When Everything Changes:

Chapter 40: Birthday and Surprises

Chapter 40: Birthday and Surprises

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*Casey's POV*
I couldn't understand Gabby's attitude lately, at first I thought that the wedding was getting to her which I didn't want to pressure her anymore but last night after a while of her not coming down we got worried and when I went up to check up on her and seen her sleeping I didn't want to bother her so I let her sleep and went downstairs and had to break up the reunion, which was a good idea because tomorrow was going to be a busy day. After saying goodbye to all of them and putting Andy to bed I went back to our room to see Gabby still asleep.

As quietly as possible I got changed and then got into bed and fell asleep. Since I didn't have to work today I was going to go check up on the tuxedos with Severide and Hermann. I was woken up at hearing gabby sit up on the bed, making me sit up as well "you okay?" I asked her as I rubbed my eyes and she nodded I wanted to ask her again because I knew she really wasn't but I didn't want to pressure her. After giving me a kiss she got up as did I, she looked at me confused "Go back to bed" she said knowing that i didn't have to get up. I shook my head "No I'm gonna get Andy ready" I said and walked out of the room before she tried to say otherwise.

Today was pretty easy to get Andy ready after getting him dress I went downstairs to start breakfast Like I said before I didn't know how to cook but I could do a few things in the kitchen so after getting breakfast on the table Andy was coming downstairs his face brighten when he seen the food. He began to eat and then Gabby came down but looking at her I noticed that she wasn't feeling good after her call she immediately walked out of the house, I was really worried about her what was going on with her. After Danielle came for Andy I went upstairs to shower and got ready since my appointment was at 10 and I had to go pick up Severide and Hermann since hey wanted to be lazy and not drive.

I guess they really did know me because after a few minutes of driving they asked me what was bothering me. I didn't want to give the wrong impression but this whole situation was worrying me so I told them what was going on, "Don't worry about Lt. its probably all this wedding drama trust me when Cindy and I got married she was worse than what your describing" Hermann said. "yeah man Hermanns right it's probably all the stress of the wedding I mean 3 months doesn't give a woman a lot of time to have her wedding" Severide said. I nodded but inside I wasn't so sure but I didn't want to keep having this conversation. After 15 more minutes we arrived to the place and got off, luckily I had my tuxedo ready the guys I wasn't so sure about the tuxedo I picked out so we kept on looking.

After an hour there we had everything and we would have the tuxedos delivered the morning of the wedding, after the shop we decided to go to the firehouse and visit since we didn't have anything to do. Unfortunately Gabby wasn't there, chief said that she and Shay had asked if they could go out on a personal run a few minutes ago, I was upset that I didn't get to see her but hopefully she would come before a call would come in or I had to leave. 20 minutes later Shay and Gabby came walking in and I noticed their worried expressions. Shay nudged Gabby and pointed towards me to let her know that I was here when Gabby seen me she smiled at me but it wasnt a genuine smile, something was boring here. Then I seen Shay whisper something to her and Gabby handed her a brown bag that I didn't even notice that she was holding and then she walked towards me while Shay walked away.

"Hey what are you doing here?" she asked me after she gave me a short kiss on the lips, "Nothing really just got bored and decided to come here what going on?" I asked her hopefully she would tell me the truth, "nothing Shay just had to run an errand" she said but I could tell she was lying. I decided not to question her anymore so instead I smiled and sat down next to her and we made light conversation with everybody there until there was a call which meant that they wouldn't be back for a while, I looked at the time and decided to go home so I could be there when Andy got there, after saying bye to Hermann and Severide I made my way home.