Two Days Later

Naia's POV

The Christmas glee was starting to wear off as I was deciding what to wear to meet my parents and my brother for the first time. Procrastinating, I sat down on my bed and remembered what happened when Matt and Gabby got off shift on Christmas Day.

"Need a hand loading up those presents?" Kelly asked Matt who looked over at Gabby who shook her head.

"I think we'll be okay but thanks anyways Severide." Gabby said. Once we had everything in the car, we hopped in and drove back to the apartment.

"Are we doing anything tonight?" I asked Gabby and Matt as we put everything down in the apartment.

Gabby nodded, "We're going to my parents' house for dinner. Antonio'll be there and I think he's bringing his kids with him."

"Not Laura?" Matt asked.

"Who's Laura?" I hadn't heard her name really. Sure, sometimes in passing but I didn't know who she was.

"She's Antonio's ex-wife." Gabby replied and I nodded, unsure of what to say. For the time being, we piled my presents onto my bedroom floor. Not really wanting to sort them out yet and give them a place, I just hung up the clothes that I got and went back to the living room.

Matt and Gabby were sitting on the couch. Gabby was snuggling Matt. The T.V. wasn't on or anything. I went over and climbed onto the couch next to Gabby. She pulled me closer to her and I relaxed against her body.

"Naia! Are you ready yet?" Gabby called out from the living room, snapping me back into reality.

I hopped onto my feet just as she walked into my bedroom. I didn't close the door so she didn't knock. She looked at me, still in my pajamas and hair a tangled mess and burst into laughter.

I pretended to be offended, "Did you not like my outift choice?"

"It's, what's the word, very casual." She said coming over. "Very, very casual."

I laughed and then sighed as I lock of tangled hair fell in front of my face. "I don't know what to wear." I said, sitting back down on the bed.

"Where whatever you want to wear." Gabby said. "Because that will show who you are."

A little bit confused with her words, I shrugged and announced I was going to untangle the jungle on my head and went to the bathroom to find my brush. Once I had tamed the lion, I went back to my bedroom and changed into something casual which was a pair of black leggings and a Chicago Bears t-shirt which was too big for me. I then went out to the living room where Matt and Gabby were sitting.

"Ready?" Matt asked me and I nodded.

"Do you want me to braid your hair?" Gabby offered and I perked up.

I smiled, "Yes please."

I went back to the bathroom where I got an elastic and then walked to the living room. I sat down on the floor in front of Gabby who was sitting on the couch.

"One braid or two?" She asked me and I replied with one. Once Gabby had braided my hair, Matt started shooing us to get our coats on.

"We're supposed to meet at the cafe at 2:30. It's 2:25, come on, let's move it people." Matt said as we hurried to get our stuff on. We rushed out the door and to the car and Matt drove down a series of roads.

Surprisingly, when I walked into the cafe, I wasn't nervous at all. It was like the butterflies that should be fluttering in my stomach had fallen asleep. I wasn't sure who were my parents since there were a lot of people that could be candidates but when a woman waved us over, I had a feeling that was my mom. Kristen.

I looked up at Gabby who gave me an encouraging smile. When I didn't move, she took my hand and led me over.

"Hi! I'm Gabby!" Gabby introduced herself and shook hands with Kristen. My mom. Whatever. "This is Matt, my husband." Matt shook hands with Kristen.

Kristen smiled, "Hi, I'm Kristen and that's my husband Victor over there and this is Nolan, my son." Everybody shook hands with each other except me since I didn't really make a move to do so.

"Naia..." Gabby said, looking down at me. "That's your mom."

I nodded to show I heard but didn't move. When nobody else said or do anything, an awkward tension seemed to appear.

"Well, take a seat." Victor said, motioning to the empty chairs around the table. I took a seat in between Gabby and Matt.

Well, this was awkward.