Heya guys. So since my other The Ball got deleted due to unknown reasons I thought i would rewrite it with different character going after Gabby. Hope you enjoy. I know I didn't have two updates yesterday but I just couldn't handle what was happening yesterday as it was a hard day for all my family.

This story is AU

Previously

In the distance a man waits...and watches the family have their fun together...He waits for the right moment to strike.

Next day

"Dad! Diego stole my books again!" Eva yelled while chasing her brother.

"Enough! Diego give her the books back and go finish getting ready for school." Antonio said, walking down the stairs.

"Yes dad." He replied, coming down the stairs shortly after.

"Where is your aunt?" He asked, handing them both a lunch box.

"She went to the firehouse." Eva said, drinking her juice while packing her bag.

"Did she now? She only got out of hospital yesterday." Antonio said, grabbing his keys and wallet and ushering the kids out the door.

"Oooh she's in trouble." Eva and Diego said, getting into the back,

"You got that right." He said, pulling away from the curb.

Firehouse 51

"Hey! Dawson's back!" Herrmann yelled as she walked through the common room, tucking her shirt in.

"Hey." She said, walking up to the coffee pot.

"Should you be back so soon?" Matt asked, walking up to her.

"I'm fine. I would tell you if I wasn't." She said, sipping her coffee as Shay walked through the door.

"Hey. What are you doing back so soon?" Shay asked, hugging her.

"I'm fine. Have you done the inventory since last week?" Gabby asked, walking towards the apparatus floor.

"Not yet. So you talked to Boden about being back?" Shay asked, pouring herself a coffee.

"No she hasn't. She didn't even tell her brother." Boden said, from the door.

"Your office?" Gabby asked, knowing what was going to happen.

"You got that right." Boden said, watching her walk past and towards his office.

Boden's office.

"You going to tell me why you aren't at home and disobeying your doctors orders?" He asked, sitting behind his desk.

"You going to tell my brother?" She asked, looking at her feet.

"Maybe. So you going to tell me?" He asked again.

"Because I don't want to sit at home all day with nothing to do. I need to work, I need to do something." Gabby said, giving in to his stare.

"Fine, you finish this shift but you are not to go out on calls." Boden said, looking at the paperwork in front of him.

"Yes Chief." She said, before taking her leave.

Apparatus floor

"You seen my sister?" Antonio asked, walking up to the squad table.

"Back of the rig." Capp answered pointing to where the rig sat with it's doors open.

"Thanks." He said, before walking off towards the ambulance.

"How many vials of morphine?" Shay asked, checking off a list.

"Two." Gabby replied, looking in the comparments of all the kits they had.

"What do you think you're doing?" Antonio asked, from behind her.

"Oh dammit Antonio. What were you thinking when you scared me?" Gabby gasped, jumping and bumping her head on the roof of the rig.

"I was thinking how my sister only got out of hospital a day ago and she is back at work and could easily get hurt." Antonio said, watching her rub the top of her head.

"Mhm. Well just so you know I won't be going out on calls for the next two weeks." Gabby said, sitting down and looking at the long list of inventory.

"Yeah well, I have to get back to work. I will talk to you later. And remember the ball is tonight." Antonio said, before leaving them alone.

"Yeah, great." Gabby said, turning back to Shay.

"We need to go dress shopping." Shay said, looking up at her.

"Yeah. We should when we go get the groceries for lunch." Gabby said, checking the roster as they walked into the common room.

"You two are on duty for lunch today." Mills said, walking past them towards Casey's office.

"Let me go tell Boden and then we can go." Shay said, walking down towards his office and telling him.

20 minutes later

"I'm glad I'm not that fussy over dresses." Gabby said, taking out their purchases from the back of the rig including her knee length black and white dress.

"Yeah me too." Shay said, heading into the common room where everyone was waiting.

"So what you get?" Mouch asked, taking the groceries out of Gabby's hand.

"Oi Mouch." Gabby exclaimed, glad that her dress was in her other hand.

"What's that?" Casey said, coming up behind her and causing her to jump. "Its a dress."

"Why you carrying around a dress?" Otis asked, putting the groceries away with Cruz.

"My brother's Police Fundraiser Ball is tonight. I needed a new dress." Gabby explained, as Shay took it out of the bag.

"Wow. Looks great. What are you going to do with your hair though?" Cruz asked, pulling it out of its pony tail.

"Hey." She exclaimed once again, catching it before it fell apart even more.

"You don't touch a girls hair Cruz." Otis said, sitting down next to Mouch on the couch.

"Exactly dude. How could you forget that?" Gabby said, staring him down.

"I don't like your stare Gabs. It's freaky." He said, before running out of the room.

"Hey where did Casey disappear to? And he took your dress to." Otis said, looking around.

"How do I look guys?" He asked, coming out of the locker room.

Everyone burst into laughter as Antonio walked through the door.

"Didn't know you liked dresses Lieutenant." Antonio said, looking at him with a weird look.

"I can talk to you for a minute." Gabby said, pulling Matt out of the room.

"What did I do?" He asked as they walked into the locker room.

"Go get dressed." She said, laughing as he walked around the corner trying to get the dress of.

"I'm stuck." he called.

"Seriously?" She asked, walking around the corner and helping him.

"Thanks." he said quietly, noticing the close proximity between them.

"Your welcome." She said, smiling up at him.

"Sorry to interrupt. I need to take Gabby so she can get ready." Shay said, grabbing the dress and pulling her away from Matt.

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