Saturday, October 31

Naia's POV

I woke up feeling sad. I didn't know why I was sad but I was and hated the feeling. Today was my last day being eleven, tomorrow I'd be twelve. That sort of cheered me up a little bit but not really.

"Rise and shine!" Gabby said, walking into my room, "It's almost 9:30."

I threw the covers off of me and sat up, "I'm up, I'm up."

"Breakfast is already done and on the table. You better get there before Matt eats all the bacon." Gabby advised me and I laughed. I got out of bed and went to the kitchen to find Matt reading a newspaper and eating toast.

Sitting down in my usual spot, I took the last two slices of bacon and one slice of toast. "It was nice of you to save some for me."

"Morning munchkin. Of course I saved you some, Gabby made plenty of bacon." Matt said, looking up from his paper. "Now if she didn't make so much, that would be a very different story."

While I munched away at the toast, Gabby walked in and took her seat at the table.

"I already ate," Gabby said when I offered her a slice of my bacon. Matt looked over at me and gave me the puppy eyes which I laughed at.

I shook my head, "You already had your share." Matt pretended to pout which made me laugh harder.

"Shay just texted me, Stella, Sylvie and her are having a girls day and they asked if we wanted to come." Gabby told me.

I shrugged, "Completely up to you."

"I have a feeling I'm not invited." Matt said and Gabby nodded. "You got that right." She confirmed.

I giggled at the two. It was really sweet what they had.

"So do you want to go?" Gabby asked me.

I shoved the last bit of toast into my mouth and swallowed before answering. "If you want to go then I want to go."

"Alright, I'll tell Shay yes then." Gabby said, texting Shay, "She said to come over after breakfast.

I finished up my bacon and went to get ready. I brushed my teeth and washed my face, making sure I didn't have any bacon grease on my lips. Then I brushed my hair and went back into my room and changed into a pair of black leggings that Gabby had gotten for me and the blue hoodie I picked out when she took me shopping last week.

"Naia are you ready?" Gabby called from the living room.

"Yes, I'm coming!" I yelled back and hurried to the living room. Gabby grabbed her purse and unlocked the door. "Call if you need anything Matt." She said and we left.

We walked over to the car and got in. Gabby started the engine and pulled out of the apartment parking lot.

"Do you guys have girl days often?" I asked Gabby as she drove.

Gabby nodded, "It's usually girls night though at Molly's."

"What's Molly's? I hear it mentioned a lot when I'm at the firehouse but I still haven't figured out what it is?" I said.

Gabby smiled, "It's a bar owned by me and some of the guys at 51. We wanted to create a place for people like firefighters to just relax after a shift. It's open to the public as well."

"Oh," was all that I could say. "Gabby, can I ask you a question?"

"Shoot."

"Do you know what my middle name is?" I asked her, crossing my fingers.

Gabby shook her head, "I have your birth certificate but I didn't read them, why?"

"I was just curious." I replied.

"We can check when we get home." Gabby offered and I gladly accepted.

Gabby pulled into the driveway of Shay and Kelly's and we hopped out. Before we even got to the front door, it opened to reveal Shay smiling happily.

"Come in! You guys are the last ones here." Shay said, moving so we could come in. Gabby and I took off our shoes and followed Shay to the living room where Sylvie and Stella were sitting on the couch.

"Naia! Gabby!" Stella said and got up to give us a hug. "It's about time you guys showed up."

I gave a nervous laugh, "Yeah, we came."

"We have a fun day planned so be ready." Sylvie said and Gabby raised her eyebrows.

"Oh really?" She asked doubtfully. "Last time you said we had a fun day planned poor Stella ended up with a concussion."

Sylvie gave Gabby a gentle punch on the shoulder, "It was a mild concussion."

"Didn't feel like it." Stella said and then laughed when Sylvie shot her a look.

Shay shook her head but was smiling, clearly amused, "Anyways, we're going rock climbing. Severide found some place, it's indoor rock climbing."

"Thrilling." Gabby said sarcastically.