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 don't own Chicago Fire or Chicago PD!
Next day- Dawson Family Household
"Have you seen Gabby?" Antonio asked, walking into the kitchen and kissing Laura
"She left a note saying she was going for a run." Laura said as both kids came running into the kitchen.
"Least she left a note. Hey you two, turn the music up and take the screaming and running out the back." Antonio said, as it was his day off and they were spending it together at home.
"Okay," they said, before turning the music up and running out the back door.
"That will impress the neighbours." Laura said as Gabby came walking through the door taking her iPod earphones out.
"Who cares what they think. Was worried about you." Antonio said, kissing Gabby on the cheek.
"I'm fine. Lakeshore rang while I was running. They were taking him off the ventilator today as they are reducing his sedation medication to see what happens. Whether he decides to wake up today or not as they swelling on his brain has gone down tremondously." Gabby said, as she grabbed the jug of juice and a bowl of fruit and taking them out the back.
"That's great. At least he is breathing on his own now." Laura said, as they watched Eva, Diego and Antonio chase each other on the grass.
"It is. I've spoken to a lawyer about the trial. All I have to do is recite my statement, Antonio recites the interrogation and they take it from there." Gabby said, as they set up the backyard balcony.
"Do you know what you are going to do about Rafferty?" She asked, as they sat down in the shade.
"I don't know. I'm thinking go talk to her today." Gabby admitted, leaning back.
"Sounds like a good idea." Laura said, also leaning back.
"MOM! Daddy and Diego are being mean!" Eva yelled, running towards the two adults.
"What did they do this time?" She asked, as Eva sat down.
"They won't let me wrestle with them." She replied, grabbing a glass of water.
"Yeah, your father never let me wrestle with him and his friends either. Figures though, I was six, he was sixteen. Probably didn't want to be shown up by a six year old." Gabby laughed, watching as they two culprits walked up to them.
"Really? Dad, Aunt Gabby was younger than I am and you wouldn't let her." Eva said, looking at her father.
"You're my little girl though." Antonio said, kissing her head.
"What are we? Chicken liver." Gabby and Laura joked, getting a laugh out of everybody.
"No, you're my baby sister." He said, throwing a napkin at Gabby. "And you're my amazing wife," he said, kissing Laura.
"Eeeww." Eva, Diego and Gabby said, covering their eyes.
"When you two are older you will understand. And I could say the same with you and Matt." Antonio said, sittting back in his chair.
"Hey Diego, bet I could beat you in a wrestling match." Eva challenged, standing up.
"You're on." Diego said, before they ran out onto the grass.
"Here we go. Should be interesting." Antonio said, turning to watch them.
"Antonio!" Laura exclaimed, slapping him up the head.
"Ow." He whine, turning back to face the girls.
Lakeshore
"Hey Casey, you need to wake up soon buddy. Dawson needs you. The nurses say that if we talk to you, you could hear us." Severide said, as he sat next to his bed.
Firehouse 51 crew were taking it in turns to sit with Matt in the mornings when Gabby isn't there.
Casey's Subconcious POV
I can hear you Kelly. I want to wake up but I'm so drowsy. I will try again later.
End of POV
"I will come back after shift with the others." Severide said, before leaving.
Firehouse 51
"How is he?" Everyone asked the minute Severide walked through the door.
"Off the ventilator. They reduced his sedation so hopefully he should wake up in the next couple of days." Severide said, grabbing an apple from the bowl of fruit in the middle of the table.
"Hey, it's the Dawsons!" Capp yelled, as they walked into the common room.
"Hey guys, is Rafferty around?" Gabby asked looking around for the fellow paramedic.
"She's in the laundry room. Everything okay?" Shay asked, hugging her.
"Yeah, just wanna talk things out with her." Gabby said, heading in the direction of the laundry.
Laundry room.
"Hey, can we talk?" Gabby asked, leaning against the dryer.
"If you want. What do you want to talk about?" Alison asked her, turning to face her.
"I want to know more about you. So we can overcome our differences." Gabby said, jumping up onto the dryer.
"What do you want to know?" She asked, jumping up onto the washing machine.
"One, why did you become a paramedic and two why do you hate me so much?" Gabby asked, looking at her.
"Okay. I was a resident doctor at Chicago Med, but I dropped out when my fiance was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma Disease." Rafferty said, sniffling a little.
"What happened? Did he get better?" Gabby asked, looking at her feet.
"No, he died six months later. I took the EMT exam, became certified and here I am." Rafferty said, finished her story. "And I don't hate you, I see you with your family and the firehouse family and I realize how much I miss mine back home."
"Oh Rafferty, you are very much apart of 51's family than I am. And you are doing a fine job of PIC. I'm thinking of putting in for you to say on 61 permenantly with Shay and I." Gabby said, patting her hand.
"Thankyou Dawson. What about you and your family life?" Alison asked, looking at her new friend.
"Now that story requires dinner and drinks at my brother's since I'm still staying there." Gabby said, as they made their way back to the common room.
"Sounds like a plan." Rafferty said, sitting next to Shay.
"You too Shay." Gabby said, looking at her best friend.
"What about me?" She asked, looking up from her magazine in confusion.
"Girls night out tomorrow after shift?" Laura asked.
"Sounds great." Shay said smiling.
"If there is going to be four girls in my house tomorrow night, Diego and I are going out." Antonio said, looking between the three girls.
"Awh, are you sure you don't want to show your true girl self and paint nails? Like when I was seven and you were seventeen." Gabby said, walking up to him as everyone laughed.
"Hey! We said we would never bring that up again. And I'd rather do manly things with Diego. Severide, wanna join us?" Antonio said, turning to the squad lieutenant.
"Yes!" He said, giving the girls the evil look.
"You need to do manly things to feel like a man?" Rafferty asked snickering.
"Shush you." He joked as everyone laughed again.
Next day
"Morning." Laura said, as Gabby walked into the kitchen.
"Morning." Gabby replied, sitting down at the breakfast bar.
"Have you heard more on the trial next week?" She asked, washing the fry pan from making breakfast.
"No, I was going to ring them later today." Gabby replied, taking a sip of her coffee.
"Where's my breakfast Gabby?" Antonio joked, kissing her cheek.
"Make it yourself." Gabby said, pushing him.
"Don't go anywhere near those kitchen appliances Antonio Dawson." Laura said, grabbing his arm.
"At least someone loves me." Antonio said, pulling a face at Gabby.
"You keep going and you will be going to work with an empty stomach." Laura said, kissing him as she passed.
"What are you going to do Gabs when I get old huh?" He asked, throwing a tea towel at her.
"Trying not to burst your macho bubble Antonio, but you are old." She said, laughing at him.
"I'm hurt." He mocked, putting a hand over his heart.
"You'll get over it. You ready for the trial?" She asked, taking a plate of bacon and scrambled eggs.
"As ready as you can ever be." Antonio said, sitting next to her. "What about you?"
"Yeah I guess," Gabby mumbled, taking a bite of her breakfast.
"I'll be there with you the whole time. Laura will be there in the audience, same with 51 and half of the PD." Antonio said, as Laura walked around the counter and sat on the other side of her.
"Thanks. I'm going to head to the hospital." Gabby said, before grabbing her jacket and bag.
"Come by the bakery when you're done." Laura said, hugging her before she left.
"Will do." Gabby replied, before leaving.
Lakeshore
"Gabriela, good news. He woke up this morning. Take it slow, he stil still a little groggy from the medication." Dr Franton said, stopping Gabby in the hallway.
"Thankyou." Gabby said gratefully, before making her way quickly to his room.
"Hey." Matt said when she walked into the room.
"Hey yourself. How are you feeling?" She asked, sitting next to his bed.
"Sore and little fuzzy in the head, but that's just the medication wearing off." He said, grabbing her hand.
"When do the doctors think you should be out by?" She asked, looking at their joined hands and thinking how lucky he is to be alive.
"Thursday at the latest, maybe Friday." He replied, watching her face fall into a frown.
"The trial is on Thursday morning." She said, reminding him.
"I will try to be there." He said, knowing that the doctors will let him out when they see fit.
"I know baby. I better go update 51." She said before giving him a kiss.
"Okay. Love you." He said as she walked to the door.
"Love you too." She replied, smiling before leaving.
Firehouse 51
"Guess what?" Gabby said as she walked into the common room.
"What?" They asked, looking up at her in surprise.
"He's awake and doing great." She said, sitting down at the table.
"Thats great. When should he be released?" Boden asked, walking into the room.
"Friday at the latest," She replied as dispatched called over the PA system.
"Truck 81...Ambulance 61...Engine 51...Squad 3...Battalion 25...Collion on North State Street."
"Dawson, we could probably use your help on this one." Boden said, as he wanted to see how the three of them worked as team.
"Really?" She asked, looking at him like he had grown three heads.
"Yeah. Go change quickly. You will be PIC for this run and Rafferty 2IC." He said, as she all but ran, skipped and hopped out of the room.
On scene
"Right, we have three cars. Rafferty you go with Squad 3 do an assesment of the patient, Shay go with Truck 81 also do an overall assesment. I will go with engine 51. Let me know their injuries." Gabby said, swinging back into her role.
"Got it. They both said, before taking a medikit each and heading off to the cars.
"How long will it take to get him out?" Dawson asked, as Intelligence arrived on scene as one of the drivers was a Colombian drug lord they were after.
"Ten minutes top." Severide said over the radio as his team swung into action.
"Okay." Gabby said, as her radio crackled to life.
"Dawson, we have a DOA and a woman needing immediate transportation. Severe head wound and severe internal bleeding. Over." Rafferty said.
"Copy that Rafferty. Ambulance 61 to dispatch, requesting two more ambulances to North State street over." Gabby said, contacting them.
"Copy that ambulance 61. Two more ambulances on route." Disptached called back.
"Rafferty, two more ambulances are on the way." Dawson said, through her radio as Halstead and Lindsay walked up to her.
"Hey, how long till our guy is out?" Lindsay asked, as they looked over where the drug lord was hunched over the steering wheel.
"Another ten, fifteen minutes. Antonio isn't here is he?" She asked, looking around.
"He is on his way. Does he need the hospital?" Halstead asked, putting his notepad away.
"Yeah. He has internal bleeding." Gabby said, as Severide waved her over. "Sorry I need to attend to him."
"Its okay." Lindsay said, as she watched Gabby rush off just as Antonio and Jules pulled up.
"Here we go." Halstead said, as they made their way over.
"Hey. Is the guy still alive?" Antonio asked, standing with them.
"Yeah, needs medical treatment though. I wouldn't go over there." Halstead said, making him stop.
"Why?" He asked confused.
"She is so dead when she gets home." Lindsay said, as they stepped out of the way.
"GABRIELA DAWSON!" He yelled, walking over to her.
"Hey Antonio, sorry your drug lord should be out soon." She said, wincing when she heard him yell.
"Antonio I need you to move away." Boden said, pushing him back towards his car.
"We're talking when we get home." He said, before turning around.
"Shay, how is your patient?" Gabby asked through her radio.
"DOA, helping Rafferty with her patient now." Shay called back.
"Copy that" Dawson replied.
"He's out." Severide said, as they got a backboard in there.\
"Your drug lord is out and on the way to hospital." Gabby said, as the last ambulance drove away.
"Which one?" Jules asked, as Antonio was still fuming over finding his sister on scene.
"Lakeshore." She replied, before turning on her heel and walking off.
Firehouse 51
"Where's Gabby?" Antonio asked, walking into the common room.
"She headed home twenty minutes ago." Shay said, looking up from her bowl of fruit salad.
"Thanks." He said, before leaving.
Dawson Family Household
"Gabs, what were you thinking?" Antonio asked, as they sat on the back chairs.
"Boden wanted to see how Shay, Rafferty and I worked as a team before he put in her transfer." Gabby said, looking down at her wine glass.
"Next time, let me know before you go out into the field." He said, leaning back.
"Yeah, yeah. I start shift again tomorrow remember." She said, looking at him.
"I remember. Just be careful okay? No heroics." Antonio said, as Laura and the kids joined them.
"Gotcha. So, who is going to beat me in a wrestle match first?" She asked the kids.
"You're on." Antonio said, as the kids cheered.
Here it is Chapter 17. Please RnR. This story is AU. Next chapter: Will Casey be out before the hearing? How will the Ambulance 51 team turn out?
2IC-2nd In Charge
Stay tuned for Chapter 18. xo