A\N: A huge thank you to everybody who read and reviewed the last chapter, it meant os much to me. A extra special thank you to to my amzing beta reader who edited this chapter for me early because she knew I really wanted to post it.

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Chapter 7

Matt stood in his office cursing himself; he couldn't believe that he's said that to Gabby. He knew she'd be the best mother possible; but he also knew she was worried she wouldn't be, in fact she was very worried. Even though she'd never told him about it he knew that was why she didn't want to stop working, it was something she knew she was good at, something that was familiar. Gabby didn't do well with change.

He walked out of his office, exited the bunkroom and walked down the hall. He tried to think of where Gabby would go. Surely she'd want to talk to Shay but then where would they go to talk?

"What the hell did you do to her?" Shay came out of the washroom and marched over to him. "She's in there sobbing. Her blood level is going to rise and that's not good for her or the baby, especially after today!" She informed him. She waited only two minutes for him to answer before she started talking again. "I get that you want to protect her. I agree she needs to tone down what she does at work. Arguing about it though isn't the way to do it; so before I beat it out of you, and you know I will, you better tell me what you said to her."

Matt ran a hand over his face; he looked around the hallway to ensure that they were alone, no one else needed to hear this. The last thing he needed was the entire house mad at him, "I asked her if she really wanted the baby. Shay I-"

Before he could finish Shay grabbed a fistful of his shirt, "You better make this right." Gabby was like a sister to her, her best friend. Seeing her as upset as she'd been had really upset her. If Matt hadn't been her friend she'd have probably punched him, even if they were at work. She removed her fingers from the material of his shirt and gave him a long stare before walking away, she needed some time to clear her head before she really did punch him.

Matt took a few minutes to gather his thoughts before entering the washroom. Gabby was sitting on the floor, her knees to her chest and crying. It broke Matt's heart to see her like this and he was kicking himself because he had caused her so much pain.

"Oh baby," Matt started to walk over to her to offer her some comfort but she stood.

"Save it, Matt! I'm not in the mood to talk to you yet." She stood and walked across the room to get away from him. She ran the tap water and splashed some onto her face, "I'm already feeling really light headed so I don't need you to get angry alright?"

Matt walked to her again and was glad when she stayed still. Placing one hand on her lower back, he stood next to her. "I shouldn't have said that Gabby. It was totally out of line. I don't blame you for being bad at me but right now let's get you and the baby into bed. Take a nap in my quarters, it'll be quieter."

Gabby looked down at her abdomen, today had taken a lot out of her and she knew she should rest but there were so many things she needed to do. "I will after I help Shay re-stock the ambulance and take inventory."

"I'll help Shay do that," Matt told her, "What you need to do right now is rest."

Gabby let out a low chuckle, "Oh that'll be good, you doing inventory and putting everything in the wrong place. I don't think that'll make Shay any less angry with you. When she left she was going to kill you."

"Yeah I found her; I barely made it out alive," He smirked, glad to see her laughing a little. "She's just being a good best friend," he explained. "Now can I take you to bed and tuck you in?"

"Matt," Gabby began playing with her hair, something she did when she was really stressed out. "What if… what if you were kind of right? I mean, what if I'm not a good mother?" She asked looking at the ground too ashamed to meet his eyes.

Matt took her hands in his and turned her around so they were facing each other, "Gabby," he held her chin so she'd look at him, "Gabby, I know you're going to be a great mother. You love children and they love you. I've seen you with them on calls and I've seen you with Eva, Diego and Violet and all of Hermann's kids. There's no question you're going to be a good mother."

"Yeah, I know all of that but I'm still nervous. So many things could go wrong, especially if I keep working. I know I need to go on maternity leave but I can't. I love what I do Matt. I can't-"

"You're not in this alone," He dropped one hand and moved it to her abdomen, "I love you both so much and I'll be here with you. I'm scared too Gabby and we can figure this parenting thing out together. You know we have help too. Herrmann and Cindy, Antonio and Laura, you're parents, Severide and Shay; do I need to go on? Because there are more people."

"No, no I get it," she let out a few short laughs. "I guess I just keep realizing that this is real. I mean every day I'm growing more and the app on my phone tells me how big she is I…." She took a few deep breaths, "I've never been so scared of anything, Matt." She began pacing the room, "Never. I was always able to keep up with Antonio and all of his friends. But I'm scared to death of the thought of having a child. Scared of the pain of labour, the sleepless nights, not knowing what to do. Aren't women supposed to know? I mean women that have that maternal instinct, don't' they just know?" She looked up at him tears in her eyes.

He didn't know the answer to her questions but he knew that she was wrong. She'd make a great mother, "I think it's perfectly natural to be terrified, sweetie. Have you talked to your mother or Laura? Maybe they can help you."

"Thanks a lot," Gabby released herself from his hold and backed away. She shook her head and began to cry. She thought that they were getting somewhere that he understood her, but that had all been just a lie. He'd told her that she wasn't in it alone, that she had other people to help her but what he really meant was people other then himself. "So, you don't want to help me? Is that what you're telling me?"

"What? No! No…" He responded without really being sure what he'd done wrong, "I'm sure they experienced the same fears too. Talk to them, maybe they can make you feel better. That's all I meant. I want you to know that you'll make a great mother, Gabby because you will. All of this self-doubting is worrying me."

Matt had hardly ever seen her with such low self-confidence and he was unsure how to deal with it all. He'd never once had to assure her that she was good enough to do something or that a decision was right; if anything he had to help her with the fallout when her confidence got her into trouble.

"I just… I feel so not like myself. Does that make any sense?" She shook her head, "I don't know, I guess it's the hormones but I'm just so worried about everything."

"That's stress," Matt told her. "And that's why I'm worried Gabby. You're worrying so much and you're stressed out. If it gets any worse you could get really sick. You heard the doctor, you need to take a few days to relax and not to anything. No going shopping or talking about the baby shower; just rest. Let me take care of you."

"Matt you know I'm going to go crazy sitting in bed doing nothing; that'll make be even more stressed out."

"Then we'll find something for you to do." Matt told her, "Now so this doesn't happen again tell me when you want to go on maternity leave." He did trust her to know her own body but she wasn't the type of person to not do something. She wouldn't want to stop working before she had to.

"I don't know. I know you're scared because of what happened today but you know that doesn't happen all of the time. On calls Shay can do most of the heavy lifting and you can watch out for me too. If I feel like I can work then I want to."

"Gabby your stress levels are high enough."

"I know and if they continue to increase then I'll take leave early; we need all of the money we can get though Matt, you know that."

"I don't care about that. I don't want you and our daughter safe." He kissed her and just then, the call bells went off.

A truck carrying propane tanks blew up on a major highway; not only was it in flames, but twenty other cars around it were as well. The cars were in all kinds of positions and all of them still on fire.

"There's people in every car!" A uniformed officer ran up to Shay and Dawson as soon as they got out of the ambulance, "One child in the back of one of the vans seems critical!"

"Alright," Gabby and Shay nodded. They stayed back and waited while truck put out the fires. "We'll start triage," Gabby told Shay and they got what they needed.

"Shay! Dawson!" Hermann yelled for them to come over. He was kneeling in front of a flipped over van and a small child was pinned to the roof, unconscious but breathing.

"Hi sweetie," Gabby knelt down next to her accessing the situation while Shay quickly went to check on her mother and siblings. "My name is Gabby. I'm here to help you feel better."

"Mo…om..my!" She choked out before coughing up blood. She looked up at Gabby and began to sob as much as she was able to.

"The roof of the car collapsed on her lungs! We need to get her out of here now!" Gabby turned and picked up a flashlight, "Severide! Get the jaws over here ASAP!"

"Other houses are enroute to help!" Boden called over the radio.

"Alright!" Severide and Capp ran towards the van.

"Mother's barely alive," Shay, announced as she felt a pulse, "Her younger brother is dead." She spelt out the word instead of saying it not wanting the little girl to become more upset. "Let's get them out!" She and Dawson ran to get gurneys while Severide and Capp used the jaws and Hermann went to help out the others.

"All right sweetie," Gabby returned with the backboard, slid the young girl under it and began treating her. Once she was stable enough, Gabby put a red tag around her neck and ran to the next car.

Going to the next car Gabby couldn't help but feel a little sick to her stomach. She'd seen some gruesome things as a paramedic and she'd seen a lot of people close to death from being burnt; but she'd never seen someone alive with half of their body burnt beyond repair. The man was screaming in pain and for a second she didn't know what to do.

"Gabby!" Shay's frantic voice snapped her back to the scene, "Right, oxygen," She carefully put a mask over the man's face as Shay started cutting off his clothes to ensure no further damage.

Just then, the man let out a prolonged moan and then his pulse stopped. He was dead; holding in tears Gabby placed a black tag around his neck. Standing up she felt a sharp pain in her abdomen and she took a moment to regain her balance.

"Gabby…" Shay saw the pain on her face, "Gabby are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine," She began walking to the next car a little uneasy on her feet. Her balance appeared to be off.

"Gabby you're not walking in a straight line!" Shay was worried, "You're going to the ambulance." She walked over to her and took her hand. "Let's go, the other paramedics can handle things for a few minutes, I want to have a look at you."

'Shay I'm…. ow!" She cried out as she felt an excruciating pain in her abdomen. As she finished screaming her eyes blinked and she became limp in Shay's arms.

TBC

A\N: Uh-oh what's wrong with Gabby?