Morning of Christmas Eve

Naia's POV

"Did you pack an overnight bag?" Gabby called from the living the room. From my room, I immediately started to frantically dump things into a which I used for when I was sleeping over at the firehouse. It was actually a Chicago Bears tote bag which used to be Gabby's.

"Uh, I'm working on it." I yelled back as I was searching for a my pajamas. I heard Matt and Gabby laugh and smiled. I then heard footsteps and then a knock on the door frame.

I looked up to see Gabby leaning against the frame, smiling. I smiled back and held up my tote bag.

"I just need to find my pajamas and get my toothbrush." I explained.

Gabby shook her head but was still smiling. "You get your toothbrush, I'll find you pajamas." She said, taking the tote bag from me. I nodded and went to the bathroom to grab my toothbrush. When I got back to my bedroom, Gabby was holding my pajamas and looked at me with a smirk on her face.

"Where did you find them?" I asked, taking them from her and putting them in the tote bag Gabby was holding.

Gabby laughed, "Under the covers of your bed."

I blushed a little bit but Gabby didn't seem to notice and I followed her out.

"There you guys are! I thought the monster under Naia's bed ate you!" Matt said jokingly and Gabby shook her head.

"You think you're so funny." She said as we got our winter wear on. I looked out the window to see that it had started to softly snow.

Since it was rather cold, we decided to drive to the firehouse instead of walk. When we got there, the previous people on shift were just ready to leave. We exchanged a few words with them, mostly just wishing them Merry Christmas, as the everybody else on this shift started showing up.

"Can you believe Christmas is tomorrow?" Shay asked once we had all settled down.

I opened my mouth to answer but the alarms cut me off.

Truck 81, Engine 51, Squad 3, Ambo 61, Ambo 23, warehouse fire at 90 Main Street

"Sounds like it'll be a bad one." Herrmann said as everybody sprang into action. I nodded and crossed my fingers, hoping nobody was or would get hurt.

Everybody came back exhausted but in one piece. When I saw how they just kind of collapsed into a seat and didn't say anything, I knew if was a rough call. Unsure of what to do, I made my way over to Gabby who was sitting on the couch and snuggled beside her. She wrapped an arm around me and sighed.

"Rough call?" I whispered and she nodded.

"How many did you lose?"

Gabby didn't answer right away. "Four. One of them was just a kid really. Maybe sixteen or seventeen. I don't know why he was at the warehouse but he was so young. Had a whole life in front of them. There are about fifteen others who are recovering in the hospital. One of them was the boy's sister. She wasn't doing so well but we got her to Med. I feel terrible for the person who has to tell her that she won't ever see her brother again."

"Was this in total or did Shay and Foster lose some too." I asked.

Gabby shrugged, "Maybe they didn't lose anybody. I don't know."

"Do you want something to eat or drink?" I asked, getting up but Gabby shook her head so I sat back down next to her.

"I just kind of want to hug you right now." She murmured into my hair and I nodded, leaning against her body.

We stayed like that for a while until Matt came over and started tickling me. I squirmed away from him and closer to Gabby who cracked a smile and also started tickling me.

"No, stop!" I said between giggles. Matt and Gabby both stopped but Matt got up and picked me up. I snuggled closer to him, feeling safe in his arms.

"Do you think they'll call back?" I whispered as he carried me over to the kitchen.

I sensed the hesitation before Matt answered. "I'm not sure." He said. "Do want to call them to wish them a Merry Christmas?"

"No." I shook my head. "They're the parents. It's their job to remember. I don't think I want to talk about this anymore."

Matt nodded, "All right. What do you want to bake?" He set me down so I could go through what they had.

"Cookies. I can chocolate chip cookies again. Ooh! Peanut butter!" I said, spotting the jar of peanut butter. "I can make peanut butter cookies too. And you guys have blueberries."

Matt tilted his head, a little bit confused. "Blueberry cookies?"

I laughed and shook my head, "No, blueberry crumb bars."

"Ah, I knew that." Matt said.

Stella smirked from her spot at the counter. "Yeah right. Anyways, all of those sound amazing."

"Which one do you want me to make?" I asked her and Matt.

Stella shrugged, "Whichever one you want to make."

I nodded, "Okay, I'll make all of them then."