Gone

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Gabby was waiting on the hallway in the hospital. She was so anxious about Matt coming from the office of his doctor. She just hoped that he would finally open up to the doctor. Even it was not against her, he could at least talk against the doctor she hoped. It would hopefully make him feel better and if they knew what happened, they could hopefully help him because they would know what had happened.

She couldn't even focus on reading the book she had taken and she kept on waiting. Finally the door opened and Matt walked outside. He walked her way and she got up then and hugged him.

''hey, how are you doing?'' She asked as she hugged him and as he leaned back, he smiled.

''Could you talk about it?'' She asked then, hoping he did and he nodded, just a bit. But she smiled proud at him and kissed him on cheek. She grabbed his hand and they walked outside, to the car. She thought that he did look a bit shaken up.

In the car he kept looking down and she tried to think about something to cheer him up and take his mind of all the things he was going through and she drove to home depot and together they choose a color for the extra bedroom, for the nursery. He pointe around to all of them and he was just smiling again now. When they got home she put all the sutf fin the extra bedroom and he fell asleep on the couch.

''I am just going out to do some shopping…I will see you in a bit, will you be okay?'' She asked but he was fast asleep on the couch. She left a note for him on the table and walked out then, hoping that he would be oaky. She just hoped that he would not be scared while he was alone.

She went to the shop, maybe even a little happy that she was alone for a bit. As happy as she was to have Matt home, it was hard to be around him all day because she had no idea how he felt because he was not talking. Even though he said a few words every now and then, it was still hard.

Gabby came home, a little surprised that Matt was no longer asleep on the couch and she walked around, looking what he was doing and she had no idea where he was. But finally she heard something in the extra bedroom and walked to there and slowly opened the door. She saw Matt sitting on the ground, carefully painting the wall in a nice shade of brown.

''What are you doing?'' She smiled as she kneeled down by him and he looked at the jar of paint in his hands and looked at her with a smile.

''For baby…'' He mumbled softly and turned back to the wall and kept painting. She sat down Bessie him and grabbed one of the extra brushes from the ground and then and started painting as well and he smiled a there for a second before continuing to paint. She was smiling as well nog because she was so happy that he was doing this because he seemed to be happy about doing this. He had even been saying something.

Suddenly they bumped into each other and she raised her hands.

''I am so sorry.'' She said then as he looked a bit startled but smiled then at her.

''There is paint on your shirt.'' She mumbled then as she tried to get it off, feeling really sorry that she had bumped into him. But he shrugged then with a smile, like it did not really matter and they walked to the bedroom so he could change his shirt. He pulled the shirt over his head and sat down on the bed, a little tired. When Gabby turned around she looked little worried a this back. There were scars from cuts all over his back. They had not seen it before but she saw it now. Some still seemed like they had just healed really recently and she felt scared. Had they done this to him?

Startled she let her hands go down his back and her fingers touched the scars. It made her scared. It was the first time that she saw them and it made her so worried. She knew he had been through a lot but she knew now that it had bene worse than all of them had even imagined.

He was still sitting on the bed and she pulled her hand back. She did not want to startle him again and handed him a new shirt. He got up then again as he put the shirt over his upper body while Gabby tried to keep a straight face. It hurt that he had been hurt. She grabbed his hand then and they walked to the kitchen, where she was making dinner and he tried to help him as much as he could.

Gabby looked as he was cutting the vegetables for the soup and she was still shaken up after seeing all the scars on his back. They had dinner together and he was still so tired that they went to bed together soon.

She laid down in bed and grabbed his hand when he suddenly moved closer and grabbed her, pulled her against him. His nose was buried in her hair and he suddenly started to cry. She turned around and kissed him on his forehead.

''hey, it is fine…it is all good…I got you here…'' She said then and caressed him over his arm, trying to hold him as good as she could. Finally he seemed to calm down and she kept holding him as he fell asleep. She was just scared because of all the scars and what he had gone through. He had seemed to be doing so well but now that he was tired, he just seemed to eb on the edge of losing it all again.

Matt tried to move and get away, but he was tied down to the chair again.

He was so hungry and he just wanted some water. The door to the room opened and he hoped that one of the man would finally bring him some food or water. He was not sure how much longer he could take it, but he had to be strong. He wanted to return home. Gabby had wanted to come with news. He had wanted to know that news.

He looked up the man, whom kneeled down by him.

''So what do you know about Nesbitt's operations.''

''nothing…'' Matt mumbled. His lips were so dry and he just wanted the water the man was holding.

''Why was the police working with you?''

''I don't know.'' Matt just said then, longing for the bottle of water the man was holding.

''Hmmm.'' The man shrugged then, turning around and walking away. As the door closed again Matt looked down, sobbing softly.

Gabby kept holding him as he was asleep, Matt softly shaking in her arms and she kept holding him. What if he would never be the man again that he had been before disappearing?

NOTE: Matt has been talking a bit, to both his doctor and even a bit to Gabby although it was just one sentence, but Gabby still happy especially when he started with the painting of the room but then she found out that he is covered in scars on his back and at night he broke down again and we got a little flashbacks. But will Gabby tell his doctor about the scars? Will she found out how he got them and will the upcoming baby will keep Matt feeling better and being strong?

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