''Hey you.'' Gabby said as she walked in, saw Matt awake in the bed. She was not sure how aware he was of everything as he seemed so tired. But she bend over then, kissing him on his forehead and caressing through his hair as he was still wearing the mask, so she couldn't kiss him on the mouth.
After a bit, she just holding him and enjoying sitting by him again, so happy he was still with her, he moved her arm and started to remove the mask.
''No, no Matt, don't do that.'' She said then but he still moved it off, slowly and coughed then.
''Hey you,'' He whispered, softly and she smiled.
''You should be saving your energy to get that heart of yours healed.'' She said then.
''Gonna be fine.'' He whispered as he gave her a small smile.
''Yeah, you better.'' She teased him as she moved to the mask over his mouth again, saw that he was struggling with breathing.
''You need to take it easy now...I want you to take it easy and heal up, okay?'' She said then as she moved closer and kissed his forehead again.
His hand moved up again and she pushed it away.
''I know what you were going to ask, you wanted to ask how the others are and they are going to be okay. You were the one that almost kicked the bucket.'' She said then and he closed his eyes for a second.
''See, I knew that was what you were going to ask.'' She smirked then. He nodded a little bit and his eyes fell shut again then. Caressing over his head, she looked as he was asleep.
Herrmann also received his visitors for the morning. The door opened and Lee Henry and Kenny came running in to see their dad. Kenny was running so funny on his little toddler legs - he had just turned 3 - that it was just really funny to see him run like that. Herrmann smirked for a second and was so happy to see the kids, not talking about what had happened at the firehouse, as he didn't want him to know what happened so instead they talked about the things they did in school.
But even though they were so excited telling their dad about school, Christopher seemed to be really absent.
''hey, how about you two get something from the vending machine we saw down the hall. Lee Henry, look out for your brother and have something good.'' Cindy said, giving them some coins and twelve year old Lee Henry took his little brothers hand as they walked out.
''hey, what is wrong?'' She asked worried.
''I just, I just don't understand why this happened.''
''I went to church yesterday and prayed for answers.'' Cindy said then and she looked at him and he didn't reply. He knew it helped her but he wasn't sure if church was the place he would go now, not sure if he would find the answers there.
''He kept you all safe.''
''Cindy, I don't want to think this was his plan. Boden and Casey almost died...''
She caressed his hand and shrugged.
''I don't know what to say, I really don't.''
The boys came walking back in.
''What did you get?''
''Snickers!'' Lee Henry said, almost being pushed aside by his little brother.
''Skittles.'' Lee Henry mumbled.
''Alright, looks like it is almost time to go for us, boys.'' Cindy said then and she kissed her husband.
''Coming back tonight with Annabelle and Luke. Annabelle is dying to see you. She has made enough drawings for you already to wallpaper the whole wall here.'' She smiled then.
''And I can't wait to see them.'' Herrmann smiled then, honest about that cause he knew his family was going to help him through this.
Otis was on the couch in his and Cruzes apartment, Cruz making dinner for the both of them. He would have to take it as he had to go to his side job in a bit.
''So how was Sylvie visiting you yesterday?'' Cruz asked then, thought it was funny she was going to visit him.
''Well, awkward.'' Otis said moody.
''Looks like even getting shot wasn't enough to get out of the friend zone.'' Cruz said as he was bringing Otis some more water.
''Oh shut up!'' Otis said then, grabbing a pillow and throwing it towards Cruz.
Cruz just smirked before walking back to their open plan kitchen.
''By the way, she is your ex and I am not going to discuss her with you.'' Otis said as Cruz brought him lunch, packing his own dinner to take to Zumba class.
''You are going to zumba after all that happened?'' Otis said in disbelief.
''Yeah, it will help take my mind of it.'' Cruz said, making sure his friend was okay before leaving. Honestly, he hoped that teaching Zumba was going to take his mind of the shooting for a bit.
Jimmy sat in the restaurant with his brother.
Even though he hadn't want to go out tonight, so startled, upset and worried about what had happened, but his brother thought it was a good idea to take him out tonight, to take his mind of it. But Jimmy was pretty sure he couldn't to take his mind of it.
''I know you are struggling with what happened to the firehouse.''
''Not that weird, right?'' Jimmy said, stabbing his pasta with his fork, not feeling hungry at all.
''Not at all. But you know you can talk to me, right?''
''Yeah, I know.'' Jimmy said, looking back at his food so he wouldn't have to look his brother in the eyes, not sure what to say. he had always wanted to be a first responder, but after this had happened, he was not so sure about it anymore.
In the evening visiting hour, Gabby returned to Matt.
He was asleep this time and she sat down with him again. Even though he was not awake it was still so great to be on his side, knowing that he would be okay. At least, she was sure of that.
She was caressing his hand as she was holding her phone in another hand, looking at some missed messages when he suddenly pinched her hand and she smiled at him, Matt awake now.
She didn't even want to do anything to him, saw he was struggling to even be awake when he moved the mask down again, Gabby helping him then.
''You are so stubborn.'' She said then as she put it beside him.
He was smiling at her, so happy she had been okay in the whole attack. He had tried so hard to keep her safe and was so glad she was now.
''Kelly is coming to see you tomorrow. The others really want to come by as well, but they are being pretty strict with you here.''
Matt nodded a bit, talking seemed to hurt and it was hard to catch his breath.
''I... love you.'' He said, out nowhere.
''I love you too. I love you so much.'' Gabby said then as she kissed him.
''Damage...to my heart?'' He asked slowly.''
''No, they expect you are going to make a full recovery.'' She answered him, ''you will be okay before you know and back at the job in no time.''
She knew it was going to take a while for him to recover, but the doctor had been positive he could make it back on the job.
''Firehouse?'' He asked then, coughing a bit and she put the mask on his face again, not even replying to his objections.
''Closed for a week for investigations, is going to open then again.''
He nodded a bit and she saw he was starting to doze off again. Even though she wished she could talk to him a bit longer, she knew it was taking its toll on him.
He was dozing off for a few minutes when he suddenly stopped, dropping the mask again.
''Gabby, my heart is feeling weird.'' He said so softly and weakly she barely heard him, but only then she noticed that the monitor was acting up as well, his heart beat racing and before she could even get up to get help, she was already pushed aside by the medical staff.
NOTE: So another chapter out really fast! I wasn't gonna update it again this soon but I know you are all really excited about this story and that makes me so happy and motivated...and here is a cliffhanger cause I know you all love them so much! lol!
So thank you so much for reading again and please let me know what you thought about this chapter and I really hope you don't mind the fast updates!
