Gone

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Matt walked into the firehouse, greeting all the men and Kelly walked his way, pretended to hit him on his shoulder, which made Matt jump out of the way while Kelly was laughing at him.

''Don't worry, I won't hurt you!'' He laughed and he went to get a drink for Matt as Matt sat down. They all talked a bit what happened after he got injured on the job, but then he took a deep breath.

''I just want to tell you a bit more what happened…when Nesbitt took me.'' He said then and the men nodded, ready to listen for him. They knew that it was hard for him to keep talking about it but they wanted to support him with it and they hoped that telling something about it would help Matt.

''He came to my apartment…'' Matt said and his voice started to shake really bad. His hand started to shake as well and the coffee came out of the mug. Kelly moved a bit closer and handed him some water.

''He uhm…he killed Katja…I did not look but…he killed her and he threatened to hurt all of you if I wouldn't come with him…and that was what I did.''

The men did not know what to say now Matt was telling them this as this was really shocking. They didn't know what to say and not sure if there was anything that they could say.

''How long exactly did Nesbitt keep you…'' Otis asked carefully.

''Three weeks…the last week…I am not too sure what happened the last week. I escaped and I didn't trust anybody. I just hid for a week, until the police found me.'' Matt said then and he took a sip of water, the other men not really sure what to say.

''But I am glad it is all right now, I will be all right.'' Matt said then.

He wanted to tell them more but also did not want to upset them with the details, although he was not sure if he could talk about it.

''They kept hurting me, telling me I had to tell me who was going to the apartment. That Gabby, but I just did not say anything…I didn't want anybody else to get hurt….'' He said as he did not really know what to say. He didn't want to tell much more but he had opened up a lot more already.

''I just can't wait to come back here and work with you all again, if you want me back.'' Matt said then and Cruz nodded.

''Of course we want you back man!'' He said, hugging matt from behind, a bit awkwardly, Matt's shoulder hurting and Cruz hugging him so hard.

''Cruz you are hurting me.'' Matt barely managed to say but Cruz let go of him then and Matt laughed, the other men as well.

''Thanks for opening up to us.'' Herrmann said then as he knew it was not easy for Matt and although he had not told everything, he had tried to tell as much as possible.

They had another drink then, not focusing on all the bad times that they had gone through but instead just on all the funny things that had happened here. They just wanted to make sure that Matt knew that they were supporting him. That they would always support him.

Matt left a bit later, feeling so much better because the firehouse knew tha the had been through now and that they were still supporting him.

Walking back to the bus he suddenly saw a nice bracelet in the window of the shop.

He walked inside, looking at it again. It would look amazing on Gabby and he was sure that she would love it so much. It was just a small silver bracelet with a heart dangling on it but he really just wanted this for Gabby, to show how grateful he was for all she had done for him and how much he loved her.

A little later he got in the bus, knew that her family was at their home for dinner. She had been busy in the kitchen since this morning and she wanted to make Antonio's favorite Dominican dish.

When he came home she had already set everything up and waved for him to sit down by the table, while he just wanted to give her the bracelet in the kitchen with the whole family looking. But they started eating then and Matt waited until they were finished.

Then he took the bracelet out of his pocket and held the small jewel box out for Gabby.

''This is for you…I already gave you an engagement ring…but I want to give you this since we are still engaged, but since we had to start over, I want to renew the engagement.'' He said then and she smiled, holding up the bracelet and looking at it.

''That is gorgeous….I love it. Thank you so much.'' She said as she kissed him. Her family all smiled at him and he was so glad that they all seemed to accept him again, that they all seemed to be okay with him being with Gabby again.

They all had dinner together and after dinner Antonio helped him and Gabby putting all the dishes in the kitchen when Antonio suddenly turned at Matt.

''I am glad you are doing better…Gabby says you look after her very well and I can see that.'' Antonio said. ''Thank you for taking such a good care of my sister.''

''Thank you, that means a lot.'' Matt said and he and Antonio shared a bit of an awkward hug, but Matt was happy that Antonio finally seemed to be happy for them again. The family left soon and Gabby was walking around, cleaning up.

''hey, will you please leave that and let me do it?'' He asked as she seemed so tired.

''I don't want you to do everything. Your arm will hurt really bad again.''

''You look tired, please just go to bed, I will try to clean up.'' He said as he kissed her on her forehead but even when he started to do as much as he could do, she joined him again and they did it together.

She dunked the dishes and washed them off while he tried to dry them as much as he could, trying to use his hand in the sling, but it was not really easy.

Suddenly he dropped one of the plates that shattered on the ground. Gabby looking at him with big eyes and she laughed then, kissing him and he felt a bit guilty as she was doing it.

''Sorry I can't help you.''

''Well, you have been sweet enough today.'' She smirked as she dangled with the bracelet as she was done and they kissed again, Matt having his hand on the baby bump, felt their girl kicking and both of them were counting down the weeks.

NOTE: Matt has less trouble talking about what happened now and he finally opens up to the men at the firehouse. He finally talks a bit more and finds more support there and took a bracelet for Gabby and she really loved it and got approval from Antonio again. But what is up next in the road for matt and Gabby?

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