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a/n: I'm really sorry about not writing anything lately. With the new school year that started today for my daughter and the preparation along with the fact that I've been really sick this last week, it's been very hard to write anything at all. I hope you guys will like this chapter.

It had been weeks since Matt and Gabby had moved in together and Matt hadn't been able to keep his hands off Gabby and they were suddenly running late for shift.

"Come on Matt, we're going to be late." She grabbed their two travel mugs from the kitchen and walked towards the front door.

"We still have some time to get to work." He chuckled, making it down the stairs.

"No we don't, thanks to you." She playfully shoved him.

"Ok maybe I'm a little to blame." He gently pulled her to him and pressed his lips to hers. "But if you hadn't been dressed in that." He looked her up and down with a grin. "It wouldn't have happened."

"Maybe I did it on purpose." She whispered against his lips. "But now we're going to be late." She pulled him by his shirt and out the door. Gabby's car was at the garage so Matt was going to drop her off at 105 and head over to 51, hopefully before roll call. He parked his truck in front of the firehouse and turned to Gabby.

"Be careful out there?"

"You too." He leaned over the middle console he kissed her. He watched her run inside and towards Brett before he drove towards 51. He parked next to Severide's camaro and headed inside, walking across an empty Squad table. He dropped his bag in his office before heading to the conferance soon, changing into his clothes would have to wait.

"Glad you could join us Lieutenant." Matt looked up and gave a chief Boden an apologetic nod and took a seat next to Severide.

"Late huh?" He smirked. Matt only chuckled before turning his head to listen to Boden before getting into more trouble. Once Boden was done talking, he headed straight for his office to grab his bag to be able to change before a call came in for 81.

He strode into the common room and grabbed himself a second cup of coffee and sat at the head of the table as usual.

"Didn't sleep a lot last night?" Shay took a seat next to him, throwing a smirk his way.

"You've been talking to Severide?"

"Maybe but you haven't answered my question."

"I slept fine last night."

"Uh huh." She gave him one last smile before getting up and joining Rafferty at the round table but she barely had time to fully sit before the bells rang, calling everyone to a structure fire. When he hopped out of truck, ambulance 61 was coming to a stop.

"Hey, what are you doing here?" He walked to Gabby, waiting for his orders.

"Called for back-up in case there were too many victime." Boden interrupted them and called for 81 to do a primary search and Squad to be on alert in case they were needed. Gabby watched as Matt gave his assignment to his men and masked up, going into the already involved fire.

Squad was quickly called inside to extricate a victim from a piece of the roof that fallen over him and both 61 and (105) impatiently waiting for the firefighters of 51 to come out of the building. Herrmann was the first one out with a victim that Shay and Rafferty took care of, leaving for Lakeshore immediately. Gabby and Brett took care of a few smoke inhalation victims as the guys came out one at a time and then Mouch came out with a victim that suffered burns on several parts of his body. It took a few minutes for them to take care of him but Casey and Severide were still inside. Gabby's head spun as she heard Boden talk in his radio, demanding an update from his two lieutenants. Gabby waited a few seconds before she was called back to attention by Brett.

"Come on Dawson, we have to get going." Gabby looked back from Brett to Boden before sending a silent prayer that Matt would come out ok because they really needed to get going.

Gabby was half concentrated on filling up the paperwork for their victim, her eyes glancing to and from the door in case once of them would be wheeled in. "Go call him." Brett gently pulled the pad from Dawson's hands.

"Thanks." Gabby sighed and left to find a quiet spot where she dialed Matt's number and waited, a slight bounce of the leg preventing her from breathing easy.

After getting static from his radio when Boden asked for an update and getting his victim out quickly, he helped his company pack up so they could go back to the house quickly. He hated that he had missed Gabby but he took a mental note to give her a call as soon as he got back to the house but then his phone started ringing inside his turn-out coat. Finally finding the device, he pressed on the green button and was met with a frantic Gabby on the other line.

Oh my god Matt, you're ok. "I'm sorry you missed me. The guys told me you left right before we got out." When Boden asked for an update and didn't get any, I might have paniced a bit. "I'm fine babe but we're on the way to the house, I'll call you back as soon as I'm in." Ok. He heard Gabby sigh on the other end. Be careful. "Always am. I love you." Love you too. He smiled into the phone before ending the call.

"Looks like you found yourself a keeper lieutenant." Herrmann called from his spot right behind him.

"I sure did." He grinned, Herrmann patting his arm as they drove back to 51. As promised when he stepped into his office, he dialed Gabby's phone but after ringinging sevral times, it went straight to voicemail so he left her a message and started writing up his incident report. Once it was given in to Boden, he returned to his office for some quiet time and decided to give a bit of time to M. Casey construction while he could. He was briefly distracted by the frame that was sitting on his desk. It was a picture that Shay had taken of him and Gabby at Molly's. She was sitting on his lap in a booth and her heard was thrown back in laughter, it had been a great night. He took it between his hands and smiled a goofy grin, running Herrmann's words in his mind.

Calls came in but still after a very long and tiring one, all Matt could think about were Herrmann's words. Most of the house was already gone to the showers and then to bed but Matt waited for the house to have quieted down before he headed for the shower himself. With his palms against the shower stall and a hot mist getting the knots out of his muscles, the wheels inside his head were turning. We walked back in his office toweling down his hair with a towel and his eyes fell on the same frame. He looked across the hall to find Severide in his office with his desk lamp on and his head down over the incident report that Matt decided would have to wait a little while longer. He threw the towel against the bed and walked with a determined stride towards Severide. He quickly walked in and closed the door.

"I have this crazy idea Kelly." Severide looked at him with a quizical look and turned in his chair to face him with a laugh.

"I'm listening."

"I want to ask Gabby to marry me."

"Are you out of your mind? He chuckled.

"I don't know, maybe. Herrmann said something to me in the truck on the way back from our first call this morning and I can't keep thinking about it, over and over again."

"And what crazy idea did Herrmann manage to put in your mind this time?"

"No ideas, I promise. He just said he thought I had found a keeper and it's got me thinking."

"That you'd ask her to marry you? It's been what? A few months?"

"Four."

"Exactly. You guys have been dating for only four months and you've already moved in together. Don't you think that you're moving too fast?"

"When I think about the future Sev, all I can see is her and our kids and I don't want to wait." Kelly Severide had known Matt for a long time now. They had attended the academy together and had served at 51 together and on their first assignment and the rest was pretty much history. He watched his best friend carefully and chose his words just the same.

"I've known you for a long time Case and you've always been the careful one of the two of us." He started, standing up and gently put a hand on Matt's shoulder. "I've seen you during your relationship with Hallie and I watched it go down the drain, taking your heart with it. I do not want you to go through it again."

"This isn't like that Kelly. Even in the beginning with Hallie, it was never like what Gabby and I have. I just feel like she's the one."

"Well if that's how you feel, I'm right behind you, one hundred percent." He put his other hand on Matt's shoulder.

"Really?" This talk wasn't leading to that last statement.

"Really." He chuckled. "Go find a ring and we'll get you married." His laugh was contagious and Matt laughed along with Kelly. They were both just glad that the rest of the house was asleep because if Shay had heard any of this conversation, she would have gone absolutely insane. The boys talked a little bit longer before going their seperate ways so they could write up their report and grab a few hours of sleep before another call came in.

51 was lucky enough to have one rare uneventful night so everyone woke up rested. Leslie Shay was the first one to be up and about, sleep making her even more bubbly that usual.

"What were you guys up so late talking about?"

"Wouldn't you like to know." Severide and Matt chuckled as they walked out the door of the firehouse without even giving her an answer. Matt drove towards 105 to pick Gabby up and was surprised to see her waiting with Brett by her car. "Hey Brett." They hugged.

"Kept her company until you arrived." She smiled at him. They had become good friends since meeting Gabby and he was glad that she had a friend like Sylvie that looked after her.

"Thanks. How about some breakfast?" He asked Gabby."

"I'm starving actually." Gabby smiled at Matt. "I'll see you in two days Brett." Matt watched the two women hug before he pulled Gabby in for a kiss and they made their way towards their favourite diner, finally getting to enjoy their time alone together. Matt couldn't wait to be able to have him all to himself for their rest of their lives. Now all he had to do was find a ring and get her to say yes.

a/n: I hope you guys think that this chapter is half good. Please leave your thoughts in a review as usual :)

Ok so when I started writing this story, it was only meant to be a one-shot but a lot of you convinced me to turn it into a full blown story and I'm totally glad that but I did. But since I'm not all that much of a planning kind of gal when it comes to my writing, I had no idea what direction I wanted to take or how many chapters I wanted to write but I finally made up my mind so there will be three more chapters (including the epilogue) left before I close this story. - Sarra