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.
Next day
"Hey Gabs!" Laura smiled, walking into her hospital room.
"Hey." Gabby smiled, sitting up in her bed.
"So, I brought you some magazines and books. Oh and fresh fruit salad because I know what hospital food is like." Laura said, sitting on the edge of the bed with her.
"Awh thanks. How are the kids?" She asked, flicking through one with Laura.
"Good. Eva got an A on her English and Diego got a B on his science experiment." Laura said, showing a dress in one of the magazine.
"That's great. How is Antonio holding up?" She asked, knowing her brother doesn't talk about what he is feeling.
"He won't talk about it. But I know he wakes up in the middle of the night with cold sweats or screaming." Laura admitted.
"I will talk to him. I think I know why." Gabby said, as Dr Holland walked through the door.
"Good morning. You keep up these hospital visits and I might just have to get you and your family your own room." She joked, looking at the chart.
"Knowing mine and Antonio's jobs. You will be seeing us frequently." Gabby said.
"Well hopefully I don't see you an a hospital bed anymore." She said, putting the chart back and folding her arms.
"I don't do it on purpose. I have a dangerous job, no more dangerous than my brothers. You will see me bring patients to you or one of my fellow co-workers." Gabby said, looking up.
"Fair enough. I will be back in a couple of hours to check on your pain and if need be up your dosage." Dr Holland said, before taking her leave.
"Even though it doesn't need to be upped anymore." Gabby muttered, looking at Laura.
"You'll do as you're told if you want to go home." She said, smirking at her.
"I want to go home now, but I have to be here for another week." Gabby sighed, looking down.
"Time will fly trust me. Antonio said he will be here on his lunch break." Laura said, offering her some fruit salad.
"Thanks. Yeah if a case doesn't come up." Gabby said, taking a piece of watermelon.
"He will call you if he can't make it." Laura said, smiling to reassure her.
Firehouse 51
"How is our girl doing?" Boden asked, as they all sat down for lunch.
"Looking forward to getting out of hospital." Shay said, as she had visited her yesterday.
"Of course." Boden said, as Casey joined them.
"The doctors are surprised that she woke up from the coma earlier than they thought." Casey said, sitting down in between Severide and Otis.
"She is always a fighter." Herrmann said.
District 21
"So when she gettin outta hospital? Miss seein her round Molly's." Atwater asked, sitting on the edge of Antonio's desk.
"Next week sometime. Yeah I'm pretty sure her co-owners miss her too." He said, flipping through their latest case.
"I hear you're making the switch to the Intelligence Unit." He said, grabbing a chair.
"Yeah I need some more challenging cases." He said, as his partner Jules sat down in the desk next to him.
"I'm making the switch too. Need to keep an eye on you for Laura and Gabby." Jules said, laughing at his mock hurt.
"I'm not that bad." He said, laughing with her.
"You kiddin me? Making sure you don't get in trouble is a lot of work." Jules said, facing him in her chair.
"Wilhite! Your kids and husband are here!" Sergeant Platt called from the door.
"Send them in." She called back.
"Fine." She replied, before going back downstairs to the lobby to send them in.
"Mommy!" they yelled, running into her legs when she stood up.
"Hey my babies." She said, getting down to their level.
"When do you finish?" her husband asked, hugging her.
"5. I will be home to cook dinner if you need to get to shift." She said, watching as the kids talked with the other officers.
"I have the night off. So I thought that we could all go out for dinner." he said, smiling.
"Great idea." She replied.
Lakeshore
"Hey Gabs!" Antonio said, walking into her room.
"Hey." She said, looking up from the book she was reading.
"What you readin?" he asked, walking over to her bed.
"Uh I have no clue. Shay brought it." She replied, looking at it.
"Pride and Prejudice. Huh, nice choice." He said, looking at the cover.
"They won't even let me walk around." Gabby complained, putting the book down and crossing her legs.
"Good. I'm glad they aren't." He said, sitting on the end of her bed.
"Gah, not you too." She said, leaning back.
"Hah. So how you feelin?" He asked, looking at one of the books.
"Good. Still sore though." She replied.
"Well yeah you got the hell beaten out of you." He said, looking down.
"Hm. How you doin?" she asked, looking at him.
"Good. Fine." He said unconvincingly.
"You know you can talk to me." She said as Laura walked through the door.
"Hey." She said, kissing Antonio's cheek and then Gabby's before taking a seat in one of the chairs.
"I know. I don't want to talk about it." He replied, before changing the subject to the kids.
Next day-Dawson Household
"Mommy, I heard Daddy yelling again last night." Diego said, after Antonio had left for work.
"I know sweetie." Laura said, kissing his head as Eva walked into the kitchen.
"I heard it to Mom." Eva said, hugging her.
"I know sweetie, he is just really worried about Aunt Gabby." Laura said, trying to find a way to explain it to them.
"Can we make him something please Mom?" Eva asked, hoping to get a chance to use her new drawing supplies.
"Sure sweetie. What are you going to do Diego?" Laura asked, watching her eldest run upstairs to grab her drawing supplies.
"I'm not sure yet. What do you think?" He asked, looking up at his mother.
"How about a drawing, or a painting." Laura suggested.
"Can I use my paint supplies?" He asked hopefully.
"Sure. But we are going outside with them aren't we?" She asked, watching as they both came back with their stuff.
"Yes!" They yelled, before putting on their shoes and running out the back.
District 21
"How you holding up?" Jules asked, as she watched her tired partner walk to his desk.
"Yeah, I'm good." He lied, taking his jacket off and sitting down.
"Ok." She said, before turning back to her paperwork.
"What?" He asked, looking at her.
"Nothing." She replied.
"I need coffee. You want one?" He asked, standing up and heading towards the break room.
"Yeah sure." She replied, following.
"Don't trust me making one huh?" He joked, handing her a cup.
"No. I thought you might want to talk about what happened." She said, putting sugar in.
He sighed before replying, "I don't want to talk about. Gabby has tried, Laura has tried."
"It's eating you up inside. I can tell. I've seen this happen." Jules said, trying to argue her point.
"And I said, I'm fine. I don't need to talk about anything." He said, before walking out.
Lakeshore
"Hey. How you feelin?" Matt asked, walking into her hospital room.
"Great. They still won't let me out until Monday though." She replied, kissing him.
"Have you tried talking to Antonio?" He asked, sitting on the chair next to her.
"Yeah. He just shuts down. I'm worried about him." She said, looking across at him.
"I might have a go at talking to him." He said, as Laura walked into the hospital room with the kids.
"Hey guys." Gabby said, as both kids hugged her.
"Hey. Show Aunt Gabby what you made." Laura said, hugging her.
"Aw these are great. Did you make one for Dad too?" She asked, setting them up on the table next to her.
"Yeah. We are going to see him after." Eva said, sitting on the bed with her brother.
"He still isn't talking?" Gabby asked Laura.
"No. So we are going to go see him." She replied, also sitting down in another chair.
"I will come with you. See if he will talk to me." Matt said, looking at her.
"Yeah that would be a great idea." Laura agreed.
"When they letting you out?" Eva asked, looking at her Aunty.
"Monday." She replied.
"That's in two days. Are you coming to stay with us?" Diego asked hopefully.
"I hope so." Antonio said, walking through the door with Jules following.
"I can look after myself." She muttered.
"I'd feel better if you stayed with your family for a couple of weeks." Dr Holland said, walking into her room.
"Because you don't want to see me back in this hospital." Gabby said, remembering the lecture she got earlier.
"Exactly. I'm glad you remember." Dr Holland said, before leaving.
"It's etched into my head for eternity." She mumbled.
"I'm glad you're feeling better." Jules said, knowing what Gabby can be like.
"I feel great." She said.
"We can tell." Matt said, laughing with them.
"So when is the trial?" Gabby asked, looking at Antonio.
"They are still working out all the details. And I'd rather not talk about it." He said, standing behind Laura.
"Well I do. You can't avoid it forever." Gabby said, sighing.
"I can damn well try." He replied, before leaving the room.
"I'll go talk to him." Matt said, before following him out the door.
Hospital grounds
"What's up?" Matt asked, sitting next to Antonio on the bench.
"Nothing. They just won't drop the subject, I just don't want to talk about it." Antonio said, looking at the ground.
"You thought maybe they were worried about you. I know that Laura hears you wake up in the middle of the night with nightmares." Matt said, looking at him.
"Well they shouldn't worry about me. I'm fine." He said. "I have to get back to work, give Gabs a hug for me."
"Sure. Wanna go for a beer after work?" He asked, before he left.
"Sure." He replied, before making his way towards the squad car.
Gabby's room
"Where's Antonio?" Jules and Gabby asked, when Matt came back into the room without him.
"Waiting for you in the car." Matt replied, hugging Gabby. "He said to give you a hug."
"Huh. Did he say anything?" Jules asked, standing up.
"That you shouldn't worry about him." Matt said, sitting down.
Firehouse 51
"When she being released?" Shay asked, sitting on the couch next to Cruz.
"Monday." He replied, walking into the kitchen.
"That's great. Bring her around when she gets released." Herrmann said, walking into the common room.
"Yeah if Antonio lets her out of the house." Matt said, sitting down.
Dawson household
"Hey. I'm home." Antonio said, walking through the door that night.
"Hey babe. Kids are at friends for the night." Laura said, as she cooked dinner.
"Relaxing night in." He replied, kissing her cheek.
"Yeah. How was your day?" Laura asked, as he handed her a glass of wine.
"Quiet. No new cases, just some paperwork." He replied, sitting on the counter.
"That's good." She replied, looking up from the stir fry she was cooking.
"Yeah. How is Gabby?" he asked, stealing at bit of meat.
"She's good. Can't wait to get out of that hospital though." Laura said, slapping his hand.
"I bet." He replied.
"Can we talk about what happens in the middle of the night?" Laura asked carefully.
"If you want." He replied, looking down.
"What happens?" she asked, letting it simmer.
"Voight kills Gabby, then he comes after my family. I can't let that happen." He said, admitting the nightmares he's been having.
"Oh baby, that's not going to happen. His trial is coming up soon and he will go away for a very long time." Laura said, kissing his head.
"I know." he replied, jumping off the counter.
"You thought about going to see a psychologist?" She asked, wrapping her arms around his waist.
"You're right, I will make an appointment with the psychologist at district 21." Antonio said kissing her forehead.
Lakeshore-Monday
"You ready to go home?" Dr Holland asked, walking into her hospital room.
"Yeah I am. My brother is on his way now." She said, standing up from the chair with her duffel bag.
"I'm here." he said, running through the door.
"Nearly didn't make it did ya?" Gabby asked, signing the paperwork.
"Traffic." he replied, grabbing her bag.
"Can I go now?" She asked, handing back the signed paperwork.
"Take it easy for the next few days. I want to see you again next week for a check up. And no work for two weeks." Dr Holland said, receiving the papework.
"Ok." She said, standing up.
Please read and review. Sorry its a bit late. Rememeber this story is AU