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Grace
Chapter 2
Matt couldn't believe how fast his life changed in a matter of hours. He had asked Gabby to marry him and even though she didn't say yes, he knew by the look on her face she was going to. He could see them together, living their life with a couple of kids running around their house, but everything had changed since walking into that building.
He sat on the edge of Gabby's hospital bed, taking her hand in his. He couldn't tear his eyes away from her bruised face; even now she was still the most beautiful woman he had ever laid his eyes on. He rubbed his thumb over her small knuckles, he would give anything for her brown eyes to open in this moment, but the doctors told him that it could take a few hours before she would wake. He knew that they were lucky and that her injuries weren't as bad as it could have been, but it still scared the shit out of him that everything could have taken away from him in the blink of eye.
He almost let out a sigh of relieve before his mind trailed back to the thought of Shay. He knew that we Gabby finally did wake up; she was going to be asking questions about her best friend. To be honest Matt, had no idea what he was going to say to her. He knew that she needed to know the truth, but he also knew that she needed to focus on getting better. His chest tightened at the thought of the conversation with Gabby as guilt washed over him as he realized that he was relieved that it wasn't Gabby, but did that mean he was glad it was Shay instead?
"Hey," a voice calls from the door drawing Matt's attention to Antonio who looked as lost as he felt.
"Hey," Matt answered back clearing his throat, but never letting go of Gabby's hand. He knew that he should give Antonio a minute alone with his younger sister, but he couldn't be away from her right now.
"How is she doing?" Antonio asked stepping further into the room. He quickly wiped his eye with the back of his hand as he came around to the other side of Gabby. When he got the call from Boden, he raced to his car and drove as fast as he possibly could to get here. The whole time worry coursed through him and tears pierced his eyes.
"The doctors said that she had a collapsed lung and internal bleeding, they think that she should be a wake in a few hours," Matt speaks in an almost whisper, Matt cleared his voice as he continued, "You know the crazy thing of all this, I asked Gabby to marry right before the call came in."
"What did she say," Antonio smirked knowing that the only answer out of Gabby's mouth would be yes. He could see it the first time he ever saw Matt and Gabby together, she was completely in love with him and when he called her out on it, she didn't even try to deny it, she just simply stated that he was taken.
"She didn't get a chance to answer."
"Leave it to Gabs to make it all dramatic," Antonio laughed knowing that if she was awake right now she would smack him. "In all seriousness, I have never seen her so happy and that is because of you."
"Not as happy as she has made me," Matt mumbles as he places a light kiss on her forehead.
"I heard that Shay was injured, how is she?"
"She… She is…" Matt paused for a second trying to form the sentence to tell Antonio about Shay, "There was a lot of swelling in the brain, so the doctors placed her into an induced coma in hopes of relieving the pressure, but the doctors aren't sure if it will help. Everything is up in the air right now, but we will find out in the twenty-four hours if it helping."
"I know that I don't know Shay that well, but from what I have seen, she is not going down without a fight," Antonio said placing his hand on Matt's shoulder.
"Thanks man," Matt said as he pressed his jaw.
"I'm going to call my parents and let them know about Gabby," Antonio said as he took his phone out of his pocket.
"I didn't even think to call them," Matt stated as he threw his head back. He had been so wrapped up in his own concern that he didn't even think to call Gabby's family.
"Matt it's fine, besides I think my mom would start speaking Spanish."
"Gabby does that when she gets upset," Matt smiled at the memory of Gabby shouting in Spanish as she moved around the apartment looking for her car keys. He knew that she was cursing at him, because he was the one who moved them and forgot where he placed them.
"Consider it a blessing that you don't understand them," Antonio said with a teasing tone as he moved out of the room.
Antonio came back in about ten minutes later, Matt asked how the phone call went and Antonio explained how his mother reacted to the news. Matt couldn't blame her for her reaction, if he had gotten the phone call about his daughter being almost killed and laid up in the hospital, he would panic as well and to make matter worse, her parents were still in the Dominic Republic until next month.
Antonio stayed with Matt for a couple of hours as they both waited for Gabby to wake up, but Antonio received a phone call from Erin stating that they needed him back at the district. Antonio made Matt promise that he would call if anything in Gabby's condition changed.
Once Antonio left, Matt moved back to sitting on the bed next to Gabby. He brushed a piece of hair away from her face and then he took her hand into his. "Baby, I need you to wake up now, you know that my patience has its limits and besides, I need you to answer my question," he said as he leaned down and kissed her forehead.
Matt secretly hoped that his words would be like Snow White's kiss and her eyes would magically open, but that was a fairy tale and this was real life. He sat in his spot for a while longer before sitting in the chair next to her bed. He could feel his eyes grow heavy and before he realized what was happening, sleep over took his sore body.
