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Note: I love a little drama, you know... so don't give up reading after the first lines, believe me, it's setting for Gabby and Casey to become stronger, give me a chance, and don't be mad at me before finishing the chapter.
Two days later...
"... I-I never had imagined that...", Stella said dumbfounded, " I mean... I knew you and Cordova were doing sex like rabbits at that time... but you having a kid together never crossed my mind...", she shook head and sipped her coffee. "I'm quite impressed that Casey felt something seemed off with you...", Stella pointed out. "He's known you too well...".
Gabby's eyes were puffy from crying all night after taking a pregnancy test. "I'm not feeling myself for a couple of days, nausea for days in a row...If I'm pregnant, me and Casey, we are done, he won't forgive me-", Stella intervened.
"You don't know that, he loves you-", Gabby cut her off.
"Stella, the last thing Matt wanted it was me pregnant, it doesn't matter if it's from Cordova or him...", Gabby uttered upset.
"How you and Cordova got to this point?"
"I didn't tell you... before I came back to Chicago, I met a doctor that gave me hope that I could dream of getting pregnant, I was determined to have a kid without a partner, I saw myself doing that..., then one day... Cordova and I, we had a few beers in his apartment and I blurted out the reason Casey and I broke up... a couple of days later he suggested that he could be my baby's daddy, he would be there for me...", Gabby's eyes wandered around.
"He was willing to do it knowing you could die?", Stella scoffed, "... I'm sorry, Gabby, he is an idiot...".
Gabby was looking down at the mug she was holding...
"I can't deny that still, Casey will never agree with me getting pregnant, if we make our relationship official, I know that I'll have to suppress my will on the matter for us to progress as a couple".
Stella shrugged, "Maybe he will surprise you... he loves you more than anything-".
"That's the point, Stella, ... he's not willing to get me pregnant, it's a sensitive subject for him...", Gabby sighed, "... we have a lot to talk, it's just the beginning of the obstacles we have ahead of ourselves...".
"Those time we've talked... you remarked you had an IUD...", Stella paused.
"Yeah... I had it removed, one week later Cordova and I had intercourse two times, and nothing happened, but I never took a test to know for real,... I felt frustrated... we talked and decided to stop we were doing and I started on the pill...", Gabby explained. "... I suppose the transition fucked me up...", she Gabby claimed distressed. "... besides I used a condom with Matt... I really didn't want to risk to get pregnant from him...".
"A blood test will confirm out rule out your worries... when you are gonna do one?" Stella covered Gabby's hand with hers, "... Just say the day and time, I'll be there with you...".
Three days later...
"Thank you for coming...", Gabby voiced after welcoming Cordova in her apartment, "... I know we haven't seen each other for weeks...".
"Yeah... that's what you wanted, right? When you told me about you and Casey, I backed off...", Cordova trailed off.
She nodded, "Please, take a seat...", Gabby closed the front door, preparing herself for what was coming. Walking over she sat opposite him on the sofa.
"You two broke up again? That's the only reason I'd think you would text me...", he asserted annoyed.
Gabby was looking at the front door, almost wishing someone could save her from she was about to announce, "I asked you to come here because...", she paused nervous as she scratched her forehead.
Cordova raised her eyebrows, "... you are feeling sick?"
"No, no I'm fine, it's not easy what I'm about to tell you...".
"Now, I'm afraid of it... Gabby, what's the reason I'm here?"
Shifting slightly to face him, his eyes roamed her face, "Cordova. I-I think... that I'm pregnant."
"You-you are preg-pregnant?" his eyes widened.
"I will receive an email notifying when my results are available, for now, the pharmacy test is positive...".
Cordova stood up, "I-I don't know what to say...", he waved his hands around, ".. you are with Casey now, and I met someone weeks ago, I really like her...".
"Look, we didn't plan this... and I don't want anything from you, I thought you should know about all this...", she gestured for her stomach.
"Okay... I'm don't deny I'm in shock, at first we thought it for one minute, I mean... I'd be your baby's daddy, but now... I don't know what to say...".
"I'm as scared as you, believe me...", Gabby got up from the sofa.
They went quiet for a couple of minutes as staring at each other...
"I'm not prepared for being a father... still I'm willing to learn since you are the mother, you know how I admire you...", he smiled at her.
"Thank you... we both have a lot to learn here...".
Next day...
Sitting at the table in the kitchen, Gabby has been looking at the e-mail box on her laptop for an almost hour... sipping her wine from time to time as tears surfacing from her eyes since she got a notify from the clinic...
Gabby didn't have the nerve to open the e-mail with the results, her life was about to change, for good or bad? She didn't have the answer.
"Don't chicken out, Gabby...", she murmured, "... you can do this... come on", she was about to click on it... when the doorbell rang.
"Save by the bell", whispering she turned off the laptop's screen.
Walking up to the living room, she wiped her eyes with her hands...
Opening the door, "Matt... you are here...".
He outstretched his arms, with a wide smile, "I missed you...".
Gabby threw herself in his arms, making Matt stepping back... he wrapped her in his arms...
"I miss you, Matt... I love you...", she pulled back to kiss him a couple of times on the lips, which he gladly accepted.
"I had to come back... I felt you need me here, I'm right?" his eyes studied her face, her tears...
Even Stella trying to soothe his fears towards Gabby, Matt decided to interrupt his time in Puerto Rico, from his last conversations with Gabby he noticed something was going on with her.
She hugged him tightly, not responding to his question, as his hands rubbed her back up and down, they stayed like that for a few minutes.
Looking at him again, Gabby caressed his face, leaning down she kissed him slowly, they kissed for minutes as standing in front of her door.
"Come in...", she grabbed his hand, and he took his bag on the floor.
Getting into the apartment Matt closed the door behind them, and put his bag aside, while Gabby approached him, resting her hands on his hips.
"We-we need to talk, Matt...", her voice cracking with emotion.
Her serious expression alerted him that he was right as he had suspected...
Minutes later...
"Please, say something...", Gabby begged as watching Casey pacing before her.
"What do you want me to say?" he stopped his pace to gazed at her. "To be honest, I'm angry at Cordova and you...", he raised his voice at her. "It seems to me you are on a mission to get yourself killed-", Gabby interjected.
"Matt, how you could say that?" Her face twisted in confusion, "... we weren't even together... you were fucking my best friend not long time ago, don't you remember", she cried out.
"You left Chicago, not me", he shot back, not bothering to look at her.
Standing from the sofa, "Oh, I get it... you can do anything because I left, okay... I thought you understand why I've done that, but I was wrong...", she folded her arms over her chest.
Both were furious and being irrational, "... it's your chance now", Gabby pointed out to the door, "... I'll never force you to take care of a kid from another man... please, I won't think any less of you...".
Matt clicked his tongue against the roof of his mouth, "I'll leave... Although, I need to say this: you and Cordova were irresponsible... you die, who's gonna take care of this child?"
Gabby held her tears at bay as listen to him intently.
"... He is a firefighter, his life is in jeopardy every single day... this child will be alone because both of you are selfish bringing this child into the world...".
Matt's own eyes were filled with tears as he watched Gabby braced herself.
Looking directly into his eyes, "Thank you for being so honest", and she headed down to her bedroom, leaving him alone...
Four days later...
"... Jake Cordova, 39 years old, he was deprived of oxygen for several minutes,...", the paramedic from ambulance 87 declared.
30 minutes later...
"Gabby...", Stella walked over to her, "how are you?" Gabby was sat in the waiting room, Cordova's firehouse was there, headquarters, firefighters from other firehouses. "We were on a call when we heard about him...".
"They are saying he suffered serious brain damage... he was found under the debris, Stella, it doesn't look good...", Gabby was shattered since the news about Cordova.
"I know, but we have to believe he will overcome this...", Stella brace her friend for a few seconds.
"Gabby...".
Stella pulled away, and Severide stepped forward to embrace her as well, "He is in our thoughts, okay... don't give up on hope...".
Boden and Matt showed up seconds later, "Gabby-", a voice cut him off, it was the doctor.
Everybody who was there for Cordova gathered up to hear the doctor...
"Cordova came in a critical condition, while we tried to get him steady, he had two cardiac arrests, which led to his death, unfortunately...".
Gabby turned around and went for the hallway, wishing to get away from everyone. Observing her, Stella attempted to follow her, but Matt held her back, he would do that. Maybe, it wasn't his place, Gabby wasn't picking his calls, there wasn't any response to his texts and voicemail since that day at her apartment. Still, he wanted to try, he wanted to comfort her.
She was crouched down, her back against the wall, looking ahead of her.
"Hey...", Matt called quietly.
Gabby didn't look at him, "I'm fine, please leave me alone...".
Matt imitated her position beside her, "I'm sorry for what happened to him..., he was an excellent firefighter, one of the best out there...".
"I know that, can you just leave me alone?".
He gazed at her, tears rolling down her face... "What I said that day... you won't be alone, I'll be there for you and the baby... I was a jerk that day, I'm sorry-".
Gabby stared at him, "... I'm not pregnant, so you don't have to worry...".
Matt opened his mouth, nothing came out.
"The pharmacy test was a false-positive, so... just stop pretending you care", Gabby got up.
"Gabby...", he held her arm.
"Leave me alone...", she yelled at him and ran away.
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