kitchen as he busy with the fire.
''Aber du bist so - uh... Pretty...- wenn du wütend bist!''
''Aww...you failed that one.'' She said with a smile as he got the fire started and she sat down on the floor next to him. She pulled the mattress from under the couch they used when people stayed over and they laid down on it.
''Couldn't remember the word.'' He dragged one of the big pillows closer and laid down against it as she snuggled up against his chest. Her hand caressed his jaw line as he stared into the flames, taking a sip of wine every now and then and she crawled up a little bit, her lips tracing his neck as she got the wineglass from his hand and pulled his shirt over his head.
Panting and sweating they looked at each other a little later and Gabriela reached out for the thin blanket to cover their naked bodies as they cuddled up again. She laid her head sideways on his chest and his hand played with her hair as she look into the flames.
''I guess we sleep here tonight.''
''Seems perfect.'' Matt smiled and he moved a little bit, continuing to play with her hair.
''No train here.''
''No, just us.''
''Goodnight.''
''Goodnight.''
''Te quiero''
''Ich liebe dich.''
NOTE: They are having a good time for sure.
I do not own Cody Lundin nor Bear Grylls and honestly I like to keep it that way.
I hope you liked this and that the other languages were not too confusing. If I made a mistake in German, please don't get mad, my German is not perfect (yet) and the spanish...I got that from a translator.
I wanted to keep this T rated so I left the actual intimate scene out. I am not sure if Casey is from Irish decent but his surname is - research yeah.
Thank you a lot for reading. Do you want this to be expanded with with a few more chapters about this trip? Please tell me because I am not sure if I should leave this a one shot or not, so please tell me what you thought about it by leaving a review!