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a/n: Ok so Tina, Whitney and Emily all ganged up on me to write a second part to this story, from Matt and Gabby's POV and as always, ideas were traded and I couldn't resist the pull to write it so here it is haha. Some parts will be different from the show and some will be added in between and it will have a scene of episode 100 of the show because some scenes will be intertwined.


Gabby was sitting in the stairs right off the reception hall when Matt came to join her. She was sitting there with his suit jacket around her shoulders.

"Antonio and Brett are with your mother upstairs in her room, your father is at the bar, plastered and everyone else has left except your cousins who I'm pretty sure are making a doggie bag out of the charcuterie." Matt sighed, Gabby suddenly sobbing. "Hey." He rubbed her back.

"Talk about being blindsighted." Gabby wiped her tears away

"They handled it terribly."

"I'm their daughter. You would think my mom would pick up the phone."

"She knew you had your own thing going on with Louie, I'm sure." Matt tried but Gabby was ready with a reply.

"That's no excuse Matt." Some of her anger was coming out now.

"I know, I'm. I'm not speaking for them."

"I." She didn't have any words anymore.

"Lisen. I love you. Whatever you need from me, I'm here. Alright?" Gabby settled herself into Matt's side, his arm coming to rest around her shoulder. They stayed like that for another few minutes before Matt spoke again. "How about we get out of here? Relieve Kelly at home?"

"Yeah."

"I think seeing him will be good for you." He kissed the top of her head. She nodded against his chest and he helped her up and through the door but voices in the reception hall got their attention.

How could you did to us, to mom?" It was no doubt that it was Antonio and he was only a few inches away from their father.

"I should have done it thirty years ago." He screamed at his son, his arms open. Gabby gasped, her hand flying to her mouth. Matt placed a protective hand in front of her as they witnessed what came next including the right hook that Antinio served his father and the shriek that came out of Sylvie. They waited for Antonio and Sylvie to be gone before Gabby even made an attempt to move forward, making their presence known to her father.

"Daddy." Her eyes were filled with tears and she walked closer to him. "How can you say that?" Matt's mind had already done the math and he didn't like at all what he was hearing. Her father simply emptied his drink before continuing.

"How can I say that?" He was clearly smashed but that didn't stop him. "Antonio failed at his marriage, getting a divorce and you? After three years the two of you aren't even married yet." He spat out.

"Ramone." Matt warned, placing himself between Gabby and her father.

"You couldn't even take care of her when she needed you and what kind of life is being a paramedic Gabriella?" Matt's blood was boiling with every word that was coming out of his mouth.

"That's enough." Matt growled. "You have no right to talk to her like this."

"That's not your place to say."

"The hell it is. You should walk away right now before you say something that you'll regret."

"What I regret is waiting this long before getting that divorce." Matt's fist connected hard with Ramone Dawson's jaw, no one seeing this coming.

"Matt." Gabby pushed him away from her father before he could do anything more but all Matt had on his mind was protecting his girl and her father had been way out of line here. "It's not worth it Matt."

"Are you ok?" He gently places his hands on her arms, ignoring her last comment.

"I just want to go home." She whispered. Now she understood the anger that coursed through Antonio's veins from hearing this news and it hurt her to know how her father felt. Matt gently guided her towards the coat room and sat her down on a bench. As he grabbed their coats, he eyed her and saw how broken she was. The woman he loved was also so fierce and in control and all of that was nowhere to be seen on her. She gave him back his suit jacket before she put her coat on and Matt quietly guided her to her car, helping her into the passenger seat. The ride home was mostly quiet except a few quiet sobs coming from her side of thwe car. He took her small hand in his and gave her a gentle squeeze

"It's going to be ok Gabby." He knew that didn't amount to much but he wanted to know that he was on his side. Gabby was the first out of the car and inside their building and all she wanted was to see Louie. Matt was close behind though, not really wanting to let her out of his sight. He was the one who put the key in the lock first and when Matt and Kelly made eye contact, Kelly had a surprised look on his face.

"You guys are back early." Matt tried to make him drop it but the words were already out. Gabby for her part looked up with teary eyes and instantly Kelly felt bad. "Louie is down for the count." He changed the subject.

"He didn't give you too much trouble did he?" She asked.

"No, he was great. We ate pizza and special juice in front of a movie."

"Special juice?" Matt had playful eyes and a wide smirk.

"He wanted what I was having." Kelly chuckled. Kelly told them had pulled a beer out of their fridge and Louie had wanted some too so he had put apple juice in a rinced out beer bottle that he had found and he had slipped a straw in it for safety. That made Gabby smile but she walked past the two guys and straight into her room to change.

"Her parents are getting a divorce." Matt waited to make sure that she was out of earshot before he shared the news with Kelly, grabbing a beer from the fridge.

"Damn." Both watched as she came out of the room and went straight for Louie's. Matt knew what she was doing so he let her be for a little bit. Kelly left soon after and Matt thanked him before he want to change as well. He slipped into a pair of track pants and a t-shirt before he went to check up on Gabby. He leaned against Louie's doorframe and watched his girl curled up next to him, her hand holding the little boy's, her fingers strocking his hand gently.

He was glad that he had suggested seeing Louie to help her deal with tonight, her chest slowly moving up and down. He could see that she was falling asleep so he made his way to her side of the bed and bent down to whisper to her ear. "Come to bed baby." He put a strand of hair behind her ear.

"Just a little bit more." Matt just let her be, his fingers going through her hair in a soothing motion until she was ready to come to bed with him. He walked behind her with his hands on her hips and he helped tuck her in before he slipped in the covers himself and pulled her in closer to him. "How am I supposed to deal with all of this?" She played with invisible lint on his shirt.

"I'm there for you babe, whatever you need." He kissed her forehead. It barely took any time before she fell asleep, the stress of the day taking it's tole on her body and mind. He made sure that she was sleeping soundly before he let himself drift into sleep. Matt woke up to Gabby safely tucked into his arms, still sound asleep. He knew they had to Wake up soon because of shift but he was happy with the quiet for a little while longer. A few minutes later, her eyes fluttered open. "Morning." He leaned down and captured her lips in his.

"Morning." She smiled into the kiss right before their alarm went off, slowly pulling away from each other. She showered first and he did next, letting her have her space, her mind no doubt preventing her from forgetting what had happened the night before.

"My dad made this speech once in front of the entire church. It was on mother's day and he talked about commitment and loyalty and his unbreakable love for her." She was applying her make up in front their bedroom mirror.

"Gabby." Matt hissed, seeing Louie in the doorway but that didn't stop her in her tirade of words.

"If they couldn't make it why would I think anyone could ever make it? What does a marriage even mean anymore?"

"Gabby." Matt hissed louder this time, Gabby finally turning to head, talking Louie in and smiled at him.

"What?" She looked at him before noticing Louie as well. "Hey, hey. Ready for your cereal?" She smiled at him.

"We'll be right there buddy." They both watched as he left the room again, heading into the kitchen. Matt made his way towards Gabby where she was applying her make-up. He placed his hands on her shoulders. "Whatever your parents did or didn't do, None of this affects us." He watched her reflexion in the mirror as she offered him a semblance of a smile.

"Yeah."

Matt went ahead in the kitchen and fixed Louie his cereal. "Cherios for the twentieth morning in a row." He pushed the bowl in front of the boy. "And here's your sippy cup." He looked up as he heard the Knock on the door. They weren't expecting anyone today being shift day but went to greet their visitor. "Camilla!" She was one of the past person he was expecting but he let her mother in and closed the door behind her.

"How is she?" She hugged Matt.

"Lost." He sighed as they hugged.

"Mom?" Gabby stepped out of their room and saw Matt hugging her mom.

"Gabriella, I came to check up on you." They hugged each other.

"Come on buddy, let's give Gabby some time alone with her mom." Matt took Louie down the stool and they went into his room to play with him toys while the two women talked, Matt kissing Gabby's cheek before they left the room.

"What are you really doing here mom?" Antonio left her a text last night saying their mother was ok.

"Like I said, I came to see how you were before you left for shift."

"I'm fine but what happened mom?"

"I think that somewhere we driften apart and your father said something about settling too young."

Gabby didn't bring it up but she needed to know. "Did you see dad today?"

"Yes, he told me about Antonio and Matt. I'm sorry baby."

"But you were happy mom. What does that mean for the rest of us?" Gabby was so lost right now. Her parents had the perfect marriage in her eyes and now that image was shattered.

"What happened between your father and me doesn't have to be you and Matt. Don't be afraid to settle down with him, to make a life with him. He adores you and would do anything for you."

"But mom." Gabby tried to protest but her mother was having nothing of it.

"No buts Gabriella. Matthew loves you more than anything and every time I look into his eyes, I only see that love for you grow. Don't be afraid honey." Camilla placed a hand to Gabby's cheek and Gabby leaned into it, closing her eyes. "I'll let you finish getting ready for shift. Give Louie a big kiss for me and remember, I love you."

"I love you too." Matt had watched from Louie's room the two embrace and he waited for Camilly to be gone before he made his presence known.

"Are you ready?" Gabby's eyes connected with Matt's and she saw the love her mother was talking about.

"Let me grab Louie's bag and I'm good to go." She stopped at his level and lifted herself up on her tip toes, giving him square on the mouth. He watched her gather all of their things while he put Louie's shoes and jacket on and they were good to go. They dropped Louie off at the Herrmann's before heading over to 51. Most of shift was nothing out of the ordinary but ambo 61 got one last call near the end of their shift so Matt got a ride back home with Kelly, leaving the car for Gabby to bring back home.

Gabby walked into Med with Sylvie and they dropped off their last victim of the night and all she could think about was the words her mother had spoken to her earlier and she couldn't wait to get home to Matt.

"Hey, how's Matt doing?

"He's fine, why?" Gabby chuckled, not getting Maggie's question.

"Looks like he took that little boy's death hard." She said, not looking up from her computer. Gabby looked up from her paperwork and handed it to Maggie.

"Sorry? What are we talking about?" Gabby clearly had no idea what she was referring to.

"The little boy, from the warehouse accident, he didn't make it. Matt came by and brought some get well flowers but the little kid was gone. I figured he told you." Maggie told an surprised Gabby.

"No! Ah, no he didn't." Gabby couldn't believe it was the first time she was hearing about this. "When was this?"

"Saturday morning." Maggie said before leaving Gabby to her thoughts.

"Thanks." It all came back to her. She was getting dressed when he came in and she asked him to zip her up. He looked off but she was so busy that she hadn't noticed it at first but he knew about the boy then. She quickly went back to Brett and the ambo and they made their way to the house where Gabby hurriedly changed into her own clothes and drove back home. Gabby dropped her bag by the door and made it to Matt.

"Hey, I tried calling and you didn't answer." She placed her hands on each side of his face and kissed him hard. He kissed her back before she pulled away from him, looking at his facial features, her own sad.

"You knew that boy died and and you were more worried about making sure I had a good time." Her heart was breaking for the man in front of him that had hid his own feelings for her benefit. He held her and she leaned her body into his chest.

"That's what we do, lift each other up. You've done it for me a million times." Matt had her in his embrace but her heart was beating rapidly in her chest, the love for him swelling in her heart. She pulled out of his embrace and kissed him again, this time deeper. She ran her hands under his shirt and gently pushed him in the direction of their room, his shirt flying off and hers soon followed as they made it to their room, their bodies gently falling to the matress as they kept kissing. They only parted to remove each other's clothes, their hands not able to stay away from each other for too long.

Her mother was right and Gabriella Dawson wasn't going to run anymore. Matt gently slid into her, swallowing a moan with a kiss and they made love as if everything was new again, exploring each other's bodies as if it was the first time, the two in their own little world of love.


a/n: So here it is. I'm happy to have written this second part because it ties it all up in a neat little bow. I hope you guys liked it and please take a few seconds to leave a review before you leave, I really want to know what you guys thought of it.