Casey's P.O.V:

After we had cleaned up all our dishes we settled in the living room.

"Wow. Gabby did you clean all this?" I asked her. Astonished that she would do that.

She smiled at me and said, "Yeah. I figured you could use some help."

"You figured right. Thank you. I thought I heard the vacuüm when I was in the shower."

She just smiled. "So what do you want to do?" She asked.

I just shrugged and sat on the couch. "Want to watch a movie?"

She sat next to me on the couch. She sat about a foot away from me. I longed for her to be closer. "Sure. You pick."

"Let's check Netflix." I ended up choosing batman begins because I love that movie. Also, I knew Gabby wouldn't mind watching it with me. We settled in and I inched closer to her so I was about six inches from her. I could feel the heat radiating off her and it was killing me not to touch her.

Then I thought of how Gabby probably wasn't ready, I knew I wasn't even if my body was telling me otherwise. My mind knew better. When Gabby took me to her Aunt's Christmas party I had intended for it to be a date but it really wasn't a good tome. My mom's parole and everything with Christie was a problem in itself. When I told her it was worth doing right, I meant it. We are such good friends that I didn't want something as stupid as bad timing to be the end of us.

I now understood why my heart was telling me to wait. I think my heart knew that me and Gabby we meant to be. If we had gotten together at her Aunt's party then it wouldn't have ended good because neither of us were ready. I wasn't over Hallie and she had feeling for Mills. Now we just have to wait and see if her and Mills get back together. If not then I'm going to jump in there. I won't miss another chance with her.

Gabby's eyes start to close halfway through the movie. I'm sure she's exhausted. We had a rough shift today and I'm sure Shay dragged her out to talk about Mills after we all went to the hospital to visit Hermann and his newborn son. Hermann's son is absolutely adorable.

The whole time I was at the hospital, all I could think about was how Hallie and I never would have ended up getting married. She didn't want kids, and I do. I think that's part of the reason I'm so attracted to Gabby so much. I see her with her nieces and nephews. She's amazing with them, and she even told me she wants' kids, which is a total plus.

Suddenly I'm snapped out of my thoughts by Gabby's head on my shoulder. I look down and see her fast asleep. I can't help but smile, she looks so beautiful. I wrap my arm around her and sit like that for a few minutes just enjoying the feel of her. Plus Gabby's an extremely light sleeper so the longer I let her sleep the less likely it is that she will wake up. After another ten minutes I decide to shut off the movie.

I shift Gabby's legs so I can carry her bridal style. As I lift her up I feel her stir slightly and I freeze. She doesn't move further so I continue to get up. I decided to let her sleep in my bed. As I set her down in my bed she wakes up. I curse under my breath. Damn! I was really trying to not wake her.

"Matt?" She asks. She seems a little confused but as she opens her eyes fully she realizes where she is and sits up rubbing her eyes.

"Yea. Sleep in here ill sleep on the couch." I say as I start toward the living room. I get about a foot before Gabby grabs my arm.

"No. It's your house Matt. You sleep in here. I should actually head home." She said standing up.

"Gabby it's 12:30. I would look like an ass if I made you drive home. Anyway I don't like the idea of you being out that late."

"Fine. Ill sleep here. As in your couch." She tried to walk into the living room but I wasn't having that. I grabbed her arm and pulled her back.

"No. You can sleep in here."

"I don't want to sleep in here."

"I don't really care Gabby either you sleep in here or both of us sleep in the living room."

"Your being ridiculous. And I'm not sleeping in here unless you sleep In here too."

"Okay." I say, taking her by surprise.

"Umm… what?"

"I fixed our problem. You said the only way you will sleep in here is if I sleep in here also. Now we both get what we want."

"Okay, fine." She says, giving in. Smart decision.

"You need clothes to sleep in right?" I ask her as I walk over to my closet.

"Yea. I need a shirt and sweats I guess."

"Alright, let's see…" I say as I look through my closet. I find a firehouse 51 shirt from before I was lieutenant. I have gained muscle since then so it should fit. "Here. This should fit." I say handing her the shirt. Then I rummage through my closet again looking for a specific pair of sweats. Ah! There they are, my favorite sweats. "Here." I say handing her the sweats.

"Thanks Matt." She says. "I'm going to change in the bathroom." Gabby walks into the bathroom and closes the door. I decide to get some water then come back. It's going to be a very interesting night.