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5 days later

Tired.

That was the only word he could think of. He was so tired. The past few days had been a rollercoaster. After the word was out he had cancer, everything the doctor had said had moved past him.

Now he was laying on the cold table in the CT scan for the biopsy, to know exactly what he was up against. Even though he had been so scared it had been this for the diagnosis, he was even more scared now about what was going to happen. All he knew was that the masses had not full spread through his lungs and metastasized, he just hoped that it was in time to save his life. The doctor said his chances were well, but he was still worried. The last thing he wanted was to have to say goodbye to Gabby, without them even starting a proper future together - in retrospect, that was what scared him the most.

Two days ago he had gone to shift like nothing was wrong; he had wanted to tell the firehouse at the end of shift, but he still didn't want to face up to the fact that he really had cancer. He really just wanted to act like nothing was wrong, because he didn't want to face what was going on. He was really sick and he had no idea what was going to happen in the future.

Gabby had been so good through all of this - to the point that he was actually thankful that he had finally found the courage to tell her. She tried to cheer him up,made everything easier and he was so glad that he still had her. She was always there to support to him - he just hoped that it wouldn't ruin their marriage.

Laying on his side now in the CT now and waiting for the biopsy to start; they had just given him the sedation and he was waiting for it to set in, as well as his chest still aching from the local sedation. The doctor sat down by him again, telling him what was going to happen now.

He closed his eyes, trying to push everything out of his mind, or in compromise, he tried to think about something else other than the biopsy. He felt a sharp sting in his side and found it suddenly more difficult to keep his breathing stable.

The worst part was that he had to tell everybody. The only people that knew now where Christie, Gabby and Kelly. He had really not felt up for telling other people. He hadn't even had the heart to tell Violet yet, mostly because he still hoped it was all still a mistake.

He had gone to see Kelly after the diagnosis and together they had had beers, not really wanting to talk about it a lot but it was a nice way to tell him. Neither of them wanted to say much, because there was not a lot to say. It sucked and they had no idea now what was going to happen now.

All he knew was that they had to move quickly, when they knew what type of cancer it was, so that it could not spread.

He was glad when the biopsy was over, his side throbbing even with the sedation he was brought into recovery. The sedation was wearing off and after getting a bit of food and some water, he started to feel a lot better.

After a while, when he felt a lot better and was starting to feel ready to go home. She came to see him there and pick him up.

''How did it go?'' She asked as she sat down by him.

''Okay, just hurts.'' Matt said then and Gabby kissed him on his forehead.

''Doctor said you should just take it easy for a bit while the anesthesia wears off...then I will take you home.'' She told him and he nodded.

She sat with him for a bit, Matt slowly starting to feel better and began to sit up, when the nurse came to remove the IV and he was cleared to go home. Gabby got the instructions to make sure the dressing on his chest was changed tomorrow and she nodded, figured there was a lot more instructions of care coming the next few months.

She tried to be good support through all of this. She tried to help comprehend it all, remember everything that was said by the doctors and see what she could do to make it easier. It seemed it was all passing Matt by a bit, too much on him, so it was something she could try to help him with.

They went home then, Matt settling on the couch as he still felt a bit nausea still from the sedation and the pain.

Texting Kelly about how it went, he fell asleep then. Gabby did some stuff around the house. With all that as going on now it was really getting behind. The tv got switched on then and she knew Matt was awake again. Nervous she sat down on the edge of the bed. She really wanted to tell him about the pregnancy, didn't want to keep it from him and knew it might actually make him very happy. She really wanted to share it with him as it was really something they had always wanted - a little family.

She came walking from the bedroom after getting the test, saw him sitting on the couch, looking at the TV but he seemed really absent. Probably all of the things that were coming up in their future were going through his head.

Sitting down beside him, she took his hand and he looked her way. ''Are you feeling okay?''

''Yeah, just a bit sore.'' He said as he gave a her a small smile. ''Worried for what is going to come...and I really don't want to tell the firehouse.''

For now they had told the situation to the CFD and Boden. But as he wanted to tell the firehouse personally, the firehouse didn't know better than that Matt and Gabby were missing some shifts because of personal reasons.

''We can go tell them after we go home from the hospital friday?'' She said and he nodded.

''Yeah, with the chemo coming up, I should tell them soon.'' He said, looking sad.

''Matt, I need to tell you something.'' She said then. Knew she had to tell him sometime and she hoped this was the pick me up he so desperately needed. ''The morning you got the results, I did a test as well.'' She said and she handed him the pregnancy test from behind her back.

He took the test form the box, looking at it as tears filled his eyes. ''Is this really..?''

''Yes, I did a second test.'' Gabby smiled as he started to smile as well, tears streaming down his cheeks down. He wrapped his arms around her, so happy with this news as they both started to cry.

It was a really sad few days, but this also gave them hope for the future.

Matt let go of the hug, still crying and wiped the tears away from his eyes. ''This is such good news.'' He said, not wanting to think about how it could be in 9 months, how he would be doing in 9 months.

But it happy news and he couldn't wait to be a dad. ''I love you so much...and we will get through this, to become a family.'' He sniffed, laughing then for a second, so happy with this news and new energy to start this fight, to get through this.


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