Lights and Sirens

Otis

After the dramas of the past few months, Gabby had a weight on her shoulders that had been getting heavier the longer Jason was around. After having a good, nightmare free sleep, a hot shower and a lot of bonding time with her boyfriend and her son, Gabby was back and ready for action. The weight on her shoulders lifted, she felt happy and ready for anything. Today was Matt and Gabby's first proper shift back after being off and they couldn't wait.

Gabby's eyes fluttered open as Jamie started to cry. She rolled lazily over to look at the alarm clock on her bedside table. It read 01:30am, she sighed and began to get out of bed just as Matt grabbed her arm.

"Do you want me to go?" He whispered.

"Nah. I'm good, I will get it." She replied leaning down and pressing her lips against his. Then she pushed herself up off the bed and made her way through to Jamie's room. 

He was wriggling in his cot, waving his arms in the air and his face was wet with tears. Gabby walked over and picked him up.

"Hey you! What you crying for?" She asked trying to make him laugh. She wiped his face dry with her thumb and kissed the top of his head as she began to rock him trying to soothe him but he still wouldn't stop crying. 

"You don't need feeding and you don't need changing, what's the matter, huh?" She asked again in a loving voice. 

She began walking around the room gently cradling him trying to quiet him down because she didn't want him to keep Matt awake. After trying to calm him down for twenty minutes, she went and sat on the windowsill. She turned around to see Matt walking over to her which literally made her jump out of her skin. She stood up and began to walk towards him.

"What are you doing up?" She asked as Matt walked up to her. "I was trying to keep him quiet because i didn't want him to keep you awake."

"It's ok. I wasn't  going to go back to sleep unless you were there!" He replied looking down at Jamie, gently rubbing his hand over his head. "Want me to have a go?"

"Yeah, sure. I have been trying to get him off again for over twenty minutes!" She replied gently passing him over to Matt.

Jamie immediately stopped crying as soon as he was in his arms. He was looking up into Matt's eyes and Matt was looking down into Jamie's. Gabby just stood and smiled at her two boys sharing a moment. 

"All he needed was a little bit of time with his dad." Gabby said happily. 

Matt looked up at her and smiled then looking back down at his son. Jamie cooed quietly making them both laugh. Soon after, Jamie had fallen asleep in Matt's arms and so he gently returned him to his cot and softly pulled the blanket over him before kissing him lightly on the head and following Gabby out of the room, turning the light of as he walked out of the door. When they had both returned back to the bedroom they both layed in bed and discussed what they predicted for the shift yet to come.

At 07:00am on the dot the alarm sounded, Gabby rolled over to turn it off like she did every morning. She shifted in the bed until she was facing Matt, who was still asleep. She smiled at him, he seemed peaceful. She reached over and very lightly pressed her lips to his making him take a deep breath and roll onto his back. 

"Is it time to get up already?" Matt exclaimed as he brought his arms up to his face and stretched.

Gabby reached over and ran her hand across his stomach making him flinch. 

"Are you ticklish?" She asked starting to laugh.

"Maybe..." He said a little unsure but a smile spreading across his face. "What?!?!"