Gabby came home from shift, exhausted. Loud snoring was sounding from the spare bedroom and she guessed Kelly had moved back into his old bedroom for the night. Walking to her bedroom she shared with Matt, she was so glad to see him. He was still fast asleep and she was as silent as possible, crawling in the bed beside him and fell asleep.
When she woke up, he was awake, leaning on his elbow as he was caressing the side of her face.
''Good morning.'' He smiled then and he kissed her, tenderly.
''Hmm, I love you.'' She said then, rolling over and leaning over him as she kissed him again.
''I mean you better, took me a bullet and nearly my heart.'' He teased her a bit and she shook her head.
''Now I hate you.''
''That is okay.'' He smirked but instead they shared another kiss. Gabby's hand krept under the shirt he slept in and she kept on kissing him, caressing his chest. They made out for a few minnutes.
''Gabby, my heart is racing.'' He said softly then while they were making out.
Immediately she stopped.
''oh no, I am sorry.''
''Sorry for my lousy heart to break the fun.'' He said softly and panting a bit as she rolled aside, worried she was making it even harder on him.
''So what did your doctor say about sex?'' She teased him a bit.
''Another 2 weeks, the physical therapist said.'' He said with a sad face and she nodded.
''Wouldn't want to kill you while making love.'' She smirked.
''Hmm. I would die a happy man.'' He said unimpressed and kissed her again. Laying down she crawled against him again.
After a while they did get showered and got dressed, Kelly still vast asleep. He hd gotten a phone call he could come back next shift so they guessed he had some mmissed sleep to catch up on.
''Come on, let me take you out for lunch.'' He smiled then and she grabbed Matts hand. Slowly but surely they walked around the park close to them and stopped by a small boulangerie along the way, sitting down for lunch.
Gabby was ordering the food as he was recovering from the walk. Hopefully soon enough he was back on how he was, even though he was already getting better every day. He just wanted to return to work and Gabby couldn't wait for him to be back. Even though it was dangerous, she knew it would be good for him.
They had lunch and wanted to get some more drinks but before that Gabby got up to go to the bathroom.
Matt looked as Otis came walking in and walked to the counter. He seemed to have already ordered earler as he was paying and waiting for the server to hand him a bag and Matt got up, walked his way.
''Hey, picking up lunch for you and Cruz?'' Matt asked.
''Yeah. Going back to shift tomorrow.'' Otis said then.
''That is great!'' Matt smiled as he invited Otis to sit down with them but he shook his head.
''yeah, I guess it would be good, if people would want me back.'' Otis said a bit angry as he took the bag the woman behind the counter handed to him. .
''What is wrong?'' Matt asked concerned as he laid his hand on Otis' shoulder. Suddenly Otis shoved him back with his hand against Matt's chest and walked off then.
Gabby saw it happen as she was walking back and looked concerned at Matt.
''Are you okay.''
''Yeah.'' Matt said and they walked back to the table. Gabby looked surprised at what Otis did.
''What did you say to upset him?'' Gabby asked concerned as Otis had hit him against the chest while shoving him.
''Nothing. I just said it was good he was getting back to work tomorrow. It really seems like he is just upset.'' Matt frowned.
''Then why did he shove you?''
''I don't know really.'' Matt said.
''Let's go home, okay?'' Gabby said then and Matt got up with her and she had her arm around her as they walked home.
Kelly came walking out of the bathroom now, towel around his waist.
''Kelly, put some clothes on!'' Gabby teased him but Matt shrugged.
''Well chicks dig scars so I am not concerned.'' Matt joked back .
''Seems like something is off.'' Kelly said worried as he did see something was wrong.
''Otis was in the same lunch room as us, Matt went to talk to him but for some reason he got really Matt and shoved Matt.''
''What, why? Are you okay?''
''It's fine, really. I am more concerned about Otis.'' Matt assured them again.
''Hopefully it will all clear up the next shift.'' Kelly said then.
THE NEXT SHIFT
''Hey, great to see you mean, didn't know you were coming back today.'' Kelly said excited as Otis walked in.
''Yeah, I figured nobody knew cause nobody asked.'' Otis said a bit angry as he brushed past Kelly.
Kelly looked a bit surprised as he walked off.
Otis walked into the locker room and Gabby looked at him there as she was grabbing some stuff from her bag.
''Hey, welcome back.'' Gabby said, hoping to see a different Otis than she did in the cafe two days ago.
''Yeah, sure.'' He said a bit upset and she guessed that being nice to him now was better than blaming him for shoving Matt.
''How are you feeling? Is your leg all okay?''
''Yeah, otherwise I wouldn't be here.'' Otis said as he wanted to walk off.
''Well I don't think you are okay.''
''Well you could have asked earlier and so could the rest.'' Otis said angry and he walked off. Gabby was angry now as well, thinking about what he had done in the restaurant and she walked after him to the common room.
''What is the matter with you!'' Gabby said angry.
''I am angry because we were supposed to get through this as a group and none of you really messaged me during my recovery.'' Otis admitted then to the full common room.
''Hold up now. We tried to reach you multiple times. You didnt want to come to Molly's, you didn't want to come to the barbecue. Don't blame this on us!'' Kelly put him back in his place.
''Hey, this is my first shift back! Stop fighting! You get rid of this terrible chief and this is how you repay me for that?'' Boden said then.
''Sorry.'' Otis said then. He was angry because of what happened, not sure how to deal with us and he was really not sure about why he was feeling this way. He was angry and confused about the shooting and even more, he was angry because he felt left out by the rest. Even by Cruz.
''I don't want any more fighting in this house! We need to come together. Hopefully in a few weeks Casey will be back too and -''
''Already here.'' Matt suddenly said from the doorway.
''What are you doing here?'' Boden asked a bit surpised.
''I have to go for a walk every day and go farther every day. Figured that this was a great place to walk.'' He smiled. ''And I wanted to wish you and Otis a great shift back.''
''Looks like the house is finally complete again.'' Otis said, nodding at Matt, hoping they were okay and he nodded back then.
''I couldn't have said it any better. It was hard what we went through but we are really almost all together again and we need to start over, be the house again that we always were and that we are going to be again. I hink that evne though it was hard what happened, it only made us stronger.'' Boden spoke then and all of themm nodded, ready for whatever was going to come their way.
NOTE: So is the house really going to be okay now? How long until Matt is going to be on shift...and there is definitely some more talking to be done with Otis!
I hope you did like this chapter and please let me know what you think! Thank you so much for reading. The story is going to have 2 more chapters and end with an epilogue then. Hope you like that!
