Sorry for the late update but a great vacation and life happened, so I didn't have time to write. But I hope this chapter will make up for the long wait.
Enjoy reading and leave me a review if you like,
Miss Eliza
Chapter 21
„Hey man, can you pass me the hammer?" Matt looked up from his work. He was laying hardwood floor in the living room of the new house.
"Yea, sure." Kelly grabbed the hammer and gave it to Matt. "Looks really good. I'm almost finished with removing the old floor from the hall and the stairs."
"Good. We made a good progress the last few weeks." Matt looked around. He and Kelly had spent every free minute at the house and it was nearly ready to move in. "Maybe one more week and we can move in."
"And I'll finally have the apartment to myself" Kelly laughed. " Your future wife was a little bit annoying the last few weeks."
"I don't know what you mean." Matt winked. "Don't you like boxes and wallpaper samples spread all over your living room?"
"Nope. But you know what's funny?" Kelly grinned. "I'll be alone in two weeks, enjoying the silence but you have to live with her."
"I think I'll be fine." Matt continued to lay the hardwood floor. "You should go back to your work or you'll have an enormous problem with Gabby for messing up her time schedule."
"I better not risk that." Kelly walked back into the hallway to remove the remaining planks. Three hours later the living room was done and Matt and Kelly sat on the veranda looking at the backyard with a cold beer in their hands. "Guess we'll need help with the garden." Kelly took a sip.
"Yep. I already talked to the guys. They'll help us. We're all off on Friday and one day should be enough to clean it. Gabby wants to lay out the garden herself." Matt sighed.
"Which means you'll have to do it, while she tells you how?" Kelly laughed. "Wow. You must really love her."
"Believe me, I do. But I won't do it. I know a guy from a contracting job. He's a gardener. I repaired his roof and he said he would return the favor with taking care of our garden."
"Poor guy." Kelly laughed. "He better get the job done correctly or Dawson will give him holy hell."
"You're absolutely right, Kelly Severide." Gabby's voice came from the veranda door. "And you better get your job done correctly or I'll kick your ass too." She patted his shoulder and sat down next to Matt. "Hey babe." She gave him a peck. "Brett dropped me off. We had to run one last errand for the wedding. Everything is set now. I can't believe it's in three weeks already." She leaned against him and touched her baby bump. "But I guess the sooner the better or I won't fit into my dress anymore."
"That can't happen. I saw the bill for the dress." Kelly joked. "It'll be either the house or a new dress in that case."
"Ha ha. Very funny, Severide." Matt rolled his eyes. "You'll fit in your dress, Gabby. I'm sure."
"That makes one of us." Gabby sighed. "What about the house? When can we move in?"
"I guess two weeks maximum and everything will be ready. Only the stairs and the hallway are left. Everything else is ready. We'll clean the backyard on Saturday and Jack Adams will be here on Tuesday to talk to you about the future layout of the garden."
"Sounds great." Gabby got up and looked around. "It's amazing what you two did here in just a few weeks."
"It wasn't that much work." Matt got up too and hugged her. "And it was fun doing some construction for my family and not for strangers. Let's drive home, we're done here for today."
They packed everything together and got into Matt's truck with Gabby sitting between the guys. When Matt turned into their street, some girls sat on the stairs of an apartment building, waving and whistling. Severide waved back and Gabby rolled her eyes.
"Really, Kelly Severide? The neighborhood skanks?"
"Hey, I'm just friendly. They are our neighbors." Kelly laughed and they got out of the car. When Gabby closed the door and walked to their building one of the girls looked at her. "You are a very lucky lady. Living with these two hotties. I bet you have a lot of fun with them." She recognized Gabby's baby bump. "Which one is the father? Doesn't matter anyway...they have both great genes. Well done, sweetheart." She laughed.
Gabby felt anger welling up inside her. She made one step forward and slapped the cheeky girl in the face. "Shut up, bitch. I'm not some skank sleeping around and it's none of your business who's the father of my baby. You better shut up or I'll smack your pretty face again. I may be pregnant but I'm not helpless." With that she turned around and walked into the apartment where Matt and Kelly were standing in the front door, rubbing their eyes in disbelief. Kelly was the first one to regain his poise.
"Wow Dawson. This really becomes a habit. Punching people in the face." He grinned. "What exactly did she say?"
Gabby snorted. "Told me I was a very lucky girl, living and sleeping with you two hotties and asked me if I knew who of you the father of my baby was."
Kelly burst into laughter. "That's cheeky. In that case the punch was well deserved. Guess she's jealous."
"Yep." Gabby grinned too. "Not my problem." She looked at Matt. "You didn't say anything, are you alright?"
"Yeah" Matt turned around so he could face her. "I just didn't see that coming." He smiled. "I'm very proud of you." He took her in his arms.
Gabby buried her head into his chest. "I can stand up for myself."
"That's my girl." He kissed her. "Let's close the front door now, these weird girls are still staring. He pointed towards the street." Matt released Gabby from his embrace and before he closed the door he looked at the girls who were still staring in their direction. "Excuse us, we'll close the door now. We don't want any bystanders while we're having a threesome."
"Sorry bro, but if that's an offer I'm going to reject." Kelly shook his head and took a seat on the couch. He turned on the TV. "There's a Blackhawks game on."
"I'll get the beer." Matt left for the kitchen and Gabby pouted. Before she left the room she yelled in direction of the kitchen. "That's a shame. I wasn't going to reject your offer." With that Gabby walked into the master bedroom and closed the door. She grabbed the phone from her nightstand and dialed a familiar number. "Hey Sylvie, the guys are watching the Blackhawks game. You wanna go out for some nonalcoholic cocktails?"
"Yeah sure, I'll pick you up in about 30 minutes."
"Great, I'll be ready." Gabby hung up and changed into what was left of her fancy clothes. Since she was pregnant, most of it didn't fit but last time she went shopping she had bought a classic red cocktail maternity dress. She couldn't wear high heels because of her swollen ankles, so she chose black ballerinas.
"Not so bad" She thought when she looked at herself in the mirror. Gabby took her purse and walked back into the living room where Matt and Kelly were watching the game. "Hey guys, Brett will pick me up for drinks." Someone honked outside. "That's her. See you later." She was almost out the door when two arms grabbed her and pulled her back. "Not so fast." Matt kissed her passionately. "Have fun"
"I will" Gabby kissed him one more time. "Maybe...when I come back later..." She got closer to him and whispered something in Matt's ear which caused him to blush.
"I won't object."
"Ewww." Kelly shook his head. "FYI, I can see AND hear you."
Gabby rolled her eyes. "Yeah, we saw and heard the brunette last night too. Let's call it even."
She walked outside, where Brett was waiting in her car. Gabby opened the passenger door and got in.
"Hi Sylvie. Let's have some fun tonight."
Brett smiled at her. "I really like the way you think, Gabby." She started the engine. "Where do you want to go?"
"There's this new cocktail bar, you know the one we read in the Suntimes about?"
"Yeah sure. I know where it is." Sylvie turned left and after a few minutes they reached the bar.
They got out of the car and joined the other people in the waiting line. Gabby looked at Brett "I don't want to wait. Play along with me?"
"Of course." Brett nodded and Gabby walked over to the security guys. "Excuse me, I really can't stand on my feet any longer."
One of the guys looked at her: "And why is that?"
Gabby opened her leather jacket and showed her baby bump. "Because of that."
"You shouldn't be out drinking cocktails in that case, lady." The security guy said.
"I know" Brett interrupted the discussion. "But it's my birthday and she wanted to surprise me. I really love this place."
He looked at his coworker who just shrugged his shoulders. "Okay ladies, get inside. But no alcohol for you, mommy." He smiled and winked at Gabby.
"Promise." Gabby laughed and they got into the bar. It was a really fancy place with an Hawaiian inspired design. They sat down on one of the cozy couches next to the bar and ordered their drinks.
"So the guys abandoned you for a hockey game, huh?" Sylvie laughed.
"Yep. Talked about a threesome and then dumped me for the stupid game." Gabby rolled her eyes.
"Talked about what?!" Sylvie looked at her in disbelief.
"Oh it was a joke." Gabby told her the story about the girls in their neighborhood and Brett nearly chocked on her cocktail.
"Oh my god." She giggled. "You guys are unbelievable. But you denied the offer?"
"Of course." Gabby shook her head. "I would never ever go to bed with Kelly. He's one of my best friends."
"Okay, maybe this is the non-alcoholic cocktail talking, but I wouldn't push him out of bed. He's kind of hot and I bet he's got a lot of skills" Sylvie looked at Gabby. "Oh my god, did I say that out loud?!"
"No worries. I won't tell anyone." Gabby put an arm around Brett. "And you're not alone. Believe me. Half of the women of Chicago think like that. He's a good looking dude. Can't blame you. But I'm not attracted to him. Never was."
"You prefer the nice guy, huh?"
"Exactly" Gabby giggled. "If you ask me, he's way hotter and his skills are...let's just say I'm a very lucky girl."
"Okay" Sylvie put her hands over her ears. "Too much information. If you go on I won't be able to look at him next shift without starting to laugh."
"Yeah that's what Shay did, when I told her about our first night together." Gabby shook her head and smiled. "She always loved a saucy story."
"Do you miss her?"
"Every single day of my life. But it doesn't hurt that much anymore, because I have Matt and you."
"Aww" Sylvie hugged her. "That's so sweet of you to say. I really like you too."
"I'm glad headquarters sent you to 51. I'm sure we'll have a lot of fun on ambo, once I get back."
"We sure will."
"Oh isn't this sweet." A voice came from behind them. "The little pregnant skank does not only screw the hottest guys in town, she has to hit on the hot girls too."
Gabby turned around and faced the blonde girl she had slapped earlier with two friends. "That's none of your business. Piss off."
"Oh no, bitch." The other girl, a brunette, grabbed Gabby's hair and pulled her up. "We're not nearly done with you."
Gabby could smell the alcohol in their breath. "You are drunk. Let me go or I'll punch your pretty faces."
"Let her go" Brett got up too. "Can't you see that she's pregnant?!"
"Oh I can see that." The blonde said with a fake smile on her face. "I bet whoever is the daddy of your little bastard will be happy to get rid of both of you."
Brett could see the anger raising up in her friend. "That's enough. She got her phone out of her purse. "Let her go or I'll call the police."
"Aww" The brunette said with a sardonic grin on her face. "That's cute. Or just call your daddy?" She laughed and pulled on Gabby's hair again. Gabby screamed in pain. "Let me go!" She tried to free herself but the other girl had only waited for that to happen. Quickly she got a knife out of her purse and held it on Gabby's neck. "We're going to take a walk, bitch." With that she dragged Gabby out of the emergency exit of the bar with her two friends following her.
Brett had a hard time not to panic. She couldn't decide whether to call Casey or Antonio, her mind refused to work for a few seconds. Then she realized she had to do something and grabbed Gabby's purse from the couch. She searched for Antonio's number on the phone.
"Hey sis, what's up?"
"Antonio? This is Sylvie Brett. Something happened to Gabby, she..." Brett explained the whole story to Antonio, who luckily was on shift.
"Okay, we're on our way. You can go look for her but don't do anything stupid or dangerous, you hear me? And leave your phone on, so we can ping it."
"Yes." Was all she could say.
"And would you do me a favor and call Matt?"
"Will do." Sylvie said while she made her way towards the emergency exit. Quietly she opened the door and looked around. She could see them just a few feet away in a dark side alley. Carefully she put Gabby's phone back in the purse and grabbed her own. She dialed Casey's number. He picked up after the second ring. "Hey Sylvie, everything alright?" He already sounded concerned and she hated to be the one to give him the bad news. "No. Nothing is alright." She whispered. "Listen, Casey, something happened to Gabby, she..."
"Where is she?!" Sylvie could hear him panic on the other end of the line.
"We met the girls from your neighborhood again, they had a knife and they took her. I already called Antonio, they'll be hear every minute. I can see them, that's why I'm whispering."
"Where are you?" She described the way to the cocktail bar. "Okay, we'll be there in a few minutes." Before she could say anything he had hung up. Sylvie watched the group in the dark alley and tried to listen to them.
Meanwhile Gabby tried really hard not to panic, because she didn't want her blood pressure to go up. She was supposed to take it easy a nice evening with non-alcoholic cocktails was okay but this was totally not good for the babies. She could feel the cold knife in her back.
"Why so quiet now?" The blonde asked. "You weren't so shy when you came at me this afternoon."
"What do you want from me?" Gabby managed to say.
"Oh isn't that obvious?" She pricked Gabby's neck a little with the knife. "I want what you have."
"And what would that be?"
"Don't be so stupid." The brunette spit in her face. "It's not fair you have two hot guys and we have none."
The blonde nodded. "We want you to leave and never come back. We want the two hotties."
Gabby couldn't believe what she was hearing. Were they really that stupid?!
"And you think holding a knife at my neck and making me leave would help you with that?!"
The girls looked at each other. "Yeah, why not?"
Gabby took a deep breath. "Well, it won't. They don't like you and they'll never like you when you hurt me. They'll hate you for hurting me and I can guarantee you that at least one of them will be really pissed."
"You're a liar." The blonde screamed. "Why would they want you when they can have us?"
"I don't know." Antonio's voice came from the other side of the alley, his gun pointing at the blonde. "But you'll have a lot of time to think about that in jail. Now put down the knife and raise your hands."
"And what if I don't?" The brunette tried to run away but Ruzek entered the alley from the other side, his gun pointing at her. "Then I'll have to shoot you. You want that?"
The girls knew they had lost and the blonde put down the knife. "Okay, okay." She raised her hands too. "See? I won't hurt her. It was just a little joke."
Antonio couldn't believe his ears. "A joke?! You think it's funny threatening people?" He shook his head and moved forward to grab the girl and put her in handcuffs, while Ruzek did the same with the brunette. Brett came running towards Gabby and hugged her. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I think so." Gabby had a hard time to stay calm. "I want to go home... I want..." Before she could finish the sentence someone came running towards her and put her in his arms. "Matt!" Gabby buried her face in his chest and started to cry.
"Shhh" He soothed her. "Everything will be fine. How are you feeling?"
"A little bit shaken but they didn't hurt me." Gabby had to laugh. "They seem to be a special kind of stupid. Thought threatening me to leave would make you and Kelly like them."
"Excuse me?!" Matt couldn't believe what he had just heard. "Sounds like they need therapy"
"I don't care." Gabby snuggled into him. "I want to go home. Where's Kelly?"
"I'm right here." Kelly came walking up the alley with Brett. "I'm glad you're okay. We talked to Antonio. The crazies will get arrested and they'll have to stay away from the three of us."
"Sounds good to me." Gabby sighed. "I really want to go home now."
"Not so fast." Matt looked at her. "I'll take you to the hospital first for a quick check up."
"Yeah I thought so."
"I can give you a ride home" Brett looked at Kelly. "So you won't have to wait."
"Sounds good. See ya later." He waved at Matt and Gabby and left with Brett.
Two hours later Gabby and Matt arrived at their apartment. Kelly was watching TV in the living room. "Hey guys, everything okay?"
"Yep." Gabby sat down next to him on the couch. "Everything is just fine." She touched her belly.
"Glad to hear." Kelly yawned. "I think I'll call it a night."
With that he left for his room and Matt sat down next to Gabby on the couch.
"You really scared me today." He sighed.
"Well, we're lucky my kidnappers were really stupid." Gabby laughed. "Like holding a knife in my neck would make me leave you." She rolled her eyes. "I'd like to quote Mick Jagger: Wild horses couldn't drag me away."
"Glad to hear." Matt kissed her. "Now let's get you and our babies to bed." He picked her up and carried her into the bedroom.
They got ready for bed and when her head touched the pillow Gabby closed her eyes and yawned. "We haven't talked about names, yet."
Matt looked at her. "You sound like you have something in mind?"
"I have, but it's a little cheesy."
"Oh boy." Matt laid down next to her and put an arm around her. "Let's hear."
"I want to name our daughter after Shay. She was my best friend and it would mean a lot to me." She cuddled into his side. "So how do you like Leslie Marie?"
"I love it." Matt kissed her. "Why Marie?"
"It was my grandmother's name and I loved her very much."
"Leslie Marie it is."
"I'm so glad you like it. But I haven't thought about boy's names yet."
"But I have." Matt turned around a little bit so he could face her. "How do you like Jason, after my grandfather?"
"That's a nice name. You never told me about your grandfather."
"He died when I was 14 but he always protected us when my dad hit me or my mum. He wasn't there anymore when it got really worse, though. He was my dad's dad but he was nothing like him."
"Jason it is." Gabby stroked his cheek. "I'm so sorry your childhood was such a mess."
"It's okay. I won't let that happen to our kids." He took her hands in his. "I will never hurt them."
"I know that." Gabby kissed his cheek. "That's why I think our son should be named after two amazing men from his family. His name should be Jason Matthew Casey."
Instead of answering her Matt just kissed her passionately.
"I'll take that as a yes." Gabby chuckled. "You hear that Leslie Marie and Jason Matthew? We will never let anything bad happen to you. We'll always protect you."
Matt put his hands on her baby bump. "Always."
And with that both of them fell asleep.