Hi

Like I promised in the last chapter, here you have the new chapter in which you are going to find out what is Gabby's present, which some of you already know. You are lucky that in Spain it is 24th earlier than in other countries =)

I hope that you like it and let me some reviews. Thanks to everyone how read the last chapter, specially to: Camila, Guest, TildaJoy, MusicLuver21, ScandalOlitz4Ever, Sarrabr4, jscat2, Amanda, Justicerocks, Joy, texterlover, emily zoellner 71, Ally Jewett and MyDawseyHeart

I am sorry but I am sure about when I will update again. I need a few days to rest and study because in January I have a few tests. I am sorry

I hope that you have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy new year

All the best

Namine Redfield

Chapter 9

Matt was rubbing his right eye whit the back of his hand; he was really exhausted and all that he wanted to do was going to bed. It was almost 1 o'clock of the morning of the 22nd and it mean that Gabby will be there in less than twenty four hours and her present wasn't ready yet. It's needed a few details more.

He continued working until he was happy with the result of his job. Feeling proud of his job, he walked to the bathroom for taking a quick shower and later going to bed. He was lucky that he was still on leave thus, in that way he was able to finish her present. However, next week he will be on shift again with the rest of the guys.

As soon as his head was rested against the soft pillow he felt asleep with the hope that the next time that he lied down on the bed he would not be alone and, he could wrap his arm around Gabby's waist with his head rested against her shoulder.

/

Brett was fast asleep under the warm covers of her bed when a sound coming from the bathroom woke up her from her peaceful dream. She looked her watch and saw that it was four o´clock in the morning. One more time the sound could be heard from the bathroom. Putting on her slippers, she walked to the bathroom for seeing what was happening.

She turned the handle of the door and saw Gabby sat on the floor with her back pressed against the shower wall. Some sporadic tears were falling down her cheeks and she was rubbing her belly.

"you okay?" she asked worried

"Yeah. I am sorry for waking up you"

Brett sat near to her on the floor and rubbed her shoulder softly "doesn't matter. Should I call a doctor?"

"No. It just the morning sickness" she laughed and said "I don't know why I call it morning sickness if I have them during the night" she joked

"Do you want that I cook you something? You didn't eat so much last night and, the little that you had eaten you have thrown up"

"No thanks" With Brett's help she got up of the floor "I think that I am going to lie down on the bed and rest for a few hours"

"Okay. If you are not feeling well call me" she said when Gabby was resting in the bed

"Sure. Thanks"

"You are welcome" and Brett walked to her own room for catching some more sleep

/

The next time that Gabby opened her eyes, the morning light was coming from the blinds of the room. She looked her watch and saw that it was past midday; she couldn't believe that she slept late. She got up and walked to the shower for a quick shower and later for cooking a brunch for her since she had missed breakfast. She was alone on the house because Brett was on shift on fifty-one.

While she was eating her breakfast, she received a call from chief Boden.

"Hi Chief. How are Donna and little Terrance doing?"

"They are good" He said happy "Two days ago, doctors sent them home. Little Terrance is going to be at home for Christmas"

"Happy to hear it"

"Yeah. Thanks but, I don't call you for speaking about my family" Boden made a small pause "This morning, I spoke with Herrmann and he said me that you weren't feeling really well on your last shift"

"Yeah that is true. I think that Matt gave me the flu" she lied not ready that everyone knows her little secret yet.

"I hope that you get better soon"

"Thanks"

"One more thing, today, when I come back to my office for doing some paper work, Connie gave me a pink transfer form with your name. Do you care to explain me what is going on?"

"Yeah, about that. I can't continue on truck 81 for now. I have to come back to an ambulance for a few months"

"Why? It is because of what is happening between you and Matt? I will be more than happy of having a word with him if you..."

"no" she said "it's not necessarily and, he doesn't know that I am transferring out of truck 81"

"Guys, what is going on between you two?"

"a lot of... crap" she said

"Okay. I am going to try to have you on ambulance 61. Our house has a lot of call and, I am sure that main are not going to matter if we have three paramedics in our ambo"

"that would be great" she said "thanks chief"

"you are welcome. I will give you a call as soon as main says me if you can or not"

"okay"

"I hope that you come back to fifty one soon. Merry Christmas"

"Merry Christmas you too chief" she said before Boden hung up the call

She finished her lunch and washed the dirty dish. She had a few hours until she had to leave for going to meet Matt. In reality she was thinking in sending him a message saying him that she wasn't going to go and it would be okay if he could solve the problem with the bank by his own. The hormones together with the morning sickness were exhausting for her; she was feeling tired all the time and she was starting to feel small changes in her petite body. Thus, the last thing that she wanted to do that day was to have a discussion with Matt.

/

After sleeping a few hours, Matt woke up feeling excited. Finally, the day that he has been waiting during the last two weeks has came; today, he is going to see Gabby again to make it up and everything had to be perfect.

He cleaned the entire house, which took so long for him since he had been working in the guest room and in the living room with his tools.

After a few hours, the house looked really nice again. He walked to the guest room ready for giving the last retouch to the present. Suddenly, he phone buzzed inside of the pocket of his jeans. He had received a message from Gabby saying her that she wasn't going to come over later. Disappointed and without paying attention to her desire of not calling her, he called her.

"Gabby" he said

"Hi Matt" she said from the other side of the line "I guess that you have received my message"

"yeah" he said trying to control himself

"I am sorry. I am not feeling really well. I hope that you can solve the bank problem by your own"

"I can't Gabby. You have to come please" he urged "please"

"Matt, I didn't sleep so well last night. I am tired"

He wanted to cry so badly; his effort wasn't going to be useful for nothing if she didn't come. "please Gabby. It is really important"

"Matt" She said "I am not going to go"

"Where are you?"

"Why?"

"If you are not coming, I am going to go wherever you are" he said determinate to see her

"Matt. No. You can't come"

"Alright then, meet me in our house in a few hours"

"For how long?" she asked since he was sounded a little desperate by the phone

"It not going to take so long. I promise"

"Alright, see you in a few hours"

"Thanks" he said grateful that she changed her mind about coming to the house.

After hung up the call, Matt could felt that his cheeks were a little wet. He almost started to cry when for a moment he thought that Gabby wasn't coming. He dried his tears and took some minutes to calm himself before entering in the guest room for finishing his surprise.

/

Few hours later, Matt was sat on the arm of the couch looking around the living room making sure that everything was in its place. He checked his watch for the fifth time in the last three minutes; she had to be there in no time.

He has reviewed over in his mind all that he was going to say her as soon as he opened the door. He was really nervous and he had hoped of not stuttering so much.

When the watch gave five o'clock, he held his breath until a small knock was hearing from the main door. He took a deep breath and checked his appearance on the mirror. He had decided to wear a dark pair of dress pants and the white shirt that Gabby loves, he had shaved one hour ago and his hair was being brushed and he even used gel on it.

Feeling a little anxious, he opened the door and smiled to Gabby, who was standing up on the other side of the door

"I started to think that you weren't going to open the door" she joked

"Sorry" he said and moved to one side for letting her to enter in the house.

"Whoa. You guys didn't run any crazy party in my absence" she said taking off her coat, under it, she was dressed with an incredible blue dress. Her hair wasn't on her typical ponytail thus; her dark curls were falling down her shoulders. "Well what is the problem with the bank?" but he didn't respond, he was hypnotized for her beauty; his mind was completely blank.

"You are so... whoa...you look really nice" he stuttered

"Thanks. After this, I am going to my parent's house for spending there the night with them" she said "Can we speak now about the bank?" she asked nervous

"What?"

"The bank. The problem with the bank account"

"Oh Yeah. Eh about that. I think that maybe I overreact with that"

"What do you mind by overreact?"

"There isn't any problem with our bank account"

"What?" she freaked out "Are you saying that you made me to come here for nothing?"

Angry, she took her coat and walked to the door "That is not true" Matt said holding her arm "there is something that I want to say you"

"Tell me"

"Well in reality it is something that I want that you see. But, not right now. You have to wait"

"I am going home, Matthew"

"Telling you that there was a problem with the bank was the only way in which I could make you to come over tonight" he made a pause

"Why?"

"Because…I owe you an apology. A big one" he made a pause and freed her arm "I am sorry for being a jerk with you in the last couple of weeks. I am sorry. It took me one day in the hospital for me to figure that out. I am sorry" He could dared to say that she was trying to control a few tears, a battle that she was losing "I love you not only for what you are but for what I am when I am with you. And, I am stupid because the greatest thing that has ever happened to me was finding you and, I blew it. I have been missing you a lot in the last two weeks" he said crying too

"Matt" she said encircling his neck with her hands "baby"

"Gabby. Please come back home. I need you. I promise you that I am not going to doubt of you never again"

"It's not that easy Matt"

"We can do this" he said resting his forehead against hers "You and me"

"You and me" she said when in reality they weren't not going to be any more only he and she; in a few months a baby is going to be in their life

"We'll work it out" He approached slowly his lips to her and looked to her making sure that she wanted too. Finally, he closed the small space between them pressing his lips against hers. His hands travelled around her hips for getting her body closer to her; her chest was against his toned one. Suddenly, Gabby broke the kiss; she didn't want that he found out that she was pregnant yet. It was something that she had to tell him.

"You okay?"

"Yeah. It just that it has been a long time"

"Yeah" he took his hand and gave her a tender kiss "Do you want to have dinner with me?" he asked pointing to the kitchen "I mean, we can have a nice dinner together and later speak about how much I blew it" Gabby nodded biting her lower lip and he led her to the kitchen. The table was settled up in a romantic way. There were two candles and some rose petals on the table as well as in the floor.

"Did you do this for me?"

"Yeah and more" she gave him a curious look

"Come on. Have a seat. I will bring the plates"

She took a seat and saw that there were wine glasses, something that together with the beer she couldn't drink until the baby born.

"I hope that you like it" he said putting in front of her one of the plates

"Thanks but..." She said when he took her glass for filling it.

"Wine would be the best option for this dinner but, I can't drink alcohol because of my medication. I hope that you don't mind to drink some juice"

"No" she said grateful of not having to tell him that she was carrying his baby. She wanted to wait for the best moment.

"Did you cook this?" she asked surprised since she was the one who used to cook all the time

"Yeah. It is Spinach, strawberry, and chicken salad" He said so proud of his work. "Bon appétit" She took her fork and took a small bite of it. It was delicious "Do you like?"

"Yeah. It is great" she said

"come on let's eat"

Most of the dinner was in silence. Neither of them knew what to say, the fact that they were agreeing of trying to make it up didn't mean that everything was alright between them again. There were a few things that they need to work it out yet.

"how are you?" she asked breaking the silence at the end of the dinner

"I am better. I am going to be on shift next week. What about you? Severide said that you didn't show up in the last couple of shifts"

"Yeah about that. I think that I caught a cold but, I am better now"

"Good to hear it" he said smiling "Why not you go to the living room and I do the dishes?" He proposed placing the dirty dishes on the sink

"Matt, I think that the dishes can wait, right?" she said holding his hand "I think that it would be nice to have a conversation. The last couple of weeks had been pretty rough"

He nodded and taking their juice glasses, they went to sit on the couch.

"I am sorry for saying that you were a whore" He said

"I am sorry for not showing the respect that you deserve on shift. You are my Lieutenant. And as my Lieutenant and my fiancé, I understand that the last thing that you want that can happen to me it's something bad"

He gave her a wide smile and took her legs for resting it against his lap "Thanks" he rested his bank on the couch and he stared her for a few minutes.

"Nothing happened between Mills and me"

"I know. I am sorry for not trusting on you. It just that..."

"Hallie" she said and he looked her curiously "Severide told me what she did. I am not she and, I am not going to do you something like what she did to you in the past" she said brushing his blonde hair.

Matt took his glass from the coffee table and gave a small sip. Everything was going perfect and, it was time to give her one of her early Christmas present. So, steeling himself he said "You know, Santa come by this Christmas few hours early for letting you a present under the tree"

"What?" Matt pointed to the tree and she saw that there was a small Christmas present wrapped under the tree "Matt"

"Come on, let's go and see what Santa bring you this year" He took her by her hand and led her to the tree where she took the small present for unwrapping it.

"It is a box"

"Open it" he said smiling

She did it and saw that inside there was a doorknob "What is this?" she asked curiously holding it with her hand "It is what I think that is?"

"I don't know maybe you should ask Santa" he joked

"Matt"

"Really I don't know" and she gave him a dirty look "Alright, I will give you a clue. If I were you, I will try to find a door without a doorknob" he said giving her the clue "that is all that I am going to say you"

She looked closely the doorknob and got up of the couch for finding the door that didn't have doorknob, with Matt walking behind her. After a minute, she saw that the guest room was close, without door knob and it was like if a paper were wrapped around it. She looked him confused and he just shrugged.

She walked to the door for putting on it the door knob with Matt help. It fit perfectly. She opened the door and she was stunned when she saw that the room which until two weeks ago, when she left the house, it was a simple guest room not it was transformed into a wonderful nursery.

She entered in the room and saw that the walls were painted in one light tone of beige. On the right side of the room, there was a mahogany crib and in front of it, there was a changing table also of mahogany. In the back of the room there was a rocking chair that matches with the other two furniture of the room. She looked to the door and walked to eat for un-wrapping the paper around it and found that it was decorated with a few stickers of animals.

"Matt" she said covering her mouth "how do you..? How..?" She was so touched that didn't know what to say "that is a nursery"

"Gabby" he said hugging her for behind her and placing his hand above the bump of her stomach

"Matt" she said turning around for facing him "How do you know it?"

"So it is true" in the tone of his words only were noticed emotion and happiness. She has been thinking that he would be anger when he found out that she was pregnant and didn't say him nothing immediately.

"Yeah. I am pregnant" she said crying "I am sorry for..." but her words die inside of her mouth when Matt pressed his lips against hers.

"Gabby that is the best gift that any man can receive. A baby of the most amazing woman" he said with tears in his eyes "I love you"

"I love you too Matt" she said hugging him "I love you so much" and cried on his shoulder

"How long are you pregnant?"

Eight weeks" she said rubbing her stomach. Matt smiled and knelt in front of her for placing his hand on her stomach "What are you doing?" she asked laughing

"Hey little one. I hope that you took good care of your mommy in the last two weeks for me"

"It had been a little rough. I had had morning sickness most of the days"

"It is something normal. My mother had them most of the night of the first trimester when she was carrying me"

"Did you speak with her about this?"

He smiled shyly "I needed a few things for the nursery" he led her to crib and she saw that inside of the crib there were a mattress decorated with a soft blanket and a teddy bear

She took the teddy bear and saw Matt's name on the label "Is this yours?"

"Yeah. My first teddy bear. My grandma gave it to me the day that I born"

"Are you saying me that a little Matthew Casey used to sleep cuddled to this little guy?"

"Until I turned six yeah" he said laughing

"thanks Matt. That is exactly what I want"

"What do you mean?"

"I just needed to know that you love me and, doing all of this for me and the baby, show me that we are really important for you"

"Of course that you are. You are the woman of my life and you are carrying my baby" He planted on her lips a tender kiss of her lips

"Make love to me" she said

"Gabby" he said rubbing her shoulder "I don't know..."

"I need to feel you inside of me. Please"

"Baby"

"You don't want?" she asked

"of course that what that I want to make love with you. However, I don't want to hurt her"

"Don't worry it is completely safe for the baby. Nothing is going to happen to the baby"

"I just don't want to hurt her. I can wait"

"She?" he nodded and placed his hand on her belly "Do you have the feeling that it is going to be a little girl?"

"Yeah a little girl as beautiful as her mommy" and he kissed her again. She placed her hands behind his neck for getting him tighter at the same time that he deepened the kiss

"I think that we should continue this in our room" she said

He nodded and carried her in bride style to their room for catching up for the time lost.

I hope that you liked this new chapter and let me some reviews.

I don't know when I will be able to update again. I need to study and I have to visit my family so, I am not going to have so much time. I am sorry.

Have a good Christmas Eve and Christmas day with your family and, I case that I can't update before, I wish you a happy new year.

See ya =)

Namine Redfield