Gabby was softly singing a lullaby as she cooked in the small kitchen apartment. She had invited Matt over for a quiet dinner so that they could spend a little time together away from the firehouse before Gabby started her job Monday. It had been a lullaby her own mother had sung to her as a child. Gabby rocked back and forth as she stood in the kitchen singing as she diced the vegetables for the salad.

Duérmete mi niño, duérmete mi amor
duérmete pedazo de mi corazón.
Este niño mío que nació de noche
quiere que lo lleve a pasear en coche.
Este niño mío que nació de día
quiere que lo lleve a la dulcería.
Duérmete mi niño, duérmete mi amor
duérmete pedazo de mi corazón.

Just about that time Matt walked in the apartment after knocking a few times with no answer. He called Gabby's name when he heard singing coming from the kitchen. Matt walked into the kitchen and saw Gabby singing and swaying as she chopped vegetables. She was standing in the kitchen wearing a loosely fitting yellow sundress which looked bright against Gabby's dark skin. Her hair was down and fell in loose curls down her shoulders and back. Matt had the urge to nibble the place where the straps of her dress met her shoulder blades. He decided to lean against the door frame for a minute as he watched her quietly. Matt continued to watch her as she hummed the song in Spanish and swayed her hips slightly. Matt's breath caught in his throat because she was just fixing lunch but she looked so gorgeous and content as she sang. It was the most seductive and yet innocent picture that mesmerized him. Gabby turned, let out a yelp and jumped when she saw Matt grinning as he leaned against the frame of the door.

"Matt, Gosh you scared me how long have you been standing there?" Gabby asked surprised at his sudden appearance

"Long enough to listen to you singing something in Spanish? What were you singing?, 'Matt asked as he strode over and took one of the carrots off of the cutting board .

Gabby smiled and said, "Oh it's just a lullaby that my mom used to sing to me when I was a little girl."

Nodding as Matt asked as he looked at Gabby standing before him a full head shorter and in her bare feet and thought how beautiful she looked, "Oh yeah what are the words in English?"

Gabby took a carrot too and gnawed on it slowly as she tried to think what the translation from Spanish would be. It basically means

"Sleep my child, sleep my love

fall asleep piece of my heart .

My child born this night

He wants to take a ride in the car.

My child was born this day

He wants to take you to the candy store .

Sleep my child, sleep my love

fall asleep piece of my heart ."

Gabby sighed as she finished off the words to the lullaby and then continued as she patted her stomach gently, "Pickles has taken a piece of my heart already and she isn't even here yet. The only thing I don't like about it is that I am constantly hungry. I ate 3 pancakes and two eggs for breakfast."

Matt threw is head back and let out a full belly laugh as he picked up the salad bowl and carried it to the table. As Gabby followed him with the rest of the food. They sat down and began to eat in silence.

"I forgot how good your cooking is. Thanks for inviting me over for lunch." Matt thanked Gabby as he took another bite for the chicken on his plate.

"No problem, Listen I am nervous about us testifying next week at the Nesbitt Grand jury hearing." Gabby looked down at her plate as she considered taking a second helping of the chicken.

Casey nodded in agreement as his face mirrored the disgust he felt for Jack, "Hopefully Nesbitt will be indicted on all of the charges and not see the light of day for a long time."

Gabby turned a little pale and turned quiet as she thought about finding Katya on the floor of Matt's apartment. As it turned out Jack Nesbitt and the human traiffickers had beaten Casey and left him drugged on the side of the road after framing him for Katya's murder. Antonio and Voigt got a tip about Casey from one of the newer girls who was scared when she heard that Katya had been killed. Her name was Sophia and had been used by Jack for entertaining clients after Katya was killed.

"So do they still have Sophia in protective custody?" Matt asked Gabby thinking that she may know about the young girl.

"I think Antonio said that they have her somewhere in a safe house in protective custody until after the trial." Gabby looked intently as she put another piece of chicken onto her plate.

"She is lucky to have gotten out alive after recording Jack's confession on his own phone and then sending the file to her own phone." Matt was still in amazement at Jack's stupidity and arrogance. It was these to factors that had made him get drunk on whiskey and start to brag about what had happened to Matt and Katya. Jack had been so drunk that as he talked Sophia got his phone and played record while he bragged about never getting caught. In fact, the scared teenage girl had known enough about cell phones to record the conversation and then send it to her own phone. She had then sought out Antonio and Voigt who had taken her into custody and arrested Jack. As soon as they played the tape for Jack he had lawyered up but Voigt and Antonio said that he would be going away for life. After Voigt and Antonio arrested Jack they had confiscated his computer and found all kinds of links to a nationwide human tracking ring that was centered in Chicago. Matt's testimony along with the recorded confession had resulted in several indictments that was tied to a crime ring run out of Chicago with connections to the Ukraine.

"Yeah, Sophia is amazing for only being 16. I just wonder what is going to happen to her after the trial?" Matt was grateful to the girl who had given the tip on where to find Matt. He had been tied and left in a remote area to die. But Antonio and Voigt had gotten to him in time, otherwise he would have died.

"Antonio said she was kidnapped out of an orphanage in Russia at 14 and then been sent to Chicago about 3 months ago. So she has no relatives to speak of so I am not sure what will happen to her after she testifies. She is too young to be on her own." Gabby started to tear up thinking about the young girl on her own.

Matt noticed Gabby tearing up and scooted his chair closer to hers, "Hey, no tears. Everything is going to be ok I promise."

Gabby then wiped the tears that were coming in a steady stream now as she thought about all of her insecurities and the future of the baby that she was carrying, ."You can't say that. I thought we were going to be OK but we split up. Matt you can't promise that our baby will always be safe. I'm sure that Katya's mom never dreamed that she would end up being an escort dead on someone's floor"

Matt pulled Gabby so that her head rested on his shoulder and tried to soothe frazzled Gabby, "I am going to do everything in my power to make sure that this baby stays safe and is protected. You don't have to worry about our baby ever being alone or without anyone. OK? If anything our baby is going to be overloaded with love. I promise."

Gabby shook her head and pulled away from Matt and gave him a soft smile, "Thank you for knowing what to say. Right now, I am so hormonal. But can we talk to Antonio about making sure Sophia is going to be taken care of?"

Matt kissed Gabby's forehead and wiped a stray tear from her cheek." We can talk to him together. Oh and I have a surprise. I bought your favorite ice cream with jalapenos for desert."

Gabby said mock frowning at Matt as she rolled her eyes, "You forgot something chocolate sauce for the jalapenos. I have to take care of everything. "

"Oh boy, I kind of hope that you are wrong about the this being a girl. If there are two of you I will never have a chance to do anything right again." Matt said grinning as he followed Gabby into the kitchen to get a bowl of ice cream too.

Gabby turned around to answer Matt and did not realize how closely behind her that he was and fell into him. Before Gabby knew it she was firmly in Matt's grip and could feel his breath on her face. She was so close to him that she saw Matt's eyes dilate as he stared into her own dark brown eyes. Matt's nearness made Gabby shiver a little as she could feel his grip loosen a little bit before he stepped back and said," Oops, you nearly went for a tumble there. Are you ok?"

Gabby's heart fluttered again with contact from Matt's hand which still rested in the small of her back as he made sure that she was ok. "I'm fine and ready for desert. Do you want extra jalapenos on your sundae?"

"That is a big no. I've had trouble sleeping lately." Matt confessed to Gabby in a serious tone breaking the playful mood.

"Oh yea, you never had trouble sleeping before that I remember." Gabby commented as she continued to look at Matt.

"Matt answered reluctantly, "I've just had a lot on my mind that's all."

"You know you can talk to me? We're in a good place now so maybe we could start." Gabby was interrupted as Matt's phone rang and he reached to see who was calling and saw that it was Kelly. Matt let it roll to voice mail.

"Sorry what where you saying? Damn it." Matt asked for Gabby to continue. But then Matt's phone went off again and it was Kelly so he answered this time knowing that Severide would never call again unless it was important.

Severide said with a very tense and pissed off voice ,"Casey,,you need to get the the apartment. Our apartment has been broken into and it looks like our friend Nesbitt may be involved. Remember the place in the floor we replaced? There is some kind of blood in that same spot with a knife stuck in the middle."

"Call Antonio, I'll be there as soon as I can." Matt says as he hung up the phone.