A\N: Once again a huge thank you to my beta reader for editing this chapter for me. Also to my co-workers at work, a lot of them are pregnant and talking to them has given me lots of great ideas.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything.

Spoilers: None

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Chapter 6

It was late, she wasn't sure how late; but she'd insisted Matt go back to sleep hours ago. There was no sense in the both of them being exhausted the following day. She was now twenty weeks pregnant and just as everything she'd read said she was having a hard time sleeping. Unfortunately none of the suggestions for sleeping better worked. She'd tried everything from sleeping on her side with a bunch of pillows, to sleeping nude (Matt's favourite idea).

For most of the night she'd been walking around the apartment trying to tire herself out. She hadn't been able to eat much but she tried a few things, most of the things that he used to love though made her sick now.

Cookie dough ice cream. That's what she wanted. "Matt!" She ran back into the bedroom and shook him awake.

"Gabby!" He woke up, "Is something wrong?" He was tired but he'd heard the panic in her voice.

"No, no everything's fine," She assured him biting her lip, "I'm sorry I scared you.'

"No, no, it's alright," He swung his legs over the bed and sat facing her, "What is it?" He asked reaching out to rub her abdomen.

"I need cookie-dough ice cream! And maybe some peanut butter cookies too!" She told him. She waited but he didn't move. She was exhausted and she had reached her limit, "We don't have either of these things! Remember I finished off all of the cookies a few days ago! Someone forgot to get them when they went shopping!" She eyed him accusingly.

She'd told him not to get any cookies or ice cream as she knew she needed to at other things; no way Matt was about to tell he that, "Alright," He stood, "I'll go and get you some," He glanced at the clock it was four in the morning.

"Oh" She snarled angrily seeing his glance, "Would you rather be sleeping!" She snarled angrily at him as he yawned as he stood up out of bed, "It's your fault I'm pregnant!" She reminded him as he began looking for something to wear in the semi darkness. "So you have to do what I say!"

"I'm sorry Babe," He kissed her cheek before throwing on the nearest clothes he could find, "Do you want anything else?" He asked thinking that maybe there would be somethinh else she'd want.

"No just go!" She responded curtly as she watched him. He was going way to slow and she wanted him to go faster, "Hurry up!"

"Right," Matt left quickly. He returned twenty minutes later with the ice cream.

"Finally!" Gabby grabbed the bag and opened up the burton using the spoon she'd gotten from the kitchen to dig in, "So good," She sighed happily.

Matt watched her eat, he'd never seen anyone eat with so much urgency before, it was like if she didn't eat she'd die. He realized then that no amount of books would prepare him for the remainder of the pregnancy, at certainly not being a father. The books had said this would happen but seeing it was an entirely different experience.

"You got more things?" She noticed the other bags.

"Uh…" He had gotten three other containers of ice cream but didn't want her to get angry, "It's nothing. After you eat you should try and get some sleep."

"NO!" She placed the carton down and walked over to him and grabbed the bag, "YOU GOT MORE CONTAINERS. WHY? OH SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET UP AGAIN? WELL I'M SORRY THAT MY NEEDS INCONVIENCE YOU!" She began to cry tears streaming down her face.

"No, no they don't," Matt pulled her into a hug, "I'm happy to get you and our daughter anything you two want. I'm sorry I got more containers and I'm sorry all of this is happening to you," He kissed her forehead and then her lips. He held her; "I'm staying up with you until you fall asleep. I should have never have gone back to sleep. I can't even imagine you staying up all night… you're the one that needs to sleep."

"And you're the one who needs to be able to run into burning buildings and lead your men," She reminded him. She allowed him to tuck her into the blankets and wrap her in his arms. She loved being in his arms, they were so strong and she felt safe and protected in them.

"Well when you sleep I will," He placed both of his hands on her abdomen, "Hey sweetie, you let Mommy get some sleep now alright. She needs it," He said rubbing the small bump. "And remember that Mommy and Daddy love you very much. You have no idea how much we love you."

"Remember we have out first pre-natal class next week," She reminded him out of the blue, "And if you ever can't make it Shay said she'd try to, if not my mother can or-

"I'll be at every one," He silenced her with a kiss.

"Uhm," She yawned putting the container on the beside table she laid down and rubbed her eyes, "I told you she's going to be a Daddy's girl. She's already listening to you."

"Well I'm glad, I'm just going to put these things in the freezer, I'll be back."

"Okay," She mumbled sleepily. When Matt returned seconds later she was fast asleep. As quietly as he could he stripped and got into bed next to her and held her close as he fell asleep as well.

Three hours later Matt's alarm clock woke them up "Turn it off!" She mumbled sleepily as she closed her eyes in an attempt to fall asleep again.

Rolling over and hovering over her, Matt leaned down to give her a kiss, "I'm sure you can stay home this shift." He suggested. He had let his feelings known that he thought she should no longer be working. He knew what she did was a stressful and sometimes dangerous job, he didn't want anything bad to happen to her or to their daughter.

"No," Gabby shook her head rubbing her eyes, "I want to go to work. I'm just going to be not sleeping and bored here. Besides you and Shay have me doing nothing at work," She eyed him." She was slightly annoyed that Matt had made sure she was doing as little as possible on calls and at the firehouse. She knew she had to be careful but she wanted to judge her own limits, not have Matt do it for her. "Now let me go and have a shower to wake me up."

Matt moved off of her and helped her sit up and stand. He watched her walk towards the door to their room and marvelled at how beautiful she was. Even from behind she was now clearly pregnant and Matt loved it. He loved the idea that their daughter- a little human life their love had created was growing inside of her.

Standing up Matt followed her and watched her turn on the water for the shower, "You know we could save some time if I have a shower with you." He suggested.

"Okay," She nodded, "It's the least I can do considering what happed a few hours ago," She turned to face him, "I'm really sorry."

"Like I said I'm more than happy to do whatever you and our daughter want." He wrapped his arms around her and moved his hands up and down. He needed her badly; and right now he didn't even think a cold shower would help.

"Fine," Gabby allowed him to help her into the shower the warm water cascading down both of them.

On the first call of the day Gabby was looking out of the window tying to hide her smile when Shay looked at her, "I knew it!" She exclaimed loudly, "You and Matt got busy this morning. He must be loving the second trimester horniness."

"Shay!" Gabby glared at her trying not to laugh, "So what if we did? And maybe he's the one who wanted to. I'm not fully into the second trimester yet anyways. Even if we did who can blame me?"

"Hey, hey," Shay laughed. I'm not judging,"

"We did but what really happened last night was that I didn't sleep and then at four o'clock in the morning I had a temper tantrum for cookie dough ice cream! I made Matt go and get some."

Shay chuckled a little, "I'm sure he didn't mind. You know he'd do anything in the world for you and being a father is something he's always wanted."

"Yeah but I'm just really worried about him today. I mean the shower did help a little," She admitted, "Maybe when we get back we can have sex in the fire truck."

"A little to much information there," Shay shook her head, "Remember he's still my friend."

"Oh you love getting all of the juicy information," She reminded her, "Like when we first slept together and you wanted to know how big his thing was."

"Thing?" Shay questioned, "What is this middle school? You can't use the real name?"

"I have a few names for it," She blushed.

"Okay!" Shay was glad they'd gotten to the house they were called to, "Now let's try and focus on work. It wasn't the best neighbourhood in the district and it was one she knew District twenty-one patrolled a lot in. "Its just a gun-shot wound I can handle it. You stay here," Shay parked the ambo and turned off the siren.

"No, no I'm coming with you," Gabby told her and she jumped out of the ambulance and grabbed the gear from the back. "Gunshot wounds a two person job. You know that. Stop making sure I don't do anything!" She went up to the house and knocked on the door, "Paramedic's!"

She heard gunshots from the house and she grabbed her radio to call the police when the door opened and they were faced with the barrel of a gun. "GET IN HERE AND FIX MY GIRLFRIEND!" A man ordered them.

Multiple voices could be heard in the background and Gabby realized what they'd just stepped into. Antonio had warned her about this, there was a turf war going on and they'd just stepped into the middle of it.

"Alright sir but we're going to need the gunshots to stop," Shay tried to remain calm.

"No!" He yelled, "You don't get to decide that! They came in here and shot my fucking girlfriend! So I shot them! Called my friends for backup! Now get in here or I'll kill you both!"

"Okay." Gabby held up her hands, "Just take us to your girlfriend,"

"She's in here," He pointed to the first room, "Now fix her or I'll kill you!" He went up the stairs shooting his gun and they could hear fire back.

"Dispatch, be advised we have a shooting taking place at 415 Maple Ave. Requesting police." Shay spoke into her radio.

"Copy Ambulance 51."

"She's dead," Gabby wasn't getting any pulse.

The guy from the door walked back into the room dragging another man with him, he shoved hum forward, "He can be next after my girlfriend!" He told them, "Well… why aren't you doing anything?" He waves the gun around at them. "She's pregnant too so…."

"I'm sorry," Gabby had a feeling this wasn't going to end well, "But she's dead if-"

"NO!" He shouted and ran to her and took her around the neck, "GET YOUR FRIEND TO FIX HER OR… OR I'LL KILL YOU'RE BABY!" He pressed the gun into her stomach.

"Sir." Gabby was trying not to panic. If she got to stressed out then that could harm her daughter. That wasn't good, "I'm really sorry but…"

"No, no," He held the gun firmly, "YOU FIX HER!"

"CHICAGO PD!" The police raided the house and soon stormed into the room.

"You move and I'll shoot her!" The man threatened.

"Alright," Erin Lindsay backed up, "Just let her go."

"NO! THEY LET MY GIRLFRIEND DIE!" He pressed the gun down but before he realised it Erin shot his arm and he dropped the gun. Gabby quickly kicked it up and kicked it over to Lindsay.

"Gabby!" Antonio bolted into the room and hugged her moving her away as the man was arrested, "It's okay," He soothed. "Let's get you checked out."

"No, I'm fine," She insisted, she was shivering and she had her hands protectively over her abdomen.

"This isn't an option Gabby," He led her out of the house and towards one of the Intelligence unit SUV's "I'm taking you to Med and staying with you until Matt comes."

Gabby knew that once her brother decided on something there wasn't much use arguing with him. She went along with him to Med where she got checked out. As she suspected there wasn't anything wrong with her, but still they checked out the baby.

"Gabby!" Matt ran into the curtained off area, "Oh thank goodness you're okay!" He ran to her and gave her a hug and a kiss, "I was so worried. How's our girl?" He asked her placing a hand on her abdomen.

"She's fine," Gabby assured him, "They're just going to do an ultrasound to be sure though."

"Well I'll go now," Antonio knew they needed to be alone, "Do me a favour don't scare me like that again Gabs," He kissed his little sister's forehead.

"She won't be," Matt assured him, "She'd going to take some time off now."

"Right," Antonio knew better then to get into the middle of that debate. He took that as his cue to leave.

"Excuse me?" Gabby frowned at him, "You can't just tell me to take time off of work!" She was irate he'd even think it was okay to say something like that, let alone do it. "I'm not some little girl you can boss around! What happened today was a fluke. You know that. And if you want to start about dangerous jobs then..." She stopped when Dr. Knowles walked into the area.

"Hi," Dr. Knowles walked into the room, "I was at the hospital today, just finished delivering a baby actually. When I heard you were here figured I'd do the ultrasound," She explained her presence. "Now lets make sure your baby's okay after your incident Gabby." She wheeled over the ultrasound machine to the bed and rolled up Gaby's sir to apply the gel.

It took a few minutes but s steady heartbeat was heard and both Gabby and Matt sighed with relief.

"Everything seam's alright." Dr. Knowles confirmed, "But I'd say take it easy for the rest of the day. No more calls and stay in bed as much as possible as well. You're going to want to take it easy for a few days."

"Oh don't worry she will be," Matt promised. He'd forgone a fight multiple times in letting Gabby choose when she stopped working but what happened today was a wake-up call. He didn't want to lose either of them. He wasn't going to let anything happen to either of them.

"He's just a little overprotective," Gabby laughed off the awkwardness that had entered the room.

"Well I'll see you at your next apportionment and remember take it easy," She warned leaving the couple alone.

Neither Matt nor Gabby said much as they left the hospital and went back to the district. It wasn't until Gabby followed Matt to his office that she finally spoke. She closed the door and looked at him, "You have no right to tell me to stop working! I know what happened scared you! It scared me too but I love me job, I'm good at my job! Let me do my job!"

"Gabby," Matt shook his head, she wasn't thinking, "You have a new job right now. You're job is taking care of our daughter and you need to realize that you can't work and do that too. Do you have any idea how panicked I was when Antonio called me? I don't know…."

"We're fine," Gabby sat down on his bed, her feet hurting a little, she looked at him and continued to talk, "We're both fine."

"Now. But what happens next time? What would have happened if Lindsay hadn't gotten there in time? If he decided to shoot first? I-

"Stop thinking about what if's Babe." Gabby stood and reached up to give him a kiss on the lips, "We're fine and nothing's going to happen to us."

"Yeah because you're not working," He told her again, "Now go and tell Boden."

"Matt!" She raised her voice significantly. "I told you, don't ell me what to do! I can make my own decisions and I'm going to keep working!"

"Gabby!" He exclaimed, he was getting tired of going over the same thing, "Do you not know what could happen? Do you not care?"

"What?" Gabby took a stop back and blinked as if she was unsure what he'd just said, "What did you say to me?" Tears were forming in her brown eyes and threating to fall.

"Gabby!" Matt had regretted the words as soon as they left his mouth, "I didn't mean-

"No, no you made your thoughts perfectly clear," She turned and left his office.

TBC

A\N: So a kind of cliff-hanger ending. Will Matt go after Gabby. Will she forgive him?