Thank you all for the reviews! Please continue to give feedback and reviews! I'm having a bit of writer's block and can't seem to iron out how I want this story to go but it's far from over. The next chapter or so will focus on the people at Firehouse 51, Sylvie and Matt being back in Chicago, a girl's night with Stella, Foster, and Brett, and even a guy's night out. I hope you all enjoy this chapter!
CHAPTER 7
Matt was getting ready in his room when he heard Sylvie in her room on the phone with Stella. He couldn't help but eavesdrop.
"He's what?" Stella asked over the phone to Sylvie.
"He said he wanted to take me to dinner. The only problem is there are only two restaurants in this town and both are diners." Sylvie sighed.
"Girl, go get dressed up. I don't care if he takes you to a freaking diner, you are going out on a date with Matt Casey and it's about time." Stella said.
"It's not a date." Sylvie retorted.
"Keep telling yourself that." Stella said.
"He didn't say it was a date." Sylvie smirked.
Matt overheard that part and tried so hard not to laugh. He had inadvertantly asked out Sylvie on a date without actually asking her out. He decided to call Kelly.
"Hey, I have a problem." Matt told Kelly over the phone.
"Dude, what's going on?" Kelly asked.
"I may have asked Brett out on a date without actually asking her out." Matt said.
"What did you tell her?" Kelly asked.
"I told her to let me take her out to dinner." Matt said.
"That doesn't necessarily mean that you asked her out. Did you want to ask her out?" Kelly asked.
"Well, yeah. That was the whole point of me taking her out to dinner." Matt said.
Kelly chuckled.
"Dude, take her to a restaurant, maybe even a movie or something and don't tell her it's a date until the end of the night." Kelly suggested.
As Matt and Kelly continued to talk on the phone, so did Sylvie and Stella.
"Girl, I'm telling you. If he suggested that he take you out to dinner, it's a date." Stella told Sylvie.
"Alright, but I'm not wearing a dress. The people here in Fowlerton are already talking about me as it is. I don't wanna give them another reason to say something." Sylvie said.
"Did you pack those dark navy blue jeans and that black lace dress shirt that you wear a lot?" Stella asked.
"Yeah." Sylvie answered.
"Wear that!" Stella said.
Back in Matt's room, he and Kelly were still talking.
"Brett said something about going home at the end of the week after making sure her dad is alright. How's Boden and the guys?" Matt asked.
"Well, we finally got the power back on and we've been going on call after call, but it beats staying inside the house all day." Kelly said.
"That's good." Matt said.
"Yeah but Grissom has been breathing down Boden's neck about me making Captain and having me transferred to another house." Kelly said.
"Is that what you want?" Matt asked.
"I'm happy being Lieutenant. Grissom doesn't want me under Boden's command because he doesn't like Boden." Kelly said.
Matt and Kelly continued to talk for a few minutes before hanging up. Sylvie was still talking to Stella.
"Alright, so I have those jeans and the shirt on. I'm doing my makeup but should I wear my hair up or down?" Sylvie asked.
"Down. You always wear your hair up at work. Wear it down, maybe half up and half down." Stella said.
"Stell, how's Foster?" Sylvie asked.
"She misses you. Chout is good but he's no Sylvie Brett." Stella said.
"I'll call her later. When I get back, we need a girl's night out." Sylvie said.
"You got it." Stella said.
They said their goodbyes and hung up the phone. Sylvie put on so tennis shoes and perfume and headed downstairs. She was wearing a pair of boot cut dark navy blue jeans with black tennis shoes and a black lacey dress shirt. She decided to wear her hair half up with a small hair clip holding her hair back with two pieces of hair framing her face. Matt was downstairs waiting on her. He was dressed in a pair of jeans, his work boots, and a nice navy blue polo shirt. Matt took one look at Sylvie and was blown away at how beautiful she looked. Matt rarely got too see her all dressed up. She wore casual clothes to Molly's outside of work, but she rarely got dressed up. Sylvie took in the sight of Matt looking good but then again, he always looked good.
"So, where's the best place to eat dinner around here?" Matt casually asked.
"Well, there are two diners here in Fowlerton but if you want pizza, beer, ribs, or steak, you'll have to go to the next town over in Fairmount." Sylvie said.
"Well, let's go to Fairmount then." Matt replied.
Sylvie wasn't about to argue with him on that. They walked out of the house, Sylvie locked the doors, they got in the truck, and Matt drove them to Fairmount to get dinner. It didn't take long to get there.
"So, what are you in the mood for?" Matt asked.
"As crazy as this sounds, I wouldn't mind some place like Taco Bell or McDonald's." Sylvie said.
"What about KFC for your mom and Evan? We could get a family meal for your mom and Evan and we can have Taco Bell or whatever you want." Matt suggested.
"Uh, yeah. We can get my mom and Evan dinner after we get dinner. How does Taco Bell sound? I'm in the mood to tacos." Sylvie giggled.
"Taco Bell it is." Matt said as he continued to drive down the street.
He pulled into the parking of Taco Bell and parked the car. The two of them got out and walked inside.
"Welcome to Taco Bell. What can I get you?" the cashier asked.
Matt looked at Sylvie.
"You go first." Matt said.
"I would like three crunchy tacos and two mini chicken quesadillas without chipotle and a medium Pepsi." Sylvie said as the cashier took her order.
"And I would like a steak quesadilla, two orders of the cinnabons and a medium Pepsi." Matt said.
"For here or to go?" the cashier asked.
"For here." Matt answered.
The cashier took their orders and Matt paid for the food.
"Here's your cups. Your order number is 24." the cashier said as the cashier handed Matt the receipt and cups.
Matt and Sylvie walked over to the fountain machine and got their drinks.
"Why don't you go get us a table and I'll bring the food over when they bring it out." Matt insisted.
"Alright." Sylvie sweetly told him.
Sylvie found an empty corner table with two chairs. Matt walked over to where Sylvie was sitting and sat down the tray of food.
"Have you talked to your mom?" Matt asked.
"Yeah. She said that my dad is doing really well and the doctors are happy with his prognosis, but they still want to keep him another week just to make sure everything is fine." Sylvie answered.
"That's good." Matt said.
"Mom is tired but she refuses to leave dad's side but I told them that I'm leaving on Saturday going home. I hope that's alright." Sylvie said.
"Yeah. That's fine. Have you told Boden?" Matt questioned.
"Yeah. I called him this morning. He said we could come back on Monday." Sylvie said.
"That's good. So, Severide told me that Grissom keeps asking him when is he going to go out for Captain. Severide doesn't want to be Captain or at least that is what he keeps saying but apparently Grissom doesn't like Boden for holding Severide back." Matt said.
"You're kidding. What's he going to do?" Sylvie asked.
"I don't know but something tells me that Grissom is going to target our house over some little something. Remember when Gorsh tried to take over the house?
Well, that's sort of what Grissom is trying to do with Severide." Matt said.
"Yeah, that was pretty bad. Grissom is twice as bad." Matt said.
They continued to chat while they ate their dinner. When they were finished, they went to KFC and Sylvie bought a family meal dinner for her mom and Evan.
Of course, Sylvie would probably eat some later but that was fine. After grabbing dinner for her mom and brother, she and Matt headed back to her parent's house. After they arrived back at the house, Sylvie opened the door and brought the food to the kitchen. Evan's car was gone, but Sylvie still yelled for him just in case his girlfriend had the car.
"Evan! Dinner!" Sylvie yelled.
"His car isn't here." Matt said.
"He sometimes let's his girlfriend borrow it." Sylvie said.
Evan wasn't home, so Sylvie made a plate for Evan and their mom and put it in the fridge. Evan must have came home while they were out because there were dishes in the sink and Evan's clothes were laying on the floor in the laundry room.
"Well, since he isn't here, what do you want to do?" Matt asked.
"I've gotta take the dry clothes out of the dryer and fold them up. I've gotta rewash the clothes in the washer because I forgot to take them out. I've gotta take..." Sylvie rambled on until Matt put one of his fingers on her mouth.
Matt chuckled.
"I'll help. I'll wash the dishes and make sure everything is put up in the kitchen. Just focus on the laundry. Oh and breathe." Matt said.
Sylvie gave Matt a hug and wasted no time in returning the hug. She nestled her head against his chest and he was enjoying the feeling of her in his arms. They heard a vehicle outside and guessed it was Evan. They heard two doors shut and voices talking as the doors opened. It was Evan and Elaine.
"Sylvie, sweetheart. Are you home?" Elaine asked.
"Yeah mom! In here!" Sylvie said as she pulled away from the hug that she and Matt were still entangled in.
Elaine made her way to the kitchen where Matt and Sylvie were.
"Hey mom. How's dad?" Sylvie asked.
"He told me to come home and get some sleep. Evan is going to stay with your father tonight." Elaine said.
Sylvie got the two plates from the fridge and placed them on the table.
"I made you and Evan a plate. Matt and I went to get you guys some dinner. I hope you don't mind." Sylvie said.
"Thanks, sis." Evan said as he began eating the food.
"Thank you, sweetheart. Thank you, Matt." Elaine said as she also began to eat the food.
After her mom and Evan ate dinner, Evan helped his mom upstairs and helped her into the bed. She was tired from being at the hospital. After, Evan left and went back to the hospital to stay with his father. Sylvie took the rest of the clothes out of the dryer and folded them while Matt cleaned up the kitchen. After they were finished, Sylvie went to check on her mom and then came back downstairs. It was midnight and both she and Matt were a bit exhausted but were still wide awake. Sylvie turned the TV and they watched a marathon of Grey's Anatomy. Matt didn't mind because he started to secretly watched it from time to time after Gabby left.
"If I tell you something, will you promise not to laugh at me?" Matt asked.
Sylvie looked at him and smiled.
"I promise." Sylvie said.
"Well, after Gabby left me and then signed the divorce papers, I was flipping through the channels at Severide's one day, found this show, and started watching it whenever I could." Matt admitted.
Sylvie gave him a smile.
"Why would I laugh about that? I used to make Joe and Otis watch it with me but then Joe started dating Chloe and well, Otis..." Sylvie said.
"I know." Matt said as he took her hand and held it.
After a few minutes, Matt released his hand that was holding Sylvie's. She repositioned herself, bringing her legs up and sitting in a criss cross position.
She pulled the small fleece blanket off the couch arm and placed it over her body and then placed one of the couch pillows behind her head. Matt took notice and pulled her towards him.
"Here." Matt said as he placed the pillow on his lap.
Sylvie repositioned herself and placed her head on top of the pillow that was on Matt's lap. Matt ran his hand through Sylvie's hair. It was one of her weaknesses. That always seemed to put her to sleep. Sylvie wasn't sleeping much these days because of her dad and Matt just wanted to comfort her. Sylvie loved Matt running his hand through her hair. He soon noticed that she was beginning to fall asleep.
"Hey beautiful, time for bed." Matt whispered.
Sylvie heard him call her beautiful, as if they were dating, and got up.
"You ready for bed?" Matt asked.
"Yeah." Sylvie yawn with a slight giggle.
They walked upstairs and went to their rooms and went to bed. A few days had passed and Sylvie and Matt were packing up their things to put in the truck. After, they headed to the hospital to their goodbyes.
"Sweetheart, do you have to go back?" Patrick asked.
"Yeah, dad. I do." Sylvie said.
"You can move back here. We've loved having you back." Patrick said.
Sylvie seemed annoyed and her mom could tell that Sylvie was annoyed.
"Dad, I love you, but I'm staying in Chicago. I'm not moving back here. Every time I come home, you tell me to move back here. There is nothing here for me except, you, mom, and Evan." Sylvie calmly but firmly told her dad.
Patrick knew better than to pick a fight with his daughter.
"I just want to make sure you are safe. That's all." Patrick said.
Sylvie looked at Matt and then at her dad.
"I am safe. The people I work with make sure that each of us are as safe as possible on calls. When one of us gets hurt, the whole house hurts. We are like a family there. I love you guys and I couldn't have asked for a better family, but daddy, I'm an adult. Chicago is my home. You, mom, and Evan never come and see me but I always come and see you guys. Dad, I love you, but I need to see life outside of Fowlerton." Sylvie explained to her dad.
Her dad finally gave up. Although Sylvie wasn't biologically his, she was still his daughter and must have picked up his stubbornness from him because Sylvie was definitely the most stubborn person he knew. Matt tried not to chuckle but Elaine was laughing and the next thing they knew, all of them were laughing.
"I want you to promise me that you will call as soon as you get home to Chicago. The minute you enter Chicago, you call. Promise?" Patrick said.
"Promise." Sylvie said as she gave her dad a hug.
She turned and gave her mom a hug.
"I love you, mom." Sylvie told Elaine.
"I love you, too." Elaine replied.
Sylvie then gave her brother a hug.
"Love you, sis." Evan said.
"Love you, too." Sylvie replied.
"Matt, take care of our little girl." Patrick said.
"Will do." Matt said and he and Sylvie left the hospital.
On the way back to Chicago, Matt cashed in on his one song that Sylvie said he could pick.
"Remember when you said I had one song that I could pick and I said that I would use it on the way back to Chicago? Well, I'm cashing in on that." Matt grinned.
"Yeah." Sylvie answered.
"Well, I want you to play the song, Crush by Dave Matthews Band. It's a classic." Matt told her.
With that, she played the song and the two of them jammed out to it in the truck. It was sort of Matt's way of telling her that he had more than a crush on her but he wasn't ready to admit that just yet. They made it back to Chicago and Sylvie noticed that Joe was gone. She texted him and he said that he was staying with Chloe tonight, so that meant that she had the place to herself and she wanted more than anything to have Casey stay the night but knew that it wasn't the time. Neither of them were dating each other and Sylvie wanted to take her time the next time she dates someone an Matt felt the same way. He did not want to rush into a relationship. He wanted to take his time, but Sylvie was always on his mind and was someone that he wanted to be around.