Gabriela Dawson's POV
Naia was long gone before the movie ended. I noticed that while she was sleeping, once in a while she would flinch or whimper. Whenever that happened, Matt would quietly stroke her head and Naia would resume sleeping.
"Should we wake her up?" I asked Matt, still holding on to Naia's hand.
Matt looked over at Naia and shook his head. "Naw, I'll just carry her to her room."
He scooped her up in his arms and carried her down the call. I walked ahead of him and opened the door and moved the covers so Naia could be under them. Matt then laid Naia down and I tucked the covers around her.
Then we slowly exited her room as quiet as we could and got started to ourselves ready for bed.
The next morning, I woke up to a wonderful smell of bacon. At first I thought it was Matt who was making breakfast but when I found him laying on the bed next to me, I quickly realized that it wasn't it.
"Matt," I whispered but he didn't wake up. Matt was quite the sleeper, so I got up quietly and walked towards the smell.
I walked into the kitchen to find Naia frying bacon on the stove. She looked up when she saw me and smiled.
"Wow, that smells really good." I complimented and gave her a hug.
Naia didn't say anything but her face showed that she was proud.
"How did you sleep?" I asked, hoping to to start a conversation but that didn't happen.
Naia nodded and flipped the bacon around in the pan. She then slid the bacon onto a pan and handed me the plate.
"After school today, just walk to Firehouse 51, I'll give Chief a heads up as soon as I get there." I told Naia as I put the plate down on the table. Naia nodded her understanding.
"Come on," I encouraged when I realized that Naia wasn't going to join me to eat, "You wanna eat before Matt snags all the bacon." I half joked
Matt and I had just dropped Naia off at school and was entering the Firehouse.
"How's Naia?" Herrmann asked.
"She's doing good," Matt responded, nodding. "Made breakfast this morning, she's quite the cook."
Mouch perked up, "When will she cook for us?"
"Ironic actually, where's Chief?" I asked, changing the subject.
Brett nodded over to the offices, "Doing paperwork."
I excused myself and went to find Boden. When I saw that he was in his office, I knocked on the door before entering.
"Good morning Dawson." He said, barely looking up from his desk.
"Morning Chief." I said.
He kept on doing whatever he was doing. "What can I do for you?"
"It's about Naia, can she come stay here for a little bit after she's done school? I'll get someone to look after her next shift but I just didn't have time for today." I explained.
"If she stays out of the way and out of trouble, yes." Boden replied, never looking up from the stack of papers.
"Thanks Chief." I said and left.