Matt woke up as Gabby laid down in bed beside him and he only woke up now. He realized he should be going to physical therapy but honestly he felt so crappy and useless now it made no sense to go. Nothing really did anymore and he just grabbed Gabby tight.
''Don't you need to get out bed.'' Gabby asked as she saw Matt was looking at her from through his eyelashes.
''Honestly, I do not want to get out of bed, I don't feel so well, I will go again tomorrow.'' He said and Gabby sat up.
''You should go.'' Gabby said as she looked at him butt she saw Matt seemed pretty pale and sad.
''I don't want to, my legs are just so tired.'' He said and Gabby knew that it was hopeless to get him to physical training today.
''It's okay, you can go again tomorrow, I will call the hospital for you, just relax a little longer.'' She said then as got out of bed, hoping that she could do something for Matt this day. Maybe it was that he had been at the firehouse and with the truck yesterday and there was nothing he could do because he was still confined to the wheelchair.
''Hey, do you think you have some time left for today? I think Matt could use some guy time.'' Gabby said then in the phone as Matt was laying on the couch. They knew that Matt still had a rough patch to go as his recovery was not going very fast and that he would get down some times because it was all going to slow and it was hard for him. They were just glad he hadn't fully cracked, not being able to walk but Gabby was worried he was going to crack.
Matt was still sitting on the edge of the bed when she entered the room and she nudged against his shoulder.
''Kelly is coming to pick you up in an hour, you are going to do something fun together.''
Matt looked up and finally he got up and he walked with Gabby's help to the bathroom and she helped him sit down in bath. He filled the bath and enjoyed a little bit in the water his legs sore and tense from yesterday but he was also nervous for what Kelly was planning for him. Honestly he didn't feel much for going and pretending to be happy but he was also glad to see his friend. The last time he hadn't felt so well Kelly had been there and had taken him on a snow machine and he had felt so good. So, he guessed now that he had to trust his friend.
Gabby grabbed a bag with his sport clothes and Matt wondered what they were going to do but he just got dressed and sat down in the wheelchair, wished he could walk but his legs were too tired.
Gabby sat down on his lap and kissed him.
''I just want you to enjoy yourself today.''
''I will.'' He said as he caressed her back. His legs were a little less sore not they were on the footrest and he felt a little pressure now Gabby was sitting on his legs. Hopefully he would regain more of the feeling.
Then Kelly got there and took him and drove to the sport hall they sometimes hired to practice with the CPD.
''We are going to play some basketball.'' Severide said as he pushed the wheelchair into the sport hall and matt looked down, now sure if he would be able to play basketball but after they got changed he saw that there were multiple wheelchair in the sport hall as well and Matt frowned, when multiple other people joined them as well and he laughed as Otis, Kelly, Cruz, Mills and Capp joined them as well they all took a wheelchair and Matt smirked.
''Are we going to play wheelchair basketball?'' Matt asked and Kelly nodded; ''You bet. You are in my team, together with Capp. Us against truck.'' Kelly smirked as he played with the basketball in his hands. Otis was doing wheelies with the wheelchair with and almost fell backward with the wheelchair. Matt laughed and he knew it was a little unfair as he was so used to the wheelchair and his was lightweight and theirs were the heavy wheelchairs they borrowed somewhere. They started the match and Matt was a lot faster than the others as he was used to the wheelchair. He maneuvered through the others with ease and even while the his waist muscles hurt when he turned the wheelchair, he could make it easily and it wasn't long before he scored a few points and also Kelly scored one. The other team had a lot of trouble with keeping the ball on their lap and usually lost it and Mills suddenly fell forward, out of the wheelchair as he wanted to grab the ball and he looked at Matt, wondering how Matt was able to grab the ball of the ground so easily while he had hardly any control of his stomach muscles.
''Oh, you are wearing a belt.'' Mills said as he saw the belt that was around Matt's waist, making sure he couldn't fall out of his chair.
''Oh what, you think this belt is a fashion accessory?'' Matt smirked as he could not keep the balance with the weak muscle sin his waist so he couldn't fall over. It made it more easily to move faster too without worrying.
Suddenly Otis got up, jumped up and threw the ball through the ring and scored a point.
''That is unfair!'' Matt took the ball as it bounced back and he threw the ball towards Otis and the ball landed on his back, Otis almost falling over. Matt laughed and Kelly looked at his friend, so glad that his friend was finally laughing again. They finished the game up, Matt, Kelly and Capp winning with so many points and Matt felt happier again as Kelly went home with him. Kelly had to help him in the car because he was so tired and his whole body hurt. But he was happy, glad he could do this sport with the guys and although he was tired, he did feel better than yesterday.
At home Gabby helped him sit down in bath again and sat down in bath behind him. He sat between her legs and leaned against her chest and she massaged his tense shoulders and he finally started to relax and he also realized the without Gabby, Kelly and all the others that he would not have gotten this far in his recovery and he should not feel useless, that he should just be glad about the people that were around him and cared about him.
After the bath together they went to bed and laid in each other's arms, Matt telling about the match. She was really enjoying him telling about it because he seemed so happy about it and she was glad he seemed to be feeling better than this morning and she kissed him in neck. Turning around with a lot of effort, he kissed her on her mouth and smiled.
''Goodnight.''
''Goodnight.''
NOTE: Kelly and the other guys really did their best to give Matt a good afternoon and a better feeling, luckily it worked and he feels a little better and that gave him some new energy to go on with his recovery again!
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