Kelly walked into Matt's room. It was good to see his friend back in here and even though he looked still pale and sick, but Kelly was just happy for now that he was back on the way to heal.
Matt was still asleep under the blanket that Gabby had brought for him, sleeping a lot better now he had his own stuff here again.
Finally he did wake up, surprised to his friend.
''Hey, sorry.'' Matt said, trying to sit up a bit, even though it immediately caused his chest to throb.
''Don't be sorry, I just came in.'' Kelly said, helping his friend sit up a bit and fluffing up the pillows before standing beside the bed.
''How was shift?'' Matt asked as he looked up.
''I got kicked out of shift.'' Kelly mumbled and Matt let go of a small smile.
''There is no fun without me, I know.'' Matt said with a small smile, Kelly sitting down so their eyes were on the same height.
''You look a bit better. Are you feeling better too?''
''A bit.'' Matt said. Even though his chest was hurting and he still didn't feel like he felt before the second surgery and the higher dose of medication made him feel sick, he was glad he hadn't had any more arrhythmias.
''What happened at shift?''
''Oh, the relief chief is a bit of an ass. He has no sympathy for any of us. I don't want sympathy but I know it's hurting the others, I said something and I was kicked out.''
''Sound like Pridgen level bad.'' Matt moaned, annoyed that they had to deal with this after all that had already happened.
''This guy is even worse.'' Kelly shook his head.
''is that possible?'' Matt shook his head.
''Yes, it is.'' Kelly said then.
''You wanted to talk to me before, if you still want to talk..'' Matt said, suddenly stopping because a wave of nausea fell over him, caused by the new medication and even though Kelly wanted to talk about it again before, he suddenly saw his friend going pale and didn't want to say anything about it, not sure how Matt would handle knowing that his friend was struggling too.
''No, it is fine.'' Kelly shook his head.
''You wanted to talk to me, right be-''
''It's fine, really.'' Kelly assured his friend, didn't want to worry him even more.
''Oh, okay.'' Matt said a bit unsure then.
Kelly was silent for a few seconds, not sure what to say when Matt grabbed the small tub that was on his bed just in time. Kelly helped him sit up a bit more, Matt throwing up.
''Attractive, very attractive.'' Kelly tried to keep it light for his friend, making sure Matt was okay.
''That is what your face does to people.'' Matt mumbled, spitting a bit to clean his mouth.
''Thanks, I love you too.'' Kelly said before walking with the tub to the bathroom in the room to clean it out, just feeling bad for his friend.
Close to dinner, Mouch was playing with Pouch in the garden. Even though she usually stayed at the firehouse, she had had to go to the vet for checkups and Mouch had taken her home after.
''Come on, get the stick!'' Mouch yelled as he threw it away again, the dog dashing after it.
Trudy Platt came home from work and walked up behind him, hugging him and kissing him on his cheek.
''Hey, how was your day?''
''Good, little Pouch is all good too, so taking her back to the firehouse tomorrow.''
''That is great, the boys involved with the shooting finally talked today, by the way.''
''I don't want to hear about it.'' Mouch said, getting the stick back from Pouch and throwing it away again.
''Why not?'' Trudy asked a bit worried, putting her hand on his shoulder. If he didn't want to know that was fine, but she didn't want to let it pass, because she had thought that it would interest him.
''I just don't want to know because I was there...and I know that happened.'' Mouch said a bit upset, throwing the stick for Pouch again then.
''Okay...Sorry to bring it up.'' Trudy said then.
At the apartment Cruz and Otis were renting, Otis was slowly making his way to the kitchen. His leg was so sore still and he hoped that that would get better soon. Being alone gave him so much time thinking about all that happened in the shooting again and he didn't want it, he just wanted to move past it and go back to work.
Cruz came back from giving zumba training.
''I already made the food.'' Otis said then.
''Oh, great. I will carry it to the table.'' Cruz said as Otis still had trouble walking and he did so, but turned around then to see his friend looking upset and worried.
''I am worried about not getting back to shift.'' Otis said, limping to the table slowly.
''It's going to be fine man, really.'' Cruz said again then and Otis nodded, hoping is friend was right.
Gabby came to visit Matt later that afternoon and saw he wasn't feeling well, she knew him good enough to see that.
''You haven't even started your cookies.'' She joked as she put her bag down and kissed him.
''Feeling too sick.'' He admitted then. ''I've puked up everything so far and I don't want to finish them and have them come up again.''
''Oh.'' Gabby pouted, sad he was feeling so terrible.
''I am sorry if I puke again.'' He mumbled softly as she bend his way again and kissed him against his temple.
''Why are you sorry about that?'' She asked as she caressed over his hair then.
''It's not exactly what I want to do around my fiancée.'' He said as he was still holding up the tub.
''Are you kidding me, I worked as a paramedic, I had people puke over themselves, over me, everywhere. You shouldn't be embarrassed about it.'' She smirked then and finally he let go of a small smile.
Even though she did want to talk with him, she saw he was feeling just poorly and only caressed his back and hand, hoping to make him feel better and trying to support and comfort him.
Suddenly the door burst open and Nancy Casey walked in.
''Oh Matt, I finally managed to get here!'' She exclaimed as she almost pushed Gabby aside to hug him.
''Mom, be careful!'' Matt just managed to say, feeling he - and the wound on his chest - were getting crushed. Finally she let go of him.
''What are you even doing here.'' Nancy said then as she looked at Gabby.
''I am here, by his side, which I can't say about you.'' Gabby huffed.
''Guys, please don't fight.'' Matt said softly, looking concerned between his fiancée and his mom.
''You are the reason he even got shot in the first place, so I heard. There is no reason, you should even be here!'' Nancy told Gabby then, angry.
''At least I was here the last weeks.'' Gabby said then, looking at Matt, expecting him to say something, or send his mom away.
But Matt was laid back in the pillows again, seemingly almost falling asleep, tired and sick. Nancy had sat down on the chair she had been sitting, caressing his hand and angry she shook her head.
''You know what, I will be back tomorrow.'' She said angry, grabbing her bag and walking out.
It was not that she was angry with Matt, but the last two weeks she had been so supportive and Nancy busting in and saying these things to her had hurt her soul.
NOTE: Not a full on cliffhanger! But how will this end with Nancy Casey suddenly coming in and blaming Gabby!
Thank you so much for reading this chapter and I hope you did like it and please let me know what you think! If you don't leave a review I don't know what you think ;) Now you can be angry about Nancy Casey instead of Jordan!
