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 would of updated earlier but I went out for five hours to the pool and spent two of those by the water talking. Sunburnt for waiting
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This story is AU
Previously
"Not really. The last call was a diffucult one. Can I stay with her?" He asked, laying her on the guest bed.
"Yah sure." Laura said, before making her way downstairs to where she was prepping dinner.
"Hey! You're home early." Laura said, greeting her husband as he walked through the door.
"Yeah. Finished a case early. Something smells good." Antonio said, kissing her.
"Yeah. Gabby is upstairs. She isn't doing well." Laura said, stirring the sauce in the pan.
"What do you mean not doing well? What happened?" He asked, thinking she had gotten hurt on the job.
"She lost three kids today." Laura said, pouring the spaghetti into the boiling water.
"Crap. I'm going to go up there? You right for a minute?" He asked, looking at her.
"Yeah I'm fine." She said, wathching him walk towards the stairs.
Upstairs
"No...Don't...NO!" Gabby screamed, thrashing in her sleep before bolting upright.
"Hey! It's okay." Matt said soothing her once again.
"I couldn't do anything." She sobbed as she fell into his chest again.
"It's not your fault." He said, rubbing her back, there was a knock on the door.
"Gabby?" Antonio called, walking into the room to find Matt soothing his sister.
"Hey." Matt said, looking behind him.
"How is she?" He asked, walking over to the bed.
"This is the second time she has woken up screaming." Matt replied, watching her sleep.
"Why don't you go take a break. I will watch her." Antonio suggested, as Matt got up.
"Yeah thanks." Matt replied, watching as Antonio took his place next to Gabby.
Downstairs
"How is she?" Laura asked, spotting Matt walking into the kitchen.
"Woke up screaming again." He replied, sitting down at the breakfast bar.
"Do you think maybe she needs to go see a councellor?" Laura asked, leaning on the counter.
"Will leave that up to her and Boden to talk about. Personally I think she should talk to someone other than family." He replied, rubbing a hand over his face as he heard her screaming again.
"Those nightmares aren't going to stop are they?" Laura asked, listening to her calm down.
"Not tonight. I think we should take it in shifts to watch over her." He suggested, looking up for her advice.
"Good idea. I will take the next one after Antonio." Laura said, as her two children came running through the back door. "Did it get too cold out there for you?"
"Yeah. Is dinner nearly ready? And is Aunty Gabby home." Eva asked, shrugging off her winter coat.
"Yeah, but don't go and disturb her tonight. She isn't feeling well." Laura explained to her kids as she dished out dinner.
"I'll take some up to Antonio and Gabs. She might not eat anything though." Matt said, taking two of the plates and heading up the stairs.
"Go wash your hands and come sit at the table." Laura said, ushering the kids into the washroom.
Upstairs
"Brought you some dinner." Matt said, placing the plate next to the bed.
"Thanks. She's still having her nightmares." Antonio said, looking down at his sister.
"I heard." Matt said, as Gabby started moaning in her sleep again.
"Shay...Help her! Noo!" Gabby screamed, sitting upright again and crying.
"Gabby. It's okay." Antonio soothed.
"Antonio I couldn't save them. And I don't know why." She sobbed, sitting up.
"You did all you could. I'm sure the family knows that as well." Antonio said, hugging her close.
"I don't know." She mumbled, looking down.
"Gabby listen to me, you did what you could to save those children. There was nothing you could do." Matt said, sitting behind her.
"I don't want to talk about anymore." She said, laying down her with her head buried into Antonio's side.
"She used to do that when she was little too." Antonio said, brushing her hair back as she fell asleep.
"I can tell. I talked with Laura, we are going to take it in shifts. Laura is next." Matt said, leaning on the headboard.
"Good idea." He said, closing his eyes.
Next day
"Antonio, you're squishing me." Gabby mumbled, as she woke up.
"Sorry." He said, as he moved. "How are you feeling?"
"I'm okay." She said, getting off the bed and walking out the door to the bathroom.
"She isn't okay." Matt said, walking downstairs where the kids were having breakfast.
"No she isn't. Get her to talk to Boden when you get to the Firehouse if you can." Antonio said, taking a piece of toast out of his wife's hands.
"Hey! Make your own." Laura exclaimed poking him.
"Do you trust me with the toaster?" he asked, poking her back.
"No I don't. I will make more." She said, reaching behind him and putting more pieces of bread in the toaster.
"Smart." He said, hugging her with one arm while she rested her head on his chest.
"Smarter than you." She replied, as Gabby walked into the kitchen.
"Morning." She said, grabbing a a mug and pouring some coffee into it.
"Morning Aunt Gabby!" Eva and Diego said, running up and giving her a hug.
"Morning guys." Gabby said, hugging them close to her.
"You're squishing us." They mumbled.
"Sorry guys." She apologised sipping her coffee.
"You ready for work?" Matt asked, looking at her.
"As ready as I ever will be." She responded, putting her cup down.
Firehouse 51
"Shay, Dawson. My office." Boden called, looking at the two EMT's.
"What can we do for you Chief?" Dawson asked, walking into his office with her partner.
"I want to know how you two are holding up after yesterday?" He asked, already knowing how Gabby was holding up after her brother rang.
"Great." Shay said, sitting down.
"Yeah same." Dawson said, standing behind her partner.
"I'm keeping a close eye on you two." He said, dismissing them.
"Yes Chief." They said before taking their leave through the door.
Common room
"Hey girls. So what's for lunch?" Cruz asked, as they walked through the door of the common room.
"You haven't even had breakfast yet." Dawson replied, sitting down to read a magazine.
"Breakfast is served." Mills called, from where he put a steaming batch of scrambled eggs and omelots out.
"Here." Matt said, placing a plate of scrambled eggs in front of her.
"Thanks." She said, looking up and smiling at him.
"Get a room you two." Otis said, sitting in front of Gabby.
"Says the one who sits at home at night by himself." Gabby retorted.
"Yeah got a point." He replied, watching her push her eggs around her plate.
"You need to eat." Boden said, sitting down at the head of the table.
"I'm not really hungry." She replied, pushing them around to make a face.
"Still need to eat something." Matt said, watching as she stopped and stared at the plate.
"Gabby are you okay?" Shay asked, looking at her partner.
"Gabs?" Everyone asked, being startled as she suddenly jumped up and smashed her hand into the plate thinking that she saw one of the childrens faces from yesterday.
"Hey, hey. It's okay. You're okay." Matt quietly said, putting an arm around her waist and grabbing a tea towel to wrap around her hand.
"Gabby I need to talk to you." Boden said, looking at his phone.
"Sure. I need to get this looked at." She said, following Boden to his office.
"Sit. I just a got a call from Lakeshore. Antonio's been shot." Boden said, standing in front of her.
"No, no. I saw him just this morning." She said, standing up.
"Gabby you need to calm down." Boden said, grasping her shoulder.
"Calm down? You just told me my brother got shot." She yelled, before running out the door.
Lakeshore
"How is he?" She asked, running into the waiting room.
"Did you run here?" Laura asked, wiping her tears away and sitting her sister-in-law down.
"Yeah. How is he?" She asked once again, looking at her hand.
"Surgery still. What happened to your hand?" Laura asked, gently prying the tea towel away.
"I'm fine. Just a little cut. What happened?" Gabby said, as a doctor walked up to her and took her hand.
"I'm not sure." Laura replied, while the doctor inspected her hand.
"You need stitches. Come with me." The doctor said, grasping her arm and helping her stand.
"I'm fine. I need to be here for my brother." She said, as the doctor pulled her along.
"It won't take long." He said, sitting her down and going to get the suture kit.
"Fine." She said, holding her hand to her chest.
10 minutes later
"You're all finished. I will take you back to the waiting room." The doctor said, letting her stand up.
"Thankyou." She said, before following the doctor back to the waiting room where Laura and the kids were siting.
"How many?" Eva asked, looking up as her aunt walked into the room.
"Five. Any news and what happened?" She asked, once again, sitting down next to Laura.
"I'm not sure. All I know is that they were going to ask questions with a suspect and he opened fired." Laura explained as a surgeon walked out of the OR.
"Family of Antonio Dawson." Dr Holland, the doctor who treated Gabby a couple of weeks ago.
Please read and review. Another cliffhanger. Is this suspect an ally with Voight? Chapter 8 will be up tomorrow