Title: Christmas Baby; Chapter Two (Protective Love)

Summary: It is Christmas Eve and a baby gets dropped off at Station fifty-one. How do Matt and Kelly handle it? How do the rest feel. Who falls in love with the baby? Does the little baby find a home?

Disclaimers: The show is property of Dick Wolfe, and NBC. I don't own anything. Just borrowing the characters to practice my writing. Only thing I own is Season 1 DVDs and they are getting well worn. LOL

A/N: Someone gets stabbed. If that bothers you don't read. Just a little warning, or just skip that part. It is part of the first page. I don't go into detail. Please leave a review please. Let me know how I'm doing. Thank you for enjoying this.

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Julia Reynolds walks away into the dark of the night. The tears running down her face getting chilled by the winter cold. She had no choice to do what she did. To keep her baby safe she would do anything. The baby's father is very dangerous. She just recently escaped him herself. Right before she had to give birth.

He is a gang leader heavily into dealing drugs. If he found her he would not hesitate to kill her. She prayed her baby would find a good home and be safe. Julia misses her family. Her parents and her sister. She doesn't know if she would be accepted back or not if she showed up on their doorstep. So she stays away. She has nowhere to go. No one seems to care about her in this life.

A sound echoes on the street. Julia turns around to look. She sees nothing. She keeps on walking. Someone grabs her shoulder and she turns and gasps in horror. "Where is my baby?" a voice asks in a harsh whisper. "Safe." Julia answers. "The baby belongs with me. How dare you leave me. I put a roof over your head." Nathan says facing his girlfriend, a knife in his hand. Julia backs away just to keep calm.

"The baby belongs with me. She is mine. Where is she?" Nathan asks taking a step toward Julia. "I'll never tell. Go away. You're not welcome in my life anymore. Leave me alone!" Julia shouts. "WRONG ANSWER!" Nathan yells taking a step toward Julia.

Julia gasps in pain as she feels great pain stab into her. Her knees buckle as she starts to fall to the ground. She feels another stab go into her as she hears someone yell at Nathan. "HEY YOU LEAVE HER ALONE! I'M CALLING NINE ONE ONE!" A man shouts out running toward the two. Nathan whips around and runs away into the shadows of the night.

Julia starts to feel cold. "Come on stay awake miss. I called nine one one. Help is on the way. Stay with me. My name is Steve Collins. What is your name?" Steve asks taking his coat off and covering Julia. "J-Julia Reynolds." Julia whispers. Sirens are heard in the distance.

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At firehouse fifty-one Matt is walking Mattea in his arms. She is crying. She was fed and has on a fresh diaper. He was patting her back. "Sweetheart what's the matter? Uncle Matt has you. I won't let anything happen to you." Matt says rocking her in his arms also. "Waaa!" Mattea continues to cry.

Matt sits on the couch the baby's feet toward his stomach as he begins to talk to her. Mattea quiets as she listens to Matt talk to her. "Hey sweet girl. Tell me about it. I know you're sad to be left here by your mother but she has her reasons. Things have a away of working out. Especially at Christmas." Matt tells the baby in his lap.

The overhead paging system comes on…Truck 81...Ambulance 61...stabbing at…Matt Casey stands up and sees Jeff Clarke and hands the baby to him and heads out. "Hey angel girl." Jeff says as he cradles the baby in his arms. He begins to sing a lullaby to her and she begins to fall asleep.

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Truck eighty-one pulls onto the scene as does Ambulance sixty-one. "Over here!" Steve Collins says waving his one hand and returning it to hold the wound. Leslie Shay and Gabby Dawson grab a gurney and a backboard and goes over to the stabbing victim. Matt Casey goes over as well and gets a shock of his life.

"You!" Matt says kneeling down beside the young woman on the ground. The paramedics went to work. Julia looks up at Matt. "Did you drop a baby off at the firehouse?" Matt asks looking at the young woman. "Yes. I had no choice. Please keep her safe." Julia whispers looking up at the firefighter.

Matt nods his head. "Yes we will. What is your name?" Matt asks. "J-Julia Reynolds." Julia whispers as she is picked up and put on the gurney and loaded into the ambulance. The ambulance races away toward the hospital. "What hospital is she going to?" Steve Collins looks to Matt for the answer. "Lakeshore hospital." Matt says as Steve nods his head thanks and heads toward his car to be of help to the young woman. A pair of eyes watching from the shadows, all that is going on. Now having the answers he needs to find what he was looking for.

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Back at the firehouse, the baby is asleep in Jeff's arms as he is sitting on the couch watching a Christmas movie on TV. The rest of squad is out at the table playing poker. Kelly is on the losing end so he leaves before he loses anymore. He heads inside into the common room and sees Jeff Clarke and the baby.

Kelly Severide, sits down beside Jeff Clarke and begins to watch the Christmas movie on TV. "You want to hold her?" Jeff asks looking at Kelly. "Yeah sure." Kelly says as Jeff transfers the sleeping baby into Kelly's arms. Kelly just looks at the little baby amazed that she is so tiny.

Jeff gets up and heads out to the hanger as Truck eighty-one and Ambulance sixty-one, pulls in. Gabriela Dawson and Leslie Shay get out of the ambulance. The Truck crew get out and take off their gear and head inside. Matt Casey takes his gear off and heads toward the common room.

Gabriela calls her brother Antonio Dawson to get him to stop by the firehouse to talk to him. Kelly looks up when Matt walks in. "Hey Casey." Kelly says. "Hey." Matt says taking a seat beside Kelly who still held the baby. "Mattea's mother was stabbed. That's what happened at the last scene we were called to. She may have put the baby here to keep her safe." Matt says looking at Kelly. Kelly raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"I was thinking of keeping her when we let child services know about her. Until she is either placed with someone or things work out with her family." Matt says looking at Kelly. "How Matt? You live by yourself." Kelly asks looking at his friend, his brother. "I know people who could help. I took care of Griffen and Ben." Matt says.

"They're older. I was thinking you could move in with Leslie and I since Otis Moved out. Temporarily that is until Mattea's life gets settled." Kelly says. "Yeah. That sounds good." Matt says standing up and heading to his office. Pouch gets up and heads to the couch and settles down beside Kelly who held the baby.

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Antonio Dawson steps into firehouse fifty-one with a baby seat carrier and to find his sister, Gabriela. "Hey Antonio. In here." Gabby says from the doorway into the firehouse. He heads inside toward the common room. "Why do you need a baby seat carrier?" Antonio asks stepping into the common room.

"We have a little visitor with us this shift." Matt Casey says pointing toward Mattea who is still nestled in Kelly's arms. "Yeah she was dropped off earlier in shift. She needs something better than a basket to sleep in." Kelly says. "Yeah that would be a good reason why you need one." Antonio says setting the carrier on the table. "Also her mother is in the hospital and was stabbed. You might want to talk to her." Gabby tells her brother.

"Yeah okay. I'll head there now. What is the mother's name?" Antonio asks looking at his sister. "Julia Reynolds." Gabby says noticing her brother perk up at the name he heard. "I'll let you know what I find out." Antonio says heading out.

Everyone watches him leave. Katie comes into the common room, as Antonio leaves. She woke up from her nap. Her brother let her use his bed in his office to catch a nap. She saw that her brother held the baby. She goes over to the couch and sits down beside her brother and Pouch.

Katie sees the Christmas movie playing. The one is ending and a new one starting. It happens to be and old one. It is in black and white. It's A Wonderful Life. She loves this one.

Peter Mills gets up and heads over to the kitchen area and finds the popcorn and is preparing to make some. Everyone is enjoying the movie as it plays and Peter hands out bowls of popcorn to everyone.

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Early the next morning which is Christmas Matt Casey is making formula for the baby who is starting to cry. "Hey there, sweetie. I'm getting it ready now." Matt tells the baby. Mattea stops crying as she listens for Matt's voice.

Matt takes her out of her car seat and holds her in his arms as he places the bottle at her mouth. The baby starts to drink greedily. "Are you all better now sweetheart? Getting some good stuff in your little tummy?" Matt says sitting on the couch. Mattea stops drinking just to look at Matt. "Don't you want anymore? Hey sweetheart. Uncle Matt loves you so much." Matt says looking at the sweet little person in his arms.

Kelly Severide comes into the common room. "Hey how's my gorgeous princess doing?" Kelly goes over to the baby looking over Matt's shoulder at her. The baby seems to smile. "Hey was that a smile? You happy to see me?" Kelly says. Matt snickers. "It's just a gas bubble." Matt laughs.

"Very funny wise guy!" Kelly laughs back. The baby starts to drink again. Everyone is starting to awake for the day. Peter Mills comes into the kitchen to start breakfast for everyone. "Hey baby Doll." Peter says stopping over to see Mattea. She stops drinking again just looking at Peter.

Matt grabs a burp cloth and puts it over his shoulder and lifts the baby to burp her. She lets out a big huge burp for one so small. Mouch is walking into the common room as he hears that. "That loud noise come out of her?" Mouch asks sitting by Matt. "Yes." Matt says settling the baby in his arms again so she could finish the bottle.

Peter gets busy making breakfast. He is making pancakes for everybody and sausage. He sets out the orange Juice and milk on the table, Leslie Shay and Gabriela Dawson come into the room and go over to the baby.

Mattea finishes her bottle. Matt lifts her up again and she burps. "Awe. So cute." Leslie says. "Why is it when a baby burps it is cute but when I do it, it is disgusting?" Mouch asks as Antonio walks into the common room. "Mouch why do you have to ask?" Leslie says shaking her head. Everyone heads over to get breakfast and sit down to eat it. Gabriela sits down beside her brother. She can tell he has some important news to tell.

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