Well, now if this isn't a nice question to talk about for a bit. What do you guys think about this question? Let me know what you guys think, and what the answer should be. But for now, it's time to get to Chapter 16 of our story. Enjoy dear readers.

Chapter Sixteen: Mr. & Ms. Chief Casey?

"Honestly, I haven't really ever thought about that question." Gabby was a bit taken aback when she heard Matt say that he's never thought of question that she just asked him, especially when they joked about it in the past. She can still remember it like it was yesterday, right before he was promoted to Captain Casey. "How have you not thought about it baby? It was just a year ago that I first brought it up, remember?" Matt laughed when Gabby asked him if he remembered what she said that day. "Oh, I remember." Gabby agreed with him when he said that, smirking. "God, I thought of the last name thing first then." Matt agreed with his wife. "You're the one that called yourself Ms. Captain Casey first, and then you said that it was the first step to the title of Ms. Chief Casey. So, I think you already had it in your mind that you wanted to go by the title of Ms. Casey from then on." Gabby agreed with Matt when he told her that, well aware that was the truth.

"Being completely honest, I think I wanted to do it since we got married." Matt was shocked when he heard Gabby say that. "Then do you mind if I ask why you have yet to start going to by the title that you have? The title that you have as my wife?" Gabby sighed. "I think, the reason I was going to go by Ms. Casey after we got married…" Gabby sighed as she started to think about the little boy that they lost, Louie. And while she knew that he was with a good family, with his father; it does hurt sometimes when she thinks about how she almost made Matt a dad even if she wasn't pregnant. Heck, maybe if they kept him…she would've never ran away to go to Puerto Rico. Rather, she would've stayed here as they raised their child together. And that would've been nice. "I think I was going to do it, up until…" Matt just knew right away what she was trying to say. "You were going to do it up until we lost Louie." Gabby agreed with Matt when he mentioned the reason.

"I guess, I just wanted it to be right. I wanted it to be Matt, Gabby, and Louie Casey. But after we lost him, it didn't seem like it really mattered. So, I just stayed Dawson." Matt agreed with Gabby when she said that, taking a breath. "If you want to stay that way, then I'll be okay with that Gabby." Gabby was a bit taken aback when she heard Matt say that. "Matt, you just said that…" Matt bit his lip. "I know what I said but, I didn't think of those implications. I mean, if you want to take my last name; I would be thrilled, and I would be fine since it is your name. But, I guess it's harder for you than I thought; as it reminds you of the fact that we almost had Louie, that we were already almost a family." Gabby agreed with her husband when he told her that, not really happy over the fact of what he's implying. "Yeah, I can't help but wonder what would've happened if that never happened. If we never had Andre come into our lives, or if Louie never came into our lives."

Matt was shocked when he heard Gabby question what would've happened if Louie never came into their life, as that was a huge shock to him. He thought that, if anybody would ever question that….it would've been him rather than Gabby. I mean, as much as he hates the idea of them questioning the 'what ifs' of Louie not being in their lives; he just wishes that it was him rather than Gabby who was doing that questioning, as she was the one who really loved him. I mean, Matt did eventually love him as his own son…heck, he saw him as his own son. But the truth was, Gabby was the one that was the most heartbroken. "Is it just me or, has this time in our lives been the longest time without a fight or drama?" Matt snickered a bit, liking the way that Gabby brought a big of laughter into the conversation; not that he likes what she's implying with the conversation. Rather, she absolutely hates what she's implying; that they've never been happy.

"God, I hate even thinking that way." Gabby agreed with Matt when he said that, well aware of the fact that he hated to think that way. "I'm sorry that I even brought it up baby. I mean it. If you don't want to talk about it…" Matt shook his head when he heard Gabby say that. "Hey, look at me. Well, listen to me more like it." Gabby agreed with Matt when he told her that. "Listen, I want us to agree right here, right now…no matter how hard or hurtful some conversations may be, we still have them. Gabby, I know that this is a hard conversation for us; but that's what marriage is. It's full of hard conversations that you need to have with your spouse. And right now, we're having this hard conversation with each other. Sure, do I like having the conversation? Of course I don't baby, I hate having this conversation because the subject is heartbreaking. Yet, at the same time, it's something that came up…and I think that we should talk about it for that reason." Gabby agreed.

"So basically, you just want to let the conversation flow; even if it may hurt us?" Matt agreed with Gabby. "Gabby, that's the best way for us to get these conversations started. I know that you love me, and you know that I love you. As long as we keep that at the top of our minds as we have these conversations, then I believe that we can do them quite easily." Gabby agreed with Matt when he said that, as she's ready to believe that as well. "Yeah, I feel the same way as you do when it comes to do; I believe that we can talk about anything as long as we remember that we love each other…" Gabby then took a breath, before continuing. "…and we remember that it's probably twice as hard for you to tell me that truth, as it is for me to hear the truth come out of your mouth." Matt agreed with Gabby when she said that, as that was exactly what he was thinking when it came to the situation; as much as he loves his wife, there are hard conversations to be had.

And that was just the truth, that they needed to have a bunch of hard conversations that they made sure that they were okay in their marriage; especially if they were thinking of adding kids to the situation. "Let's just look at it this way Gabby, each and every time that we get past a hard topic…it's just making our marriage stronger. If we can tackle those topics, then there are topics in the future that we'll be able to deal. I hate to say this, but there are probably going to be hard topics ahead of us; and I'm not just talking about in these conversations. Yes, we're talking here on our road trip; but these conversations aren't just going to end here. We're going to need to talk in Chicago too. Heck, maybe we should just schedule a day to talk each week." Gabby laughed. "Yeah, on those date nights; in between dinner, and the sex that we're going to have on those date nights." Matt laughed when he heard Gabby say that, as she literally read his mind.

"God, you literally read my mind. That was exactly what I was thinking about that situation, how our dates are going to be sex nights." Gabby agreed with Matt when he told her that. "I prefer the term love night. I am not sure if I like the term sex when it's between husband and wife, I would rather use the term making love to each other." Matt smiled when he heard Gabby say that, making sure that he turned to follow the road. "I like the sound of that as well, especially when that's really what we do every time that we make love to each other. And God, you are absolutely amazing in bed." Gabby smiled when she heard Matt say that. "Well, you aren't too bad yourself Mr. Casey." Matt laughed when he heard Gabby say that, absolutely loving how this conversation is going. "I'm going to say it again, you're becoming Severide in talking about sex." Matt agreed with his wife when she said that, smiling as he can see that being the truth. "But you love it."

Gabby looked at Matt when he said that she loves it. "Says who?" Matt smiled. "You love me, so you love how I talk to you." Gabby nodded, agreeing with Matt when he said that; because it was the truth, she loves the way he talks dirty about her. "God, I love it when you talk dirty about me. It's so sexy, and there's nothing better than hearing you talk about me that way when we're just relaxing like this." Matt agreed with his gorgeous wife when she said that, smirking as there's nothing better than how they're talking to each other right now. And he really means that, this is absolutely perfect; and there's no better way than the two of them talking to each other like this. This is how they need to talk to each other, like they used to talk when they were just friends. "You know what this type of conversation that we're having with each other reminds me of?" Gabby looked at Matt when he asked her that. "No, what?" Matt smiled when she asked him that question.

"It reminds me of when we were just friends, how we talked about when we were just friends. And I love this way we talk to each other, as it's how we should always talk to each other because of the fact that we're always friends first." Gabby agreed with Matt when he told her that they're friends first at the end of the day. "I know, and I guess that's always something that I forget; the fact that we're friends before we're lovers." Matt smirked when he heard Gabby say that they're lovers. "And what a great lover you are my dear." Gabby laughed when she heard Matt say that, absolutely loving how he just called her a great lover. "I know, you're pretty good too baby." Matt nodded, agreeing with Gabby when she said that, well aware of the fact that she loves it when they make love to each other. "And I think that we mix up the two designations at time. How we're both friends and lovers at the same time. And that gets pretty hard at times honestly."

Gabby agreed with Matt when he said that, smiling at the man of her dreams. "But, I think we're getting better at it to tell you the truth; we're doing much better already, are we not?" Matt nodded when Gabby asked him if (in his opinion) they're already doing better in the communication department. "Hey, of course I already feel like we're doing better when it comes to talking to each other. I think that our communication has already improved a bunch. And it probably helps that we can't be all over each other all the time right now; I mean, I am driving an RV while we're talking." Gabby laughed, agreeing with Matt when he said that. "And I hope you know that I really am proud of you Gabby, you are such a strong woman; and I am such a lucky man for you to be my wife." Gabby shook her head. "It's the other way around baby. I'm not worthy of you, I'm not worthy of your generosity and the fact that you're always so patient with me. And that's really something I love."

Gabby took a breath before continuing with the topic that she just brought up, and that she really wants to talk about right now. The fact that her husband is a very patient man, especially with her. "I know that I'm very stubborn, and that I'm very persistent when it comes to me wanting to do things my way; and I know that makes things very tense and hard between the both of us at times, and I do apologize for that…but you still find a way to love me somehow." Matt agreed with Gabby when she said that. "Hey, of course I'm going to find a way to love you; even in the worst of our fights, I will always love you Gabby. Have I ever made you feel like I don't love you during one of our fights? Please, tell me, because I will try and make sure that you know next time that I love you more than anything." Gabby took a breath. "It was the one before I left to go to Puerto Rico. I swore that was going to be our last fight, the one that was going to end our marriage it was so bad."

Matt agreed with Gabby when she said that. "As much as I hate hearing that, I can't help but agree at the same time. But we already agreed that we would forgive each other for that conversation, especially you forgiving me; I haven't been able to forget that each and every day. God, the sleepless nights that I had after we had that fight." Gabby was a bit taken aback when she heard Matt say that he had sleepless nights. "You had sleepless nights?" Matt agreed with Gabby when she asked him whether he had sleepless nights, especially after that fight. "Of course, I had sleepless nights Gabby. I spoke horribly towards the woman I love more than anything in the entire world, which is something that I will never forget; heck, I still haven't been able to really forgive myself yet. Sure, we're back together and doing a lot better. But that doesn't mean that I've forgiven myself for all of the horrible things that I told you that day. And I can't blame the heat of the moment."

Gabby looked at Matt when he said that. "Baby, I wouldn't blame you if you did blame the heat of the moment; because a lot of that fight was in the heat of the moment, we both know that. I know that, and you know that in your heart Matt. Please, don't tell me that you believe otherwise." Matt took a breath when he heard Gabby ask him whether he thinks otherwise. "Gabby, what can I say? That fight that we had made you run away, and that's something that I really want to talk about by the way; the whole running away thing." Gabby looked at her husband when he said that, before listening to him as he continued to speak to her. "I want to make a new rule in our marriage. A new rule that we don't run away from each other. Sure, did things get hard during that day? Of course, they got hard and heated between the both of us. But that's because we were in a serious conversation between husband and wife, which happens sometimes in a marriage."

Matt then went to grab Gabby's hand, intertwining their fingers at the same time, taking a breath at the same time as he didn't want to explode at her. "Baby, are you okay? Because if you want to pull over at a rest stop and talk about this there; that's fine." Matt took a breath. "No, I got it contained. It's just…Gabby, we already spoke about the running away. But you didn't just run away from me without telling me. You did it in the middle of a fight. Gabby, I literally told you that I said goodbye so that I could have the last word be one of love. Sure, if we made up…and you told me that you needed a bit of space, so you're going there; maybe then I wouldn't have been so mad at the start. But you just upped and left babe. I mean, I hate to say this but…who does that Gabby? What type of wife does that to their husband." Gabby agreed with Matt when he said that, listening to him even though they've already had (part) of this conversation with each other.

Yet, it's relevant to the conversation that they're currently having with each other; so, she's decided to let him talk about it once again. "Gabby, we both know…or at least I hope you know what you did was wrong." Gabby agreed with Matt when he said that. "Hey, of course I know what I did was wrong Matt. Please, don't you dare think that I don't know what I did was wrong. It was the wrong thing to do, and I am well aware of that fact; and I regret it every single day of the week, based solely on the fact that it almost broke up our marriage. And I promise never to run away ever again. I promise to stay and work things out with you." Matt agreed with Gabby when she said that, smiling as he was happy to hear that. "Good, because I love the sound of that. But, I hope that it never comes to that; as I hate fighting with you. And I hope you know that baby, I really hate it when we're in fights." Gabby smirked. "At least there's one good part to us being in fights?"

Matt was confused when he heard Gabby say that. "Oh really? There's a good part to us being in a fight." Gabby smirked when Matt asked her what the good part of them being in a fight is. "It means that you get a chance to have make up sex, a bunch of it…which also means that you have chances to try for a baby." Matt just laughed when he heard Gabby say that, unable to contain the pure join that came out of his mouth when he heard her say that; and it was real joy as she was really making him laugh. "Oh god, I am so sorry that I did that. I love you, but that was just hilarious. But I do agree with you in the reason you like getting in fights, and I love the idea of make up sex." Gabby agreed with Matt when he said that, smiling as she loved it too. "Believe me, I absolutely love the idea of make up sex too. It's perfect, and a bunch of fun. And you're good. God, the way you moan for me is incredible." Matt snickered when he heard Gabby say that. "God, this is fun."

Gabby agreed with Matt when he told her that this, this being the conversation that they're having right now, is fun. She can't help but agree when it comes to this situation, as it really is a lot of fun. There's nothing like the both of them talking this way. It's just the best way for the both of them to talk, and it makes the both of them happy. And if them talking this way makes them both happy, then Gabby will definitely speak to her husband this way every single day for the rest of her life; and that's just a fact that she will never deny. "God, I love speaking this way too. Just the way we laugh with each other is already much better." Matt agreed with Gabby. "I think this is becoming more and more what we needed each and every minute that we're together." Gabby agreed with her loving husband when he told her that, smiling at him. "And I think it helps that we're alone." Matt agreed with Gabby when she said that. "Oh, that's even better. When was the last time…"

Gabby then went to answer the question (that he didn't even ask her yet). "I don't remember the last time that we were alone with each other. I mean, it was mostly due to the fact that I was in Puerto Rico; and that's on me." Matt shook his head when he heard Gabby say that. "It's not just on you babe, it's on me too because of the horrible things I said to you. Had I not said them, then we wouldn't be in the situation that we found ourselves before you left. In fact, I'm certain that you wouldn't have ran. We should've just had those conversations and took it easy. Now, can we maybe not go down this path? Especially when we already spoke about this before." Gabby agreed with Matt when he asked her that, well aware of the fact that they already spoke about this before. "What do you want to talk about instead?" Matt smirked. "Maybe we can talk about a vow renewal that I would love to do when we're in Hawaii." Gabby was a bit taken aback.

"You want to renew our vows in Hawaii?"