Hi all...looks like this will be my final chapter for explosions. Thank you for all your great reviews and support..and I hope to see you on my next journey in another story(once I think of something lol)...enjoy
Jamie
Gabby POV
I listen to the sounds of waves crashing as the sun slowly rises over the beach I look out over. I dig my toes deeper into the sand as I watch my beautiful daughter nursing on my breast. Her bright blue eye's which mirror her fathers looking right up at me while her tiny hand rests in the crevice between my breasts." Looks like its going to be a perfect day." I whisper as I play with the dark curls, she clearly got from me on the top of her head.
"Sure is going to be perfect." Matt whispers walking up from behind kissing my head, after slightly startling me.
"Your up early?" I smile over to him quickly as I start shifting the baby in my arms to burp her." You should get some more sleep."
"And miss my two favorite girls." He winks and gives me a knowing look asking if its ok to burp the baby himself. I lift the baby without a word as he lovely rocks her in his arms before I stand throwing the burping cloth over his bare shoulder." Just in case." I smirk patting his shoulder before walking back into the tiny bungalow we are staying at to grab a cup of coffee.
"Mommy thinks she's funny." I hear Matt chuckle and I can't help the smile I hide behind my coffee mug." Today is a big day for your Mommy and myself." He continues to burp our daughter in his arms, oh what a beautiful site it was. It brings me back to the first time I ever saw him hold our newborn, a new side of Matt I have grown to love seeing.
"That's right princess." I walk over kissing her forehead that's resting on Matt's shoulder before I move to his side wrapping my arm around his waist looking up at his perfect smile." We are getting married today." I say with a smile meeting his.
Matt kisses my lips softly before shifting the baby in his arms so he's cradling her again." That's right Sophie Grace today is the second best day in my life." He whispers before kissing our daughters forehead." You being born was the best day."
"Hey." I chuckle lightly swatting his arm getting a sympathetic look from him but knew he was right." I couldn't agree more." I say then playing with soph's soft curls again. I look up to Matt's glistening eyes in the sunlight of the dawn sun and I'm just about to place my lips on his when there is a light knock on the door." Who could be here this early?" I look at the clock reading 6:20 am before sharing a quick look with Matt then walking to the door.
"Good morning, my dear." My mother beams as I open the door." Look at you, you look exhausted." She says stepping in the door hugging me.
"Well it is super early." I answer in a sassy tone.
"Ah you never were a morning person anyway." She says already walking away from me." There she is my little Soph." And she's pulling my daughter from Matt's arms. He looks at me with a raised eyebrow but a smirk on his lips knowing how my mother couldn't get enough of Sophie." Good to see you too Matt." She finally greats him.
"You too Esmeralda." He smirks before kissing her cheek." It's mom, I told you." She answers in almost a scolding tone before shooing him into the bedroom." Put some close on and get to Antonio's cabin, he's expecting you."
"Mom." I whine lightly seeing her embarrass Matt slightly as he then just realised again he's only in boxers.
"What Gabriela, were all family, and what happen to tradition of not seeing each other on your wedding day?"
"I think that went out the window mom." I tease as I walk over to her and take Soph's tiny fingers in mine.
"Well I guess I'm going then." Matt steps back into the room pulling a T-shirt over his head. I mouth an 'I'm sorry' before he kisses my lips lightly." I'll see you later." He says with a smile, before to kiss Soph on the head who is now sound asleep in my mother's arm, then kisses my mother's cheek before one last kiss to my cheek he slips out the door.
Its quiet between my mother and I for a few moments as we watch the baby sleep peacefully in her arms before she speaks up again." This was never the life I imagined you having." She whispers before moving to lay Soph down in the porta crib and my mouth fell open. She turns to face me and sees my expression, and she quickly puts her hand under my chin." No my dear, I mean it's so much more then I could have ever wished for you."
"Mom." I whisper out as my eyes fill with tears.
"You have found a job that you love, which lead you to the love of your life." My mother wipes my tears that have fallen to my cheeks as I nod in agreement." And most importantly I've seen the amazing mother you have become, I'm so proud of you."
"I learned from the best." I smile between tears as my mother's tears match mine now." Thank you."
"No thank you." My mother pulls me into a tight hug." Matt is one lucky guy." She whispers in my ear.
"I'm pretty lucky myself." I say pulling away from our hug wiping my tears." And I can't be all puffy today." I chuckle waving my hands in front of my cheeks.
"No we can't." My mother chuckles wiping her own tears."What do you say we get started on your hair?" She runs her hand over it ." We should pull it up, you know how this heat can get here in the Dominican Republic."
I nod in agreement as we move to the vanity in the bedroom . I sit in front of the mirror taking in my reflection as my mind starts reflecting to all the craziness that lead me here to this very day, my mind stopped at the most recent, only 3 short months ago when I woke up in the hospital.
My eyes slowly open to white, all I see is white and I'm unsure just where I am. I open my eyes wider trying to take in my surroundings and what I see next shocks me slightly. Hallie." Your awake?" She whispers from the foot of the bed im in and I quickly realise its a hospital bed.
"Matt." I mutter out grabbing the tube in my nose as Hallie moved to stop me and all of the memories came flooding back like a dam had broken. I gasp grabbing my now flat stomach." Were, how...where.. please tell...me." I sob out.
"She's fine." Hallie tries to calm me from moving too much." Matt is with her." She says then turns to one of the nurses out in the hall to get him, i assumed "You need to relax, you lost a lot of blood during your delivery and we needed to operate to stop the bleeding, but your weak so I need you to calm yourself down, then its the sooner heal, and then you can see her."
Her last words caused me to stop squirming and lookat her." When can I see her?" I say with urgency, but before she can answer Matt runs into the room. He stops dead in his tracks looking at me with tear filled eyes, never even glancing at Hallie." Hey." I croak out and he takes large stride steps to me wrapping his strong arms around me and I feel his tears on my neck.
"You scared me." He whispers in my ear with a sniffle , and I watch Hallie slowly retreat from the room just as Shay and Severide come running in.
"I'm sorry." I whisper back as I give a nod that I'm ok to Shay and Severide, as Matt pulls away to meet my face he cups his hands on my cheeks, he wants to speak but he's at a ,loss for words." I know, I know." I whisper meeting his eyes and all his response to that is placing the softest kiss to my lips.
The next day I finally got to meet our daughter, it was a similar sight to what I saw this very morning, with Matt cradling this tiny newborn in his strong arms and he never looked more amazing and natural. That was the day our beautiful daughter got her name, me picking her first and Matt choosing her middle. Shay pushed my wheelchair over to Matt before he placed this tiny newborn in my arms, and that was all it took just that first second to fall unconditionally in love with what was a tiny piece of both Matt and I. That was the day I became a mother.
"So what do you think?" My own mother's voice snapped me back to present day.
My eyes focused on myself in the mirror and see that my hair is tied back in a low bun off centered towards my left ear and right above it was a white lilly pinned in as well." Wow." I whisper taking myself in some more." It's absolutely perfect."
"Great." My mother beams as she moves around to stand in front of me and russles through the make up spread across the vanity before turning to paint my lips in a crimson red color. I didn't realise how good this color on my lips would be till a short time later when I stood in front of the full length mirror." Perfect."
"It is right?" I answer my mother in excitement as I still look at myself in the mirror, my dress a white satin which clung to my body and fell to my feet with a soft flow. The neckline had small silver jewels that were an identical match to the ones around my waistline, and the back of the dress which left my skin exposed had a silver chain that was attached to each shoulder and laid flat on my bare skin down to my waist line.
"Matt will be breathless." My mom winked thru the reflection in the mirror." Now let's finish up and get you married."
" I like the sound of that." I turned to face her as we laughed together.
My mother dressed Soph, then herself and shortly there after we were making our way to the beach where the ceremony would be held. We see my father Antonio, and Matt waiting for us at gazebo where we would say our I do's, and the come to meet us, but all my eyes are focused on is Matt. He's in white slacks, barefoot which matches my feet and a light weight white button down with the top few buttons left open.
" Wow." Is all he musters when we finally reach each other.I'm at a loss for words as we hold each other's gaze but I hear my mother questioning the other two men in my life why they let Matt see me." Your brother?" He nods to him answering my questioning look.
"OK, OK." Antonio chimes in getting everyone to look at him." By the way sis." He kisses my cheek." You look stunning." And I just smile bashfully. "So Matt, Gabby I have a surprise for you." As he pulls out his IPad that was tucked under his arm.
Matt and I glance at each other for a moment as we watch the picture come to life , and a familiar face pops on the screen." Chief?" Matt says shocked.
"Is this working." Boden taps on the screen, as we laugh in complete shock still.
"Yes I see you chief." Matt answers.
"Oh give me that." He hear Hermann's voice before his face appears on the screen." Hey Lt., Dawson... or should I say soon to be Casey?"
"What is all of this?" I ask in complete shock and I look at at my brother grinning but my parents looked just as shocked.
"Well Gabriela, Matt." Boden's face pops up on the screen next to Hermann, we can't be there pyshically but we are attending virtually, or viaSkype, I guess." He chuckles then smiles brightly.
"Wow this is just..." Matt is left speechless.
"Say hi 51." Hermann says as he moves around the screen now showing the common room and all of 51 jumps up and cheers now." We are all here." He says bringing back his face to the screen.
"I have taken 51 out of service for the next 30 minutes." Boden peeks in the corner of the screen." So how bout we get this wedding started."
"How bout it?" Matt looks at me with glistening eyes and a smile that could electrify.
"Yes let's." I whisper back with the same smile.
"Wait, wait." Shay's voice comes thru the IPad.." I can't let you too get married without telling you one thing."
"Oh?" I question as Severide's face pops on the screen now.
"We love you guys." They say in unison.
Matt kisses my cheek before we tell them the same in unison, and we are then being rushed to our spots to get this wedding underway. My father links his arm to mine and we are making our way towards Matt, with a look I've never seen on his face yet, just when I thought I knew them all, yet this look makes me feel like there is no one else here just him and I and I'm floating in air.
We reach him and with a peck on my cheek from my father and my fingers locked with the only man that could ever have all of me is looking down at me with loving tear filled eyes. I looked out over the family that is watching over us , then my mother with our beautiful daughter in her arms. Then to Antonio who is sharing this moment with our second family at 51, I realise my life is finally complete.
We exchange our vows and place our rings on each others fingers before we seal our marriage with a kiss, a kiss that felt like the very first time his lips every touched mine. Our lives collided together and I finally have all I ever wanted. I will always wonder if fate brought us together with that building explosion or long before like the day I walked into 51. But for now I have forever to figure it out, and from where I'm standing now forever seems pretty damn perfect.
"I now pronounce you Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Casey."