Matt's POV

I watch Gabby put on her fire gear next to me as I stand by the passenger door of 81?" You ready for this?" I ask.

"Never more ready." She looks up at me with a sparkle in her eye and a grin on her face that could light up the darkest nights, this caused my heart to race."You won't be disappointed." Gabby tells me and I know her words have more meaning to them.

"Never." I nod before moving to open the garage door."Well let's do this." I tell her before hoping into my usual spot and Cruz speeds us down the busy streets.

Gabby's POV

Truck 81 backs into the garage 4 hours later returning from a house fire that was fully ablazed. It was amazing. I head into the coat room taking off all my gear when I hear foot steps behind me." You proved yourself very nicely back there." Matt spoke softly as I turned to face him." Nothing like a baptism by fire." His smile could have ignited another fire, but within me.

"Yeah it was amazing." I say leaning back on my heels to distance myself from him."That family should be fine, Shay told me at the scene." I tell him as I brush my hair back from my eye.

Matt lightly chuckled before reaching his hand up brushing his fingers along my cheek." You got soot on you hand you just rubbed it on your cheek." He tells me as his touch actually ignites the fire within me now.

"We can't do this." My voice barely a whisper and barely convincing that I mean what I say, as the smile fades from Matt's lips and the look in his eyes change

"No we can't do this." His whisper matching mine as he steps closer and places his free hand on my other cheek." But your all I think about."

Matt brings my lips to his and the kiss starts off slow but quickly builds into a heated passionate one before I get the strength to push myself back breaking us apart feeling this electric current urging me back to him." I can't." I say placing my fingers on my lips taking another step away from this pull he has over me." I'm not that kind of girl, I won't be that girl." I say before forcing myself to walk away." I won't be your mistake." I look back at him just before I push the door open.

"Gabby." Matt calls out to me as I walk out of the coat room." Just listen." I hear his voice trail off before the door closes behind me and I use every ounce of energy in my exhausted body to keep walking.

I rush thru the doors into the hallway of the firehouse outside of the bunkroom stopping to let out the breath I was holding resting my hands on my knees as I bend over trying to regain my composure. Just then I hear the ambulance backing in to the garage and I stand upright to go see Shay the one person I can talk to, as I turn around to walk back out to the apparatus floor my body collides into someone." Matt!" I mutter before even looking up to see who it is just knowing the feel of his body and the reaction he has on my body.

"We need to talk." He says once I look up meeting his blue eyes and he places both hands on my forearms to steady me for our collision.

"Casey I told you I can't, don't want to do this."

"Oh now it's Casey." He snapped back ." Before it was Matt."

"Fine Lt. Is that better." I snapped back." Can we just leave what happened in the past, and call it what it was a stupid mistake, between to friends that weren't thinking straight."

"You think it was a mistake?" Matt's tone somewhere between a question and a statement.

" It was a mistake... right?"

Matt opened his mouth to answer as the door swung open behind him and Chout walked through the door." Damn that was an amazing call the way you saved that baby." He grins walking right up to Matt and I as Matt quickly lets go of my arms and takes a few steps away.

"Yeah I'm glad I got to him in time." I reply with a half a smile watching Matt in the corner of my eye secretly wishing I knew what he wanted to tell me." The whole family is lucky thanks to Lt. Casey." The compliment came out and I instantly regretted it, but Chout let it go right over his head, Matt however didn't as he looked over to me as I still watched from the corner of my eye.

"Lunch isn't going to cook itself candidate." Matt spoke with a ping of jealousy laced in his voice just as Shay entered through the doors now rolling her eyes behind Chout.

" Yes Lt." I answer stepping away from Chout moving closer to Matt." Do you mind if I get washed up first?"

"No go ahead." He answers in a soft voice as he starts to turn around to walk away.

"Hey Dawson." Chout bounces up behind me." This weekend is that party at my buddies place do you want to go...together?"

I stop in the doorway to the bunkroom turning to answer Chout but Matt turns around and snaps."Candidate you got 10 minutes til I expect to see you in the kitchen." He then turns and walks out of site down the hall.

Shay gives me a look before I turnaround to answer Chout." Sorry it sounds like fun but I'm taken." I say before walking off towards the locker room.

"So your back with Jay?" Shay asks walking up next to me as I stand in front of my locker with my head pressed against it.

"No, I just told him that." I mumble tapping the bench with my foot.

"Spill it Dawson." Shay turns sitting on the bench before me getting me to look at her." Your not telling me something and you need to tell me right?"

"Right."

"Then spill it you can tell me anything."

I gnaw at my lip for a moment studying her non judging expression before I blurt out in a hushed voice." I had sex with Casey."

"I was wondering when you were going to finally tell me."

Author's note: so I decided to update this story while I try to get back into my writing groove. It has been some time so I hope this chapter is written well and you all enjoyed. Leave your reviews please... :-)