Naia's POV
In about twenty minutes, the pasta was ready to eat. Shay handed me the plates and I set the table.
"Dinner's ready!" Shay called out, bringing the pot of pasta to the table and serving everybody.
Gabby and Matt took seats next to each other and so did Shay and Kelly. I took the last seat which was in between Matt and Kelly.
"It smells amazing." Kelly complimented Shay who smiled. "Naia helped, that's why."
I shook my head, "Naw, I just cut the bread. Shay did all of the actual cooking."
"She's just being modest." Shay said.
"I am not." I protested.
Shay laughed, "That's exactly what a modest person would say."
I opened my mouth but didn't have anything to say.
"Got you there." Shay pointed at me and we all laughed.
Not only did the pasta smell amazing but it also smelled amazing. Shay was a really good cook. I probably would have burnt the noodles because I on the other hand was not a very good cook.
"Did you hear that Anders is transferring to 46 east a little bit?" Shay asked everybody while we were eating.
Gabby looked shocked, "Really? She practically just came!"
"I don't know why but her first shift is tomorrow." Shay shrugged as she used her fork to spiral the spaghetti.
Matt nodded, "Looks like we're getting somebody new tomorrow then."
"I never got to meet her." I said, a little disappointed.
"Neither did we really. She kept to herself and wasn't really with us for a long time." Kelly told me, trying to make me feel better.
I nodded and went back to eating. Beside me, Kelly and Matt were talking about the last Bears game. I knew that the Chicago Bears was a football team because Mr. Samual used to watch them all the time along with the Blackhawks and the Cubs.
"Did they win?" I asked.
Matt and Kelly both shook their heads. "Lost pretty badly too. 49 to 7."
"Who were they playing?"
"Green Bay Packers." Kelly said with disgust and I laughed at him.
Matt shook his head, "Well, they better win tonight against the Lions or we'll be the laughing stock."
"We still haven't figured anything out about tomorrow." Gabby said, pulling us away from the topic of football.
"What do you mean?" Matt asked. Kelly and Shay seemed to have no idea what Gabby was talking about either.
Gabby looked at Matt as if he was dumb for not knowing what she was talking about.
"It's about me. Where do I go tomorrow while you guys are on shift?" I clarified what Gabby was talking about to everybody else.
There was an "Ah" when everybody finally understood followed by an "Oh" when they realized we didn't have a plan.
"Maybe Chief will let Naia stay again. She didn't get in the way at all last time and we all enjoyed her company." Kelly suggested hopefully. We all knew this idea probably wasn't going to work.
"I don't know if I want to ask Boden for that favor. He barely agreed last time." Gabby pointed out.
Matt shrugged, "He likes Naia, I mean, who doesn't, maybe he was just acting tough."
"It doesn't hurt to try." Shay added.
"What about Antonio? Could he maybe look after Naia just for tomorrow?" Kelly asked.
Gabby shook her head, "He's working tomorrow."
"Then I guess we don't really have a choice." Matt said and picked up his phone, "I'll call him now and ask that way if he says no, we still have time to find something."
I crossed my fingers underneath the table while Matt left to go and call Boden. Minutes later, Matt came back with a smile on his face.
"He said yes." Matt announced as he sat back down.
We cheered and clinked glasses of water together.
"I knew he'd say yes." Shay said and Gabby gave her friend a playful punch on the shoulder.
"Yeah right," Gabby laughed.
