Disclaimer: I do not own any of the One Chicago universe characters or the few accident stories I will borrow from real CF episodes.
That night once Gabby settled in her couch to watch a movie her phone chirped.
"Hey, beautiful. What are you doing?" she read the text message and smiled. It was from Matt.
"Hey handsome. Just settled to watch a movie. What are you doing? Quiet night?" she quickly typed her reply.
"Mhm. And I got sick of watching Otis and Mouch battle over the TV remote." Came the reply.
"Wow. How could ANYONE get sick of THAT? :D" Gabby typed back.
"You'd be surprised. By the way your food was phenomenal and everyone were talking about hiring you as a chef for the firehouse. Would you consider a carrier change? :D" came Matts text a couple minutes later.
"To see you every day? Definitely! ;)" she replied to Matt's text hoping that she wasn't too forward.
"Well I know a few other ways how you could see me every day that doesn't involve a sweaty firehouse and bunch of firefighters. ;)" Matt typed back making Gabby almost drop her phone.
"Do tell, Lieutenant!" she decided to write back.
"Well, there was this time a hot Doctor promised to cook for me at her place… " came the reply and Gabby was now smiling at her phone.
"Tomorrow, my place around 7?" she typed back hoping that Matt would agree.
"I'll be there!" Matt texted back. They continue to text for few more minutes but then Matt got a call and their conversations was cut short.
Next morning Gabby woke up and saw that she had a text from Matt. "Good morning, beautiful! Can't wait to see you tonight!" it read.
Gabby spent that day to clean her apartment and to get her life together. She finally felt strong enough to go back to work so she called Chicago Med to announce that she will be coming back. Then she had her daily visit with the Chaplain that had become a good friend to Gabby and finally she stopped at the grocery store on her way home to get what she needed to make dinner for Matt that night. She decided to make her Grandmothers Mac and cheese instead of anything fancy because she knew that Matt will appreciate anything she makes and she didn't want to spend all evening cooking.
It was little past six when Gabby realized that she still needed to shower and get ready so she quickly straightened up her apartment one last time and jumped into the shower. But as she got out the doorbell rang. Since it was only 6.30 and Matt was supposed to come after 7 she wrapped a towel around herself and went to open the door thinking that it was Shay or her brother checking up on her. But to Gabby's surprise it was Matt.