Matt was nervous as they walked into the hospital and he grabbed Gabby's hand a little tighter. Her finger twined with his and she gave him a nervous smile.

It wasn't hard to find the way to Dr. Mason's office and Matt seemed to hesitate for a second before he knocked on the door. He kissed Gabriela on her temple as she had to go her shift and he went inside, giving her one last desperate look before disappearing inside the office.

''Hey Matt.'' The woman greeted him with somewhat of a sad smile, as she had hoped everything would be alright with the young man now and he sat down on the chair in front of her.

''You are not doing well, are you?''

Matt breathed out through his nose and shook his head; ''No. Not really.''

He felt even more awful than he had before, mainly because this night had been sleepless as he was in pain and worried.

Gabriela walked back to the car she was worried about Matt. It hurt her feelings he hadn't been honest with her but all she could wish for now was for him to get rid of headache. She hated the idea of him being in pain and she just wanted to leave the pills far behind them. They had talked for a long time this morning and decided not the tell anything about the pills to Mason, so the nurses career wouldn't be in danger. It was not in Gabriela's nature to lie about something like that she didn't want the nurse to get in trouble and if the nurse would be trouble, so would Matt be for having the pills. With her medical knowledge, she also knew it could do no harm for Matt not to tell about the pills to Mason.

She tried to calm herself down as she drove to 51 and she wished she could be there with Matt and Mason but she knew she couldn't get out of shift and neither did she want to go again. ONly Matt had called in sick this morning and had explained the situation to the chief - about the headache, not the pills - but he had asked her to tell his truck today as he was actually planning on trying to return for today. She parked the car and met up with Shay on the way to the entrance.

''Hey, where is Matt? Thought he was going to return today to at least watch and instruct at the calls again.''

''It's not good.'' Gabriela said as she stopped walking and looked at Shay. ''He is in the hospital getting examined again his headache is still as bad as it was before. ''

''Shit, hopefully they can help him. How are you keeping up?'' Shay asked worried.

''I am fine, I just hope they will be able to help his headache.''

They walked inside and Gabriela got a mug of coffee as some men looked surprised Matt was not with her.

''Guys, I have to tell you something.'' Everybody looked her way and Gabriela looked around.

''Matt is not coming back yet and I have no idea when he is. Right now, he has another examination at the hospital because the pain in his head won't go away.''

Most of the men bow their heads.

''Is there anything we can do to help him?'' Severide said, looking up.

''Right now, no. I just wanted you to know what was going on.''

As the alarm went off in the firehouse, Matt looked around the waiting room. He knew he would be called soon for an MRI and a CAT-scan but right now, the wait was killing him and the pain was making him edgy. He thought back about his conversation with Mason, whom was really worried as his coordination in his legs wasn't really good and it could mean there was something wrong with the artery in the back of his head that had caused all the problems before. Honestly, he head blamed the pills and pain in his head for his legs.

''Matthew Casey.''

It felt like he had lead in his shoes as he stood up and he followed the doctor.

Gabriela doubted for a second if she had to see if Matt was still in Mason's office but she knew he was probably still going through tests so she just signed their patient in and left to the firehouse again.

Matt remained in the hospital for most of the night and he was glad he when he was assigned a bed so he could try to sleep for the night while they were looking at the results of his tests. Taking the sleeping pulls they gave him he laid down in the bed and for a second he doubted if he should call Gabriela that he was staying in the hospital for tonight he realized she wouldn't be worried tonight about him not coming home and he laid down in bed, crossing his fingers the results would be positive and he would finally get rid of the pain.

As Gabriela was off to the call Matt got a taxi to the firehouse early in the morning. He laid his head against the car window, doubt going through his head. He knew he had to tell her but he didn't dare too as he was too scared himself. What if the surgery would go wrong and he would suffer brain damage...or worse?

As he the shift was almost finished he guessed he could go home with Gabriela, but right now he really needed to see her as the nasty feeling of what was wrong in his head kept haunting through his mind.

''We are here.''

Absent, Matt handed him the money and got out of the taxi, walking to the firehouse and inside. Pouch was the first to greet as he saw the trucks, squad and ambo were gone and he sat down on the couch as the dog jumped next to him and he petted the dog as she laid her head against him.

''I missed you.'' He said as he grabbed the tennis ball from next to the couch and he rolled it over the floor, laughing as the dog chased it and brought it back to him. He stretched his hand out and Pouch dropped the ball from her mouth on his hand he did the same again, only to have Pouch return it just as enthusiastically.

Pouch returned the ball and when Matt bow forward to roll it again the dog licked him in the face and he pet the dog again.

''Good little girl.''

The doors opened the guys from truck entered, greeting him and sitting down in a chair and he stood up as soon as Mouch entered so he could sit on his own spot on the couch but Mouch signed him to sit down;

''You probably feel more comfortable sitting down.''

''There is nothing wrong with me.'' Casey assured him as he stood up and he knew he was wrong, that there was something wrong with him, but at least not something they should feel the way that they should treat him differently.

''Hey.'' Gabriela entered shortly after and Matt just nodded at her, knowing it wasn't really appropriate to hug her here.

''How did it go.''

''I will tell you after shift, I just really needed to see you.'' He said and Gabriela looked at him and in his eyes she could see that there was something wrong. He looked really worried and he had his wounded puppy face again. She looked at the clock, realizing it was another 30 minutes and she took his hand as she took him to the office, only to remember it was no longer his office for the moment as Hermann was sitting at the desk, writing a report.

Slowly Matt and Gabby walked to the laundry room and Matt jumped a little bit as he sat down in the washer and chewed on his thumb nail.

''No good news, is it?'' Gabriela said as she laid grabbed his hand and brought it down, rubbing over it as he was only biting his nails when he was stressed. Also, it was very clear in his face that there was a trouble ahead.

''The artery is messed up and it doesn't let the blood through well enough. There is pressure building up again which causes the headache. If I don't have the surgery the artery can burst and bleed.''

She looked worried; ''There is something they can do, right?''

''Surgery.'' He sighed and she looked at him

''But then there is something that can be done. You are going to be okay.''

''It is a really dangerous surgery. If something goes wrong I'll get another stroke and I might end up with major brain damage, or worse.'' he said worried. ''I know it is a change I should take, but what if it goes wrong?''

'There is not choice in his Matt. You have to get the surgery.''

''I know...but...'' His eyes started to tear up and Gabby pulled him in her arms. She could imagine Matt being nervous for the surgery but she also knew there was no other choice. If he wouldn't ge the surgery another stroke it could be lethal.

''What if I bleed out during the surgery?'' He said as he buried his face in her neck.

''Then you are in a room with a group of doctors who know what they are doing. You know another stroke will happen, it could also happen during a call, or in your sleep again. That would be lethal.''

Matt just sobbed and Gabriela rubbed over his back.

''You are going to be okay. You are going to be fine, I promise. We are going to get through this.'' She whispered in his ear as she looked over his shoulder, but deep from the inside she didn't feel any different than he did.

NOTE: Will Matt go for the surgery and will he finally be okay, or will something bad happen?

I really hope you liked this chapter and that is understandable enough, even with the parallels. Thanks a lot for reading and please do leave a review before you go!