After a long week on the Dominican beach Matt and Gabby went home after a wonderful honeymoon. The flight home was long and when they got back they got a cab back to the house. Matt dropped their bags at the door and fell onto the couch. Matt closed his eyes and sighed. "It's good to be home" he smiled.
"Yeah" Gabby smiled and crawled onto the couch beside him and rested her head on his chest. "It still feels surreal to be married." Matt pulled her body into his.
"I wouldn't want it any other way." He smiled and gave her a kiss on the head. They laid there quietly and soon they had both fallen asleep.
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The next shift the couple walked into 51 hand in hand. As they rounded the corner Matt gave her a kiss because they would have to be professional on the job. "I love you." He smiled as he opened the door and let Gabby walk through.
"I love you too." She grinned and squeezed his hand. They walked into the living room and the guys grinned at them.
"Hey! Morning love birds!" Hermann called out and they laughed. "How was your trip?" He asked next.
"It was perfect." Gabby smiled as Matt wrapped his arms around her shoulders.
"We better go get changed out." Matt said and he and Gabby walked into the locker room.
Gabby had her back to Matt and pulled off her casual shirt and unbuttoned her jeans. She felt a warm feeling on her shoulder and laughed and leaned back into Matt's warm chest. "You can't imagine how much I love you." She sighed. Matt gently turned her around and wrapped her in his arms.
"That goes both ways." He answered and Gabby chuckled. "Promise me you'll stay safe." He muttered.
Gabby pulled back and looked into his eyes, "I'll be fine, what brought this up?"
"Just," Matt paused as if trying to find the right words. "We're married now and you are 19 weeks along with this little amazing life..." He trailed off. "If you got hurt." Matt trembled at the thought and Gabby just pulled his lips down to hers and gave him a soft kiss.
"That goes both ways," She said copying his words. "If I lost you I don't think I could function let alone raise a baby so can we please just look at the good side of life and not worry about how soon we will die." She tried to smile but there were tears welling up in the corner of her eyes.
"I'm sorry," Matt told her "I didn't mean to upset you."
"No, I just think it's my hormones making me emotional." She said with a laugh and Matt gave her a kiss on the forehead.
"Well," Matt stuttered out. "I need to tell you something." He took in a big breath and began. "At my bachelor party I was drunk and Kelly ord-"
Gabby cut him off before he could finish. "It was your bachelor party. As long as you didn't get an STD, get another girl pregnant or hurt any one I don't care." Gabby smiled at him and he let out a sigh of relief.
"No." He reassured her quickly. "None of that. Thank you." He smiled and gave her a sweet kiss. "But for the record it was Kelly's fault and I was drunk." He grinned at her.
"Ok, I'll remember that." She laughed at him.
Matt smiled, "I love you." He laughed and gave Gabby a passionate kiss.
"I love you too." She smiled and pulled away from him. "We better get dressed." She smiled and grabbed her uniform shirt. "I'm going to need some bigger clothes soon." She sighed.
"I'll go with you after shift tomorrow." He told her as he pulled on his own shirt.
"That would be great." She grinned and pulled on her uniform pants.
After they got dressed Gabby walked into the common room and took a seat next to Shay at the table. "Hey girl." Shay grinned. "How was the trip?"
"Ah, amazing!" Gabby laughed, "we were right on the beach and we got to see some of my extended family one afternoon. It was perfect."
"I'm jealous, you look even more tan now." Shay chuckled.
"Yeah but you should see Matt's back he looks like a lobster." Gabby said with a laugh. "We had the best time." Gabby said and Shay opened her mouth to answer when the bells went off.
"Truck 81, Ambulance 61 injured person-" everyone jumped into action and they walked out the doors. Matt made it to the door at the same time as Gabby and reached out to touch her hand as if to remind her of their conversation from earlier. She looked over at him with a small smile as she, Shay and Brett climbed into the ambulance.
Shay pulled out of the garage as they guys were pulling on their gear and headed to the scene. When they arrived they quickly found the apartment which was in a building in a rough part of town. Gabby knocked on the door and called out, "CFD did someone call an ambulance?!" The door swung open and a man was standing there with a mangled arm and a busted head.
"Help me." He snapped and opened the door further. When all three of them started to come in he stepped in front of them. "No, her, just one of you." He pointed at Gabby.
"We work together." Gabby said and stepped backwards.
"Come fix me now." He said coldly and pulled out a gun and pointed it at Gabby. "Just her." Gabby slowly raised her hands away from her sides.
"Let me do it." Shay begged and the man shook his head.
"Her." Shay started to say something else but Gabby stopped her.
"Okay, I can help you." Gabby said and he opened the door wide enough for her to walk inside and kept the gun on her the entire time. The man closed the door and Shay looked over at Brett who was shocked too.
Shay grabbed her radio quickly. "Ambulance 61 to main we need immediate police back up. We have a man with a gun holding one of our medics. Send CPD now." She yelled into the radio.
After the response ended Shay could hear sirens approaching. Brett looked over at her worried, "that must be 81." Both of the women knew what she meant, Matt was going to freak out.
