June 1997...
Gabriela Dawson is a Junior in High School. Antonio Dawson is in the process of completing his training at the Chicago Police Academy.
Fast forward to 2013 (Mid-season 1 of Chicago Fire)
Antonio is a top Detective in Vice. Gaby is...
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In the past month, Josie and Antonio had finally gotten their routine down, and Josie had been able to adjust to being back at work. In their down time, Josie was helping her parents plan their wedding. She knew her mother didn't want a fancy affair, but she also knew that they both deserved a special day.
"Jo!" Antonio called from the kitchen. "You coming or what?"
"Yeah, yeah." Josie shouted back. She looked at their daughter who was rolling around on their bed. "Daddy's being snippy today."
"I'm not snippy." Antonio said from the doorway. "Come on... I get you're the boss' daughter and all that, but I still don't like being late."
Josie shook her head. "Just... chill... she's not goin' to be this small forever... and well... I don't know if we can have another one."
Antonio sighed and wrapped his arms around her waist. "Do you want another one?"
"I don't know." Josie sighed. "I always saw us having a big family back then... and we have 5 kids."
"Babe... I think you're not telling me something."
Josie didn't want to say anything, but she knew Antonio would keep pushing for an answer. "Since we had Grace, I've had this pang... that I missed having babies around."
Antonio kissed her. "Let's get through Grace's first year... and we'll talk about it."
"I'll be 34 this year..."
"Yeah... your point?"
"I'm not getting any younger, Antonio."
"Neither am I... don't forget I'm 4 years older than you... I'm not worried about it... if we want to try again, we can... just, I'd like for Grace to be a year-old first."
"So, you'd be fine with 6 kids?"
"Jo... we have 6... 5 here... and one watching over us... so we'd have 7."
Josie nodded. "It's hard... realizing what we could have had."
Antonio kissed her again before picking Grace up from the bed. "Jo, you're a mom... the best mom I've seen in a long time... it's okay to hurt..."
"It's been six months." Josie sniffled.
"I know, babe... I know." Antonio said. "You wanna take the day off... spend the time with your mom and Grace..."
Josie wiped her eyes and shook her head. "No! I... I can do the job."
"No one's saying you can't." Antonio groaned. "You're allowed to be human."
"Human isn't going to get scum off the streets of Chicago."
Antonio sighed. "Okay..." He looked to Grace. "Mommy's being crazy again."
