''It was just one bottle.'' Matt explained. ''I got these from the hospital for if I really needed them and I didn't want to worry you.''

''Did you take any?'' She asked him, desperately.

''One, yesterday evening. It made me sleep better.'' He lied again and he could feel his stomach almost turning over as he lying to her.

''I promise babe, I am fine.'' He got up out of bed and laid his hand over hers, took the bottle from her hands and walked to the bathroom, throwing them in the trashcan.

''I am so, so sorry for not telling you.'' He pulled her in his arms and kissed her in her neck but she pulled herself free from his arms and walked to bed, flicking the light switch off and Matt walked into the dark bedroom.

''Goodnight.'' He kissed her in her neck as he laid down again and she turned around for a second.

''Goodnight.''

She turned away from him again and he understood she was mad. He would have been mad if he was her and he couldn't imagine how mad she would be when she would find out about all the other pills. He had to make sure she wouldn't before the headache cleared out. For a second he doubted if he should be completely honest with her but he also realized it would hurt her more to hear he was in pain than that she would never found out he was.

He closed his eyes and tried to ignore the pain in his head which was horrible now he hadn't taken a pill. Just for one night...it had to be better tomorrow.

He woke up and she was already out of bed and he looked at the alarm on his side, shocked it was already past 10 and he jumped out of bed, running to the shower.

''Morning babe!'' He just yelled into the living room.

''Honey, why do you sound so stressed?'' She asked he could hear she turned the TV down.

''Severide is coming to pick me up twenty minutes, we are going to the shipyard, he needs some help with fixing one of the boats.'' Matt explained as he stepped under the shower. He grabbed the bottle of shaving cream and he didn't need to shave but his fingers searched for the small plastic bag in the cream and he pulled it out, looking at the few pills in the bag. He was sure now. These where the last he was going to finish. He would clean all the bottles when Gabriela was on shift tomorrow. Just these few. He took one and got ready and he was still dressing when the doorbell rang. He heard Gabby letting Severide inside and he walked to the living room.

''Hey!'' Severide greeted him with a clap on the shoulder and Gabby walked out of the kitchen.

''I made you two some sandwiches. In case you need something else just call. Other than cleaning I don't have much to do anyway.''

Matt took the bag and kissed her; ''See you tonight.''

He walked out with Severide to his car.

''You look good man. I had expected you to look very bad after the second stroke but you even look cheerful.''

''What can I say, just laughing at dead for cheating him twice.'' Matt said with a smile as he took one of the sandwiches from the bag as they stepped in the car and handed one to Severide too, but Severide refused; ''I already had breakfast.''

They drove to the shipyard and Matt got out, happy to know he would be outside for some time after being sick and inside for so long.

''This is what I need your help for.''

Severide handed him a paint brush and also took one himself.

''I thought you had some constructing mystery.'' Matt laughed.

''Not really, I just guessed you could use some time out of the house and doing something. I know you, you lose your mind when you are not occupying it with something.''

Matt smiled as they sat down by the small boat and started to paint it.

''You were right, I could use some time not being in the house, resting.''

''If it is getting too much just tell me, I will bring you home.''

Matt made large strokes with the brush and Severide looked aside.

''I can see you did painting before.''

''Yes, usually painting is a part of contracting.''

Two hours later they sat down on the edge of the dock, eating the sandwiches. Matt looked over the water and realized he missed normalcy, things like this.

''How is living together with Gabriela?'' Severide asked as he took another sandwich.

''Like an all-inclusive resort. Food just never stops.'' Matt laughed. ''No, it is really nice. I had expected living together would be really hard after Hallie, but it turns out to be nicer than living alone.''

''That's good.''

''How is Katie?''

''Looking for a job in a catering company, she delivers us food almost every shit in the meantime and earns some money by that.''

''That's really great.''

''You should have lunch with us soon again.''

Matt nodded as they got up again and got back to painting. They finished the job pretty early and Severide took him to a restaurant, where they had dinner together.

''I am buying, as a thank you for the painting.''

''It was no effort.''

''I insist.'' Severide smiled as Matt got handed the menu and although Matt really liked to be here with him and enjoyed it, he got cranky as he hadn't had a morphine pill in the last hours and his head was killing him again. Soon after the dinner Severide brought home and Matt opened the door, changing his painful face in a smiling face for Gabriela.

''Hey babe.'' He walked to her and kissed her but only now he saw she had been crying.

''Babe, what is wrong?''

She stood up, grabbed his arm and took him to the bedroom.

''What is this, Matt?''

She opened the door to their bedroom and Matt looked at the stash of bottles with pills on the bed.

''These are the ones from the kitchen, the living room and the bedroom. Excuse me if I missed one.''

She turned around and walked back to the living room while Matt kept looking at the pile. Had he really gotten this much from the nurse? He sat down on the floor and he knew there were more if these bottles were just the ones from the living room, the kitchen and the bedroom. He bow his head and rubbed over it as he heard Gabriela walking in again. He heard her sitting down on the floor next to him and pulled him in her arms.

''Shh...Is your head hurting now?'' She whispered as she rubbed over his back.

''It is.'' He cried in all honesty, but he wasn't crying because of the pain, he was crying because he still felt guilty for lying to her. He should have known it was wrong, but he had wanted her to think he was fine so she wouldn't worry and feel bad and now he really messed things up.

''Shhh, it's going to be okay, I promise.''

Note: So, what are they going to do now? Can Gabriela really trust him again and will Matt finally get rid of his headache?

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