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a/n: Sorry again for the cliffhanger I left you guys on last chapter...oh wait!I'm not really sorry hihi. I'm glad you guys liked it and that it did the exact effect I wanted that bomb drop to do but I decided not to make you wait for a new chapter so I hope you guys enjoy it.

Gabby barely had time to think before her feet hit the pavement, all her being trying to get to Casey as fast as she could. The car had stopped upon impact, the driver probably in a state of shock.

"Matt" She kneeled down next to him. "Matt, please wake up." Gabby went in full paramedic mode, assessing his enjuries as she pulled her cell out of her pocket, dialing 911. "Come on Matt, stay with me. Yes, I need an ambulance at the corner of West and First. Male, early thirties, impact from the side. Hurry, he's going into cardiac arrest." She started compressions, instinct simply kicking in. The ambulance was there quickly, the paramedics of 61 trading spots with Gabby.

The adrenaline left her body, her knees hitting the street as the two paramedics from 51, who she didn't know, worked on Matt, tears streaming steadily down her cheeks.

"We got him back. We need to move him now." The prepped him and put him on the gurney, Gabby finally coming to her senses.

"You can come with us miss but we have to move now." She hopped into the back of the ambo right before the doors were closed, 61 speeding towards Chicago Med, Matt stable and Hallie the farthest thing from her mind.

61 came to a halt in front of Chicago Med and Matt was taken out of the ambo, Gabby letting them do their job before she climbed down and walked quickly behind them. She was stopped at the entrence by Maggie so Dr Halstead and April could do their jobs.

"Is there anyone you can call?" Maggie asked, Gabby's eyes still on the trauma room Matt had been taken to, forcing Maggie to repeat her question. "Honey? Is there anyone you can call for Lieutenant Casey?" She looked at her with tears in her eyes.

"He has a sister but I don't know her number."

"A friend maybe?"

"Uh, I'm not sure."

"I'll go check if his phone is in his personnal effects, maybe that'll help."

"Yeah thanks."

"He's going to be fine, Will and April and doing everything for him right now.

"Thanks." She sniffled as she leaned against the nurse's station, not able to peel her eyes from the curtain, needing to know if Matt was going to be ok." Suddenly the curtain was peeled opened and Matt was being wheales out on the gurney, still unconscience. "What's going on?" She rushed to April as Will passed by with Matt and some more nurses.

"We drew some blood and we're going for some X-rays and a head CT, we'll know more after that." She rushed after Will, needing to check his vitals. Maggie came to get Gabby, bringing her into the room so she could look for Matt's phone, the need to find his phone. She dug through his pants pocket and found his phone.

"Maybe you can find a family member in there." Maggie gave her a sympathetic pat on the shoulder, heading to the nurse's desk to do some more paperwork.

Gabby went to sit down in the waiting room and was thankful when Matt's phone opened without the need of a password. She scrolled down the names, trying to remember his sister's name but as soon as she made it to it, she knew it was her. She pressed send and waited for Christie to answer. "Hey Matt, what's up?" There was a small pause in Gabby's breathing before she answered. "Sorry Christie, it's Gabby, Matt's girlfriend. He's been in an accident, we're at Chicago Med." "I'm on my way." Christie hung up, trying to get to Med faster. Gabby stood up from the chair she was sitting in, staying still working on her already precarious nerves so she found Kelly's name in Matt's phone and gave him a ring.

"Hey. I saw you leave with Hallie, what the Hell Matt?" Gabby hadn't expected that at all and she took a deep breath, remembering the real reason why they were in that situation in the first place. "It's not Matt, it's Gabby." She finally said. "Did something happen to Matt?" Severide's voice was laced with concern, knowing Gabby was the one with Matt's phone. "Yeah. It's too complicated to explain on the phone but Matt was hit by a car, we're at Chicago Med." "Does Christie know?" She could hear Severide move around and heard a door close on the other side of the phone. "Yeah, I called her first." "Alright, I'm on my way. Matt's going to be ok Gabby." "I know." She was trying to convince herself of that, Severide hanging up, leaving her alone until either he or Christie arrived.

Without even realising it, she had started pacing, her eyes moving from the front door to where they had taken Matt in Radiology, hoping that he'd come back with good news. Christie was the first to arrive and even though she had never seen her before, Gabby knew it was her with her daughter Violet.

"You must be Gabby." They shook hands. "How's Matt?"

"He's still in radiology. They went in for some x-rays and a head CT but he hasn't come back yet."

"What happened exactly?"

"It all happened so fast." She said, Kelly rushing through the ER doors.

"Gabby, what happened?" He asked after crushing her in a hug.

"He followed me across the street. I didn't see anything. Just then, Matt was wheeled back into the ER and in the same room he had been taken to upon arrival, all three adults going to Will for an update.

"How is he?" Christie asked.

"Is he awake?" Gabby wondered, Kelly's hands on both her shoulders, his features full of worry.

"He's not awake but he's stable and the CT scan came back clean for any brain injury."

"And what about the x-rays? Is anything broken?"

"He has a femur fracture that we'll have to operate on but it's mostly some bruising and cuts, some we've had to stich and others that will heal on their own."

"And how long until he wakes up?" Christie asked.

"It's hard to tell but he's sedated for now so it could be a little bit of time but we're going to monitor his vitals and hopefully he'll wake up soon."

"Can we see him?" Kelly wondered.

"Only two at a time and you have to be quiet."

"You and Violet should go in first." Gabby proposed, knowing that Kelly wanted to know the details of what had happened. Christie thanked her and followed Will Halstead inside the trauma room to sit with her brother, her own daughter sitting on her lap as they waited for him to wake up.

"Ok so it's just the two of us, what happened?"

"You probably know that we haven't seen each other in a few days."

"And talk to each other. I know, Matt's been going crazy." He chuckled.

"So I decided to stop by the house to ask him to breakfast but he was already gone by the time I made it to the firehouse."

"And I saw him leave with Hallie right after shift. She was waiting for him outside this morning."

"Well I decided to stop by the restaurant he took me the first time for breakfast and that's when I saw them together. They were sitting inside, having coffee."

"You do know that nothing is going on between the two of them."

"Do I Kelly?" Matt hasn't called me in days and I see him at breakfast with his ex." Gabby was getting riled up, the anger she felt at the sight of the two coming back to the surface.

"She's been calling him non stop for the last few days and he's ignored every call but he got fed up last night and he picked up, wanting to put an end to it."

"Than how come he was with her over breakfast huh?"

"Because she just showed up at the house this morning. Believe me Gabby, you're the one he wants."

"Well he has a strange way to show it." Kelly didn't know Gabby for a long time but he could see straight away that the tough exterior and the anger that was rolling off her was just a front to hide the pain she was feeling right now. Both Kelly and Gabby looked in the direction of Matt's room as Christie came out of it, a large smile on her face.

"He's awake." They looked at each other before the two went to join them, only to be asked to step out of the room by Dr. Halstead so he could check his patient out.

"I told you he'd be ok." Severide whispered to Gabby's ear, making her smile lightly, fresh tears gently rolling down her cheeks.

"He's asking for you Gabby." Halstead stepped out of the room a few minutes later, giving Gabby some room to let her in but stopped her before she did. "He needs to rest."

"Ok. Thanks Will."

"Anytime." Gabby moved the curtain aside gently and smiled when she saw him sitting up slightly in his bed.

"Hey, how are you feeling?" She sat in the small chair next to his bed.

"Like I got hit by a car." He caughed.

"Hey, take it easy." She took the glass of water from the table and gave him some to hydrate his throat. "You need to rest right now, not try to talk."

"I need to explain breakfast."

"Matt, we can talk about this later." Her head turned at the sound of the voice on the other side of the curtain. "I'll be right back."

"Gabby." He protested but it was too late, she was out the door and headed straight for the person she knew belonged the voice.

"I'm his fiancé." She argued with the nurse who didn't want to give her any information on Matt.

"You're not anything." Gabby growled, gaining Severide's attention who was talking with Christie.

"You stay out of it." Hallie countered.

"You're the reason he's even in here."

"How dare you accuse me of causing this. You're the one who ran through traffic, making him chase after you."

"This isn't the time or the place for this. Hallie, what are you doing here?" Severide questionned Hallie firmly.

"I came to see how Matt is doing."

"He's awake and fine, no thanks to you." Gabby didn't care what this looked like, she just wanted Hallie gone.

"I told you to stay out of this."

"It's your fault he's in here." Gabby screamed. "If you hadn't plotted for me to see you two together, he wouldn't be here." Severide held her back as she was about to jump Hallie, her hands balled in fists, Hallie simply smirking. Their confrontation was starting to gain some attention from the staff and patients alike, both Maggie and security coming their way.

"If the two of you don't cut it out right now, Jerry will toss the both of you outside, is that understood?" Maggie hissed, effectively settling Gabby down.

"I'm going back to sit with Matt." Gabby simply turned on her heels and walked right back to Matt's room, Kelly making Hallie leave but Gabby didn't miss the smirk on the other woman's face as she turned around before going Inside the room.

"Hey, is everything ok?" Matt asked, concern lacing his voice. He had heard everything but was powerless to do anything about it.

"Everything is fine, not that I didn't want to just punch her face out."

"Calm down slugger." He smirked. "I don't need you sitting in a jail cell."

"You should be Lucky Severide was there then." She smiled.

"Someone said my name?" He peaked his head Inside the room.

"Thanks for stopping her from punching Hallie out."

"It would have been entertaining if you ask me, a good chick fight." Matt laughed but his hand flew to his side as he caughed.

"Hey, you ok?" Gabby was up and by him, worried.

"Yeah. Remind me not to laugh, it hurts."

"We're all boring starting from now." Severide chuckled, not being able to help himself. "So did Dr Halstead say when you'll be going into surgery?"

"As soon as there's an available spot, it's not an emergency but he says that I'll be moved to a room upstairs while I wait."

"And how long are you going to be off the job?" Gabby knew that was the next question he would have asked as soon as he heard about the surgery.

"Halstead says that the surgeon will talk to me about recovery time. Do you guys know anything about the driver?" No one had really adressed it since they got to the hospital.

"I'll go check." Kelly offered, leaving the two alone together, coming back a few minutes later with an update.

"April said he was treated for shock but we was already discharged."

"That's good." Gabby sighed, relieved.

"Alright Matt, they're ready for you in the OR, I just need you to sign this conscent form and someone will come get you."

"Thanks doc." Matt signed the papers and soon after, an orderly came to take him to the OR.

"We'll be right here." Gabby kissed him gently on the lips before he was taken away.

They all went down to the cafeteria while Matt was in the OR, sharing a breakfast, even though they weren't all that hungry. Gabby was mostly picking at her food, her nerves still on edge, hoping everything would go well in the OR.

"Is uncle Matt going to ok mom?"

"He's going to be just fine sweetie." Christie smiled at her daughter "And Gabby, I'm sorry we had to meet under these circumstances."

"Me too but maybe I can cook dinner for everyone when Matt comes back home."

"That would be great." Once they were done eating, Kelly left to call chief Boden with the bad news and both Christie and Gabby made it upstairs on the second floor where Matt would be taken after surgery.

Violet busied herself with her tablet and headphones, leaving both women to talk a little bit more, get to know each other while they waited for Matt to come back. He returned about an hour after they had arrived in the room, fully awake, the surgeon dropping by a few minutes later to give them the full info.

"How long until I can go back to work?" Was Matt's first question.

"I'm sorry Lieutenant but you'll be off active duty for at least 4 months."

"Four months?" Gabby knew a little bit about fractures but wasn't expecting his recovery to be that lengthy.

"Well the Tibia is a big bone and being a firefighter, I need to make sure it's fully healed before sending back into burning buildings, otherwise your whole career could be ending." Matt wasn't happy about this but firefighting was his life and he couldn't see himself doing anything else.

"Alright. Thanks again Dr Moore." He shook his hand and the doctor left, promising to check on him in the morning.

"Alright Matt. I'm going to let you rest but promise you'll call me before you get discharged?"

"I promise. Thanks for coming Chris and you are not leaving until I get a hug Vi." Violet smiled at her uncle and hugged him tightly, Matt keeping a wince in so he didn't scare her, Gabby winking at him.

They left after saying their goodbye, leaving Matt and Gabby alone again.

"Are you ok?" She asked, knowing he hadn't said anything about the recovery time.

"I'm not happy but I'm ok. Gabby, we need to talk about what happened this morning." He took her hand in his, his thumb caressing her knuckles.

"It's pretty obvious what happened this morning." She avoided the subject again, not wanting to dive into it here.

"Gabby, you can't avoid this talk forever."

"Can we maybe talk about it tomorrow, when I'm not totally exhausted from shift and the heart attack you almost gave me?" She gave up, knowing he wouldn't

"That's fine by me." He pulled on her hand, wanting to have her close to him. He pulled her in a gentle hug, Gabby trying not to hurt him as she did. "I'm sorry." He simply said, her head burried in his neck. They pulled away from each as there was a Knock on the door, revealing two police officers.

"I'm Adam Ruzek and this is Jay Halstead. Do you mind if we ask you a few questions?" Gabby looked at Matt as he nodded, clearly wondering what the police was doing here.

a/n: Uh oh...Is Matt in trouble or they just want to know what happened from his and Gabby's POV? I hope you guys liked it and please take a few minutes to leave a review, I always love having your imput - Sarra