Casey's P.O.V.

The next time I saw her was 3 days later at Molly's. It looked like Will had basically dragged her here. She looked exhausted.

"Hey Hermann can I get two beers please." Will had an arm around Rey, rubbing his hand up and down her arm, and once he got there beers led her over to where we all were.

"Hey Rey you alright?" Stella was the one who said it, but everyone saw it.

"Yeah I'm fine just a rough day." I was glad that Voight didn't come to Molly's because I'm pretty sure he would have just made whatever day she was having worse. Natalie gave her a side hug while pulling her towards the bathroom. When they came out Rey seemed to wave her off before going to the bar. I probably shouldn't have gone over there, considering I hardly know her, but I couldn't stop my legs from walking over her.

"You know we always have a bad shift if you want to talk about it." She turned toward me and gave me a slight smile.

"I actually had a pretty decent shift. I got into an argument with my Babushka because she wanted to go yell at my father. You don't have to play dumb Will told me he told you and Jay who my dad is."

"I'm sorry if you didn't want us to know who your dad was."

"It's fine. I didn't expect to come back and no one recognize me. I did stay in contact with some of them at least." She looked over at where Trudy was. Of course she knew Trudy. I mean she was Voight's partner.

"If you don't mind me asking; why did you leave?" She turned her attention back to me, and gave me a slight smile.

"I just didn't want to stay and watch my older brother burn his life while my dad picked up the pieces every time he screwed up hoping that it would be different that time. You can say I ran away. I'm not ashamed of it. I probably would have done it when I turned 18 anyway. I have to go actually. It was nice to talk to you." She gave me her beer which wasn't touched before heading towards the door, not before whispering something in Will's ear.

The next day

Unfortunately we got a call almost right after our shift started. Gallo had some smoke inhalation which is why the whole firehouse was found walking toward the exit when Brett let out a slight screech. She broke out into a slight jog towards Rey who was carrying a toddler.

"Who is this? He is adorable." Sylvie gave her a side hug before turning her attention toward the little boy. All of us had finally caught up to her. The boy looked like a carbon copy of her, except his hair was slightly lighter.

"This is Wyatt, my son. Wyatt these are the firefighters and paramedics of Firehouse 51." She put the little boy, Wyatt, down before grabbing his hand. He looked at all of us smiling. All the girls basically awed at that. I think Mouch did as well, but he hid it well. I looked over at Rey and she smiled towards me. She had a son. That just made me want to get to know her even more. When I looked back Kidd was holding Wyatt with him playing with her hair.

"You should bring him to the Firehouse when your shift is over." I found myself saying before I could really process the idea. I had the smiling faces of Wyatt, Kidd, Brett, Foster, and surprisingly Gallo looking at me.

"Sure if you're ok if I bring another one." She had another kid. Brett basically screamed.

"You have another one!"

"No I told Will and Nat that I'd watch Owen tonight." Of course she knew Owen. Will is basically his dad, and Will did say that she was practically his sister.

"Sure he hasn't been by the station in forever." We had to basically pull the girls away from Wyatt after Rey promised that they would stop by after her shift.

A couple hours later

Our shift was over in an hour when I saw the familiar long dark brown hair that was let down. I'm the only one who notices them so I make my way over.

"Hey Rey, Owen, and you must be Wyatt. I'm Captain Matt Casey." Both Owen and Wyatt looked up at me with huge smiles on their faces.

"Hi Matt," Wyatt seemed to shy behind Rey's legs whispering something to her. She nodded towards him, and before he could do anything the rest of 51 came basically running towards us. Everyone just takes the two boys to all the trucks while I just hang back with Rey. Right now we were watching Gallo with the boys. He was letting them try on his helmet.

"He seems like a good kid." Why did I say that? I mean I was just trying to make conversation. I could've brought up something else. I think she sensed my awkwardness because she just let out a slight giggle.

"Yeah he is." I really hope that I wasn't pushing it with this.

"Does Voight know about him? If that isn't pushing it." That got a full laugh out of her. I guess asking personal questions was funny to her.

"He knows that he has a grandchild. When my babushka found out that I was pregnant she called him basically screaming and I quote, 'This is all your fault. She has awful taste in men because of you.' She then warned him that if he ever tried to contact me within the next nine months she would personally come to Chicago and beat his butt." She smiled at the memory, and I gave a laugh. One thing stuck out though.

"Bad taste in men?" She turned to look at Wyatt before turning back to me.

"He signed over rights the moment he found out I was pregnant. It's for the best that he isn't in Wyatt's life." How could someone do that to their child? I think she realized that I was sort of pissed at the thought of this because she just smiled while putting a hand on my shoulder.

"I had a pretty similar reaction. It wasn't until Wyatt was born that I fully believed it was for the best." I was gonna say something else, but I felt a tug on my pant leg. When I looked down I saw the little boy who had been a main topic of our conversation.

"Matt?" I bent down to his level in order to look him in the eyes.

"Yeah bud, what's up?" He looked up towards Rey, who smiled, before turning back towards me. I had no idea what he was about to say.

"What's your favorite cookie?" He looked at me so innocently like he didn't just ask a totally random question. I guess to a 3 or 4 year old it wouldn't be.

"Umm… peanut butter or snickerdoodle. Is that a good answer?" I looked up towards Rey for the second bit. She seemed to be biting down a laugh, but nudged her head towards Wyatt. I guess maybe he was going to explain. When I looked back to the little boy in front of me he was nodding and smiling.

"Mommy did you get that? Blakey and Ridd's are chocolate chip." This is right before he hugs both my legs and Rey's before running back over to where Owen was with Gallo. My face might've shown a little bit of shock that was apparently amusing because she gave a light laugh before finally answering what that was all about.

"For Christmas I have this tradition of baking cookies for the first responders in the area. Last year was the first that he really got into it, and now for his birthday he wants to do it."

"You really don't have to do that." I sort of felt bad because there are a lot of first responders around here. She just smiled and slightly waved it off.

"It's fine. I was able to do it when he was a couple of months old. Besides how do I say no to my son who, for his birthday, wants to give back." She had a point there.

"Alright, but if you want any help just let me know." She smiled up at me, but didn't say anything because her attention was pulled toward the two boys who were running towards us, along with Gallo.

"Auntie Rey do we have to leave soon? Cause Blake said that their shift was ending soon." Owen was the first one to reach us then Wyatt, and then Gallo who was jogging. Rey looked down at her phone, which was the first time I had realized how long we had been talking. Rey bent down to his height.

"Yeah buddy I think we should get going so that I can get you two dinner, but I'm sure that if you ask them nicely I could maybe bring you two back here another day. Everyone's eyes lit up.

"Rey, could they come back? Gallo hogged all their attention." Brett came to her side with puppy dog eyes.

"Hey It's not my fault that they were drawn to the big red shiny truck." The kids laughed at their banter before Wyatt out of the blue went over to Brett.

"It's s'ok Vie next time I'll spend time with you too!" He then hugged her legs which made the girls jealous so they ended up getting in on the hug, and then Owen got in on it too.

It took Rey 15 minutes to get the boys ready to go. I had walked them out because everyone else was getting changed. I offered to help get Wyatt into his car seat while Rey was making sure Owen's seatbelt was correct. Then she walked over to the driver's side, where I already was, while I opened up her door. She smiled up towards me when she got in.

"Hey...umm...I wasn't kidding when I said that I could help with the cookies if you want, or anything else if you need it."

"I'll think about it. I'll see you later though hopefully with none of you on a stretcher."