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Chapter Nineteen
Brett woke up at about eight a.m. the next morning. She opened her eyes and expected to find her husband sleeping right next to her but she didn't. She only spotted him when she tried to sit up and he was right beside her stomach whispering sweet messages to their three unborn children.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Sweetly asked Brett as she smiled at her cute husband with his morning hair.
Casey looked up and grinned like a kid at being caught, "Well...I was just having a conversation with these three."
"Oh yeah, and what were you discussing if I might ask?"
Casey smiled and leaned up to kiss his wife, "Sorry, babe it's a secret."
"Whatever!" Laughed Brett as Casey started to kiss and tickle her.
"We should probably eat breakfast and then start getting ready for the day." Commented Brett while Casey sat up in their bed and started to rub his hand back and forth over Brett's belly.
"Yeah, what do you four feel like eating for breakfast?"
"You know, we do really love your chocolate chip pancakes."
Casey grinned and nodded at his wife before he got out of bed and helped her get out as well, "Chocolate chip pancakes it is."
Brett smiled as she watched her husband throw on a shirt and walk out of their bedroom. He was so handsome she often found that she was pinching herself making sure that she wasn't dreaming.
"It smells yummy in here." Said a freshly showered Brett as she entered their kitchen where Casey was finishing up with breakfast.
Casey smiled and sat the plate of pancakes down on the table, "Perfect timing."
"Are you sure you don't know what Kidd and Foster have planned for today?" Asked Brett as she stood up with her plate and prepared to take it to the sink before it was immediately swept from her arms by her very overprotective husband.
"Not a clue; all I was told was to tell you to be ready by eleven and after Kidd and Foster come to get you, I am to head over to Severide's."
"Okay," Smiled Brett before she waddled off and finished getting ready for her day full of unknown surprises.
It wasn't too long after that, that it was eleven o'clock, and right on the dot, they heard the repetitive noise of their doorbell.
"Finally! Foster and I were about to bust the door down."
"Nice to see you too, Kidd." Laughed Casey as he watched them both come through the door and immediately start their search for his wife.
"There you are! Come on, we have a tight schedule." Yelled Foster as she ran up to Brett at the top of the stairs and started helping her make her way down.
Brett looked at the two of them with wide eyes and shook her head, "Okay, can I at least grab my things before you two drag me out of the door?"
"Sure, sweety. We'll give you two newlyweds a minute to say goodbye. Come on, Foster." Shouted Kidd as she quickly turned on her heel and headed out the door quickly followed by Foster who was rushing to catch up with her.
Casey walked over to his wife and wrapped his arms around her waist, "Have fun today."
Brett smiled and reached up on her tippy toes to wrap her arms around his neck, "You too. Even though, I feel like we are the only two people who have no idea what our day holds."
Casey laughed before he leaned down and placed a sweet kiss on her lips.
"Brett, now!" Yelled Foster as she stuck her head in the door.
"I'm coming!" Whined Brett as she pulled away from her husband, blew him a kiss, and slowly made her way out of the door.
About thirty minutes later the girls were pulling up in front of Brett's favorite place to get her nails done.
"Was this the big surprise for the day?" Asked Brett as she grabbed Foster's hand and carefully made her out of the back of her car.
Both Foster and Kidd shared a look with each other before they turned back to Brett and quickly nodded their heads trying to usher her in.
"Hey, there he is!" Called Herrmann from Severide's couch as he watched Casey walk through the door.
Casey looked around the apartment shocked as he spotted all of his closest guy friends all in Severide's loft doing what looked like drinking beers, eating pizza, and watching the game.
"What's all this?" Asked Casey with a big smile.
Severide walked up to his friend and handed him a beer, "Well, Stella and Emily had a baby shower planned for Sylvie today, so I thought that we could have what has since been described to me as a men's shower."
Casey grinned before he took the beer from Severide's hand and made his way over to the couch that Herrmann, Cruz, and Capp were currently holding down.
"You all didn't have to pay for my manicure and pedicure." Smiled Brett as she walked out of the shop with her two best friends and started making her way back to the car.
Foster shook her head, "Oh, come on. It's the least we could do considering how much we miss not seeing you every shift now."
"Hey, do you two mind if we head to Molly's before we get lunch? I promised Herrmann I would be there when the new delivery guy came."
Brett and Foster looked at Kidd and shook their heads, "No, of course not. That actually works out because I am dying to go to the bathroom right now."
Foster looked at Brett and laughed, "Brett, you literally just went in the bathroom before we walked out of the nail place."
"Hey, it's not my fault; I literally have three little humans kicking my bladder nonstop."
All three girls laughed before they packed back into the car and headed to Molly's, where an afternoon of fun awaited them.
Kidd and Foster gently grabbed Brett's arms as they steered her into the dark and quiet Molly's.
"Guys, I really really have to pee!"
"Surprise!" Yelled at least thirty people who jumped out and literally almost made Brett pee her pants.
Brett's eyes immediately filled with joyful tears as she looked around the room and saw all of her friends and family that ranged from Chloe, her mom, and so many more. "Oh my God, you guys! You didn't have to do this!"
Kidd and Foster smiled at their great accomplishment before Kidd spoke up with her loud voice, "Of course, we did! This is your first time being pregnant, although, you had to be an overachiever and make it pregnant with three instead of one."
Everyone laughed at that before Brett was pulled into twenty different directions from a baby food challenge, to opening presents, eating cupcakes, decorating onesies, and so much more.
"Thank you all so much! I am so blessed to have you two as my best friends." Cried Brett from the back of Kidd's stuffed blue jeep. They had to switch cars before they left Molly's because there was so much stuff to get back to the Casey home.
"Brett, you've been crying since we left Molly's. Stop!" Laughed Foster.
"I can't help it. It's my hormones!"
All three girls laughed the whole way back to the Casey home. It wasn't too long before they were pulling down the driveway.
Matt and Kelly were already walking to the car before it came to a stop. Matt opened the door to help Sylvie out of the jeep and into the house. "How was your girls' day?" He asks with a smile as they make it up the steps to the front door.
"It was amazing!" Tiredly whispered Brett trying her best not to yawn as they both made their way in their beautiful home.
Kidd, Severide, and Foster stay and help put things away while Matt helps Sylvie up the steps to their bedroom. She quickly changes and crawls into bed where she almost immediately falls asleep before her head hits the pillow.
The days and weeks seemed to fly after that. It has been about three weeks since Sylvie was put on bed rest and the baby shower, and now she has a week before she is thirty-seven weeks pregnant.
Today was one of the last days she would be pregnant and by herself. It was the last shift for Matt before he was officially on parental leave as well.
"Hey, Casey how's Brett holding up? I'm sure she's going out of her mind just sitting around waiting." Said Mouch as he sat in his couch seat and conversed with Casey who had just walked in to refill his coffee cup.
Casey nodded his head and let out a small wince, "Yeah, she's on a cleaning binge right now. I'm pretty sure that every square inch of the new house has been cleaned at least twice."
Everyone laughed at that before they heard the alarm bells go off.
- FIREHOUSE FIFTY-ONE - ALL RESPOND - APARTMENT COMPLEX FIRE ON ASHLEY WAY - ALL RESPOND
Everyone sprang from their seats and ran to their vehicles. They were at the fire in a matter of seconds.
"Casey, the apartment manager says he has twelve people unaccounted for." Yelled Chief Boden as Casey and Severide walked over to where he was stationed.
Casey and Severide both looked at each other and nodded knowing what they and their teams had to do.
"Let's go!" Screamed Casey as he and his team masked up and headed towards the building.
They were in for about ten minutes before everyone except Casey and an elderly man he was having to carry were out of the building.
"Casey, you have to get out now. That building is about to collapse." Screamed Boden as he and the rest of the house watched to exit hoping to see Casey coming out at any moment.
Casey's voice quickly came through the radio, "I'm almost out, we're right at the…"
Nobody heard the rest of what Casey was saying because before he could finish his sentence the whole building collapsed into nothing except rubble.
At the same moment that the building collapsed, Brett stopped what she was doing in the triplets' nursery and gasped as she felt this sharp stabbing pain in her back and stomach.
"Oh, God," Gasped Brett as she felt pain take over her body.
Casey laid under the rubble and the only words coming out of his mouth were, "...Sylvie…"
*Again this and the next chapter will be the last two chapters for this story. We hope you have enjoyed this as much as we did writing it. We are sorry for the delay in this chapter. As always, we are dying to know your thoughts on this chapter! Lol.
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