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''Gabby…''

''Matt…'' Gabby finally managed to mumble. The man she had not been able to get out of her head. The man that had been on her mind every waking moment. The man that she had pushed away yet wished was there again. That man was standing on her doorstep now.

And she had no idea how to react to it.

''What are you doing here?'' She finally managed to mumble.

''I came to see you…talk to you.'' He said, the rain still streaming down on him. For a second, she thought about asking him inside, but that would mean she had to talk to him.

And she had no idea what to say. She just stood there, no words leaving her mouth. She was looking at the man she had trusted all these years, she shared so many happy memories with.

The last few weeks, so much had happened here, and it almost seemed he came from a whole different world. But yet he was standing here. Right in front of her.

These weeks, she had been thinking about him nonstop, but him standing in front of her was something she had not thought of at all, and she had no idea what to say to him now. Looking at him, the rain streaming down his face, she was not sure of all of it was the rain. Some of it seemed to be tears streaming from his eyes.

''I uhm, I had a really long day Matt, now is not a good time.'' She said then. She was so glad to see him, but at the same time she had no idea how to deal with him being here. She hoped that she collect her thoughts, and talk with him another time.

''Okay.'' Matt said softly, obviously very disappointed and she hated seeing that look in his eyes.

''Sorry.''

''Anyway, I am staying in this motel, in case you want to come and talk.'' Matt handed her a card of his motel.

''Thanks.'' Gabby said, putting it in her back pocket.

''Will be in contact, okay?''

''Yeah.'' Gabby said softly, closing the door then. Hearing him drive away, she sunk against the door, sobbing. Crying because she was so happy she had seen his face again, yet so angry and sad because she had no idea what to do with these feelings. It was also hard seeing the man she had cared so much about so tired and hurt.

Her heart was beating fast. Opening the door and looking at Matt's face had shocked her. In no way had she expected to see his face again.

When she had left it was not because she wanted to leave him. The words of the doctor that she shouldn't get pregnant broke her, and it had made her confused and sad. Her words had hurt him and his words had hurt her.

''Who was that?''

One of relief workers that worked together with her as a nurse came walking her way.

''It was nothing.''

With her head down, Gabby walked to her room, not wanting to answer any more question.

Walking into the room she shared with another EMT, she looked at her bag. Opening it she found the picture she had taken of her and Matt. It was a picture at Molly's after their wedding. Louie was on his arm as she was standing against Matt, her arms around him. She looked so happy, and he looked so proud.

It made her miss that life so much.

In the bag was her wedding ring as well. She had taken it off for safety reasons, but as well because Matt had been on her mind nonstop and looking down at her hand and seeing the ring only made it worse.

The first few weeks, she had been trying to hard to adjust to life here. After signing up for the mission, she had left two days later. Those days, she and Matt had had nothing but fights. Everything they said to each other seemed to cause another explosion under their marriage. Things had been cold when she left, with Matt just putting her luggage in the car, watching from the doorway as her Uber drove off the airport.

She had said that this was the most important thing she could do right now.

And he had said that if she was leaving and he was not important to her, he was pretty sure things were over.

And yet, he was here to try.

Waking up the next morning, Matt had no idea what he was going to do today. Turning on his back, he looked at the ceiling. His face still felt puffy from crying. Even though he had barely cried over most stuff, this was hitting him hard. He missed Gabby so much, and he did not get the feeling yesterday she was happy to see him. His head was throbbing, and he turned away from the light coming through the curtains. After driving away from Gabby's doorstep, he had stopped at a store along the way for 2 six-packs of beer, and none of it was left now.

Groaning, he sat up. Getting up was hard. It was not just the beers that he had yesterday but also that he felt bad about how things went last night. He knew that he had been cold when she had left, feeling dismissed by her making this decision. She had not said their marriage was over, but they both knew that if she left, it was. At first he had thought that that was just the way it was, but now he wanted to fight for it.

He felt like she had dismissed him by just going to Puerto Rico. He fully understood why she wanted to do is, and he was very proud of her for it, but it made him feel like she did not value him, or their marriage. That was he here to work on it for nothing.

It could have been better handled from his side, and he hoped that there was still love left to salvage their marriage. He sure did still love her. He was still wearing his wedding ring. The last few weeks he had been thinking about taking it off, but he was still married to Gabby, and he still wanted to try.

Seeing her face yesterday, he had felt that spark again that he always had when he saw her, falling in love with her all over again.

Getting ready for the day, he walked to the reception of the motel then.

''So, I was wondering if there is a way to volunteer with construction work?''

Soon he was sitting on a rooftop in the sun, hammering another nail in it, Matt Casey regretting having those beers last night. It also cleared his head though. One the days when he had not had a shift at home, he had mostly spent them contracting as well. Even though he could still not stop thinking about Gabby, even in those moments, it helped get him through the day.

Last night had gone horrible and was not sure if he would not hear anything from Gabby, if he was going to stay on this island for very long. He had a return flight in a week, but he knew Kelly was right. If Gabby did not want to talk or make up, he had to cut his loses and go home.

But he didn't want to move on without Gabby. She was the love of his life and he wanted to make it work. He hoped they still could.

''Buen trabajo!'' One of the coordinators yelled at him.

'''Thanks!'' Casey just yelled back.

Working on , he tried to ignore his headache. Trying to keep his mind blank, he suddenly heard his phone ringing in his back down on the ground.

Climbing down he made it just in time. An unknown number calling him and he took the phone, wondering who it could be.

''Matt Casey.''

''Matt, it is me.''

''Gabby?''

''Yeah, I got another number here with a more reliable network.'' She explained.

''Ah yeah.'' Matt sighed, a bit hurt she had not send him the number.

''Want to meet up to talk tonight?''

''Sure!'' Matt said, closing his eyes. After last night, he had been worried he was going to give her the cold shoulder all the time he would be here, but now she wanted to meet up with him.

''Just tell me where I need to be tonight.''

''Will text you.''

''See you tonight.'' Matt mumbled

''See you tonight, I look forward to see-'' Gabby still spoke but he had already hung up, and Gabby moved the phone away from her ear. It made her sad he up like that, but she knew she had hurt him. It was form both sides, and there were a lot more things to talk about.

Finishing up her shift, she made her way to the bar where she was going to meet Matt. Even though a large part of the island was still destroyed and in rebuilding, in San Juan some facilities had started up again. She did not want him over at her place to keep the rumors between the relief staff to a minimum. She just thought it was better to meet up on neutral ground.

Looking at her hands, she noticed that even though she had looked at her wedding ring yesterday, she forgot to put it on now after her shift. She hoped Matt would not notice, because the last thing she wanted was Mat thinking she did not want to give it another chance. It would be work, but she hoped that when she went back Chicago, they could try their marriage again.

As Matt came walking into the bar, she was sitting at a table near the bar. She was not looking at him, looking at her hands instead and he stopped for a second. She was so gorgeous, even when she looked tired from working all. Day looking at her, he hoped even more they could make up. He had been so lucky he had been able to call this beautiful woman his wife, and he hoped that he could do it again.

She looked his way now and he walked to the table.

''Hey, glad to see you, you look great.'' He said as she got up and shared a short and awkward hug. Sitting down again, he looked at her hand. The wedding band that he was still wearing, was gone on her hand.

''You look like hell.'' She admitted.

''You should have seen me right after you left.'' Matt chuckled softly. Sitting down by the table, he ordered a coke as well and she looked at his shirt that he was still wearing from the volunteering group.

''You started doing work here?''

''Might as well make myself useful for a few days.'' Matt shrugged.

''That is very nice of you.'' She smiled. She knew that with his contracting skills, he was probably a welcome addition for the organization. It also made her a bit nervous, because it could mean that he was going to stay a long time. If this did not work out, there was a big chance they would keep running into each other.

''When is your flight back?''

''Next week.''

''it is nice you are going to be here for a week.'' She said, ''you can see how much help is needed here.''

''Would be nice if you had told me about it in a text or a letter. Or we could have come together.''

''I haven't been in contact with pretty much anabody. I have barely even spoken to Antonio. I just needed to get my head straight.'' Gabby explained.

''You messaged and wrote Brett.'' He mumbled as he picking at the paper label of his coke bottle.

''It was easier.'' She admitted.

''Yeah.'' Matt mumbled softly.

''I missed you a lot. Thought about you every day. I don't know where we go from here, but I hoped I would work it out while I am here.'' Gabby said as she looked at him.

''That is why I am here. I know there is still a chance for us.'' Matt said and she looked down.

''You don't think so?'' He asked a bit hurt.

''I don't know!'' Gabby said. ''I love you but I don't know if-''

''I still love you, a lot.'' He said, biting his lip and tears filling his eyes.

''I love you too.'' Gabby said softly.

''If you loved me, why did you leave me?'' Matt said as he looked away from her.

''Matt-'' Gabby's eyes filled with tears.

''I am tired, I am heading back to the motel.'' Matt said as he paid for the tab and walked out then, not looking at Gabby again as he walked out.

Here it is, chapter 2! I hope you liked it. I know some of you may be disappointed with the ending, but I didn't find it realistic for Dawsey to immediately get together again. There is a reference to one of my favourite songs in this chapter, anybody pick up on it? Anyway, thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed it and please leave a review about what you thought and if you want to see more! The next chapter will probably take a few days as I will be busy the next few days but I am trying to get it out as soon as possible!