Chapter Two: Present Meets the Past

"What time do you have to be at the bar?" Matt asked as he snuggled into Gabby and wrapped his arms around her. They both went back to her place after shift to catch up on sleep.

"I should have left about ten minutes ago," Gabby smirked at the touch of Matt's skin against her own.

"I think that if you explain to Otis and Herrmann you were very busy, they will understand."

Gabby laughed, "I can see their faces now."

"You could always tell them that you were ordered to stay in bed with me," Matt smiled as he placed light kisses on her shoulder.

Gabby closed her eyes and moaned at the contact between them and smiled, "Matt I really have to go."

"Fine," he sighed as he rolled back to his side of the bed.

Gabby laughed at his reaction and jumped out of bed. She began to rush out of the room, but quickly turned back around and moved to Matt's side of the bed, she quickly pecked his lips and ran back into the direction of the bathroom.

Gabby wiped the bar for the hundredth time in the last hour, she couldn't believe all the hard work they poured into this bar and this was the outcome, three costumers on a Thursday night. Gabby began stacking glasses as the heavy door to the bar open, Gabby looked up to see a familiar face walking toward her.

"What can I get you?" Gabby asked as she placed both of her hands on the wooden counter.

"I have a scotch on the rocks," Jay stated as he took a seat on the empty stool directly in front of Gabby. Gabby turned around and grabbed the bottle and poured him a drink.

"Twice in one day," Gabby mumbled as she slid the drink over to him.

"I thought that I would stop by to apologize for earlier," Jay said as he took a drink. "I wasn't thinking, I should have known better."

"It's okay," Gabby said as she nodded her head.

"So do you think we could be friends?" Jay smirked.

"That would be nice," Gabby replied.

Every time Matt saw the front of Molly's a smile would form on his face. He remembered when he and Gabby went to the salvage yard to find the perfect door; he remembered the look on her face when she saw it for the first time. He knew in that moment that he would do anything for her.

Matt opened the door hoping to surprise Gabby, he thought that after the bar closed he could help her clean up and enjoy a beer together. Walking into the bar Matt wasn't surprised to see it was almost empty, he sighed at sight of it all, he knew what it meant to Gabby, Herrmann, and Otis.

As he looked over at the bar he found Gabby talking to some guy, he didn't know who he was, but by the look on Gabby's face she must know him. Matt moved closer and took the open seat next to the guy.

Gabby's eyes flickered to the person next to Jay, surprise and excitement filled her face when she meant the blue eyes she knew so well. "What are you doing here?" Gabby asked with a genuine smile just for him.

"I thought that I would help you close up tonight."

"That would be great," Gabby said as she grabbed a tall glass and filled it with Matt's favorite beer. "Here you go," she said as she handed him the beer. They held each other's gaze for a while, before Jay cleared his throat.

Gabby looked away from Matt and focused in at Jay, "Oh Matt this is Jay Halstead, Jay this is Matt Casey. Jay works with Antonio in The Intelligence Unit."

Matt shook hands with Jay, "Nice to meet you, I'm Gabby's boyfriend."

"Nice to meet you too," Jay turned to Gabby with a smile and turned back to Matt. "So how did you guys meet?"

"Gabby and I work together at Firehouse 51." Matt said as he took a drink of his beer.

"So are you an EMT or firefighter?" Jay asked.

"I'm the lieutenant of Truck 81."

"That's impressive. So how long have you been a firefighter?"

Gabby couldn't believe how awkward she felt as Matt and Jay exchanged small talk. Without saying a word, Gabby pulled out another glass from the stack and poured herself a drink. As she took a drink, she heard Matt and Jay laughing; she closed her eyes and couldn't help think that this was going to be a long night.

"Excuse miss," Gabby heard from across the bar, she opened her eyes up to find an older man holding up his empty drink. Gabby nodded her head and began to fill another glass with ice, before she poured the liquor in the glass she heard Matt telling Jay about how the White Sox were better then the Cubs. Yup, this is going to be a long night.

Gabby started closing up the bar at exactly two in the morning, while Matt helped usher out the last costumer. He closed the wooden door behind the older gentleman, and hurried up and locked it. When he turned around he found Gabby wiping down the counter.

"I thought that you already did that," he stated as he moved closer and leaned on the bar.

"I did, but I thought that I would do it one more time," Gabby said as she set the wet cloth into the sink behind the bar.

"You ready to go?" he asked as she pulled the plug from the water filled side of the sink.

"Yeah, just let me grab my stuff," Gabby said as she moved to the back of the bar and grabbed her purse and jacket. When she came back, Matt was in the same place. "I'm ready," she called out as she moved toward him.

Matt stood up and wrapped his arms around Gabby's shoulders; he pulled her into him as he placed a light kiss on her temple. "So are we going to talk about it?" Matt asked as they made their way out of the bar.

"What are you talking about?" Gabby asked as they stopped on the top step of the bar and Gabby locked the door.

"Jay," Matt simply said as Gabby turned around and wrapped herself around Matt's waist.

"Oh," Gabby mumbled making her way to her car. They stopped in front of her door and Gabby played with the ends of Matt's jacket. "Jay is the guy I was seeing before."

"I thought so," Matt nodded his head as he watched her.

"Then if you knew that was him why were you being so friendly?" Gabby asked looking up at with confusion on her face.

"Because I have the girl," Matt said as he leaned down and kissed her. Gabby immediately wrapped her hands around Matt's neck pulling him closer to her. Without any hesitation, Matt ran his tongue over lips begging for entrance, which Gabby granted.

A moan escaped Gabby mouth as the two of them stood in the empty street, causing Gabby to realize where they were.

"Matt," she panted as she pulled back slightly. "We should take this somewhere else."

"Your place is closer," Matt replied as he rested his forehead against Gabby's.

"I'll see you there," Gabby stated as she quickly pecked him on his lips and then she climbed into her car. Matt rushed to his truck, which was parked directly behind Gabby's car.

Jay watched as Gabby and Matt pulled away from the curb and after watching them in the road, Jay held the steering wheel harder. How could she just throw us away, Jay thought as the vision of Gabby kissing another guy played in his mind. He quickly put his car into gear and headed in the same direction.

Author's Note: Thank you for all the great reviews, it really does make me want to write! Anyways I hoped you enjoyed the update and I can't wait for tonight's episode.