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Kelly's POV

When I woke up, the sun was shining. I looked at the clock: 8AM. God, that was a great sleep! I was in the same position as the beginning. Gabby was a good masseuse. 10 hours of sleep. I stood up, stretched myself and went to the kitchen. When I was out of my bedroom, I smelt something. Something good, something I missed. Something I didn't eat since she left.

"Hey sleepy head!"

"Hey Gabby."

I kissed her in her left cheek, as usual when she lived here with Matt.

"I made some scrambled eggs and french toasts."

"Yeah, I can see and smell that!"

We laughed.

"We didn't eat this since you left. Matt said you were the best to do this, and didn't want to do this without you."

"Oh... So, what did you eat in the morning?"

"Uh... Cornflakes, and orange juice."

"Since I left?"

"Yeah!"

Gabby sighed.

"What?!"

"You", pointing at me with the spatula, "Really need I go back in this house. Otherwise you don't eat some good thing."

She grabbed a plate, took some scrambled eggs and two french toasts in it and tented it to me.

"Now eat. After that, we will do some errands and clean the house. And then you will go to the hospital."

"Why you don't come with me?"

"He will cry if he sees me."

"You don't know if you don't try again. He needs you too Gabby."

A few seconds later, she nodded.

"You slept good?"

"Oh yeah, my best sleep since... I don't know when! And you?"

"I slept like a baby. The whole bedroom smells Matt. It made me feel very good. I missed that, I grant."

That was great. We showered after eating breakfast, and went to the superstore. We took some products, to cook some liquid ans soft food recipes for Matt, and then cleaned the entire house. The firefighters helped us three days ago to replace the floor, because of Katya's blood. It was now a wooden floor, dark varnished oak. A winked at our favorite sports team, the Blackhawks, because according to Hermann this was a pun: blackhawks vs dark oak. Anyway, it was time to go to hospital, to see Matt.


Matt's POV, at the same time

The sun rose above the horizon and invaded my room. It woke me up, but the warmth it sent to me relaxed me. Bennett was right, this room was amazing. I looked around me, but saw nothing, nobody. I laid my head on the pillow and sighed deeply, closing my eyes.

"Glad to see you awake!"

I opened my eyes, turned my head and saw Sonia. I sat up.

"I thought you..."

"I won't come in? I promised to be here."

My stomach rumbled. That made Sonia laugh.

"I presume you're hungry?"

"Yeah. I'm starving."

"It's because you don't have the feeding tube anymore. I come back."

She left, and a few minutes later, she came back with a cart. Above it, there were two vanilla yoghurts, and a glass of apple juice.

"Kelly told me you love vanilla yoghurt. Gossip man!"

I couldn't stop but laugh.

"After you ate this slowly, I will have a look at your shoulder, see if it's healed and not infected anymore. But I don't think it's the case, you don't have fever and your vitals are stable."

"So... It's good?"

"I think yes."

I began to ate very slowly the first yoghurts. I frowned after a few spoons.

"You're okay?"

"Um, Yeah... It's weird. It's like I want to vomit, but, um... In fact, no."

"Yeah, it's usual. Like I said yesterday, your body needs time to reajust to eat properly. For now, you need to eat liquid and soft food, but not too much."

"Right."

I continued to eat, but a thing came in my head.

"You said tonight Kelly came home?"

"Yeah, I think he needs plenty of rest for today and tomorrow."

"Out of this... Room."

Sonia looked at me with a huge smile.

"By the way, um... You have an appointment with Dr. Charles."

"Who is he?"

"Your psy."

Oh no... Not a psychologist. I closed my eyes.

"I will never talk to him."

"Matt, you will feel better after talking to him. He is here for this."

"I. Don't. Want. To talk. To him."

I grabbed a new spoon of yoghurt, and heard her moaning. ''Stubborn firefighter''.

"I heard you."

"Just... Try to think about it. He can help you Matt. You suffered a lot the last few days. Even if you don't talk about it, you can talk about something. Like your childhood, your friends, your... Love. Anything."

"And me, I said nothing."

She sighed and closed her eyes. I didn't want to talk to this... Dr. Charles. I didn't want to see a psychologist. It wasn't complicated. Why they can't leave me alone with this?

"Here is the man! And eating!"


Gabby's POV.

Kelly convinced me to go with him into Matt's room. I was scared he would react like the last time. When he parked the car, we went directly on the fourth floor by the elevator. I could feel my heart beating in my chest like crazy. And I was scared, scared to death. I felt a hand in my shoulder.

"This gonna be fine."

He smiled at me.

"How can you be so sure about this?"

"It was the shock of the first time. I hope.

I lowered my eyes.

"Hey, I do know Matt. He didn't do that really. He was shocked and scared."

"Right, okay. But um... I don't think it's a good idea to tell him already. I think he needs some time before knowing he will be a dad sooner."

"Yeah, I agree. He isn't ready for this."

We saw the door of his room open and Kelly knocked.

"Here is the man! And eating!"

"Kelly! Sleeped well?"

"Oh yeah! Gabby was here to drift me to sleep."

There was a blank during a few seconds. I could feel the tension when I saw his eyes. They were as big as yesterday, and I could also see he wasn't ready to see me. He closed his eyes, and tried to wipe the tears coming down his cheeks. Again. But he couldn't. His hands were shaking too much, and sweating began to appear in his forehead.

"I... I think I should go."

I turned and left the room. And cried. A lot. That was too hard for me. He rejected me again. I wanted to throw up, but didn't think I could do this.

"Gabby! Wait!"

I ran. As quickly as possible. But Kelly joined me.

"Gabby! Listen to me!"

"NO!"

I was against the wall, while Kelly grabbed my forearms. I struggled against him, but he has too strong. He hugged me, even if I slapped him, even after I said to him, even when I cried.

"Shhh. It's okay. Listen to me now. He is damaged Gabby. Like I said to you. He knows about what we know. He. Knows. Do you know what it means?"

Yeah I knew what it meant. So I nodded.

"It means he endured this to protect our family. To protect YOU!"

"I know, but um... I feel like... Like rejected. Two times in two days. It's hard, when you see the man you love like this."

"Give him time Gabby. I think he needs this. It was hard for us, but harder for him. He was the one being tortured."

Kelly was right. I knew that. But I couldn't. I couldn't stay here, watch him reject me again.

"Hello Kelly. Gabby."

We looked at the hallway. We saw at the same time Dr. Charles.

"Doctor. What are you doing here?"

"Oh! I came to see Matt. I have an appointment with him now."

Kelly frowned, just as me.

"You think it's too early?"

"I don't know? But I don't think it's a good idea to present you as his psychologist."

"Why?"

"He doesn't like psychologist for one. And for two, I think you know what happened these days."

"Kelly, it's my job. And, I don't know the whole story. What I know, it's he was tortured in three ways, and is traumatized by these four days of captivity. Not much."

"I should go."

I was out of Kelly grip, and went away. I made my way to the ER. I wanted to know about this Trish.

"Hey Halstead."

He turned to face me.

"Gabby! Glad to see you here. How is Matt?"

"Well... He... Can't see me without crying."

"Oh..."

We were sad.

"Oh, um... Do you have some news about a Trish. Brought yesterday by Brett. My brother came too for her."

"Let see."

He grabbed his chart, and turned some pages.

"Ah... Trish. The strippers with a bullet wound on the chest."

"Yeah. So? Did she make it?"

He looked at me. And I knew. I knew she didn't make it. I closed my eyes and cried.

"This is a nightmare. I will wake up."

"Gabby. She spoke to us, before going to the OR. She said she was sorry, and didn't want to do that. She said she saw Matt, and saw him being tortured. Nesbitt threatened to kill her if Matt didn't speak about something. I don't know what. And I don't know why, but she was sorry."

Why was she sorry? About telling nothing during four days to a policeman about Matt's captivity? Because she didn't speak about this, even if she knew?

"The bullet hit her heart, didn't it?"

"Lodged in the heart. The damage was too high to save her. They tried. But they couldn't save her."

I nodded and left. This was a nightmare.