Gabby had been at 51 for almost a month and was getting along with everyone. She had opened up to everyone but had yet to tell everyone she had a daughter. She was helping Shay restock the ambulance and was working up the courage to reveal the biggest thing in her life when the alarm went off sending them to an accident. They arrived on scene and with one look Gabby knew it would be a bad one. Her and Shay got to work assessing injuries and treating the victims.
Truck and squad were helping pull people from the cars and sending them their way. Gabby had just finished treating someone who had minor injuries when Casey called over the radio "Shay I need you or Dawson over here. I got someone pinned in pretty good and in and out of consciousness." Shay looked up at Gabby "You go. I got this." Gabby nodded and speaking into her radio "I'm on my way where are you?"
Gabby came up to the car where Casey was and stopped when she got a good look at the victim and the car. In the back seat was a booster seat but from what she could see there was no child in it. Climbing into the car between Casey and the victim she looked at him "Is she responsive?" Casey nodded "In and out." Gabby got to work while Casey and Mills worked on getting her legs unpinned. They were getting ready to move her on the backboard when she looked over to Casey again and he spoke "She was the only one in the car. Dropped her kid off at daycare and was on her way to work."
Dawson and Shay arrived back at the firehouse after dropping the last victim at the hospital to Mills throwing something quick together for lunch. Dawson grabbed a plate and sat at the table and began eating and listening to all the different conversation. She was trying to decide if she wanted to tell Shay first or tell everyone at once so she didn't have to stress about their reactions when Severide got her attention "We are all going to meet at Molly's tomorrow night you want to join us?" She knew she couldn't keep making excuses without them jumping to the wrong conclusion "I will try just gotta figure a couple things out first."
Hermann looked at Severide and Casey then back at Dawson "You know if you're having a problem or anything you can come to us no questions asked no judging." Gabby was quiet before shaking her head responding "It's nothing like that I just uh I have a little girl and I hate the idea of asking my brother to watch her when I'm off shift." She stared at her plate unsure of what to do now that everyone knew.
Severide was the first to speak "How old is she and what's her name?" Gabby exhaled slowly and looked up "She's three and her names is Adeline." She waited for the questions about her father but they never came Shay spoke "Ok so I'll write down the address for you so you know where to go if you can meet us." Dawson sighed in relief but knew eventually everyone would get curious but pushed those thoughts aside for another day.
Dawson shut her locker and turned to Shay and Severide "I'll let you know if I can make it" As she was walking away from them her phone started ringing, she pulled her phone out of her pocket and blinked thinking there was no way her mother was calling her. "Hello" she answered the phone unsure what to expect. "Hey" the person on the other end of the line stopped short not sure how to begin a conversation that was years overdue. Gabby wanted to hang up but her moms sigh made her wait it out "Are you at work?" Gabby unlocked the door and threw her bag in the backseat before responding "No I just got off and I'm on my way to Antonio's to pick up Adeline. Look mom if this is one of those conversations that will end with us arguing then I'm gonna have to to get off the phone while I drive." Her mom was quiet for a moment "I was hoping it wouldn't but with us I can't be sure so I'll talk to you later." Gabby hung up her phone and headed towards her brothers place.
Gabby sat in her car outside her brothers house for a moment before she got of the cat heading for the door and knocking. Antonio opened the door and Gabby started speaking "You would not believe who called me today." Antonio looked at her "Well you usually have that look after speaking to mom so I'm guessing mom." Gabby sighed "Yea and before you ask not much was said cause I was leaving work so I told her if it was going to end in us arguing that I couldn't talk because I was driving." Antonio nodded "You know they are going to be coming to visit soon right?" She refrained from rolling her eyes "Yes I know and like always I will allow them to see Adeline." "Don't you think it's time y'all put this behind you and try mend what's left cause you never know what will happen?" Gabby sighed "Antonio I tried 3yrs ago and you saw what happened. I'm not going to keep trying if I'm going to be the only one making an effort." She was going to say more to her brother but was cut off by her daughter running into the living room yelling "Mommy."
Antonio knew the conversation was over so he changed the subject "I gave her cereal for breakfast and no it wasn't that sugary stuff Diego eats." He watched his sister for a moment amazed at how well she was doing raising a child on her own. "Things still good with work and all that?" Gabby looked up at him "Yea things are great and uh I told them about Adeline yesterday." Antonio was surprised that she told them thinking it would be at least another no thanks before she would. "They aren't giving you a hard time about it are they?" She shook her head "No, but they also don't know I'm doing it alone yet." They were quiet for a moment before Gabby decided to go ahead and ask Antonio "Would you watch her tonight if I wanted to go meet everyone for drinks?" Antonio nodded "Yeah sure just let me know when and if I'm keeping her over night." "If you watch her at my place then it wouldn't be overnight and I was thinking of meeting everyone tonight." Gabby figured that if she told him he could stay at her place while watching Adeline then he would know if she went home that night.
Dawson walked into Molly's that night are of the fact that she never told Shay if she was going to be there. She looked around for a familiar face and found Hermann at the bar and started that way. She was a foot away when she heard her name being called turning around she spotted Shay and turned back to the bar ordering a beer before heading to the table with Shay, Severide, Casey and a brunette she didn't recognize.
Severide moved so Gabby could sit down "Glad you could make it." Gabby smiled "Yea, sorry I didn't let y'all know." Casey looked like he wanted to say something but stopped himself and turned to the brunette "Gabby this my fiance Hallie." Gabby held her hand out to Hallie "Nice to meet you." Hallie shook her hand but had a look on her face that Gabby couldn't decipher.
They talked about work and Shay shared stories about the different conflicts between Kelly and Matt over the years and Gabby shared stories about her time at a couple different stations. "Wait if you don't want the responsibilities that comes with being a PIC then why did you become one in the first place?" Hallie asked cutting Gabby off in the middle of a story about her time at her last firehouse. "I have a little girl and as much as I didn't want the added pressure of being PIC I knew that if I took the offer I would be getting better pay and I'd stress a little less." Casey spike up "Her father doesn't help out?" Gabby sucked in a breath at his question "Uh no he's not, ran the moment I told him I was expecting." She lied not wanting the truth out there yet, not until she knew for sure they wouldn't think anything bad about her. Shay looked at her and she knew that she hadn't bought it but she would worry about that another time.
She looked at her phone and saw that it was nearing 1am, she looked at everyone "I'm going to head home." Shay nodded "okay no problem see you on shift." She got home to her brother sitting on the couch watching TV but bit back what she wanted to say "Hey you going to crash here or head home?" Antonio looked up at her yawning "I'll stay." Gabby nodded "OK and thank you for watching her." Her brother gave her hug told her goodnight.