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Chapter 3

For the next two weeks, she'd cook for the men and deliver the trays of food while they were out on a call. Each time leaving a little note with the reheating or cooking instructions and so far they had yet to figure out where the food was coming from. She slowly began to match their names to their faces and soon she knew them all even though she hadn't spoken to any of them personally aside from that night with Tommy. She knew it was only a matter of time before someone caught her in the act of dropping off food or picking up her pans. Tonight the food was prepped but she worried that she would miss the opportunity to drop it off since she had a dance workshop to attend. She briefly debated going there on her way out, dropping off the food and revealing her identity but decided against it out of fear that they'd expect she wanted something in return or ask why she was doing this for them. Both scenarios would be appropriate and she knew she didn't want anything in return from any of them so that would be easy but if they asked why she wasn't so sure she could just tell her story.

She didn't know how she'd be able to tell them that in some way by cooking for them it was her way of saying thank you for all they did that day, to say thank you for going into that building, that smoke filled confusion rampant nightmare to try to save every day people like her fiancé. She didn't think she could tell them that what had remained of her fiancé's body was found next to one of their own, one who had tried to save him only to be caught in the terrifying collapse. She just wasn't ready to face her own memories of that day and didn't want to be the one to bring back that day for them.

Sirens interrupted her and with a small sigh she realized she had been crying over all the things she couldn't say to them. She checked the wrapping on the trays as the trucks barreled down the street, picking up her dance bag she slid it up onto her shoulder before saying a short prayer to keep them safe while she hefted up the trays and left her apartment.

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Stilleti sat waiting in the small den since he was currently off duty and living at the firehouse he had the dubious honor of waiting to see if the food fairy would show up and how long it would take her after the trucks pulled out. The clock on the wall just registered five minutes when he heard the door open and then footsteps heading his way. Hopping up he pressed himself against the inside of the door so she wouldn't see him when she passed heading toward the kitchen. He stood that way for what seemed like hours before he heard the sound of something being placed on the table before he ventured out to the hallway musing up his hair as he went. The plan was for him to look like he had just woken up so it wouldn't look like they had planned on catching the food fairy. He turned into the kitchen and stopped in the doorway, a shit eating smile spreading to his face instead of the yawn he was supposed to be faking. There bending over the table writing was Garrity's lady jogger. He cocked his head and let his eyes roam her figure, she was wearing a pair of tights, a short black skirt that barely covered what looked to be a leotard clad upper body.

"The only thing that can spoil this surprise is if you are the woman assigned to this station."

He watched amused as she spun around to face him, her face a look of complete shock. Obviously she had expected that the house was going to be empty like it had been all the previous times she had been there.

"I..no..I'm not assigned anywhere." She spoke softly and kept her eyes adverted as she put the pen and notepad back into her backpack.

"So you've been our food fairy this entire time?" He asked from his spot in the doorway and was pleased when she met his eyes with a bashful smile.

"You've been calling me the food fairy? That's cute and yes it's been me who has been bringing the food over."

He nods and wonders what he is supposed to do next; they hadn't planned that far in advance with the 'uncover the food fairy' plot. He moves away from the door and goes toward the table.

"Yeah, it was my idea cause I found the food that night first. I appreciate it, well we all appreciate what you've been doing although we don't know why someone would do that for us."

He smiles at her and is granted on in return before she looks at her watch and then nervously at the door.

"I have my reasons which I'd love to share but I don't think it's a good idea and I really need to get going or I'm going to be late."

"Will you come back?" The words came out before he had a chance to stop them and she looked as surprised as he felt so he played it off with a slight shrug.

"You know after you are done with whatever it is I'm making you late to."

He watched as she thought about and he could have sworn he could hear her pulse pounding before she gave him a shaky nod.

"Sure, I can stop by on my way back."