Thank you so much for the reviews on the previous chapter. I am glad some of you leave some response on the story! So I hope you will enjoy this chapter and that you will tell me what you think! It is a really long chapter again! This chapter mostly features Matt and Gabby, but Severide will play a big role again next chapter! Please tell me what you thought about this chapter! Please enjoy!
The next morning
Gabby was sitting with Matt, both of them nervous for the surgery that Matt was facing. Although they knew that it was still just a surgery for his leg and it could all turn out fine. Both of them were worried that it would not go well and that he would lose his leg.
''Ware going to take you for prep for surgery soon.'' A nurse said.
''I will be here for you tonight.'' She promised Matt, knew it was time to say goodbye soon.
''Kelly too?'' Matt said hopefully.''
''I am sure he will be there.'' Gabby said. Matt just wished his friend had been here. He was nervous and he wanted to see his friend but Severide hadn't want to leave his room this morning, even though Gabby had brought him home earlier this morning. He hadn't been here at all since yesterday and it made Matt a bit sad.
''I love you.'' She said then again, holding him until she really had to leave and waved at him from the window, walking away then, hoping it would all be okay.
As she got home she knocked on Kelly's bedroom door.
''I got some sandwiches for you for lunch.'' She said.
''not hungry.'' Was all she heard back and when she wanted to open the door, he had it locked.
''Matt went into surgery.'' Was what she said then. She had wished he would have been there with him. Not just for Matt but also for himself.
''Anyway, I will leave lunch in the kitchen for you.'' She said then, feeling bad about this and wished that Kelly would open up a bit.
Later that day
Gabby walked into his room, saw that Matt was more asleep then awake and realized that he was still drowsy from all of the medication. Honestly she was glad about that, since maybe he would not get so upset that Kelly was not here again.
''Hey babe.'' She said softly and he looked up at her.
''Hey, surgery is done…right?'' He asked drowsy and confused and she grabbed his hand, finding it a bit amusing how far of the world he seemed.
''Yeah, surgery is done, it went all well. I am so glad you are awake.'' Gabby sighed relieved.
''I am not feeling so awake.'' Matt said tired, still a bit foggy from the painkillers but he also smiled as he saw Gabby. Just seeing her made him feel so much better.
''My leg is still there, right?'' He asked concerned.
''Yes it.'' She smiled as she kissed him on his cheek. ''Your leg is healing from the surgery now. Your doctor said that tomorrow they will put your leg in a cast and then hopefully you get to go home really soon if they are sure that nothing is infected.'''
''That is good. I want to go home with you.'' He smiled. ''I want to cuddle with you again.'' He smiled cheesy.
''Gosh, you are adorable.'' She smirked and kissed him again. ''I am going to leave you to cuddle with you blanket now…I will see you tomorrow.''
He nodded, yawning and fell asleep again and she hoped that he would hopefully be more awake tomorrow.
One day later
''I brought you a giant stack of cards!'' She excited, glad that Matt really seemed awake now. He took the cards from her hands and smiled as he was reading them. She looked at his leg, which was in a cast all the way from his foot to his hip, knew that it could not be comfortable for him but she was just glad that they had been able to cast it and that he could hopefully come home now soon.
He handed the cards back to her and she put them all in a row on the window sill and he smiled.
''That is great.''
''I drove by the firehouse on the way here and told everybody you are doing better, that the surgery went well and that you will be able to go home later this week.'' She said and he nodded.
''I hope I can visit them soon. Since they are not all going to fit in this room.'' He said, looking around the small hospital room.
The doctor walked in and checked his vitals.
''Everything seems to be doing good. I am just going to have a nurse run your blood today to make sure there is no traces of infection in there.''
''Thank you. I am feeling great'' Matt smiled and he knew he was not even lying. He did feel a lot better and he was just really happy that his leg didn't seem to be infected, that he still had his leg and that he would hopefully get back to work in a couple of weeks.
''So how long will I have to keep the cast?''
''Probably between ten en twelve weeks.'' The doctor said. ''Hopefully around three months.''
''Three months?'' Matt said shocked.
''At least. Hopefully everything in your leg his healed then and they can take the cast off. Then it will still take a few weeks to get back on your feet.'' The doctor explained.
The doctor explained a bit more about the surgeries they had done on his leg and how they had put the bones back together but Matt just seemed bummed now he knew it would still take some time to get back on his feet.
''You know, you are going to heal. I know that it is hard to hear that you might be out of work for at least 5 months but you are going to heal. That is good news.'' She smiled and finally he got where she was coming from.
''I know I am lucky. It just sucks.'' He said.
''I know. But it will be fine. I am sure.'' She said and he smiled at her.
''Being stuck like this for 3 months is going to be the hardest.'' He said then.
''I am sure we will manage. We will just have to cuddle on the couch and in bed a lot.'' She smiled and he smiled back at her.
''I was thinking, maybe we can go outside for a bit. I could at least take you for a walk in the garden – that sounded like you are a dog…sorry.'' She smirked.
''All good.'' Matt smirked.
''So you do want to go out.''
''Actually, yes.'' He said but knew that she was just joking. It would be nice to go outside, even if it was just for a bit.
A nurse helped with getting a wheelchair that would be possible to get Matt outside and she got the leg rest ready.
''If it is a lot of effort…it is fine…we can go out another time.'' Matt said as he felt uncomfortable as he felt he was asking for a lot but Gabby shook her head.
''It is fine…and you need some fresh air.'' Gabby said as she tried to get him dressed as good as she could. She tried to be as careful as possible as he was still sore. The burns were mostly closed and healing and his headaches were getting less but she didn't want to hurt him.
Gabby and the nurse put him in the wheelchair and Gabby made sure he was comfortable.
''I am not the princess on the pea, you know.'' He smirked.
''No, you are definitely not a princess. Since you are going to be home for three months I know who is going to do all the chores from now.'' She teased him and he smirked softly as she started to push the wheelchair outside. Although the garden by the hospital was really small, he just enjoyed being outside again.
''So I am going to be stuck with his for 3 months?'' He sighed, a bit annoyed as she pushed his wheelchair.
''oh you think I am going to push you for three months? Keep dreaming.'' She teased him but she knew it was not going to be easy. But they could get through this together. She sat down on a bench then, turning his chair so they were facing each other.
''How is Kelly really doing? I wish he would come by. I got so many questions about what happened but he just doesn't come here.'' Matt said sad.
''I am sure he will come by soon. Well, you will get to go home in a couple of days so you will definitely see him then.''
Matt nodded, feeling bad that his friend was not feeling good at all. Matt knew that he was in pain but Matt was also pretty sure that it was the scars that were hurting him, not so much the actual pain of the scars. He seemed to insecure about the scars and it hurt him because his friend had always been so strong.
''I love you.'' She said then, moving a little closer to the edge of the bench so she could grab his hand.
''I love you too…and thank you so much for everything you are doing for me.''
''Ofcourse.'' She smiled. ''I am just so happy we are okay…and we really need to catch up on that weekend by the lake.''
''Yeah, hopefully when I can walk again.'' He said.
''Are you kidding me. I am just going to take you there. There is nothing you can do about it.'' She smiled and she bend forward then, leaning on the armrests of the wheelchair as she kissed him.
''Sounds good…'' He said with a smile.
''I am really concerned about Kelly though'' She said then as she sat back down.
''me too.'' He nodded. ''I will hopefully get through to him when I am back home and I can talk with him a bit more. ''
''It will be good for all of us to have you at home.'' She said then and they just smiled at each other, so in love and so happy they still had each other.
''Hey, a nurse said you were out here.'' Antonio smiled as he came walking towards them.
Matt wasn't sure how to react to Antonio but he was also somewhat glad to see him again but then he also did not feel good because of the tension between Gabby and Antonio.
''How are you both doing?'' Antonio asked as he wanted to hug his sister, hoping that she was not made with him anymore, but she turned around.
''I am not going to talk to you.'' Gabby said upset.
''Gabby, please…''
''Not now.'' Gabby said angry. ''We are having are first moment really together since the explosion.''
Matt wanted to ask her why she hadn't made up with him yet as she had promised him to make up with her brother while he had been in the surgery this morning.
''Í should go then.'' Antonio said disappointed. Matt wanted to stop him as he had some questions about the explosion, how it happened but then he also did not want to make Gabby even more upset. Soon he would ask Antonio about it. Maybe he needed to give himself some time as well, as thinking about the explosion was painfully as well.
A little later they went back to his room and moved Matt back to bed and he could see Gabby was still upset.
''Gabby, please talk to me.'' He said then. ''Severide is not opening up and I don't want you to be struggling internally as well.''
''I am just so angry because I trusted him when he said you would not get hurt and now I almost lost you. I am just angry!''
''Antonio did not rig my car. He is not fully to blame for it.'' He said then. She started sobbing now and Matt also knew it was not just her anger for Antonio but also all the worries and fears she had had lately and he sat up carefully and pulled her closer.
''I know I am not the only one who is hurting…and if you need to talk I am here too.'' He said and she hugged him, burying her face in his neck.
''I should talk to him, shouldn't I?'' She sniffed then.
''You should.'' Matt nodded as she pulled her face out of his neck, looking at him with tears on her cheeks and he wiped them away.
''I will.'' She promised him again.
After spending a bit more time together she went home then and matt laid down.
He was not worried about himself at all, although he felt bad about his long recovery time, the only thing occupying his mind was his best friend. He reached out for his phone, struggling as the screen was cracked because of the explosion but then disappointed when Severide did not take of his phone.
Hopefully he would be able to see him soon.
NOTE: So Matt went into surgery again and he had hoped that Kelly would be there too but Kelly wasn't there. Gabby already took him home but he still doesn't want to talk or even leave his room. The surgery went all well on Matt and a day later he was doing a lot better again and Gabby even took him outside, where Antonio came to see them but Gabby refused to talk to him, but promised Matt again she would talk to him while Matt just wants to talk to Kelly.
Thank you so much for reading this chapter. Please do leave a review because I am not sure about what you think where the story is going. I hope you don't mind because I skipped some parts of the day. So please tell me what you think!