Chapter 3

The next morning I woke up and looked at the clock and it was already 10:30 am. I must have been tired. I get up and was instantly hit with a wave of nausea. I run to the bathroom and kneeled in front of the toilet. I hear footsteps and have someone holding back my hair. I look over my shoulder and see Kelly. I finish and go stand up and he guides me to sit on the edge of the tub. He reaches for a washcloth and gets it wet and hands it to me to wipe off my mouth. He then hands me a cup of water to rinse out my mouth. After sitting there for a few minutes I look at him.

"It's funny how I never had morning sickness until I found I was actually pregnant. A women's body is crazy that is for sure. Thanks again Kelly."

" Gabby you don't need to keep thanking me. I will be here with you every step of the way. You aren't going to be alone."

"I know that and I appreciate that." I start to tear up again "damn hormones make me so sensitive and cry at the drop of a hat."

"But just think Gabs, you are already almost half way through your pregnancy you are going to be an amazing mom. It will all be worth it in the end when you are holding little Kelly Jr. in your arms."

" Ha ha! You are so funny! I don't think his or her name will be Kelly Jr sorry buddy."

"It was worth a shot Gabs! Plus I made you smile. Let's go eat, I am starving."

We go out to the kitchen and make pancakes and bacon for breakfast because that was newest craving. We make breakfast quick and sit down to eat.

"What are your plans today Kelly?"

" I need to start packing up my stuff at Matts get that ready to move and go check on stuff in my storage locker. See what I have in there and see what I will need to buy new."

"Sounds like fun, do you want some help?"

" Umm I am going to stay no after last night. I am not letting you step foot into that apartment again until bar slut is out of there and out of Matts life. It's not good for you and the baby to be under that kind of stress."

" Kelly I will have to talk to him and soon."

"Gabs please give it a few days a week maybe, lets see how he deals with everything I told him last night or should I say yelled at him. After last night I will guarantee the guys won't be talking to Matt anytime soon so that will by you at least a week. Let's focus on switching your job and moving this week. Next week you can deal with talking to Matt how does that sound?"

Sighing with frustration "I think you are right and it does sound like an excellent idea. I am just nervous about telling the house first. Matt should be the first one I told.

"I totally understand that but with his behavior last night toward you and also me, I think the three of us need a timeout. If I didn't have to go pack up my stuff, I would be avoiding him like the plague."

"While you are having fun packing, I think I am going to pack up some stuff here and have a lazy day watching movies and reading."

"Sounds like a great day and something you need. Please call me if you need anything, I am going to head out."

"Sounds good and I will."

He gives me a quick kiss on the head, "I will see you tomorrow morning on shift." Grabs his jacket and goes out into the cold Chicago day.

I spend the rest of the day watching cheesy romantic comedies with Sylvie and reading romantic harlequin romance books. Both which make me cry. I go to bed early because I know tomorrow is going to be a stressful day with dealing with the house and telling them I'm pregnant and moving off truck to Connie's position of running the firehouse.

The morning came all to quickly and I got ready and headed into 51. As soon I pulled up I saw Chief Tiberg's buggy and Boden's suburban parked outside. Kelly pulled up right behind be and I waited for him to grab his bag. He walked up behind me and put his arm around me "Are you ready for this?"

"No, but I just want to get this over with. I want to tell everyone that I am pregnant so I don't have to keep hiding it. I am just glad that Pridgett doesn't know that I was dating Matt when he got here. He would easily be able to put two and two together and really take out his hate for Matt on me even working in the office."

We walked in onto the apparatus floor and saw Capp and Tony sitting at the squad table eating breakfast and reading the paper. Capp sees us and instantly throwing questions at Kelly. "Why is Chief Tiberg and Boden here? Do you know?"

" Yes, we have a meeting with them shortly." As he point at me.

" About what?"

"We will tell you in a bit after we have our meeting promise Capp."

Capp comes up and sticks his pinky finger at me " Pinky promise me Gabby that you will tell us soon, I want to know."

"You are such a gossip and yes I pinky promise." I tell him joining our pinkies together, ensuring him I would tell him. He sits back down at the squad table with a smile and I continued to walked into the common room where I see all of truck.

I set my bag on the table just as Connie walks in with a smile on her face searching the room. " Gabby, Hermann and Kelly, the Chiefs are waiting in the office for you."

All the truck guys start talking and looking at us as we walk down the hallway to the Chiefs office. We hear Hermann calming them down saying it's probably nothing and to mind their own business.

I take a deep breath and walk into the office to 3 waiting Chiefs. Kelly stands by the window, Hermann walks in and stands by Kelly and Boden walks up to me and gives me a hug and says congratulations into my ear. I see Pridgett have an odd look on his face, I am not sure at this point if he knows why Boden and Tiberg are here and the reason behind this whole meeting. Chief Tiberg starts the meeting stating that I was pregnant and Boden and him came up with a solution to how my job is going to proceed and Connie was more than willing to move to 2nd watch. Pridgett was surprisingly okay with everything. He walked over and said congratulations and said he was excited for me. I got the feeling that he was putting on a show for the white shirts, but overall I got the support for all 3 Chiefs, my 2 lieutenants. Now I just need to tell the house and the guys. I broke my silence and looked to Chief Pridgett, " Do you mind if I have a house meeting with everyone from Truck, Squad and Ambo quick. I want to be the one to tell them what's going on."

"Of course not, that sounds like a great idea. Why don't you do that now, while I go over the paperwork with Boden and Tiberg. When you are done, you can come back here and work with Connie on getting settled?"

" Thanks Chief" I turn and leave with Kelly and Hermann following right behind me.

We all walked into the common room and saw that squad and joined the guys from Truck and Brett and Chili hanging out waiting for us to come back. Otis is the first to ask what is going on. Kelly took the lead and told everyone to go to the conference room where we can have some privacy and talk.

Once everyone was settled into the conference room, Kelly starts off by saying "We have some changes happening at 51 again." The groans could be heard from the guys, but he stopped them by saying "It's a good change guys. Gabby do you want to tell them what is going on?"

I stand up and go stand next to Kelly and Hermann blurt out "I am leaving truck 81." Everyone starts talking at once and Hermann yells at everyone to shut up and let gabby finish. "I am leaving truck 81, but it will only be temporarily. I should be back on Truck 81 around Christmas time if not for sure by the new year."

" Why?" Cruz shouts out.

"I am pregnant that is why. I just found out a few days ago. Yes Matt is the dad and I haven't told him yet. I tried the other night at Molly's but you all saw how that went. I couldn't get Matt away from Beth for 2 seconds let alone 5 minutes to talk with him. She even cornered me in the bathroom and told me to back off. I am also asking you guys to keep quiet on who my baby daddy is. Chief Pridgett doesn't know Matt and I were ever together and Boden wants to keep it that way. He will make my life a living hell until Boden comes back since we all know how he hates Matt. I will tell Matt that he is going to be a dad, please don't gossip about it to him. I owe that much to him and you guys owe us that much respect."

"We are all behind you Mama" Cruz yells. They all get up and start hugging me and congratulating me. I look at everyone, my second family, "Thanks guys you really are my family and I appreciate it." I also tell everyone I am moving in with Kelly and we are just friends. Everyone is being very supportive. At one point Hermann and Kelly put the fear of running drills into everyone so I feel more at ease as I go out and find Connie to start my new job.

My first week running the firehouse from Connie's chair went very well. I settled right in and the week flew by really fast and before I knew it, Kelly was off on Friday so he could close on the townhouse. After lunch he showed up and stopped at my desk and handed me a set of keys and said we are all set to move in tomorrow. I jump up and hug him and say I am so excited to finally have my life settling down. I must have gotten a sad look on my face because Kelly is saying "Gabs, you will get in touch with Matt and talk to him soon I promise."

"You are right, how did you know what I was thinking? I will feel a lot better with him knowing about the baby."

"He is supposed to be helping move all my stuff out of the apartment and also the big stuff out of storage tomorrow, hopefully you guys will be able to talk at the new house. I already asked him to make sure he leaves Beth at home, she wasn't welcome in our new house. He didn't seem to care that I said that. He really hasn't talked to me since I told him he was pussy whipped and loosing so much. Just a couple of texts back and forth. I'm still pissed that he thought the worst of you and also of me that we would jump into bed together. Honestly I think he starting to realize the mistake he made in giving up on your relationship and jumping into the relationship with Beth right away."

"Do you really you think so Kel?"

" Yes honestly I do. Matts not stupid, he has to see how crazy and obsessive she is. Maybe last week at Molly's he started seeing the bigger picture."

" One can only hope. Right?"

" I better get going, I am going to go stop by my house and I can tell you it feels really weird to be saying my house. I feel like such an adult now."

"Ha ha Kelly, you are 32 so it's probably time to buy a house, find a wife and have some offspring."

"Don't push it Gabby, I got a roommate and half right now. Have a good rest of your shift and I will see you in the morning. I will pick you up at Sylvie's around 9:00am and we can start moving some stuff."

"Perfect plan, I will be ready and waiting with boxes." Kelly turns around and walks out to say hi to everyone at the Squad table and leaves the firehouse.

Just before dinner time I got a text from Kelly:

Kelly: Guess who had to change plans on helping me move?

Gabby: Matt? Why?

Kelly: One Guess

Gabby: Bar Slut

Kelly: You guessed it. We are moving most of my stuff out of the storage unit tonight and will get up and move the rest out of the apartment in the morning. Can you meet me at the townhouse instead of me stopping at Sylvie's?

Gabby: What the hell is his problem! Yes no problem, I will hopefully still be able to catch him before he leaves the townhouse and have a chat with him.

Kelly: Sounds good – I gotta get going he just pulled up to the storage unit. Have a good night!

Gabby: Love you my BFF

Kelly: Love you too :)

The rest of the night was fairly quiet for the house. Only a few calls and most everyone was able to get a good night sleep. I am grateful for being on shift where I can actually sleep. The hardest thing I have is not wanting to jump out of bed when I hear the bells go off when I am sleeping. I have learned to fall back to sleep fairly quickly.

I woke up with the rest of the shift and finished up my paperwork and logged off my computer. I ran into the bathroom put on some makeup fixed my hair quick and ran back and grabbed my purse and jacket and ran out of the firehouse with a quick goodbye to everyone. I was super excited it was moving day and hopefully I could catch Matt and talk with him. I hate that I haven't told him about our baby yet. I feel anxiety each time I think about it, with everyone but him knowing.

The drive to the new house was less than five minutes and I pull up to the address that Kelly had texted me and looked at the beautiful house in front of me. I looked around for Matts truck and Kelly's car and didn't see either of them. I grabbed my purse and went up to the front door and tried to see if it was unlocked. Of course it wasn't so I pulled out my key and opened up the door. I was amazed at what I saw. The pictures didn't do it justice. It was perfect. I walked in and walked around all of the boxes and furniture that was left setting down all over. It was a maze to walk through. I walked into the kitchen and fell even more in love. Stainless steel appliances, a huge professional cooktop, granite countertops and beautiful flooring. It was a chefs dream kitchen. I can't wait to get started preparing meals in this kitchen. There was a note on the counter saying they went to get the last load of stuff from Matts apartment and would be back soon. I took the time to walk around the rest of the house. I wondered upstairs and found the bedrooms and I found what would be my room and the babies. My room overlooked the front of the house. I was checking out the view from my window when I saw Matts truck coming down the street. I started to get butterflies in my stomach just knowing that I was going to be able to talk with him in private and finally tell him my good news. I ran down the stairs and walked down to meet Matt and Kelly and the front door. As I rounded the corner to the entryway the door opened and in walked Kelly and he shut the door behind him.

"Where is Matt?"

"Oh yeah, funny story. We were loading up the last of my stuff in his truck and Beth said she needed to talk with him it was important and needed to be done in private. They went into his bedroom for a few minutes then he came back out and said you will have to finish this last load yourself and handed me the keys to his truck. I even said that Gabby needs to talk to you in private and He then turned and went back into his bedroom without another word and I grabbed the last of the boxes and left to come here."

"You are fucking kidding me! I am never going to tell him Kelly."

" I know your frustrated and I am so sorry." He said hugging me as I start having tears fall down my face.

"I need to tell him, he needs to know that he is going to be a dad."

"How about when I go drop off his truck you can come with me and I will have him come out and you can talk to him."

" Let's hope that works."

"If not, the gala is next week, we will corner him there. By the way are you bringing a date?"

" I haven't even thought of that actually, I will have to buy a new dress since I am starting to get a tummy and I don't think my little black dress would be appropriate. I am sure I could turn his head and get his attention in that dress though. It worked once I am sure it will work again." I say with a giggle and blushing thinking back on our first night together.

We spend the rest of the day unpacking and moving the few boxes I had at Sylvie's. By the end of the night I was exhausted. Kelly had texted Matt saying he would bring his truck back after we grabbed a late dinner. Matt responded that was fine and he may or may not be at apartment when he got back there. He said if he wasn't there just leave the keys and he'd talk to me later.

" I feel like that man is starting to avoid me on purpose Kelly. Like he doesn't want to be in the same room as me."

"He probably doesn't want to Gabs. He sees what he is missing every time he looks at you. It's obvious to everyone around that he still loves you Gabs."

" I hope you are right because once he finds out he's been missing out on our pregnancy that will be a whole new level of guilt for him."

" I hate to say this but Gabby he made his bed now he has to lie in it. He will wake up and smell the roses soon, I have a good feeling. Anyway I am starving and I bet Kelly Jr is too, so I am thinking pizza how does that sound?"

" Sounds wonderful lets go!"

An hour later, we are done eating and pulling up outside of Matts apartment. We look up and see no lights on inside. My heart sinks knowing that he isn't home and I will be having another sleepless night thinking about telling Matt about Kelly Jr. I can't believe that he now has me calling my baby Kelly Jr, I chuckled to myself. It should be Matt Jr if anything I keep thinking and I go from laughing to crying. Kelly looks at me and grabs my hand and tells me again that we will get through this and we will get Matt to talk to you shortly.

"I will wait out here while you go into the apartment to drop off the keys. If for some reason Matt is there, please ask him to come out, but from the looks of the dark apartment I am not holding my breath."

"I will be back shortly, but don't wait out in the cold, go get into my Camaro and stay warm" as he tosses me the keys. With that he runs into the apartment and is back out in a couple of minutes alone shaking his head 'No' and got into the car so we could head home.

As soon as we get home, I go take a shower and put on a pair of CFD sweats and one of Matts old CFD thirst that I kept when I moved out and crawled into bed in my new room. I looked around and am in awe with how much I love it. I can't wait to finish putting my own little touches on the room, but it's perfect for me. I lay awake for hours, I try watching TV but everything that I watched reminded me of my time with Matt. I am starting to feel a little pathetic, I need to move on, but in my heart I can't yet. Not with carrying Matts baby. I decided that I was going to try getting in touch with Matt tomorrow and talk to him on the phone if I have to. I want to tell him the news in person, but if I can't get him alone, then I guess the next best thing is on the phone. At this point I think I would even tell him in a text message. Maybe that is the tiredness talking about the texting, but I feel I am getting desperate and that might be the last resort if he keeps dodging me. I look at the clock at it says 3:21 and I yawn and flip over trying to get into a comfortable position wishing sleep would come to me.

I wake up and look at my phone at it says 9:56 and I feel like I got a decent night sleep. I was hoping I would wake up to a missed call or a text from Matt, but I guess that would never happen. I decided to send him a text praying that he responds right away.

Gabby: Matt I need to talk to you in private just you and me. It's really important.

I wait a few minutes hoping for a fast response because usually he would get back to me right away unless he was on a call and I wasn't with him for some reason. After waiting for 10 minutes and no response I decided to get up and go see if we had anything to eat. Kelly Jr was hungry and my stomach was starting to growl.

I make my way down stairs and see Kelly moving furniture around and breaking down the moving boxes. "Morning sleepy head! How did you sleep?"

"After I finally fell asleep after 3:30 I feel a lot better."

" That's great, I went out and got some bagels and donuts, they are on the counter in the kitchen. I also picked you up a decaf coffee and some orange juice."

" You are too sweet Kelly. I am shocked that a girl hasn't gotten you to settle down, you would make a great husband."

" Some day Gabs, some day." He laughs.

I grabbed a donut and poured some juice and walked out and sat on the couch. Between bites I told Kelly I sent Matt a text when I woke up this morning and I haven't heard back. "I feel like that is really odd because normally he is so good at responding right away."

"He's been doing that more and more, taking his time getting back to people." I am telling you it's bar slut, I often wonder if she is deleting his texts because he has told me he's never gotten a text from me on more than one occasion."

"Seriously, that wouldn't surprise me since you told me you caught her going though is phone that one time."

"What are you plans for today?"

"I think I am going to unpack a few more things, and go shopping. I need to get some new things for my room and I want to look for a new dress for the gala. Speaking of the gala, you want to be my date roomie?"

"I thought you would never ask." Kelly chuckled back at me.

I called Sylvie and invited her to come over to my new house and check it out. We decided to go dress shopping for the gala after she stopped and checked out the house. I ran upstairs to get ready while I was waiting for Sylvie to come over.

An hour later, Sylvie came over for the grand tour of the house and we left to go to the mall to find the perfect dresses for the gala.

"So, how have you been doing Gabby? I feel like we haven't had a chance to have some girl talk lately. "

"I know, I am so sorry! Thanks again for being there for me after I moved out of the apartment with Matt and had no where to go. You have been a true blessing in my life. I don't know where I would be without you."

"You know I would do it again in a heartbeat! I am going to miss having you as a roommate."

"Ahhh, now you can bring home your hot cop boyfriend without trying to hide him and being quiet."

"Oh my God Gabby! You seriously thought that?"

"No, but I know how hard it is to have sex when you have a roommate in the next room trying to be quiet! I am surprised that Matt and I were able to conceive a baby with as hard it was to have sex with Severide living with us."

"Seriously you guys were the kings of quiet sex, how often you guys were sneaking around the firehouse, you thought we didn't know, we really did."

"Oh I know you guys knew, but we were as discrete as possible, a girl has needs right!"

Sylvie choked and started laughing. "Yes we do!"

We pulled into the mall parking lot and decided to go into Macy's first to check out the formal dresses there. "I am so glad it's prom season, we have a lot more choices to choose from" said Sylvie.

"Yeah speak for yourself, I am still trying to hide my little bump that is starting to show, I would have totally reused something in my closet if it wasn't for Kelly Junior here."

"Kelly Junior?" Questioned Sylvie

"Oh that, Kelly keeps calling my baby Kelly junior saying he or she is going to be taking over Squad 3 when he retires." I say fondly thinking back to all that Kelly has done for me these past few weeks.

"You two have really become close haven't you?"

"Yes, a lot closer than what we were a year ago that is for sure. With Shay's death and him moving in with Matt and I, we really became closer and then after the whole me moving out and breakup with Matt and then dealing with Bar Slut and now being pregnant, he's been a great friend. I keep saying he is my new Shay."

"Bar Slut?"

"That is the nickname Kelly and I call Beth because of how many people she was going home from Molly's with before she sunk her perfect manicured faux nails into Matt."

"Sounds like you might be a little jealous there Gabs."

"I am a little actually, I mean we were putting us on hold until I got through my year as a candidate and then we had the whole baby grace at the firehouse and we were acting all like a family. I was just as confused as he was on how we were acting toward each other. I honestly thought that we would start getting back together after that. It brought out all our feelings of love, marriage and having a family together. But Kelly admitted that he encouraged Matt to go out and have fun that night, he said that Matt was just as confused as I was. Just a missed opportunity for us, I guess. I just want to be friends with him again. I miss him, but with Beth in his life, I don't think I have a chance. I can't even get him to call or text me back. I have texted him a couple of times and I even tried calling his phone and have left a couple voicemails and I still haven't heard back from him. Kelly said he thinks Beth is deleted texts and voicemails because he caught her snooping in Matts phone and she told him to mind his own business. Matt said he didn't get a couple of Kelly's texts either."

"Wow! Are you serious! She is something else isn't she." I hope Matt realizes it before it's too late.

"Me too!" Karma is a bitch and what goes around comes around and she is going to get what's coming to her sooner than later!"

"Enough talk about Bar Slut Gabs, let's go find you a dress that makes you look smoking hot and will make Casey regret his decision and have him saying 'Bar Slut who?' when he sees you!"

"I love your way of thinking Sylvie! Thank you for being such a great friend too!"

We spent the better part of the afternoon shopping for the perfect dresses. After lot of searching and trying on dresses we both found our dresses that showed off our toned bodies and made our boobs look perfect. I was excited at how my dress was a fire engine red satin on the top, cut tight low in the chest and had beading around the bust that accentuated my boobs and was A line with organza flowing to floor. It covered my baby bump perfectly. I found the perfect silver open toe high heels that had a chunky heal so that my feet wouldn't be killing me by the end of the evening and a super cute clutch purse to match. I also found the perfect matching necklace and matching earrings to complete the outfit. We grabbed a quick bite to eat at the food court before we drove back to my place to watch a movie.

"Kelly we are back" I yelled upstairs. He was coming down the stairs with a basket of laundry.

"Did you ladies find the perfect dresses for the gala?"

"Yes we did" we said in unison.

"I hope yours is sexy as hell Gabs, making Casey drool all night watching you from across the room and making Bar Slut get all pissy and jealous."

"Kelly you are terrible but I love your way of thinking, actually that is what Sylvie and I were looking for all day too" I say with a slight smirk on my face.

"So are you ladies going to show me them or do I have to wait like a wedding?"

"Oh you are funny Kel! Of course you can see them."

After showing off our dresses, shoes and accessories we decided to order pizza and watch a movie. Half way through the movie I fell asleep on the couch with my head in Kelly's lap. Just then I heard his phone buzz with a text message and I hard him say "Shit!"

"What?" I mumble half sitting up and Sylvie is looking at him.

"Matt just texted me and wants to meet at Molly's for a beer and a chat."

"Are you going to go?" I croak out?

"I don't want to, but I feel like I should. He is saying he needs a friend to talk to right now. I am assuming it's about him and Beth."

"You should go and maybe I can tag along with you so I can corner him and finally have that talk with him."

"I don't think that would be a good idea Gabs"

"Let me find out what he needs first, he hasn't talked with me or returned my texts since I dropped off his truck. If everything is okay, I will text you and Sylvie to come down for a drink and you can corner him then. How does that sound?"

"Fine" I said upset. "I just really want to tell him about Kelly Junior."

"I know you do and once he does know, you will feel a lot better too! I will text you ladies soon and let you know" Kelly said as he grabbed his leather jacket and car keys and walked out the door.

"Damn it!" Tears are rolling down my face.

"Gabs I am so sorry! I know you want to talk to Matt, but Kelly is right, maybe something is up and he really needs a guy friend. Let Kelly get the dirt on what is going on before you get too upset okay. This could be a really good thing. Let's eat some cold pizza and finish this movie" Sylvie says snuggling under the blanket next to me.

Kelly's POV

I pulled up to Molly's and went inside looking for Matt. He wasn't there so I went up to the bar and ordered a beer from Hermann. He asked why I was there and I told him I was meeting Casey for a beer. Hermann set 2 beers down and I took both of them and went and sat at a table in the back. A few minutes later the door opened and in walked Matt. He looked around and Hermann nodded his head to the back of the bar where I was sitting. I held up his beer and Matt joined me. When he was walking up to me I noticed he looked like shit. He hadn't shaved in days, his hair was a mess and he had dark circles under his eyes.

I stood up and shook his hand and gave him a bro hug saying "It's great to see you buddy, it's been a while."

"I know, sorry I have been MIA lately. I've had a lot on my mind."

"Want to talk about it?"

"No not yet, let me have a beer first."

"Well you look like hell!"

"Thanks Mr. Perfect, tell me something I don't know" he said slamming the last of his beer.

I looked over to Hermann and held up my hand signally for him to bring over 2 more beers. I had a feeling I would be calling both Matt and I a cab tonight after this. "Want to talk about it now?"

"I think I made a huge mistake jumping into a relationship with Beth. I still love Gabby, I don't know how to describe it. You know the other day when we were moving you into your new house and Beth had to talk to me in private."

"Yeah thanks for bailing on me by the way."

"When I went into my bedroom she told me she was pregnant."

"Are you fucking kidding me I yelled!" Choking on my beer at the same time.

"I guess so, but it's weird because I asked her to see her positive test and she said she already threw it away in the trash and wouldn't show me it. I asked her when she is due and she said she doesn't know and I asked her when her first doctors appointment will be and she said she doesn't want me to go with her. I find that really odd because if it was your girlfriend who was pregnant and you wanted nothing more than to have a family wouldn't you want to go with. Shouldn't she want the father to be involved?"

"You would think so." I said shaking my head still in shock from what Matt just told me.

"Do you think the baby is yours?" I questioned. "From what I have been told, before Beth started dating you, she was leaving Molly's every night with a new guy."

"Fuck! I don't know honestly! I have always wanted to be a dad, but I always thought it would be with Gabby. I can't picture myself having a baby with anyone else. What am I going to do Sev? I love Gabby and I want to break things off with Beth, but she is becoming crazier the more I get to know her." He said signaling Hermann for a 3rd beer.

"I hate to say it, but we tried to warn you."

"I know and I really regret going home with Beth that night. I almost fucked up my career I worked so hard for a quick roll in the hay with a hot bar slut."

I choked on my beer and started laughing and Casey says "What? She obviously is one."

Trying to stop laughing I manage to say "It's just that Gabby and I have been calling Beth Bar Slut since the night you both showed up at Molly's and put on a show for us."

"You two are so fucking funny! I miss you guys both. I fucked up so bad and I don't think I can ever fix it."

"You can start by maybe returning Gabby's calls or texts."

"What are you talking about he slurs?"

"Gabby has been trying to get in touch with you for the last couple of weeks, she wants to talk to you without Beth around."

"Shut up, I haven't gotten anything from her."

"Casey man, I think Beth has been deleting your texts and voicemails. I have left you several voicemails and texts and haven't heard back from you either. One time when she first moved into the apartment, I found her going through your phone and she told me to mind my own business you were her boyfriend."

"Seriously? You think so, I really thought that nobody was talking to me because of what happened and how I left 51"

"No one is that pissed at you that we won't talk to you, hell even Gabby is trying to talk to you."

"What does Gabby want to talk to me about?"

"Ahhh that's for her to tell you, not me."

"Come on Sev, I miss her and thought she wouldn't want to talk to me. The night at Molly's she looked so fucking hot, I wanted to take her in the back room and have my way with her. She kept rubbing up against me when she brought the drinks over giving me the biggest hard on that I have had in months. That women drives me crazy and I am so sexually frustrated that I can't have her anymore."

"Casey you need to talk to her man."

"I know lets get a cab and go over to your place now."

"Not after you have been drinking and you look like shit." You need to sober up, think about what you told me, get Beth out of your life or figure out the whole baby thing, take a shower and shave first before you go see Gabby. She needs to talk to you, but not when you are drunk."

Just then my phone buzzed with a text

Gabby: Can Sylvie and I come to Molly's now?

Kelly: I don't think that it's a good time.

Gabby: Why not?

Kelly: I will tell you more when I get home

Gabby: Don't leave me in suspense tell me something

Gabby: When are you coming home?

Kelly: Soon – Matts pretty drunk right now and looks like crap and I have a whopper of a story to tell you when I get home.

Gabby: Good or Bad

Kelly: ummmm Both

Gabby: Shit no…. Hurry home

Kelly: Ok let me get him in a cab then I will be home.

"Is that Gabby you are texting? Tell her to come here, I need to see her please Kelly." Matt said finishing off yet another beer.

"No Matt, we just talked about this."

"I know, I just want to see her."

I know you do bud, but you need to get your life figured out before you try jumping back into her life. Like I said you can't have your cake and eat it too."

"Let's get you in a cab home so you can sober up."

"I don't want to go home and deal with Beth tonight. Can you get me to a hotel?"

"Sure, but you need to change your password on your phone so Beth can't delete anything. She is one crazy bitch and I am wondering how she will take you wanting to break up with her."

"She's pregnant I can't leave her pregnant and alone either. I am so fucked!" She has been bad news since I hooked up with her for a one night stand at Molly's. You can't tell Gabby about Beth being pregnant. I want to make sure she is, with all the lies and deceit I wonder if she really is and is trying to hold on to me with playing on my emotions."

"Yes she has been and I won't tell her about the pregnant part, but I will let her know you are seeing the light, she deserves to know that." I said standing up and walking to pay our tab.

"How's he doing?" Hermann asked

"Not good. Things are pretty messed up."

"Gabby told him then about the baby?"

"No she hasn't been able to get in touch with him. Beth has been intercepting texts and voicemails and deleting them before he can read them."

"Oh no, and he is finally seeing how he screwed up. I am getting him a cab now."

"Tonight's on the house, take care of him. I hate to see him like this. I haven't seen him like this since Hallie died."

"I know and Gabby was the only one that could pull him out of that funk he was in then." I said thanking Hermann and walking back to the table.

I walked over to the table and grabbed Matt and walked outside to the waiting cab. We dropped him off at a hotel close to 51. I told him to call me in the morning and I can give him a ride back to his truck. Then I left to head home to tell Gabby half of the truth about Matt. My stomach is in knots knowing that Beth could potentially be pregnant with Casey's child and I can't tell her.

I walked into the house and both Sylvie and Gabby were on me asking how the evening went. I gave them a quick run down on how Matt was upset, drunk and described him looking like how he was when Hallie died. I left out the possible pregnant part knowing that this would come back and bite me in the ass if Gabby ever found out that I knew this information but didn't share that with her. My rational reasoning was that since Beth is a lier and she isn't really pregnant, this would only upset Gabby more and she and Kelly Junior didn't need that stress right now.

Suddenly Gabby turned and ran to the bathroom and started throwing up. I walked in right behind her, holding her hair and rubbing her back. Once she was done she stood up and washed out her mouth and said "Damn morning sickness hits at anytime of the day."

"It's not because of what I told you?"

"No, honestly all the crappy food we ate today dress shopping and then Chicago deep dish pizza kind of hit me all at once. I am fine with what you told me Kelly. It makes me happy to hear that I might have a chance to get my friend back."

"Guys I am going to get going. You ok Gabs?"

"Of course, just morning sickness. Thanks for the fun day! I can't wait until the gala. We are going to be the 2 hottest babes there and of course with all the handsome men of Firehouse 51."

"Hell yes we will be. See you guys at work tomorrow."

After Sylvie left I picked up our mess in the living room and went up stairs and got into bed with a smile on my face. Happy just just thinking about Matt. I might get him back yet. I had one of the best nights sleeps I've had in months.