Chapter 2

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Flashback

When Gabby was approaching Matt's office at the firehouse, he was coming in her direction.

"Casey-"

"I have nothing to talk to you! Leave!" He said angrily, then he entered his office and closed the door on her face.

Gabby was speechless.

Refusing to be ignored by Matt, Gabby abruptly opened the door to his office; he was sitting on his bed, head down.

"I said I don't want to talk to you! Can you leave, please?" he said pointing at the door.

"No, I can't and I will not!" she crossed her arms as a form of defense.

"So I'll leave," he said getting up, and Gabby positioned herself in front of the door, preventing him from leaving.

"What's going on with you, Matt?"

"Really? You want to know?" he snapped. Gabby opens her mouth to respond, but Matt didn't wait for her answer: "You went away, leaving everything behind, your friends, your fiancé, the house we bought together, and you come back now after three years as if nothing had happened? Is that enough for you to understand how my mind is now?"

"I always told you that I would come back, that was always the plan..."

"Oh, I'm sorry if I didn't know about with your plan..." he said throwing his hands into the air.

"I'm not here to fight, I just thought you should know through me that I'm back ..." she said in frustration.

"Thanks for the consideration, now you can go!" and he turned his back to her.

They fell in silence for a few seconds.

"You know... I never stopped thinking about you while I was in Seattle, I called you a few times, and ... you never answered my calls-" a tear ran from the corner of her eye. "I often thought about going back, but I thought maybe you would not take me back, you know?"

Matt said nothing and kept his back to her.

"It was not my intention to hurt you... about Seatle... Actually, it was my mother who signed me up for their program..."

Matt frowned at the last part of Gabby's speech. He never knew Camila was responsible for that. In fact, he never gave Gabby a chance to explain why she was applying for a vacancy in Seattle.

"... I was in shocked when I learned that she had done this without telling me, and I only knew when she told me that I had got the job. I wasn't going, and that she should give it up-".

Matt turned to look at Gabby. "To me, she made it very clear that you wanted to go, and that I shouldn't avert your bright future..." he said sarcastically. That lead to their discussion at Mollys in front of everyone.

"I know what she did, she said it to me after everything at Molly's..." Gabby was referring to the day when they discussed "...I confronted her about it".

"And yet you decided to go to Seattle, didn't you?"

"Matt, you left me alone in our house..." she said as tears rolled down her face, "... I went to Severide's house countless times to speak to you, and you have always refused, and you didn't answer my messages... " Gabby was sobbing. "What was I supposed to do? Tell me, what?"

Matt didn't answer her, just stared at her.

Gabby looked around and looked at him again, "I thought after all this time... we could... I don't know... be civilized with each other at least, but if you don't want to talk to me or have me around... I will respect your will...".

They looked at each other for a long minute and Gabby left his office.

Half an hour later Severide knocked on Casey's office door and stepped inside. Matt was standing, near the window, staring at something out there.

"Are you alright?"

"I'll be," Matt replied quickly.

"Okay ... I-I'll tell you something..." Severide started to speak cautiously.

Matt turned around.

"Otis came to me this morning and said he saw Gabby...".

Matt narrowed his eyes.

"I was waiting for an appropriate time to tell you...".

Matt just nodded his head.

Gabby was sleeping soundly when she heard knocks on the door of her apartment and her doorbell ringing. She woke up scared, looked at the clock on her bedside table, it was 8 o'clock in the morning. She got up from her bed, picked up her robe, and put it on. The knocking on the door continued. "I'm going!" she yelled. "Who can it be at this hour?" she murmured.

She walked to the door and looked through the peephole. Her eyes widened and she unlocked the door.

"Matt? What are you-" he cut her off. His lips took over her mouth, kissing her hungrily, Gabby's reaction came two seconds later, kissing him back. He lifted her in his arms, and she encircled his waist with her legs. Using his foot, Matt closed the door behind him. After a couple of minutes of making out on the couch in living room, they were in Gabby's bedroom undressing each other. Gabby's moans could be heard from anywhere in the apartment. Gabby's excitement has increased every time she heard Casey call her name. Her hands were pressed on his butt, adding a little pressure, while he was holding on the headboard, thrusting into her even deeper. One second round later, they were spent and fell into a deep slumber.

Gabby woke up an hour later and found the side of Matt's bed empty. She wrapped herself in the sheets and looked around the apartment, but he was gone. She didn't know what to think.


Present day

A week has passed since the last time Gabby saw Matt. She didn't receive any call from him or message during that time. And she had no intention of calling him, he knew where she lived, if he wanted to see her or something, he would know where to find her. Besides, she needed to focus on the tasks forward. Today, she would enroll Guadalupe in her new school. She would study at the same school as her nephews: Eva and Diego.

Having Guadalupe in her life was a big surprise, she was the daughter of Anna, someone Gabby met almost as soon as she moved to Seattle. She had hired Anna to clean her house once a week. After two years working for Gabby, Anna discovered that she had cancer, and was already at an advanced stage. Since Anna had no family in the United States, Gabby became a great friend when she decided to help her in her final moments, and seeing how Gabby cared for her daughter Guadalupe, she asked in her last moments of life if Gabby could look after Guadalupe. After Anna's death, Gabby went to court to obtain Guadalupe's guard and after a relentless fight, she got it. Guadalupe was her adopted daughter. She is a child full of life and conquered people in her special and charismatic way.

Gabby was also looking forward to her job interview at Chicago Med also. So, after enrolling Guadeloupe at school, she headed to Chicago Med. While she was at emergency reception asking for information...

"Gabby, is that you?" the person asked unsurely.

Gabby turned around and saw a longtime friend: Heather Darden.

"Hey... how long... how are you?" Gabby spoke excitedly.

"I'm fine, but you look wonderful," she replied shyly.

"Thank you... and... I'm sorry... you know... I couldn't come, but I want you to know that you have my condolences..." Gabby was referring to the death of Andy Darden a year ago, Heather's husband.

"Thanks!" she said with a sad look.

"You work here?" Gabby asked.

"Yeah, I actually have an administrative job here, I just came to check on a situation down here..." she said awkwardly.

"Oh, I guess you can help me. I have an interview here and I don't know where to go..."

"Ah... you need to go to the third floor, that's where HR works..." she said looking quickly over Gabby's shoulder as if looking for someone.

"Okay, thank you!" Gabby looked at her watch. "I have to go, we'll talk later?"

"Of course... later..." she said weakly.

Before Gabby could left...

"Heather, Casey is looking for you," a nurse said. "Your boyfriend can't stay one minute away from you, hun?" she smiled at her.

"Boyfriend?" Gabby said confused.

"Gabby, I... I can explain..."

"Matt, is it your boyfriend, Heather?" she asked with a little irritation.

"Yes... We-"

Gabby looked around and saw Matt coming out of one of the OR, dressed in his work clothes. He saw her after a few seconds, then noticed Heather beside her. He couldn't quite read her gaze at him, but certainly wasn't any good. Unable to take a step toward where they were, Matt saw Gabby turning and walking away.


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