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The next day.
When Gabby walked into Matt's room again, she smiled then. He was sitting on the edge of his bed and there was an empty plate on the small tray on his bed.
''Hey, how was breakfast?'' She smiled, so happy he had been eating and he looked up and for a second the corners of his mouth seemed to curl up in a smile before he looked down again. She sat down beside him and took his hand in her hands against and although he didn't really react to it, she felt good sitting beside him like this because he was at least eating. His fingers moved a bit in his hand and slowly his thumbs started to caress her hand as well.
She heard somebody walked inside behind them and cleared his troath and when Gabby tuned around she saw her brother was standing there and she got up.
''Matt, mind if I borrow my sister for a bit?'' he asked then and Gabby walked with her although Matt did not react to him. Gabby walked onto the hallway with him.
''We cleared matt as a suspect.'' He said then. Gabby shuffled on her feet a bit, she was happy but also upset that it took so long.
''You finally figured out it wasn't him.'' Gabby sighed.
''Gabby you know it was not like that…we found DNA under Katja's nails and we had to make sure it was not Matt…and we didn't have his DNA, now we had it and we ran it. We cleared him as a suspect.''
Gabby crossed her eyes and still looked down. She was frowning.
''Gabby don't be angry with me, you know that I never thought that Matt did it but I am a policeman. I need evidence that he is not the murderer.'' He said then.
''You needed DNA for that?'' Gabby huffed.
''The DNA did not match Matt's DNA…'' Antonio said then.
''I can tell you who's it is – Jack Nesbitts''Gabby said then.
''If only you were the detective, little sis.'' Antonio teased her and she shook her head while she walked back inside. Honestly she was just happy that Matt was cleared as a suspect now, so all they had to worry about was his recovery.
Antonio looked at her for a second, still not sure how to feel about all of this. He wanted Matt to feel better and have all the responsible men arrested but he was also wasn't sure how to feel about his sister being pregnant with all that was happening now.
Voight arrived and together they walked inside.
Matt looked worried then as Antonio and Voight walked in. They said they wanted to ask some questions and Matt cringed a bit.
''Matt, what happened to Katja?'' Voight said then as they sat there and Matt pinched Gabby's hand. She kept holding and caressing his hand, hoped that he could just answer it so that Voight and Antonio could clear him soon as their suspect. But Matt was still silent.
Jack Nesbitt walked inside past Matt….
''Matt, are you still with us?'' Antonio asked concerned and Matt looked at him, not sure what to say or do. He didn't want to go back to those bad memories.
Gabby felt how Matt was shivering and shaking.
''Antonio stop it.'' Gabby said as she kept holding Matt's hand.
''Stop it!'' Matt yelled.
''Matt, just tell us what you can.'' Antonio said then and Voight nodded.
''Anything could be helpful.''
Jack stepped over the puddle of blood.
''Are you coming with me or do I need to force you?''
Matt wanted to fight Jack, get out of this but all of the men surrounded him and he knew that there was nothing he could do but cooperate. If he would go away, at least Gabby would be safe if she arrived here.
''Casey?'' Voight asked then.
''You are hurting him by talking about it, stop it.'' Gabby said again.
''Was it Jack Nesbitt that killed Katja?'' Antonio asked then and Voight looked at the detective beside him, but Matt slowly nodded then. Gabby kept caressing his hand and he was still almost crushing his hand, but she was just happy that at least he was somewhat answering their questions.
''Did Nesbitt hurt you?''
Matt didn't react to it in anyway and Antonio looked at him.
''Matt you can help us grab Jack Nesbitt and his men. Did his men take you?'' He asked then and finally Matt nodded again.
Antonio say then that Matt was struggling a lot with having to think about it and he got up then, together with Voight. They knew that everything was still so hard on him, especially because he was also not talking.
The two policemen left soon and Gabby stayed with Matt in the afternoon, they watched a movie together and although visiting over was again over for so long, they just left her there as he was the only person he seemed to open up to. After dinner, Gabby helped matt up so they could make a small round over the hallway.
Gabby had her arm around him as they made a short walk over the hallway. Although it was a really short walk, it was still straining on him because he was still building up power and he leaned on her on their way back.
''Look at you, walking around, that is great.'' His doctor said then as they were still walking back towards his room and Matt didn't really reply, but Gabby nodded proud.
''If you keep going like this, you might be able to go home within just a few days.'' The doctor said but Matt shivered then. Gabby felt as he was shivering against him that worried her. Didn't he want to go home because he was still so scared? She walked back to his room again and walked to the bed with him, Matt sitting down.
She helped him sit down again and he gave her a small smile and grabbed for her hand again. She moved a bit closer and pulled the blanket over him again, making sure that he was okay.
''See, you are doing so much better.'' She said then and although Matt was not looking, he was smiling a bit and looked up at her then. She smiled back at him and she wished that he would just open his mouth and say something to her. But for now, the small smile and the slightly showing dimple made her happy. It was something and it was more than he had down the last few days.
''Severide is coming to see you tomorrow, he is really happy you are back as well, so you can watch sports again together and drink beers.'' She said with a smile, hoping it would cheer him up even more and he kept smiling and she was just content with the smile for now. Although she wished that he would talk, she knew that just smiling was an improvement and he was no longer scared of her. Instead he kept holding on to her.
''it is really great you finally answered some of the police question. I mean….at least they know something now…and that is good for you as well.'' She said softly and he gave her a small smile. She got up then, got ready to go home but again, he kept holding her hand like he didn't want her to go again. She sat down again and kept sitting with him and smiled at him now.
''I am glad you are smiling again and I know you can overcome this.'' She said then and although she knew there was still a long way to go for him and he was not talking yet, but she believed that he would get better and overcome everything that had happened to him.
She hoped tha the would say something but he just kept looking at her but did not say anything but he did looked a bit better and she thought about telling her what was happening to her now, that she was pregnant but she was not sure if he could handle it. But she still hoped that she could tell him soon.
For a second she wanted to get up again, she looked at him again but knew she could no longer keep it a secret much longer. She caressed his hand again and hoped that it would finally make him reply to her. Maybe this news would make him talk.
''Matt, I am pregnant…and you are the dad…'' She finally said then. She held her breath, waiting for his response.
NOTE: We had a little insight about what had happened through flashbacks and through his few answers to Antonio and Voight but what happens now that Gabby told her news to him. Will he reply to it and how will he reply to it? How will it go when Severide comes over?
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