Disclaimer: I own nothing except my imagination and the kids names.
a/n: Thank you so much to everyone who read and reviewed the last chapter, the response was amazing. Now this chapter is meant to be a bonding experience between Matt and the boys so enjoy the read.
Matt woke up the next morning, the room still in early morning darkness. Gabby's body was lightly draped with the white sheets, the stark contrast evident even in the dark. He propped himself on his elbow and just watched her as she slept. All the hours that he hadn't been there in the last few days were worth it after last night. He had explored every inch of her body even though he knew it by heart now and to have her body fit perfectly with his, it was like they were meant for each other. He moved a strand of hair out of her eyes and smiled at the sight of her. It was only when he let his lips travel to the soft skin of her shoulder did her eyes flutter open.
"Morning." She whispered, a smile spreading on her lips.
"Good morning beautiful. How did you sleep?"
"Best night of my life."
"I was that good huh?" Their voice never above a whisper.
"You were perfect. This room is perfect."
"Kids free zone."
"Speaking of kids, what's the plan for today?"
"I was thinking I could have a boys day with the twins, work on their room."
"Matt, you should take it easy today, you're going back on shift tomorrow." She shifted to her side so she could face him properly.
"I'll be taking it easy today I promise."
"You know I don't like this Matt. You're starting to be tired and I'm not the only one that's noticed it."
"I promise I'm fine. I thought it could be fun to spend some time with the boys, go to the hardware store and we could go buy them some new linen for their bed, let them choose some new ones for their new rooms, what do you think?"
If Gabby was being honest with herself, hearing Matt speak about spending some one on one time with her children was making her heart swell with joy. "You're not playing fair with me Matt Casey." She closed her eyes and took a few calming breaths. "Fine, you win but I'll take the girls shopping for some new linen's for their own room since they'll keep all their furniture from the room they have now."
"And we can meet back here for dinner, what do you say?"
"I say we have ourselves a plan." Matt leaned down and captured her lips in a tender kiss. He wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her closer to him. "But not until I make love to you again." Their next kiss wasn't as tender but it was filled with desire, want and love. Matt gave his attention to every inch of her skin, making her shiver. They made love again, a good kind of exhaustion coming over them before they showered and grabbed some breakfast on their way to picking the kids up.
The kids were excited to see their parents back even though they had a lot of fun with Shay and Christie and movie night filled with too much sugar.
"What are we doing today mom?" Luis asked. Gabby looked at Matt and let him answer instead.
"What would you guys think about coming with me to the hardware store so we can pick up some paint, some wood and nails and then go buy some new sheets for your new room?"
"Can we help you do our room?"Filippe asked excitedly.
"You bet." The boys jumped up and down excitedly. "Get your shoes on and let's go."
"What about us?" Grace wondered. "What are we doing today?"
"What do you girls think about going shopping?"
"Yay." Matt gave Gabby a look but she only smirked back.
"Go get your shoes on and then we can leave." All the kids were gone to get ready, leaving all four adults alone.
"So how was last night?" Shay questioned. "How did you like the room?"
"It was perfect." Gabby blushed lightly. "And the room is just perfect, Matt thought of everything."
"I'm happy for you guys. Well I have to go meet Megan so I'll see you back on shift in the morning Matt." Shay hugged him and then Gabby, leaving before any of them could question her about this new relationship.
"She didn't stick around for interrogation." Gabby huffed but she knew she'd have another chance at it tomorrow when she would undoubtedly bring victims in from their runs.
"I'll be waiting for her on shift." Matt added.
"Well I got to go, Kelly is waiting for us to go out for lunch."
"Thanks again for yesterday."
"It's always my pleasure, you guys have fun today." Christie hugged her brother before hugging Gabby and both she and Violet left the couple with their own plans for the day.
"Who's ready?" Matt asked as the kids came back into view.
"We are." They all yelled.
"Alright, let's go." The boys and the girls separated and each went in a different direction, the girls to the mall and the boys to the hardware store. Matt parked on the industrial side of the store since he was going to use his contracting licence to get what he needed. "Ok so how about we go pick up the paint colour for your room first?"
"I want red." Luis hopped excitedly.
"No Luis, we should paint it blue, like the police."
"Alright boys, let's just get to the paint section and then we can look at different idea's ok?" They nodded and they made their way to the paint isle and they looked at different colour ideas. "Ok so here's what I had in mind. What do you guys think about a having a bunk bed?" He knew it had nothing to do with the paint but they had to start at the very beginning.
"I want the top." Luis exclaimed, not even leaving any time for Filippe to put a word in.
"We need to talk about that one first."
"No that's ok, he can have the top." Filippe said. That was easier than Matt had anticipated.
"Oh ok, are you sure?"
"Uh huh? Are you going to build our bed Matt?"
"Do you guys want to help?"
"YES."
"Alright then so now for the paint. These are the colours that we chose, now we have to narrow it down."
"I want red." Luis repeated from earlier."
"The two of you need to agree on one."
"I want red like your truck Matt." Luis explained. Now it was clearer for Matt why the boys wanted those colours.
"Ok so you want firefighter red and you want police blue right?" The boys nodded. "Ok than here's the plan." Matt proceeded in explaining what he had in mind for their room, making them all the more excited about the project. They grabbed the cans of paint with all the right rolls and brushes and then they went to the wood section. Matt was quickly able to pick all the supplies he would need to build the bed and they went straight to the cash registry to pay what they had in their buggy. The boys helped to put the paint and smaller things in the back of the truck with them while Matt put the heavier things in the bed of his pick-up. With all the things that they had bought, he realized that he'd need some reinforcements so he gave Herrmann and chief Boden a call for some help and they agreed to meet him at the new house. When they got there, both trucks were there.
"Who's that?" Filippe wondered out loud as they hopped out of the truck.
"That is Christopher Herrmann and chief Wallace Boden, they're going to help us out."
"I thought we were going to help you out?" Matt could see the disappointment in Luis's face.
"You two will help me out in the garage with your beds and Herrmann and Boden will help paint your room and move your beds into the house and up the stairs so everything can be done today. I don't want the two of you getting hurt and your mom would be mad at me if anything happened to you."
Luis was satisfied with that explanation and the boys helped unload the paint, rolls and brushed from the truck into the house while Matt, Herrmann and Boden took care of bringing the wood into the garage. Matt gave them a tour of the house before showing them the bys rooms last.
"You have a great place here Casey." Herrmann commented as they walked through the finished parts of the house.
"Thanks Herrmann. I know that I still have a lot of work left to do but it's getting there. I'm hoping that we can move in before we have to think about school supplies and first day of class."
"You've been working around the clock Casey." Matt didn't miss the meaning behid his comment.
"I'm good chief."
"That's what I want to hear. So where do you need us?" Boden didn't want to hound his lieutenant about what he did outside of work, just as long as his head was in the game when it came time for shift.
"The room needs to painted so we can bring the furniture in later. I'll be working in the garage on the bunk bed with the boys in the meantime. I told them they could help me out."
"These kids are lucky to have you Matt."
"Thanks Christopher." The boys came running back into the room.
"We're ready Matt." Filippe announced proudly.
"Alright. So we'll leave Herrmann and chief Boden to the paint and we'll go do some hammering in the garage." Boden patted Matt on the back and he went with the kids to the garage where the wood and his tools were waiting for him.
"Are we really going to help you Matt?" Filippe questionned.
"Yeah." He pulled a box from a shelf and took two small toolbelts out. "These are for you." He had bought them when he first had the idea about the room, even before he had spoken to Gabby about it. The boys were extra excited now. "And we can't forget eye protection." He had a few of those lying around because the girls liked to watch him work in the house.
"Those are really ours?" Filippe asked.
"Yup, you can use them whenever you want to."
"Cool." Matt smiled, he was happy that the boys were excited about this.
"Alright, let's get started." He took some screws and put them in Filippe's helt and put some nails in Luis's one and equipted them with a pencil each. He took his power drill and hammer and they were all set. "I just have a few rules for you and if you don't listen to them you won't be able to help me ok?"
"Ok."
"All I need from the two of you is to listen to me and keep your fingers away from the tools so I can keep you safe."
"Ok." They both nodded, the rules pretty clear. They watched from their seat as Matt took measurements and drew a few lines on the wood before he took turned the power saw on.
"This is going to be loud, you can put your hands over your ears if it's too much for you guys." Filippe was the first to bring his hands up, even before Matt turned it on so he tried to hurry up and cut everything now so he wouldn't have to use it again.
Each boy was given a first mission to paint the pieces of wood but Matt gave them a little hand to make sure that they didn't miss any spots but they were pretty thorough at their task, the two happy to be aloud to give a hand. Once that was all painted, Matt decided it was time for a break while the paint dried enough for him to build the beds.
"It's time for lunch, let's go see how far along Herrmann and chief are in your room." The boys refused to remove the tool belts and the three of them went inside and up the stairs only to find the two putting down their rollers. "Looks great in here chief. What do you boys think? Did they do a good job?"
"It's perfect."
"Christopher and I have been talking and we think we'll be able to find some cool decorations for your walls. Your uncle Antonio agreed to help out too."
"Isn't that cool?" He didn't doubt for a second that chief Boden would have pulled something off like this so it would just add to the room's cool factor.
"So our room will be extra special?"
"It'll be one of a kind." Matt assured them.
"Can we keep it a surprise for mom until it's finished?"
"Absolutely. Now who's up for pizza?" Matt asked, the kids complaining that they were starving. The pizza was ordered and it didn't take a lot of time for it to arrive and everyone to eat, the kids eager to go back to building their bed with Matt and the others. Once that was done, Boden and Herrmann returned for a second coat of pain on two of the walls and Matt returned to the garage with the kids. First he worked on the top bunk, Luis's firetruck bed, Luis handing him the nails for the assembly. Then Filippe was more than happy to give Matt the screws for his part of the bed. Boden and Herrmann came to join them as soon as they were done so they could give a hand in bringing all the parts back inside. The kids left to go play in the yard while the three adults put together the top and bottom part together before the boys were even aloud close to the room to see the results.
The boys were called up once the beds were set up and instantly, their eyes became bigger and the smile on their faces was what Matt was looking to achieve. "Now I know that it's not finished yet what do you think of it?"
"We love it."
"What do we say to Herrmann and chief?"
"Thank you." They both said.
"Yeah thank you chief, Christopher."
"Glad we could help." Both Herrmann and chief shook Matt's hand.
"I'll keep you updated with the care package for the room."
"Thanks chief."
"I'll see you back on shift in the morning." Matt nodded and the two left him with the two boys. Matt settled them for a snack before they went to shop for the sheets.
"What is mom doing with the girls?" Filippe asked and they went back into Matt's truck to go to the store.
"They are gone shopping."
"Shopping is boring." Luis complained.
"That's why we leave the shopping to your mom and the girls." Matt chuckled as they made their way to the store. They were lucky to find everything they needed, all that was missing now was what chief Boden and Antonio would get them to decorate their room. Once they got out of there, they went to the grocery store to pick something out for dinner so it could be ready for when Gabby and the girls got home a little later.
TBC
a/n: So I have this little plan with this chapter and the next one and I don't consider it a part1/part2 kind of thing but they go together hand in hand so look out at the next one I'm going to try to get out soon.
As always, please take a few seconds to review the chapter before you go, I always love to know what you guys thought about it. - Sarra
