Chapter Fourteen: Down the Line

Matt woke up to the sound of his alarm sounding off. He slowly rolled to the side of his bed and turned it off. He took his time getting out of bed, since everything happened with Gabby; sleep hasn't come so easy to him. He took a deep breath as his feet touched the hard cold floor, within a second a memory of Gabby came flooding back to him.

"Matt I don't want to get out of bed," Gabby mumbled as she opened her brown eyes to the new day.

"I don't either," Matt smirked as he pulled her into him and pressed a kiss on her temple. "I love you," he said as he nuzzled his nose along her jaw to her neck.

Gabby smiled at the contact of skin, "Do you know the worse part about getting out of this bed?"

"Tell me," he answered as he began to leave light kisses along her jaw line.

"When my feet hit the cold ground."

"I promise to buy you a rug for your side of the bed," he responded before his lips took procession of her's.

Matt looked over to the other side of the bed as he pulled himself out of the memory, he never did buy her that rug, another promise that he couldn't keep. Matt ran his hands through his hair and quickly walked out of the room and got in the shower. He needed to clear his head, today would be the first day since he last talked to Gabby. He knew that he had hurt her, but he also knew that somehow they would get past this. They had to, because without her there wasn't much to his life.

Ever since Gabby found out she was pregnant, her world flipped upside down. She always thought that when she was ready for a baby, she would be married and incredibly happy, but things never go according to plan. Every emotion ran through her as she drove to the station for her shift. What am I going to do? She kept asking herself. She knew that she had to tell Matt, but after everything she wasn't ready to face him. She needed time for herself first.

"Gabby!" Shay called out as she spotted the brunette walking toward the firehouse.

"Hey," Gabby greeted as she turned around to face her best friend.

"How are you feeling this morning?" Shay asked as she shifted her duffle bag on her shoulder.

"I'm okay, just really trying to get through the day."

"Well, whatever you need I'm here for you," Shay gave her a reassuring smile.

"I know and thank you for everything."

"Whatever you need," Shay said as she wrapped her arm around Gabby's shoulder. The two best friends walked into the station, knowing that today would be one of the hardest days for Gabby, but she wasn't alone.

After changing out Gabby walked into the common room to grab some breakfast, she knew that no matter what was going on; she no longer could skip meals. Without realizing it, she was over at the coffee pot pouring a cup.

"Oh Gabby is that for me?" Shay asked walking over to her and taking the cup out of Gabby's hand. "Thanks so much," she smiled as she took a sip.

"Really?" Gabby asked with annoyed expression on her face.

"Really" Shay stated.

Before Gabby could say anything, the PA system called for an ambulance. Shay placed the mug on the counter and they both walked quickly out of the room and toward the garage.

Matt was sitting at the table, trying his best to read the paper, but his eyes kept drifting over to Gabby. He couldn't help but watch her, she was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen and now she was completely out of his reach. His heart broke a little more, just with the thought of how he had hurt her.

He watched her for a second longer and then a call came in, rushing her out of the room. Before his eyes could get back to the article, his phone began to vibrate against the table. He didn't recognize the number, so against his better judgment he answered the call.

"Hello," he said with uncertainty

"Hi, is this Matt?" the female voice asked.

"Yeah, this is him."

"Hi, it's Chelsea," the girl said unsure if he would remember who she was.

Matt was felt his body go numb, "how can I help you?" He asked doing his best to remain clam and to keep the bile down.

"I was wondering if you had a moment to talk today?"

"Well I'm on shift."

"Great, I'll be by in an hour or so," she said quickly and hung up the phone.

"Hello," Matt said, but there was no response. Matt looked at the phone in bewilderment, "what the hell?" he asked himself. He put the phone back in his pocket and looked around the room; he noticed that Mouch and Mills were staring at him. He couldn't explain to them what was going on, so instead he stood from his chair and walked into his office.

"So have you thought about when you are going to tell Casey?" Shay asked as she climbed into the driver seat of the rig.

"I was thinking that I would wait until the kid was eighteen," Gabby said as he buckled herself.

"I don't seeing that working out for you."

"I know," Gabby said as she took in a deep breath. "I was thinking of telling him tomorrow night. I want to make him apart of this baby's life in every way possible and I don't want to hide it from him."

"That's very grown up of you," Shay said as he turned the ambulance on the street from the hospital. "I have to ask this question, so please don't hate me, but do you think that you could forgive Matt?"

"I honestly thought about it, but every time I see him I think about him and her together and it makes me so angry and now that I'm pregnant I don't want a baby to be brought up in that."

"Things change," Shay simply replied.

"They do," Gabby said as she turned her head to look out the window.

Shay pulled the ambulance into the garage and put it in park. "So I think that you should go to his office right now and ask him to meet you after shift."

"I don't think right…"

"Just do it now, so you don't talk yourself out of it."

"Fine," Gabby said as she reached for the door handle and opened it. She made her way to Matt's office, she kept thinking about how the conversation would go. She knew this shouldn't be that difficult to talk to him, but after her broke her heart and now she finds out that she is pregnant with his child, just increased the level of difficulty. Come on Gabby, you can do this, she told herself with each step she took.

When she reached the sleeping area, she continued to run what she was going to say through her mind. As she moved closer to Matt's office, she looked up to see if he was in there, that's when she noticed he wasn't in there alone. He was sitting at his desk and a blonde woman was talking with him.

Gabby stopped in her tracks as she watched the two of them, she could tell by Matt's body language that whatever they were talking about was pretty serious, but Gabby still didn't know who she was. She continued to watch as they were deep in thought, the blonde moved for her bag and that was when Gabby realized she knew that girl. She was the girl from the bar, she was the one Matt slept with.

Gabby's body froze as her blood turned cold and her heart stopped beating. What the fuck is she doing here? Gabby thought as she clenched her fist. Gabby quickly closed her eyes to try to calm herself, but when she opened them back up a pair of blues eyes were staring directly into her's.

Author's Note: Thank you for following along with this story. I know the updates haven't been quick, but I hope you find that they are worth it! I plan to update again tomorrow, but as we all know sometimes things don't go according to plan. Anyways, I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend. Real quick, I want to say thank you for everyone that has taken the time to review my stories, it really means a lot and I'm glad that you like it so much that you are taking the time to give some awesome feedback. I would also like to say, it is big help in lighting a fire under my ass on the updates! Thanks!