"So, I finally get to meet the team then bambina?" carina stated as she started to get ready to leave the apartment in which they shared with one another. To say that the Italian was excited would be an understatement. She was overjoyed to finally met them all something that in her mind should have happened months ago.

But for one reason or another it was only just happening now that she had basically met her girlfriend's team in lots of unexpected ways, she had grown tired of randomly meeting her girlfriend's team that she had finally put her foot down and made her girlfriend introduce her to what was left of her team.

Which was what she was getting ready for now in not that long she would no longer be a mystery woman she would just be the woman that their captain had taken up with.

"Right, I will see you later my love. You're still coming later my love, right?" Maya asked as she finished getting ready to leave herself, knowing that her girlfriend was going to join her later that day at the fire station in which if Maya was lucky Carina was going to come and cook for the house, which had become the highlight of her week before today had even happened, the thought of her girlfriend always managed to make her smile.

"Yes, you will still be seeing me later and yes before you ask, I will be cooking for the fire house and yes I am still sure about it. I am fine bambina; you do not need to keep asking me. But its sweet that you worry, go to work and I will see you later, ok?" Carina said as she lent down to kiss Maya; knowing that it always calms the other woman; when she was starting to worry too much. Bringing her arms around the other woman's neck to puller even closer, always wanting to be as close as possible to Maya.

"You know one of these days that's not going to work right?" Maya stated as she also brought the other woman closer by bringing her arms around her waist. At this point you would probably need a surgical map to work out the best route in which to separate these two women, as at this second in time there was not one single gap between them, the way in which both women preferred it to be.

"Maybe, maybe not. We both know that you are sucker for me so we will see". She said with a twinkle in her eyes knowing the affect that she had on the other woman. Now letting the other woman go knowing that if she didn't, she would be late, which was something that Maya hated and as much as she loved Carina she hated to be late even more.

"You better be going otherwise you will be late"

Looking at her watch to see that Carina was right "Damn, I've gotta go ill see ya later. Love ya". And with that Maya was finally out of the door, it had taken Maya a strange amount of time to leave. Normally the other woman is up and at it for the day.

But today she was waiting around the apartment all morning like she was almost expecting carina to back out of coming to the firehouse later today. Even thought they have been having this same conversation for the last week or so.

She just didn't understand the other woman; she had met all of the most important people in her girlfriend's life as far as she could see; therefore, she couldn't see what she was so nervous about.

She guessed that she would see later she thought as see made her own way towards the bedroom to finish getting ready herself.

Something rare happened when Maya got into the firehouse, she made it into her office without being stopped by someone the second she entered the building, which might be the first time that that had ever happened to her.

Which had resulted in her think that this day was going to be manic; that as soon as she got settle that something would happen. And that it would then be go all day, she cursed herself for just thinking that, knowing that many of the fire fighters were superstitious and just thinking something like that in this house was seen as a heinous act upon the house.

Shaking her head, since when has she been superstitious about things like that. Moving into the bunk room to get changed before this now expected hell of a day begins.

Changed into her uniform, she went to check on the emails but before she got a chance to even turn the computer on the alarm was going off, just like she expected.

Running out of the office while grabbing her tablet; making her way to the fire engine jumping in when she had all her kit on, and they were off.

Sat in the captain's seat she checked the tablet for the information on the fire, while the others chatted about anything in the background.

"So, cap Carina still coming later today then?" came the voice of her best friend, why did she tell Andy that the other woman was coming now she defiantly won't be getting any peace today, knowing that as soon as Carina got to the fire house she wont be hearing the end of it for the rest of, well forever.

"Oooooooh, we get to met Mrs Captain again. I mean your not going to be dragged away again, are you? Forgetting all about your team this time?" of course it was Travis that had picked up on the teasing at the first chance he could.

But just as she was about to reply to that Travis started back up again: "Also what about Jack? I can't see Mrs captain being happy about his presence in the house while she is there".

Sighing, knowing that if she didn't answer these questions they would just keep coming resulting in her mood getting worse and that this would drag out even further, which would not stop until they were back at the fire house or end of shift.

"Yes; she is still coming later. Jack shouldn't be an issue as long as he doesn't say anything stupid again, he's already on a finally warning which Im sure he doesn't want to break. Also is that nickname for carina here to stay?" she stated all while not looking up from her tablet, purposely leaving out Carina dragging her off last time, not needing those thoughts when they were heading towards a fire.

"What Mrs Captain?" asked Travis even though he knew the nickname she was talking about, but he wanted to say the nickname again always wanting to wind his captain up wherever he could.

"Yes, what other name did you just call her?"

"Well, she is your partner and you're our captain so that obviously makes her Mrs Captain. So no, that name is not going anywhere" he said in his cheeky way, knowing that he could get away saying somethings that the others never would.

"Fine I can live with that. Come on guy where nearly there get ready to go". She called back as she finished getting herself ready to go, knowing that she needed to only be thinking about the fire situation and not anything else right now.

Pulling up the fire "Right: let's go nineteen". She called as she climbed out of the fire truck.

…..

Pulling back into the fire house about five hours later; hungry and tired, the fire had been a family home that had started my a candle being knocked over which took a while to put out and clean up some of the damage done by the fire.

"Man, I am done, I need to sleep, eat and then maybe sleep again" called Vic as she climbed out of the engine. With mumbles of agreement coming from every one of the team.

"we've only been on shift for five hours Vic, still got seventeen hours to go yet". Called back Maya wanting to remind her team member to try and pace some of the shift out if possible, otherwise it can make the shift feel like forty-eight hours long.

"Hey, don't sleep shame me" she called back knowing what her captain meant but in this second not really caring what she meant.

"Right, go and clean up team" she shouted back as she started towards her office, noticing now that there was someone already in her office. Doing a double take and quickly releasing that it wasn't some stranger it was her girlfriend.

Quickly opening her office door to be greeted by the sight of her girlfriend leaning on her desk, looking as gorgeous as ever, how did she get so lucky to be with this woman?

"Hey bambina"

"I thought that you weren't coming for another hour". Maya stated as she docked her tablet, put some of her equipment away; leaving her in her t shirt and trousers not being dirty as she was only on the outside of the fire. Moving around to be standing in front of her girlfriend, wrapping her arms yet again around the other woman while standing between her legs. Just being happy to be in her presence yet again.

Chuckling "no mio amore, I was mean to be here an hour ago" looking at the clock now and seeing that they were at that caller longer than she thought, having forgot what time Carina also said she would be here.

"Sorry babe" she said as she leant in for a kiss, quickly pressing her lips against the others woman's, before pulling away not wanting to get steamy when anyone could walk in.

"Don't apologise, for being at an incident". She said as stood up again as Maya moved away from her to allow her to also move.

"Right, so shall we get this over this then?" Maya asked as she moved towards the door, asking her girlfriend as she had her hand on the door handle. Wanting to make sure that she was ready for anything that was about to happen.

"Yes bambina, let's go" she said as she walked towards Maya, quickly kissing her before opening the door and walking out of the office. Just waiting for Maya to also walk with her up the stairs. Having not been up in the rest area before.

Making it up stairs with the unusual occurrence of there being no one in the kitchen or in the rest area. Which gave the beanery a strange quiet about it.

"Right shall I start on the food or wait for the others?"

"Well if you don't start then we might have a mass mutiny on our hands" she moved to be leaning on the kitchen island, knowing by now that Carina did not need help in the kitchen. So, the best thing she could do was keep her company while she was in the kitchen.

"What there to eat then cap" came the voice once again from Victoria breaking the silences that the two woman had been in for the last several minutes, having just come out of the shower and now wanting the promised food.

Entering the beanery seeing that someone was already starting the cooking not straight away recognising who that was so she did a double take "Oh, Mrs Captain is here. WAIT are you cooking I've heard some much about it?" god she was even more excited for food now.

"Arh not you as well" Maya sighed not really liking the nickname but knowing her team were just going to go with it either way.

"Hey doctor DeLuca, do you need a hand with that?" warren said as he entered the room also, not having spotted his captain and Vic vying again one another.

"Arh you could cut those vegetables for me?"

"Of course, Doctor Deluca" he answered as he started to cut the veg like she had asked.

"What do you mean not me as well?" Vic answered not noticing as Travis also came in looking like most people were now finished with there showers and now looking for food.

"Hey Mrs Captain, what ya cooking?" was the voice of Travis as he went to look what was in the pans in which the Italian was using.

"That" was Maya's reply as she pointed as Travis; that was now being pushed away by an unimpressed carina, not wanting him her kitchen.

Shrugging her shoulder and making her way past the cap to sit at the table and just wait for the food whenever that would be but knowing that she didn't wanna miss it. As Travis joined her having been pushed out of the kitchen so sat next to Vic to just wait for the food instead.

"WAIT WHY DOES HE GET TO HELP IN THE KITCHEN AND IM STILL KICKED OUT EVEN AT HOME?" came the louder than normal voice of their captain, gathering everyone's attention including all of the people that weren't already in the room. Which result in everyone entering to see their captain staring at her partner while she just calmly carried on cooking.

Seeing the danger of getting in the middle of that one, they all just entered the room while just watching what was happening between the two women.

This included jack who found this a good moment to slip in and almost hide at the back of the room not wanting to have yet another mark upon his record.

"That is because he knows how to cut Bambina, and he won't get distracted by the things that are going on around him".

"I don't get distracted" she exclaimed as she carried on watching everything that her girlfriend was doing. Not even noticing that her entire house was now watching them interact.

"Really, because the last time you tried to cook with me. There was not much cooking to be seen, which is why you will stay that side of the island so your team can be feed" Carina said as she turned her back to the other woman as to carry on with the cooking.

Now hearing the laughter from her team, she turned around to see them all watching her interact with her girlfriend and for a change it did not bother the other woman.

"Is there anything else Doctor Deluca?" Warren asked as he whipped his hands and stood looking at the other woman not seeing anything else to be done.

"No, you are good thank you Warren" she said as she washed her hands now just waiting for the food to finish.

"So, when's the food Doc, we're starving over here?" as yet again came the voice of one Victoria Hughs.

"It will not be long Victoria about ten minutes, I did most of it at home so just finishing the dishes now" already knowing how hungry the fire fighters would be she made multiple dishes at home knowing that she would probably get in the way cooking from start to finish in the fire house. So she did the majority at home and then just brought them. She was surprised that Maya didn't comment on the bag in her office then again, she was a bit distracted.

"Probie, plates and cutlery" called Miller wanting the food but not wanting to get back up again, besides that's what probies are for.

"Probie?" Carina asked, not understanding why they called him that as it did not sound like a last name.

"Yes Ma'am" seeing the look that the woman cooking was sending his way he quickly changed his answer "I mean yes doctor, it stands for probationary officer". He said as he was reaching for the plates.

"So, you are still learning like the interns at the hospital, you have to do all of the scut work". Now understanding why, she had seen them bossing his around more than anyone else in the fire house.

"Scut work?" he said as he put the plates on the table, now the probie wasn't understanding what the other was talking about.

"Yes, the paper work or the mess bits that the nurses or the doctors don't want to do so the interns get to do them until we know they wont kill people".

Hearing chuckles from the table "watch that you don't kill anyone with the cutlery there, or do you need more training" came the reply from Jack.

"Hey Probie, can just about handle the cutlery" came the reply from Travis; turning Emmett Red in the process, as he quickly set down the cutlery, and sitting down in the seat opposite Travis.

Seeing that this could very easily turn into a fight between hungry fire fighter Carina quickly started to dish up the food, knowing that the tension had already been higher in the fire house due to the incident at the bar.

"The food is ready" looking up to see the relief on her girlfriend's face it looks like she had made the right decision, about breaking the tension in the house.

With that said several of the men literally jumped up to carry the dishes she just filled to the table just leaving her with the bread to carry, placing the bread on the table and sitting down next to her girlfriend she was shocked to see that most of them were already through their first portion of the food that she literally just made.

A quiet fell over the fire house besides the occasional moan of appreciation for what they were eating and not talking too busy eating to try and talk as well.

"So how did you two met?" Miller asked as he broke the silence of the house, Carina was surprised having not really talked to him besides in the ambulance.

"We met at Joe's" replied Maya leaving it at that, having never been one to share too much with her fire house, but her girlfriend had never had the same problem as her.

Turning to look at her girlfriend: "Well, I mean I met you at Joe's, but I first saw you in the hospital that day and I had been curios all day about it so. I saw her in the bar and talked her into having a drink with me; she really did not want company, but I changed her mind" carina quickly joined in not taking her eyes off the other woman the entire time she was talking. The others noticed that their smiles were getting bigger and bigger the longer the two women stared at one another, like they weren't even in the same room with them anymore.

"Best decision I ever made" Replied Maya.

"What made you so curios about her?" asked Emmett as he helped himself to more food as everyone else just listened to the women talking.

Chuckling "I had never seen someone literally running so fast before into a hospital while also carrying a nose of the man they just brought in, I was not on that case, but I saw and heard about it". she replied as she finally ate some of the food that she had made.

Therefore, she didn't notice the shocked looks on the faces of the people around her. But she did register the silence that had just fallen over the room as it had only just been bustling with noise a second ago.

"Really Captain? How did you end up running with a nose to the hospital?" Being the only person here that didn't know about the camping trip Emmet had no idea what was currently going on in the others heads.

"From a camping trip" replied Andy as she just continued watching her friend remembering how awful they had been to Maya when she first became captain, something she would always be ashamed of herself for how she treated her supposed best friend.

"But how does a camping trip end with a nose in a bag? And also, why didn't you want company after the camping trip" Emmet asked only now noticing that everyone else had stopped eating with the mood in the fire house having seemed to drop.

"Team camping trip ended with rescuing a couple after they got in some trouble with a bear. We had to go and find the husband's nose in the woods. When me, Andy and Bishop came across the same bear. Which then resulted in Maya having to run the nose to the ambulance". Jack said shocking most people as they had forgotten that he was sat there, thinking it best for him not to answer the last question.

"And she didn't want company because of how she had been treated" came the voice of Carina who up until now had sounded happy but now looking at the Italian; the love-struck look was gone and replacing it has a thunderous look that reminded Warren of Miranda when she was on the war path.

Seeing this could go bad Maya quickly took her girlfriend's hand in her own "Hey, it ended up with me meeting you so I would do it all again no matter what". Not meaning to say something so soppy in front of team but the need to calm and reassure carina was stronger than her pride.

But before anyone else could say anything the house alarm was blurring making them all jump and run for their lives leaving Carina to clean and sort out everything else. Putting the food away for them to have later when they come back or another day.

Running down the stairs the stairs with them all thinking different things but the main thing being that they should have apologised for their treatment of their captain before her girlfriend was nearly set on them and was only stopped by said captain.

But all Maya could think about was how she had been right about this day, it's a hectic one alright. But she was glad that now Carina had met them all. Maybe it could calm down now.